So if you fancy yourself the Democrats’ Karl Rove — an unbeatable master of politics and strategy, how come the Grand Tour was such a flop for your guy? Sinking in blue swing states, tanking in red states. . . Most Americans believe the Ego Trip, I mean World Tour, hurts or doesn’t help his chances in November. Your guy can’t even make a dent against an old guy who hasn’t even begun to campaign against you in earnest. You’re losing during the warm-up? Oops. Groan.
Now what? Time to start huddling with your astroturfers, hackers, and bundlers? You sly devil! I see you reaching for that card up your sleeve — you know the one with the big “R” on it. Very clever. I know! Better yet! Why don’t you blame that monster, Hillary Clinton, for ruining everything?! Oh dang — you already forced her from the race. Too bad for you. What’s that you say, David?
WAHHHHHHH!! WAHHHH!!! Yeah, man — I hear ya.
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UPDATE July 26, 2008 at 9:47am: Puma PAC received a $3,000 donation on Thursday. We are enormously grateful and humbled by the generosity of the gift. Margie’s daughter J, who set up the donation, sent an email this morning, part of which I’d like to share with you:
There are so many women everywhere who wish that they could give, just don't put a name to it. You could use my mother's name Margie. I cannot really type much without crying but she was so excited about Hillary, as was I, and her life was much like what the DNC did to Hillary so this has been doubly painful. Also, I am getting ready to meet with a group of VIP's next week and I am going to encourage them to join and match. If I hadn't given so much to Hillary, I would have had more. Never in my life have I wished for money more than now. I rescue everything--from people to animals--so I don't have much. However, if I win the lottery it will be yours and Hillarys.
Thank you so much Margie and J. Your contribution will go a LONG way to helping Puma PAC be the strongest and most effective Voice of the Voters in American history. We will be working every day and night to make sure that stories like your mother’s, and Hillary’s, become part of the past.
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OMG! I’m first!
thanks cjv! I’ll keep you posted. I’ll be 40 in February, so I have a few months to procrastinate!
OK, no way to catch up on last nights blog but let me say, I was disgusted reading about WI. If she did brake the rules, I guess we need to live with it but this is just another clear example of how suffocating the DNC has become.
And as far as these crowds that he supposedly draws, I am sick and tired of MSM not reporting the concerts and now free beer?
I think hitting the media is the only way and unfortunately, they are nothing more than corporate whores looking for $$$, so any amount of media exposure is the way to go.
I have several errands and places to be today, I will print off a fresh stack of PUMA literature and distribute every where I can
Remember first one to post comment needs to donate! haHa
Hey Murphy,
Got my PUMA shirt two days ago, it’s the wrong size…who do I email about it?
Thanks,
SusyT
I am 5th…..~~snort
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#5 Vonay lol Acutally I intend to, however, it will be from next week’s paycheck. I need to help those who want to go to Denver!
does anyone have a link to a polls website that has the results by state i’ve been to aols one already thanks : -)
Latest Gallup poll is saying BO 47%- McCain 41%
cjv……cool! I tried to get in first but ya beat me.
Dreams From Our Mothers is up at my place. I’d also like to report that I am going to Denver!!! I will be reporting and live-blogging as much as I can while I’m there. I can’t wait!
Gonna run off some of the flyers and hand them out this weekend.
Murphy, My kentucky born father would say,
” You’re a “sprang” chicken.” lol That’s how he pronounces chicken.
Speaking of Spring….saw a sign one time said Frash aggs for sell………hehhehehe snort.
Good morning fellow PUMAS! Sunny Saturday in Florida! Here is an analisys about Obambi’s visit to Berlin, they actually talk about how naive and ignorant this men is when it comes to history! Can you imagine foreign policy? Ha!
One World? Obama’s on a different planet.
July 26, 2008
By John R. Bolton
LA TIMES - Sen. Barack Obama said in an interview the day after his Berlin speech that it “allowed me to send a message to the American people that the judgments I have made and the judgments I will make are ones that are going to result in them being safer.”
If that is what the senator thought he was doing, he still has a lot to learn about both foreign policy and the views of the American people. Although well received in the Tiergarten, the Obama speech actually reveals an even more naive view of the world than we had previously been treated to in the United States. In addition, although most of the speech was substantively as content-free as his other campaign pronouncements, when substance did slip in, it was truly radical, from an American perspective.
These troubling comments were not widely reported in the generally adulatory media coverage given the speech, but they nonetheless deserve intense scrutiny. It remains to be seen whether these glimpses into Obama’s thinking will have any impact on the presidential campaign, but clearly they were not casual remarks. This speech, intended to generate the enormous publicity it in fact received, reflects his campaign’s carefully calibrated political thinking. Accordingly, there should be no evading the implications of his statements. Consider just the following two examples.
First, urging greater U.S.-European cooperation, Obama said, “The burdens of global citizenship continue to bind us together.” Having earlier proclaimed himself “a fellow citizen of the world” with his German hosts, Obama explained that the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Europe proved “that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.”
Perhaps Obama needs a remedial course in Cold War history, but the Berlin Wall most certainly did not come down because “the world stood as one.” The wall fell because of a decades-long, existential struggle against one of the greatest totalitarian ideologies mankind has ever faced. It was a struggle in which strong and determined U.S. leadership was constantly questioned, both in Europe and by substantial segments of the senator’s own Democratic Party. In Germany in the later years of the Cold War, Ostpolitik — “eastern politics,” a policy of rapprochement rather than resistance — continuously risked a split in the Western alliance and might have allowed communism to survive. The U.S. president who made the final successful assault on communism, Ronald Reagan, was derided by many in Europe as not very bright, too unilateralist and too provocative.
But there are larger implications to Obama’s rediscovery of the “one world” concept, first announced in the U.S. by Wendell Willkie, the failed Republican 1940 presidential nominee, and subsequently buried by the Cold War’s realities.
The successes Obama refers to in his speech — the defeat of Nazism, the Berlin airlift and the collapse of communism — were all gained by strong alliances defeating determined opponents of freedom, not by “one-worldism.” Although the senator was trying to distinguish himself from perceptions of Bush administration policy within the Atlantic Alliance, he was in fact sketching out a post-alliance policy, perhaps one that would unfold in global organizations such as the United Nations. This is far-reaching indeed.
Second, Obama used the Berlin Wall metaphor to describe his foreign policy priorities as president: “The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes; natives and immigrants; Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down.”
This is a confused, nearly incoherent compilation, to say the least, amalgamating tensions in the Atlantic Alliance with ancient historical conflicts. One hopes even Obama, inexperienced as he is, doesn’t see all these “walls” as essentially the same in size and scope. But beyond the incoherence, there is a deeper problem, namely that “walls” exist not simply because of a lack of understanding about who is on the other side but because there are true differences in values and interests that lead to human conflict. The Berlin Wall itself was not built because of a failure of communication but because of the implacable hostility of communism toward freedom. The wall was a reflection of that reality, not an unfortunate mistake.
