Obama's Promise: Barney Bites Back

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 1:33 PM PST

2008/11/06 · 13:33

During Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in Chicago’s Grant Park and on the TV screens of the rest of America, he made a promise to his daughters- Sasha and Malia.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 3:38 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 15:38

What is it that you are employing to deal with tonight's drama, or rather to celebrate the election of a transformational, inspirational figure with a first class intellect and temperament?

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 5:56 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 17:56

Postulated ad nauseum by political pundits, now and during the primary, is that the Rosetta to winning the Keystone state lies in the suburbs of Pennsylvania. This formula can be offset by the Rendell strategy, however. That is the running up of the score in the major cities- Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and their suburbs. No doubt, Obama will fair well here, but how well remains to be seen.

The suburbs and towns that ring the central Pennsylvania city of Harrisburg have been deeply Republican since Lincoln was alive.

Newsweek's Howard Fineman continues to give his prognostication:

In Philadelphia, Obama is considered likely to pile up at least a 500,000-vote majority—the kind of "mo" he will need to compensate for weaker showings in more rural parts of the commonwealth.

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 8:01 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 20:01

McCain’s in trouble. And no polls or the obligatory disparaging news clips of him or his running mate will be used here to support my conclusion. Instead, I will use the words of my evangelical Republican father which were sent to me last night in a text message. The words were succinct and poignant. But before I lend them to your eyes as comfort for an anguish Nervous System, I would like to put them in context for affect.

My father is, unbelievably, part of the 9% that supports George Bush and watches FOX, and only FOX, religiously. He reveres W. as a brave Christian patriot who protects this country from the Muslim evil doers so much so that there is a picture of him proudly displayed in his office. Yes, even today.

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 6:16 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 18:16

Continuing on the diva meme, it appears the diva’s wardrobe was not the only piece of the governor’s ego that was left in Alaska. Her tanning bed was also sacrificed in John’s rush to nominate the folksy "hockey mom" as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republicans. That’s right, lost in the numbers (150K) of the September FEC filing of the RNC was expenses totaling $1,170 to an individual named Tracy Thorp, who according to her Myspace page runs a company called Tans-n-Lashes by Tracy. Her specialty is, of course, spray on tans, especially the Eskimo tan (seen below).

[Obviously Photoshoped, but funny!]

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 1:58 PM PDT

2008/10/26 · 13:58

Life is good! It’s Sunday and only a scant 9 days away from the 2008 presidential election. Like Larry Craig, I cannot wait to get normalcy back in my life. However, my usually anxious mind is comforted today some by the polls that suggest overwhelmingly, by all conceivable measures that Barack Obama is ahead. That is unless you count those conjured up in the geriatric mind of John McCain, of course.

With this I found myself digging through my library to find what new and old discoveries lie hidden in the pages of the many unread books I have. Out of the masses staring at me is an old, tired paperback by Ayn Rand, "For the New Intellectual" (1961). The title seemed apropos for the times, and boy was it! Not two pages in, I had to put it down to pound out the dairy you are now reading. I hope that you enjoy the unbelievable or not so unbelievable repetitious patterns of history that are plotted below from Ayn Rand’s pen to my keyboard.

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 9:02 PM PDT

2008/10/24 · 21:02

According to Sarah Palin the answer warrants a laugh, a wink and a failed "policy speech". Fortunately, leading scientists and geneticists disagree. They treat the question with the same respect that Flemming showed to mold which lead to the discovery of Penicilin, of course.

Genetically speaking, people and fruit flies are surprisingly alike, explains biologist Sharmila Bhattacharya of NASA's Ames Research Center. "About 61% of known human disease genes have a recognizable match in the genetic code of fruit flies, and 50% of fly protein sequences have mammalian analogues."

http://science.nasa.gov/...

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Next weekâ€<sup>TM</sup>s ubiquitous theme will be?

