The U.N. said coalition forces were to blame for about a quarter of
civilian deaths in 2009 — most of them in airstrikes. The top NATO
commander, U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has made protecting Afghan
civilians a top priority. --CNN.com
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December 02, 2008
Is help really on the way or why amateur journalists get so much air time...
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jackddeal what bothers Ms. Brown is that she thought certain groups were right because other groups were wrong...really? |
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jackddeal what Brown misses is that the Obama response to the meltdown is another stimulus package...what change? help on the way? |
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jackddeal and just why should I listen or read Ms. Brown's colletivists comments? does she actually believe "don't worry --help is on the way"? |
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jackddeal why didn't she bother asking these 'tough questions' during the election when it really mattered...it doesn't matter now...duh... |
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jackddeal she asks where is the real change and why Hillary? duh...naive is not the appropriate word... |
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jackddeal why in heaven's sake this amateur is getting 'air time' is beyond reason...where is the substance? now she complains... |
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jackddeal Campbell Brown was one of many biased journalists during the election that simply avoided the inconvenient truth...what her worry? |
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jackddeal now the reporter Campbell Brown is ranting on Obama for not answering questions about his lack of real change...why now? |
Why Experience is Relative or One Year of Experience 30 times?
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jackddeal so get ready boys and girls...all of this meltdown mess has just begun to work itself out...paying for past sins will cost us all... |
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jackddeal as usual, the poor electorate simply must suck it up and hope for the best...regardless of how the chips fall... |
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jackddeal so when we look at a 30 year political career, we may in fact be looking at one year's experience 30 times...that is, one year in reality... |
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jackddeal in business when we look at experience, we look at the finer aspects of experience...doing the same thing 12 times is not 12 tilmes better |
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jackddeal even the illegal aliens I meet on the streets (I speak Spanish) are heading back to Mexico because the American Dream is no longer...ha... |
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jackddeal this whole mess puts another 'spin' on "Hope"... |
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jackddeal VP elect Joe Biden will come in real handy with his 30 years of "gridlock" experience... |
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jackddeal so here we are bailing out the 'crooks' and good folks that were misled get squat... |
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jackddeal more and more folks are seeing the meltdown as an indictment on how government fails to meet it's promises...for the people? groan... |
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jackddeal all the people Obama is putting around him are political insiders from the old guard...but it's a new world folks...ha.... |
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jackddeal doe "political golddigging" count as real world experience? groan... |
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jackddeal since Obama won the election by default, who needs a bold economic policy? "help is on the way" should be enough...right? ha... |
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jackddeal that "Change" thing was just a ploy to get elected?..... |
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jackddeal Obama certainly has all our enemies scratching their collective heads...whassup, doc?...ha... |
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jackddeal not that it matters what kind of foreign relations experience Hillary has...ha...remember the bullets in Bosnia? ha... |
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jackddeal and let's not forget change agent Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense in the Bush Administration...better known as "Senor Change"... |
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jackddeal with the world in such a mess, I feel a whole lot better now with Hillary as the Secretary of State... |
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jackddeal Change We Can Believe In: Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson, Ted Daeschle, Paul Volcker... |
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jackddeal so get ready boys and girls...all of this meltdown mess has just begun to work itself out...paying for past sins will cost us all... |
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jackddeal as usual, the poor electorate simply must suck it up and hope for the best...regardless of how the chips fall... |
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jackddeal so when we look at a 30 year political career, we may in fact be looking at one year's experience 30 times...that is, one year in reality... |
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jackddeal in business when we look at experience, we look at the finer aspects of experience...doing the same thing 12 times is not 12 tilmes better |
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jackddeal even the illegal aliens I meet on the streets (I speak Spanish) are heading back to Mexico because the American Dream is no longer...ha... |
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jackddeal this whole mess puts another 'spin' on "Hope"... |
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jackddeal VP elect Joe Biden will come in real handy with his 30 years of "gridlock" experience... |
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jackddeal so here we are bailing out the 'crooks' and good folks that were misled get squat... |
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jackddeal more and more folks are seeing the meltdown as an indictment on how government fails to meet it's promises...for the people? groan... |
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jackddeal all the people Obama is putting around him are political insiders from the old guard...but it's a new world folks...ha |
November 21, 2008
John Edwards CEO, Alan Greenspan Still Clueless and the UAW's Humble Pie
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jackddeal Mitt Romney said GM shouldn't be bailed out...Mitt always was so clever...ha... |
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jackddeal actually John Edwards would make a good GM CEO; he's got the hair and the morals to go with it...ha...low blow, eh John? |
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jackddeal some confused Senator even suggested that the government appoint a new management team to run GM and Ford...Alan Greenspan maybe? ha.. |
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jackddeal the UAW said they made big concessions but just what were those concessions? it's really hard to make the bailout argument... |
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jackddeal so Obama now is showing that change we can believe in is change as usual...or rather politics as usual...right Ted? ha... |
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jackddeal politics is even more anachronistic than archaic business models...like Ford, GM, and Chrysler...how much of that car is really American? |
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jackddeal Big Three and UAW farce is really a comedy of errors...private jets while Rome burns...ha...does the average UAW line worker make $57/hr? |
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jackddeal next to the financial news the political news is fluff...how come some media still think there's an election going on? |
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jackddeal Hillary wouldn't have ambitions, would she? that's a scary thought...she'd love to run against Sarah...ha... |
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jackddeal guess Obama's honeymoon is over...Al Quaida is calling him ugly names and his clan is upset half his picks are Clinton's people... |
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jackddeal Hillary Clinton and Ted Daschle...change we can believe in...ha... |
November 11, 2008
Obama's Rough Start or is Government Really the Problem?
