TCR Endorsements: President
Spreading The Wealth: Is It Socialism?
It's been an interesting week so far as reaction to the whole Joe The Plumber escapade has heightened people's awareness of Barack Obama's agenda.
For the sake of full disclosure, and ensuring people don't accuse me of taking his words out of context, you can see the full transcript of the conversation between Obama and Joe here. I'm going to focus on one sentence that Obama said:
I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody.One can argue a hundred different opinions on this topic, and there's been a lot of comments around how this is a Socialist agenda (and many consider this to be pretty obvious). However, the new argument from the Left is that there's nothing new here that make Obama's plans more Socialist than we are today. Or more Socialist than we have been for nearly 100 years. I received an email
Polling Data: To What End?
The biggest fraud in this election appears to be the use of polling numbers to disorient and discourage (mostly) Republican voters.
How many times have you heard three or four different sets of polling results in for the same state in the same time period? Keep an eye on the organizations providing the information. I doubt that any partisan organization is going to avoid showing numbers favorable to their candidate, but the largely liberal media is clearly having a heyday pushing numbers that just don't add up. Even this week here in Iowa, polling supposedly puts Obama 12 to 13 points ahead of McCain.
So why was Obama planning to come to Iowa this week? (that[...]
Go Vote Now!
If my experience tonight is any indication, we are in for record participation at the polls this year.
Originally I thought to wait until Election Day, but personal matters have made it possible that I may be called out of town and miss the opportunity to vote.
Two years ago, I voted early. At that time, one would go to the library, enter a small office, fill out an absentee ballot, and you're done. No wait, no pain.
Fast forward to today. I voted early once again. And again I went to the library. I stood in line behind about 20 people. At the front of the line was a table with two poll workers each helping two people at a time fill out the forms for their absentee ballots. You could register here, although you needed[...]
Book For Soldiers: Still Need Your Help, Making Progress
Great news!
Since a week ago when I last posted on this topic, Books For Soldiers has been able to raise another $4,000! Thank you for all you've done so far, including passing this word along to others!
They still need another $13,500. The good news is, the organization's directors, who had given them until October 31 to raise a total of $70,000 ($56,500 raised so far) or face closing, have extended this[...]
Colin Powell Endorsement: Who Cares?
It's not exactly been a big mystery where the former Secretary of State was going with his own vote this year. And NBC was was certainly fairly confident that they knew what Power was going to say today when he gave his endorsement to Obama.
I would tend to agree with Michelle Malkin when she states that this doesn't look like a mater of race, despite[...]
Radio Station Encouraged McCain-Palin Signs To Be Brought In For Hoax Dying Child
The TCR OJ award (for those that manage to avoid accountability) goes to KCJJ's Morning Show, yet another sign that we will put up with any kind of illegal behavior...
(Coralville, IA) – An Iowa City area radio talk show host has admitted that an on-air report of a dying child’s last wish to set the Guinness World Record for having the most McCain-Palin yard signs is untrue and claims it is a hoax. “Captain†Steve Soboroff and co-host Tommy Lang of KCJJ 1630-AM in Coralville began asking listeners last week to take McCain-Palin yard signs and bring them to the radio station for a dying child. They now admit there is no such child. Soboroff admitted the hoax when interviewed by KGAN-TV of Cedar Rapids, but said[...]
Voting Fraud: Risks Of An Open Society
The Supreme Court today backed the petition of the Ohio Secretary of State's position that they did not need to verify the records of about 200,000 new voters this years whose ID information did not match government records. That's more than 25% of the new voter registrations in Ohio.
Although it's a fairly partisan confrontation, it highlights something that is becoming more endemic across our fruited plane: in our attempts to ensure that people are able to exercise their right to vote, we are becoming more and more at risk of exposing a larger segment of ballots to fraud.
The problem extends beyond just the sublime attempts to[...]
Debate Reax: Closing the Sale… Or Not.
Here’s a transcript of last night’s debate.
If I get time, there’s a number of points I’d like to break out of it. But for now, a quick overview of who won and who lost.
If there’s one thing that the blogging Democrats and their pre-written declarations of an Obama victory in the debate last night proves, it is that BS is a renewable resource. Last night, the left side of the spin floor similarly had nothing but the same tired nonsense we’ve seen this entire cycle.
The Final 2008 Presidential Debate: Open Thread
As mentioned earlier, this will be an open thread for any comments you have during and after tonight's Presidential debate. Please keep it clean and kind. We always reserve the right to delete anything we find offensive.
I so wish I could be here tonight, but events are preventing me from being online during this big showdown (although I'm not expecting much excitement tonight).
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