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maya89 Commented on The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-02T01:21:19Z

yep... I haven't laughed like this in a while.. SNL will be a lot of fun tonight (and there's another SNL special Mon. evening, I believe.... oh brother....)

maya89 Commented on The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-02T01:15:11Z

yes... this is happening ON THE SAME EVENING THAT JOHN McCAIN IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR ON SNL.. and Tina will be there playing Palin....:)

if there is a worse-case scenario for a campaign than this I don't know what it is...

unreal......

maya89 Commented on The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-02T00:45:06Z

me too... and I heard it more than once..

(I couldn't believe this was real... how could the campaign let itself be had like this???? )

truly.. this campaign is being run by nothing BUT AMATEURS... this must be the biggest prank on a political candidate EVER....:)

maya89 Commented on Obama On Cheney's Endorsement Of McCain: Congratulations, John! by Greg Sargent

2008-11-01T20:58:05Z

Tena, very funny you should say that, I'm from Chile, where Pinochet ruled for about 17 years... so yeah, I know what you mean...:) :)

maya89 Commented on Obama On Cheney's Endorsement Of McCain: Congratulations, John! by Greg Sargent

2008-11-01T19:43:05Z

so the McCain campaign really thinks a Cheny endorsement can help them?? I mean after they spend the entire campaign trying to distance themselves from Bush (albeit not too successfully) three days before the election they seek the endorsment of Bush's VP? who's anathema to anybody but a Bushie?? RETARDED, RETARDED, I swear.. I can find no other adjective...

(as for the Auntie thing.. they really think voters will say, oh horror -- the auntie is here illegally -- ok, I've changed my mind, I do want four more years of Bush after all.....;)

maya89 Commented on Colorado's Secretary of State Goes Rogue]]> by Kate Klonick

2008-11-01T17:03:22Z

AND: is there a mechanism at all to enforce a ruling once a judge has ruled?? how do we know these goons who seek to disenfranchise voters are obeying judges' orders????

maya89 Commented on Palling Around with Harmless History Professors: John McCain and Rashid Khalidi by eades

2008-10-31T15:34:54Z

the McCain campaign is LOSING it (actually McCain lost it a long time ago, when he nominated Sarah Palin..)

so let's do a little experiment: since most professors out there are not right-wing nutjobs, let's make a list of all the professors Obama has ever associated with, even remotely.. I'm sure the right-wing wackos would find problems w/practically every one of them.. maybe something for them to do over the weekend.. while they scheme for more ways to suppress the vote...

maya89 Commented on Big Media Figures Admitting That Drudge's Influence Has Waned by Greg Sargent

2008-10-31T15:28:47Z

GOOD RIDDANCE.. one less right-wing nutjob exerting undue influence.....

maya89 Commented on Early Voting Extended In North Carolina by Greg Sargent

2008-10-31T14:46:19Z

it's amazing how Reps will tell you with A STRAIGHT FACE that they get pissed when localities make voting EASIER for all voters (and they're mighty pissed also about the fact the Rep governor in FLORIDA has also extended hours for early voting...)

like other posters here, I'm very pleased the Obama campaign has successfully organized against Repubugs' attempts to disenfranchise voters, and that judges across the country aren't buying the Repugs' attempts to violate voters' rights either.. it seems like finally the country is waking up to this.. I fervently hope that if Obama wins and gets big enough Dem majorities in Congress they will finally fix this huge problem once and for all..

(the Repugs have been in power since 2000, yet they never fixed this problem IN EIGHT YEARS -- this alone should tell you someting -- should tell you A LOT...)

maya89 Commented on McCain Running Robo-Slime In ... Washington State? by Greg Sargent

2008-10-30T17:43:17Z

on the one hand McSlime complains that he has so much less money than Obama, but on the other hand he's not spending his resources wisely at all.. I can't understand how this campaign became so inept and incompetent.. I mean we all have read all these analyses which say tht the GOP brand is so damaged, that the conservative movement is on the ropes, etc.. but, call me naive, I don't understand why this has translated into such a poorly-run campaign.. it's like b/c their movement is faltering all of a sudden Repugs can't run campaigns anymore.. but hey, I'm not complaining about this....:) just making an observation..

and speaking of all this, Obama is running ads in northern New Jesrey, where I live.. I think this is a bit nutty, obviously NJ is in the bag for him already.. I think if he has so much extra cash he should help local tickets down the ballot instead of running ads in places where he will obviously win..

maya89 recommended Deep Thought by Josh Marshall

2008-10-30T17:25:31Z

maya89 Commented on Conservative Group Intimidating Voters in Minnesota?]]> by Zachary Roth

2008-10-30T17:16:25Z

main question here is why do voters listen AT ALL when these calls come in; there should be PSA's letting voters know that if caller can't ID himself or herself as a legally-authorized person to make that phone call (or simly won't ID him/herself at all), the person receiving the call should simply not respond to any questions and hang up immediately..

do you guys think in ANY other developed country in the world there are voter-intimidation tactics like here?? PATHETIC....

maya89 Commented on New McCain/RNC Ad In Montana: "Don't Be Bitter. Vote McCain" by Greg Sargent

2008-10-28T17:39:19Z

ha ha.. this one should be:

be bitter, be very bitter... vote Obama....:)

(McCain airing ads in Montana a week before the election.. I'm SLOWLY beginning to think pigs will fly on Tue. evening....:) :)

I know I know, it ain't over till it's over... BUT BUT BUT: it looks like the fat lady is slowly entering the building....:)

maya89 Commented on Phony Virginia Flier Tells Dems To Vote November 5]]> by Zachary Roth

2008-10-28T13:42:20Z

Ozziny,

the problem is that since the 2000 mess, the Republicans have been mostly in power, and for obvious reasons they have ZERO interst in fixing this problem (or else WHY do you think it hasn't been fixed?) I personally am convinced Republicans rely on suppression of the Democratic vote to win tight races... let's hope if Obama wins that he and the Democrats in Congress will fix this mess once and for all.. we need a new Voting Rights Act in this country, that's for sure...

PS: I've been in Australia, I love it!! :)