PastaJoe

I guess Obama learned from Reagan's "shining city on a hill" imagery.

No he wouldn't, because there would have been zero Marine deaths in Iraq, because they wouldn't still be there.

Maybe tungston, in case people start talking in tongues.

Is this a veiled racist threat attempting to compare Friday, the companion of Robinson Crusoe, to Obama?

If Obama wins, the thousands of plumbers making more than 250k will hit the streets carrying pipes and wrenches, joining forces with CEOs who will instruct their secretaries to wield the heavy binders of their compensation paperwork, and the oil company executives who will be rolling flaming barrels of oil down the street.

In the two previous elections, Massachusetts was the state that Kerry and Gore won by the largest percentages. The reddest states for Bush were Alabama in 2004 and Alaska in 2000. This year it's Hawaii and New York for Obama. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/ma...vs_mccain/#data

RAVENNA, Mich. - A Michigan man who bowled his first perfect game immediately collapsed in the bowling alley and died. Don Doane belonged to the same team at a bowling alley for 45 years. On Oct. 16 at Ravenna Bowl, he scored a perfect 300. As he was being congratulated by his teammates, local television reports said Doane collapsed on the floor. The 62-year-old was taken to a local hospital but could not be saved. A medical examiner later determined that a heart attack killed Doane. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27472567/ What would you want to be doing right before you die unexpectedly?

He got "railroaded" into lying? He'll get a pardon for taking the fall for the real person who should have gone to jail; Dick Cheney.

How did Dana Jacobson get on this list? She has man-hands and a horse face. She doesn't understand that her getting drunk doesn't make her better looking, it's her date that's supposed to drink.

Yeah, bell bottom pants and mini skirts! I can't wait! Kool-Aid, oh yeah! Who are the 1000 party poopers who don't like Kool-Aid?!

McCain would have done better to pick Joe the Plumber than Sarah the poll Plunger, at least he's been properly vetted.

Joe the Plumber isn't affected, 99% of plumbers make less than 250k. People did fine under the Clinton tax rates, which is what they would go back to. They would still be less than what they were under Reagan. If I ever get to making 250k, I'll be happy to pay a higher rate than those making less. I have no problem paying a higher rate than those making less than me now. A rising tide lifts all boats.

Yet more people that live in the most expensive areas of the country, like New York City and San Francisco, support Obama's plans over McCain's. Even some of the richest people, like Warren Buffet.

McCain and Palin haven't given a speech since the last debate without making him a focal point of their speech.

According to preliminary ratings numbers from the networks, more than 26 million people watched the program on CBS, NBC or Fox. That's 3 million more than usually watch those networks at that hour, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Averaging in the cable networks that also carried the event, about 30 million people in all saw the long-form campaign ad. The ad was most watched on NBC, where nearly 10 million viewers tuned in. More than 8.5 million watched on CBS while just under 8 million viewed the program on Fox. On average, about 7 million people usually tune into each network at that hour. Overall, according to Nielsen, for the six networks that aired the infomercial simultaneously, it scored a household rating of nearly 22 percent — meaning 22 percent of all households watching television at that hour tuned into the spot. That compares to the 38.3 household rating the last presidential debate scored. Obama's combined audience beat the highest rated television show last week: CBS' CSI drew about 20 million viewers. It also drew more than double the viewers the average World Series game this year did. But even if viewers didn't catch the spot when it first aired, clips of the program have repeatedly been broadcast across the cable news chanels Thursday, maximizing the Illinois senator's exposure in the crucial remaining days before Election Day. "The strategic brilliance of this for Obama is that he is going to consume about 24 hours of the news cycle," Evan Tracey of Campaign Media Analysis Group said. "It boxes [John] McCain in, takes the oxygen out of the room." http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

You mean the same media lapdogs that McCain called his closest supporters before the election? After it was determined to be unconstitutional to restrict public donations, which was the preferred choice by Dems to limit campaign costs, the Dems decided to beat the Repubs at their own game. And now McCain is crying about the Dems not playing fair. Maybe if he had a better plan for America he'd get more financial support. But that would have cost him the nomination.

Turkeys can fly short distances. I had one fly over the hood of my car as it was crossing the street. And there are some around here that fly up into the trees to sleep at night to avoid the wild dogs. And the point is that McCain's campaign is so out of sync they don't even know if the guests they're introducing are there.

Probably the same people who still think Iraq attacked us on 9/11.

Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, has become an integral part of John McCain's presidential bid, but it appears the Arizona senator's campaign and the now-famous Toledo plumber need to work on their communication skills. McCain aides told CNN's Dana Bash Wurzelbacher would appear with the Republican presidential candidate at his first campaign event in Defiance, Ohio. But in what was a slightly awkward moment for McCain, Wurzelbacher was nowhere to be seen when the Arizona senator called out for him. A campaign aide later said Wurzelbacher had "decided not to come" and may join McCain later in the day. But reached at his home by CNN's Mary Snow, Wurzelbacher said it was "news to him" that he was supposed to be at the McCain rally. Wurzelbacher said nobody from the McCain campaign confirmed he was attending the event and called the incident a "miscommunication." Wurzelbacher also said he is headed to Philadelphia for a charity event unrelated to the campaign and has no plans to meet up with McCain today. UPDATE: Contacted by CNN a second time, Wurzelbacher said the campaign only called him to confirm after the event in question already took place. He will now try to meet up with McCain later in the day. Wurzelbacher also said he had gotten an initial call about coming to the morning rally, "but no one called back to confirm," and was "not happy" that McCain had called out his name and he wasn't there. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Better yet, put the name, car, and license plate number of a co-worker you don't like on the note.

Well since she'll be 91 when I turn 69, yeah probably.

Of course it's not official until the Electoral College votes in December, and then the president elect has to take the oath on Jan 20. Stuff could happen between now and then (national crisis resulting in martial law?). People in power hate to give it up. I'm just sayin. Scooter is just counting the days.

McCain would have given his right nut (and I'm not talking about Palin) to have the support that provided the money for Obama to buy that air time. 632,000 first-time givers to Obama in September. The contributions by the new givers that month averaged $86. And spending money on advertising is not a waste, that money goes to the advertising agencies, television networks, and employees who work for those companies. It's going back into the American economy. People voluntarily donating to the campaigns expect that is what it will be spent on, not personal items like clothing (oops, Sarah!). As George Will points out, the Center for Responsive Politics calculates that, by Election Day, $2.4 billion will have been spent on presidential campaigns in the two-year election cycle that began in January 2007, and an additional $2.9 billion will have been spent on 435 House and 35 Senate contests. This $5.3 billion is a billion less than Americans will spend this year on potato chips. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...id=opinionsbox1

Let's compare the 2007 murder rates per 100k people in each of the candidate's states: Illinois: 5.9 Delaware: 4.3 vs Arizona: 7.4 Alaska: 6.4 So based on the states they represent, and since you think they should have a direct influence on the numbers, it looks like McCain/Palin have some work to do to get down to the Obama/Biden rates. http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/

I'm equating placing responsiblity for social activity on political leaders, which you started.