Also, Palin is being introduced even as the Alaskan Legislature is investigating her firing of the state's public safety commissioner in July. The commissioner has said he was pressured by the governor's office when he refused to fire Palin's brother-in-law, a state trooper who was involved in a messy divorce from Palin's sister. The investigation is expected to wrap up around the time of the election, or unfortunately soon after.
McCain's support among Republican women is showing signs of serious trouble. The women mentioned in this article are prominent Republican fundraisers and activists. Part of McCain's problem is his wretched record on women's rights issues.
From San Francisco Chronicle:
The challenges facing Sen. Barack Obama as he tries to woo supporters of former rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton could pale in comparison with Sen. John McCain's troubles with female voters - if the voices of a growing number of prominent Republican women are any indication."I cannot see a more counterproductive candidate for women," said Jillian Manus-Salzman, a leading California Republican activist and generous GOP donor in the nation's most populous state, an ATM for president. "I cannot vote for McCain."Susan Eisenhower - granddaughter of former GOP President Dwight Eisenhower and a Washington, D.C.-based expert on foreign policy and national security issues - said Wednesday she is backing Obama over McCain because the Democrat has shown more understanding of how the Iraq war, the economy and other key issues affect women's daily lives.And Harriet Stinson, the 82-year-old founder of Bay Area-based Republicans for Choice, said that - after 60 years of Republican registration - she has finally reregistered as a Democrat."I couldn't take it anymore," she said, arguing that on issues like funding birth control and support of sex education, McCain "couldn't be worse."
The sad story is about whales, another icon of the green movement. According to Yves Paccalet, a French naturalist, over-hunting is causing loneliness in the surviving whales and can even make them "lose the will to live". The highly intelligent and sociable mammals could be "so exhausted from their combat with humankind that they have simply have given up the fight," according to him. When whales are suicidal, you know there's a problem.
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I’m going to share my belief in Obama.
Questioning our candidate when they do something we don’t agree with: IS GOOD. Obama isn’t perfect, and no one ever said he was. None of us is. We are thinking, reasoning, and hopefully logical human beings. Our president should be the same!
I respect someone who has the guts to say: “I was in favor of public financing, what the Obama campaign is doing is an even better form of public financing, because NO tax payer who doesn’t support me has to give me a DIME”. That is a logical, reasonable circumstance for change. I would think Obama was pandering, and shortsighted, if he took public finance simply to keep his word. Because what he chose to do is better.
People who say OH MY GOSH! HE FLIP FLOPPED! He supported the FISA! Yeah, SO? There is a reason why he did what he decided. It was not easy for him to do.
On this FISA bill which was passed and then Bush signed it, it stated that the Telecoms would not be liable. Ok, but there is something missing on the bill, can you guess? It did NOT include the name of George Bush, the president in the bill. Yep that’s right it did NOT include his name. What does this means? It means that whoever will be the next president, (hopefully Obama), he and the congressmans have the right to file a lawsuit against George Bush alone for forcing the Telecoms to do wiretapping and whatever else. Guess the pictures?What Barack Obama chose to do was well thought out, and better in the long run.
What if George Bush decided to change his mind, and NOT to give tax cuts to the wealthy? Would people be screaming “FLIP FLOP!!!”? I, for one, would be screaming “thanks for finally joining us here in the real world, now go fix another of your mistakes”.
I will tell you what a flip flop is. It’s John McCain:
McCain used to oppose Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy, but he reversed course in February.
McCain took a firm line in opposition to torture, and then caved to White House demands.
McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol.
McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag.
And now he’s both for and against overturning Roe v. Wade.
How can you just change your mind on so many issues? 180 degrees?The media and the republicans are LOVING that Obama isn’t leaning as left as radical liberals would like. This week, that is. They are just eating it up. WAIT. Check the facts. Isn’t this the SAME media that said things like “Obama is the most liberal senator in the US Senate”. The two don’t jive, which is it?The truth is; Obama is a politician. He can’t run a country successfully by only doing what we want him to do, as Democrats. He may really be onto something: Governing for the PEOPLE, not 50% of the people.
More good news, people: Obama has a BRAIN. He isn’t just going to do what you THINK he’ll do, as a democrat. He’ll study the issues and tell you what he thinks. Will we always agree with him? NO! I think that’s a good sign, it means he’s actually THINKING, and he’s not willing to just connect the dots. He doesn’t use dots. He finds his way outta the maze by using common sense and he knows the law, btw! No matter what happen, we will still vote for Obama.
Obama, 2008! THIS TIME, WE WANT A SMART PRESIDENT!!!
