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John McCain in his attempt to tactically boost his credibility, called for delaying the debates to focus on the economic crisis. Barack Obama responded by saying basically that a President should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.  This is clearly a political maneuver to curry populist favor with the angry public.
Perhaps a worse move could’ve been his cancelling David Letterman. You don’t cross Dave! He was spot-on in his analysis on McCain’s no-show, who reasoned he had to fly back to Washington for an emergency meeting with colleagues. When a producer informed Letterman that McCain was in another CBS studio being interviewed by Katie Couric, (complete with make-up crew drawing on the Senator’s face) Letterman delivered a repartee nothing short of classic. A real coffee-spitter!

Just when you thought it was safe to hedge your savings in 401ks, IRAs, Mutual Funds, Stocks, Bonds and Securities, the Dow Jones plunged some 504 points losing more than a half a trillion dollars! Financial giant Lehman Brothers, whose 158 year legacy survived the panic of 1907 and the Great Depression, filed for bankruptcy. Merrill Lynch, another storied brokerage house was bought by Bank of America for 50 billion dollars in stock. All this on the heels of the Bear Stearns collapse and the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac bailout.
AIG, one of the largest insurance companies in the world was just given a 85 billion dollar shot in the arm by the Feds to keep its’ operations going. In the Land of OZ where fiat currency, perceived, hypothecated wealth and instruments of debt are traded and leveraged like at no other time in human history, the TAXPAYER (TIN MAN?) is expected to foot the bill. Even with over a million foreclosures on homes and savings threatened, Americans will be turned upside down and shaken until more blood and treasure flow to the Empire. (the WIZ?)
The only two powerhouses left to transact big deals on Wall street are none other than Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan. The latter, ironically being suspected in engineering the panic of 1907 and both having some interest in the privately owned Federal Reserve. This is not a coincidence. Folks, this is serious business having global economic implications as Central Banks of the world watch our markets “correct” itself. This domino effect of institutions crumbling due to over-leveraging, re-bundling risky mortgage-backed securities and other Ponzi-like schemes is only the beginning.
Is there any wonder why the Founders in their infinite wisdom put the Gold Standard in effect to prevent “Bills of Credit” from being circulated and our currency from being debased? Lastly, I’ll leave you with McCain’s top economic advisor, Carly Fiorina on why neither of the candidates and their running mates are qualified

Just as Republicans were making their rounds on the “talking head shows” espousing about Palin’s 80% approval rating, roughly 1400 Alaskans wanted to make it known that Sarah Palin doesn’t speak for them. Perhaps one of the largest counter-rallies in the history of Anchorage, many were expressing their frustration with McCain’s choice. Their native Governor. From their native state! Coming off of several gaffes the Governor made on ABC’s interview with Charlie Gibson, most notably, her not knowing what the Bush Doctrine was and some saber-rattling about Russia, the 44 year old mother of “5″ was greeted elsewhere from a much smaller crowd of supporters. Below are pics from those who attended the anti-Palin rally.
















And this is what the blogosphere was waiting for. Not only was it said on the first day of McCain’s VP pick that Sarah looked like Tina Fey from SNL, but many knew it would come to this;

John McCain in his attempt to tactically boost his credibility, called for delaying the debates to focus on the economic crisis. Barack Obama responded by saying basically that a President should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.  This is clearly a political maneuver to curry populist favor with the angry public.
Perhaps a worse move could’ve been his cancelling David Letterman. You don’t cross Dave! He was spot-on in his analysis on McCain’s no-show, who reasoned he had to fly back to W

Here is an ad created by a private Citizen that bests any of Obama’s. It has been gaining momentum on YouTube and is rather hilarious as it uses John McCain’s own words! The Obama team needs to scoop this person up.

In part one of what will seemingly go down as one of the most awkward, uninformed, disturbing interviews in recent memory, Sarah Palin sounded like a hockey mom last night. Charlie Gibson, the lucky ABC veteran anchor vetted by the McCain camp for an exclusive interview with the Alaska Governor tossed a few softballs her way. Forget hitting them out the park, she barely got any hits to first base. The mother of 5 was asked what we should do if Israel took action against Iranian Nuclear plants and her response 3 times was that U.S. shouldn’t second guess Israel’s right to defend herself. Earth to Sarah? Ever heard of diplomacy and mediation? When asked if Georgia and Ukraine should be a part of NATO, she gave a yes answer. To which Gibson asked whether we should intervene if another Georgia/ Russia conflict were to occur and her response was “perhaps so.” Adding that being a part of NATO requires you to help other nations in an event of a hostile invasion. Some pundits used the term “Saber-Rattling” to describe her answer. I call it irresponsible and dangerous for a would-be Vice President and potential President to bark like that. Her speaking of “Islamic believers” was a bit bothersome too. Imagine saying “Christian believers?”"Judaism believers?”
Why not call them Muslims or people of the Islamic faith? Sounds less tacky and like you know what you’re talking about. Charlie performed better than I thought but he gave her the answer when he asked her about the “Bush Doctrine.” Not only did he give her the definition, he let her off the hook by asking another question after she clearly fumbled. See interview below;

Forget the James Carville question about “What do you think about the Agreed Framework,” the Doctrine question went over her head and yet, could’ve easily been answered by any freshman poli-sci major from the University of Alaska!
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37 million viewers watched Sarah “Barracuda” Palin deliver her acceptance speech at the Republican Convention in Minnesota last night. That’s just 1 million less than Obama’s views the week prior.
The media talking heads made baseball references like “hitting it out the park” and “a star is born” to describe her deliverance. She was, in their eyes, the new generation of conservatism: a young mom, with 5 kids, including one with Downs Syndrome; she eats Bambi hotdogs and Bullwi

The truth is best outed through the medium of comedy.

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