This message just in from Representative Les Gara. He’s taking a break from slaying dragons (Meg Stapleton) and fighting off hordes of invading barbarians (McCain lawyer Ed O’Callaghan and minions) to remind us about another front in the battle for Alaskan politics.
There are several close house races in Alaska this year that need some additional help. Whether it’s a long-held progressive seat that may be in trouble from the re-energized Palin base that will turn out in this election, or a bold newcomer that actually stands a chance of toppling a conservative seat…they need us. Two of them are names you’ll recognize as heros of the Legislative Council that voted to release the Troopergate report – Bettye Davis, and David Guttenberg!
Let’s send Sarah Palin back to Juneau to meet a shiny new Progressive Legislature!
if you are an Alaskan who wants to see your state head in a new direction, or if you are a friend from the Lower 48 who has become fond of our great state, and want to help, read on.
******************From Les Gara*****************************************
With your help we can win the close races we have this year, and win a Democratic majority in the Legistlature for the first time in two decades!
Please help today online at the HDCC website – HERE
This year is our best chance in two decades to win control of the 40-member state House. Democratic numbers have been increasing steadily in recent years: from 10 in 2000, to 12 in 2002 to 17 in 2006. We have an even stronger slate of candidates this year.
Anything you give will go straight to Democratic candidates and advertising, so please consider a donation…
Unless it’s OK that Republicans have used their power to block health insurance reform; block educational opportunity for Alaskans who need it (we’re one of only 10 states with no pre-K program); and block Alaskans from sharing in their state’s opportunity.
We need four seats to take the majority in the Alaska House of Representatives, and likely two seats to form a majority coalition.
Mudflats 
How about a Dem legislature and a recall petition!
Go Alaska! Give her a nice Welcome Home!
Great reminder, AKM….I’m in for a donation, next week when my check comes in.
TOTALLY off topic but Joe the Plumber…doesn’t even have a license.
If he doesn’t need one because he works for someone else…Who the heck’s license will he work under when he’s the boss. Something smells.
HOLLAND, Ohio — Joe the Plumber said Thursday he doesn’t have a license and doesn’t need one. Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, the nickname Republican John McCain bestowed on him during Wednesday’s presidential debate, said he works for a small plumbing company that does residential work. Because he works for someone else, he doesn’t need a license, he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_el_pr/joe_the_plumber
RECALL/IMPEACHMENT!!
God I’m so sick of “joe the plumber” and did you see him this morning? UGH! neo-pig without lipstick! Doesn’t like Social security or paying taxes.
Oh…! Maybe he belongs to one the the groups like SP? The AIP???
She doesn’t like to pay taxes either, but when she gets home to Alaska…the taxman be waiting! 😀
Hilarious movie “P”
http://my.spill.com/video/video/show?id=947994%3AVideo%3A663796
Analysis of Debate – Readability and sentence complexity of candidates shows McCain’s choice required a higher grade level to understand her debate rhetoric.
This suggests what many of us may have suspected, that McCains choice (SP) may come aacross as more impressive to those who don’t quite grasp what she said.
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(CNN) — An analysis carried out by a language monitoring service said Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at a more than ninth-grade level and Sen. Joseph Biden spoke at a nearly eighth-grade level in Thursday night’s debate between the vice presidential candidates.
Sen. Joe Biden used 5,492 words during the debate; Gov. Sarah Palin used 5,235.
The analysis by the Austin, Texas-based Global Language Monitor said Palin, governor of Alaska and the GOP vice presidential nominee, used the passive voice in 8 percent of her sentences, far more than the 5 percent used by the Democratic senator from Delaware.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/03/debate.words/
Joe has no license
Mudflats ate my post.
If he doesn’t “need” a license now, who’s will he use when he is the owner.
HOLLAND, Ohio – Joe the Plumber said Thursday he doesn’t have a license and doesn’t need one. Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, the nickname Republican John McCain bestowed on him during Wednesday’s presidential debate, said he works for a small plumbing company that does residential work. Because he works for someone else, he doesn’t need a license, he said.
If I post the link it won’t post….Google works
OT – Joe the plumber
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/joe-in-the-spotlight/?hp
I heard speculation that if Stevens is unseated, then SP may appoint herself to his seat !
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You can also donate to Mark Begich HERE!
Alaskans have the opportunity to ride a wave of tidal proportions!
Vote for people who hold you first and above all things!
Let’s count the ways Palin is a “reformer.” I’ll go first:
Opposed clean water initiative.
Didn’t support clean elections initiative.
Supports aerial wolf slaughter.
Allows (or instructs?) her administration to manipulate the wording of the ballot initiatives to achieve above agendas.
Please continue…..
Grrrr didn’t post..
[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/03/debate.words/]
An analysis carried out by a language monitoring service said Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at a more than ninth-grade level and Sen. Joseph Biden spoke at a nearly eighth-grade level in Thursday night’s debate between the vice presidential candidates….
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This suggests that her supporters may not quite get what she said, but may have thought it sounded impressive.
-$.02
Go Alaska , hooray:)
My last comment to Joe the plumber.
JTP “This isn’t national?” on MSNBC this a.m. no it’s “WORLD” you idiot.
Joe, enjoy your 15 minutes, because the rest is going to be hell. You are now going to become the poster boy of everything that is wrong with contracting rip offs in America. You will strengthen unions and get Obama/Biden elected.
We mudflatters thank you for everything you are about to do for our cause.
Obama’s new vid *Awesome, must see!*
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/obama-ad-goes-after-mccai_n_135146.html
Hugs to me…I just cast my vote for President Obama and Vice President Joe (the real one!) Biden.
I’m still wearing my “I voted” sticker. First day of early voting and there was a line at 1:00 at our small and beautiful North Carolina town’s early voting spot, appropriately, the library!
Also, the Irish bookies have decided, after last night’s debate, to pay off the bets made by people who bet on Obama for president! They are that sure of his victory!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_bookmaker_obama_odd
I’m hoping SWWNBN will find a really frosty welcome on her homecoming in November and that she’ll have some real watchdogs checking on her every move.
Go Alaskans!
Sorry, my story about the Irish bookmakers paying off early for those who bet on Obama went into spam I guess.
