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Santelli's "rant".....................planned?

2009-03-01T03:42:16Z

This is something Josh definitely should take a look into.This, is INCREDIBLY interesting and I suggest someone (with more investigative abilities) takes this one and runs with it. Now now, I know I don't want to touch "tinfoil" type accusations but when you read the cream of the entire article you really have to ask if some fishy business is involved in this matter. Hopefully the collective might of us bloggers can get some answers to this one, because this needs to be solved, or put to rest in the near future.

And now for your cream:

Last August, Rosenberg, who looks like Martin Short's Irving Cohen character, caused an outcry when he interviewed Stanley Kurtz, the conservative writer who first "exposed" a personal link between Obama and former Weather Undergound leader Bill Ayers. As a result of Rosenberg's radio interview, the Ayers story was given a major push through the Republican media echo chamber, culminating in Sarah Palin's accusation that Obama was "palling around with terrorists." That Rosenberg's producer owns the "chicagoteaparty.com" site is already weird--but what's even stranger is that he first bought the domain last August, right around the time of Rosenburg's launch of the "Obama is a terrorist" campaign. It's as if they held this "Chicago tea party" campaign in reserve, like a sleeper-site. Which is exactly what it was.

Definitely seems like more than a coincidence in my book. What do you think?

Is it me or does the AP have some subtle "hackery" going on?

2008-12-14T02:32:03Z

Cast in point, this article from the AP. I was reading it but I couldn't help saying to myself on more than one occasion "WHY is she slipping that into her comments. Case in point again this quote

At the same time, Obama may be drawn into an unfolding political scandal over Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged efforts to trade the president-elect's former Senate seat for personal gain. The ongoing federal investigation could ensnare some of his top advisers and taint the self-styled reformer who has tried to steer clear of notorious Chicago politics.

REALLY? Is that what she REALLY thinks? Other than Fitzgerald saying the PE is in no way under investigation and our very own Obama laying the hammer down saying he is "confident" noone was involved in any underhandedness I am wondering why she decided to pull this one out of her ass. NEXT is this

President-elect Barack Obama, relatively young and inexperienced, is facing a rapidly growing list of monumental challenges as he prepares to take the reins of a nation in turmoil.

He has surrounded himself with people in his incoming White House and Cabinet who have decades more experience than him in government, as well as foreign and domestic policy

Obama has been on the national stage for a short time. He was introduced to the country during the Democratic convention in 2004 when he was in the Illinois Legislature and running for the U.S. Senate. Age 47, he will become president after serving just four years in the Senate

Roosevelt was already an established politician when he came into office at the depths of the Great Depression in a society with no safety net for the suffering

I feel like yelling ALRIGHT I GET IT he isn't the most experienced incoming President but what are you trying to get at?

Don't get me wrong here she actually sums up already known knowledge pretty well but for some reason some of those comments seemed to glare out at me. Is it just me being paranoid or it there some subtlety there that others can decipher?

P.S. Where have I heard the name Liz Sidoti before?

Josh asked a very good question earlier. Where in the hell is Joseph Stiglitz?

2008-12-06T01:28:24Z

Is there something wrong with being RIGHT about everything that has gone on with this economy over the past decade and more? Is there something wrong with not only endorsing Obama during the primaries but actually being more than qualified for a top level job? Is there something wrong with being a progressive economist (and trust me, I am someone who is staunchly against anyone getting mad about someone not being a "dyed-in-the-wool" progressive)? Is there something wrong with winning a Nobel Prize in Economics?

I hear that Summers and Stiglitz can't stand each other's guts. Oh well, suck it up and get to work. I think Obama's team is fantastic both in Economics and Foreign Policy but I truly hope we hear this name in the coming weeks with a spot in an Obama administration (that new council headed by Paul Adolph Volcker would be an alright spot to place him in). I won't say I would be mad or anything of the sort if he isn't. I will just be a bit...................suprised

For all the hand wringers, complainers, and the progressive purists...

2008-12-01T01:11:23Z

This is the article you need to read. With all due respect to long well thought out threads........ nothing else needs to be said. My favorite part could help though:

One reason that President Obama is going to be a very successful President is precisely because his understanding of the cosmos is that his ideas (political, philosophical or theological) do not define it. That's called wisdom. That's called humility. And that is the very wisdom lacking in Obama's ideologically driven left wing critics, who never seem able to complete and paragraph with the words, "But I could be wrong." That is why their posture is already a crouch of disappointed expectation, even before President-elect Obama has been sworn in!

When President-elect Obama said that he will try to do what works, regardless of the ideological label or where a good idea comes from, he was telling the truth. Most Americans know how lucky we are to have this remarkable, pragmatic, subtle, thoughtful man for our President-elect. Most of us also know how lucky we are that our next president -- unlike our current White House occupant -- is more interested in being a good president than in proving his "side" right about everything. And most of us also know that the stakes are sky high and that now is a time to stand with our new President-elect, come hell or high water or, perhaps, because of the hell and high water we're already neck deep in.

