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A bunch of smart women who think like we do.

What!??!!!

Did she just start a war or does she think we're already at war with Iran?


Oh yea, Governor. You're ready to be the Assistant to the Leader of the Free World....and I'm Princess Diana.

Three Days To Go.....

.....and there is what some see as the inevitable tightening in the polls and a tightening in the pit of my stomach.  Like many other Obama supporters, I'm a bundle of anxiety and a mass of nervous energy; hanging chads in 2000 and disenfranchised voters in 2004 aren't confidence builders for those of us who desire change and have hope for an America that is better for all Americans.

On the flight home last evening, I found that I was listening to Pride (in the Name of Love) by U2, Dave Stewart's American Prayer and Early in Morning by Peter, Paul and Mary over and over, trying to keep the election bogeyman in the back part of my brain, where he belongs. 

This morning, helping to keep the demons at bay is some good news for Obama:

• Fivethirtyeight.com now calculates that John McCain has only a 2.8% chance of winning, his lowest percentage ever.  
• Pollster.com shows a tighter race, but Obama is still maintaining a 6% point lead.
• Early voting in Florida favors Obama. 
• Mr. Canned Tan (John Boehner) of Ohio is losing his marbles over Obama.  

And finally, the best news for Obama, is that his campaign is still run by numbskulls.  This from the official campaign memo:

Ohio and Pennsylvania - Everyone knows that vote rich Ohio and Pennsylvania will be key battlegrounds for this election. Between the two: 41 electoral votes and no candidate has gotten to the White House without Ohio. Senator McCain and Governor Palin have been campaigning non-stop in these key battleground states and tonight Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has pumped up our campaign at a rally in Columbus. Our position in these states is strong and undecided voters continue to have a very favorable impression of our candidate. (emphasis mine)

Uh, no Mr. Davis. That is wrong, wrong, wrong.  That should read "no Republican candidate has gotten to the White House without Ohio."  Kennedy did it and so did FDR.  John McCain has to have Ohio.  Barack Obama can lose Ohio and still win the electoral college.  In fact fivethirtyeight.com, shows that there is an 81% chance that will actually happen.  It calculates that McCain has less than 1% chance of losing Ohio and winning the Presidency. 

But none of the polls or calculations will matter unless we get out the vote.  So in the next three days, make sure that all your progressive friends get out and vote.  If you have time, canvass or phone bank for Obama.  If you don't have time for that, send an email for Obama.  And please, please, please--vote. 

Reason Bazillion Hundred and Two That McCain Must Be Defeated

I told you below that both John McCain and Sarah Palin are morons. He because he thinks she's the future of the party and seems to still believe that he made a wise decision in choosing her as his running mate.
She is a moron because she is a moron.  As in Stoopid, Dumb, Not Bright.  I don't like to call names, but if the shoe fits.......

She actually believes that "attacks" from reporters who question her negative campaigning against Obama are a threat to her First Amendment Rights. 

Please.  Somebody. Get this woman a copy of the Constitution. Either she's never, ever read it, or if she has, it's beyond her reading comprehension.   

Reason Bazillion That McCain MUST Be Defeated

He actually thinks Sarah Palin is the future of the party.  Morons. Both of 'em. 

This Doesn't Play Well in Ohio

Joe refused to appear on stage with Palin at PSU, but none-the-less, she's not beneath sucking up to the crowd by invoking JoePa:

“Here at Penn State, you know the value of a seasoned leader with experience and with guts because last weekend when the Lions were down, the game was on the line, Coach (Joe) Paterno knew how to lead your team to a comeback win -- and that's exactly what we need you to help us do on Election Day," Palin said.

Uh, Sarah--Joe and coaching had nothing to do 

with it.  Our Freshman Quarterback, who was smart enough NOT to play ball for Joe the Coach, made a freshman mistake and fumbled the ball.  If he doens't drop it, the Buckeyes win. And Obama is not going to drop the ball. 

After the event, Palin refused to meet Penn State President Graham Spanier, because "he's a big Democrat."  Nice.  I guess that doesn't play too well in Pennsylvania.   I guess she's just planning to be Vice President of the Republicans, not all Americans.  

(cross posted at Mainelife)

Freedom From..