Apparently they are so convinced after last night’s debate that Obama will win, they are paying off early! “We declare this race well and truly over and congratulate all those who backed Obama,” See my raised glass for the Irish!
I voted today in NC for President Obama and Vice President Joe( the real one!) Biden. I’m still wearing my “I voted” sticker.
Go Alaskans…assure SWWNBN a frosty reception on her return to you in November.Make sure she has many honest folks in government watching her every step.
Dr. Chill, I sincerely hope that a gov undergoing ethics investigations cannot appoint anyone to a vacant senate seat. Besides that, I hope that even if Stevens is found guilty it is not as though he is automatically ejected from the position he holds. Crossing fingers…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-russnow/from-germany-it-was-clear_b_135100.html
McCain breakdown
Folks Alaska needs all of us now. Like AKM said even $10. goes along way…
From their site…
“We’ll push to protect our fishing, hunting, and recreational areas, and this state’s unparalleled outdoor opportunities from irresponsible development, while promoting responsible development.”
I want “OUR” ANWR protected FOREVER period.
Donate: http://hdccalaska.com/
http://hdccalaska.com/
Believe it or not, $10 will buy a 30 second radio commercial on some stations here…maybe even some change back! 🙂 AKM
Made contributions to HDCC and Mark Begich. I hope it’s not too little too late.
Sarah Palin-Wolf Killer!
Donated to the Alaskan HDCC — small amount, but encourage all AKM mudpuppies to do the same! This will work even better than our Planned Parenthood donations, the lower 48 will be watching carefully for Palin’s frosty return.
Hah, you’ll never be rid of Palin, she’s a robot, and shell live forever! Just check out http://mypalininterview.com/ for proof of this. It’s a website connected to her computerized brain, and you can listen to her thoughts on any subject.
There was a letter going around (with envelope included) at the Obama rally, so I picked one up and made my donation a while back……… hopefully lots of others did as well.
This election has really resonated with a lot of Alaskans — the us vs. them mentality, the explosion of media scrutiny, etc. Has really made me think (and hopefully others too) about what draws people to Alaska, how to have a future Alaska that is not so divided. Unfortunately, a lot of people are in Alaska because of A) oil jobs, B) military, and C) PFDs, and that means a lot of conservative republican voters plus end of roaders. This is a really challenging time for America (and the rest of the world), and a time for Alaskans to do some deep soul-searching about how best to effect positive change here.
I wish Alaska would get rid of the PFDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Three questions:
a) Did — or did not — Mrs Palin have the following reaction to Obama’s win over Clinton in the primary:
“SAMBO BEAT THE BITCH”
…and if so, what does that make her? A racist, or a bitch? or both?
b) Isn’t it ironic that a kid is being indicted for ‘hacking’ into Mrs Palin’s government Yahoo! email account, when Mrs Palin in fact hacked into a collegue’s email account on the oil & gas commission?
Quid pro quo: where is her indictment? Oh, duh, that’s right, she is ‘above the law’
c) What is life going to be like for her (and hers) when she gets kicked back to Alaska after she takes her party down in flames next month? I hope the alaska ear is ALL OVER HER like, er, “white on rice.”
Burn, Baby, Burn.
checked out http://www.mypalininterview.com and asked her, “Are you stupid” to which she answered, “I certainly am…………….”
What fun! Thanks Mr. O’Reilly:)
i just donated. darn, i feel good
@DrChill (10:15:38) :
Fortunately we passed a law in 2004 that prohibits a sitting gov. from appointing a Senator when the seat is vacated. Now we have to have an election. This was passed to prevent another situation like we had in 2002 when Frank won the gov. seat, resigned from the Senate, and appointed his daughter Lisa to fill his seat. Of course the same year we passed the new law, “we” also elected Lisa to the seat in her own right, but we won’t go there…
JOE THE PLUMBER IS A FAKE!!!!
“Joe the Plumber is not exactly a plumber and he’s “not even close” to making the kind of money that would result in higher taxes from Democrat Barack Obama’s proposals.
Not all the attention has been welcomed. Wurzelbacher, 34, told the Associated Press that he was not a licensed plumber. Because he works for a small company that does residential work, he said, he doesn’t need to be licensed.”
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×3547449#3547465
Annette AKA UK Lady (10:50:56) :
My friends, my friends, you gotta see this ……
It’s a slideshow of McNastys many faces from last nights debate, check out the last one! Priceless!!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/the-many-faces-of-john-mc_n_135255.html
Daily Kos is reporting that there is a rumor “Joe the Plumber” is actually the brother of Charles Keating’s son-in-law. Wouldn’t that be an interesting twist? Personally, I’ll wait for confirmation of this. It is hard to believe that the McCain camp would be stupid enough to pull in a ringer with those connections.
Shikago aka Chief Hussein Shikago (10:33:53) :
I want “OUR” ANWR protected FOREVER period.
Donate: http://hdccalaska.com/
http://hdccalaska.com/
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I want it protected too! Just made a $20.00 donation!
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Believe it or not, $10 will buy a 30 second radio commercial on some stations here…maybe even some change back! 🙂 AKM
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AKM—my donation should be enough for at least a minute of air time on the radio. I hope this helps. I sent a note with it to the HDCC that said “Win Back the Democratic Majority! With love from the lower 48!” I think they will start to get the message as more of us send our donations and notes of support!
off topic but important! Hooray for the Ohio Secretary of State. She plans to fight the Republican interference in the Ohio vote all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary!! I heart her!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/exclusive-ohio-secretary_n_135269.html
hose Hussein hotrod
oh..and forgot to mention. The check’s in the mail! Go Les Gara! Go Alaskans!
Gosh, the HDCC makes it so easy to donate – you can use Paypal!!
This is a great cause, for Alaska and the rest of us! 😀
I don’t get tv/cable, so listened to the debate on public radio. So, what is the deal with the tongue out photo? Was that real? If it’s real, what was he doing/saying that his tongue was out like that? Enlighten me please.
By the way, listening on the radio was kind of yuk because you heard all his grunts & sighs amplified. Ick.
