...Thank-you Stephen King for that timely play on words.
What happened to BHO's convention bounce?!! Good grief, it's non-existent!
The latest Zogby Nationwide Poll results are in. And it doesn't look good for the B Boys.
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For what it's worth.
What do you reckon the polls will reflect for McCain/Palin next week?
I rather suspect she'll energize the Religious Right somewhat, but turn off others, so I sorta expect a wash or even lose some ground.
To be honest, with this newborn baby and a teen daughter who is pregnant, this poor family doesn't NEED to be in the White House. I am beginning to suspect that McCain is trying to throw this election.
Echoing the sexism of BHO?
We still have not seen a three-day rolling average that is entirely after the Palin announcement, to say nothing of the effects of the GOP convention, but the fact remains, that ain't the latest Gallup poll, and the more recent polls are easily found here.
Dan, I'm not surprised that you think Palin will result in a net loss for McCain, even though it's worth noting that Gallup records that, "McCain's 2-point vice-presidential bounce [from 41 to 43%] is technically better than the complete lack of a vice presidential bounce [from 46 to 44%] seen for Obama with his selection of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden on Aug. 23."
But I find nothing insightful in your theory that McCain is trying to throw this election. She's not a perfect VP choice, and it appeared that there wasn't a truly perfect choice available, but Palin not only energizes the Republican's conservative base but also conceivably reaches out to dissafected Democrats -- the largely white, blue-collar union workers who earlier supported Hillary. So, your theory strikes me as less of a reflection of the actual political landscape, and more spin and wishful thinking on your part.
And about your bringing up her family, I do truly wonder if a politician's having a newborn baby would really be brought up if the politician was either A) a Democrat or B) male.
Let's just say that the comment sounds sexist.
If MR. Palin were the one running, I would still think "this poor FAMILY" ought to concentrate on themselves.
When Bill Clinton got into his trouble, besides being outraged at the creepy behavior towards an intern, I also said that he should step down from office. I thought so for several reasons, not the least of which was "This poor family" needs to work on healing themselves.
No. Clearly not sexist. But I am glad you fellas are watching out for sexism. I hope that's true when it's a Republican making the allegedly sexist comment, too.
The "This Poor Family" construct could just as easily work against the Obama family. Truth is poor Barack and Michelle have plenty of personal issues to work through themselves. Perhaps they don't need to be in the White House either. Besides, if Barack was man enough to tell everyone that Bristol Palin is off limits, perhaps his sychophantic-media worshipers should take note, and get in line.
And the idea that a woman four months removed from labor pains is somehow not ready to be Vice President is about as sexist as political rhetoric can get.
I didn't say that.
I said that a family with a new special needs child AND a teen daughter that is pregnant has enough on its hands. This is a compassion-based concern, not a sexist-based criticism.
I know that with only two relatively normal children and me only having a typical job, things are busy enough. I can't begin to imagine trying to be the Vice President. I'm just saying that this seems like a poor time to be running for this office, for the family's sake.
I'd be opposed to that. Again, it's one reason why I supported Bill Clinton stepping down back in the day and it's a reason why I support the Palins NOT running for this office.
You are free to support it. I don't think I'd be alone in thinking this is too much for this family at this time.
Was I wrong to think that Clinton should have stepped down, too, or are you maintaining a partisan-based sniping, Bubba?
Do you have children, Bubba? Married? Do you have any idea how much work it is maintaining a family?
I'm saying that I would not be surprised if there were many people like me who would look at this situation and think, "Man, this family does not need this."
That is my opinion. No mind-reading necessary (unlike your blatantly mistaken assumption about my motives).
I rebuke you once again for your goofy god complex. You ain't It, pal.
CNN Poll of polls:
Obama holds slim lead
From CNN Senior Political Researcher Alan Silverleib
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — Roughly nine weeks before Election Day, a new CNN poll of polls shows Barack Obama holding a five point lead over John McCain. Only four days after Obama’s acceptance speech and three days after McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate, Obama is now ahead of McCain, 49 to 44 percent.
The issue is whether your opinion is the result of being well-informed. I highly doubt that it could conceivably be well-informed in this case, even accounting for your own experience raising children.
Par for the course. Bubba can claim to know all about a person's motives and ask endless questions but need not answer them when they're inconvenient.
Pah. Yer a troll.
You're also a liar, and a very poor liar at that, because my comment directly addressed one of your questions.
You asked, "I'm not allowed to have an opinion about the potential First family?"
I responded, "Of course, you're 'allowed' to have an opinion, Dan; freedom of thought and expression isn't the issue here, and you're indulging in faux-martyrdom if you think that it is."
I admit that I didn't answer every single question you asked, in part because you often ask such loaded questions, so replete with false dilemmas and bad-faith assumptions that they compare to the classic loaded question, "have you stopped beating your wife?"
(To wit, "Was I wrong to think that Clinton should have stepped down, too, or are you maintaining a partisan-based sniping, Bubba?")
Some of your other questions enquire about things that are frankly none of your damn business. As with your earlier questions regarding how many "black churches" I've visited or how many minorities attend my church, I'm not willing to play games to prove that my personal life has enough experiences of a certain kind to satisfy your unknown (and probably unknowable) standards. Even when I can provide personal answers that would lend a certain amount of authenticity, I refuse, because deciding even to play this game is to lose.
But to say that I provided "no answers" is thoroughly dishonest, because my comment directly answered your first idiotic question.
And to say that providing no answers to your questions is "par for the course" is dishonest in the extreme, because I have probably answered more questions of yours than any of your other critics, and I have extended a tremendous amount of good faith in answering your questions, in the (now clearly vain) hope that you would pay that good faith in kind.
Your slander of me has no basis in the truth.
But I will make clear that I'm not saying this slander is typical of you, Dan. Compared to your vile invocation of the imagery of lynch mobs and Klan rallies, accusing me of not answering questions is somewhat mild. It's still quite reprehensible, but it's not the worst thing you've done recently.
On topic: I'll take an Obama win over McCain by 5 points any day. A five point win would still be a pretty major drubbing.
I don't demand an apology, in part because I frankly don't expect one is forthcoming. But, in the absence of an apology, I think this attempt to move on so glibly is pathetic.
Take some responsibility for your words, Dan.
That's what a servant of the people does, on a variety of levels, to various degrees depending upon the ability and tolerance for self-sacrifice of the subject and the subject's family. It's always at the cost of the servant's family that he serves at all. It is up to the servant to decide if he is up to serving in light of sacrifices of the family. This is nothing new whatsoever. This, if I have not said it before, is what a servant of the people does. It's why most don't choose to become one.
The Gallup daily tracking poll has found that since the conclusion of the Democratic convention, Obama has risen 5 percentage points in the polls and now leads John McCain 50 percent to 42 percent...
Rasmussen also recorded an uptick in Obama’s standing on Tuesday, and he now leads McCain 51 percent to 45 percent.
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So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.
Dan, unless you really think that Christ would not say the very same thing about regurgitating poll numbers as He did about one's duty to worship God Almighty, you are adding to your sin, in your refusal to take responsibility for your pathetic attempt to slander me.
What. An Idiot.
Good luck.
How much more sexist can you get?