Why McCain Lost

I have been in Southern Iowa (or Northern Missouri, since they're both the same). Sometimes NPR is unavailable, so Christian radio and Rush Limbaugh are the things I listen to. It's all in good fun and a learning experience to hear this b...s... every so often.

Yesterday the main "Ditto Head" explained why Oklahoma was the only state that McCain carried every county in. Why, you ask?

According to Rush Baby:

1. No same day voter registration
2. Voter ID required
3. Voter registration ends 28 days before the election
4. Early voting only on the Saturday before the election

So, My Republican Friends, change those things in every state and get this country back on the "Right Wing Track".

I have my own theory, but don't want to offend my Oklahoma friends.

The Great Debate

Repeat and Repeat and Repeat

Sen Norm Coleman, R-MN, needs to give his campaign manager, Cullen Sheehan, a raise after having to answer questions from those damn pesky reporters.

John McCain has lost it. "My fellow prisoners."

The Pilot President

With special thanks to 23/6 for the following video. And this.

Posted by Nick Anderson

Sarah,Sarah, Sarah!

Here is a little bit about "The Republican Sweetheart".

"The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration weren’t enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece of property that the City didn’t even have clear title to, that was still in litigation 7 yrs later–to the delight of the lawyers involved! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it would be. She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing."

Read more here.

Thanks to Larry and Ruth for the following:

Double Standard?

The GOP

Cindy McCain: Russian Policy Expert

More on Sarah

You knew that Jackie and Dunlap would weigh in on Sarah Palin:

FOX Won't Like This!

Check the Dubya Portrait

On to McCain

Senator John has some problems:

Ah Love Merica

A Public Service Announcement

This has Bill O'Reilly at faux news upset. I think it's just fun!

Take this fun quiz about Senator McCain.



And Jackie and Dunlap from Red State Update have their own opinion on this.

Are these two related somehow?

Today' Question

Is the "Gay Marriage" thing really solved?

Well, I Know Now

A clear lesson I learned in the museum was that outside forces that tend to divide people up inside their country are unbelievably counterproductive. In other words, people came from other countries — I guess you’d call them colonialists — and they pitted one group of people against another.

President Bush on why sending US troops to Darfur would be a bad idea.

Apparently he forgot all about Iraq!

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Has Senator McCain a serious mistake? This New York Times article has the story.

The Washington Post has this take.