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jackddeal if government was largely responsible for the meltdown; how can we expect govenment to do much to fix the problem? groan... |
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jackddeal can no one in government think of anything for the economy than the weak "stimulus plan"? come on, where's the beef? ha... |
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jackddeal but really, if the guy never gets any sleep we are in real trouble... |
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jackddeal it really is irritating to keep hearing Obama called "The One" when he makes gaffes like "mutt like me"....groan...hopefully it will improve |
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jackddeal overheard in line at the grocery store: "this is the first time we elected a President that has never accomplished anything...really? |
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jackddeal hopefully he will not do like his campaign and pick mediocre folks for key positions...now is not the time... |
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jackddeal perhaps the most disconcerting thing is the staff meeting to 'fix the economy' -- so far only more stimulii...not a confidence builder... |
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jackddeal unfortuntately Obama looked worn out at his press conference and we've seen before when he's tired he speaks before thinking... |
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jackddeal very inauspicious beginning for Prez Elect Obama -- goofy gaffes -- the dog's a "mutt like me" and Nancy Reagan having White Houes seances |
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jackddeal if government was largely responsible for the meltdown; how can we expect govenment to do much to fix the problem? groan... |
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jackddeal can no one in government think of anything for the economy than the weak "stimulus plan"? come on, where's the beef? ha... |
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jackddeal but really, if the guy never gets any sleep we are in real trouble... |
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jackddeal it really is irritating to keep hearing Obama called "The One" when he makes gaffes like "mutt like me"....groan...hopefully it will improve |
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jackddeal overheard in line at the grocery store: "this is the first time we elected a President that has never accomplished anything...really? |
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jackddeal hopefully he will not do like his campaign and pick mediocre folks for key positions...now is not the time... |
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jackddeal perhaps the most disconcerting thing is the staff meeting to 'fix the economy' -- so far only more stimulii...not a confidence builder... |
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jackddeal unfortuntately Obama looked worn out at his press conference and we've seen before when he's tired he speaks before thinking... |
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jackddeal very inauspicious beginning for Prez Elect Obama -- goofy gaffes -- the dog's a "mutt like me" and Nancy Reagan having White Houes seances |
October 26, 2008
Why Spreading the Wealth My Way Really Isn't Communism
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jackddeal free and inquiring minds can cure all ills and solve all problems... |
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jackddeal free and inquiring minds are our only hope... |
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jackddeal actually the only hope we have is that enough of us twitter enough to counter the conformist gridlockers...ha... |
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jackddeal that's why we twitter...we don't need no stinkin' editors to tell us what to say! ha...say it ain't so, Joe.... |
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jackddeal how you can watch the same debate and get two totally biased and opposing views does not speak well for journalism as a trade... |
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jackddeal 2008 will be known as the year of the demise of network journalism...it's not what is, but what they want it to be...groan... |
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jackddeal the whole trick with 'spreading the wealth' is determining who is the spreader and who is the spreadee...ha.... |
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jackddeal in the old days 'spreading the wealth' was communism...at least that was what we were told...ha... |
October 05, 2008
Mortgage Doom and Gloom or Now You See It and Now You Don't
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jackddeal doom and gloom sets in when you realize it may take years before your house appreciates and once again matches your mortgage... |
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jackddeal conventional wisdom says don't sell low but conventional wisdom doesn't say where and when the breakeven point arrives...agony... |
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jackddeal one sideshow horror is having an inflated mortgage limit one's flexibility, such a moving somewhere else...it's a horrific trap... |
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jackddeal the greatest anxiety is caused by having the fundamentals change, such as real estate going down in price... |
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jackddeal what risk aversion or risk assessment is given to a farmworker signing up for a subprime mortgage? |
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jackddeal the fact is that lobbyists, special interests and political interests simply superceded the entire system... |
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jackddeal how could farmworkers get mortgages? |
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jackddeal earlier in the week I was next door to a mortgage firm that had sold subprimes to farmworkers and there was a steady stream coming in... |
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jackddeal was a bad risk analysis (VaR) model responsible for the downturn or was it just that everybody in the system was on the take? |
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jackddeal as we look at finger pointing on the downturn we find it depends on which party's perceptual glasses one peers through... |
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jackddeal it's hard to separate the issues from the partisan efforts to create and maintain gridlock... |
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jackddeal it's also interesting how a feeling of self-righteousness has struck boths sides of the isle...system flaws? |
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jackddeal in one biased cable political show the female host actually sneers at those who disagree with her network's point of view...journalism? |
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jackddeal no wonder such a system has become increasingly ineffective... |
October 04, 2008
How Perception Distorts Facts and Why Do They Always Tell Us What They Think We Want to Hear?