There is a very good reason JTP stinks. I will not post it again for ethical reasons ( I accidentally posted it multiple times), however, you can read one of the several copies of my breaking news post in the last thread at THWV (09:19:58) :
Annette AKA UK Lady (10:50:56) :
My friends, my friends, you gotta see this ……
It’s a slideshow of McNastys many faces from last nights debate, check out the last one! Priceless!!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/the-many-faces-of-john-mc_n_135255.html
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Oh My…..JM doesn’t look well at all…..poor people with HD! Loved the Lizardman pic-OMG!
John Mcinsane! 😀
McCain and Palin always need a gimmick. JOE Sixpack, JOE the Plumber, Say it isn’t so JOE! Again with the distractions and still Palin has not faced a real news conference. Are people really falling for this?
Does Alaska really want her back?
After all, this is a person who has pretty much made her living from the public teat since her Wasilla mayoress days and, tainted as she is by the recent scab picking, her foreseeable future will have to be in the political arena or else as some sort of hanger-on clutching onto some other elected official’s coattails.
Unless she goes whole hog and becomes an ordained minister and gets her own personal flock to fleece (a la pastor thomas Muthee)?
Meanwhile, this is pretty devastating, lol.
Europe mocks ‘half-baked Alaskan’ Palin
“…We were, the Irish Times warned, “just a heartbeat away from the biggest half-baked Alaskan nightmare.” Britain’s Financial Times said his selection of vice president raised serious questions about John McCain’s judgment and added: “The Palin appointment is yet more proof of the way that abortion still dominates American politics.”
Prominence was given to an onslaught on Palin’s environmental and animal rights record by veteran ex-film star Brigitte Bardot. Spain’s left wing El Pais described Palin as “a figure who comes from the America that is farthest removed from and incomprehensible to the European spectator.”…
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/16/europe.palin.oakley/index.html
Does Alaska really want her back?
After all, this is a person who has pretty much made her living from the public teat since her Wasilla mayoress days and, tainted as she is by the recent scab picking, her foreseeable future will have to be in the political arena or else as some sort of hanger-on clutching onto some other elected official’s coattails.
Unless she goes whole hog and becomes an ordained minister and gets her own personal flock to fleece (a la pastor thomas Muthee)?
Meanwhile, this is pretty devastating, lol.
Europe mocks ‘half-baked Alaskan’ Palin
“…We were, the Irish Times warned, “just a heartbeat away from the biggest half-baked Alaskan nightmare.” Britain’s Financial Times said his selection of vice president raised serious questions about John McCain’s judgment and added: “The Palin appointment is yet more proof of the way that abortion still dominates American politics.”
Prominence was given to an onslaught on Palin’s environmental and animal rights record by veteran ex-film star Brigitte Bardot. Spain’s left wing El Pais described Palin as “a figure who comes from the America that is farthest removed from and incomprehensible to the European spectator.”…
.www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/16/europe.palin.oakley/index.html
Does Alaska really want her back?
After all, this is a person who has pretty much made her living from the public teat since her Wasilla mayoress days and, tainted as she is by the recent scab picking, her foreseeable future will have to be in the political arena or else as some sort of hanger-on clutching onto some other elected official’s coattails.
Unless she goes whole hog and becomes an ordained minister and gets her own personal flock to fleece (a la pastor thomas Muthee)?
Meanwhile, this is pretty devastating, lol.
Europe mocks ‘half-baked Alaskan’ Palin
“…We were, the Irish Times warned, “just a heartbeat away from the biggest half-baked Alaskan nightmare.” Britain’s Financial Times said his selection of vice president raised serious questions about John McCain’s judgment and added: “The Palin appointment is yet more proof of the way that abortion still dominates American politics.”
Prominence was given to an onslaught on Palin’s environmental and animal rights record by veteran ex-film star Brigitte Bardot. Spain’s left wing El Pais described Palin as “a figure who comes from the America that is farthest removed from and incomprehensible to the European spectator.”…
.www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/16/europe.palin.oakley/index.html
SMR (11:07:45) :
It was real all right. Saw it with my own eyes in real time. It came right at the end when the debate had just finished.
Mc and O were leaving the stage, Mc got all flustered, it looked like because he was too close to O, and sort of went back and forth a bit then pulled the lizard king face.
Does Alaska really want her back?
After all, this is a person who has pretty much made her living from the public teat since her Wasilla mayoress days and, tainted as she is by the recent scab picking, her foreseeable future will have to be in the political arena or else as some sort of hanger-on clutching onto some other elected official’s coattails.
Unless she goes whole hog and becomes an ordained minister and gets her own personal flock to fleece (a la pastor thomas Muthee)?
Meanwhile, this is pretty devastating, lol.
Europe mocks ‘half-baked Alaskan’ Palin (CNN)
“…We were, the Irish Times warned, “just a heartbeat away from the biggest half-baked Alaskan nightmare.” Britain’s Financial Times said his selection of vice president raised serious questions about John McCain’s judgment and added: “The Palin appointment is yet more proof of the way that abortion still dominates American politics.”
Prominence was given to an onslaught on Palin’s environmental and animal rights record by veteran ex-film star Brigitte Bardot. Spain’s left wing El Pais described Palin as “a figure who comes from the America that is farthest removed from and incomprehensible to the European spectator.”…
http://mypalininterview.com
also contains this interview with Monty Python’s John Cleese on SWWNBN:
“she’s like a parrot which does not have a clue of the words it is saying.”
and “Sorry, Michael Palin – you’re not the funniest Palin anymore..”
…..some thoughts on the debate….Tax Policy (reversing tax cuts for the rich) is THE ISSUE of these elections.
The Bush cuts have been a massive transfer of wealth to the top 5%. Although McSleazy rightly opposed them, now that he’s ‘running’ (“I don’t want to raise taxes on anyone”) he criticizes Obama’s concern for us (95%) as class-warfare! At one point he even suggested that “WE don’t want any of that wealth redistribution stuff”. As Obama pointed out, the trickle-down theory (Let them eat cake!) is an illusion……why wouldn’t 95% of us not want change?
Obviously, the people at Palin rallies can be persuaded to vote for other issues, rather than their best interests. These would be the right-to-lifers, gun owners, sanctimoniousness-of -marriage gay-haters, racist rednecks, creationists, Victory-patriots (and the free-trade with Colombia crowd.)