Tearing down the Berlin Wall was possible because one side — our side — defeated the other. Differences in levels of economic development, or the treatment of racial, immigration or religious questions, are not susceptible to the same analysis or solution. Even more basically, challenges to our very civilization, as the Cold War surely was, are not overcome by naively “tearing down walls” with our adversaries.
Throughout the Berlin speech, there were numerous policy pronouncements, all of them hazy and nonspecific, none of them new or different than what Obama has already said during the long American campaign. But the Berlin framework in which he wrapped these ideas for the first time is truly radical for a prospective American president. That he picked a foreign audience is perhaps not surprising, because they could be expected to welcome a less-assertive American view of its role in the world, at least at first glance. Even anti-American Europeans, however, are likely to regret a United States that sees itself as just one more nation in a “united” world.
The best we can hope for is that Obama’s rhetoric was simply that, pandering to the audience before him, as politicians so often do. We shall see if this rhetoric follows him back to America, either because he continues to use it or because Sen. John McCain asks voters if this is really what they want from their next president.
John R. Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of “Surrender Is Not an Option.”
Source: Los Angeles Times
Where’s snowtiger when I need her?
Good Morning Pumas,
Our ‘Last Stand’ Email initiative to Superdelegates was updated this morning with a listing of Fresh Supers. So please be sure to stop by and resend your emails.
Have a great morning!
http://politicallydrunk.blogspot.com/2008/07/136450-democrats-independents-against.html
Vonay on 07.26.08 at 9:54 am Gonna run off some of the flyers and hand them out this weekend.
Murphy, My kentucky born father would say,
” You’re a “sprang” chicken.” lol That’s how he pronounces chicken.
Speaking of Spring….saw a sign one time said Frash aggs for sell………hehhehehe snort.
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Well DUH! I meant that’s how he pronounces “Spring”
yeah but vonay it was WAAYYY funnier the first way.
UPDATE July 26, 2008 at 9:47am: Puma PAC received a $3,000 donation on Thursday. We are enormously grateful and humbled by the generosity of the gift. Margie’s daughter J, who set up the donation, sent an email this morning, part of which I’d like to share with you:
“There are so many women everywhere who wish that they could give, just don’t put a
name to it. You could use my mother’s name Margie. I cannot really type much
without crying but she was so excited about Hillary, as was I, and her life was much
like what the DNC did to Hillary so this has been doubly painful.
Also, I am getting ready to meet with a group of VIP’s next week and I am going to
encourage them to join and match. If I hadn’t given so much to Hillary, I would
have had more. Never in my life have I wished for money more than now. I rescue
everything–from people to animals–so I don’t have much. However, if I win the
lottery it will be yours and Hillarys.”
Thank you so much Margie and J. Your contribution will go a LONG way to helping Puma PAC be the strongest and most effective Voice of the Voters in American history. We will be working every day and night to make sure that stories like your mother’s, and Hillary’s, become part of the past.
Thank you so much Margie and J. Your contribution will go a LONG way to helping Puma PAC be the strongest and most effective Voice of the Voters in American history. We will be working every day and night to make sure that stories like your mother’s, and Hillary’s, become part of the past.
well, I only wrote that last paragraph once the first time around, but it bears repeating.
#17 Did my last stand e-mails again.
Margie & J. THANK YOU!!
Good Morning PUMAs. I just went to “Audacity Watch” and this site is listed. Unfortunately, there’s no one leaving any comments yet………..make your voice known and let everyone know on the new site what you are doing.
http://audacitywatch.com/
Good morning Puma’s.
Any news on what is going on in the polls?
The Racism Cry Returns
Joe Klein says that anyone horrible enough to suggest that Obama — who isn’t even the official nominee of his party — is being a bit presumptuous in touring Europe and the Middle East automatically couples that criticism with “the subterranean tinge of racism.”
Andrew Greeley says that black Americans (all, apparently) and the rest of the world will “scream racism” if Obama is defeated by John McCain. Greeley says that “Only the innocent and the naive think that the November election will not be about race.”
New York governor David Paterson recently suggested at the national meeting of the NAACP that an Obama loss is a racist victory.
I will not insult your intelligence and vainly attempt to assuage my supposed white guilt by claiming “some of my best friends are black,” or revealing the racial background of my college roommate, and the artist who dominates my music collection. I refuse to do so not because it is a cliché, but because it is unnecessary for the non-racist to do so.
continue reading http://countusout.wordpress.com/
Any confirmation on if the Edwards story is true? I was hoping Joe Biden or Edwards for Hill’s VP.
Vonay
Snowtiger is a male.
And a tiny request from this techie PUMA who has been working her paws off behind the scenes to get eager new PUMAs onboard.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW ALL SYSTEMS ARE OPERATIONAL for you!
I’m spending a lot of time checking the blog for those who made it and checking in with those who didn’t!
Gracias.
I have been called a racist twice just because I am not voting for Berry. It is frustrating. So John, I will not go into my diverse family and friends just to prove that I am not a racist as you do not need to as well.
I believe ya!
Maryland Puma,
She is, uh he is? Uh…. like yeah I knew that.
;oD <—laughing at myself.
Murphy,
My friends tell me I am word-lexic. ( A name they made up for me trying to be funny)
#29 Maryland
I sent you an email a few days ago re. a reply to a letter I sent . Did you ever see it?
I’m in!
Margie and J
Thank you from a single mom with a budget in the red. Your generous donation will help PUMA PAC get the message out to those who have been LEFT OUT, COUNTED OUT, and TOLD WE NO LONGER MATTER.
It will also enable so many PUMAs to realize their dreams of making it to Denver and having their voice heard and existence counted.
In your mother’s honor, I would like to carry a sign with her name. If that is acceptable, would you please email Murphy or me at Marylandpuma@gmail.com com with that info?
Again, thank you, from all of us here at PUMA PAC.
MarylandPUMA
Thank You so much Margie & J, I know there are many of us that wish we could give more.
People like you are what this country is all about!!
Thank You murphy for all your hard work, you have the heart and soul of many.
Let me figure out which one of my stranded pumas you are in my email! LOL
Your email doesn’t match your username so it’s a little difficult with 1000 emails in your inbox. LOL
All the news organizations have tracking devices in place to count clicks on newsitems appearing online and every click on
obama news items reflects somewhere in poll numbers. So if people stop doing that, his numbers will go down.
They interpret clicks as interest in hearing what the boy has to say or as has done, not knowing we really wish he would just shut up and go home.
