The second presidential debate is tonight, and beforehand John McCain
said that the 'gloves are coming off.' Then McCain said, 'But don't worry,
the diaper is staying on.'"
- Conan O'Brien
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"[Obama] voted for nearly a billion dollars in pork barrel earmark
projects, including, by the way, $3 million for an overhead projector at a
planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. My friends, do we need to spend that
kind of money?"
- Sen. John McCain [R-AZ], Pres. Candidate
Earmarks: "Overhead Projector"? What's up with that??
http://tinyurl.com/44pmmo
I am an Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Chicago (the
University that today has added yet another Nobel Prize winner in the
sciences for the US). I would like to comment on Sen. McCain's statement
during the today's debate that Sen. Obama has earmarked "$3 million for an
overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago, Ill. My friends, do we
need to spend that kind of money?"
The way Sen. McCain has phrased it suggests that Sen. Obama approved
spending $3 million on an old-fashioned piece of office equipment
(overhead projector).
The 3 million is actually for an upgrade of the SkyTheater - a full dome
projection system, which is probably the main attraction of the Adler
Planetarium and is quite sophisticated and impressive piece of equipment.
I find it appalling that Sen. McCain would call a science education tool
for public (largely children) for a historic planetarium with millions of
visitors a year a wasteful earmark. The planetarium's focus, as stated on
their website
(http://adlerplanetarium.org<http://adlerplanetarium.org/><http://adlerplanetarium.org/><http://adlerplanetarium.org/>)
is "on inspiring young people, particularly women and minorities, to
pursue careers in science." Is an investment in such public facility at
the time when US competitiveness in math and sciences is a constant source
of alarm a waste?
"American's ability to compete in a 21st Century economy rests on our
continued investments in math and science education," said Rep. Brian
Baird, Chairman of the Research and Science Education Subcommittee in
Congress, after the passage of The 21st Century Competitiveness Act of
2007.
Considering such investments "wasteful earmarks" today, even in the face
of the financial crisis, will severely cripple US economic competitiveness
in the increasingly high-tech world down the road.
-- Andrey Kravtsov, Chicago, IL
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"I don't think we should give up our values to find common ground. Then
it's not common ground, it's their ground and we're just standing on it."
- "Now or Later" (a play by Christopher Shinn)
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"Tonight's presidential debate was a town hall forum. See, that allows the
candidates to go around the media filter and lets regular Americans ask
the questions that the candidates can ignore to deliver their stump
speeches."
- Stephen Colbert, "The Colbert Report"
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And The Winner Was....
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/tmdsh/2008/tmdsh081007.gif
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"Did you hear the debate was delayed? Apparently, we're so broke, they
couldn't find anybody with a coin to do the coin toss."
- Pedro Bartes
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John McCain plans to finance his health care plan by cutting $1.3 trillion
from Medicare and Medicaid....
At least Social Security will benefit from all the old people dying sooner
for lack of medical attention!
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He Prefers....
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/crbbe/2008/crbbe081008.gif
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McCain Plans Federal Health Cuts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122315505846605217.html
John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to
Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said, in a move that independent
analysts estimate could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to
the government programs.
The Republican presidential nominee has said little about the proposed
cuts, but they are needed to keep his health-care plan "budget neutral,"
as he has promised. The McCain campaign hasn't given a specific figure for
the cuts, but didn't dispute the analysts' estimate. ...
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Why would John McCain need Dick Cheney to shoot him in the face when he's
doing such a good job of it himself?
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More Bad News....
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/wpnan/2008/wpnan081009.gif
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"Tonight's presidential debate took place in Nashville, Tenn. Which is
perfect, because the economy right now is like a bad country music song:
'I lost my girl, I lost the house, the dog died.'"
- Jay Leno
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"John McCain pulled his campaign out of Michigan last week. So much for
all those nay-sayers who claim he doesn't have an exit stategy."
- Janice Hough
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I've got news for people who've been ordering McCain/Palin yard signs
through the mail....
You can find them in almost any trash can.
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Too Bad He Pulled Out....
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/jd/2008/jd081007.gif
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"John McCain has pulled out of Michigan... I guess the surge wasn't
working."
- David Letterman
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It's actually pretty funny....
The GOP had spent 4 years planning for an all out attack on Hillary
Clinton. They were salivating over the fact that their "conservative base"
would be so energized and so furious over the possibility of another
Clinton in the White House, they overlooked and underestimated the
brilliant, charismatic, and ultimate "change" candidate, Barack Obama.
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Forging a different type of connection....
http://www.barackobama.com/people/
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John McCain's Tactics Of Desperation
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_10672032?nclick_check=1
The schizophrenic campaign of John McCain is getting uglier. Losing ground
as the economy tumbles, he's betting on innuendo and vilification --
tactics of desperation -- to defeat Barack Obama. Voters should expect
better from a candidate who boasts straight talk and bipartisanship, even
if he is behind in the polls. ...
McCain can vouch for the effectiveness of the politics of aspersion.
George Bush upended his presidential bid in 2000 with a vicious whisper
campaign, with racial undertones, in the South Carolina primary, saying
McCain was emotionally unstable and had fathered a black baby out of
wedlock. That makes it all the more disturbing for McCain to use the
tactics now. ...
McCain is pledging to demand higher ethical standards and to rid
Washington of corruption. Voters should judge his campaign by the same
standard.