But there is one more category of unlikely Republican voter….those represented by The Plumber. These are people who vote Rep. with the romantic notion that one day (soon) they may well be rich. So now that Joe is dreaming of being a Plumbing Tycoon (McSleazy “Congratulations, you are rich”) he hates taxes. Not Patriotic, as Palin would say.
The worst part of the debate is the follow-up Focus Group with these ‘dumbass undecideds’, who still can’t make up their minds… and they might well decide the elections. God help us!
Thanks Annette. That ought to impress the hell out of viewers around the world. What a creepy dude. Journalists are probably all salivating, thinking about the photo ops that his being president would afford them — he & Bible Spice would have their own papparazi following them around waiting to get the scary face & winking photos. Ick.
You’ve got my support will send off what I can to help out! We love you Alaska!!!!
I love PayPal, my friends, and I am now a donor to the HDCC. Even though McCain did not use ‘my friends’ last night, I still donated to the Obama/Biden campaign.
You know, I watched part of the debate last night, and I could not believe how disrespectful McCain was to Obama. The eye rolls, the harumphing, but especially, the interrupting. WTF? I couldn’t watch the whole thing because I was too upset. Obama stayed on message for the most part, kept his calm and cool, flashed that wonderful smile, but he looked so weary. I wanted to make him some comfort food to make him feel better.
I have no respect for McCain. None. What a sad way for him to wind down (hopefully) his career.
Also read on Daily Kos that Joe the plumber has a lien on his property for unpaid taxes and hasn’t saved any money to buy the business even if the boss was willing to sell it.
I also think he was a plant being who he is related to –
Big news!
Iraqi pullout mirrors Obama plan
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obamas-iraq-plans-vindicated-as-us-agrees-to-pull-out-by-2011-962874.html
Plus, Cindy McCain is a very very sad woman. I hope she gets some help and drops the deadweight (her hubby) when the election is over.
Thanks AKM for the plug for all to donate to Alaskan races – I’d been meaning to but kept donating to Obama every time SP freaked me out! SO, my donations after this debate went straight to Ethan Berkowitz (opposing creepy yelling dude Don Young) and to Mark Begich (opposing yelling indictment dude Ted Stevens). Since Senator Obama did such a beautiful job of defusing SP this time by completely ignoring her once again, I can now breathe a sigh of relief and catch up on my business, play with & cuddle my dogs (who’ve been VERY LONELY and think I’m a lunatic for running around the house pulling my hair out for the last 6 weeks) and my SLEEP! AKM, my thanks will never be enough, but you know in your heart how much difference your site has made in this election. I remain vigilant, and outspoken, and will continue to work on the local Obama campaign til the very last second. After that, my energy will turn to making SP’s return to AK – well you know. I’m looking forward to it a little more than I should be! I really was a very quiet person politically before this happened, but I can never go back — too much has changed! Now the whole world knows that we keep electing whackos and thieves, so we must admit our shame and move forward with many changes on the horizon (where Russia is out there somewhere). By the way, my mother-in-law has been in Russia for the last three months, and she reports that she can’t see us at all in Alaska! What gives?
SMR
There is already, in the UK Times today (serious newspaper), they had an article with this picture of Mc, and a make-up a caption competition, I’m almost feeling sorry for him. What a berk!!
My thoughts:
Tax cuts have never been a useful tool in stimulating the economy. Fed policy controls the economy, tax cuts only adversely affect the deficit. The Republicans always point to the first Reagan tax cut as to why I am wrong. For those around in the late 70s, you may remember Paul Volker jacking up the interest rates mightily in order to combat high inflation. It stagnated the economy for the latter part of the Carter administration and the beginning of the Reagan years. He dropped the interest rates hard in ’82 and ’83, the same time Reagan’s 1st tax cut took place. The economy took off and now everyone believes it was due to the tax cuts. Reagan had 2 more tax cuts….and they did nothing for the economy but did produce the highest deficits in history at that point. There have been 3 other significant tax cuts and they all produced the same results. Conversely,Bill Clinton raised taxes…remember the sin taxes and highway gas tax increases. All the conservatives said it would kill the economy but as we know that did not happen and we produced 2 years of surplus. Ironically, a major reason for the great economy of the 90s was the micromanagement of the interest rates by Alan Greenspan. Unfortunately he micromanaged it right into the ground and there is no room left there to dig us from the current hole.
I watched the debate on CBS, and after the debate it seemed McCain was (again?) confused about which way to go to get off the stage. So his posture looked like embarassed clowning at being confused and redirected, but by that time the camera angle was too high and distant for me to see his tongue out. He did seem nervous and agitated, needing to let off steam like a schoolboy after an exam. Those photos will live forever. 🙂
asianHusseingrrl”that one”MN (11:31:07) :
my… you know what they say about great minds! i felt exactly the same…that Obama needed some comfort food (is this a Minnesota thing?) …I was thinking my famous wild rice and mushroom soup or maybe a big fat slab of lasagna. i love him so much!! and he “loves me back” (doesn’t that little thing he says just make you grin and grin and grin??)
hose Hussein hotrod
“Plus, Cindy McCain is a very very sad woman. I hope she gets some help and drops the deadweight (her hubby) when the election is over.”
So true, asianHusseingrrl. She looks like such a miserable woman. Of course I would be too if I was married to old Johnny.
People are so frustrating! A co-worker was telling me he’s undecided but leaning toward McCain because there’s too much we don’t know about Obama. The same old crap about not knowing where he comes from or whatever. I then told him the facts about Obama’s background but he didn’t really want to hear it. I asked if he agreed with McCain’s policies on the ecomony, healthcare, etc – he said not really which is why he’s undecided. He likes some of Obama’s ideas but just couldn’t vote for a guy like that. I have no idea what that means…I suspect he’s a tad racist but doesn’t want to come out and say it. Who knows…what I do know is that I’m losing my patience!
Please….Help with the caption.
http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/10/what-was-mccain.html
I donated – feeling good!
My 10 year old son was watchng MSNBC this morning and then told me ‘If he takes Virginia, we win” I laughed my head off – I guess I do have Election 2008 on a LOT!
