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So in this clip he is asked to defend his comment, and he fails completely. He has no defense; he doesn't know what he's talking about. I like to be careful of over-hyped, out-of-context partisan slamming of candidate comments. (Republicans are only about 80 times more guilty of this than Democrats, and yes, that number is based on my scientific analysis.)
But if McCain can't even explain his own comment, I sure have no interest in doing it for him. I retract my not guilty plea, and allow all TYT fans to dump all they want on McCain for his "fundamentals are strong". I pardon you. Go forward.
David PS: The video clip, from MSNBC, is actually not that great so I don't necessarily recommend it if you are short on time.
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First, Sarah Palin in Colorado. These events are called rallies because they are designed to "rally" people to the candidate. This is exactly what Sarah Palin did. She's good. She began the rally, of course, referring to the Wall Street crisis and sounding like a Democrat. She talked about regulation, regulatory reform, excessive CEO compensation etc. It's unbelievable. These Republicans do nothing but talk about smaller, limited government and mythical free markets, but when there is a crisis, they rush to claim how they will use the government to fix it. The point is that the Democrats are right in their approach, and everybody knows that, but Republicans are masters of rhetoric to trick people into voting for them instead of Democrats.
Next, Palin moved to her cheerleading best, talking about all the Alaska natives who play professional sports for Colorado teams. Are you kidding me man? Is that the issue here? But it works; the crowd was going wild. Palin continued on to praise her husband, who is a member of the Steelworkers Union. Wait - is that a good thing all of a sudden? I can't keep up with Republican hypocrisy. She then lied again about rejecting the Bridge to Nowhere. She is shameless. This past weekend the press hammered her for that repeated lie, but she is undaunted.
I think Colorado is lost. Palin is going to carry it for McCain.
Next up was Joe Biden. Snooze fest. He started off on such a downer, with low energy, and talking about the death of Rep. Sander Levin's wife. To make matters worse, the audio was messed up on CNN and a rather loud continuous buzz could be heard over all of Biden's comments. Finally, after several minutes of talking about what a great guy John McCain was, Biden woke up and hit McCain fairly hard on some of his proposals and idea. Too little, too late.
Later CNN cut to John McCain in Florida. Like many of McCain's appearances, there was something strange about this. The setting appeared to have the candidate at the center of a 360 degree crowd, so on TV, McCain was showing the back of his head half the time. He spent the first part of his rally talking about the only thing in his campaign that is working - Sarah Palin. He talked about how Palin's husband is a four-time dog sledding race champion, and how that makes him ready for Washington. I'm not even kidding. But McCain knows that is ridiculous, so he kind of cut himself short and moved on to something else. He's really a very awkward man.
Anyway, in conclusion, I am worried that the Palin/McCain ticket will end up capturing enough voters in critical swing states to win this election. David
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On another note, a pledged delegate - PLEDGED, not SUPER - switched today from Clinton to Obama. (You can read about it at http://www.demconwatch.blog spot.com)
This is great. When Hillary suggested she could win if pledged delegates switched to her, the Obamabots lead by Cenk Uygur went ape shit. Now a pledged delegate switched to Obama. I denounce and reject that switched delegate!
David
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Counting the super delegates now is misleading for two important reasons. First, they can and often do change their minds. Just last week at least three super delegates left the Clinton camp and went over to Obama. Second, at this point, it appears unlikely that they will vote against the interests of the Democratic voters, so their endorsements do not indicate how they will actually cast their ballots at the convention.
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The problem is I hate Mitt Romney. I don't just dislike him as a politician. I dislike him as a person.
Now you see, I'm not supposed to say that. That makes me sound angry and it's not allowed in the mainstream. On the other hand, of course, Mitt Romney can say anything he likes about us.
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Meanwhile, the campaign is ridiculous. Clinton came out with a $70 billion stimulus plan, and two days later Obama proposed a $75 billion plan, thinking this would one-up Clinton. How pathetic? Is this what Obama means by change? He included $250 tax rebates for individuals in his plan. Come on, let's get serious. I am disgusted by these candidates.
On the Republican side, I just wish McCain would stop saying "my friends" all the time.
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I love Joe Biden. In many ways, he blows these other guys out of the water on foreign affairs.
David
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Newt Gingrich embarrasses himself with a Spanish language apology.
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