Archive | July, 2008
Team Obama: Team McCain Should be Less Paranoid
This coming from the campaign that took a commercial comparing Obama to a celebrity and construed it to be a racist attack. They’re now going to tell other people not to be paranoid?
No, McCain Didn’t Intend to Attack Obama if He Visited Wounded Troops
31. July 2008
The Huffington Post is headlining a claim this evening that Team McCain planned to attack Barack Obama if he visited the wounded troops, like he went after him for skipping out on the visit. The original claim, made on July 28th, read: What the McCain campaign doesn’t want people to know, according to one GOP [...]
Dems Won’t Allow More Drilling Even if Gas Hits $10 A Gallon
31. July 2008
Even if Americans were paying $10 a gallon at the pump, Congressional Democrats would still oppose expanded domestic drilling. Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) objected to every trigger price up to and including the $10 mark during Senate proceedings today. Watch below: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The GOP needs to own [...]
Pelosi’s Book Bombs on Amazon
31. July 2008
Currently ranking #893 on its most popular list, coming in far behind such exciting best-sellers as Goodnight Bush, Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, and Have a New Kid by Friday. Just how bad is it? Let’s ask some reviewers from the site: Anyone who buys this book should, out of deference for the planet, multipurpose the [...]
Obama Compared Himself to Hilton in 2004
31. July 2008
Apparently it’s dirty politics and negative attacks when John McCain makes the comparison, but a light-hearted, acceptable moment when Obama does the same thing. John McCain is facing criticism from many Democrats for likening Barack Obama to Paris Hilton, but the Illinois senator made the same comparison himself at a dinner in 2004. “Andy Warhol [...]
Team Obama Claims “Dollar Bills” Remark Wasn’t About Race
31. July 2008
Does he really think people are that stupid? I mean, really? Yesterday in Missouri, Obama predicted McCain and the GOP would use racially-tinged attacks against him. “What they’re going to try to do is make you scared of me,” Obama said. “You know, he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.” [...]
U.S. Monthly Death Toll at Lowest Point Since the Invasion
31. July 2008
To his credit, it’s being featured on Drudge right now. While the fact that 11 Americans gave the ultimate sacrifice is still hard, July had the lowest death toll for American troops since the invasion of Iraq. Eleven US soldiers were killed in Iraq in July, the lowest monthly toll since the 2003 invasion, according [...]
Photoshop of the Day
31. July 2008
Considering it’s coming from Matt Drudge, I’m not quite sure if he’s parodying Obamamania or this is just a fantasy he’s had laying around.
Morning Poll Roundup: Obama’s Lead Continues to Diminish
31. July 2008
More bad news for Barack Obama this morning, as a new poll shows his lead in major swing states continuing to diminish. According to the Quinnipiac University poll released today: Florida: Obama leads McCain 46-44; Down from 47-43 on June 18th Ohio: Obama leads McCain 46-44; Down from 48-42 on June 18th Pennsylvania: Obama leads [...]
GDP Grows at 1.9% in Second Quarter
31. July 2008
One heck of a recession we’ve got here, huh? In fact, consumer spending and personal income are also up. Gross Domestic Product or GDP grew at a 1.9 percent annual rate, up from a revised 0.9 percent rate in the first quarter that previously was reported as 1 percent… That followed a 0.2 percent contraction [...]
31. July 2008
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