Palin speech upsets independents, here is the proof

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 9:47 AM PDT

2008/09/04 · 09:47

While all the talking heads are talking about how Palin did well last night the real voters were reacting in a very different way. Detroit Free Press had a panel of voters watching her speech and every single independent hated the speech.

http://www.freep.com/...

Their reaction varied from "I was completely underwhelmed" to "I'm sorry but I still don't know anymore about this young lady tonight than I did last night".

Most of them felt that she was mean and negative. One independent was turned off by her barrage of snide remarks and distortions.

One smart independent clearly pointed out that she is unqualified to be a VP. Let me quote him, "I am not convinced that Palin's experience as a mayor or governor in Alaska meet the qualifications to be vice president much less one stroke or heart attack away from being commander in chief."

You need independents on your side to win elections but Palin simply continued with the same old attack dog politics of republicans. She did not utter the following words even once:

education
economic crisis
Afganistan war
sub-prime mortage crisis
health care
shipping jobs overseas

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 10:10 AM PDT

2008/08/21 · 10:10

I got inspiration from one of the comment that I found on politicalwire about super rich confused McCain not remembering how many houses he owns. I modified it to this new version of "There are some things that money can't buy" ad.

$100 for a makeover to look young

$520 for black leather Ferragamo Italian shoes

$28,500 in campaign donations from Hess Oil executives after changing mind to allow oil drilling

$50,000 for speechwriter who can attack 'hope'

$58,000 per year of taxpayers money in disability payments

$200,000 expense on "household staff" in 2007

$300,000 from Keating Five

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Wednesday January 30, 2008 · 2:56 PM PST

2008/01/30 · 14:56

After hearing about Rush's comments on McCain I was thinking that it's only the right wing talkshow hosts who are mad at the prospect of McCain candidacy. But it turns out that I was wrong. The so called conservative "brains" are thinking the same way about McCain. I decided to hold my nose and visit National Review's Corner. Here is what I found:

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Tuesday January 16, 2007 · 9:40 AM PST

2007/01/16 · 09:40

While US is screaming about Iran's involvement in Iraq and it's nuclear aspirations, Bush administration is indirectly selling forbidden military equipment like fighter jet parts and missile components to Iran through middlemen. The AP story published in Indian Express is reporting that these contraband military parts made it to Iran and China at least a half-dozen times.

The US military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries-including Iran and China-who exploited security flaws in the Defence Department's surplus auctions. The sales include fighter jet parts and missile components.

In one case, federal investigators said, the contraband made it to Iran, a country President George W Bush branded part of an 'axis of evil'.

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Friday November 03, 2006 · 2:04 PM PST

2006/11/03 · 14:04

In just reported Mason Dixon poll on Cleveland Plain Dealer site all the statewide democratic candidates are either leading or in tie. The most surprsing result is a AG race democratic candiadte is tied with Betty Montgomery at 44% each. This is huge since Betty is the only rethug who is considered to have a very good chance.

Click here for the details of the poll.

Ted Strickland leads by 19 points. He is up 56% to 37% over Blackwell. Jennifer Brunner is up 9, Richard Cordray is up 8, Barbara Sykes is up 3.

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Brown up by 8 points, other good news from Ohio

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Wednesday October 04, 2006 · 3:18 PM PDT

2006/10/04 · 15:18

In the latest Rasmussen poll thats being reported widely on Ohio blogs Sherrod Brown is surging ahead of Mike DeWHine after their first debate on Meet The Press on last Sunday. Brown now leads 49% to 41%. While DeWHine is still stuck around 40% for months Brown is close to hitting 50% mark.

Brown has also come up with a great TV ad hitting hard DeWHine on 9/11 doctored images, WMDs, missed intell mettings, etc. Checkout the great ad at: http://www.youtube.com/...

There is one other great ad in which a soldier's mother talks about Brown. Watch the ad at: http://www.youtube.com/...
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Latest GOP corruption Scandal in Ohio - more Pay-to-Play

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Friday September 08, 2006 · 11:01 AM PDT

2006/09/08 · 11:01

The Ohio GOP has been once again caught red handed in the corruption scheme involving Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC). In this latest GOP corruption scandal, the GOP state govt has implemented a scheme where they turned over the management of claims of injured workers to private companies and in return these companies paid them millions in political contributions. Most of these companies are owned by GOP operatives. This pay-to-play scheme has cost the Ohio taxpayers millions of dollars since the number of injured-worker claims plunged 42 percent in Ohio from 1998 to 2005, but administrative payments to managed-care companies by the BWC soared 44 percent during the period. According to Bureau Administrator William Mabe the private companies are being paid too much for doing less work.