Did you see on Huff Post the article saying the first Dud if applying for a real Gov’ment job would never get the security clearance due to his AIP ties?!!!
Vetted? Not so much!!
@upnorth Minnesota aka hose Hussein hotrod–yummmmm. Hey, I could use a little comfort food, too. Hint, hint. That sounds absolutely delicious. I would make Kung pao chicken and rice, some stir-fry veggies, and bake a chocolate cake for dessert.
@Rose, unfortunately, some prejudices can’t be overcome. It’s good that you’re talking about it with him, but don’t let it get to you.
On the upside, my Republican brother is voting Obama because he says we can’t have four more years of the same, and this is without me prompting him. One Republican at a time.
Joe the Plumber has now had more press conferences than Sarah Palin.
We got to vote today!! In Kansas we can elect to do an early mail in ballot. My daughter and I are celebrating!! Break open the bottle. Hubby is a repug, and has decided to sit this one out. We tried to sway him but it didn’t work. At least he’s not voting!
A San Bernardino County Republican group has distributed a newsletter picturing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on a $10 bill adorned with a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken.
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation/elections/presidential/20081016_ap_gopgroupdepictsobamawithwatermelonribs.html
Diane Fedele, president of the group, said she had no racist intent. Oh wow, for real, Diane?
FLOOD the media with email…
Joe Plumber is a relative of Keating and the media is running Joe’s story 24/7 as a person who can’t afford to vote for Obama, the guy is a REP and was NEVER going to vote for Obama the first place!!!
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/joe-plumber-more-joe-keating-family-
Media Contact List
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=111
kidsquid (11:44:29) :
“The Bells, The Bells!”
or
“You made me love you, I didn’t wanna do it, I didn’t wanna do it”
ps.”I am1 NOT President Bush”, he can make that sentence a lot shorter on Nov 5th
Wonder where Diane Fedele got her degree or if she has one..I’ll bet she doesn’t have a law degree from Harvard! Ignorant people are jealous of Barack Obama.
twenty=
Just sent what I could afford at the moment. Maybe more on the way in a week or so. The past few weeks have done a number on my “discretionary income.” I think y’all need my few bucks more than Barry does right now.
Alaska politics has provided the greatest entertainment around during the runup to 4 November. Geez, I’m glad JSM nominated her–of course, I’d be going apesh*t crazy if I thought they had a snowball’s chance in Miami of winning.
Rose in PA (12:02:08) :
“…Barack Obama on a $10 bill adorned with a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken.”
One detail… Notice that it’s not a $10 bill, it’s a $10 food stamp.
I was hoping all the Harbour signs just meant that he was giving away a lot of signs. I guess not. Go, Bettye, go! (and Harry and Les and Hollis and …)
We have a little Photoshop challenge going on over at DU that you all might find amusing:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7479912&mesg_id=7479912
McCain for President of Comedy Gold ‘08!
(brought this over b/c I didn’t realized we’d jumped threads. Enjoy!)
When you talk to someone and they don’t want to vote for Mcinsane, and they say “but I couldn’t vote for Obama….” Racsit! Time to remind them Yes Obama is half white!!!
But does it really matter? John mcinsane is “white” and SP and they are hatemongers and racist. Why vote for them???
A neighbor of mine– someone who has always voted Republican– whose beliefs are strong fiscal conservatism– told me he is “seriously considering voting Libertarian” this year. He’d never swing to the democratic ticket- but I figure, one less vote for McCain/Palin.
I have to say, how grateful I am to fivethirtyeight.com …Nate Silver and his pie charts. Seeing the Win Percentage pie on the left change every day is what keeps me going. At first the red pie slice looked like an average helping, big enough to hold ice cream. It can’t be called a helping now.
Through the past week, it looked like PacMan swallowed a red snowball, and was grinning. Now it’s like PacMan with lipstick. 🙂
No wonder the Irish guys have paid off the bets. 20:1 odds.
Right, Barack. Let’s not get overconfident. But now we can breathe.
Thanks, Nate. I’m starting to like math.
Is this the same Joe the plumber?
Found this at the prissy Patriot:
http://www.courtclerk.org/case_summary.asp?casenumber=DV0301377
Bea (12:14:02) :
We have a little Photoshop challenge going on over at DU that you all might find amusing:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7479912&mesg_id=7479912
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OMG! I’m laughing so hard, that I’m crying ! 😀 😀
She cannot be serious!
Milbank: Secret Service is stopping reporters from interviewing people at Palin rallies
WashingtonPost.com
From Dana Milbank’s chat transcript:
I have to say the Secret Service is in dangerous territory here. In cooperation with the Palin campaign, they’ve started preventing reporters from leaving the press section to interview people in the crowd. This is a serious violation of their duty — protecting the protectee — and gets into assisting with the political aspirations of the candidate. It also often makes it impossible for reporters to get into the crowd to question the people who say vulgar things. So they prevent reporters from getting near the people doing the shouting, then claim it’s unfounded because the reporters can’t get close enough to identify the person.
Stevens is on the stand right now!
I thought that reporters had been banned from leaving their little area beginning over a week ago. Is it really taking Washington Post until now to cotton on to that?
Sarah (11:09:40) wrote : “McCain and Palin always need a gimmick. JOE Sixpack, JOE the Plumber, Say it isn’t so JOE! Again with the distractions and still Palin has not faced a real news conference. Are people really falling for this?”
I’m telling you, track those Joes! McCain’s campaign is fixated on Joe! He never got over not getting to have Joe Lieberman as his running mate.
AKM, I donated to Mark Begich. Thanks for the reminder. I guess I paid for 30 seconds and then some…
YES! We must purge and ‘repudiate’ the current AK repugnicans:
Gov Palins (Todd & Sarah)
AG Talis Colberg
Rep Wes Keller
Rep Mike Kelly
Rep Bob Lynn
Sen Tom Wagoner
Sen Fred Dyson
Sen Lesil McGuire
Did I forget anyone? I’m sure there’s more…
BTW: A ‘VERY’ conservative co-worker (we are talking lover of Rush, Hannity, Reagan and all things NRA) of mine just admitted to me that he thinks Sarah will only be a 1 term governor!!!
Maybe less?? 😉 AKM
Well, that’s funny… the Les Gara slaying dragons part… because I saw this bumper sticker this morning.