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jackddeal it is also clear some candidates are totally unclear about certain major topics...a bit scary to say the least... |
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jackddeal at times when some of the candidates speak it is obvious they are attempting to tell us what they think we want to hear... |
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jackddeal this distortion is increasingly disconnecting reality from politics; the net result politics is becoming increasingly irrelevant... |
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jackddeal the problem with politics is it distorts reality according to our perceptions... |
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jackddeal odd how perception distorts 'the facts'... |
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jackddeal odd that slowly but surely some of the biased reporting shows are fading away to the Twilight Zone; even preaching to the choir gets old... |
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jackddeal some cable news channels aren't even pretending to be unbiased anymore; they openly admit bias and that is their claim to ratings... |
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jackddeal just caught part of the debate but it was crazy; one channel had it 75-25 Biden and another 88-12 Palin; did they watch the same debate? |
September 15, 2008
More Sarah and Joe Biden Finally to the Rescue
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the more the clowns blast Sarah, the more coverage and more popular she becomes...groan... |  |
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meanwhile all the other Demos are still blasting Sarah though Obama is attacking McCain...splintered effort? groan... | |
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and where's Joe? the two stories on Joe in the wires are about his sister saying he is leader and how his media coverage is nil...groan... | |
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a quick glance at the polls shows Obama slipping...where is the turnaround strategy? groan... | |
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my fellow Demos are becoming angrier at the weak campaign Obama is running... | |
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the Big Campaign Day yesterday for Obama fizzled; the hurricane and tit for tat accusations took Obama clear out of the picture...groan... | |
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Biden: "As my pop used to say, it's not how many times you get knocked down. It's how quickly you get back up." | |
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CNN :a week earlier, Biden gave the press corps the slip and sneaked off to the law school class he's been teaching in Wilmington, Delaware, | |
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CNN: The bigger story was the new face, Palin, who helped McCain draw crowds of 20,000-plus while Biden took questions at community centers |
September 09, 2008
Why Must We Democrats Always Shoot Ourselves in the Foot?
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jackddeal the latest Zogby poll has McCain up by 5 points...why does this seem so much like deja vu? |  |
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jackddeal one scenario could be a lot of griping by Demos hampering all efforts at party unity...especially all the petty minded Hillary supporters... | |
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jackddeal Obama's biggest problem may be his eroding support in the so called swing states; that middle America that McCain is focusing on... | |
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jackddeal perhaps the convention can turn things around for Obama but it could also bring a couple of new black eyes... | |
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jackddeal it does appear that the Obama campaign made the big mistake of underestimating McCain; why would they do that? | |
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jackddeal is acting cool acting presidential? what are they thinking? | |
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jackddeal both candidates are showing how patriotic and religious they are; the inference being that it's easy for politicians to feign both... | |
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jackddeal but it seems like Obama needs a campaign staff shake up that keeps him away from untimely vacations and all his hot air... | |
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jackddeal just because he should be 15 points ahead in the polls doesn't mean he isn't running a good campaign so its not fair to assert causation... | |
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jackddeal as military man McCain copies a woman's strategy (H. Clinton), Obama continues to slide in the polls; he's been on the defensive for a month |
September 08, 2008
Why Management is Always Responsible or How is Politics like Vaudeville?
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since Axelrod and Burton are now obviously working for 'the other side', how can the campaign remake itself? how about a vaudeville theme |  |
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mistake after mistake culminating with Good Ole Boy Joe Biden and there we have it...the laying of a great big egg...what strategy? | |
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it's as if about 5 weeks ago someone called "time out" and the Obama staffers became zombies... | |
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today there were more 'smears' against Sarah...what low brow campaigners these two are...and where's Joe? studying up for the debate? | |
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Thanks to Burton and Axelrod Obama is now actually behind in the polls...and it looks like Laurel and Hardy are clueless... | |
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CNN.com reports the latest Gallup poll today - Sunday has McCain over Obama 48-45...in sports it's called a fade... | |
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one commentator had a good point: how is all of this going to play out in Ohio? and Michigan? and Pennsylvania? groan... | |
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'that's because we have a secret strategy that we are going to unveil any day now' was my answer...groan...what secret strategy? | |
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could be you guys are on a steady decline, ruminated one of my Repub friends... | |
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Burton obviously has the mindset of 'playing fair' by giving away all of Obama's advantages...what a nice guy...groan... |
Why Buzz is Everything and Why the Foolish Can Be Lead Anywhere
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jackddeal the fact that as a party we were not able to come together and pick the best VP candidate, who just happened to be a woman...why? | |
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jackddeal "how dare the Repubs run a woman" said one Demo lady, "that was our territory." Duh. Was. But we failed, no? | |
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jackddeal Joe's in the library doing research on what Sarah might say...groan... |  |
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jackddeal all this in less than a week...goes to show what a weak campaign team can do...groan...it's probably too late now...groan...where's Joe? |  |
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jackddeal If the good Senator Barbara is jumping on the bash Sarah parade, we are doomed...Obama can't gain control of the runaway surrogates... | |
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jackddeal Flash: Rosie Allen on KGO quotes California Senator Barbara Boxer as accusing Sarah of being an "extremist." We are totally out of control. | |
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jackddeal since I gave up all hope I feel a lot better... | |
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jackddeal actually tonite all McCain has to do is show up; Sarah's already done all the work...and Chairman Burton et al send out kneejerk reactions | |
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jackddeal Ron is right when he says we need to calm down and speak more rationally, if we can quell our anger for a second or two... | |
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jackddeal and since we here in N. Cal. are irrelevant in the Nov. election, Ron et al are simply preaching to the choir... | |
