LOSING IT: Why McCain Wants a Sterile Fight

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 2:13 PM PDT

2008/05/09 · 14:13

WARNING: This is a Clinton-free post. The farce may continue but the show is over. Time to move on.

John McCain is on record saying that he wants a clean fight in the General Election. Is this just the voice of wisdom speaking? Is this Grand Pappy trying to stop the kids making too much noise? OR is there a more sinister reason.

Firstly, let’s get the BS out of the way. McCain will NOT carry out a clean fight. All this magnanimity is just an excuse to garner sympathy as he whimpers and blusters when any attacks begin. Really. For a hardened military man who survived 5 years as a prisoner of war, this cry-baby attitude is either a total fake, or a sign of senility. It’s just a blatant ploy to handicap Obama’s fight for the moral high-ground while the 527 groups do his nasty work behind the scenes.

Let’s look at some examples:

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 7:31 AM PDT

2008/05/08 · 07:31

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 12:55 PM PDT

2008/05/07 · 12:55

Introduction
According to some commentators, it is a tradition for the winner to assist in "retiring the debt" of the loser. Others argue that it could form part of a reconciliation gesture, yet others disagree. It’s time to dispel these rumors before they become a major concern.

If you read below, I will try to outline some of the issues and propose a solution which might be controversial for some, but may help to bring the party together for the election.

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 8:40 AM PDT

2008/05/06 · 08:40

On a day in which North Carolina and Indiana go to the polling booths, consider the following an intellectual interlude before the main act performs this evening.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The myth of a "Gas Tax Holiday" has been comprehensively debunked by virtually anyone who understands the oil economy.

Even IF a bill to implement this ridiculous notion was approved, despite no support in Washington and a Bush veto, there are no controls in place to ensure that prices would drop at all.

The price of oil, and therefore gas, is regulated by the oil companies and the free market. If Washington were to cap gas prices, the oil companies would simply reduce supplies of gas to the pumps in order to avoid losing money as the price of oil rises. Perhaps you could use your $30 savings to buy a book on economics for light reading while you queue.

The answer? Though it may seem counter-intuitive, RAISING gas taxes would save you more.

What? Why? How?... Read below:

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Monday May 05, 2008 · 2:26 PM PDT

2008/05/05 · 14:26

With all the confusion, spin and media hype over whether MI and FL delegates will or should be seated, and the more recent saga of Hillary’s so-called "Nuclear Option" to overrule the DNC, perhaps someone should actually read the DNC Rules on how the MI & FL vote is to be counted.

The answer to MI & FL is already in the rules.

50% of pledged delegates go to the convention and no unpledged delegates.

See more below...

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Sunday May 04, 2008 · 9:46 AM PDT

2008/05/04 · 09:46

"... never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

John Donne (1572-1631), Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII: Nunc Lento Sonitu Dicunt, Morieris

Leaving aside the tasteless humor promulgated by the less sophisticated, surrounding the unfortunate demise of a filly in yesterday’s Kentucky Derby, one cannot escape the symbolic irony that a win by the stallion "Big Brown" over "Eight Bells" represents.

While it may seem contrived to reference the author of familiar though doubtfully understood phrases such as "For whom the bell tolls..." and "No man is an island...", a cursory study of history uncovers than John Donne, was a lawyer and became an elected politician in the Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I. His credentials therefore seem aptly relevant if perhaps accidentally coincidental to the current discourse over the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

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Saturday May 03, 2008 · 7:24 AM PDT

2008/05/03 · 07:24

There appears to be a problem with the Domain Name System (DNS) that translates human readable web site names into the numbers that tell your computer where to find the site.

Just as you look up a telephone directory to find someone's phone number, there is an Internet "yellow Pages"-like directory that lists all the Internet domains alongside the real numeric address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

To get to YouTube while the DNS gets fixed, go to:

http://208.65.153.251/

UPDATE:

Some people are reporting no problems with getting to www.YouTube.com

This may be because there are thousands of DNS copies, (your ISP probably has one) and not all may be affected. Also, depending on your browser settings, it may remember the YouTube address from looking it up earlier.

