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Maybe it's a false leak. Maybe they want the people of PA to know that all eyes are on them for McCain and he understands their problems and he can help. I don't know. I could see Iowa, but Colorado, that's so strange. They just had a rally there today.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 12:07 AM) Yeah, its up on cnn.com now. I find that very odd. Looks to me like PA is a solid double digit lead for Obama right now, whereas CO and NM are closer. I'm trying to figure out why they are giving up on them. IA is a lost cause, I get that. Maybe McCain sees the larger PA electoral total as his only way to win. Thing is, if he leaves CO and NM and IA, and can't win PA either, its over (even if McCain can get FL, OH and VA). So really, its like McCain's campaign is saying that PA is it. That's the last stand. Wow. Guiliani's florida.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 20, 2008 -> 10:32 PM) As for the Trib, I'm not. Call my cynical, but that's one of those "home field" calls. They'd probably have gotten a lot of crap if they didnt support him and the GOP would have said something like "his home town paper wont even endorse Obama". You think the tribune editorial board cares what the GOP would say about it? They are a conservative paper, Chicago knows this. BUt it's by far the best in Chicago and nobody would cancel subscriptions because of htis.

Yeah we got em...oh ...THEY SUCK http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/...voter_fraud.php

I'm much much much more happy with the current model than the previous one.

In reality I feel like Wright was always more legitimate than Ayers. But then to think why they would move on Ayers, and not on wright, and the connections that are scarier than are with Wright, and it makes sense. One would negate a theme of the other.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 20, 2008 -> 09:18 PM) Yes. This, to me, is a key piece for a President to understand - you cannot ONLY penalize bad behavior. You also have to embrace desired behavior. This is how you move forward. In general, Obama has been decent at this. But in this case, he lost an opportunity. Probably, it was done because his leads in the polls are waning a bit, and his handlers are telling him to get a little tougher. And tough is fine. Tough doesn't preclude you from being tough but fair. you could look at it this way. BUt this is another example of dissonance in the McCain campaign of people acting and then having to qualify. In this narrative, who is in control of the McCain campaign?

yes but Kerry uses pull-ups.

I'm shocked as well. Powell and the Trib.

or before any good movies come out.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 19, 2008 -> 11:06 PM) Overall, I give it 1 star out of 4. Mildly entertaining in places, touching in a few, but overall it was just a sad little bashfest that provided little of value to the audience. sounds like an Oliver Stone film, oh wait.

I'd imagine the Republicans are going to court the s*** out of Gen. Petreaus.

The republican thread is so pro-mccain all the time. They never mention obama or the democrats. And if they do, it's the truth. And also, this has only happened at two rallies. And the whole point is just that republicans are angrier and meaner than democrats. It has nothing to do with worry of the kind of campaign McCain is running. That absolutely is not the point being made.

Oliver stone is in M. Night Shamylan territory, or rather, reverse that. Made too much money early on, too much recognition, that we are forced into his movies getting wide screenings when they are absolutely awful.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 09:27 PM) The good news there is that the FBI is checking to see if any widespread organized action really was underway, or if this was just workers who are bad at their jobs combined with required submittals. Some would consider the FBI intervening before an election a good thing. You'd have to be optimistic though.

hot victory, though.

peanut and I are pretty big backers of the two-party system. Take New Zealand for instance, their conservative party will likely get 35% plurality, but they need 50% majority, so likely they will have to make deals with the green party (think of Lieberman caucasing with the democrats to the extreme), so, the conservative party, to stay in power, will make huge concessions to one of the most liberal groups in New Zealand. I think the third party system sounds pretty appealing, but in practicality in the American system, there's a reason they haven't gained weight. edit: by peanut I meant dukenukem.

I have great things to say about Missouri's journalism school. Especially about Stu Lori, teaching my international media systems class, guy has been around through everything, moscow correspondent, started CNNs world report, and just sits in front of us and spits knowledge. He's awesome.

WOO HOO let's get rid of the constitution, IT HASN'T WORKED!

QUOTE (Soxy @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 06:00 PM) I think Michelle is really pretty. Certainly better looking than he is. Anyway. I take what I call the Elliot Spitzer approach to cheating/immoral activities. In general, I don't care. Truly don't care. It's not my business. I've made personal mistakes and I hope that I am not being judged by past mistakes. If it doesn't affect your job performance (and isn't illegal), it really isn't my business. It's a personal matter. I DO care when someone is really hypocritical in their dalliances (ala Spitzer). Don't claim to be pro-family and marriage if you're going to cheat on your wife. Don't crack down on prostitution stings if you're getting services from the prostitutes. Don't lecture me about drug usage when you're popping the vicodin. Don't be a dick about gay rights if you're into anonymous gay sex. I care about Spitzer because he broke the law.

When you don't listen to Tim Gunn, you are going down.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 07:59 PM) Yes, it was. Obama has had a few more that have stretched or distorted the truth ("100 years" was definitely taken out of context and made out to be more than it really was). I think some of McCain's ads blow anything Obama has done out of the water, though. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/hend...ns-hundred.html

you think they prefaced the interview with the fact that they were Al-Jazeera?

I saw an interview with him. It reminded me that I don't care. He wanted to get rid of social security. Your opinion doesn't matter to me.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 06:57 PM) The one where he tied McCain to Rush Limbaugh and misrepresented his stance on immigration. Frankly, I don't care if he tied McCain to Lumbaugh. After McCain won the primary and during the primary, he catered to every gripe that Lumbaugh had about him. So in that way, i think they very much are tied. Lumbaugh has a huge audience, McCain needs them.