The Gaffe of the Year

The winner of the gaffe award goes to (drum roll please) Obama! He apparently made the gaffe of the year by misspeaking and saying, “You’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith” on the ABC news show This Week with George Stephanopoulos. This was precieved to mean that he was actually a muslim, but he was addressing the rumor that was spread. The gaffe launched a widespread onslaught all over the internet.

While what I am about to say is very cliche, we are living in a brave new world. Fifty years ago no presidential candidate would ever have to worry about “gaffes” as much as they do now. With the power of the internet, the public can speak via message boards, blogs, social networks, you name it. The gossip is a blazing fire that may be difficult to put out, and Obama making gaffe’s like this only adds insult to injury. Obama being a muslim could be a deadly rumor for his campaign. There are plenty of people who believe it.

I am no fan of gaffe news. It really doesn’t help anyone’s judgement, nor does it really have anything to do with politics. We are slamming the candidates for their mistakes when they speak? I feel like it is shallow and uncalled for, and all it does it show how prejudice you are, but this particular gaffe seemed like a notable one due to its touchy nature.

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Is Palin Obama’s Achilles Heel?

It would seem that the Obama/Biden campaign is struggling to effectively take on the Palin factor. They are tredding carefully for various reasons I am sure.

1. They don’t want to scare away potential women voters. Any harsh criticism toward Palin could seriously injure the Obama campaign by scaring women away, and whether that would be true or not, Obama isn’t willing to take the chance.

2. Palin isn’t from Washington. She has gone against her own party. She has proven herself to be extremely successful as a governor. She is change. Walking the walk is much more powerful for voters and the public and it is hard to deny. Obama will try to brush it off and say that she isn’t change, but he obviously knows its going to be hard to compete against, and with someone else with that background and stating that they are change, it takes the wind out of his sails.

3. Palin just took any chance of Obama convincing a large majority of Republicans on the fence to his side. Obama has been making initiatives to get Christians and Moderate Republicans to vote for him. While this was particularly hard to believe that he would be successful at this, it is most definitely dead in the water now. With this door closed, Obama will have to reorganize and try to find another way to gain more ground.

Side notes that could also injure Obama’s campaign. Obama is known for being extremely liberal. Biden is also very liberal. McCain is know for being moderate. Palin is known for being conservative. They are more diverse in the political spectrum. Palin will bring the conservative base with her. McCain will get the moderate Republicans and Democrats. All Obama will get is extreme liberal democrats and minority voters. Which, lets be honest, isn’t enough to win in November. With a voting battleground that heavily depends on wooing indepedents and moderates, the McCain/Palin campaign could seriously do some heavy damage.

Once again, the country is divided. No one should have any illusions about this election being a cakewalk for Obama. While Bush is unpopular, congress is just as unpopular if not more so, which means that Democrats are also to blame for the nations woes. People (mostly meaning indepedents) may take this into account and want the campaign that will actually take on big wigs, corruption, and Washington insiders.

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Convention Speeches FactCheck

I was parousing CNN.com just recently and I discovered a nice little feature by them by FactCheck.org. It corrected some of the points that both McCain and Obama made at their Convention speeches. Being that most of America is a big herd of gullible and naive sheep, sources like FactCheck.org on the internet is amazing. I encourage everyone from both sides to check this website and feature on CNN to realize that the candidates are politicians. No matter how much you may like them, or agree with them, or think they are the next best thing to sliced bread, they are going to twist, turn, bend, and break the truth in hopes that most of America won’t check on their statements.

In any case, I am not going to put the facts on this blog. Click the link. That’s what it’s there for.

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Public Believe Media Hurting Palin

According to a recent Rassmussen poll report, the American public 10 to 1 believes that the media is biasly and prejudicely attacing Palin to hurt her politically. 24% of US voters said that these reports make them want to vote for McCain.

For Republicans it is 80 to 6 percent, for Democrats its 28 to 4 percent, and unaffiliated voters are 49 to 5 percent all believing that the media is attacking Palin. Only 5% of the public believed that the media was trying to help Palin.

This just goes to show that the public is not as stupid as the media believes it to be and will not buy into everything they feed them. It also shows that the media could really shoot Obama in the foot politically. If you scour the comments on most news websites, you will find several people upset with the media establishment. More and more people are getting frustrated with how bias, tasteless, and shallow the news is becoming. The public is noticing and I think that if the news doesn’t pick up on this and soon, they could seriously hurt their credibility. Too often does America gun for the underdog, especially if they notice something foul in the information they have been fed by the media.