OOOOHHHHHHH
I found you Rancho! LOL. Yeppers. You keep that going, ya hear?
I’m glad you made it in. Were there any mistakes in the directions I sent you?
Rancho, Welcome!
Maryland .. Let me try to refresh your memory without saying too much. ( Decided against gmail for many reasons. You offered to set it up for me late one night.)
. . .high on hopium, and seeing pink elephants:)!
When any candidate injects ‘race’ into a campaign it instantly brings division. The one who does so is the worst kind of bigot, who is afraid to stand on any other possible merits. In truth, there is really, scientifically proven, only one race and it’s the Human Race.
Obama needs to be thrown out with the rest of the garbage in America.
Murphy
U have male.
LOL
#40
See #38. ;D
Murphy,
You have in the opening of the thread that “she’s not in the race anymore.”
PFFFT. Can I request an edit?
No mistakes at all . . just trouble with my 58 yr.old fingers. You guys just move to fast for me! Dwp and Amarissa gave me an opportunity to practice last night
You were GREAT and very supportive!
What did you think of the response I got. I felt a little hopeful!
I have been on Guardian with Sugarsmack(obdrinker) think he left. but I think I got a few in.
Good Morning Pumas, and to all new pumas, and to all international pumas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Again my local nbc So. Cal news is doing equal coverage on the candidates for the last couple of days, makes me think that something is being heard…….
My 3 gripes today…first SHAME on Bo for not visiting the troops, I don’t think he will ever live that down……2nd SHAME on whoever stripped Debra of her delegate for being an individual….3rd SHAME on the DNC thinking they can tell anyone to fall in line………my hope is Bo loses, then is not elected back to the senate then fades away back in his state that doesn’t even support him………….
Have a good PUMA day!!!!!!!!!!!
Maryland . . I sent you a comment later that night with the email and attachment, but you were already gone I think. ( I’m on California time)
Thank you, Vonay . . great to be here.
MP — is this better:
Now what? Time to start huddling with your astroturfers, hackers, and bundlers? You sly devil! I see you reaching for that card up your sleeve — you know the one with the big “R” on it. Very clever. I know! Better yet! Why don’t you blame that monster, Hillary Clinton, for ruining everything?! Oh dang — you already forced her from the race. Too bad for you. What’s that you say, David?
Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Profanity, Violence On Detective
DETROIT (AP) - A detective working a criminal case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said coincidence led him to a house to try to deliver a subpoena.
Brian White wasn’t prepared for what he said followed: a physical confrontation with the beefy mayor that involved a profanity-laced tirade by Kilpatrick and a possible hip fracture for the investigator.
After hearing the allegations Friday, a judge said Kilpatrick’s behavior was “totally irrational.” He changed the terms of the mayor’s bond in the criminal case, ordering him to immediately post $7,500 and undergo random drug tests.
http://countusout.wordpress.com/
#41 Mountainsong I agree with you 100%. Cetan_Winan
fits BO to a T
Definition:
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. They believe that they’re superior to others and have little regard for other people’s feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem, vulnerable to the slightest criticism.
Narcissistic personality disorder is one of several types of personality disorders. Personality disorders are conditions in which people have traits that cause them to feel and behave in socially distressing ways, limiting their ability to function in relationships and in other areas of their life, such as work or school. In particular, narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by dramatic, emotional behavior, in the same category as histrionic, antisocial and borderline personality disorders. Narcissistic personality disorder treatment is centered around psychotherapy.
Life is so frustrating!!! To have this empty-suit out there “campaigning” on the American taxpayers dollar whilst he puts America down and gives his “canned” speeches everywhere is one of the most frustrating things I have encountered. What about the issues facing Americans here? What about the high price of gas? What about the jobs that are going away? What about the substandard living that Americans are having to endure? What about the millions of Americans with no health insurance or substandard health insurance coverage? What about the working women who do the same job for less pay? What about people who have to choose between buying gas and buying groceries or medicines? What about the corporations who are becoming fat and rich off the backs of their workforce? What about the people!!! We’re not just numbers on a poll somewhere!!! We have meaning and I am going to vote the meaning in my life by NOT VOTING FOR NOBAMA!!!!
No matter what happens between now and November, somebody in the DNC and the Democratic party better realize that WE will never “just swallow the party line”!!!
#50 John
Another OB Delagate(the mayor)??
Everyone will be watching and fixing polls after convention. They think if we cannt get Hillary in we will run to the other one. We need to stand fast no matter what happens yesssssssss????
Maryland Puma
The Axelrod pic is hanging up on my end and the site keeps trying to complete loading…I don’t know if anyone else is having this problem. I logged off the net and came back on and it is still doing it……
On a personal note, it’s been a hard couple of weeks for me and my family lately. I’m the oldest of 5 children, 4 living after my sister died as an infant from leukemia. We just found out a few weeks ago that my next in line age-wise brother has esophageal cancer. The initial testing looked good for it being isolated to one area.. we were hoping and praying.. but unfortunately this week we found out the biopsies came back and it’s stage 3 or 4… if he responds to chemo/radiation combination, he may have a chance .. right now has about 25% chance… and he has children in their early teens… sigh.. please, please light a candle and send some prayers for him.
wow 57 sure will…
#41 MountainSong - Bo injected his theme with his first speech in Germany..I hope everyone heard it.
sorry to continue my personal information on here, and this is definitely OT.. but it’s been a long hard 4 years for my family lately. 2004 was a bad year for us and not just about GW getting back into the WH… in 2 months, we lost our dad (February 7), my second daughter (April 1) and my mom (April 5).. and then my #2 brother lost his daughter and nephew in a fire (October 2004) … and now … my #1 brother with this diagnosis and rather poor prognosis, it’s draining… and it brings it all back… really trying hard to hang onto hope.
Maryland . . . I have to run an errand, so I will check back in about an hour. Let me know if I need to resend that response I got?
#15 Beca4Hillary
thanks for posting Bolton’s article.
I wish Obama was right and we could all just be friends and play nice.
“…a deeper problem…true differences in values and interests that lead to human conflict.”
lotts1948 - I’ll light a candle for you and your family right now.
Good morning Pumas and a Hello to all the New Pumas,
found this on the clintons4mccain web site:
http://clintons4mccain.com/
Israli is not buying the Hype around Obamas Ego trip, In an open letter in the Israel National News They asked Obama to “Just Go Home and stop using their country as a photo-op” Read the rest its gets better they start with his slezy associations and they even diss his arabic name, and they even mention his famous Trinity Church and Rev. Wright
57 lotts1948 I’m sorry to hear about your brother. I have the pre-cancer cells, and have to be tested every 6 months. My brother moved here from Akron, Ohio, and he is going through his own challenge and had to have his bladder removed, but we know the fight’s not over as it breached the wall. My prayers are with you and your family. It’s very hard on everyone. My brother is a strong Christian and his faith has helped him tremendously.