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jackddeal like Ron Owen says, Demos need to stop the whining to deflect attention; the more we whine, the more attention she gets... | |
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jackddeal when all us N. Cal. progressives act like crybabies, it just plays right into the Repub strategy...we whine and they gain advantage... | |
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jackddeal thanks to our inept strategy, Sarah is now simply dominating the media...in Silicon Valley we use the term 'buzz'...she has it, Joe doesn't |
September 07, 2008
Country First, Who's on Second and How the Demos are Trying Hard to Lose
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jackddeal one Gay Demo called Ron and said it was OK to attack Sara's family because she doesn't like Gays...groan...it's a slippery slope, Burton... | |
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jackddeal Ron and friends have spent a lot of effort building their fantasy world and are angry and dejected to see it start to wobble... | |
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jackddeal a caller reamed Ron Owen on KGO for playing right into the Repubs hands...it's not just Ron, but many other sell outs as well... | |
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jackddeal maybe Burton feels everyone is simply clinging to their guns and religion... | |
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jackddeal in sports, if your game plan stinks you fire the coach; in business, if you don't make money you fire the CEO...but in Demo politics...sigh | |
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jackddeal the truth is the Repub campaign has been unifying and our campaign divisive... | |
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jackddeal so my pal asks, 'we have Country First', what do you have? ha...groan...change? really? let's ask Status Quo Joe... | |
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jackddeal perception is reality and if Obama is judged to be unable to run a campaign he will also be judged unable to run a country eh, Burton? | |
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jackddeal overheard over coffee: if he can't manage a campaign, how can he manage the country? groan... | |
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jackddeal Where's Hillary when we need her? groan... | |
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jackddeal Joe calling Sarah's speech 'style not substance' will play well on talk show jokes as Joe is renowned for many words with little meaning... | |
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jackddeal to which I reply, 'we'll sick attact dog Good Ole Boy Joe on em'... | |
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jackddeal my smiling Repub friend says 'now that the Obama campaign is officially smearing Sarah and attacking babies, what will they think up next?' | |
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jackddeal McCain's stragists know us better than we do ourselves... | |
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jackddeal our campaign has alienated Hillary supporters and now is trying to alienate all women...groan...it's as if McCain knew how we would react... |
September 05, 2008
Trapped with No Way Out or Where Did All the Change Go?
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jackddeal where's Good Ole Boy Joe? at his hotel watching Sarah on TV? maybe he can pick up a few good pointers...he needs them... | |
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jackddeal Burton and Axelrod are forcing Obama into a corner where he might make desperate decisions...like keeping them on his staff...groan... | |
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jackddeal at what cost, Chairman Burton? | |
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jackddeal the strategy is wrong, the decisions are wrong, the management is wrong...in school, that would mean Burton and Axelrod both get F's | |
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jackddeal maybe it's not a good idea for Obama to debate Sarah... | |
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jackddeal the name Sarah is not only the most searched word on the Internet but the first name of every baby girl born in the past week... | |
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jackddeal in football, if the offensive coordinator keeps calling dud plays the coach replaces him... | |
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jackddeal so Obama finally gets on the air and he's talking about the Republican Convention...where's Burton et al? watching Sarah videos? |
Causation in Politics or What Happens When Cause Meets Effect
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is Burton's campaign mismanagement democracy at work? hardly...it's more like strings of bad decisions coming from a flawed strategy..groan |  |
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in this process Burton and Company are solidifying the right and alienating the independents...duh? groan multiple times... | |
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Obama may have told the press that he will fire anyone that attacks Sarah's family but that is just what they are doing...fire Burton! | |
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the small towners, Christians, blue collars, farmers, small business owners, women, students and others will be alienated...groan... | |
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if we anger the Evangelicals, God bless 'em, they will rise up in anger and what do we think the swing states are made up of? | |
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again, fire Burton asap and gain control of the surrogates which are out of control...all negatives toward Sarah will be credited to Burton | |
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are we getting stupider? by attacking Sarah's daughter we Demos are cutting our proverbial throats...the backlash will be awful...groan... | |
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are we too stressed and strained to make good judgements? don't we look badly when we appear out of control and backward? | |
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our Demo braintrust needs to refocus, clean house and move on... | |
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Obama has to find some new surrogates quickly that don't appear boorish and prejudiced...being stupid may feel cute but it loses votes... | |
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truth is Chairman Burton and Donna Brazile don't even realize they are hurting the Obama campaign with their childish comments...groan... | |
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Donna Brazile et al make us look like low rents... |
Why Lowering Expectations Can Improve Results or Be Careful What You Wish For
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because by lowering Sarah's expectations you raise Joe's meaning he's going to have a flawless, sparkling debate against her, no? | |
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so go ahead guys, act cool and pick on the 'good looking' girl and have a laugh...maybe you could be so kind and explain just what's funny? | |
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it's interesting to now see some say Sarah's experience is equivalent to Obama's except for she hasn't run for President for years and years | |
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don't take it personally Joe, you know we love you...it's just you've been in Washington politics since we baby boomers can remember... | |
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Expect Joe to come out any minute now and accuse Sarah of not being a soccer mom and that a hockey mom is an entirely different thing... | |
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Good Ole Joe is gonna give the other side all the sound bites they need...right Joe? groan... | |
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Sarah acts real; Biden acts goofy... | |
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if Obama doesn't fire Burton then McCain gets the edge of having more intellectual horsepower...advantage, McCain... | |
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so why not fire Burton and company right now and get on with it? |
September 04, 2008
Why Mid-America Isn't Berkely and Why Does Obama's Campaign Staff Still Think So?
