- : Only when necessary.
- : Now? Here?
- : I was...I am...I... Skip it. It's too complicated.
- : Rapture Ready (The Armageddon Clock)/ The Brick Testament/WashMonthly (Political Animal)/Eschaton/Daily Kos/other blogs on the DoJ "Enemies List"
- : Carl Sandburg (biography of Lincoln)/ e.e. cummings (Collected Poems)/ Erich Fromm (Psychoanalysis and Religion)/ Graham Greene (Monsignor Quixote)/ Isaac Bashevis Singer (The Slave)/ Jane Smiley (Moo)/ Mark Twain (Complete Short Stories)/ Michael Shaara (The Killer Angels)/ Raymond Chandler (while drinking rye)/ Victor Appleton II (Tom Swift and His Polar-Ray Dynasphere)
- : “Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.” -- George Santayana
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I think McCain is sincere. Sincerely wrong, my friends, but sincere.
Posted at August 7, 2008 9:53 AM in response to CBS: Obama's Lead Unchanged Since Mid-July
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Deanie:
One of the best posts I've read on TPM. We're a Blue Star family, and our soldier has experienced Bush's disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan first hand. He's an enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama, and is dead-set against McCain being president, for all of the reasons you've articulated. I respect McCain for his service. Right or wrong, he put his ass on the line in the service of his country, and he paid a heavy price for it. But my respect ends there. Whatever McCain might have been, he's become cynical, craven, and no friend of service members and their families. God bless and protect you and yours.
Posted at August 7, 2008 9:46 AM in response to BIKERS MAY LOVE McCAIN BUT VETERANS DO NOT
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Maybe put him through basic a few times, but otherwise, I don't think the Army needs assholes like him. Also, he needs to be kicked out of ROTC, pronto.
Posted at August 6, 2008 8:46 AM in response to Bob Schaffer's Son Apologizes For Obnoxious Facebook Page
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Mr. Bill:
Judging from your previous posts, I doubt that you know that Blue Star families are families who have a family member serving in the U.S. armed forces during a time of war or hostilities who are allowed to display a banner with a a blue star (or stars) signifying that fact for the duration of such hostilities. We are a Blue Star family, and our soldier, who is a decorated combat veteran, has seen first hand the disasters created in Iraq and Afghanistan by the stupidity and bungling incompetence of George Bush and his enablers, like John "we'll muddle through" McCain. Our soldier is an enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama--and is wife--and is extremely demoralized by the thought of McCain being president. To this point, we've been an unofficial Blue Star Family for Obama, but with today's news, we'll be kicking it up a notch.
Your remarkably ignorant statements are not welcome here. Get smarter, or just go away. Thanks.
Sincerely,
ADad
Posted at August 4, 2008 5:46 PM in response to Michelle Obama To Meet With Military Spouses In Virginia
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Obama: ‘If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun’ --June 14, 2008
"..Obama made the comment in the context of warning donors that the general election campaign against McCain could get ugly. “They’re going to try to scare people. They’re going to try to say that ‘that Obama is a scary guy,’” he said."
McCain's brought the knife. Now I'd like to see the gun. Obama doesn't need to fight this out in the gutter, but if McCain is spending a lot on ad buys in key states, Obama DOES need to go on the offensive.
Posted at August 1, 2008 4:38 PM in response to McCain Campaign Devoting One Third Of Its Total Ad Spending To Britney-Obama Spot
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I doubt it. No offense but the guys in the 7th aren't known for their brains.
Posted at July 31, 2008 5:31 PM in response to Obama Campaign: McCain Is Riding The "Low Road Express"
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"BALONEY", and the the requisite picture of McCain with Bush. I am McLovin' it.
Posted at July 31, 2008 11:29 AM in response to New Obama Ad: McCain's Attacks Are "Same Old Politics"
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Damn librul activist judges. How dare they uphold the rule of law.
Posted at July 31, 2008 11:24 AM in response to BREAKING: HJC Wins Round One of Contempt of Congress Case
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Sean Hannity? Who's Sean Hannity? You don't mean that guy who used to be a backup QB for the Steelers?
Posted at July 31, 2008 10:24 AM in response to McCain Camp's Comparison Of Obama To Britney: Defining Him As Puffed-Up Dandy
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Absolutely. He needs to keep his campaign out of the gutter, and keep pointing it out when McCain takes his campaign there. I thought Obama's off the cuff response was perfect, particularly "...he doesn't seem to have anything to say very positive about himself..." Ouch!
It doesn't mean that he shouldn't respond quickly and--when necessary--forcefully to McCain's bullying (which is exactly what it is) but he has to keep it sufficiently respectful or else he runs the risk of the "Obama was mean to a war hero" meme.
Posted at July 30, 2008 8:28 PM in response to Obama On Britney Spot: "I Don't Pay Attention To John McCain's Ads"
