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I will probably be alone when I say this, but I thought John McCain made the speech of a lifetime last night. He did exactly what he had to do last night. It was a very positive speech, unlike Obama's who spent most of the night attacking Bush and McCain, and unlike Palin, who spent most of her speech taking pot-shots at Obama. McCain actually sounded like the guy I wanted to vote for in 2000, by moving back to the middle of the road, instead of the right wing conservative crap he has spewed to try to lock down the right wing. I also really liked that unlike Obama, he was willing to stand up and critisize his own party, and their failures economically and in Washington. He also did a very good job of leaving all of the religious overtones to a very small minimum, and largely out of the speech. He actually won my vote yesterday instead of being the guy who was the guy I could hold my nose for. The stand up and fight charge at the end was the best inspiration since Bush on the rubble pile. Bravo.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 08:14 PM) Per MSNBC: True or not, that was the line of the night. It sticks the Cub fan-esque attendence style arguements right where they belong.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 01:36 PM) The conventions are ALL about the speeches, and nobody in their right mind will argue the point that the lineup of speakers for the democrats was much more impressive than what the GOP has lined up. Not to mention that whole hurricane thing messing things up a bit...

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Whew.

Yes. Sore hand.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 12:38 PM) Because she has 1 month to do it. No she doesn't. She would have until McCain died. Obama is the one who would have to learn it all right away if elected, with zero grace period.

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QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 12:20 PM) McCain did basically the exact same thing didn't he? Wasn't he against drilling before? The point was that Obama was willing to compromise. I guess if McCain flip-flopped too, that makes him a great compromiser as well!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 12:17 PM) I'm still waiting to see what your using to back Obama as a better manager. What sort of experience or real life examples are going to back that? I continue to see you talk about him as a motivator. Maybe we should elect Tony Robins to be president? RICHARD SIMMONS!! With a much thinner country, think of how much we could save on health care!

QUOTE (WCSox @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 12:12 PM) And nobody in the MSM questioned the Clintons' ability to raise Chelsea back in the '90s, when Hillary had a VERY active role in Bill's Presidency. And that was with BOTH parents working hard in the administration.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:43 AM) I'm not sure what line I'm crossing. Mrs. 18-Million Cracks in the Glass Ceiling has only one unique qualification distinguishing her from other potentials - her gender. She was picked to try to tap any would-be Hillary Clinton voters who were planning to vote for her solely because she is a woman. The only reason you said that is because she is a female. Dan Quayle came right out of the same cut. It has happened before. There are plenty of other reasons possible for her pick. I believe it is sexist to assume she was ONLY picked because she is a female.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 10:26 AM) I think the Palin debate about motherhood and whether you can have it all (in terms of a family and a prestigious career) is pretty interesting. You have a woman that returned to work 3 days after giving birth and has 4 (I think) minor children. It's been interesting to follow reaction to that on both sides of the aisle. Of course the most interesting question is if those types of questions would be asked if she was a man. NO ONE has questioned Barack Obama about leaving two young children at home for extended periods of time. Why is it assumed that the wife has to raise the kids?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 10:33 AM) He wont compromise on the "Gang of 10" Energy bill because of tax increases on big oil. But Obama is willing to go against his personal belief that off-shore drilling wont help. Who is the one willing to comprimise? McCain is famous for his compromises. The only thing that changed Obama's view on drilling was the polls changed to say that people now supported drilling. I'll bet if gas prices start to fall again, his opposition to drilling will firm up again. Obama did the same dance about getting our troops out of Iraq.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 10:42 AM) But...he also has had more time to learn the national game. That's an important point too. So wait, you can learn this stuff? So why can't Palin?

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:38 AM) more than that, Edwards then was a former senator, former presidential candidate when the story finally came to light. Right now there is a huge election going on, situation in Georgia, situation in Afghanistan and Iraq, how reluctant would you be as an editor to waste precious resources on a sex scandal reported by the enquirer? When the MSM looked at the story all of this was true. The story was out there before that when John Edwards was a Presidential candidate, and it didn't get any play except in the blogs.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:17 AM) In this case though, most of them were missing the most important qualification: a vagina. Of course it's a political stunt. Wow, that is really lowball stuff there.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:24 AM) Somebody tell Ozzie that today is NOT Sunday. Actually there is some logic buried in there. On the season, right-handed hitters are batting .318 versus Sowers. Griffey, Crede, and CQ are all hurt, that explains three of the spots. Toby starting for AJ after a night game is normal. The only starter that is really odd being out is Fields for Thome.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Sep 2, 2008 -> 07:30 PM) Seriously? Losing to one of the worst pitchers in baseball (Liz), then losing to a rookie (Bowden), and then losing a series (probably) to Cleveland was predictable? Don't think no one noticed that you didn't mention Carmona and Lee when you mentioned Cleveland...

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 2, 2008 -> 03:48 PM) Tell everyone that you are honeymooning. You will get everything for free. It works like a charm.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 09:00 AM) Again, we are back to McCain issuing a press release. We can chase our tails with predictable results, but we will never know if this would have been treated just like Edwards by the media. They may have dug this up and substantiated an Enquirer article, but McCain served it up on a silver platter, rubbed their nose in it, then complained about the coverage. It was probably his best strategy, and he could play the biased media card. And we know the biased media card was talked about before they released the news. Edwards also flat out lied to the media about it when asked, so that doesn't help either. But there was still no real investigation, except by the enquirer.

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 08:31 AM) Which is further proof that if you are an athlete growing up just play baseball,basketball,golf or pretty much any other sport other football because there isnt much money in it unless you are among the elite.Play the odds.EDIT:Not that Tatum Bell should need to steel a bag for some chump change,he should have SOME money to get by. I really doubt it was for the money, it was probably more of a screw you kind of thing...

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QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 3, 2008 -> 08:26 AM) I believe Palin has hit a level that Edwards has not, apparent VP running mate. She is the first GOP female to be in that position. Add it all up and there are enough firsts to make her a bigger story then Edwards. Perhaps they should have compared the Edwards coverage and limited this coverage, or maybe went back and added some more Edwards for balance. But that seems really silly. FWIW, when the story surfaced, he was still a candidate for President.

Took the kids to the zoo. Good times.