Hello, all,
I have been away for the last week so I wanted to just check in and see what has been happening. Apparently quite a bit! I was just in the UK–nobody much mentioned Obama. However, I was sickened and frightened when I saw the headlines about the 200,000 in Berlin. I did speak briefly with a lovely woman from Denmark who said she was disturbed by their Prime Minister’s friendship with Bush and the consequently they thought Obama would be better than McCain. I don’t know if that represents all of Europe’s thinking but I found it a bit unsettling. Perhaps those of you who live in Europe could add to this perception.
Anyway, good to be back. Ciao for now!
Another article form LATImes, don’t know if anyone has posted, but here’s a part:
‘In Baghdad, Iraqi leaders who have appeared to be intimate allies of the White House suddenly were saying they wanted the kind of rough deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal that Obama has endorsed — and Bush has repeatedly rejected.
In Jerusalem, key leaders signaled that they could accept Obama’s proposal for high-level talks with Iran, an approach that Bush labeled “appeasement” in an appearance before the Israeli parliament this spring.
The Iraq visit brought to light frictions in the U.S.-Iraqi relationship and may have jeopardized the Bush’s administration’s chances of concluding negotiations over the U.S. military role in Iraq that the administration had hoped to wrap up by the end of the year.’
This is about as close as it can get to violating the Logan Act. Yesterday’s prowl is so important to get done and the weekend is a great time for those fax machines on the recipient’s end to get to work and have a pile of our faxes (and letters).
The full article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-bush26-2008jul26,0,389750.story
Listen Pumas we cannot just stay at home if Hillary does not get the nomination. That is not enough, we have to vote for McCain, for 1 non vote is just another step towards the white house for Obama.I to am a Democrat but I see no other choice. I refuse to write her name in because that wouldn’t be enough to stop him
Jane yes he is and also hes a good friend of Barry
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But it’s been hard for me to find a European, aside from two Harvard-educated friends in Paris, who confessed to excitement — not just about the visit, but the prospect of an Obama presidency.
#68 tillerylakelady I totally agree with you my husband and I decided that awhile ago. At first it was really hard to even think about that but we have listened to him speak and at least he has some ideas and he doesn’t scare me like the other choice. I can not even think of the thought of BO running this country.
#57 lotts1948 my prayers go out to you and I will lit a candle for your family
Obama failed to include drug use on application?
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/
Drug Use Disclosed on Security Clearance Application?
http://factsfirstok.blogspot.com/
Actual Bar Complaint, as filed
Andrea Mitchell: Unprecedented Censorship by Obama
ALSO, did you see that Obama’s new jets, which are carrying the press corps all over the world, have been stripped of the US flag? Via Susan at No Quarter:
#65- 1gypsy4mc
Where’s the research??? We need to work on finding early detection and prevention for these things!!! I listened to HRC speak about overriding WB’s veto on Medicare and her eloquence on the subject of how we need to continue to work hard to support the health needs of Americans by doing more to support preventive treatment and early detection and this is so true. So many Americans are falling victim to diseases due to not being able to go to a doctor or have testing that could actually prevent or diagnose earlier so that treatment is a possibility!!!
and Nobama goes over to Europe and campaigns …
* * * * LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN * * * *
We now have two letters for Joe Wineke and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin posted at http://www.NotFallingInLine.org.
It regards their horrendous decision yesterday to strip Debra Bartoshevich of her delegate status for the 2008 Democratic Party convention at Denver
Please take a look at the letters, make suggestions for their improvement, and send them!
Attacking Obama’s Economic Plan
Dear Pumas,
A few days ago, I posted something about how Obama’s actions during this campaign should give us a glimpse into his economic plan … and our economic future … if he becomes President.
With the economy being the top issue for most American voters, I’m wondering if this is a strategy that could pay off for us.
I haven’t read Obama’s economic plan. Nor am I economically savvy enough to properly evaluate it even if I had. But I can read his current actions well enough.
Look at how much money (be it taxpayer money or campaign money) he’s throwing away on this big publicity stunt overseas. In the corporate world, this would be considered a flagrant misuse of funds.
Look at how much money he has spent on feeding his ego with the repainted plane, phony presidential seal, and whatever else.
Look at how he outspent Hillary by two-, three-, and sometimes four-to-one, yet consistently got fewer voters per dollar spent. Hillary clearly knows how to do more with less. So does John McCain. McCain was counted out early, but came roaring back on a shoestring budget.
Look at how, with all his fundraising experience during the primaries, Obama can’t help the DNC as it worries how to pay for the Denver convention.
And meanwhile, as Obama is spending millions on all this extravagance, he’s not doing the simple, low-cost things that are important in an election campaign. For me, the biggest thing I want to see are the town hall debates John McCain keeps asking for, where I can evaluate the candidates side-by-side answering the same questions. That’s a low-budget item in comparison to what Obama is doing now.
Obama can write whatever he wants in his economic policy statements. However, his actions clearly demonstrate that if he were to become President, he would abuse taxpayer money on extravagant expenses to feed his ego, while doing very little of the things that are truly important to Americans.
And how will he pay for all of this extravagance? By raising our taxes, of course. After all, how many times has he told us that his campaign was funded by small donations from millions of supporters? If millions of supporters can afford to keep giving him these small donations, surely it’s an indication (to Obama) that many more millions of Americans would gladly give a few extra dollars every week to help pay for all the wonderful (ego-feeding) things he’s going to do for us.
Again, I’m not economically savvy enough to do justice with this idea and formulate it into a bulletproof press release or other document we can use as a weapon against Obama. However, if there are Pumas out there who are interested and can make up for what I lack economically, I’ll help craft the text into a well-worded document.
Any takers?
I won’t necessarily be following the blog closely today, because I need to get some real work done. However, if folks are interested in working on something like this, catch me offline at firebellepuma at gmail.com.
Good morning everyone!! O could have visited the troops had he chosen to leave behind his entourage and camera crew. His superior judgement led him to select photos over demonstrating he is presidential material. Senator Cover Boy will have lots of quiet evenings in his Mansion in Chicago, (bought with the assistance of his pal and convicted felon, Rezko) when his disrespect of our men and women in uniform costs him his life long aspiration of becoming the President of the United States. He and his wife, who will be running her own house, not the White House, will have plenty of time to paste lots of photos of the European photo opportunity in the family photo album; after which the Senator can retire to his study and write the sequel to his book, soon to be entitled “Audacity of Ignorance.”
prowlland, CJV, slyt2 and 1gypsy
Thanks. I believe in the power of prayers and positive thinking. I am going to pull myself up and be positive and visualize all those cancer cells running from the treatment…
and again, thanks for your support. It takes a village!!!