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Burton obviously thinks Mid-America is like Berkely...groan...all this anti-mom and anti-family blather will be credited to Obama...groan... | |
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McCain doesn't have to be the major strategist; all he has to do is let Burton continue to drag the Obama campaign sideways...groan... | |
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look at Barrack's face, Burton, he's worn out again just like that stretch against Hillary and being tired he is prone to mistakes... | |
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is Burton on the Repubs payroll? groan...Obama should be 15 points ahead and now he's facing the reality of a defeat... | |
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now we are relying on Burton's strategy to pull us through and he disses small towns...groan...and his female surrogates going after mom... | |
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if Burton had insisted Obama had picked Hillary all of this would be moot; an Obama Clinton ticket would have walked in...why not? | |
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it can be a daily stream of bad campaign decisions that give away all our Democrat advantages...groan...your strategy is flawed, Burton... | |
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if it's a dead heat on Nov. 4 Obama will lose and then he can blame it all on Burton...groan... | |
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like Burton and the other trigger happy zealots they hurt their cause and are providing motivation for the enemy...groan... | |
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by attacking the family we are perceived as attacking America and that doesn't play well outside of Madison and Santa Cruz...groan... | |
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it's crystal clear that Burton hates mid-America and just what does he think those swing states are? groan... | |
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in another month it will be too late for Obama to retool and the chips will fall where they will...on a hope and prayer in the swing states |
Why McCain is Gaining the Upper Hand and Why Obama Needs to Clean House Right Now
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right now as I check the wires it's all hurricane, McCain and the canceling of the RNC rally in St. Paul...the only Demo news is our flubs | |
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maybe Ralph Nader would be a sport and loan Obama some better campaign folks...groan...asking Ralph for help? Ralph said pick Hillary... | |
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so the only way the GOP could win is if we Demos set up the perfect storm for them and that is just what we are doing...groan... | |
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the Obama campaign better stop worrying about Sarah's experience because the wire's say she has equivalent experience to Obama...groan... | |
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if McCain is elected, Sarah comes through and becomes the GOP nominee in 2012 and Hillary is nominated, that will guarantee a woman prez... | |
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if Barrack doesn't clean out his campaign staff in the next week he might certainly lose a race is was his to win... | |
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wouldn't 'good looking' be some considered some sort of slur by the feminists? groan...groan and another double groan... | |
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well, when Sarah cleans simple Joe's clock at the debate we'll see if he has more to say about her than 'good looking'... | |
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for over a month McCain has beaten us strategically every single day and that's why it's close and up for grabs...groan... | |
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McCain is all over the news and our Barrack says it looks like Chernoff has got it under contol...groan....groan and double groan... |
September 03, 2008
How Obama has Lost the Edge and Why Taunting Your Opponents Can Backfire
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if strategy is everything ours stinks having brought the race to a dead heat and put McCain in a position to win...why? | |
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in sports the last thing smart teams do is taunt their opponents before the game because that gives the enemy motivation...duh and groan... | |
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for the past five weeks this inner circle has made mistake after mistake and nothing has been done to correct it...groan... | |
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somehow Obama's inner circle have not only brought him to this mess but are taking him to a Novemberr meltdown...groan... | |
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perception is reality and if Obama supporters attack family they are attacking mom and apple pie as well...Obama can blame it on Burton... | |
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if you can't control the surrogates then they will do whatever no matter the consequences...a weak manager like Burton makes it worse... | |
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so the glee with which Obama supporters are attacking Sarah's family may feel good to them in the short term...but Obama will suffer...duh? | |
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doesn't Burton understand they will play his comments that small town experience isn't really experience...duh... |
Mayor Negin for Demo Vice President!