I have no great love of guns or hunting, but I have a great love and passion to defend liberty, personal rights and the Constitution.
Because of that, I LOVE this video

Obama's Closing Argument

In this election, we cannot afford the same political games and tactics that are being used to pit us against one another and make us afraid of one another.  The stakes are too high to divide us by class and region and background; by who we are or what we believe.  

Because despite what our opponents may claim, there are no real or fake parts of this country.  There is no city or town that is more pro-America than anywhere else – we are one nation, all of us proud, all of us patriots.  There are patriots who supported this war in Iraq and patriots who opposed it; patriots who believe in Democratic policies and those who believe in Republican policies.  The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag.  They have not served a Red America or a Blue America – they have served the United States of America.

It won’t be easy, Ohio.  It won’t be quick.  But you and I know that it is time to come together and change this country.  Some of you may be cynical and fed up with politics.  A lot of you may be disappointed and even angry with your leaders.  You have every right to be.  But despite all of this, I ask of you what has been asked of Americans throughout our history.  

I ask you to believe – not just in my ability to bring about change, but in yours.

I know this change is possible.  Because I have seen it over the last twenty-one months.  Because in this campaign, I have had the privilege to witness what is best in America.  

I’ve seen it in lines of voters that stretched around schools and churches; in the young people who cast their ballot for the first time, and those not so young folks who got involved again after a very long time.  I’ve seen it in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see their friends lose their jobs; in the neighbors who take a stranger in when the floodwaters rise; in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb.  I’ve seen it in the faces of the men and women I’ve met at countless rallies and town halls across the country, men and women who speak of their struggles but also of their hopes and dreams.

I still remember the email that a woman named Robyn sent me after I met her in Ft. Lauderdale.  Sometime after our event, her son nearly went into cardiac arrest, and was diagnosed with a heart condition that could only be treated with a procedure that cost tens of thousands of dollars.  Her insurance company refused to pay, and their family just didn’t have that kind of money.  

In her email, Robyn wrote, "I ask only this of you – on the days where you feel so tired you can’t think of uttering another word to the people, think of us.  When those who oppose you have you down, reach deep and fight back harder."

Ohio, that’s what hope is – that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better is waiting around the bend; that insists there are better days ahead.  If we’re willing to work for it.  If we’re willing to shed our fears and our doubts.  If we’re willing to reach deep down inside ourselves when we’re tired and come back fighting harder.

Hope!  That’s what kept some of our parents and grandparents going when times were tough.  What led them to say, "Maybe I can’t go to college, but if I save a little bit each week my child can; maybe I can’t have my own business but if I work really hard my child can open one of her own."  It’s what led immigrants from distant lands to come to these shores against great odds and carve a new life for their families in America; what led those who couldn’t vote to march and organize and stand for freedom; that led them to cry out, "It may look dark tonight, but if I hold on to hope, tomorrow will be brighter."

That’s what this election is about.  That is the choice we face right now.

Don’t believe for a second this election is over.  Don’t think for a minute that power concedes.  We have to work like our future depends on it in this last week, because it does.      

In one week, we can choose an economy that rewards work and creates new jobs and fuels prosperity from the bottom-up.  

In one week, we can choose to invest in health care for our families, and education for our kids, and renewable energy for our future.  

In one week, we can choose hope over fear, unity over division, the promise of change over the power of the status quo.  

In one week, we can come together as one nation, and one people, and once more choose our better history.  

That’s what’s at stake.  That’s what we’re fighting for.  And if in this last week, you will knock on some doors for me, and make some calls for me, and talk to your neighbors, and convince your friends; if you will stand with me, and fight with me, and give me your vote, then I promise you this – we will not just win Ohio, we will not just win this election, but together, we will change this country and we will change the world.  Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless America. 

Please, no matter who you vote for, vote. 

Priceless

Huh?

What's that you say:

But in an interview with the conservative radio host Glenn Beck earlier this week, Palin went "off the reservation" to make the campaign policy, one aide said.

"I say, you know, when is enough enough of taxpayer dollars being thrown into this bill out there?" she asked. "This next one of the Democrats being proposed should be very, very concerning to all Americans because to me it sends a message that $700 billion bailout, maybe that was just the tip of the iceberg. No, you know, we were told when we've got to be believing if we have enough elected officials who are going to be standing strong on fiscal conservative principles and free enterprise and we have to believe that there are enough of those elected officials to say, 'No, OK, that's enough.'"

Is that in English?