Barack Obama Elected President!

[Roman]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/05/c...from-the-press/

[Wales2004]

Thanks for saying that.

The LA Times said he vowed his own kind of change which was to look past party labels for the good of the country. Don't they all pretty much promise the same thing? Isn't that part of Running For President 101? What I find the most funny of all is the vow to take back Washington as if the Democrats have had control of it for the past several years. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Palin is just a distraction for the Democrats. They need to focus on the issues and recognize McCain's soap opera for what it is. He gets major points for throwing up roadblocks. There are all these different reasons why he can skirt around accountability. Nice diversion but ultimately he's running for president not her and what does that say about him that he wants to hide behind her to waltz his way into the White House?

I'm extremely disappointed in Barack Obama for agreeing to that travesty with O'Reilly. I can't refer to it as an interview since O'Reilly is a rude hack with no interviewing skills whatsoever. He should have just shown clips of Obama as he ranted and raved about his contempt for everything outside his universe. The fiasco is going to be aired three more nights next week and he claims its provocative.....yeah right.

[Jess]

Has anything aired on that yet? I saw O'Reilly last night kissing Newt's butt when I tuned in to see the interview. Newt is complaining and O'Reilly, oh oh I'm asked Obama that, I went down a whole list. Then Newt smiled proudly at his lap dog.

Also, why is it that every Republican press release about Palin mentions her infant son, yet no one else is able to say anything?

[Roman]

I think Obama may have won that round before he even went on the show. It took the man who OWNS New Corps. to broker the deal, and Obama told Roger Ailes how shitty his racist treatment of him and his wife has been. Amazing how SP's family is off-limits......but calling Michell a terrorist and saying she doesn't love her country is just fine.

But, Wales, I do see your point wholeheartedly. It is like given credence to the slime they have said about him to go on that network.

My question is this......if RM is changing his mind so much and is a huge supporter of Obama, why has he let this garbage go on for so long.....

And what will he do to stop it?

[Roman]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../EDFG12NLTV.DTL

[Roman]

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/vie...amp;position=15

If there is nothing to hide, testify.

[Jess]

Palin wants it to go to the personnel department because it is appointed by her and it can delay any findings on what happened until after the election.

[George008]

I think she has her hands full with this campaign until the election is over.

I saw the official that she fired yesterday on CNN. He said he was never directly asked to fire the trooper. Palin says she let him go for budgetary reasons.

This is understandable seeing as how she completely revamped the budget upon becoming governor.

I think the main reason she is under investigation in Alaska is because she does not have many friends in the government. I can see why after losing their power that the "old" powerhouses in Alaska are now wanting something to go after her with. It reminds me of Clinton's impeachment. It was just jaded republicans that were sore about losing the past two presidential elections.

Palin has one upped the Alaskans she now has friends in higher places.

[Wales2004]

I don't think Murdoch has any intention of stopping it. He just wanted Obama on there to feed the network's ratings since it looks great to them to have O'Reilly ranting and raving at Obama while Obama has to sit there and be diplomatic about it.

People have protested against that station on his behalf and now they are forced to put some sort of positive spin on it. I'm no fan of Spike Lee but at least he let them know that he doesn't do Fox News when they stuck a microphone in his face last week.

[Roman]

We will see.

I don't blame SL one bit.

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/vie...amp;position=10

[Roman]

I think it's time this gets put to rest one way or the other.

[Wales2004]

The NFL season opener gave McCain a ratings boost as I thought it would but not as much as I expected. I still haven't seen his complete totals yet and he really needs to have raked in more viewers than his VP candidate.

[Jess]

Hmmm, last night when O'Reilly was sucking up to Newt, he showed a clip where Newt told off NBC. Did he show a clip with Spike Lee told off Fox?

My hunch is RM is trying to say lookie lookie, I'm fair. Yeah right.

[George008]

Funny how a couple of days ago, she needed to be dropped from the ticket. Now she "outshines" John McCain. What happened to all of the critisism of McCain's judgement in picking a running mate that wont cut it?

He talked a lot about specifics in his healthcare plan, taxes, education, and revamping the outdated unemployment system. The education specifics surprised me. I didn't know that is one of the issues he feels passionate about.

[Wales2004]

O'Reilly pretty much wants to have NBC shut down so I'm sure he was happy to have that clip. I don't know if they recorded Spike Lee because I read about it online. He was on his way in to one of the parties being thrown during the convention when he was approached, but there's no way they'd show that unless they could splice it in the most unfavorable way.

I don't see how seeing Palin as a bad vp selection means she still cannot outshine him. She's obviously a better speaker and has a more engaging personality. To me that's like saying if he picked Joan Rivers and she garnered more attention than he did that makes her an excellent choice. How hard is it to outshine McCain when he's generally lethargic and dull?