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even Mayor Negin sounded better...he made sense and got to the point...Negin for VP! | |
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it's impossible to win when every decision you make is a dud...groan...send Dean and Burton to Angola... | |
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we are doomed to the Twilight Zone irony of being so very close yet so very far...groan... | |
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even the Repubs were afraid of Hillary as VP...groan... | |
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I joked last week about Laurel and Hardy but never expected it to be a prophecy fulfilled...groan...fire Burton now! | |
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I feel so much better that Obama assured me Chernoff has it all under control and Biden has let me know that Sarah is good looking...sharp! | |
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we Democrat men sure do love the ladies...not necessarily ours, but ladies nonetheless... | |
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the fact that Sarah is better looking than his wife is apparently of great significance to Joe... |
September 02, 2008
Democratic Men and Their Love of Women or Not All Girls are Easy, Joe
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apparently Joe, in the great Democratic tradition, has an eye for the ladies...groan... | |
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let's hope in the debate Joe doesn't address his counterpart Sarah as 'honey.' | |
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if you can't control what you say you could end up saying almost anything... | |
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if you can't control what you say, how can you control what you think? | |
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hey, Joe, how about a few words off the cuff? | |
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hey, good lookin', what ya got cookin', how's about cookin' something up with me...groan... | |
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JFK picked Johnson; why couldn't Obama have picked Hillary? groan... | |
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we're not desperate, we're Democrats! | |
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we're not desperate, we're Democrats! | |
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What are we thinking? Fire Burton before it is too late! | |
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'Our families are a little different' she could say in a VP debate, 'Joe's son is a lobbyist and mine is a soldier.' | |
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it's going to be a real negative if she thumps him and if Good Ole Joe doesn't get his act together it certainly seems like she could... |
How Obama's Weak Campaign Staff is Allowing McCain to Win or What Strategy?
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Burton must have figured Good Ole Boy Joe was longer winded than Barrack and that would look good...right? | |
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Democrats of the world unite! Sarah's husband for VP! | |
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Why does Sarah vs. Good Ole Boy Joe have that Dukakis feeling? Joe will be respectfully reminded that he is no Hillary... | |
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we didn't count on being outfoxed...groan... | |
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replace Burton with Bill Clinton...even Pat Buchanan said Hillary would produce the winning ticket...what did he know that Burton didn't? | |
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we have a right to be ticked off...we're Democrats! | |
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it damages morale when campaign staff are incompetent; time to can Burton... | |
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lest we forget and Sarah needs to remind us; Sarah runs a State; Good Ole Boy Joe runs a committee...and we Demos will be reminded... | |
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A McCain VP choice equivalent to Obama's would have been Mitt Romney...safe and secure but not Sarah for sure... | |
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Alaska has Canada and Russia for neighbors...doubt the Canadians will invade but not so sure about the Russians...ask Sarah... | |
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some relatives email...'we thought Obama would pick a woman.' |
Why We Flip, Flop, Stand for Nothing and are such pettyfolk...
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so what's new? politicos, at least some, will say whatever it takes to get elected...the ends justify the means...what a system! |  |
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so Obama wants to send more troops to Afghanistan and drill for offshore oil...his policies are sounding more and more like McCain's | |
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Nancy is very afraid petty Clinton supporters won't back Obama hoping a McCain win will giving Hillary a straight shot at 2012... | |
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we need a good third party and not a Nader or Ron Paul clone... | |
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when was the last time you heard a Demo standing up for small business and the working folks? just a barrage of elitism and slurs... | |
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that's the problem with my party, the Democrats; we have ceased to stand for anything and all our stances are anti or against something... | |
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it's good Nancy Pelosi flipped and now supports offshore drilling because we all thought that the only policies she had were anti-Bush... | |
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Nancy Pelosi is trying to win over some Clinton backers that are opposed to Obama...is that why Nancy now flipped for offshore drilling? |
August 29, 2008
It's Gonna Be a Really Long Fall or Thank God for Football
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it's gonna be a long fall... |  |
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must we be exposed to ads saying Hillary and John McCain are experienced but Barrack America is not? hey, that was reason to pick her, duh | |
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somehow, someway, somewhere, there is Howard Dean behind all of this; the the Democrats counter to Dick Cheney... | |
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maybe what we Democrats should do is throw in the towel and vote for Nader or Ronnie Paul, hey, who says there are no real alternatives? | |
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If my side wins, we expect you to come over and pay homage to us; the victors. In case you are uncertain, you are the vanquished... | |
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Obama's people complain Clinton's supporters expect Obama's people to go to them...ohmuhosh no! loser's weepers as the saying goes... | |
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one senior Obama supporter says Hillary's people are like, “Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific still fighting after the war is over.” ... | |
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by not having Hillary, the Obama campaign has decided to let this one get close...more fun for the fans no? more dramatic? | |
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so if she would have taken the VP if offered; there can be no rationale that she didn't want it in the first place so why vet? | |
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so now we hear Hillary would have taken the VP job if offered; whassup? | |
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enough of Laurel and Hardy...like Popeye used to say, I yam what I yam... | |
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hard to tell who is more arrogant...Obama or Hillary...the Hillary folks are quiet and angry...Hillary in 2012? what about now? groan... |
August 28, 2008
Politics and Lack of Guts and Imagination With a Generous Helping of Lots of Stupidity
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yeah, like real change is coming from all that gridlock experience that Biden has... |  |
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if image is everything then just what does Biden do to enhance the ticket? | |
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the wind been kicked out of the Obama campain's sails...making Obama more desperate and doing things like attacking McCain's wife..smart? | |
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you can hear the groans going into the convention...Dukakis is our middle name... | |
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lack of imagination, lack of guts, lack of something...but like Nader said what isn't lacking is lots of stupidity... | |
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the first to congratulate Biden was 'the other side'; and why not? they love it as almost no one else does... | |
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there goes the Change theme...Biden is a fossilzed Washington insider...the trade off was change vs. experience vs. the safe road... | |
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like Ralph Nader said, Obama isn't stupid enough to pick Joe Biden...huh? | |
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groan, groan, groan...life as a Democrat is not easy...what a dud VP choice in Biden...groan, groan... | |
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part of the zip loses steam when you say you will take the high road and not go negative and then proceed to do so... |
August 27, 2008
Why Hillary is Feared by the Repubs and What Unity?
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the local college kids have stopped their Obama furor; where did their zeal go? what are they thinking that has changed their attitude? | |
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my fellow demo friends are shaking their heads; do they sense another August meltdown? | |
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If Obama is showing us he can't manage a campaign and has chameleon principles, what would he do as president? | |
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Hillary, a potent party powerhouse, wasn't even vetted by Obama's people; what an insult and demonstration of pettiness... | |
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Is Obama so smart he doesn't need a 'diversity' of advisors? Is he surrounding himself with folks that tell him what he wants to hear? | |
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How can a campaign make strings of really bad decisions? The answer lies with the flawed decision making process... | |
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All the Hillary supporters are primed and ready to put on their show and won't that look our party just look bad? | |
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Odd to see the reactions to Biden: he talks too much, makes too many bad goofs and is the supreme Washington insider... | |
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Biden: safe, boring, predictable and zero courage... | |
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if Washington insiders are the 'problem' then just what is Biden? |
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August 26, 2008
Are Business Executives Better Qualified to Be President than Politicians?
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In fact there are several thousand business execs near my house -- Silicon Valley -- that are real executives...why not them for Prez? | |
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I kept wondering watching the videos of the boo-boos and thinking one really does not see this with business executives...funny or sad? | |
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our guys make gaffes when they get too over excited...where is the self control? sad... | |
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why does this seem like Laurel and Hardy? Barrack America? The Bush - McCain White House? Biden - the Next President? groan.... | |
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how far can pettiness go; foolish arrogance in not liking the not likable Hillary...will this in hindsight be a fatal error? | |
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my Repub friends are ecstatic; the biggest fear they had was that Obama would pick Hillary and they would unite...go figure... | |
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the Repubs just released an ad showing a Demo debate where Biden says that Obama is not ready to be President...groan...groan... | |
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going into the convention; we Demos must be wondering if we will ever win a presidential election again... |
August 24, 2008
The Too Subjective Ruben Navarette and Why He Will Never Support Yao Ming for Head of the United Nations
| the implication is that their live staff is unable to actually undestand what their company does, so best visit their website for real info |  |
| Have you recently heard someone tell you on the phone, "go to our website and it explains everything?" | |
| is it a question of who do you love or who do you trust? | |
| is the New York Times/ National Enquirer debate reason enough to eliminate the filtering middleperson? | |
| the National Enquirer; bastion of truth! The New York Times; all the news we choose to print. or not. | |
| the National Enquirer gets results whereas the productivity of the CIA is vague at best... | |
| It's obvious the CIA should contract themselves out to the National Enquirer who has more informers than anyone...period. | |
| No media cover up on the Edwards affair? Does this mean I should start to get my news from the National Enquirer? | |
| In San Jose at least the line between real and virtual is becoming thinner and thinner. | |
| In downtown San Jose, California it is not uncommon to see an outside business sign that is a website address. | |
| what makes this guy Ruben Navarette such an expert and why can't he back up his opinions? too subjective for scrutiny? | |
| Yao Ming for head of the United Nations! | |
| some like it hot, some like it cold; some like it in the pot nine days old... | |
| peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold; peas porridge in the pot nine days old... | |
| what is the point of adding up columns and rows of numbers? isn't that why the calculator was invented, to avoid having to do that stuff? | |
| ah to Twitter away the time...hey, it beats Sudoku... | |
| the comment has been made that the young female gymnasts do not look like young females...some look like lab designs...CAD perhaps? | |
| every four years we watch swimming and wonder why...NASCAR anyone? | |
| Yao Ming for NBA Commissioner! | |
| don't worry if your candidate loses because there will essentially be no difference no matter who is elected...it's the nature of gridlock |
August 23, 2008
Why Politicians will never learn that by managing expectations we can manage frustrations and managing frustrations is a whole lot better than confronting frustrations
by managing expectations we can manage frustrations and managing frustrations is a whole lot better than confronting frustrations...
the best approach is to lower our expectations and not expect anything to come out of gridlock; that way, if by fluke something does, ole!
one gets elected by telling us what we want to hear; not what we need to hear. is this the best we can expect?
politicians by definition have no moral character so why do we keep pretending they should have morals? just how does one get elected?
it is our good fortune to only have to endure this madness once every four years...why should I be concerned about sneaky hotel trysts?
what if, what if, what if...
Would Hillary have won had the press been fair and published Edwards' affair early in the primaries giving her more votes and the win?