#68 I will be voting for McCain this year if Hillary is not the Dems choice too. I agree it is the only way to keep BO and the forces who undermined democracy in the Democratic party out of the White House. I just wonder how we will rid the party of these elitist underhanded people after BO loses.
Also I do not think the media/pollsters have a real grip on where people stand on BO. Here in Washington state I really think McCain will win and I also think that the Democrats will lose the Governors race too. Anytime you look at the projected map Washington is always blue. Well the Dems won the gov. race last time by 130 dirty dealing votes and people here are MAD. They must have counted the votes 5 times and everytime the Dems lost they pulled out new boxes of votes from liberal MLKing County (Seattle) which they said they found in the courthouse basement and “forgot to count”. It didn’t go over well and people have not forgotten. Also in years past we had an open primary ballot where you could vote for anyone, the Dems took the state to court and the East coast courts told us we had to have only Dems vote in the Dem primary etc. That made people furious and so this time we are trying a voting system put in by a peoples referendum where only the top two vote getters from our East coast Court managed shadow of democracy primary will go on the General Election ballot. And finally we have a Primary election in the state of Washinton, it cost us 10 million dollars and the results were a Hillary BO tie, the Dems ignore it, hold disorganized caucuses and pick BO by 70% to 30%. People are fed up with the dirty dealing Dems around here. It is clear they are political power grabbers not a party of the people. I say they will lose WA state.
tillerylakelady, slyt2
me too. my vote absolutely 100% for John McCain this GE if our Hill is not the Nom.
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER that nobama.
NOT THIS LIFE, NOT EVEN NEXT LIFE!
nobama IS TRULY A COMMUNIST!
I plan to donate for John McCain and his Party this mon and next mon as i promise to that Howly Dean.
Also, i cant wait to welcome McCains as US President to visit my origin country (Vietnam) again
Love to all PUMAs
I will be bouncing back and forth today.
My life this week has been horrendous too this week. The losses of our members remind me that life is too short and tomorrow is not a given.
‘Tis a beautiful day on Delmarva and I shall be spending some time with my lovely daughter - the one I am fighting this fight for.
PUMAS - call your loved ones and friends today. Hug your significant other. Give your children 1/2 hour of your undivided attention. And say a prayer for those in need and those who have suffered losses or received bad news. Renew your faith and come back here ready to fight for those who are depending on you - whether they know it or not.
Much love to all!
Obama failed to include drug use on application?
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/
Drug Use Disclosed on Security Clearance Application?
http://factsfirstok.blogspot.com/
Actual Bar Complaint, as filed
Andrea Mitchell: Unprecedented Censorship by Obama
ALSO, did you see that Obama’s new jets, which are carrying the press corps all over the world, have been stripped of the US flag? Via Susan at No Quarter
#57 lotts1948 My heart and prayers go out to you and your family.
#60 lotts1948
You don’t have to apologize for posting personal information. We’ve become a family here. We care. And we feel badly for the losses and hardship your family has gone through.
Although this is a public forum and posting personal information can be sensitive, this is also a grassroots movement where the things that are important to us are the things that should be driving our nation’s politics. It’s that personal information that reminds us why we’re all here and why we’re doing what we’re doing.
I seldom respond to individual posts about people’s hardships, largely because I don’t want to add too much to the “chatter.” It makes it harder for people to find the action-oriented posts. But I do read the stories, and it reinforces for me the importance of what we’re doing. I always sympathize, even if I don’t always verbalize it.
# 70…its on first page now
lotts1948 - I will also light a candle my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Re: Top story yesterday. Hope you didn’t miss it.
http://b.casalemedia.com/V2/62428/104756/index.html?www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece
Received my Puma t-shirt…Thanks Murphy…I ordered a Medium but got an X-large but it fits great!! Must be all that extra ice cream I’ve been eating lately!! I’m on my way with t-shirt on to hand out flyers, posters, and cards!! I put a few in my office waiting room and noticed a few were taken!!
I’m also going to check with a few NOBO friends to get them to sign up and donate.
#83- Maryland Puma —
you’re so right… life sure did teach me that there are no guarantees of tomorrow.. I mean, I knew it logically but I guess our mind just doesn’t go there. In my spare time.. ha, ha.. I write poetry.. I tried to write out my pain when my daughter died in the car accident.. but only recently did I write this poem.. I tried to capture the feeling of how we don’t know the last time IS the last time.
The Very Last Time
If you knew it was the last time, what would you do?
If you knew this was the last hug, how long would it last
The last time you said I love you, would you say more
If only you knew it was the last time
Life is like that, we all say, life is too short
Live your life as if today was the last day of your life
Why don’t we do that?
Do all humans suffer from memory loss
Do we forget that today might be the very last time
The very last time
And if this is the last time
What do you want that memory to be
Your very last hug
Your very last kiss
The last time you spoke
What would you want those words to be?
oops
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece
#89 mcr when I clicked on it I got a Netflix ad
#66 Hillgirl Welcome Back!!
write to me in email if you have some spare time.
Yes that is the general feeling, anyone is better than Bush and there are a lot who are swayed by media perception of the Hope and Change as if it would solve everything.
A lot don’t fully understand the complexities of the Primary system either so they just accept when they are told Obambi won.
We have to get this fraud with the laws of the land !!!
I have said this over and over i know….but that is my gut feeling and i can’t let go of it…. i guess he needs some of his own medicine is what i feel….must read :
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/divided-loyalties-obamas-eligibility-problem-foreword/
Thank you to Ladyhawke, marie and Firebelle Puma..
and thanks Firebelle Puma also for your remarks…
you are right too, everything all of us go through makes us who we are and contributes to our willingness to stand up and fight for everyone’s rights… I will be positive and fight the good fight.
http://www.thecityedition.com/Pages/Archive/Summer08/BrazileRoveConnect.html
The Donna Brazile - Karl Rove Connection
In order to “save” the Democratic Party, Brazile resolved back in 2003 that she might have to destroy it first. And who better to help her in this lofty pursuit than her new best friend, the man neoconservatives call “The Architect”.
July 24, 2008
# 83….ok you made tears…
good job
The news on tv is slow today, they really aren’t reporting much. Maybe if we are lucky BO will blow his nose today and then they can report how he does it and what he used to wipe it for a hour and half.
#26 john:
If Obama loses (which is very likely) it will be because he’s considered an idiot not fit to be president.
Rascism charges used by the DNC and other mentals like them can only help get Obama elected, NOT defeated.
God, how I loathe the Democratic party and their filthy political ploys and tactics. Good riddance to them after Novemvber 4.
A new day for democracy will soon begin.
#97….and we have to take it away from them.. Pelosi must have signed on also.
