tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53513482396240279072024-03-12T22:54:46.220-07:00Straight Talk on McCainPersonal Musings on John McCainStraight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-26522847626523816842008-11-09T19:05:00.000-08:002008-11-09T20:04:24.871-08:00What's Next?<div align="left">It's been nearly a week, and while some have been celebrating, others have been sulking, and I have been trying to figure out what to do with this blog. I have decided to let it die a natural death. </div><br />Really, what's the point of beating up on the old man? He lost, gave a gracious concession speech and now will be back in the senate. He will probably win re-election in 2010. It will be interesting to see how he acts in the senate. Will he become an elder statesman who works for the good of all, or a bitter old geezer who throws a monkey wrench in everything? To be honest, he seems to have been more suited to be a gadfly challenging his own party than his party's standard bearer, so I think we might be surprised in the next couple of years. I think it would be great if he wrote a book and was as straight talking as he claimed to be before this campaign. I doubt I would buy it, but I would check it out from the library. I'd like to hear his opinions on why he thinks he lost. I'd like to hear who he really wanted to be his VP. Again, he's challenged his party in the past, so this would be a good opportunity for him to throw it all out on the table.<br /><br />So what's next for me then? I was having a conversation Friday night with a couple of people who had read the blog. They encouraged me to continue in some fashion. The prevailing thought seemed to be towards something about Palin. Maybe something like "The Keep Palin in Alaska Blog" or "The Just Say No To Palin in 2012 Blog." To be honest, a negative orientated blog (like this one admittedly was) takes a lot out of you. And by my nature, I tend to me more of a positive person.<br /><br />But what do you all think? Those have read this far along know my "voice," know my take on things (facts served straight up with a bit of sarcasm), know that I do care about the country even though I may stand on the fringes of its political system. What would you like to see me write about? Should I chronicle the missteps of the new president? Is there something else that seems suited for me? Leave me comments or email me at <a href="mailto:straighttalkonmccain@yahoo.com">straighttalkonmccain@yahoo.com</a>.<br /><br />Anyways, aside from a post here or there directing people to one of my new projects, this will probably be it. Unless McCain throws his hat in the ring in 2012, then we'll start all over again. I would encourage you all to stay involved in the political process, and to keep fighting for what you believe in. Sometimes you'll lose (trust me on that as my record for never having casted a vote for a presidential winner remains intact) , and sometimes you'll win, and when you do, you'll know that it's all worth it. So I leave you all with a quote from the Romanticist Percy Shelley which has been my personal motto and guided me for over two decades:<br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">"the good times will come</span>"</span></div>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-83200035672897227602008-11-05T22:17:00.000-08:002008-11-05T22:28:43.964-08:00CongratsCongrats to president-elect Obama. He fought a good fight, mostly clean, and was able to inspire many people. Now the hard part comes. Actually governing is much different than campaigning. Hopefully he will be up to the task.<br /><br />And I would like to give McCain some credit. I was really impressed with his concession speech. If that McCain had ran for president, he might have won. We'll never know. I was disappointed in his supporters who booed their new president-elect. If only they could have been as gracious and humble as their candidate, perhaps the tone of the campaign could have been different.<br /><br />I would like to add that the 2008 elections are not over yet. There are Senate seats still being contested. It appears that the Minnesota race will go to a mandatory recount, and there could be a run-off in Georgia. So we haven't see the end of it all yet.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-82011625766737085542008-11-03T21:56:00.000-08:002008-11-03T22:43:29.413-08:00The Last Post Before The ElectionWell, this will be my last post before election day, probably until Wednesday. To those who have read a post here and there, thank you. To those who have been faithful readers, thank you as well. To those who have made comments or sent emails, whether we agreed or not, thank you as well for the dialogue.<br /><br />Obviously, if McCain loses tomorrow, I am essentially out of a job. If he wins, I guess there will be a lot more posts to a blog I hoped would only last a few months. Either way, check back, and I'll let you all know more about my future plans.<br /><br />And I won't tell you all who to vote for, just that it's important that you do. For myself, there is a certain peace in knowing that my candidate will not win tomorrow since I still have no intentions of voting for either McCain or Obama. I do hope that each of you have the opportunity to vote for the candidate that you truly believe in, and are not just voting for them because of fear of the other. And in that spirit, I'll leave you with a quote from one of our early presidents.