“It is not a good idea to try to slay dragons when
you are small, crunchy and taste like a french fry.”
Cassie Jeep Pike Palin (Wish I were Trout) (12:20:43) :
Could be Cassie. Hamilton county where this was filed is in the right area to be Joe the Plumber (left bottom corner of Ohio).
@Whabs….Joe the plumber doesnt need a licence? How crazy is that. We have a small mechanical company. Hubby is licensed…and employees must also have a license or at least be a registered apprentice. An apprentice cannot work on his own either. Who does Joe think he is kidding?
caligrl Hussein wolves eat Palin (10:58:03) :
“Joe the Plumber is not exactly a plumber and he’s “not even close” to making the kind of money that would result in higher taxes from Democrat Barack Obama’s proposals.
Not all the attention has been welcomed. Wurzelbacher, 34, told the Associated Press that he was not a licensed plumber. Because he works for a small company that does residential work, he said, he doesn’t need to be licensed.”
That can’t possibly make his employer happy. I’m sure that all the companies customers were thinking they were getting a licensed plumber. I wonder if “Joe” ends us losing his job after his 15 minutes of fame. He certainly isn’t reflecting well on his employer.
I would love to donate more, but I did donate $20. Les and David are amazing and Alaska needs them! Come on people, no amount is too small. It all adds up and NO ONE is going to judge! Even if you donate $2…..it all adds up!
GO MUDDIES (as I love to call us!)
I guess I’m just over protective of Barack but things like that 10.00 bill with watermelons and Barack’s picture on them hurts my feelings! I just can’t stand attacks like that! I’d like to ring that woman’s neck!
Rose in PA, thanks for the link. I’ve sent out an email asking others to complain to the party, particularly those who are registered Republicans (like my husband) who condemn racism & racist actions!
Here’s a link to the San Bernardino County Republican Party, please email them to express your disgust:
http://www.sbgop.com/default.htm
Cassie Jeep Pike Palin (Wish I were Trout) (12:20:43) :
I hope so, the skinhead is on Faux right now and they are milking him.
My daughter forwarded this link to me – it’s a response to McCain’s dismissive remark about women’s “health” issues. The woman writing the response has undergone IVF procedures and came very close to dying with her first pregnancy so it’s very personal.
http://www.alittlepregnant.com/alittlepregnant/2008/10/why-no-one-with.html
judi hussein that one Obama (12:36:44) :
katiebegood (12:38:36) :
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…and if this is the same Joe the Plumber, the McC campaign will try to quiet it. Domestic abuse is not (I think) part of their platform.
http://www.courtclerk.org/case_summary.asp?casenumber=DV0301377
Cassie Jeep Pike Palin (Wish I were Trout) (12:20:43) :
Is this the same Joe the plumber?
Found this at the prissy Patriot:
http://www.courtclerk.org/case_summary.asp?casenumber=DV0301377
“Joe the Plumber” is already starting to regret signing on with the Republicans. And, as usual, this is blowing back on McCain. He didn’t vet “Joe” any better than he vetted Sarah.
Why McCain thinks using a skinhead as a poster child for his campaign is a good idea totally alludes me.
Perhaps you all already know of this opportunity, but here is a link to the Orange to Blue page at Daily Kos (scroll down). It allows you to contribute to several ‘game-changing’ candidates at once…as much or as little as you want (even $1). Their orange to blue list currently includes senate candidates Begich (Alaska) and Franken (Minnesota), among others whose victories could provide the filibuster-proof majority that up until recently no one imagined was possible. It also includes key Representative races. Check it out.
http://www.actblue.com/page/orangetoblue?refcode=thermometer
hose Hussein hotrod
Bloomberg Coverage of Joe the Plumber
(http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ak7GnW2GiKF4&refer=home)
SMR, I will be sending San Bernardino County Republican Party an email for sure.
It’s even more upsetting reading Diane Fedele’s response about the offensive newsletter. It was just food to her? She never connected?
And…
“It was strictly an attempt to point out the outrageousness of his statement (that he doesn’t look like other presidents). I really don’t want to go into it any further.”
Very disturbing.
Cassie Jeep Pike Palin (Wish I were Trout) (12:20:43) :
Can you post that link to Daily Kos
(they are hot on this story) I would do it but don’t know how.
In case anyone interested, Joe the Plumber owes back taxes
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ak7GnW2GiKF4&refer=home
McPalin seem to be touting Joe the Plumber as an everyman. But frankly, my dad was a plumber/pipefitter and he didn’t make anywhere NEAR 250K.
I watched a bit of David Letterman last night and he was BRUTAL on McCain and his pending visit today. He hinted that she may bring the beauty queen with him.
NYC is the bluest city in a state a state that was +33 Obama in the last poll.
Perhaps both JM and SP are biting off a bit more than they wanted in the very public appearances over the next week. Perhaps a nice Philadelphia welcome in NYC.
“When you talk to someone and they don’t want to vote for Mcinsane, and they say “but I couldn’t vote for Obama….” Racist!”
When a AA bashes down your door you call 911
When a AA fireman comes to your house when your house is on fire, you let him put it out.
This country is ON FRIE, we NEED Obama!
katiebegood (12:45:41) :
Why McCain thinks using a skinhead as a poster child for his campaign is a good idea totally alludes me.
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Therein is the point: McCain doesn’t think. He acts. And he is comfortable with that premise. It’s all Mavericky don’t cha know also.
When you visit the orange to blue list of candidates, please give a dollar or two to Scott Rice of OK. He is going head-to-head with the infamous anti-choice, pro-torture, global-warming denier James Inhofe of Oklahoma, and he needs our help. Since entering politics, State Sen. Andrew Rice has proven to be an unapologetic Democratic voice in one of the most conservative states in the country . His progressive stances on health care reform, telecom immunity, international affairs and the Iraq War, and environmental affairs are solidly and proudly progressive. Thanks!
http://www.actblue.com/page/orangetoblue?refcode=thermometer
Please spam the following link on neocon blogs such as TD!
I got sick of reading all the blogs about how Obama is Kenyan, so I found the photo of his certificate of live birth and posted it on all of the blogs I could find which spread that lie – They all deleted the link and banned me from posting!