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Abhorrent, Despicable, Deplorable, and Monstrous!

Who are you people?

All I see through-out the blogosphere is the most detestable and despicable attacks I have ever read. All this wicked gossip about Palin and the slander that is being spread needs to stop immediately. It has gone way too far and is absolutely monstrous! I don’t care if you don’t agree with the GOP, McCain, Palin, Bush, or whoever! You at least have the dignity and respect to treat them like human beings. Here we have both the DNC and the RNC talking about how America comes first, how being an American is more important than party lines, and yet the American people can’t even get passed it! We can’t follow suit to what our leaders try to tell us to do. We are the most rebellious and deplorable generation, spitting on the people who lead us. Who do you think you are?

I am seriously disgusted. Spreading these attacks against Palin is just as awful as all the terrible rumors spread against Obama. I don’t care what side you are on, I don’t care if you just can’t stand either platform, you respect who they are and you treat them with dignity. Both sides just need to stop immediately, before politics leads down an even more terrible road than it already is on.

Rant Posted by Alcamadus

Palin and Experience

Obviously, the first target the Democratic liberals choose when going after Sarah Palin is her experience. And I’ll admit that she is limited in experience. BUT SO IS OBAMA!

I don’t know how many times I have to make that clear to people who use the experience argument against Palin. They need to look at their own candidate. Are you just ignoring the fact that he is practically experienceless because he gives a good speech and makes you feel fuzy inside? Or, is it because you are just so rotten to the core bias that you can’t see past the wool over your eyes?

Let’s do the math.

Obama = No Experience and running for President.
Palin = No Experience and running for Vice President.

Personally, wouldn’t you consider Obama’s equation the worse of the two? But, no, I have read tons of excuses about why Obama’s lack of experience doesn’t actually matter. Does this not apply to Palin? Because if it does, then you shouldn’t chastise her for experience, and if it doesn’t then you are a two-faced hypocrite.

Being that both Obama and Palin have little experience, lets analyze their records, shall we? What has Obama really done in the Senate? He’s voted for things so die-hard liberal that even Pelosi wouldn’t vote for them. He is considered the most liberal senator in Congress, and in his 4 years he really didn’t accomplish that much. Palin on the other hand cut her own salary for the Alaskan budget, she went after senators and representatives in her own party because they were corrupt, she reformed and radically cut spending in Alaska, and has done much more gutsy stuff than Obama would ever dream of doing. She’s tough, smart, and has proven to be an all around good leader. It would seem that she would be a better candidate for change in the corruption of Washington than Obama.

I have a great idea. Let’s stop this nonsense about Palin being so little experienced, especially since everyone is expecting McCain to die any second. The guy has a full bill of health and is more vibrant than ever. He isn’t going to die, and you know what? Even if he did, I would vote for Palin against Obama anyday of the week. Obama has talk. Palin has the walk.

See I can make fun sayings like the Democrats too

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Obaminomics

Contradiction.

That is the best way to explain his economic plan. He talked about a lot of spending, but then cutting a huge chunk of taxes. He told people that when they get knocked down they have to get back up again, but then he chastised government for not helping people when they fall down. He talked about individual responsiblity but then said we have to be accountable to each other, and so on and so forth.

Personally, I think the taxes issue is the worst. It sounds great to cut taxes and also to start pumping tons of money into the economy, but that isn’t going to help right now. We don’t need The Great Society, but that is what people want to hear. I think we are really going to have to listen carefully to what Obama wants to do with our economy because I am definitely not sold by that speech. It will be interesting to hear the debates that they will have in the upcoming months.

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Change We Don’t Want to Believe In

It is pretty obvious the Democratic party is pushing the idea of “Change”. My even writing that sentence should make me “Captain Obvious”. Obama mentioned the different things he wants to change in his nomination speech, and several campaign workers and Joe Biden have been quoted saying, “That’s not change, that’s more of the same”.

