Republicans & Democrats Have Both Failed Us

Republicans and Democrats both continue to fail New Orleans and the country.

I just watched Senator Dodd (d) field a question on cnn. He was asked if the federal government was ready for Hurricane Gustav.

His answer, I don't know and I hope so.

Democrats are complete morons and failures for not holding the President accountable for Katrina and impeaching George W Bush.

Congress should know up or down whether or not the Government response to Gustav is prepared and ready and they don't.

Democrats wonder why their Congressional approval rating is hovering around 19% (a few points lower than George W Bush's). Its because, Congress is the levee of the American people against a bad President. Our levee in Congress failed us several times over before Katrina ever hit. Katrina did hit, and we voted to shore up the Congressional levee, and the new Congressional levee led by Nancy "Impeachment is off the table" Pelosi failed us even more, is failing us right now, right this minute, and any lives lost in Gustav is more the fault of Democrats in Congress than it is President Bush.

WE AMERICANS KNEW IN 2006, THAT 'W' WAS AN INCOMPETENT MORON. WE AMERICANS TOOK ACTION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IN 2006, AND THE CHAMPIONS WE CHOSE IN 2006 NOT ONLY FAILED US, BUT CHOSE NOT TO FIGHT FOR US AT ALL.

As a side note, any photo op that McCain/Palin engage in (kind of silly to trash them for something that they haven't done yet) is not really the problem.

The problem is that we have 3 of 4 of the candidates for President and Vice President that have failed to act to remove George W Bush from office.

Obama could have exercised some good judgment and fought to impeach George W Bush. Obama failed to do that and failed the American people.

Biden could have exercised some good judgment and fought to impeach George W Bush. Biden failed to do that and failed the American people.

McCain could have exercised some good judgment and fought to impeach George W Bush. McCain failed to do that and failed the American people.

So as I see it, all three have blood on their hands, and if more lives are lost due to Gustav, their fault is only going to be greater.

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These guys are all quick to seize a political advantage whether its throwing a verbal jab at each other, or finding a better make up application technique or even a acne treatment to keep their kids and spouses looking good for the camera, but they never seemed to have the fortitude to take action where and when it mattered.

Comparing Days in Office Obama v. Palin

I'm not saying that Palin has more or less experience than Obama, as far as being President/VP goes, I think they are both lacking in experience.

That said here are the details of the length of their political experience in an actual office requiring an election so everyone can draw their own conclusions.

*Caveat Palin has 365 days of experience serving as an appointee of the Governor of Alaska responsible for $1.3 trillion in oil, no election required, similar to a cabinet position at a state level.

**Caveat Obama is running for President, Palin is running for Vice President, Obviously if Obama is compared to McCain (also running for President) this time comparison of experience would not be remotely close.

*** Caveat Obama has spent 575 of his 1336 days as a Senator campaigning around the country for the office of President. He served 761 days as Senator before starting his campaign for President compared to Palin's 634 days served as Governor before running for Vice President.

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Now, all this comparison of days served has some meaning, but is definitely not the only fact that will drive voters to the polls. I only point it out here to try and remove a little of the exaggeration that is being bandied about by the press and talking heads and people that have more gold watches than common sense.

McCain Plucks $7 Million in Contributions by Picking Palin

Early signs are that people, possibly conservatives, really like McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate.  His campaign added $7 million to the campaign savings accounts shortly after the choice was announced publicly.

Sen. John McCain has taken in $7 million in contributions since announcing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a top campaign aide said today.

The money bounce may owe to Palin's appeal with conservative donors, many of whom said privately they had planned on sitting out the campaign this year. The money comes in just under the wire -- after McCain accepts the GOP nomination Thursday, he will accept public funds and no longer be permitted to raise private money for the campaign.

That will not, however, stop McCain and Palin from raising money for the Republican National Committee. In coming weeks, McCain will host four megafundraising events in major cities aimed at bolstering the accounts of the party. Palin, meanwhile, will be sent out to headline more than a dozen fundraising events for the RNC.

Shortly before Palin's announcement, one senior RNC official said McCain's pick "better like doing fundraising."

Like almost everything else she does, hosting these events will be something of a new experience for Palin. When running for governor of Alaska in 2006, Palin raised a total of just $468,400.

Source: Washington Post

So at best, Palin can help bring in contributions for the RNC, while McCain plays it safe or desperate depending on your perspective taking public funds, while Barack Obama marches towards a billion dollar campaign.