August 22, 2008
Why V.P. is Second Best and Is an Online Location Better than a Physical Location?
| What if Obama picks Joe Biden? | |
| What if McCain picks Carly Fiorina? | |
| These smaller businesses that once were located at a specific physical location now locate themselves at a specific location online. | |
| Increasingly many small businesses and professionals are realizing it is not necessary for them to have a physical presence. | |
| Cash flow-wise the office and store rental numbers don't match; hence the old adage 'working to pay rent'. The business model is flawed. | |
| Being too small means one can't squeeze out enough margin and ultimately profit, the lifeblood of any business. | |
| And most small retail spaces are too small for service businesses like restaurants or beauty salons. | |
| Janitorial and cleaning, up. Employees and office help, up. This means that a smaller retail store must sell higher ticket items... | |
| Meals at work are up. Childcare, up. Business attire, up. Utilities, up. Furnishings and decor, up. | |
| Or not going to any store and buying what they want online. | |
| Some customers in some markets may have to choose between going to Your Store and going to Wal-Mart. | |
| Commuting costs to and from work are up. Gas is up. | |
| Triple Net, maintenance, parking fees and other fees associated with commercial rentals are up. |
August 15, 2008
How Obama and Pelosi Now Favor Offshore Drilling or Since I Gave Up All Political Hope, I Feel a Whole Lot Better
| our very own Nancy Pelosi in favor of offshore drilling? first Barack and now Nancy? where's the beef? where are the principles? | | |
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since I gave up all political hope, I feel a whole lot better... | |
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what is most comforting to know is that whoever is elected will have "negative politics" as their foremost capability... | |
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so if Edwards had come clean, Hillary would have won Iowa and would be the next President instead of John McCain... | |
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there's no doubt what Spitzer was thinking; what was Edward's thinking? | |
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at least Spitzer's girl was slinky and 21; good choice! Edward's sweetheart was 42 and looked like a hustler; bad choice! | |
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the dirt's still coming from the Enquirer; we need to subcontract these guys to the CIA... | |
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heard the latest? what do you get when you cross a polician with a hustler? full coverage by the National Enquirer... | |
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the real definition of a cease fire here is 'keep coming'... | |
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was the Russian invaision of Georgia timed to cause damage to coverage of the Smogolympics? | |
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Free Tibet? Free Georgia? | |
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barred by the Google God...or Goddess; their Googlenesses... |
August 04, 2008
What do Laurel and Hardy, Ron Paul, Ralph Nader, Trucker's Caps and Jerry Lewis have in common?
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jackddeal So who are you voting for Dad, Laurel or Hardy? |   |
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jackddeal if you don't respond to attacks then you will be perceived as weak and like the playground kid that refuses to play by other kids' rules... | |
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jackddeal the candidate's rule is to not be put on the defensive...it is tough to actively defend yourself and attack your opponent at the same time | |
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jackddeal that's right dad, he replies sarcastically, I'm just waiting for you to tell me who you are voting for! lamentably, he has a point... | |
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jackddeal Good for you son! at least you're not voting for that kooky Ralph Nader! | |
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jackddeal poor kid, he tries, but what do I say when he says "Dad, I finally figured it all out...I'm voting for Ron Paul!" |
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jackddeal why are we doing this? | |
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jackddeal How can not-having-any-talent be an integral part of celebrity status? Is this something I should really be worrying about? | |
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jackddeal Why should I care who wears trucker's caps? Is there really something about trucker's caps I need to know? | |
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jackddeal Why was Jerry Lewis carrying a gun in his luggage? |
August 03, 2008
In Which We Examine the Depths of Depravity in Hollywood, California and Washington, D.C.
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jackddeal maybe it does for some, maybe they somehow see the silver lining in an otherwise bleak situation, maybe they are just fooling themselves... | |
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jackddeal the parade of clowns supposedly representing my best interests, and the country's best interest, does not instill any sense of confidence... | |
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jackddeal somehow it just seems hard to see where this polilitical gridlock is doing any good for me or my country... | |
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jackddeal Is gridlock better than anarchy? | |
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jackddeal when you create a system that eventually tends to a balance more commonly known as "gridlock"; you have created a flawed system, no? | |
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jackddeal it's not what is in the best interest of the country; but how the idiots on the other side got it all wrong and are about to stick you... | |
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jackddeal it's not what kind of quality movie we can make but what will the herd of sheep flock too in quantity? it's not about quality, but wants | |
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jackddeal to prove my point on the preceding point; just think of Hollywood, California and Washington, D.C. | |
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jackddeal sorry, it's all relative anyway and it easily can get to the point where absolutely none of it makes any sense... | |
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jackddeal hello? the families suffering from high gas prices aren't the ones making $150k a year... | |
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jackddeal and in this case, the opponent does not cease making blunders; what does that say and just what does that mean? | |
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jackddeal it's sort of like soccer where you jockey for position the whole game through hoping your opponent makes the big mistake... | |
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jackddeal why should we really even care if John Edwards is sneaking out on his wive at 2:00 AM? Edwards is, or at least was, a Democrat, no? | |
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jackddeal if all the politicos acknowledge that the small and medium sized companies create most of the jobs, why aren't they addressing them? |
August 02, 2008
Government Inspired Fairy Tales Lead to the Myth of Government the Job Creator
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jackddeal do we still believe the fairy tale that government creates jobs? | |
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jackddeal in all the political hot air blah blah, who is mentioning the medium and small size businesses and the skilled workforce that supports them? | |
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jackddeal if I support Hillary, should I vote for McCain so Obama will lose and Hillary will be the Chosen One in 2012? | |
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jackddeal those companies and individuals that are leveraging web technologies for marketing are gaining strong competitive advantages | |
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