The first question I have to ask is, “What audience are they speaking to?” It is obvious that it’s a largely liberal, Democratic party audience. This audience wants any scent of the Bush Administration out of the White House. Thus, all the “McCain/Bush Administration” statements that Biden and other campaign managers have been throwing out. They are trying to link McCain and Bush together. However, it would seem they are also trying to convince Independents (and maybe some on the fence conservatives) that Bush’s policies have been bad and that change in Obama is good. However, a lot of what Obama had to say for change isn’t actually change at all. It is just change to the Democratic policies. So, let’s be clear, this isn’t some kind of perfect, beautiful, and universal American change that everyone agrees with, this is the Democratic parties version of change. I am sure that Ralph Nader wants to create lots of change too if he became President, but that doesn’t mean it is the change we need. And even McCain mentioned that he wants to bring about change as well (and has criticized the Bush administration) but he says we need the right kind of change.

I suppose I  am just tired of the Democratic parties brainwashing rhetoric about change as if their change is some awesome, all-powerful change from on high. And let’s just get down to the basics here, if you like Obama’s policies and the Democratic parties policies, then vote because of that, don’t vote because they are brainwashing you into believing in some universal change. If you like McCain’s policies than vote for McCain. We are a divided nation; a large part of the country doesn’t actually agree with Obama on what he wants to change. There are a lot of people out there that don’t think we need a lot of change. And make no mistake, there will always be things to change, but once again not necessarily in the way that Obama is plotting.

So, when you read articles about people saying, ”Governor Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush’s failed economic policies. That’s not the change we need, it’s just more of the same,” he [Burton] said.” Just ignore it and focus on the issues. Vote not on change alone, but on what candidate will actually bring about a better focus and goals for the country, because in the end this is what they are really telling you:

“We don’t agree with anything that the other side says and you need to agree with us that those things are wrong. Thus, it will never be the ‘change we need’.”

I could find a whole lot of people that would say that the above issues that Burton mentioned is exactly the change we need. Once again, we are a divided nation.

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Obama on Lost?

Ok, not really. But, I had so much fun matching Barack Obama and Joe Biden to two characters of 24, that I couldn’t help but think of the possibilities of this on other shows. And, it struck me like Mr. Eko with his, as Charlie so wonderful coined, “huge Jesus stick”. LOST! Who from Lost looks like Barack Obama and Joe Biden? I came up with my answer. Look below:

It’s a match! Michael and Christian Sheperd are perfect for Obama and Biden look alikes! Obviously, I had to find a picture with Barack Obama with a beard, and I didn’t think it could be done, but thank the stars I found one! (And yes, I said “thank the stars”)

I had considered getting Mr. Eko or Matthew Abaddon for the role of Barack Obama, but Michael seemed the best fit out of all of them. Christian Sheperd was a shoe in for Joe Biden. They could be brothers if not twins.

So, there you have it ladies and gentlemen. I have wasted your time once again. But, you enjoyed it. I just know it.

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Obama Popularity A Mixed Bag

A phenomneon like Obama-mania hasn’t happened since JKF, and now with the capability of the internet and technology, it spreads even faster. However, for all the people that are extremely ecstatic about Barack Obama, there are just as many people who aren’t. The polls since even before Obama got the nomination have shown that many voters are wary of Obama. In fact, there are a lot of people out there that can’t stand the guy, nor would trust him to be the President.

With this being a clear and present danger to the Obama campaign, the Democrats and Obama are scrambling to turn that around. I think they are all shocked at how close the polls are, especially with so many factors that should be used in their favor. Everyone is making excuses, especially as if McCain is just getting lucky. But, I have a good theory to why things are not a sure thing for the Democrats and Obama.

Listen very carefully: THE NATION IS DIVIDED.

Never since the Civil War has the nation been so divided on polarizing issues. Abortion, Homosexual Marriage, Universal Healthcare, and Foreign Policy are just a few of the hardcore issues that both Democrats and Republicans are not willing to be swayed on. This makes it difficult for anyone to come to a bipartisan common ground, which means that one side is going to get their way eventually. That power struggle is what we are seeing right now in the polls. It is what we saw with how close the elections were with Bush and Gore and Bush and Kerry. Somehow, I think the Democrats are underestimating the resolve that hardcore Republicans have toward these issues. They aren’t just going to say “mercy” and let go. This means that this election is going to be just as close as it was in 2000 and 2004.

With that said, do not be surprised if either of the candidates barely squeak by in this election. Until one side gains an overwhelming majority (which won’t happen), this nation will be divided for a long time and political struggle like this will be a constant.

Posted by Alcamadus