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Obama in '08

John McCain was in town to beg for votes last week. I went there with my video camera and talked to people outside the event. You can see the videos here:

In this one, some McCain fans were seen talking to Obama supporters and both groups were ejected from the arena. I interviewed both groups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XF14rvQOug

This is just an assortment of the people that were there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7KyBC1Zyj8

I hope she has health insurance.


http://kdka.com/local/attack.McCain.Bloomfield.2.847628.html

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter “B” in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker.

Ashley Todd, 20, of Texas, initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect became enraged and started beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car.

Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph test.

Authorities, however, declined to release the results of that test.

Investigators did say that they received photos from the ATM machine and “the photographs were verified as not being the victim making the transaction.”

This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story.

2nd Presidential Debate

In case you missed the presidential debate this week, here's a recap:

"You're a liar."
"No, you're a liar."
"Nu-uh.'
"Yuh huh."
"Nu-UHH!"
"Yuh-HUHH!!"
"You're a dumb-dumb!"
No I'm not, YOU"RE a dumb-dumb!"

And it was pretty much 90 minutes of that. Sad... Really sad.

After watching the debate, I'd say Sarah Palin is much better...

... better at filibustering.
... better at avoiding the question.
... better at changing the subject to a question she can actually answer.
... better at terrifying me that she could be the next U.S. president.

She's better at all of the above, but I'm still not falling for her B.S.

She's a fake that compensates for her shortcomings by mixing aggression, an air of self-confidence, and tired platitudes about small-town life. She's an insult to the women's movement, not an example. She didn't break the glass ceiling, John McCain opened it for her and she's clearly struggling to keep from falling back through. If I were a woman fighting for equal rights I wouldn't want the icon of my purpose to be an unqualified hack that tries to squirm out of tough situations by changing the subject and acting cute (I wouldn't want her as my running mate, either). When she uses her breathy, soothing voice, peppered with neighborly colloquialisms I don't feel a connection to her, I feel patronized. She is hand-picked windowdressing, chosen soley for P.R. purposes.

I'm not saying she's a bad politician. I'm saying that she's misjudged the way that politics works in the big league. Being a woman, she'll have a hard enough time earning the respect of many foreign leaders that see women as second-class citizens in their own countries. No hardened politician (U.S. or otherwise) sitting at the bargaining table wants to hear small-town catch phrases and soccer mom metaphors. And substituting "yes, that's correct" with "you betcha" won't score any points either. This isn't a Robin Williams movie where the oddball teacher comes in and turns everyone around with a new and exciting approach to life. Maverick or not, a single rookie in D.C. isn't going to change the political zeitgeist overnight.

Some Palin highlights...

Her statement to the moderator of last night's debate:

"I may not answer the question the way you want to hear, but I'll talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record."

That's not being a maverick, that's being uncooperative, and selfishly abusing the debate forum .

On her gaffes during Katey Couric's interviews:

"I guess I have to apologize for being a bit annoyed, but that’s also an indication about being outside that Washington elite, outside that media elite also, and just wanting to talk to Americans without the filter and let them know what we stand for."

"Man, no matter what you say you are gonna get clobbered," Palin told Fox about her heavily-scrutinized performance. "You choose to answer you are going to get clobbered on the answer. If you choose to pivot and try to go onto another subject that you believe Americans want to hear about, you get clobbered for that too."

Welcome to the jungle, Sarah.

I'm not saying she'll never be ready for the White House. She just isn't ready right now, and she would make a horrible vice-president if put into that office today. She said during the debate, "...and how long have I been at this, like five weeks?." Like, yeah. Totally like five weeks, girlfriend. Instead of hindering her credibility by cramming for her potential role in office and relying on gimmicks, she should spend the next four years planning for the 2012 election. She just might have a shot.