England likes to blow up Sarah Palin's image

The town of Battle, England demonstrated a traditional event where they blow up a likeness of a political character. In this case, the term "blow up" is used quite literally meaning to explode.

The people of Battle, England created an effigy of Governor Sarah Palin holding a machine gun with a slogan at the base saying "too hot to handle." After this effigy was created the people blew it up with fireworks and other explosives.

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Organizers of the event stated that this "was not meant to cause offense."

The townspeople of Battle have been doing this since 1646. In recent years, the people have done the same thing with their last prime minister and Tony Blair.

Some Unwanted Press Coverage for Obama

A report came in to the news media saying that Obama's aunt was illegally living in South Boston. Further investigation of the matter was done. As it turned out, Obama's aunt had been living in America illegally for quite some time. In 2004, a official familiar with her specific case ordered her to leave. Somehow, she was able to allude this decree and remained in the United States.

Now, further investigation of this matter was brought onto the doorstep of Obama. When asked if he knew about his Aunt's immigration status, Obama commented by saying that he "didn't know her immigration status."

This immergence of new information regarding his Aunt's illegal immigration status 2 days before the election may prove to be somewhat difficult for Obama. I believe that if Obama doesn't follow his own rules for his immigration poilcy, it will look incredibly bad for him. How do you thnk this will affect his campaign? Do you think that it could affect voters' descision in whether to choose Obama or not?

Some Last Minuete SNL Laughs Before The Election

John McCain went on SNL yesterday to get some free press close to election day and show his lighter side. Personally, I thought he did a better job than Palin did and was pretty funny. Will this change the election? Well, maybe if it acts in concert with the double-maverick plan.

Follow Up To Obama's Advertisement

According to the Wall Street Journal about 33.5 Million people watched the add on Wednesday. In order to see how large this is you could compare this to the combined audience of 30 million that would usually watch television on the same stations on a normal Wednesday night.

Less Police On The Streets? Another Ramification Of A Struggling Economy

Vallejo California, which recently filed for chapter eleven bankruptcy is losing almost 40% of its police force in the next few months due to decreases in officer pay. Like most other cities across the country, after 9/11 Vallejo put a greater price on safety and started offering more benefits and better salaries to officers. The result was the average police officer in Vallejo being payed 121,000 dollars in salary and if you include benefits, almost $190,000 in compensation. As house prices fell and so did tax revenue the city could no longer handle to pay so many officers, as well as the pensions of retired officers. This issue is not unique and might affect San Mateo at some point. Any thoughts about how less police would affect life? As a long boarder who is tired of being harassed by cops I would like to say this is a good thing, but as a citizen who values the positive affects police can have if violence occurs, I have to conclude that this is bad for people everywhere. Well maybe except for drug dealers...

Republicans For Obama

Lately we have been hearing a lot about Republicans who have vocally supported Barrack Obama for president, notably and most recently political pundit Stephen Colbert

Colin Powell, Secretary of State under Bush 43

Douglas Kmiec, Head of the Office of Legal Counsel under Reagan & Bush 41

Charles Fried, Solicitor General of the United States under Reagan

Rita Hauser, Former White House intelligence advisor under George W. Bush

Scott McClellan, Former Press Secretary to President George W. Bush

William Milliken Former Governor of Michigan

Harris Fawell, Former Congressman from Illinois

Claudine Schneider, Former Congressman from Rhode Island

Lowell Weicker, Former Governor and Senator from Connecticut

Larry Pressler, Former Senator from South Dakota

Charles Mathias, Former United States Senator and Congressman from Maryland

Wayne Gilchrest, Congressman from Maryland

Arne Carlson, Former Governor of Minnesota

William Weld, Former Governor of Massachusetts

Lincoln Chafee, Former United States Senator from Rhode Island

Jim Leach, Former Congressman from Iowa

Scott Bade also told me that the lauded magazine the Economist is also supporting Obama in this election and here is the link.
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?source=most_commented&story_id=12516666

In the interest of not appearing so biased i also visited the Democrats for McCain site
http://www.democratsformccain.com/
but failed to find a list of notable Democrats supporting McCain in this election.

Have A Happy Halloween!!

Biden Bags on McCain Economic Policy

Today, Biden said that John McCain and Sarah Palin had their economic policies upside down. Biden said "Ladies and gentlemen, what more evidence do we need that the Exxon Mobils of the world don't need a tax break? That $4 billion should go to middle class taxpayers, people who need the money. John [McCain] and Gov. [Sarah] Palin have this upside down. They literally have it upside down."

Biden's "slam" on McCain proved to have quite a positive effect on the Democratic supporters and som epotential swing voters using the example of the possible tax break that would be given to an oil company if McCain was elected.

Although the numbers do not lie, McCain accused Obama of being on the side of big oil companies. Obama responded to this by adding figures of what McCain would do if he was elected as the POTUS. McCain brought up the fact that Obama had voted for a renewable energy bill in 2005 that invloved the oil companies. Obama defended himself against McCain's accusation by saying that "given the makeup of congress, it was the best that they could do." It would seem that neither McCain nor Obama wants to take the side of oil companies.

No Socialist Party Nominee On The Ballot Today During The Mock Election?

The socialist candidate for president was shockingly not on the ballot today during the mock election disappointing all students who were willing to vote for someone in a mock election only on the grounds that the candidates name was very similar to his own.

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Obama Is Friends With Bad People Part ? (can't remeber what part because this has happened too many times)

The McCain has started using robo-calls in many states, this time criticizing Obama for being involved with Chicago Business man Antoin Rezko who was convicted in June on corruption charges. Rezko raised funds in the past in support of Obama's campaign's and advised Obama about house purchases, even buying a property next to Obama's house and selling Obama some of the property. The Obama campaign responded to the accusation by calling the attacks "desperate" and bringing up the Keating scandal. This attack follows multiple attacks by the Republican's about Obama's character and patriotism including attacks about his relationships with Bill Ayers and Rashid Khaled. This campaign has most definitely taken a turn towards blatant mudslinging and attacks. The ironic thing about these character attacks is that McCain's running mate was probed earlier in the campaign about the inappropriate firing of an Alaska State Trooper for personal reasons, and recently has been investigated and reprimanded by the press using state funding to pay for her children's travel. Are McCain and Palin truly the crusaders against corruption they claim to be? I will let you answer that question.

Mature Adults or Children on a Playground?

Politics have evolved greatly within the US from when they had started. Politicians have always kept to the issues, providing information on their beliefs, and convincing fellow Americans to vote for their party because of their platforms. That concludes the positive campaigning, but what about all the negative campaigning? Since our first President there has always been negative campaigning. But since the invention of campaign ads on television, Politics has changed greatly in its negative campaigning. All over politicians used the television to communicate to all Americans providing an "inside look" on a candidate that may not be always true.

Senator Elizabeth Dole is no different from any of those politicians attempting to strike down their opponents by running negative campaign ads. Among the recent McCain attacks on Obama, Senator Elizabeth Dole ran an attack ad against Kay Hagan calling her "godless." Here is a video of that.



Dole's mudslinging tactics are but minuscule to the many attack ads that are constantly being made by many politicians. Polling had shown that voters are attracted to negative campaign ads, but do not necessarily like them. How do you feel about negative campaigns ads that are complete malarkey?

Oh No! Obama's At It Again!

Did you hear the news? Obama is associated with another "radical professor." Today Sarah Palin accused Obama of being associated to a Professor Rashid Khalid, who is supposedly a spokesperson of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Evidence backing up this claim included Obama being sighted at a farewell party for Khalid when Khalid was leaving to join another university in 2003, Khalid being of close to the same age of Barack, and that talking monkeys brought pictures showing secret meetings between Obama and Khalid. As you can tell by the tone of sarcasm, it would appear that the standard for actual evidence has declined. The Republican offensive has turned quite nasty. Although there is no proof associating Khalid with the PLO, the point is that the Republicans are accusing Obama of everything. Obama commented on this by saying that McCain was just "calling him every name in the book."