<br /><br />“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” -- John Quincy AdamsStraight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-65709051664856771212008-11-02T21:00:00.001-08:002008-11-02T21:01:58.660-08:00No Candy For Kids of Obama Supporters<p><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jbkBE0lWeYU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jbkBE0lWeYU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p><p>Seriously, this lady asked people who they were supporting and if they said Obama, she wouldn't give the kids candy. Now that's the good old values of traditional America that should make conservatives <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">proud</span>. </p>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-41913331254599379062008-11-02T20:52:00.000-08:002008-11-02T20:57:10.622-08:00Election Protection Wiki PortalIf you are concerned about clean elections and ensuring that everybody get to vote, and more importantly, gets their vote count, then this <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Election_Protection_Wiki">site</a> may be of interest to you. This is something that strikes home with me because one year I went at it with the local registrar of voters because they didn't register my vote with the state. It basically came down to them saying that indeed they were legally bound to register my vote with the state but that they weren't going to do it. So then I was on the phone with someone from the secretary of state's office for my state and they said they couldn't register my vote because the county wouldn't send it to be registered. So dang it, my vote never got counted. So much for democracy.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-21116899908031484592008-11-02T20:36:00.000-08:002008-11-02T20:38:31.784-08:00Shhhh, Don't No One Tell McCain"I cannot foresee a scenario that John McCain is elected president of the United States."<br /><br />Republican strategist Frank Luntz in an interview today. Guess he's out of a White House job if McCain pulls this out somehow.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-74379221108836945662008-11-02T20:27:00.000-08:002008-11-02T20:34:00.065-08:00Where's The Voter Fraud?You may remember when McCain said that ACORN “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy.” It really was a great scare tactic, but as a new <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/15155.html">article</a> suggests. that's about all it was. Even Ronald Michaelson who was on McCain's Honest and Open Election Committee said :<br /><br />“Do we have a documented instance of voting fraud that resulted from a phony registration form? No, I can’t cite one, chapter and verse."<br /><br />That's pretty noteworthy as Michaelson served 27 years as the executive director of the Illinois Board of Elections. If anyone would have know about massive voter fraud, surely he would have heard about it somewhere along the line in that long career of his.<br /><br />However, this is the funniest line in the article:<br /><br />"Another member of McCain’s Honest and Open Election Committee, Harvard law professor and former U.S. solicitor general Charles Fried, stepped down last week after <a href="http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/10/24/reagan-appointee-and-recent-mccain-adviser-charles-fried-supports-obama.aspx">voting absentee</a> for Obama-Biden."<br /><br />That's gotta hurt.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-81730125011794715412008-11-01T23:13:00.000-07:002008-11-01T23:16:29.645-07:00State Health Director Verifies Obama's Birth Certificate<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Drats</span>, said McCain <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">campaign</span> supporters, as some of them seemed to really be betting on this plan of attack. It appears that Obama really was born in the United States according to the <a href="http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20081101_officials_verify_birth_certificate_of_obama.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Honolulu</span> Star Bulletin.</a>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-81098380128972195562008-11-01T22:55:00.000-07:002008-11-01T22:59:30.598-07:00Republicans try to use Oxford don to smear Barack ObamaThat's the actual newspaper headline from the <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5063279.ece">Sunday Times</a> from London. Apparently some Republicans wanted to pay a college professor to run a computer program to try to prove that one of Obama's books was ghost written by Ayers. The professor said initial findings found the charge "very implausible." But hey, at least they tried.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-75646156538399922462008-11-01T18:31:00.000-07:002008-11-01T18:41:47.986-07:00A Second Holocaust?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxoTqNByn925YNi53BURUeUrInVQ8wD8zr9yHGNNSUVKwudU8xMg4KJXcG8PBSo2aleWBYIkB_swLjS8S7nz1OnMjAtRKDNpBeNvvjqbE9mAysnLawFDV9TZNAWcTbn_APQXJabuITvA/s1600-h/jewish.