Lotts1948..I happen to have a very aggressive Gastrologist and she really keeps me on my toes. Even with insurance, some of my tests costs us $1,000.
They didn’t find my brother’s until he got prostrate cancer - which they removed, but it went to bladder before detection and they removed that along with 25 lymph nodes. He’s been off chemo for about 8 months, but he has on-going tests. He goes to BAMC - Ft Sam Houston, San Antonio, so he’s been fortunate. He’s been battling cancer for 7 years now..so it makes one wonder if there are another set of footprints with him.
Great Post Murphy ~ I know I’d sure like to kick Axelrove in the b@!!S!!!
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/obama_team_begins_work_on_pres.php
Sleazy tactics like this really make me sick!!! Such arrogance!!
You know, I’ve often wondered if the Dem leaders for Michigan and Florida played into Pelosi’s/BHO’s hands on purpose. Why would 2 states that could carry an election decide their states should vote early on knowing the votes wouldn’t be acknowledged? Am I the only one that sees this?
away from the computer for a few hours.
in emergency — ask marylandpuma or mampuma for my cell phone –
I’ll be checking email but will have limited access to the blog,
SO
get those flyers up, enjoy this gorgeous summer day, and be wonderful to each other!
oh and MP — cleanseyourmind is david.
Morning All,
This is a funny read. Kind of scary though at the same time.
Later
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece
107 gay guy
You can see and hear it being read out here
It is very good. Be afraid, be very afraid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsFYR2h0y9o
107 gay guy
Well, I heard this on FOX yesterday. The very last sentence though is what is important (IMO). “Yes We Can”, which is Hillary’s slogan - NOT OB’s!! English humor?
#91 lotts1948,
I need a whole box a Kleenex after reading that! It’s so touching!
Stay strong. I hope the best for you and your family.
#108 & #109,
Had a busy day yesterday so a bit back logged on reads and posts so thanks for the video link. Spending a rainy Saturday at work.
Hi everyone,
If you haven’t already, check out this video and see (among other things) how OB has taken credit for legislation he had no part in writing:
http://comealongway.wordpress.com/
Heres some great photos of PUMA’s that Dean encounter in NC…I love this, please share . Go PUMA’S
http://charlottefrontandcenter.com/
57 lotts1948
I don’t normally post personal information, but I want to extend my sympathies regarding your brother’s news. My (very athletic vital) husband died of esophageal cancer only two months after his diagnosis. He chose not to have surgery or other traditional treatments, so that two months might have been extended to six. It’s a very aggressive cancer. A tip from a stranger – one that was given to me at the time; be sure the disease doesn’t take all the attention. Let him know what he’s done right with his life and let him know how much you love him. Constantly!
Margie and J.
Thank you!
#94 PumaAllie
Thanks! Had a great time in the UK! I will send an email.
Cindy McCain did a radio interview up her this morning, she has a great sense f humour. It’s too bad she doesn’t do more interviews. She talked about when she and one of her sons built a race car together and did amateur racing. It was a fun interview.
Margie and J. thank you for your generous donation.
Darragh Murphy is on tonight!
Tune into Meet Me In Denver with Darragh Murphy and friends on the NQR of blogtalkradio. The show starts at 9:00pm EST.
She’ll catch us up on the latest plans for Denver and get an update from Brad and Lori on the film they’re making of the 2008 election process.
Don’t forget that NO WE WON’T with Sheri Tag will feature two very special guests, Lanny Davis and Ricki Lieberman. That’s Sunday at 8:00pm EST.
PUMA LOVE, To Margie and J!!! noe to dry me eyes…
That’s now to dry my eyes!!!
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thanks antifish… kind words..
and thanks to you too alohapuma.. that is so the best advice!!!!
Great news on the donation from Margie and J!
ALERT!
To all the “Texas” PUMA PAC!
Please e-mail me at: gartre@juno.com
Let’s have a roll call, I need the PAC, so we can be on the daily paper…
people do not kid yourselves
if gooffy goes to the wh
the type of goverment he is going to establish
will be similar as to what was going on
in his church, just listen to ms gooffy´s peaches , and make your own opinion¡¡¡¡¡¡SOS¡¡¡¡
>>>>>>>>>it is going to be the war
he opened the racial wounds already healed and closed and like a vampire nourishes from them, just for his own benefit
#112 MaBe
I forwarded it by e-mail to Hannity, Colmes, Greta, O’Reilly, & Hardball
#112 MaBe I love that video, that’s about the truth no one who is “important” wants to be his VP except I am sure Richardson is foaming at the mouth for that spot.
Freddie if you are lurking…
I had your flyers on my dining room table last night when several neighbors dropped by. There are several Obama signs in the neighborhood and this county is heavily for Obama. When they saw your flyers they were ecstatic and relieved. It’s like some of us are living underground.
#68 tillerylakelady
Well said!
113 john
Wow. Good job! I think he deserves a Puma Welcome Wagon at every stop!
#57 lotts1948 Your family will remain in my daily thoughts and prayers.
Margie and J. - Thank you!
I think so many women - especially older women who have experienced sexism and discrimination - can relate very well to what Obama and the DNC did to Hillary. I am a young woman but watching my mother go through so much in her life only to come out a fighter like Hillary has also made watching what the DNC did to one of the most powerful women in the world painful. God Bless you all.
#57 lotts1948 - I lit a candle for you. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
#133 PumasEatDonkeys
What a great name!
mcr #127 and slyt#128: Thank you! It’s so much fun for me to get a response and have one of you nice people “play something forward” that I happen to find — ’cause I feel that I can’t do much else from where I am.
I also just saw that the Senate passed that huge housing relief bill that the House passed a couple of days ago — hope somebody in the media notes that Obama was cavorting around in foreign parts playing to his adoring crowds while the Congress passed “the most important piece of housing legislation since the Great Depression” for the wellbeing of Americans and the U.S. economy.
Thanks to you all for all you do.
This is totally off topic, but it came up on a radio show last night that McCain was to announce his VP pick before the democratic convention. the best explaination for this is that he is going to choose a woman and put all the pressure on BO. My suspicion is Condi Rice. IMO, if Condi is the VP pick, BO doesn’t stand a chance in hell. Sexism and Racism are immediately off the table. Oh and may I mention that Condi speaks english, spanish, french, german, and russian. What do you guys think?
Bonjour everyone,
I’m here in France to visit my daughter who has just given our family the first granddaughter. I wanted to wear my PUMA shirt while here, but it arrived the day after I left.
The coverage on Euro TV is headlined with BO but thank goodness it is not constant like it is in the USA. Unfortunately, it is positive press for him. They showed a segment on French TV that had film footage from the time in South Carolina when there were some terrible racial conflicts, and how now black and white people get along and even marry. My French son-in-law explains that French people think BO is responsible for this and that he will make things even better. He was shocked to hear me tell him that things are actually worse as a result of BO and his supporters accusing anyone who doesn’t vote for BO racists. That little tidbit does not make the news.