The Obama campaign stated that Palin's remarks were "another recycled, manufactured controversy from the McCain campaign to distract voters' attention from John McCain's lockstep support for George Bush's economic policies."

The McCain campaign, when asked why the attack after 6 months of the first article about Obama's possible relation to Khalid was published, responded by saying "Because we are one week away from potentially electing Barack Obama."

As it would show, the McCain Campaign is throwing out a last minute effort to make Obama look bad. What do you think though? Do you think these last minute attack ads are swaying any undecided voters? Do you think the ads reflect more on Obama or McCain?

Obama's American Stories Ad

Here is an embedded version of the thirty minute long advertisement that Mr. Obama's campaign spent 4 million dollars to put on major television stations earlier tonight. Though it has been criticized by the McCain Campaign as a stunt, I personally think that it is a smart tactic to leave a good last impression in voters minds close to election day. What do you guy's think? Will the advertisement be effective in getting voters to the polls? Was it a good idea this late in the game to make such a substantial move especially with a lead in the polls?

In other news John McCain was sounding rather senile recently, warning voters that "We're getting only a glimpse of what one-party rule will look like," while criticizing house and senate democrats for wanting to win more seats in government. Sounds a little two faced to me, at least I don't remember hearing any complaining from John McCain when the Republicans had a solid grip on the government.

Who Are The Real Americans Supporting On Election Day?

Among all of Sarah Palin's talk about the pro-American parts of America and pro-American American's, you might be asking yourself, who are the REAL Americans voting for? Well , considering that the real "original" Americans are technically native Americans, and that Native American tribes have donated more than one million dollars to Barrack Obama's campaign which trumps the amount gievn to the campaign of John McCain , I suppose who have your answer. Due to a tax loophole, Indian tribes are allowed to donate large amounts of money, $213,000 in the case of the Seneca nation, and during this election that money has been funneled to Barrack Obama. A honorary member of the Crow Nation, will most likely benefit from the Native American Vote in swing states like New Mexico. This loophole serves as a great example of the ways in which campaign contribution laws are not airtight and can allow interest groups, for example Indian nations that benefit from Casinos, to spend large amounts of money on campaigns.

Who Are The Real Americans Supporting On Election Day?

New Voters Are Swinging The Polls In Obama's Favor... Will They Vote On Election Day?

A poll conducted by NewsCorp from October 17-20 that asked new voters who they would be voting for and whether or not they were certain to vote, turned out some very interesting statistics. Though new voters favored Barrack Obama (69%) to John McCain (27%) only 60% of those polled said that they were certain to go to the polls on the 4th. When you compare this to the polls of all voters, in which 52% said they would vote for Obama, while 42% said they would vote for McCain, but 90% of of voters were certain they would vote , One might think that the current polls may not show this elections results. In a day where it has become very trendy to be registered to vote and seen sporting a T-Shirt supporting Mr. Obama one must ask how many of these "supporters" will actually make it to the polls on election day. This year will truly be the test of the willpower of America's youth to vote because if a "star candidate", a war, and a struggling economy are not enough to generate the desire among youth to have some say in political process what is?

Poor choice of words leads to being bitten on the ass

The National Republican Campaign Committee has recently released multiple attack ads on US Democratic Senator John Murtha. In an interview, Murtha stated that there were "racists" in western Pennsylvania. He goes on to say that many people there were "rednecks." Although Murtha apologized for his comments made the day before, the impact on western Pennsylvanians was still great. Murtha had also stated in a previous interview that he predicted that Obama would win Pennsylvania in the election but it would be with little help from the western part of the state, including a portion of the state that he represented.

Murtha's public announcement of these predictions and beliefs proved to bite him on the ass as the National Republican Campaign Committee opened fire on this Democratic Senator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Gx8IAaRS0

Is Obama an Extremist bent on re-writing the Constituion or is Palin just confusing facts with garbage?

Sarah Palin accused Obama today of wanting to "re-write the Constitution." The potential VP attacked Obama's remark that he had made to a radio interview in 2001. Obama had stated on air that he wanted to "redistribute change." Palin assumed that Obama was talking about redistributing the wealth in America through the enforcement of the Supreme Court. but as more facts were revealed, it came to be known that Obama was discussing the courts in the context of the civil rights movement, and was not referring to taxes. In addition to the proper context of the qoute, Obama also stated that he thought that civil rights leaders shouldn't rely on the court system alone to affect social changes, and that calling for any redistribution of wealth belonged to the legislators.

Palin continued to say that a vote for Obama is a vote to allow a powerful, slightly executive portion of the government to sieze your property and your personal income and to distribute the wealth around with everyone else. Is Sarah Palin saying that a former constitutional law professor would allow and possibly encourage judges to "confiscate your property and your hard, all of your hard-earned money and then re-distribute that"? Further investigation of the matter showed that Obama's quote was taken out of context and that much of what Palin had said was a conjecture.

A Possible Obama Assassination Attempt?

Monday, October 27, 2008

About one week ago, two men, Daniel Cowart, 20, and Paul Schlesselman, 18 were arrested for attempting to go on a "killing spree." The plot included killing 100 African-Americans and beheading 14 of those 100 African-Americans. Cowart and Schlesselman were arrested outside Jackson, about 75 miles east of Memphis, Tennessee, after an aborted robbery attempt last week, according to court records. Both men were charged with possession of a sawed-off shotgun, conspiracy to rob a federally licensed gun dealer, and making threats against a presidential candidate. Although the men did not seem to have any knowledge of Obama's schedule, this threat is not taken lightly. Secret Service member Zahren said that "it was unclear whether the suspects would have had the capability or means to carry out any sort of plot." But he said afterwards that the matter was being taken seriously, and a joint investigation was under way.

Obama is the first African-American on the ticket for the presidency of a major political party. The Men arrested were self decalred white supremacists. Although this is not the first attempt on presidential candidate Obama's life, security measures have tightened immensely and no further comments were made by the Secret Service.

On a side note, every potential presidential candidate had to deal with tough issues surrounding his campaign for the presidency. Whether they are external factors including failing economies, or a position on a current war situation. For Barack Obama, it is dealing with racial differences within the many U.S. societies. Over the last 220 years, Many Presidents had to deal with issues surrounding their politics, but none of them faced racial differences. It is a opinion of mine that Obama is fighting two wars during his campaign. The first war is the war to win the votes through his politics, and the second war is the war that based on his ethnic background. Although Obama is seemingly ahead in the polls, I just wanted to remark that it appears that Obama has been fighting more than most presidential candidates had to do during their running for the presidency. Compared to the opposing candidate, McCain, politics is the only war front for him. It is not like his war record is coming back to haunt him.

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Could Provisional Ballots Hurt The Democrats This Election?

Today reading the paper, i came across an article in the wall street journal discussing the treatment of provisional ballots in different states. Under the Help America Vote Act, states are required to give provisional ballots to voters who may or may not be eligible and then get to count or not count these votes under their own discretion. Considering that new voters are more likely to be given provisional ballots, and that newly registered voters are more likely to vote for Obama, as many of them are young, this practice could hurt the Democrats in this election. According to data from the Pew center some states counted up to as few as 29% of provisional ballots in the 2008 primaries. In such an important election, and especially after how close 2000's election was I hope that the government will come up with a solid, easily followable system, that will ensure that provisional ballots in every state are counted evenly in order to make sure that every citizen gets the right to vote.