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263867103839792386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxoTqNByn925YNi53BURUeUrInVQ8wD8zr9yHGNNSUVKwudU8xMg4KJXcG8PBSo2aleWBYIkB_swLjS8S7nz1OnMjAtRKDNpBeNvvjqbE9mAysnLawFDV9TZNAWcTbn_APQXJabuITvA/s400/jewish.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is the flier a Jewish Republican group is mailing out in support of McCain. Apparently, if Obama is elected, bad things will <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">happen</span> to the Jewish people. In case you don't get the connection, they are kind enough to make it explicit for you. They point out that the picture on the card is from when Obama spoke in Germany. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Hmnn</span>, why use that photo and point it out that it is the one you are using? What meaning could they be trying to get across? And how how low will McCain supporters continue to go to base this election on fear?</div>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-2920336757674349342008-11-01T18:22:00.000-07:002008-11-01T18:28:56.322-07:00So Who's Number Two?<p><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HCaOCWYpPk4"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HCaOCWYpPk4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p><p></p><p>McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb claims that Obama hangs around with anti-Semites. But when asked to name one, other than <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Khalidi</span> who is being discussed, he can't. It looked pretty bad, and it was, because it shows that the McCain <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">campaign</span> is willing to throw anything out, and when questioned on it, can't defend their comments. </p>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-46407136131646610642008-11-01T18:16:00.001-07:002008-11-01T18:18:39.278-07:00Cheney Endorses McCain<p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YGcM6MPqVM0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YGcM6MPqVM0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p>The question is, what do you do when you get an endorsement from someone whose endorsement has the potential to hurt you more than it helps you? </p>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-18365532754208101312008-11-01T18:11:00.000-07:002008-11-01T18:14:40.882-07:00Reagan's Son Endorses ObamaNot really all that surprising, but Ronald Reagan's son has officially endorsed Obama. You can listen to it <a href="http://airamerica.com/ronreagan/blog/2008/oct/31/i-have-endorsement-make">here</a>. But combined with Goldwater and Buckley, it makes you start to wonder if any of the offspring of the great leaders of the conservative movement support McCain.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-43781548248773840142008-10-31T17:59:00.001-07:002008-10-31T18:02:06.993-07:00Happy Halloween<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgb98Ua6g2Bclfd-aG2cHWwz3Or8AxS619jdvhP5kqZ9z80UirZvclCyeXxok2atIXUmzfar6vUop5IhqOHnTXlpqJORwUdQNYIF1lsf-EIxOhaJrapaT8NowBxt0s42xQuikhbwIankI/s1600-h/myspace_halloween_graphic11.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263487599027008322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgb98Ua6g2Bclfd-aG2cHWwz3Or8AxS619jdvhP5kqZ9z80UirZvclCyeXxok2atIXUmzfar6vUop5IhqOHnTXlpqJORwUdQNYIF1lsf-EIxOhaJrapaT8NowBxt0s42xQuikhbwIankI/s400/myspace_halloween_graphic11.gif" border="0" /></a> No politics today. Enjoy the day trick or treating with your kids, going to costume parties, or whatever else you might do to celebrate this holiday. And if you are dressing up as one of the candidates, have fun.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-29626454117658701032008-10-30T21:46:00.000-07:002008-10-30T21:55:53.512-07:00McCain Confused Again About Spreading The Wealth<p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-2ZGnM2oku8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-2ZGnM2oku8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p>McCain had a hard time explaining why a progressive taxation system (which we do have here in the US) is not about spreading the wealth. He said it's a "far cry from taking from one group of Americans and giving to another," as he suggests Obama is proposing. Except that's exactly what a progressive taxation system does. The more money you earn, the more you pay progressively in taxes. So that's the taking part. Then McCain says that part of what taxes do is "to help those who can't help themselves." That's the giving to another part. So please explain again Senator McCain what is so big, bad, and evil about what Obama is proposing to do and how it so radically differs from what we already do. I'm not saying that the progressive taxation system is good or bad, just that McCain is attacking Obama for something we already do, and which McCain himself has acknowledged in the past is the right thing to do. </p>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-75045288342563491692008-10-30T19:40:00.000-07:002008-10-30T19:43:05.989-07:00Students Forced To Go To McCain RallyMcCain spoke at a rally today with about 6,000 in attendance. Not bad. Except that about 4,000 were bussed in from local schools, including the entire school district of Defiance, Ohio. But don't take my word for it, that's what an official from the school district <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/30/1616435.aspx">said.