Is it me or are Republicans trying to take claim for any future success of Barack Obama's administration?

2008-11-29T13:54:17Z

It struck me at first with some saying "Obama ran as a moderate Republican so that is why he won. Then, it was the "center-right nation" stuff. Almost trying to pigenhole Obama into not veering this country too far into the left (he will gradually do so with specific policies that will help people but that is for another blog) and keeping it right in the center or the center-right. Then, after some of Obama's choices EVERY REPUBLICAN started using the terms "center-right Democrats". It was disturbing to say the least, I kept hearing "Obama is making solid choices, choosing the Democrats from the center-right wing of his party". It seems to me that they are doing two things:

1.They are trying to spin of course. Making their epic losses less than what they really are, and trying so save face.

2.They are trying to take credit for any success of the Obama administration by saying it's the CENTER-RIGHT Democrats who are steering this country in the back on track and only because Obama has tapped them is he doing well.

Personally, I don't feel this will work very well. A "D" next to someones name is still a "D" no matter how you spin it. I am just saying I see that as a sort of defence for Obama's (hopefully) future progresses being made right off the bat, and it's Obama using core "Republican" or at least "Right-Wing" traits that are the reasons to his success.

2.5 million jobs..................MY ASS!

2008-11-24T15:28:40Z

I gurantee you Obama is lowballing that number incredibly. It is ingenious, the ultimate "low expectations" game. I believe this is the case when I watched his youtube address and you can easily tell he is playing this number perfectly. When he FAR exceeds the 2.5 million it will do two things:

1. It will help the American people since more and more jobs are created.

2.It will look like he is making incredible progress in putting this country back on track.

That will keep him in those high 60s in approval ratings right before election time (I am not saying he is playing politics to fix the crisis I am saying this is just killing two birds with one stone). Just watch, God willing I will be here to bring this blog up by 2011 when it is 4 million plus new jobs created by 2011, INGENIOUS.

I gurantee you Barack Obama doesn't go campaign for Jim Martin.

2008-11-12T13:46:03Z

I am so sure about this I would bet hard earned cash on this. Any amount you would like if that is the case. The reason? Simple.....................coattails. If Obama were to go and campaign for Martin and Martin ends up losing, how will that look on Obama? It would slightly, at least for the short term, tarnish his appeal and if it doesn't tarnish his appeal it would look sort of embarrassing. Moreover, Obama is the President-Elect, aka the statesman, who is going to stay above the politics/fray and he doesn't want to change that image. So if anyone wants to take up my offer and if you disagree let me know. Your response will be interesting indeed.

Barack Obama Roasts His new Chief Of Staff.

2008-11-08T22:49:50Z

A throwback to a 2005 Roast of Rahm. 5:10 is simply..............MASTERFUL

Voila!

It feels good to have a President-elect that is GENUINE.

2008-11-08T01:29:39Z

Obama is REAL. Like you can tell he is genuine unlike someone like Romney(who you can obviously tell is a shill and a phony). I heard a story about how one time he cockblocked (yes he cockblocked) a young reporter who asked him a question at a town hall. The reporter was trying to impress a girl he was with and Obama embarassed him by telling him he didn't look like a reporter with a babyface like that. The reporter wrote an article about the encounter and Obama called him the NEXT DAY to apologize about messing up his game. I mean you can't make stuff like that up. It's a bit irrelevant but if you think a bout it, who, especially someone in his position, does stuff like this?

Electoral College Game(redo).

2008-11-03T18:41:30Z

It's very easy and takes ur mind of polls and MSM and it gives you something to do if you are at home.

1.Go to any electoral mapping website, personally I chose this site because it allows you to turn every state to an undecided one, which you should commence doing.

2....................You done making every state undecided and/or blank?

3.Now open a new tab/page whatever you choose and go to this website which has all the times for states, with states colored for the time they finish voting.

4.Now the fun(for a political junkie hellbent on finding out how this will end), you look at the times of the first closing state(s) on the second website and fill in who wins the state on the first website (ex. IN and KY are the first states to close polling so I gave IN to Obama and KY to McCain).

5. You continue through with the times for the next batch of states, periodically filling in who wins each as you go along.

6.Before you know it you will have already crossed the path to who wins before(in my case at least) other states even close voting.

7.In my scenario I had Obama winning the race by 9:10-9:30. Of course we may differ on times and states but that just adds to it.

Have fun(or waste time whatever works for you) and don't forget to post your results here so we see who is correct come Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday night.

ELECTORAL FUN, choose the states and the time the race ends.

2008-11-03T14:10:00Z