The McCain/Palin ticket and 'limited government'

It doesn't take eyeglasses to see that this image has been photoshopped, but it does none-the-less make a valid point. Anyone that seriously considers John McCain has to consider the potential of Governor Sarah Palin to jump in and take over the United States Executive Branch at a moments notice.

I found the below comment earlier today, and it likely reflects some of the perspective and tone that John McCain will have to face in the future. The question though will be one of can Democrats or Obama supporters get away with making vagina jokes about a Vice Presidential candidate without eventually upsetting women across the country and even women within their own base, still reeling from the over looking of their own female candidate.

What does Log Cabin Republican support of this ticket say about support by gay conservative men for the individual rights of women? Sarah Palin does not believe in reproductive freedom, and doesn't believe in equal pay for equal work (like their man McCain). This is troubling. Does limited government only extend to those without vaginas? Image via Jesus' General. http://tinyurl.com/6dgewd

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Who Runs Barter Town?

Two words, Sarah Palin. When I woke up this morning, I had no idea who this woman was, now after one day, I feel as though I've spent a lifetime with her. Rumor has it, John McCain may have even known less than I did about Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. According to MSNBC, Sen. McCain had only ever met with her once back in the early primary season. I have to wonder if he even knew back then that she would be his running mate.

The real question on most people's mind is what will this mean on the campaign trail. It would appear that Gov. Palin's limited experience and exposure may inhibit the McCain campaign from attacking Sen. Obama's perceived lack of the aforementioned. 

My big question is how is Gov. Palin going to fare in a debate with Sen. Biden? I think she'll be able to hold her own, but going up against a seasoned veteran like Biden could be interesting. As for Obama and McCain, I suspect that could go either way depending on the setting and moderator. 

Finally my top 3 facts I didn't know about Gov. Sarah Palin until today:

1. Sarah Palin was in a photo shoot for Vogue Magazine
2. Sarah Palin is a hardcore outdoorswoman (apparently according to spellcheck she can't be).
3. Sarah Palin has spent even less time in government than Barack Obama.

Barack Obama Kissed Mrs. Biden on the Lips!

I found this amusing image and post at Utterz. I don't truly think much of this incident, but having watched it myself, it was rather unexpected, obvious and funny. Mrs. Biden seemed rather surprised to and it sure wasn't for having seen some acne up close and personal on Barack, but from the heavy smack on the lips he landed with her.

And if that wasn't enough, he then invited all these lovely young ladies on stage and proceeded to kiss them! Man, I wanna be president now!!!

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Is Election Rule Karma Going to Eat Obama Alive?

For any of you that have viewed Obama's political history, you might find some irony in the tale of Barack Obama's tactics at winning his first election to State Senate in Illinois.

He did not win the election by going head to head in the primaries with fellow Democrats. Instead he relied on election rules to have his Democratic challengers thrown off the ballot, which is what the former Attorney General of Pennsylvania is now trying to do to Obama before he can become the DNC nominee officially.

By kicking other Democrats out of the race, so that he could proceed unimpeded in Chicago, he may have negatively charged his karma. This lawsuit could possibly be a universal reach around come back to grab Obama and jerk him out of the race, or it might even be simple political revenge of friends damaged by Obama's tactics even.

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Quote from CNN article http://www.cnn.com/…index.html

" In his first race for office, seeking a state Senate seat on Chicago's gritty South Side in 1996, Obama effectively used election rules to eliminate his Democratic competition.

As a community organizer, he had helped register thousands of voters. But when it came time to run for office, he employed Chicago rules to invalidate the voting petition signatures of three of his challengers.

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The move denied each of them, including incumbent Alice Palmer, a longtime Chicago activist, a place on the ballot. It cleared the way for Obama to run unopposed on the Democratic ticket in a heavily Democrat district.

"That was Chicago politics," said John Kass, a veteran Chicago Tribune columnist. "Knock out your opposition, challenge their petitions, destroy your enemy, right? It is how Barack Obama destroyed his enemies back in 1996 that conflicts with his message today. He may have gotten his start registering thousands of voters. But in that first race, he made sure voters had just one choice."

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For the detailed account of this story, read the Sun Times article

http://www.chicagotribune.com/…3097.story

It's one thing to win the popular vote, and quite another to win on a technicality sending your opponents in your own party back to work selling office supplies or clerking somewhere.

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Biden's Obama's Guy - Will Voter's Respond to the Cheney Play Again?