He has explained as others have here on this blog that Europeans see BO as a hope for the end of American aggression throughout the world and in Iraq. They think McCain will just continue the war. So that’s the story they have swallowed.
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lotts -I am sorry for your family’s pain right now. My father suffered for two years with esophogeal cancer that spread elsewhere. You have my sympathy.
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Murphy; et al– I miss not being able to blog. The French keyboard is different, and I’m having to hunt and peck.
Don’t know if anyone posted this yet. Great post from NoQuarter.
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/26/dont-blame-the-puma/#comment-498579
Condi and McCain would be an incredible team. I’d love to see that, if Hillary doesn’t get the nod in August
137 queen81
It’s my hope that McCain will ask her and that she’ll accept. She has said she wants to go on with her personal life though..wonder if she means it?
4hillinca and Dragonfly:
My thanks.
and seriously my thanks to all the Pumas for all you do every day, each in your own individual way, to keep the candles burning and to continue to fight the GOOD fight.
Like many others above and after 65 years of voting Democrate I too can smell a rat and will go for McCain.
lotts1948-
your family also has my prayers as I understand completly what you are going through. My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer less then a month ago and is about to start her second round of chemo. if you need to vent or just talk, please don’t hesitate to email me at zzdalym81@gmail.com
See I can’t even spell it right I am so distusted with the Party D E M O C R A T
DISGUSTED - back to bad - can’t spell today - TRISH ANY MAIL FOR ME
Lotts 1948- I am so sorry for you and your family’s challenges right now. Your poem hit home for me and thanks for reminding me of the preciousness of each day and each moment.
I have found myself filled with so much anger and energy at the betrayal we all feel at the election hijacking, that I haven’t felt my old joyful self in a long time.
Margie and J - thanks so much for your generosity and what I hope will be part of your legacy to all of us.
Regarding the narcissistic personality disorder - I agree that BO is symptomatic - I think most politicians,if they don’t start out that way, end up with a bit of the “it’s all about me” because they are constantly in the limelight and being sought after and adored.
These past 8 years I have been analyzing George Bush and believe he is on a major dry drunk. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is when an alcoholic no longer drinks, but doesn’t replace the “medication - in this case alchol) with a recovery program - and Christianity, in my book, is not enough when recovering from this major disease. Finding God is attendant to recovery work, not the only answer - at least for me.
I am a recovering alcoholic, so I know of what I speak. You need to work on yourself every day, learn humility, appropriate ego management, etc.
When you are not doing the “steps”, you are not learning new behaviors that help you navigate the same world you were in when you dealt with it with alcohol. Therefore, George W. can show no humility, because he can’t be wrong…his ego won’t allow for it.
By the way EGO stands for “Easing God Out”….So,he can’t admit the war was a mistake, or any of the other egregious things he has done are mistakes because he believes he must be perfect and is afraid to admit imperfection, which ofcourse, all of us are imperfect.
I have been recovering for almost 28 years and know that working on my humility (being educable) and my self esteem is a life-long process. I will never be recovered…only recovering. I will always get to grow at this rate!
The only reason I bring this up is because I believe the similarities between George W and his ego and Bo are truly scary. I don’t know what drives BO’s need for adulation and adoration, but I do know that his arrogance is probably a mask for insecurity.
Anyway, just my two cents on understanding the minds of our politicians and those that choose to enter the playing field.
I truly wish that “servant leadership”, the kind of leadership one earns by serving others, (and not just being a “community organizer instead of taking a big Wall Street Job”, is what makes a leader…not being annointed by other insecure people seeking power and attention through their association with the elites.
One more thought Lotts1948. John MCCain has been in Columbus, OH for summit on Cancer Research at the Ohio State University. Ofcourse, that wasn’t important enough in comparison to the Europe on MileHigh Ego a Day, but thought it seemed appropriate to mention his presence here at this important research event.
re#137 queen
I think Condi is too closely identified with the GW adminstration and the war in Iraq.she has a lot of n baggage and still unanswered questions about her role in lying in order to get us into the war..she has too many negatives that could be used against her..If I was McCain I wouldn’t touch Condi with a 10ft pole..
beside that that’s all we need is another pathological liar around..Obama is enough
p.s. This is why cocktail hour on these blogs aren’t so much fun for me but I enjoy reading all your blogs! lol
148 freepuma
Well, I was trying to send another blog, but got shut out..she IS strange though and don’t know how deep her conservatism is - maybe off the map…my brother and husband don’t like her at all and said she has a “closet” also…
I wanted to say that McCain’s best choice is Hillary - there’s so much much in common there.
re#150 Igyp..
IMHO…a McCain-Hillary ticket would be a fantastic ticket and would rock the political establishment to the core!
I would bust my you know what to get them elected..
148 freepuma
didn’t mean to offend anyone…..
Rounding up pumas is like trying to get a fly into a coke bottle. LOL!
Calling for :
Roxy in Cali
Alohapuma
landipuma
freepuma 007 girl
Please email maryland puma and request my email address so that we can conference for Denver.
Thank you!
DId you see part of Bill Hammer’s (FOX) interview with BO that he did this am? I think he said he was only allowed 10 min with BO. The part I saw was basically a preview of the rest of the interview, and to me it looked like Bill Hammer was having problems keeping a straight face. When you see the part where he asks BO, several times, if BO’s position has changed since his trip, Bill Hammer’s facial expression is priceless.
The bad news is that gallup is showing a bit of a bounce yesterday and today… the good news is I’m sure it will be short lived and once he’s back to blah… blah… blah… um… ah… um… blah… here in the States — I’m sure the polls will start to drop again. His gallup bumps are always small and short lived.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/109099/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Retains-Lead-48-41.aspx
In The News
Looking For Unity
Key Clinton supporters such as former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros and Lulu Flores of Austin, president of the National Women’s Political Caucus, are primed to help, or at least vote for, Obama. Garry Mauro of Austin, who steered Clinton’s Texas campaign, said: “We all need to do whatever it takes to get him elected.”
Still, an uncounted swath of Clinton backers, including voters who see Clinton as a groundbreaker mistreated by the media and national party, is taking a hard line in step with a national Web-driven effort dubbed PUMA (Party Unity My Ass).
http://countusout.wordpress.com/
Someone here mentioned the expenses of the Obama campaign as it reflects on his economic proposals — is there any outrage that the Secret Service has had to request an additional $9+million because of Obama’s international “fact finding” mission AND his change of plans to “accept” the nomination at the Stadium in Denver? This is our hard-earned money — our taxes are paying for Obama’s showboat antics. I’m incensed at the gall and MSM and newspapers are burying this story with legends on our TV screens and blurbs in the newspapers. Obama gets the free pass again.