</a>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-58055504046103008492008-10-30T19:02:00.001-07:002008-10-30T19:09:16.384-07:00Hey, What's Ron Doing On The Ballot?Even though Ron Paul had officially asked that his name be removed from the ballot, he will still appear on it as the official candidate for the <a href="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/10/29/state/top/60st_102908_ronpaul.txt">Constitution Party in Montana</a>. So what you say? Paul was able to get a quarter of the votes in the primary even after everybody knew McCain was going to be the Republican nominee. And recent polls there show the race to be a statistical tie. Depending on what percentage of the vote he draws, Paul could act as a spoiler and throw the state to Obama. In the last half century, Montana has only gone Democratic twice, with the last time being 1992 when there was also a significant third party candidate on the ballot.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-91589184346767675412008-10-30T18:50:00.000-07:002008-10-30T18:59:43.938-07:00Where Do I Vote?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0F0AeyriQQ8izbHN5_qbsST2V72K0Ab6aTwHCfubmv2qLTLwvxWIrla9NaT5W2pInCgzhWyfpR7iHf4Q-eCK63Juw_vuxDY1z8HKKe2A9EJS90ycK6C0FLsUPKKs7ysJn2kQ35Lm6AM/s1600-h/voting_booth.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263131773353691778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0F0AeyriQQ8izbHN5_qbsST2V72K0Ab6aTwHCfubmv2qLTLwvxWIrla9NaT5W2pInCgzhWyfpR7iHf4Q-eCK63Juw_vuxDY1z8HKKe2A9EJS90ycK6C0FLsUPKKs7ysJn2kQ35Lm6AM/s400/voting_booth.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I don't really care who you vote for, just make sure you go vote. If you don't know where you are supposed to vote, you can go to this <a href="http://events.yahoo.com/election08/">website</a> sponsored by Yahoo and find your polling place. </div>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-19617147921371469942008-10-29T22:57:00.000-07:002008-10-30T17:01:12.705-07:00Rashid KhalidiIn the latest wave of attacks from the right, McCain and surrogates are suggesting that Obama has nefarious ties to Rashid Khalidi. Apparently, Obama may have have spoken at a dinner in Chicago and said some kind words about him. Khalidi, in case you don't know who he is, is a supporter of Palestinian rights and a professor at Georgetown University. Here's an <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22577-2004May12.html">article</a> from the Washington Post about him. I'll let you read it and decide for yourself how radical he is.<br /><br />Here's the kicker. If Khalidi is really such a horrible guy, the McCain's got some explaining to do for his own ties to him. You see, McCain was the <a href="http://www.iri.org/newsarchive/2007/2007-10-22-News-AP-McCain.asp">chairman </a>of a group called the International Republican Institute. In their infinite wisdom, they gave Khalidi's organization a grant for nearly half a million dollars. Here's the group's <a href="http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/IRIForm9901998.pdf">tax form</a> to prove it. It was grant 5180 and CRPS stands for Khalidi's Center for Palestine Research and Studies. McCain's association with Khalidi through the IRI goes back all the way to 1993, though the grant above was given in 1998.<br /><br />So let me get this straight. The McCain campaign wants a video released which shows Obama and Khalidi at a dinner together, and that's bad. McCain is the chairman of a group that gives Khalidi hundreds of thousands of dollars, and no problem. Nice logic at work there.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-19404534344619030672008-10-29T07:56:00.001-07:002008-10-29T08:00:23.499-07:00The Children Are The Future<a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/The-Nations-Students-Pick-Barack/story.aspx?guid=%7BBFCBCCF9-9DD6-4215-B1FE-B2368CCF72FD%7D">Weekly Reader</a> polls the students every four years to see who they would like to see as president. And the students have predicted the winner in every single election save one. (1992, Perot screwed it up for everyone) This year they went for Obama with 55% and McCain with 43%. I guess we'll see next week if they were right this time.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-12222368065917102192008-10-28T22:45:00.001-07:002008-10-28T22:45:53.037-07:00The Mistake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69k2PHcr62VhXGj5GykEujj66UTDog2ovqdhJWnZCmd2G4TIr659O-jINh9XdMk2QCqsT-ZJVierRRWfZHE8XpjAUgzNaKOJYyJ-pKNnyYN5lRkimNgimNT5iG6p3qGl4I7FjVb9XBs0/s1600-h/lk_mccain_500.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262447904152359538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69k2PHcr62VhXGj5GykEujj66UTDog2ovqdhJWnZCmd2G4TIr659O-jINh9XdMk2QCqsT-ZJVierRRWfZHE8XpjAUgzNaKOJYyJ-pKNnyYN5lRkimNgimNT5iG6p3qGl4I7FjVb9XBs0/s400/lk_mccain_500.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-20538173709177104352008-10-28T21:18:00.000-07:002008-10-28T21:27:23.803-07:00Alaskan Newspaper Endorses......."On the most important issue of the day, Sen. Obama is a clear choice."