McCain

Soon he'll be snapping his teeth at flies.

McCain on Rice

Losing to Obama has made McCain nuts. Who cares what he thinks? Why do reporters keep giving him air time?  Let's never forget his goofy selection of Palin as running mate, if we are tempted to take him seriously.

World Trade Center before 9/11

Obama, don't get your hopes up

The Republicans will never compromise. They hate you, Mr. President and will inflict suffering on the rest of us if it does you damage.

Is this campaign a comedy show?

Romney and his little pal Eddie Munster think we are really stupid

Creepy guy

Ryan can't tell the truth.  He seems to prefer lies especially those with just enough vagueness and innuendo to provide cover while facilitating later backtracking.

The problem is Republicans in Congress

After years of obstruction, years of stopping anything and everything Obama proposed, whether good for Americans or not, it's time to take a close look at these crapheads and do what we can to deliver a Democratic Congress.

Discussion is here

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/za524/i_think_its_pretty_clear_reddit_wont_vote_for/

iPhone

My wife is a salesperson.  When she goes to work she carries two iPhones, one windows based laptop, one iPad. The only machines she actually uses are the iPhones, one personal, one business, and she uses them for everything.  I watched her use an ap to scan a document and then fax it to where she wanted it to go.  She keeps track of accounts and updates sales call data, all on the iPhone.

Impressive, if you ask me.

Crackpots: Romney/Ryan

Both Romney and Ryan seem to be missing some essential parts that allow them to a lie with impunity and without remorse.  There's a lot of nuttiness around these guys, like  transporting a dog on the roof and a Rosie Ruiz style marathon. 

You really wouldn't want to get in a car with either of these guys driving.

Bush and Blair war criminals?

Was attacking Iraq over non existent weapons of mass destruction a war crime?  Should Bush and Blair be tried by an international tribune?  Some think so. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/02/desmond-tutu-tony-blair-iraq

But Mr. Tutu should know that winners are never tried.

Clint

Empty head scolding an empty chair.

Links to best campaign coverage

The best place to find the most links to campaign coverage is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/

Obama/Romney top contributors

Interesting to compare top contributors, via Open Secrets

Barack Obama (D)

1	University of California	$491,868
2	Microsoft Corp	$443,748
3	Google Inc	$357,382
4	DLA Piper	$331,715
5	Harvard University	$317,516

Mitt Romney (R)

1	Goldman Sachs	$676,080
2	JPMorgan Chase & Co	$520,299
3	Morgan Stanley	$513,647
4	Bank of America	$510,728
5	Credit Suisse Group	$427,560

Work for Welfare

If you work for it, it is not welfare. It is a government job.

Christie et al

http://gawker.com/5938790/republicans-are-just-like-you-creepy-two+bit-bad-actors

Romney/Ryan running most racist campaign ever

In addition to the racism the new Republican view of Democrats is that they (we) are somehow unamerican and not entitled to reasonable dialog and compromise.

Basically, the Right started this no compromise relationship and sustains it with a steady stream of hate radio and TV.  Their movement is essentially today's model of fascism.  Fascism traditionally dehumanizes the opposition, defines it as other and wages total war against it. Today's others are Blacks on welfare (generally the welfare label is hung on Blacks who have to prove they are otherwise) illegal Hispanics (as with Blacks this group too is assumed to be something other than  mainstream American, in this case illegal unless they prove otherwise), the poor in general (assumed to be that way voluntarily because they do not want to work and want a handout) and liberals and progressives, usually labeled as socialists and communists and therefore, other and unamerican.

It almost always works this way, setting up the other for disenfranchisement followed in the most extreme cases deportation, loss of property, prison and so on.  In Pennsylvania, for example, there is vigorous move to require voters to have photo identification. Easy enough for those who have driver's licenses, college student ID's, etc. but not so easy for the urban poor.  The idea is to make it hard for large numbers of  to vote. This disenfranchisement is  reminiscent of the poll taxes and literacy tests used in the old South to keep Blacks from voting. Same process.  Same early stage fascism.

As for fascism, the word "fascism," if you don't like it, substitute the words "radical" or "extreme right" for fascist--same beast.




 

Does Christie believe Romney will lose?

Report says Christie would not join ticket because he thought Romney would lose.

Republican Isaac and a link to Naked Capitalism

Looks like Isaac is going to mostly miss Tampa, delivering only some wind and no substance.

Here's a link to some real tell-it-like-it-is writing on our economy and politicians.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/08/ezra-klein-deems-joe-stiglitz-paul-krugman-and-elizabeth-warren-plus-other-serious-people-not-credible.html

Read the linked post and get smarter.

Does NYC shooting reveal training problems?

Reports suggest that all shot bystanders on the crowded streets were hit by bullets fired by the police and that the killer shot only at his victim and fired no shots at the police. Two police may have fired 16 shots at the killer and, according to videos, they were firing at very close range.

Romney's "qualifications"

Romney wants us to believe his experience getting rich by running Bain Capital qualifies him to run America. It doesn't and we are not that easily fooled into accepting his comparison of  apples to horse shit. 

For example: "You cannot run America by avoiding American regulation. You cannot offshore "America.""