Maureen Dowd: Obama = Ed Liddy

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Saturday March 21, 2009 · 7:40 PM PDT

2009/03/21 · 19:40

It is actually a very good and insightful column, for once surprisingly. I usually find Dowd's columns scattershot and her criticisms misguided.

http://www.nytimes.com/...

Key passage from Dowd after implying we elected the wrong guy for these times:

Ed Liddy was put in charge of an essentially bankrupt company, but he never drove a hard bargain on bonuses or counterparty debts. He honored contracts made by an organization that had become a fraudulent scheme. He could have told the leeches inside the company and out that the world had utterly changed, so the contracts would too — as Michelle would say, "whether they like it or not."

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 7:22 PM PST

2008/11/06 · 19:22

from the Other Side:

So Jindal is going to Iowa as we speak. Romney and Huckabee are in the running. Sarah Palin doesn't have a chance. Ideologically diverse young conservatives are at this very moment and for the next four years, mobilizing for an Obama defeat using Obama's campaign model as well as Ron Paul's, especially counting on many young voters who voted for the real conservative, Ron Paul.

From Ambinder:

Tonight, they're launching a website, www.RebuildTheParty.com, and will ask RNC chairman candidates to support their platform, which puts a premium on Internet organizing and technology.

rwilly777

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 2:01 PM PDT

2008/10/26 · 14:01

This will be short:

Don Imus was calling in on FOX's Neil Cavuto's show:

Don Imus is actually very receptive to the prospect of an Obama presidency, though he says he'll vote for McCain. He didnt seem to mind at all about an Obama presidency from this clip. He isn't crying out like a nut over socialism, Muslim connections, birth certificates or all this other ridiculous stuff, etc. He calls McCain extremely "grumpy" and "different" than the McCain he knew. He says McCain "sold his soul", and said "if you sell your soul to the devil" it doesnt matter unless you win. He calls Katie Couric "that rodent" and Charlie Gibson a "pretentious, condescending jerk". Then Cavuto and Imus joked about Imus looking like an "old lesbian" in his image.. and to top it off, Imus also says "Let's hope he doesn't die".

Anyhow, I was FLOOORED after hearing this. I normally dont listen to right wing radio, and I only heard about Imus after his racist comments,... but does anyone else find this as weird as I do?

rwilly777

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 2:17 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 14:17

Will Pennsylvania be this year's Florida?
x-postedfrom Ron Drummond at TPM

It seems unlikely on the surface. Obama is currently leading McCain 52-40 there. Yet McCain is concentrating huge efforts in Pennsylvania, which given that he's down by 12 points in the latest polls is downright creepy -- he's officially given up on states with a greater combined electoral vote and where the race is much closer and he has a far better chance of closing the gap. Why? Unlike those states, Pennsylvania's voting machines are almost all electronic, with no paper trails, thus eminently open to hacking. If the election's going to be stolen electronically, Pennsylvania will be ground zero.

Here's some background. Today electoral-vote.com, the best and fairest electoral-map website, carries this telling news item:

rwilly777

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Friday October 17, 2008 · 1:36 PM PDT

2008/10/17 · 13:36

This is not a Diary, but a Donation Thread. We should have one on the REC list every day from now until the end in my opinion...

On Private Calls, Top Obama Advisers Expressing Real Worry That Complacency Will Damage Fundraising, Turnout

tpm's greg sargeant writes:

In two private conference calls this week with leading fundraisers, surrogates, and prominent supporters, senior Obama advisers expressed genuine worry that his lead in the polls is creating a complacency among supporters that the advisers are afraid will create a serious drag on fundraising and turnout, a person who was on both calls says.

Obama and his aides have publicly warned against complacency, but in general terms, and such gestures have been widely viewed as pep-talks.

These private discussions, though, suggest that the worry is genuine, and that it has taken the specific form of worry about money and get-out-the-vote efforts.

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 7:53 PM PDT

2008/10/07 · 19:53

T. Boone Pickens had a commercial right after the debate on NBC inviting people to an e-rally, or e-chat to discuss the debate answers:

http://www.pickensplan.com/...

DEFEND OUR CANDIDATE!!!! REC THIS UP PEOPLE. LOT OF FREEPERS OUT TONIGHT. Any environmental experts or enthusiasts welcome, and everyone should join to defend Obama.

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 5:16 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 17:16

Crossposted at TPM via By Walter F - September 16, 2008, 10:30PM

I have yet to see the media correct this, but McCain is lying when he says Obama is linked to Fannie Mae's troubles, according to the AP.

"He put Fannie Mae's CEO (chief executive), who helped create this problem, in charge of finding his vice president. That's not change, that's what's broken in Washington," McCain said.

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Friday September 12, 2008 · 5:54 PM PDT

2008/09/12 · 17:54

Chris Beam over at Trailhead documents the furious editing by McCain trolls over the precise meaning of the bush doctrine, right after the Gibson interview.

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Wednesday August 27, 2008 · 10:19 PM PDT

2008/08/27 · 22:19

Everyone here is saying not to watch MSNBC, CNN, FOX, but CSPAN is even worse after the convention is over. There are tons of people flooding the airwaves with smears against Obama, constant refrains of Obama is not 'specific enough'. Nearly every caller has been bashing Obama on the air since the beginning of this convention.

From listening to all of these callers it sounds that nearly 90% of the comments are very negative towards Michelle and Obama, and a lot of them spread irrelevant rumors and gossip and untruths. I suspect a lot of these are conservatives and PUMAs highjacking the airwaves.

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