#146 Goalucard4Hill
Hey handsome
I got us a new project to work on now, hoping you and Wiz are up for it, but I know you both are. It’s easier than the last one.
I have to run out for a few hours but will e-mail you both when Iget back home.
#26 john on 07.26.08 at 10:32 am The Racism Cry Returns
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So what?
And if he wins, we can call him the first
Affirmative Action President!
148 freepuma
Well Cisneros had like a major “affair” that lost him any creditability…so I wouldn’t think much of him. There are many men and wome in S.A. that know Hillary got the shaft. I’ve already contacted Henry Cuellar and Joe Farias our feelings. These people still want to get re-elected and they need to listen to us!!
REGISTER TO VOTE
Register to vote online: http://www.gop.com/toolbar/ - Look on the right side for the register to vote site
http://www.gop.com/ActionCenter/RegisterToVote/ http://www.gop.com/ActionCenter/RegisterToVote/RegistrationInformation.aspx?state=IL
This is a GOP site. I don’t know how it works in other states, but in Illinois when you register you don’t declare your party affiliation when you register. I was a Deputy Registrar at one time in Illinois and the R or D is put after your name after you vote in the primary when you select a democrat or republican ballot. If one does not vote in the primary but in the general election, an I (Independent) is placed after your name on the voting records.
that was meant for John…sorry
re#157 Missy..
I thin the American people have become so used to these type of outrages that they have become desensitized and apathetic to the political system..it’s a power play by the elite … anyway they would cynically dare us ..”you don’t like it? what you gonna do ,arrest us?”
1gypsy4mc, the article tells of lots of PUMA”S. Goes to show we are having an IMPACT. They write about PUMA everyday from the US to Fr, UK, AUS ect
you have to read the article further and your’ll see Barry is having TROUBLE
Maryland Puma,
Did yesterday’s prowl today. Only one came back.
It was to Phil Boyce at abc. If you have a new address for Boyce let me know.
41 MountainSong on 07.26.08 at 10:57 am When any candidate injects ‘race’ into a campaign it instantly brings division. The one who does so is the worst kind of bigot, who is afraid to stand on any other possible merits. In truth, there is really, scientifically proven, only one race and it’s the Human Race.
Obama needs to be thrown out with the rest of the garbage in America.
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My sentiments exactly, they try to intimidate Hillary supporters by calling us racist.
Imagine racist calling other people racist.
Was it racist when over 90 percent of African-American voted against Hillary in favor of Barack?
So, if someone calls you a racist, how do you defend yourself against such tactics, I say simply answer with a ‘WHATEVER! If that is what you think I can’t change you minds nor am I interested in trying.
Terrydo, No doubt hes the Affirmative Action Candidate
That I wont vote for
#137 queen81
I would not be thrilled with Condi…..what has she done????
* * * * LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN * * * *
Please see the two letters for Joe Wineke and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin posted at http://www.NotFallingInLine.org.
It regards the horrendous decision yesterday to strip Debra Bartoshevich of her delegate status for the 2008 Democratic Party convention at Denver.
Make suggestions for their improvement and PLEASE send them!
Last night from Hannity
He Ventured Forth To Bring Light To The World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFvlybQYso
Anybody knows the outcome of the Logan Act violation?
137 Queen I think your really right. I dont think she would do it though. She says she wants to go home …but than you never know lol. I think he will name during or just after Obamas speech to take away from his pomp. Its a smart move if he does.
68 tillerylakelady on 07.26.08 at 11:38 am Listen Pumas we cannot just stay at home if Hillary does not get the nomination. That is not enough, we have to vote for McCain, for 1 non vote is just another step towards the white house for Obama.I to am a Democrat but I see no other choice. I refuse to write her name in because that wouldn’t be enough to stop him
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You sound a little desperate, each Puma will decide how to vote in the General Election when the time comes.
They have many options;
Vote for H.R. Clinton if she wins the nomination
Write in H.R. Clinton
Vote J.S. McCain
Don’t vote at all
Vote for a third party
Vote for Obama
A vote to me is very personal and private. That is why the caucuses, during the primaries with their in your face tactics drove me crazy when I read about the intimidation and violations.
How many people do you think were called a racist when they insisted on voting for Clinton.
Why won’t you support Obama are you racist? etc.etc.
Good Saturday afternoon, everyone
I haven’t looked at yesterday’s posts so I’m not sure if you’ve discussed this much - but the news regarding Debra Bartoshevich yesterday is horrible! That the UNdem party of WI would strip her of her delegate status is beyond belief.
Please join the fabulous letter writing campaigns on http://www.NotfallinginLine.org
It’s a user-friendly, highly informative site and a powerful addition to all of the great email blitzes we do through here.
I semi-completed the prowl for yesterday last night. Didn’t have access to a fax and missed the phone call time frame, but I did send the email. Hate it when work gets in the way !
Also sent the email to SD’s from the politicallydrunkblogspot - they reloaded with 3rd set of new addresses.
Enjoy this glorious day, PUMAs!
PS ~ Margie & J and all PUMAs who so generously donate money and time and hard work … Thank you!
re#156 john…
In the primaries Hispanics were one of Hillarys most loyal and supportive groups…you have to believe Hillary has a special place in her heart for Hispanics they were her troopers and came thorough for her.
I think now most Hispanic democrats now feel they are hostages of the DNC because they have no where to turn ..the GOP ruined their chances of winning over Hispanic voters because they had too many xenophobic republicans who were perceived by Hispanics as one step away from the KKK…
I can tell you Hispanics as a group do not like Obama because they don’t trust him at all and suspect he will use the position of the presidency to realize some of the goals of his “black nationalist” ideology to create a black power bureaucracy in DC that will give blacks priority to positions,programs,jobs, appointments,contracts over other minorities..
Hispanics never did still don’t trust Obama and that makes them pretty damn smart!
John, I know. I was contacted this morning in an email from a person that wanted to know what was wrong with voting for an Independent. I told her “Nothing is Wrong with how anyone votes.” It’s what you want your vote to mean and what you stand for and then I sent her to as many sites as I could (including PUMA PAC) so she would see for herself that everyone’s vote is the most important thing we have in a democratic society.
One of my friends has a daughter-in-law in Maryland that has been totally entrenched in the BHO juice…I told my friend to concentrate more on the people that feel lost (like I did).
#169 Knoxville Puma
Done
Last night on Hannity
He Ventured Forth To Bring Light To The World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFvlybQYso
McKinney Poised to Challenge Obama For Left-Wing and Black Voters
http://wilderside.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/mckinney-poised-to-challenge-obama-for-lef