Barack Obama's America

Come into the light, Lady Rothschild, don't be fearful ... you're loved! Together we can build a better tomorrow, we shouldn't react to shadows on the cave wall, we are meant embrace the light of day!



(Lady R, I must admit, there was a time I carried an umlaut in my name too, but I have released myself of the burden and now stride amongst the great unwashed with a new found joy ... yours sincerely, the former FögBelter)
About Barack Obama
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Obama Girl Robocalls

Whenever Obama Girl appears the Fog begins to lift so posting this is environmentally dangerous for me ... but, what the Hell?

Rove On McCain: "Very Steep Hill To Climb"

Also, I got some sadistic pleasure reading Frum's piece (it's obvious he is still smarting from his encounter with Maddow) but his advice to the GOP is a cowardly act of surrender. If the GOP were to redirect their funds to Senatorial races this late in the game they wouldn't have the time to develop a cohesive strategy before the clock runs out November 4th. The only way Republicans can sell the dangers of single party rule is to say "Look how bad WE did!" ... is that a winning strategy?



Frum has revealed he is as lost as the rest of his Party.
About John McCain
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Rove On McCain: "Very Steep Hill To Climb"

Rove's observations of individuals within the McCain Campaign being "undisciplined people who do not have the loyalty that they ought to have to the candidate whom they're serving", in addition to the revelations that Palin has gone off the Reservation and is not taking direction demonstrates a key weakness in the Candidate, John McCain ... he is simply NOT a leader. He may have been a Maverick during his flying days (possibly to his own detriment on a few occasions) but anyone familiar with the Military realizes that not all personnel are suited for leadership roles despite their rank.



You can't blame the McCain Campaign for lacking a rudder until you verify there is someone issuing appropriate orders from the bridge. McCain, despite his sterling biography, is not a leader, he is and has always been a follower ... anyone who looks at the state of his campaign can see a similarity to the fate that befell Hillary. Bottom line, if the candidate can't control and direct the strong personalities tasked with running the race, how can they command the ship of state?
About John McCain
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Sunday Roundup

Arianna, I hate to be a wet blanket but I have a major concern as it relates to California. I know the polls show Obama way up in the Golden State, but this Prop 8 measure, and more importantly the enthusiasm I am witnessing by Prop 8 proponents is underreported.



I went out to Tanforan Shopping center recently, which is south of San Francisco, and I was shocked to see a large number of Yes on Prop 8 supporters demonstrating with signs along El Camino and cars honking in support of them. This Anti-Gay Marriage Proposition, that is being advertised with a sound bite of Mayor Newsom's taunting "the door is wide open now!", should not be underestimated for its benefit to McCain/Palin come November 4th.



Remember, a lot of California is DEEP RED, and this Anti-Gay stuff is like blood in the water for them.



If I were the Obama Campaign, I would really spend a bit more time talking with California Supporters and telling them that things look good in the State, but it's not in the win column unless they show up to the Polls and vote on November 4th.



I may just be paranoid, but stealing California from Obama would be just the stealth maneuver, the Hail Mary pass, I would expect from the Rove Team ... let's not be complacent so we can avoid later regrets. This Prop 8 deal is poison.
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Wassup 2008

Ah, everything old is new again! ... but better.

Ashley Todd Story Pushed By McCain Campaign Aide, Say Reporters

Waterloo.



Had the McCain Palin Campaign not been so desperate for this story to be true, and had they waited for law enforcement to do its job and determine the legitimacy of Todd's claim, then maybe they could have brushed this off as the tragic story of a deranged person ... no foul.



But no, they rush to this woman's support without having the full story. Both McCain and Palin personally call this woman, who is now found to only be superficially involved with the campaign, to lend their moral support. PERSONALLY, not a representative.



You can see what attracted McCain/Palin to this story like a moth to a flame. A large Black man, assaults and robs a white woman ... scars her ... molests her ... terrorizes her ... in the name of Barack Obama. The McCain Campaign must have thought it was Christmas ... Then, on top of it, a McCain Campaign aide, embellishes the story to increase its incendiary nature. The McCain Campaign has no separation on this ... they tried to exploit this sad, sad story for their own selfish purposes and it backfired ... Even Michelle Malkin smelled a rat ...



This is BAD, very, very BAD ... even if they had a month they couldn't walk this back, but they only have 12 days,



The McCain Palin Campaign felt they had completed on a Hail Mary, but discovered it to be a Susan Smith.



Like I said, Waterloo.
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Ron Howard's Call to Action

Al-Qaeda Supporters Endorse McCain

In Ron Suskind's book "The Way of the World" he describes the game plan Al Qaeda has adopted to topple the US, from the point of view of an Al Qaeda affiliate in the UK, and it requires an American President who will respond with a massive attack against the Muslim World for any terrorist action against the US. The goal being to further drive a wedge between the Islamic moderates and the West and allow for the radicals, like Al Qaeda, to expand their influence in the Muslim world, while causing more of the curtailing of civil rights, driven by paranoia, within the United States. The assumption being that ultimately Americans will react harshly against the US Government's abridgment of civil rights, resulting in a further destabilizing of American society which would cause the Government to become more domestically focused in order to deal with the unrest, and less likely to be involved in foreign engagements.



So, I wouldn't view this endorsement of McCain by Al Qaeda supporters as an case of reverse psychology, I think they have reasoned that McCain, as erratic and hawkish as he is, would play right into their hands, and aid them in furthering their goals.



I would take this McCain endorsement as credible under the circumstances.
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Olbermann "Special Comment" On 'Real America,' Palin, Bachmann

Bravo, Mr. Olbermann ... on target as always.