Having proved them wrong, I’m a bit miffed that they’ll ignore the truth, so I’m asking all of you to go to the WordPress front page, find these neocon idiots’ blogs and spam the link to the picture, which is here: http://custador.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/obamas-birth-certificate-found/
Thanks all!
Do pay a visit to Margaret and Helen… 82 years young, gotta love ’em.
…http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/
“It looks to me like The Straight Talk Express is stuck in traffic and its driver is experiencing a little road rage.”
And this: “If America takes a chance on Maverick the Clown and his side kick, Clarabell, we will find ourselves so far down the crapper even Joe the Plumber can’t reach us. Get out there and vote!”
McCain said that the big winner in last nights debate was ‘Joe the plumber’…Turns out Joe may be the big loser if people keep digging. I am off to get my shovel.
@Cassie Jeep
Congrats on voting today. I grew up in Chapel Hill left in the early 60’s, but every so often would like to be beamed back… especially in the fall. What a place! What a university! What a town! What a basketball team!
DrChill (10:18:30) :
Grrrr didn’t post..
[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/03/debate.words/]
An analysis carried out by a language monitoring service said Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at a more than ninth-grade level and Sen. Joseph Biden spoke at a nearly eighth-grade level in Thursday night’s debate between the vice presidential candidates….
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This suggests that her supporters may not quite get what she said, but may have thought it sounded impressive.
-$.02
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Health literacy is currently big on the national healthcare agenda. Why? Because the USA average is Fifth Grade for literacy.
Which is why Obama needed to dumb down his policies to be able to communicate with most of us. Of course, not the flying fingers on this sight. I really find you guys to be sharp of thought and verb.
phoebe (13:07:05) :
@Cassie Jeep
Congrats on voting today. I grew up in Chapel Hill left in the early 60’s, but every so often would like to be beamed back… especially in the fall. What a place! What a university! What a town! What a basketball team
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Congrats Cassie. I took my absentee ballot down to the Registrar of Voters a few days back. And it felt good.
Another paypal $20 for a good cause! Sam Wang of the Princeton electoral site strongly recommended that folks stop sending $$ to the presidential campaigns, as that race is sewn up; he encourages more support to downticket races. And Alaska certainly deserves some love.
For Wang’s site: http://election.princeton.edu/
For the more popular site with similar info, fyi: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
Both sites have lots of state presidential polling data too.
LOL @ Joe as the Biggest Loser… and here we thought SWWNBN had a lock on that!
He’s clearly out of his league.. He is also a liar. I hope he loses his job over his 15 minutes. Nice of McShameful to throw this (totally willing) idiot under the Straight Talk Express bus. He deserves it.
And I love the point that he has done more press conferences than SWWNBN. That is just ridiculous.
Oh and HAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!! That one picture of McLizard when he couldn’t reach over the table to shake hands at the end.. and did hte lizard dance? The still photo of that reminds me SO MUCH of Calvin (Of Calvin and Hobbes comics) when his mother serves vegetables!!! OMG!! Go find a strip and look!!!
Cassie:
http://www.courtclerk.org/case_summary.asp?casenumber=DV0301377
Do a complete search on the guy’s name. If this is the same guy, he sure gets sued a lot. I wonder if it is about the work he does as an “unlicensed plumber”.
Susan, Lower 48 (TN) (13:10:34) :
Another paypal $20 for a good cause! Sam Wang of the Princeton electoral site strongly recommended that folks stop sending $$ to the presidential campaigns, as that race is sewn up; he encourages more support to downticket races. And Alaska certainly deserves some love.
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Wow. I really, really, really disagree with this. And I seriously doubt that Barack Obama wants us to proceed as if the presidential race is “sewn up”… in fact he said just the opposite…not to get cocky and complacent. Please Mudflatters … I think we should seriously ignore this advice. We can still focus on the down ticket races without abandoning Barack.
hose Hussein hotrod
I’m sick of Joe Sixpack, Joe the plumber, but NOT Joe the Biden! 🙂
BTW can someone repost the link to that point and click picture of Palin in the oval office–the one with the pitbull under the desk and the real Maverick on the wall?
Thanks
Annette AKA UK Lady (12:49:38) :
Cassie Jeep Pike Palin (Wish I were Trout) (12:20:43) :
Can you post that link to Daily Kos
(they are hot on this story) I would do it but don’t know how.
http://www.dailykos.com/
I’ll never be sick of Joe O’Biden…he’s my newest heart throb! But yeah, I wouldn’t mind if we moved onto another topic. I personally have had my fill of the JTP stories.
hHh
@Sarah “honey bucket” Hussein (13:27:17) :
I believe AKM put that link up there in the FUN STUFF! section on the right hand side of the page (up toward the top). I think it’s the one called Palin as President.
http://www.palinaspresident.com
hahahahahah look at the next to the last one.
http://schwicky.net/calvin/show/dinner
I told you that was the picture !
hahahah I knew I had the right visual in my mind… check out Calvin at dinner… the next to the last one on the bottom.
{http://schwicky.net/calvin/show/dinner}
Sarah honeybucket: I think it’s http://www.palinaspresident.something? Does that sound right?
Just checked it out. here’s the address:
http://www.palinaspresident.us/
Oh, thanks for the link! I have to send it to my dad. He is pretty housebound for a couple of day, and this will probably amuse him for a good half-hour (much to the relief of those that have to be with him, I’m sure!)
Remember, everyone! There’s only one REAl Joe this election, the beloved Biden. (I’m married to a Joe, BTW, and he’s not a plumber or sixpacker. But he looks at me fondly, the way JTB-Joe the Biden-looks at his better half. If he really means what he looks, she’s a lucky woman.)
Go Joe. Show those others what a real Joe is like.
Done.
Oh boy this just gets better!!!
The wife beating makes Joe the Plumber a bad guy. Joe’s full name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, who had a little trouble with the wife in 1997.
Now we’ve got:
1. Joe the wife beater:
http://apps.co.lucas.oh.us/onlinedockets/DocketDR.aspx?STYPE=1&PAR=DR19970476&STARTDATE=01/01/1900&ENDDATE=01/01/2100&PARTY=D,1
2. Joe the tax cheat:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/joe-in-the-spotlight/
3. Joe the Keating Five relative:
http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-the-plumber-wurzelbacher-related-to-charles-keating-oops/
Katie – thanks, done.