Barack Obama has stolen yet another play out of the George W Bush play book, proving that Democrats are even more like Republicans than anyone would really like. Last night at 3 AM, the Obama campaign announced that Joseph Biden, the Sen. from Delaware, would become the vice presidential candidate of the Obama ticket.

Just like George Bush in 1999, Barack Obama realized that people still think he's inexperienced, and frankly he is very inexperienced. In fact he's probably more inexperienced than George W. Bush was in 1999. George W. Bush at least had the experience to run the state of Texas, and to run several businesses into the ground. Back then George W. Bush decided that he needed someone with successful experience to balance out his own ticket and chose Dick Cheney to be his CEO of the White House.

Well Barack Obama, who shares far more similarities to George W. Bush than any candidate that has run for president this year, realize that voters saw his inexperience as well and chose his own CEO for the White House and Sen. Joseph Biden. Joe Biden failed to make it very far in the Democratic primary earlier in the year when he was unable to raise more than a few million dollars. He is widely recognized as having significant amounts of experience in foreign policy. Plus Biden brings to the ticket a couple things that Barack Obama and his campaign are lacking in the form of a blue-collar Irish background.

So here's the real question which you will not see on CNN, not even in closed captioning. This is the question that people should be asking about the new Obama Biden ticket. Do we need another inexperienced chairman running the White House within over experienced CEO possibly stealing the show. We've seen just how corrupt policy can be when a CEO is not answerable to Congress. Do we want another weak leader in the top office run by his subordinate.

The Fiasco that is US - Russian Relations

Some few years ago, President Bush hired one of the leading experts in the world on Russian affairs to be his Secretary of State (she was rebounding after a troubled job running a war in the middle east).  At the same time, he took a trip and spent some time with a former KGB officer turned President of Russia, where George Bush was able to look his counter part in the eye and delve deep into his soul and find a man he could understand.

He thought he had found a man that he could trust, but instead he apparently didn't realize that he had found a man that would invade a country under false pretenses, justify the invasion with propaganda and then drive up the price of oil as a result of the turmoil generated from the invasion. 

In fact, President Bush did see into the soul of Vladimir Putin, he did see a man that he could relate to, and in fact he found a man just like himself.  The only thing is that he never had a good read on himself either.  Its no wonder that George W Bush did so poorly in banking.  I guess we can only be thankful that he did not go into futures trading and eventually become the head of the Federal Reserve, possibly the one other position besides President of the United States where he could actually do even more damage through incompetence.

In True Soprano's Fashion, Russian Foreign Minister says "Forget about it!"

It looks like Cold War 2 is now underway in the caucuses, and you can bet unlike a leering Putin, the United States isn't taking it sitting down. After the Russian Foreign Minister announced that Georgia could forget about retaining its two breakaway provinces, as the French-brokered-cease-fire would insist, the United States has dispatched secretary of doom Condoleeza Rice to Tblisi the Georgian capital.

So far, not even Russia seems to know what they are doing so far into Georgian territory. In fact, the Russian forces have occupied nearly 1/3rd of the nation, and despite Prime Minister Putin's claim of a withdrawal, the Russian forces are within reach of the provincial city of Kutaisi (just outside Tbilisi). The French-brokered-cease-fire insisted on Russia's withdrawal to August 1st lines, which would place South Ossetia and Abkhazia back within Georgia's border. At this time, it doesn't appear that Russia is going to let go of the gains made in the last few days. 

In addition to appearing as a reunification of former Soviet states, this land grab has netted Russia a strategic hold on 3 of the major sweet crude pipelines flowing from the Caspian. Wit the aforementioned pipelines closed down, it is unclear as to whether or not this battle will effect global markets.

The United States relief effort began on Tuesday as C-130's delivered pallets of food and water as well as medical supplies and applications for entry into NATO. While all this has been going on, Poland has agreed to house an American missile defense battery on their soil, further chilling relations with the Russian government.

Paris Hilton Response Ad to John McCain

After encouragement from John McCain, Paris Hilton is entering the race for President in 2008. This will surely cause some conflict in the Hilton household, which has financially supported John McCain with maximum contributions. :)

Who would have ever thought we could put the categories: Energy Policy, scandals, Politics, and sexual gridlock on a post together and have it make complete sense. Let alone here a celebratant like Paris Hilton preach to us from a teleprompter about energy policy as opposed to color coordination or espresso machines being so 90's.