It is the same BWC which was earlier involved in Republican Tom Noe's rare coin and beanie baby corruption scandal.

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OHIO: Strickland up by 22, Brown up by 8

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Tuesday August 08, 2006 · 1:33 PM PDT

2006/08/08 · 13:33

Ohio is looking great for Dems. In the latest SurveyUSA poll released today Congressman Ted Strickland is destroying rethug Ken Blackwell by 22 points. Strickland leads Blackwell 57% to 35% in today's poll, picking up six points since the last SurveyUSA poll released in June.

In the same SurveyUSA poll Sherrod Brown is ahead of Mike DeWHINE by 8 points. Brown leads incumbent 49 - 41. This is a GREAT news for Brown since DeWHINE's fake 9/11 TV ad barrage has clearly not worked. The latest DeWHINE medicare drug benefit ads have also not worked.
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Democrat Ted Strickland leads Blackwell in Ohio

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Thursday November 17, 2005 · 8:40 AM PST

2005/11/17 · 08:40

Democrat Ted Strickland is leading two possible Republican candidates in the race to become Ohio's next Governor in the first Rasmussen Poll. Strickland leads infamous rethug Ken Blackwell by a 42% to 36% margin while Strickland leads former Congressman John Kasich 39% to 33%.

Strickland (D) 42%
Blackwell (R) 36%

and

Strickland (D) 39%
Kasich (R) 33%

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Criminally convicted Republican gov Taft discloses NEW gifts

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Friday August 26, 2005 · 10:06 AM PDT

2005/08/26 · 10:06

Criminally convicted Republican Ohio gov Bob Taft disclosed yesterday that he forgot to disclose 8 more new gifts to the Ohio ethics committee. Taft was convicted just last week for failing to report numerous golf outings for years from 2001 to 2004. Does the corrupt republican governor have no shame? How can he forget to report gifts after whats going on? The criminally convicted Taft is not only unethical, corrupt but also very incompetent. The latest admissions from Taft trigger an automatic investigation by the Ohio Ethics Commission. The newly discovered gifts were received in 1999 and 2000 which would mean Taft will face two new charges very soon. The eight additional gifts, valued at $921.50, include box of steaks, a book, autographed football, pottery, artwork, etc.

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Ohio GOP corruption and "pay-to-play" update

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Thursday July 21, 2005 · 3:11 PM PDT

2005/07/21 · 15:11

More information has come out about the Ohio GOP's "pay-to-play" scandals in recent days. Here is the latest round-up..

Gov Taft (the gov with 15% approval ratings)'s new "pay to play" shenanigans have come to light yesterday. A Ohio based company has disclosed that it gave Mr. Taft a $125 gift by paying his golf fees. This was not disclosed by Taft which is against the state law.

An Ohio-based basketmaker revealed yesterday that it had paid Gov. Bob Taft's golf fees in September, 2003, but the embattled governor continued to refuse to provide details about that or any other outings he has failed to disclose on his annual financial disclosure statements.

The Newark-based Longaberger Co. filed an amended lobbying statement yesterday, disclosing that it gave Mr. Taft a $125 gift by paying his golf fees on Sept. 12, 2003.

State law requires officeholders to list each source of gifts over $75.
It is a first-degree misdemeanor to knowingly file a false ethics form, with a maximum penalty of six months in jail and/or a $1,000 fine.

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$71 million lost - more losses in Ohio Workers' Compensation fund

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Friday July 08, 2005 · 10:44 AM PDT

2005/07/08 · 10:44

It was revealed yesterday that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation lost another $71 million due to mismanagement. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer Workers Comp Bureau has decided to liquidate the $250 million fund handled by Allegiant Asset Management which lost the money becuase of the fund mismangement.

For the second time in a month, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has terminated an investment that lost millions of dollars for the agency.

The BWC announced Thursday that it will liquidate investments with Allegiant Asset Management, a subsidiary of National City Bank, which shows $71 million in losses. About $60 million was lost as a result of Allegiant's management decisions, according to Ennis Knupp, independent consultants examining all of the BWC's investments in the wake of reports of irregularities.

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