<br /><br />Alaska's largest newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News, and essentially the hometown newspaper of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Palin</span>, has endorsed Obama. This what the <a href="http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/567867.html">newspaper</a> had to say about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Palin</span>:<br /><br />Yet despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth. To step in and juggle the demands of an economic meltdown, two deadly wars and a deteriorating climate crisis would stretch the governor beyond her range. Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting her one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-27043167805009916682008-10-28T19:38:00.000-07:002008-10-28T22:26:08.004-07:00America's Favorite Game"No one will delay the World Series game with an infomercial when I'm president," so said John McCain. Of course, how a president has the power to decide when a baseball game starts I have no clue. But once again, McCain is just trying to score cheap political points. <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Fox_exec_Obama_didnt_delay_baseball.html">Joe Coppola</a>, the Fox executive who negotiated the deal, has said that Obama's purchase of TV time is not pushing the start of the game back. Instead, all it's doing is replacing the pre-game show. "We didn’t push back the game at all," he said.<br /><br />If McCain really wants to be mad at someone, he should be mad at Fox. "We’re just missing the pregame, which isn’t a big deal for us. It was a business decision." That's right, Fox puts its profits above America's favorite past time.Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-27499415221043761732008-10-27T22:47:00.000-07:002008-10-28T22:48:02.934-07:00Robocalls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2IWi3kzJx35wIi9JdCIFamuqqsfHpZbojdV7T9MpFItP8TD1X_WnX9AgaO4Uz2_pm9HiBH46XOcc-1s0snEGiPBuifYE1ii1JCXShfdgbNrVAh31zDxxT-EioB8MeGKWDKw0cx-3jZo/s1600-h/mccain-robocalls-tt081022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262448464900036114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 351px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2IWi3kzJx35wIi9JdCIFamuqqsfHpZbojdV7T9MpFItP8TD1X_WnX9AgaO4Uz2_pm9HiBH46XOcc-1s0snEGiPBuifYE1ii1JCXShfdgbNrVAh31zDxxT-EioB8MeGKWDKw0cx-3jZo/s400/mccain-robocalls-tt081022.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351348239624027907.post-5605925705027613612008-10-27T21:57:00.000-07:002008-10-27T23:09:15.638-07:00Is Palin A Socialist?As you know, Palin and McCain are hitting on Obama being a socialist and wanting to spread the wealth. But I thought you would be interested in hearing, in Palin's own words, about how Alaskans manage to get a check from the state every year:<br /><br />"And Alaska—we’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.”<br /><br />That's Palin describing oil up in Alaska. So let me get this straight. Everybody in Alaska owns the oil resources collectively,? And everybody gets the same check no matter what they may or may not have done to earn it? And that's not socialism?<br /><br />The entire article can be read <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/22/080922fa_fact_gourevitch?printable=true">here</a>.<br /><br /><span class="sociallinks">Add to: <a href="http://technorati.com/faves?add=http%3A%2F%2Fstraighttalkonmccain%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2008%2F10%2Fis%2Dpalin%2Dsocialist%2Ehtml" target="_blank">Technorati</a> <a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstraighttalkonmccain%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2008%2F10%2Fis%2Dpalin%2Dsocialist%2Ehtml" target="_blank">Digg</a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstraighttalkonmccain%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2008%2F10%2Fis%2Dpalin%2Dsocialist%2Ehtml;title=Is%20Palin%20A%20Socialist%3F" target="_blank">del.icio.us</a> <a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?t=Is%20Palin%20A%20Socialist%3F&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstraighttalkonmccain%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2008%2F10%2Fis%2Dpalin%2Dsocialist%2Ehtml" target="_blank">Yahoo</a> <a href="http://www.blinklist.com/index.php?Action=Blink/addblink.php&Url=http%3A%2F%2Fstraighttalkonmccain%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2008%2F10%2Fis%2Dpalin%2Dsocialist%2Ehtml&Title=Is%20Palin%20A%20Socialist%3F" target="_blank">BlinkList</a> <a href="http://www.spurl.net/spurl.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstraighttalkonmccain%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2008%2F10%2Fis%2Dpalin%2Dsocialist%2Ehtml&title=Is%20Palin%20A%20Socialist%3F" target="_blank">Spurl</a> <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstraighttalkonmccain%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2008%2F10%2Fis%2Dpalin%2Dsocialist%2Ehtml&title=Is%20Palin%20A%20Socialist%3F" target="_blank">reddit</a> <a href="http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?t=Is%20Palin%20A%20Socialist%3F&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstraighttalkonmccain%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2008%2F10%2Fis%2Dpalin%2Dsocialist%2Ehtml" target="_blank">Furl</a> </span>Straight Talk on McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218107349410916426noreply@blogger.com4