Just read in wonkette that McCain’s senior campaign staff is ‘rather’ angry with Bill Kristol, because he promoted the choice of SP for vice president over Lieberman & Romney.
Annette AKA UK Lady (12:49:38)—Hubby did, records seem to be sealed, but if the wife’s name matches………
Re Bill Kristol and the wonkette article:
“HORTON: We’ve got a lot of finger-pointing going on within the camp, and I’d say there’s a pretty broad agreement amongst a number of the senior-most advisors to McCain that the Palin pick is worse than disappointing. It’s a total disaster, as one describes to me. And there is a sort of blame game going on there. […]”
hmmm, blame game…. who wouldn’t want to be a fly on the wall…
phoebe (13:07:05) :
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Yes, Autumn is wonderful here..we moved here from PA . As beautiful as PA is in Autumn, it just lasts so much longer here 😉
katiebegood (13:25:36) : —What were the chances that McC would pick “that one” as his new Joe!
Mudpuppies really rock! So much information…so little time!
FYI, Palin as President is now in the “Fun Stuff” portion of the Mudflats site so you can access it anytime.
upnorth minnesota (13:26:41) :
Susan, Lower 48 (TN) (13:10:34) :
Another paypal $20 for a good cause! Sam Wang of the Princeton electoral site strongly recommended that folks stop sending $$ to the presidential campaigns, as that race is sewn up; he encourages more support to downticket races. And Alaska certainly deserves some love.
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Wow. I really, really, really disagree with this. And I seriously doubt that Barack Obama wants us to proceed as if the presidential race is “sewn up”… in fact he said just the opposite…not to get cocky and complacent. Please Mudflatters … I think we should seriously ignore this advice. We can still focus on the down ticket races without abandoning Barack.
hose Hussein hotrod
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Consider it ignored “my friend”……..rofl! Sorry I could not resist. At your urging, I took the rest of my mad money for this month and donated it to Obama! This election means that much to me that I can tighten my belt. You all have come to mean that much to me around the world too. I have always felt a certain sense of community in the past but never has been so personal and up close as now that I have crossed paths with all you great people here!!!
My name is Ayers Hussein Terrorist Muslim and I want to say that to my joy and delight….
There is a blog called Evangelicals for Obama! A great video by the author on her commitment to Obama. CNN picked it up. Please watch and pass it on – this deserves some major attention.
http://evangelicalsforobama.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/my-thoughts-on-the-election-video/
PAP the dripping water on her desk and “joe’s plumbing” drives up, LOL! Didn’t someone say they had dripping water yesterday? I didn’t see it, but I saw the dinosuar walking in one of the window…(I don’t see it today) wonder how he knew? JTP?
I sent in my donation — love that I could Paypal it!
I know this must be posted, but Joe the Plumber directly related to Keating 5!?
Poor McCain just can’t catch a break.
Giving to Begich right now…I feel like I’m part Alaskan now (good sigh)
🙂
http://www.collegeotr.com/college_otr/joe_the_plumber_wurzelbacher_related_to_keating_of_the_keating_5_scandal_owes_back_taxes_13295
oops, one link to story
sorry…itchy falanges! 😉
Gee Whiz. Ya know.
We got some races down here in Texas, that Obama’s coat tails, and a ltitle more money, would definitely help.
What little bit I got, I’m gonna have to spend at home.
Sorry,
Wish I could help.
I’m gonna help ya’ll Democrats with a few bucks if you accept Paypal and please don’t forget all you other Lower 48er’s to drop a few in Mudflats Bucket!! (I know they accept Paypal) (Smart Idea, btw).
I think we all need to send a few extra bucks AK’s way cause don’t forget, as Sara’s church sez, we will all be heading north sometime soon when the earth falls apart !!
And uh, lets see um, that Dude from Keyna got rid of all the witches, right??!! Whew !!
come on Miemaw from texas,
you know W ain’t gonna let us go blue this cycle !!
It ain’t gonna kill ya to drop a $5. on Mudflats and another $5. on the Ak Dems !!
We owe them something !!
If it wasn’t for them, we could very well be looking at “2 1/2 beers short of a six pack sara” for potus!!
Thanks for this link–it feels good to help Alaskan Democrats in any way (like our troopergate homework). And, they take paypal!
OK, I just dropped my $5.00 to HDCC !!
Ya’ll up there are so smart by accepting Paypal !!
Come on everybody, let’s pull a Daily Koss deal and toss some money to AK Dems and Mudflats via Paypal and/or whatever other way that “trips ur trigger”
Let’s show them our appreciation for there good work and intestional foritude regarding the attempted McCain/Palin hoax !!
http://www.mypalininterview.com/about.php
John Cleese says Michael Palin is not the funniest Palin anymore. Compares her to a parrot. Soon to be ex-parrot, we hope.
RE: Lizard face: Does anyone else remember Berk Breathed’s Bill the Cat throwing up a hairball? “Ack! Gag!!! Ptttppht!”
Ripley AKA Copper Hussein Catfish P. (13:36:05) :
hahahah I knew I had the right visual in my mind… check out Calvin at dinner… the next to the last one on the bottom.
http://schwicky.net/calvin/show/dinner
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I like what Calvin says in the final frame:
“I’m going to run away to Alaska.”
🙂
As a resident of the lower 48, I cannot fathom how Alaska (with the exception of visitors to this blog) elected Palin in the first place. Were voters not informed of her “fiscal and other activities” in Wasilla? Were there no debates were her ultra-conservative views became known? Did oil rebate money talk louder than her views?
I visited Alaska in 2001 and talked with a friend living in Anchorage. She described the Alaskan population as made up of 1/3 military, 1/3 “green” environmental types and 1/3 oil industry. Is this true and does it explain Palin’s election?
I would like Democrats to take back the legislature in Alaska but I would also like to see Palin ousted from office and from the national political arena forever. I do no want to see her set up for Palin 2012. Can Alaskans recall her? Pull a California-style stunt?
Please, Alaska, save us.