Comments on: I Guess Keeping Haley Barbour Happy…

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:30:55 +0000

My @36 was intended to respond to randiego’s 17.

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:30:06 +0000

Well stated. Thx.

Speaking of OT… I’m watching the Pres Debate, and find myself wondering whether McCain is going to make it to Nov. Weird thought, but man… speaking of OT (!) Yikies…

By: alank

alank — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:21:58 +0000

When did presidential debates become high stakes gambles for the hosting municipalities. What sort of money is to be made from them. Is it like having the Olympic games in your hometown? Does the federal gov’t provide subsidies for building presidential debate auditoriums and installing podiums, and suchlike?

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:09:07 +0000

On a daily basis I find myself listening to Mc or Caribou Barbie and saying out loud, “They got nuthin’.” More and more people can see that every day now. And there’s 39 days still to go. And fivethirtyeight.com already shows Obama polling at a corrected +4 as of today. So time’s on our side.

By: ConnecticutMan1

ConnecticutMan1 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:04:53 +0000

I can assure you that I am and will remain completely sober for at least the next 15 minutes…

By: BayStateLibrul

BayStateLibrul — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:04:13 +0000

Excellent summary.
Let’s get beyond the Rambo mentality.
America is waking up to Obama…

By: randiego

randiego — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:56:23 +0000

I hope you’re right. All I know is that when I see Pelosi and Reid at the table with Bush, I cringe.

By: radiofreewill

radiofreewill — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:51:38 +0000

Tonight, Obama will be debating a man who is absolutely certain that He Knows what needs to be done to fix America.

It’s not about Logical Assessment, Rational Decision Making and Using the Relevant Lessons of History - which is the approach We’ll see from Obama, tonight.

John McCain knows - absolutely knows - what America needs to do in order to Fix Our Problems:

- Do what John McCain says, not what he does
- What John McCain says, goes
- No Back-Talk

Don’t expect McCain to Debate as an Equal based on the Merits of Rational Sensibility tonight - rather, he’ll more likely Assert his Dominance - as an animal would - and Stand On It as the ‘Price’ of his ‘Leadership.’

So, let’s not forget - McCain’s vision doesn’t Include US.

When he speaks, he’s talking to a 30% slice of America that Believes in Blindly Following a Father Figure - he’ll present as an All-Powerful Maverick Daddy speaking ‘at’ his potentially disobedient Children - and he won’t hesitate to use Fear and Intimidation to leverage his Points.

The rest of US, the 70% majority of Rational and Sensible People, just need to remember that The Real Solution here is Ours - to Rally the Country to a Vision of Collective Effort that Overcomes Our Common Challenges.

“Their way” - Authoritarianism - is broken, but it’s All They Know.

It’s time for the Rest of US to move on and get started Repairing Our Country.

Go Obama!

By: BayStateLibrul

BayStateLibrul — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:49:28 +0000

Maybe, I have flip-floped, but I do believe we are in a severe crisis.
I think the Dems have acted responsibly, especially Barney Frank.
The chips are falling where they may.
“It is, what it is” to quote MacNamee on the Clemens/Congressional inquiry.
Let’s fix the problem and move on…
History will judge.

By: acquarius74

acquarius74 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:45:18 +0000

I think you are right about possible “fake unrest” in Oxford tonight. I truly hope it all goes off without trouble.

The South has greatly evolved since emancipation, but for the attitudes of some there has been no progress. For them there is only one way to defeat an opponent.

I hope security is very alert tonight - - and I hope “security” itself is not a problem, i.e. Ambassador Hotel with RFK.