The problem has been confirmed worldwide as far as Europe, Australia and Asia. Assuming it's a simple DNS mistake, it should all be fine within 24-48 hours.

PLEASE: NO CONSPIRACY THEORIES, THIS JUST HAPPENS NOW & AGAIN

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Friday May 02, 2008 · 7:18 PM PDT

2008/05/02 · 19:18

This just in ;)

INDIANA - With the primary elections in North Carolina and Indiana only a few days away, US Democratic Party nominations candidates are pulling out all the stops to ensure victory. Hillary Clinton, the wife of former US President Bill Clinton, has focused her campaign on the key issues that voters are told are important.

In an effort to appease widespread concern for struggling oil companies who face increased competitive pressure from environmentally conscious alternative fuels, Senator Clinton has joined Republican Senator John McCain in backing a solution to allow the companies to charge the same price at the pumps while making greater profits.

Mr. Gus A. Lane, chairman of the Rational Institute for Petroleum Oil and Fossil Fuels, expressed his gratitude for the endorsement by candidates from both major parties at a press conference in Houston this morning. "Republican politicians have a long tradition of understanding our desperate plight", he said, "but Senator Clinton’s support is a welcome bonus".

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Thursday May 01, 2008 · 6:22 PM PDT

2008/05/01 · 18:22

If India, Pakistan, China, Russia or North Korea were to threaten to launch nuclear weapons at America there would be an international crisis.

Yet the best we can muster when a potential president threatens unequivocally to obliterate an entire nation is to mumble a few words of disapproval, or worse still, to cheer.

Her boastful claims are at best a sorry and desperate attempt at saying anything to win votes and at worst nothing more than mindless arrogance and diplomatic incompetence.

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Wednesday April 30, 2008 · 3:51 PM PDT

2008/04/30 · 15:51

In a speech yesterday in Indiana, Hillary mentioned a company called Magnequench which was bought by a consortium including Chinese investors back in 1995 while Bill Clinton was president.

The company was eventually closed and the manufacture of key missile components was moved to China. In her comments she complains that the Bush administration allowed the transfer of manufacture of key military components to China.

What she doesn’t say is that the transfer began during the Clinton administration in June 2000.

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Monday April 28, 2008 · 7:21 PM PDT

2008/04/28 · 19:21

You might be forgiven for thinking that Hillary Clinton's 9.1% majority in the Pennsylvania primary popular vote meant a gain in the overall nomination contest. As we shall see, this is not the case.

Quick Summary:

A) If this contest were a 100 lap race, Obama would be on lap 92, more than 9 laps ahead of Hillary with less than 8 to go.

B) HC is 4.4% further behind than before PA. Just to stay the same as pre-PA, HC would have needed at least +18 delegates instead of +10.

C) North Carolina is predicted to be a win for BO. However, even if it becomes a draw, HC would still need to win all other pledged delegate contests by a margin of +60% for a clear pledged delegate majority.

D) Based on the latest polls for remaining contests, HC would still need more than 200 out of the 300 or so remaining superdelegates to reach a clear majority (with or without with FL & MI).

Full details of how the numbers were calculated below:

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Tuesday April 22, 2008 · 7:56 AM PDT

2008/04/22 · 07:56

UPDATE: Sorry, forgot my manners.

First things first:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to everyone who contributed their time and energy to making the PA campaign a success.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ok... now for a little something to relieve election day tension....

In an interview this morning on NPR WHYY, Bill Clinton attempted to defend his statement comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson in SC, he forgot to hang up at the end.

While still on air, he is heard to be saying:

"I don’t think I can take any sh*t from anybody on that, do you?"

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Hillary's Oil and Gasp Strategy for IN and NC

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Bill Clinton "I don't think I can take any sh*t from anybody..."