It's funny how as the Right become more desperate they become more stupid ... if that even seems possible. Watching them scurry about as they do with their vitriol reminds me of the flight of the cockroaches that occurs when you turn on the bathroom light in a flea bag motel. These people have exposed themselves. What these McCain surrogates are spouting is being viewed worldwide, and once this campaign is over, though they may not recognize it now, they will find they have made themselves toxic within the very circles of influence they so crave to be a part of.*



*see Katherine Harris
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Racist Obama Effigy Hung In Ohio (VIDEO)

People need to recognize that if they don't evolve beyond their racism the United States will not be able to compete in a World that is multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and multi-religious. The United States is not needed by the rest of the World, and after the way Washington and Wall Street have botched their stewardship of the US, and by extension the World, economies, there will be far fewer nations on Earth willing to cut the US a break for its primitive, back-water ways.



If people aren't willing to surrender their affection for racism for moral reasons, they should instead think in terms of their bottom line, should the rest of the world decide to go about their business with less inclusion of our small minded population.
About Barack Obama
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If you can't take the heat "Joe the Plumber" ...

Countdown: Republicans Attack 12 Year Old Boy

Obama Rally In St. Louis Draws 100,000

Whoa ... if this is not an example of supporting a candidate I don't know what is.



Reminder: Be sure to vote.
About Barack Obama
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Kristol: McCain Needs To "Fire His Campaign"

Who do you want to replace them, Kristol? Penn? Ickes? Wolfson?



Maybe McCain should just be a "Maverick" and adopt some hybrid Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski style of campaigning ... free from and semi psychotic ...



McCain should appear at a campaign event nude, smeared in strawberry jam, and ranch dressing, wearing a tricorne hat, and recite the Gettysburg Address in pig latin.



That'll get it done.
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Manila Building Collapse - A Metaphor

Whether a visual representation of the McCain Campaign, the World Economy, or the Republican Party in General ...

This video covers the situation quite nicely!

Watch the W. Extended Trailer. In Theaters Friday.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Christmas comes early this year!!!

Investors: Morgan Stanley Won't Be Another Lehman Brothers

click ... click ... click ... click ... click ... the dominoes fall.



Iceland .... click ... click ... click ...



Say, Hedge Funds have been very quiet. Then again, they would be, being that they are unregulated as well ... click ... click ... click ...



Then there are Sovereign Wealth Funds ... click ... click ... click ...



Is there any uncontaminated wealth left on earth? click ... click ... click ...



68 trillion in Credit Default Swaps .... click ... click ... click ...



Notational value of outstanding derivatives = $1.144 Quadrillion? ("Derivatives typically have a large notional value. As such, there is the danger that their use could result in losses that the investor would be unable to compensate for.") ... click ... click ... click ...



... and the Scarecrow sings "If I only had a brain ..."



click ... click ... click ...
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Begala Previews Potential Obama Ayers Counterattack

"Normally," Singlaub said, "I would not have been interested in buried-treasure schemes, but the Nippon Star group were not naïve beachcombers. And I knew from past experience that stories of buried Japanese gold in the Philippines were legitimate." He added: "Marcos's $12-billion fortune actually came from [this] treasure, not skimmed-off U.S. aid. But Marcos had only managed to rake off a dozen or so of the biggest sites. That left well over a hundred untouched." Singlaub would be the security advisor, in return for Nippon Star giving a percentage of the take to his U.S. Council for World Freedom.



Loose Cannons p204 - "Gold Warriors" Seagrave
About Barack Obama
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Palin Misquotes Albright: "Place In Hell Reserved For Women Who Don't Support Other Women"

"The statement came after Palin had recounted a "providential" moment she experienced on Saturday: "I'm reading on my Starbucks mocha cup, ok? The quote of the day... It was Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State [crowd boos] and UN ambassador. ... Now she said it, I didn't. She said, 'There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women.'"



Governor Palin misquoting a 14 word quote off a disposable coffee cup is quite an achievement. I wonder how she does with fortune cookies?



(A note to Governor Palin's handlers, if you observe her jotting down notes from the wall of a Denny's restroom for her next speech you might want verify she captured the information accurately)
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AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama

This is an example of America at its finest.

David Letterman-Brian Williams-1of2-Oct-3rd-2008

Had John McCain slapped an invalid, wheelchair bound child on national television he would have done less damage to his campaign than bailing on Lettterman. HUGE Mistake.

Harrison Ford: George Lucas In "Think Mode" About Indiana Jones 5

Hey George, how about this story idea?



Indiana Jones comes upon a plot by which Right Wing American Neo-Fascists, in business and military, intend on using a vast hoard of gold they discovered in the Philippines, that was plundered from the whole of WWII occupied Asia and SEA by the Imperial Japanese and hidden there in elaborately protected vaults, to fund the overthrowing of the United States government in order to establish a New World Order based on elitist, white supremacist messianic principles.



You could call it "Indiana Jones and the Broken Trust" .... sound farfetched?
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Campbell Brown Shifts Towards Commentary

"As journalists, and certainly for me over the last few years, we"ve gotten overly obsessed with parity, especially when we"re covering politics," Ms. Brown said. "We kept making sure each candidate got equal time " to the point that it got ridiculous in a way."



The Right eliminated the Fairness Doctrine in order to do away with parity in the media, and for years they benefited from that by pushing partisan propagandists on television and radio from their side while attacking the MSM's "Liberal Bias".



Now we have Olbermann and other Journalists on the left recognizing that turn about is fair play and the Right is livid that the Left has caught on. Brown is absolutely correct, one doesn't need to necessarily be a partisan in media to push back against artificial and illogical attempts at balancing issues that have an obvious Right and Wrong side. Pushing artificial parity actually undermines fairness, as opposed to promoting it.
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