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Negative 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/10/08/fiorenegative.DTL
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"I am surprised that, you know, we've been seeing some pretty over-the-top
attacks coming out of the McCain campaign over the last several days, that
he wasn't willing to say it to my face. But I guess we've got one last
debate. So presumably, if he ends up feeling that he needs to, he will
raise it during the debate."
- Sen. Barack Obama [D-IL], Pres. Candidate
PWNED!!!!!
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Keep It Up....
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ta/2008/ta081007.gif
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"John McCain and Barack Obama had their second presidential debate in
Nashville Tuesday at Belmont University. It was very tense. Before the
debate even started, bomb-sniffing dogs went through the auditorium
looking for Barack Obama's old friends."
- Argus Hamilton
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It's Important!!!
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/sc/2008/sc081006.gif
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Racist Newspaper Attack on Obama by Virginia Republican
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=9899
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The (clarified) Platform of Barack Hussein Obama
http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2008-10/42750415.pdf
"FREEDOM OF RELIGION: Mandatory Black Liberation Theology classes taught
in all churches - raise taxes to pay for this mandate. Put Rev. Jeremiah
Wright in charge...."
"DRUG CRISIS: Raise taxes to pay for free drugs for Obama's inner-city
political base...."
"2ND AMENDMENT: Under Obama will only apply to gang-bangers, illegal
aliens, Islamo-Fascist terrorists, and Senator Jim Webb's aide...."
"FOREIGN RELATIONS: Appoint Rev. Al Sharpton as Secretary of State, Jesse
Jackson as UN Representative, and let Bill Clinton handle all other
"foreign relations" ... As long as Hillary doesn't find out...!"
"THE WHITE HOUSE: Hire rapper Ludacris to "paint it black." Taxes to be
increased to buy enough paint for the job plus spray-paint for
graffiti...."
"THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES: Raise taxes to send $845 billion, most of it to
Africa so the Obama family there can skim off enough for them to free
their goats and live the American Dream...."
"NATIONAL ANTHEM: Change to the "Black National Anthem" by James Weldon
Johnson...."
"US CURRENCY: Update photos to reflect US diversity; include pictures of
"great Americans" such as Oprah Winfrey, Ludacris, Sheila Jackson-Lee,
Paris Hilton, and Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson (Obama's new
Secretary of the Treasury - 50 Cent refused position after learning that
he would lose his crazy check if he accepted the nomination)...."
"US FLAG: Replace 50 stars with a star and crescent logo; red stripes
changed to green to represent Obama's tree-hugging radical
environmentalism and his lack of experience. Flag lapel pins, having
become a substitute for "real patriotism," will henceforth be banned...."
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Which Concerns You More?
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/crcjo/2008/crcjo081008.gif
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Backer Dropped From Virginia Campaign
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/john-mccain-bac.html
John McCain's campaign has denounced and rejected a racially charged,
anti-Barack Obama newspaper column written by one of the Republican
campaign's organizers in Virginia,and has removed the author-activist from
his post as a member of the candidate's statewide leadership team. ...
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Spooooooooky!!!
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/crjde/2008/crjde081009.gif
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"But this was what they call the town hall format, and that means that the
candidates get to walk around on stage, and it was pretty successful, John
McCain only wandered off twice."
- David Letterman
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Standards?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYFm5kK4f1k
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Vote McCain---Because We're All Food For Worms, Anyway.
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"I like John McCain. He looks like the guy who thinks he's the
neighborhood sheriff, you know? One of those guys: 'You better tie up
those trash bags or we're gonna get racoons.'"
- David Letterman
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Well, McCain locked in the creepy-old-guy-who-chases-kids-off-his-lawn
vote....
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Facing Extinction
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/la/2008/la081008.gif
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"Experts say both candidates failed to deliver a "knockout punch" in last
night's debate... disappointing millions of Americans who really wanted to
see someone deck Tom Brokaw."
- Jake Novak
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My neighbor got a McCain/Palin button....
His wife got a T-shirt that reads "I'm with Stupid".
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Finally, A McCain Statement I Can Agree With
by Madeleine Begun Kane
McCain's very wrong about war
And on health care and taxes and more.
But he's right (though it's rare)
With his "life isn't fair,"
Cuz what else could explain Bush v. Gore?
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Rumor has it the RNC is going to reverse the ticket so Sarah Palin can run
for President directly.... though it'll probably spoil the effect when
John McCain introduces the idea by saying, "Now it's Sarah's turn to be on
top!"
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"Political analysts said that the phrase "That one" used by McCain to
refer to Obama was inappropriate. The McCain campaign claimed it didn't
have any bad connotation; it is just that before the debate every time
McCain asked people outside the Town Hall, "are you going to vote for me?"
People would tell him: "no, that one," so the phrase stuck to him."
- Pedro Bartes
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"That One"....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfssaAe6ir0
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John McCain.... All the class of Bush, all the charm of Cheney!
(via Bill in Portland Maine)
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This One is voting for That One....
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Yeah, That One!
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/L/M/2/obama-that-one-08.jpg
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Please don't forget:
Barack Obama could nominate as many as three Supreme Court justices as the
older members die, retire, or get shot by Justice Scalia in questionable
hunting accidents....
- Fark.com
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"After eight years of being screwed, we deserve the Big O."
- Anonymous Mrs. xxxx
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