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Next weekâ€<sup>TM</sup>s ubiquitous theme will be?

fruit flies

5 votes

Joe the Plumber

3 votes

The Obama Show

6 votes

Obama's SNL appearance

4 votes

one final Palin fail

12 votes

Troopergate

1 vote

GOTV

5 votes

McCain's leaking and sinking ship

19 votes

the other Todd

3 votes

a strong Obama close w/ surprise

12 votes

"The Robocaller" bought Palin's RNC Wardrobe(s)

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 11:54 AM PDT

2008/10/22 · 11:54

Yup, that's right and The Atlantic has the story here (no word yet if Todd is jealous):

http://www.theatlantic.com/...

The attention from Jeanne Cummings’s much-talked-about Politico story has naturally focused on the $150,000 in luxury clothing purchased for Sarah Palin at Neiman Marcus, Sak’s Fifth Avenue, and Barney’s. What hasn’t yet gotten any attention is who bought it for her. But buried in the same FEC disclosure form that revealed Palin’s taste for the fine life is the name of the man who appears to have been her personal shopper: Jeff Larson.

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 5:15 PM PDT

2008/10/21 · 17:15

The question that many have been asking, mostly my lady friends, is finally answered in an expose' on Politico. Just where did all of Palin's 'fancy' outfits...and Levi's suit come from?

http://www.politico.com/...

Not their closets in Alaska, but the RNC, of course.

The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.

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Where will Palin spen the next 50K?

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Where will Palin spen the next 50K?

Gucci

24 votes

louis vuitton

34 votes

Coach

14 votes

Barney's

39 votes

Fende

5 votes

Hermes

17 votes

D & G

26 votes

100k + 75k = Obama pi

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 5:38 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 17:38

Two Obama rallies were held today in the "show me state" of Missouri.

The first in St Louis hosted an astounding 100,000.
http://www.politico.com/...

The second rally was estimated at 75,000.
http://www.miamiherald.com/...

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Favorite Pie?

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Favorite Pie?

Pumpkin

36 votes

Sweet Patato

32 votes

Key Lime

12 votes

Apple

28 votes

Cobbler

12 votes

Cherry

20 votes

The one used above!

8 votes

Palin pie

9 votes

Bachmann Pie

13 votes

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 4:53 PM PDT

2008/10/10 · 16:53

The Legislative Council just opened their doors to the open session. The vote will be taken in minutes! Here we go....

http://community.adn.com/...

So here's something to consider while we wait for the Legislative Council to vote -- and yes, we're still waiting:

The council needs eight votes to release the investigator's report. Three members of the 14-member council aren't here -- Rep. Ralph Samuels, Rep. John Harris and Sen. Gary Wilken.

Unless they called in after the meeting started, that means they're automatic "no votes."

So what's going on behind those doors? Do they have enough votes to make the report public?

Sen. John Cowdery isn't here, but phoned in. Actually -- that raises another question. Say this decision comes down to one vote? Does the fact that Cowdery has been indicted become part of debate.

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Saturday October 04, 2008 · 1:33 PM PDT

2008/10/04 · 13:33

From my inquisitive nature, a desire for historical knowledge and wisdom, and an anxious impatience, I have twenty questions that need Kossackian insight and answering. Please if you feel inclined to do so, tackle one or more of the follow questions for which I have neither the 30 days to wait to have answered for me nor the time to muster up the necessary "vast" volumes of sources to inform myself.

I am relatively new to the DailyKos and politics although I am admittedly addicted to both. This site along with some other liberal sites, I honestly believe, is having a significant affect on the shaping and framing of this election. I am honored to be a cog in this effective conservative crushing wheel. Please check me where I may be mistaken and feed me where I require it below. The 20 questions to be openly discussed begin here:

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Why Obama will win Pennsylvania.

McCain's in Trouble: A Personal Story.

The diva’s $1000 RNC spray tan!

Ayn Rand on the 2008 election

What's the difference between a human and a fruit fly?

"The Robocaller" bought Palin's RNC Wardrobe(s)

RNC Shells Out 150K on Palin's Outfits & Makeup.

100k + 75k = Obama pi

LIVE Stream Troopergate Open Session

20 Questions from a neophyte: