Is Afghanistan Obama's Viet Nam?
President Obama has laid out his strategy and has picked his team for the 7-year-old conflict, in essence making Afghanistan his war. --CNN.com
May 11, 2009
May 08, 2009
Quote of the day on Afghanistan and Vietnam...
"The war in Afghanistan and Pakistan is looking eerily like the war in Viet Nam." --JD Deal
May 05, 2009
And you thought Iraq was bad...Afghanistan is a black hole, right?
President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in Washington with President Barack Obama and Pakistan's president. --CNN.com
April 30, 2009
"That wasn't me" --Obama
"That wasn't me," President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually was him — and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years — who shaped a budget so out of balance. --AP
April 28, 2009
No cause for alarm but don't go to Mexico because you will be checked on your return...
U.S. officials advised Americans against most travel to Mexico on Monday as a swine flu virus that began there spread to the United States and beyond. With 40 cases now reported in the United States, President Barack Obama said there was reason for concern but not yet "a cause for alarm." --CNN.com
April 27, 2009
Flu Pandemic "not a cause for alarm"?
Flu infections are a concern but "not a cause for alarm." --President Barack Obama
April 26, 2009
Calm and in command of the pandemic....
President Barack Obama's administration sought to look both calm and in command, striking a balance between informing Americans without panicking them. Obama himself was playing golf. --Lauren Neerguard, AP
April 18, 2009
Strange quote for the week on the Texas Secession comments made or not made by Texas Gov. Perry
"Talk of secession is an attack on our country. It can be nothing else. It is the ultimate anti-American statement," Rep. Jim Dunnam on Texas Governor Rick Perry.
April 08, 2009
Liberal or conservative or nobody wins this one...
some of my liberal cohorts are becoming disenchanted just as come of my conservative cohorts are becoming enchanted...ha...--Gato D. Deal
April 04, 2009
Where is Jimmy Carter when we really need him?
Although he brought a lot of star power -- the talk of the week -- at least in certain circles in Washington, New York and London -- has been that President Obama is failing in his role as leader of the free world. British columnist Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian newspaper that President Obama looks neither like JFK nor FDR but rather JEC -- that's James Earl Carter -- better known here as Jimmy Carter. --Fareed Zakaria
April 02, 2009
Political meltdown irony of the day from Gato D. Deal
the GM ex execs will get bigger bonuses than the AIG ex execs...who says ineptitude doesn't pay? --Gato D. Deal
March 31, 2009
Obama starting to sound like Bush...
And if the Afghan government falls to the Taliban -- or allows al Qaeda to go unchallenged -- that country will again be a base for terrorists who want to kill as many of our people as they possibly can.--Barack Obama
March 29, 2009
We need a leader, not a cheerleader...
Bush dropped the ball or just gave up...Obama wants to be a cheerleader -- rock star...we need someone that can lead. Perhaps we are just getting what we deserve...no?
Heard on the street...
"No matter who we elect...it's always the same." --Anon.
March 28, 2009
On what pretense are we escalating the war in Afghanistan?
Iraq was questionable but at least winnable; Afghanistan is a black hole. Why are we sending more troops there?
March 24, 2009
Why did it take so long for the President to express his outrage over the bonuses to inept AIG executives?
"It took us a couple of days because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak." --President Obama
Let them drink tea, no?
Last week there were protests and demonstrations by taxpayers in cities all around the country who are beginning to object in increasing numbers to runaway government spending, taxes, bailouts and our growing national debt. These protests were called tea parties. Has a familiar ring to it, doesn't it? --Jack Cafferty
March 23, 2009
And you thought all Buddhists were passive and Chinese soldiers are nice people...
Hundreds of Tibetans attacked a police station and government officials in northwestern China despite heightened security, prompting the arrests Sunday of nearly 100 monks, state media reported.
Six of those arrested for alleged involvement in the attack were caught by police while 89 others turned themselves in, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. All but two were monks, it said. --Gillian Wong, Yahoo News
Hugo Chavez calls Obama "Ignorant"...isn't there something ironic in that statement?
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called President Barack Obama "ignorant," saying he has a lot to learn about Latin America.
The socialist leader said he had been ready to name a new ambassador in Washington when Obama took office, but put that on hold after the new U.S. president accused him of "exporting terrorism" and being an obstacle to progress in the region. --Ian James, AP
March 20, 2009
Will the cure be worse than the disease?
Just as the nation is pulling out of the depression/recession, it is predicted all the spending will come back in the form of inflation. Are we creating or just continuing the perfect storm?
March 19, 2009
Who's on First? so it's Geitner's fault but blame me -- Obama
We've got a lot on our plate. But it is appropriate when you're in charge to make sure stuff doesn't happen like this. So for everybody in Washington who's busy scrambling to try to figure out how to blame somebody else, just go ahead and talk to me, because it's my job to fix these messes even if I don't make them. --President Obama
The Federal Reserve ATM
The Fed is clearly ready, willing and able to be the ATM for the credit markets. --Terry Connelly
Quote of the day (and then some) on the AIG super bonus scandal...
We didn't draft these contracts. We've got a lot on our plate. But it is appropriate when you're in charge to make sure stuff doesn't happen like this. So we're going to do everything that we can to fix it. --President Barack Obama on why his staff insisted the AIG bonuses be honored in the bailout.
March 16, 2009
Politics is politics is politics...
Last fall Obama on the campaign trail said the economy was doing horribly but now it's strong...politics as usual? How about California?
March 14, 2009
Payback time for China?
We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S., so of course, we are concerned about the safety of our assets. --Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
March 13, 2009
Don't Mess with Texas or Chucky for that matter...
Anyone who has been around Texas for any length of time knows exactly what we'd do if the going got rough in America. Let there be no doubt about that. --Chuck Norris on the Texas seceding from the U.S.
February 07, 2009
David Smick: Obama is actually covering up for the banks...
The reason for Obama's public campaign is that soon officials are likely to hand the banks a taxpayer-funded bailout potentially worth trillions of dollars. Therefore, what's happening here is the creation of old-fashioned political cover. --David Smick
November 27, 2008
Creative Solutions to the War on Terror by Larry King and Deepak Chopra Part 1
 | jackddeal Deepak Chopra: "the war on terroism is an oxymoron." | |
| | jackddeal Deepak Chopra: "terror is a term that you apply to the other." | |
| | jackddeal Deepak Chopra: "Get rid of the phrase "war on terrorism." Ask for a creative solution in which we all participate." | |
| | jackddeal Deepak: "retribution against innocent people just because they have the same religion actually aggravates and perpetuates the problem"... | |
| | jackddeal Deepak Chopra: "So India has to condemn that by not blaming local Muslims." | |
| | jackddeal Chopra: 'It's not enough for Indians to blame Pakistanis. Indians should actually ask the Pakistanis to help them. |
November 19, 2008
Populist Speak, Sarah, Huckaby and How Much Americans Really Trust their Guvment
| | jackddeal most Americans are feelling about as much trust in the guvment as their stockbroker who keeps yelling "buy now!" as it slides... | |
| | jackddeal actually after the economy goes really south and folks start blaming Obama the nation will be ripe for populist speak...ain't that right? | |
| | jackddeal Sarah is licking her chops and eager to enter the fray once again after being kicked around a bit...she wants her turn...ha... | |
| | jackddeal Huckaby said he might run in 2012 and might get 15% of the vote...he's still a darkhorse...whoa there nellie...ha... | |
| | jackddeal Mitt Romney said GM shouldn't be bailed out...Mitt always was so clever...ha... | |
| | jackddeal actually John Edwards would make a good GM CEO; he's got the hair and the morals to go with it...ha...low blow, eh John? | |
| | jackddeal some confused Senator even suggested that the government appoint a new management team to run GM and Ford...Alan Greenspan maybe? ha.. | |
| | jackddeal the UAW said they made big concessions but just what were those concessions? it's really hard to make the bailout argument... | |
| | jackddeal so Obama now is showing that change we can believe in is change as usual...or rather politics as usual...right Ted? ha... | |
| | jackddeal politics is even more anachronistic than archaic business models...like Ford, GM, and Chrysler...how much of that car is really American? | |
| | jackddeal Big Three and UAW farce is really a comedy of errors...private jets while Rome burns...ha...does the average UAW line worker make $57/hr? | |
| | jackddeal next to the financial news the political news is fluff...how come some media still think there's an election going on? | |
| | jackddeal Hillary wouldn't have ambitions, would she? that's a scary thought...she'd love to run against Sarah...ha... | |
| | jackddeal guess Obama's honeymoon is over...Al Quaida is calling him ugly names and his clan is upset half his picks are Clinton's people... | |
| | jackddeal Hillary Clinton and Ted Daschle...change we can believe in...ha... | |
| | jackddeal most Americans are feelling about as much trust in the guvment as their stockbroker who keeps yelling "buy now!" as it slides... | |
| | jackddeal actually after the economy goes really south and folks start blaming Obama the nation will be ripe for populist speak...ain't that right? | |
| | jackddeal Sarah is licking her chops and eager to enter the fray once again after being kicked around a bit...she wants her turn...ha... | |
| | jackddeal Huckaby said he might run in 2012 and might get 15% of the vote...he's still a darkhorse...whoa there nellie...ha... |
John Edwards CEO, Alan Greenspan Still Clueless and the UAW's Humble Pie
| | jackddeal Mitt Romney said GM shouldn't be bailed out...Mitt always was so clever...ha... | |
| | jackddeal actually John Edwards would make a good GM CEO; he's got the hair and the morals to go with it...ha...low blow, eh John? | |
| | jackddeal some confused Senator even suggested that the government appoint a new management team to run GM and Ford...Alan Greenspan maybe? ha.. | |
| | jackddeal the UAW said they made big concessions but just what were those concessions? it's really hard to make the bailout argument... | |
| | jackddeal so Obama now is showing that change we can believe in is change as usual...or rather politics as usual...right Ted? ha... | |
| | jackddeal politics is even more anachronistic than archaic business models...like Ford, GM, and Chrysler...how much of that car is really American? | |
| | jackddeal Big Three and UAW farce is really a comedy of errors...private jets while Rome burns...ha...does the average UAW line worker make $57/hr? | |
| | jackddeal next to the financial news the political news is fluff...how come some media still think there's an election going on? | |
| | jackddeal Hillary wouldn't have ambitions, would she? that's a scary thought...she'd love to run against Sarah...ha... | |
| | jackddeal guess Obama's honeymoon is over...Al Quaida is calling him ugly names and his clan is upset half his picks are Clinton's people... | |
| | jackddeal Hillary Clinton and Ted Daschle...change we can believe in...ha... |
October 23, 2008
Why Spreading the Wealth My Way Really Isn't Communism
| | jackddeal free and inquiring minds can cure all ills and solve all problems... | |
| | jackddeal free and inquiring minds are our only hope... | |
| | jackddeal actually the only hope we have is that enough of us twitter enough to counter the conformist gridlockers...ha... | |
| | jackddeal that's why we twitter...we don't need no stinkin' editors to tell us what to say! ha...say it ain't so, Joe.... | |
| | jackddeal how you can watch the same debate and get two totally biased and opposing views does not speak well for journalism as a trade... | |
| | jackddeal 2008 will be known as the year of the demise of network journalism...it's not what is, but what they want it to be...groan... | |
| | jackddeal the whole trick with 'spreading the wealth' is determining who is the spreader and who is the spreadee...ha.... | |
| | jackddeal in the old days 'spreading the wealth' was communism...at least that was what we were told...ha... |
October 03, 2008
Turmoil, Conventional Wisdom and Opportunity
when turmoil then becomes convention things settle down and fewer opportunities spring up... |   | |
 | jackddeal during turmoil those that hunt for opportunities will find that the competition can be slim...giving the hunter the edge... | |
| | jackddeal conventional wisdom says cut back and stay unexposed but real wisdom says look for opportunity... | |
| | jackddeal capacity utilization is an important management strategy in good times and not an optional strategy in bad times... | |
| | jackddeal a kitchen remodeling company said they are lowering bids to compete and that on some jobs their margins are very slim... | |
| | jackddeal corporations will always have events or need to have events and for better or worse people keep getting married... | |
| | jackddeal a party and event company said their business is down but corportate functions and weddings have kept it from being worse... | |
| | jackddeal a motorcycle sales and repair shop said they were busy and might expand; the downturn keeps motorcycle riders closer to home... | |
| | jackddeal spoke with a California realtor that said housing sales are very slow, the decline in prices is expected to continue through next year... | |
| | jackddeal spoke with a baker yesterday that said the price of flour has doubled |
September 19, 2008
How Incompetent Campaign Staff Will Make You Wallow in the Mud
| | Obama's problem is an incompentent campaign staff that has not only let McCain back in the race but helped McCain a slight lead... |   |
| | my fellow Demo friend, a somewhat intelligent fellow, insists that Rove is behind Obama's recent misfortunes...it also sounds stupid... | |
| | by default the Obama has slipped into the mud fight and Obama and Joe aren't very good at wallowing in the mud...groan... | |
| | Karl Rove is not the one running McCain's campaign which right now has a very slight lead...why keep beating on the dead horse, Joe? | |
| | and Karl Rove; why does Biden give him credit for everything? why bring him up? Rove even criticized McCain over the weekend...groan... | |
| | Joe was obviously talking about McCain but McCain's campaign gets very high marks for making it close... can't Joe think up something else? | |
| | everyone agrees Obama should be 15-20 points up; why would Biden say that the campaign is a future indicator of how Obama will govern? | |
| | Biden ""The campaign a person runs says everything about the way they'll govern." How about Obama's horribly run campaign? groan... | |
| | unfortunately for us Demos Chairman Burton and pal Axelrod have no strategy except for 'hoping something will happen'... | |
| | Obama can't take the 'high road' and still go after Sarah at every turn...what 'high road', Chairman Burton? | |
| | it's a little late and hypocritical to call the Repub ads 'vile lies' after three weeks of Sarah bashing... | |
| | now that Sarah is out by herself on the campaign trail and doing interviews, shouldn't Joe do the same or is he always 'red gaffe alert?' | |
| | The strategy is for Good Ole Boy Joe to go negative and link McCain to Bush; looks like the same ole strategy from here, Chairman Burton... | |
| | the cartoon in the editorial section of the SJ Mercury has a pig with lipstick and the media commenting "she's gorgeouos!"... | |
| | San Jose Mercury News Tag Line on the San Francisco 49ers big win: "Lipstick on the Pigskin"...groan...it's part of the vernacular now... | |
| | today the rumor mill has it that Good Ole Boy Joe is back and will give a speech today...and hopefully not take any questions... |
September 18, 2008
Families, Feminists and How Dare You Step Out of Line!
| | they are upset because Sarah has 5 kids and a husband and so far no illicit affairs like Clinton or Edwards...groan... |   |
| | one UCSC 'feminist' said 'how can she run for office with little children with special needs?' groan...couldn't women do it all? | |
| | had a dinner party at our house last night...mostly Demos...all angry and upset at Sarah...'how dare she?'...groan... | |
| | every time Obama attacks Sarah he loses, right Chairman Burton? groan...it makes him look stupid...and obviously isn't working... | |
| | on CNN saw a quote from Sarah: "maybe Obama wished now he had picked Hillary Clinton". groan...why is Obama getting outflanked? | |
| | So McCain continues to move further ahead, Joe Biden is on "vacation" and Obama continues to attack Sarah...groan... | |
| | today, Sunday, I checked the Yahoo News Political Dashboard and the results is the McCain is moving ahead in the composite polls... | |
| | My Repub friend: 'hey, all you Demos are wondering what's up with Joe and maybe you should look into his health history for the answer." | |
| | then right after my Repub friend stopped by: "say did you see that on TV about Joe Biden's brain problems?" no, I replied...groan... | |
| | today, Sunday, I saw my Democrat pal and the first thing he said "where in the world is Joe Biden?" "studying up for Sarah?" was my reply | |
| | and just where is Good Ole Boy Joe? oh yeah, he did get in one story; his son will soon stop working as a lobbyist...groan...why? | |
| | this is our worst nightmare scenario brought to you by Chairman Burton and Axelrod...actually it's more like giving it away... |
September 14, 2008
Why McCain is Gaining the Upper Hand and Why Obama Needs to Clean House Right Now
| | right now as I check the wires it's all hurricane, McCain and the canceling of the RNC rally in St. Paul...the only Demo news is our flubs |   |
| | maybe Ralph Nader would be a sport and loan Obama some better campaign folks...groan...asking Ralph for help? Ralph said pick Hillary... | |
| | so the only way the GOP could win is if we Demos set up the perfect storm for them and that is just what we are doing...groan... | |
| | the Obama campaign better stop worrying about Sarah's experience because the wire's say she has equivalent experience to Obama...groan... | |
| | if McCain is elected, Sarah comes through and becomes the GOP nominee in 2012 and Hillary is nominated, that will guarantee a woman prez... | |
| | if Barrack doesn't clean out his campaign staff in the next week he might certainly lose a race is was his to win... | |
| | wouldn't 'good looking' be some considered some sort of slur by the feminists? groan...groan and another double groan... | |
| | well, when Sarah cleans simple Joe's clock at the debate we'll see if he has more to say about her than 'good looking'... | |
| | for over a month McCain has beaten us strategically every single day and that's why it's close and up for grabs...groan... | |
| | McCain is all over the news and our Barrack says it looks like Chernoff has got it under contol...groan....groan and double groan... |
A Nation of Mental Pee-wees or Not Having the Horsepower to make and Informed Opinion
| | jackddeal one of the commentators on TV said the average voter is incapable of grasping the issues well enough to create an informed opinion... |   |
| | jackddeal promise all things to all people and the people are stupid enough to believe them and then elect the promiser? democracy at work? | |
| | jackddeal another lie is government controls commerce and the economy and if the economy is bad, government is bad... | |
| | jackddeal lies like government can actually create jobs... | |
| | jackddeal we somehow tell each other so many lies we start to believe them... | |
| | jackddeal watching a political convention, one is more convinced that politics is becoming less relevant in 'modern life'... |
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Why in a Week from Now if It's Close, the Democrats Will Lose
| | if a week from now it's close, we are in big trouble... | |
| | if our party can't even run a campaign or at least fire the campaign managers, how can we run the government? groan... | |
| | our neighbors down the street, very, very liberal progressives, are groaning too...they supported Hillary and now are considering Nader... | |
| | what a horrific six weeks for my party... | |
| | we Demos should be mad but not at McCain because he had the audacity to pick a woman but because Obama's campaign is failing... | |
| | why do we suddenly get the media image of McCain moving forward and Obama sideways and backwards? groan...image...groan... | |
| | the joint Obama Biden criticism of Sarah may come back when she hammers each on their qualifications...groan... | |
| | not even Ralph Nader makes these kinds of flubs... | |
| | so we Demos think it's cute to see Obama and Biden jointly attack Sarah...wondering how Hillary is feeling right now... | |
| | hasn't Howard Dean heard of image? for gosh sake's wake up man, McCain and Palin look like doers and Obama and Biden flubbers... |
September 12, 2008
Mayor Negin for Demo Vice President!
| | even Mayor Negin sounded better...he made sense and got to the point...Negin for VP! | |
| | it's impossible to win when every decision you make is a dud...groan...send Dean and Burton to Angola... | |
| | we are doomed to the Twilight Zone irony of being so very close yet so very far...groan... | |
| | even the Repubs were afraid of Hillary as VP...groan... | |
| | I joked last week about Laurel and Hardy but never expected it to be a prophecy fulfilled...groan...fire Burton now! | |
| | I feel so much better that Obama assured me Chernoff has it all under control and Biden has let me know that Sarah is good looking...sharp! | |
| | we Democrat men sure do love the ladies...not necessarily ours, but ladies nonetheless... | |
| | the fact that Sarah is better looking than his wife is apparently of great significance to Joe... |
Decision Making and Outcomes for Organizational Strategies and Other Political Oddities
| | sadly, it can be attributed to long strings of bad decisions which come directly from having inadequate input and information...groan | |
| | if the media favored Obama during the Hillary fight, maybe it was because they disliked Hillary and not loved Obama...what reversed that? | |
| | when gas hits $5 a gallon, Sarah will remind us Joe voted against the Alaska pipeline, which supplies 20% of domestic consumption...groan | |
| | and just where does the good Chairman Burton think the campaign is going? hope and an awful lot of faith... | |
| | Joe calls her good looking after Chairman Burton said her experience didn't count because it was small town, which doesn't count...groan... | |
| | Joe calls Sarah good looking and Sarah says Joe voted against the Alaska pipeline...groan... | |
| | service? really? servicing who? country first or self and partisanship first? ohmygod...groan... | |
| | this is all great fun and precisely the reason politics is increasingly irrelevant...our VP Joe is a case in point...fossils, anyone? | |
| | send our looters to Angola? how about some inept campaign staffers as well? Burton and Dean get the first tickets...groan.... |
September 11, 2008
Causation in Politics or What Happens When Cause Meets Effect
| | is Burton's campaign mismanagement democracy at work? hardly...it's more like strings of bad decisions coming from a flawed strategy..groan | |
| | in this process Burton and Company are solidifying the right and alienating the independents...duh? groan multiple times... | |
| | Obama may have told the press that he will fire anyone that attacks Sarah's family but that is just what they are doing...fire Burton! | |
| | the small towners, Christians, blue collars, farmers, small business owners, women, students and others will be alienated...groan... | |
| | if we anger the Evangelicals, God bless 'em, they will rise up in anger and what do we think the swing states are made up of? | |
| | again, fire Burton asap and gain control of the surrogates which are out of control...all negatives toward Sarah will be credited to Burton | |
| | are we getting stupider? by attacking Sarah's daughter we Demos are cutting our proverbial throats...the backlash will be awful...groan... | |
| | are we too stressed and strained to make good judgements? don't we look badly when we appear out of control and backward? | |
| | our Demo braintrust needs to refocus, clean house and move on... | |
| | Obama has to find some new surrogates quickly that don't appear boorish and prejudiced...being stupid may feel cute but it loses votes... | |
| | truth is Chairman Burton and Donna Brazile don't even realize they are hurting the Obama campaign with their childish comments...groan... | |
| | Donna Brazile et al make us look like low rents... |
The Big Mo and Why Pettiness and Ineptitude are not Virtues
| | jackddeal what has been missing from the commentaries is that Sarah has also usurped the 'message of hope'...and flashing that optimistic smile... |   |
| | jackddeal Burton and Axelrod are driving the campaign with pettiness and ineptitude...it is clear they have no Plan B... | |
| | jackddeal it looks to be too late and that in fact the Obama campaign cannot or will not 'retool' the campaign, even with no answer for Sarah... | |
| | jackddeal there were rumors yesterday that when Obama meets Bill Clinton today they will discuss replacing poor Good Ole Boy Joe...groan... | |
| | jackddeal in sports we would call it momentum...duh...and a campaign without it is a campaign on the rocks, right Chairman Burton? Axelrod? | |
| | jackddeal the crowds Palin has been getting are similar to the crowds that Obama used to be getting... | |
| | jackddeal odd that we don't hear the crowds chanting 'Obama'... | |
| | jackddeal the crowd in Fairbanks kept shouting "Sarah, Sarah, Sarah"... | |
| | jackddeal what is very clear is that Sarah is constantly smiling and Biden and Obama are not; that in itself says something, no? | |
| | jackddeal fell asleep watching CNN and Sarah's arrival in Fairbanks; David Gergen said the rage over Sarah is approaching the 'bizarre'.... |
Strategic Vs. Reactive or Appearances are Merely Symptoms
| | jackddeal so Obama has lost the elements of change, hope and optimism...with Biden, Burton and Axelrod the campaign is looking very ho-hum.... | |
| | jackddeal even the pundits are unsure just how Obama could change the campaign's course and create a turnaround... | |
| | jackddeal of course the Repubs are saying we Demos are confused, flustered and unsure...which may be partially correct, right Chairman Burton? | |
| | jackddeal of course the Repubs are saying we Demos are confused, flustered and unsure...which may be partially correct, right Chairman Burton? | |
| | jackddeal by looking at Obama's inner circle we can clearly see the growing flaws in his campaign and he desperately needs to change that... | |
| | jackddeal from the 'results' we can see that McCain's inner circle has a different function that Obama's inner circle...as the polls show | |
| | jackddeal the 'Big Mo' or momentum is always critical as a campaign, sports team or business never wants to be seen as sliding downward or backward... | |
| | jackddeal it's also clear that the Repub base is energized and the Demo base confused and upset; how can Chairman Burton change that? groan... | |
| | jackddeal the commentators are joking that Biden and McCain are sitting back and watching the battle rage...Sarah vs. Obama...groan... | |
| | jackddeal the Demos are in this mess because the Repub strategy has knocked them off balance and continues to do so... | |
| | jackddeal if the Repubs dictate the dialogue then Obama will never regain the offensive...Obama needs to clean out his staff... | |
| | jackddeal it has been a very long time since Obama has had a victory day in the campaign...how long can that continue? groan... | |
| | jackddeal between Obama and McCain, who has the bigger ego? groan... | |
| | jackddeal what's so odd is that McCain is not jealous of Sarah at all whereas it's clear Obama is superior in every way to Biden...groan... | |
| | jackddeal the Demo crowds are angry and the Sarah crowds are upbeat...hello, why is this Chairman Burton? groan... | |
| | jackddeal Obama is tilting his head, not smiling, smiling sarcastically, answering questions by going in circles and looks tired...groan... | |
| | jackddeal factoring in the 'Bradley Effect', Obama needs a 2-3 point spread on Nov. 4 for a dead heat...groan...that might not be possible now? | |
| | jackddeal by studying Obama's baseline behavior the McCain campaign discovered Obama's weaknesses and are now exploiting them...groan... | |
| | jackddeal increasingly the commentators are saying Obama is tired and flustered and very prone to making gaffs like the pig lipstick comment... | |
| | jackddeal so now not only has the McCain campaign strategy changed the dynamics they are clearly calling the media shots... | |
| | jackddeal the excuse for the Burton - Axelrod fiasco is 'it's going to be close no matter what"...duh...reactive versus strategic, Chairman Burton? | |
| | jackddeal so it certainly appears that the Burton Axelrod strategy for Obama is set and there will be no new surprises...groan.... | |
| | jackddeal this whole mess is actually an insult to Biden...poor guy doesn't know whether he's coming or going...mostly going... | |
| | jackddeal on Fox News they jokingly said they put out an Amber alert for Good Ole Boy Joe...just where is Joe hiding? does anyone care? | |
| | jackddeal poor Good Ole Boy Joe hit it on the head when he said that Hillary in fact might be more qualified than him...if so, why was Joe picked? |
September 10, 2008
Why Revealing Your Personal Flaws is Not Always in Your Best Interest and Sarah Barracuda
| | jackddeal by stating publicly that he has to take four days to study up for Sarah, Joe is removing all doubt about his ability to be VP...groan... |   |
| | jackddeal if Joe has to study up to debate Sarah, who is more competent? duh... | |
| | jackddeal the pig comment was certainly not cute...it was stupid...time to get rid of Burton and Axelrod... | |
| | jackddeal whether he meant it or not Burton and Axelrod should have known the pig comment would be perceived as a personal attack on Sarah... | |
| | jackddeal calling folks 'liars' is not the high road...groan... | |
| | jackddeal looks like the Burton-Axelrod strategy is full scale retreat...groan... | |
| | jackddeal the last think Obama should ever do is associate himself with John Kerry...what kind of lame strategy is that, Chairman Burton? | |
| | jackddeal Obama just said the McCain campaign are 'liars' and they are trying to pull a Swift Boat...shades of John Kerry? why mention Kerry? groan | |
| | jackddeal my Repub pal laughs "funny thing...I've never seen John McCain wear lipstick. Sarah wears lipstick..." groan...what a flub... | |
| | jackddeal Wonder how many days Sarah will take off to train for her debate with Biden? groan... | |
| | jackddeal Biden said he was going to train four days before the debate with Sarah...groan... | |
| | suddenly Good Ole Boy Joe isn't seeming so Vice Presidential...groan... | |
| | CNN: in the Sarah debate, "Biden said he would "try very hard" to keep the focus on health care, the struggling economy and foreign policy." |
Why Lipsticked Pigs are Getting a Bum Rap or What do Stinking Fish Have to Do with It?
| | the wires - networks are now going full bore on the pig statement by Obama and his campaign's denial he was referring to Sarah but to McCain | |
| | another total bomb is the new Obama ad calling Sarah and McCain "liars" | |
| | how will Wal-Mart moms react to Obama calling Palin a pig? groan...this is an incredibly unastute gaff... | |
| | something is terribly wrong in a campaign where the Presidential candidate is reduced to calling the opposition VP a pig...groan... | |
| | CNN: McCain's campaign immediately organized a phone conference call in response and called on Obama to apologize for calling Palin a pig. | |
| | "You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change. It's still going to stink after eight years." --Obama | |
| | how can Obama stay 'above the fray' if he openly mocks Sarah? groan... | |
| | this focus on Sarah and the pig and lipstick remark are not the direction the campaign should be going...this is a stupid strategy... | |
| | going over Sarah's mileage reimbursements has the appearance of being a witchhunt born out of a sense of desperation...groan... | |
| | today on MSNBC there was a long discussion on Sarah's mileage and travel reimbursements...groan...Burton and Axelrod need to go now! | |
| | the Obama campaign admits they have sent 30 people to Alaska to dig up stuff on Sarah... | |
| | the lipstick on a pig comment won't when any female sympathies...groan...who is calling the shots? |
September 09, 2008
Why Willie Brown is Top Dog and Why No Plan B Only Works in Marriage
| | maybe Obama ought to ask Willie Brown what he should do with our illustrous Chairman Burton... |   |
| | the real problem is Burton has no strategy except to find dirt on Sarah...if that doesn't work, he has no Plan B.... | |
| | McCain brags about choosing Sarah; does Obama brag about choosing Biden? groan...where's the counter, Chairman Burton? | |
| | why wouldn't McCain be having the time of his life? all he has to do is sit back and watch the show and his numbers go up, right Burton? | |
| | unless Burton and friends can stop bashing Sarah and remember that Barack is running for President, not VP, and "retool" a new strategy... | |
| | Joe Biden is now positioning himself as the clear 'underdog' in the debate especially since Barack also has had to go negative on Sarah... | |
| | to see McCain with Sarah it's clear he's enjoying every minute of it especially since he now leads in the polls... | |
| | there's comes a point where all the bickering by Obama-Biden over Sarah is really counterproductive and bad strategy...and McCain? | |
| | like Willie Brown said we Dems are in trouble and it sure looks like the cure is immediately axxing Chairman Burton...what would Willie do? | |
| | "Why aren't we questioning how Obama can raise his kids?" asked Shawn Strode on CNN.com...groan...sexism? Familygate? groan... | |
| | Ron Owens of KGO said that the Clintons are busy working...on 2012... | |
| | now we see that Olberman and Chis Matthews have been taken off coverage by NBC for being 'biased'...and they could have added, 'stupid'... |
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Should Lawyers be Allowed to be Politicians and Why Shrill is a Sexist Remark
| | jackddeal the Repubs are gleeful over the fact that Obama bombed on picking a VP and McCain has clearly hit a big home run with his choice... |   |
| | jackddeal "stop nominating lawyers" reads one letter in the SJ Mercury...or making bad VP choices... | |
| | jackddeal piles of Obama staffers are in Alaska trying to dig up dirt on Sarah...shouldn't they be trying to figure out how to beat her? duh...groan | |
| | jackddeal today we Dems are looking more foolish than usual and it's clear that Burton is now projecting the image of "the Emperor has no clothes"... | |
| | jackddeal how is Obama going to win if he only campaigns against Bush? the Repubs are staking out and stealing the issues while Burton sulks... | |
| | jackddeal the truth of the matter is Chairman Burton was outfoxed and today finds himself with a stupid strategy that will go nowhere... | |
| | jackddeal could it be that Chairman Burton said we don't to do more than link everybody to Bush? smart strategy? is this the best Burton can do? | |
| | jackddeal is George Bush the entire Demo strategy, Chairman Burton? No matter what issue, it's Bush...do we not have anything else to say? | |
| | jackddeal CNN carried more detail of Harry Reid's stupid statement...he calls her shrill, a clearly sexist remark, and tries to link her to Bush? | |
| | jackddeal today's frontpage of the SJ Mercury has Sarah and pictures of supporters of Meg Whitman of Ebay and Carly Fiorina of Hewlett Packard... |
The Great Big Goofball Media Frenzy or Why Don't Democrats Smile?
| | jackddeal that's our problem; the goofball media is feeding the frenzy and Obama, Joe and our Chairman Burton appear foolish with their damage control | |
| | jackddeal Maureen Dowd's column today accuses the Repubs of playing the sexist card; she obviously hadn't heard Biden's statement agreeing with them. | |
| | jackddeal our apologists are lamely trying to explain the merits of community organizing and how it really is a job...groan... | |
| | jackddeal Burton's strategy is to attach her experience which is backfiring big time as she questions the experience of a community organizer... | |
| | jackddeal our Democratic party's problem with Sarah is that she is looking to be much smarter than we are... | |
| | jackddeal if we blow this one, which Chairman Burton is trying his best to do, we will lose good party members who just give up on our incompetence... | |
| | jackddeal we clearly have a dysfunctional presidential campaign that Burton et al have engineered and this has become our own worst nightmare... | |
| | jackddeal why aren't any of us Demos smiling? are we trying to earn the label 'angry leftists'? are we the party of Doom and Gloom? |
September 08, 2008
How Surrogates are Hurting Obama's Campaign or Just Who Really Are Your Friends?
| | jackddeal so as Burton and Company try to dig up dirt on Sarah; she is blasting away with no response from the Demos other than 'Bush'...duh...groan | |
| | jackddeal so why the Obama-Biden campaign says 'lay off Sarah's family'; the interpretation will be they actually are behind the attacks...groan... | |
| | jackddeal clearly the Repub stategists are better and Obama needs to clean house or be Dukakis 2; why are we asleep at the wheel, Chairman Burton? | |
| | jackddeal so when the Enquirer headlines Babygate, the trail is going to lead right back to Obama...groan...even Joe can't stop the bleeding...groan | |
| | jackddeal the tabloids are now going to run with Babygate even though our boy Joe said not to...groan...who opened Pandora's box, Chairman Burton? | |
| | jackddeal Good Ole Boy Joe said Sarah's speech was 'style without substance'. Duh..if that's the case, why has it electrified the whole country, Joe? | |
| | jackddeal oddly, even staunch Demo women are now saying they identify with Sarah and her family...a 'girl's thing'...duh...where's Hillary? | |
| | jackddeal while Burton's strategy is to attack babies, moms and apple pie; the Repubs are set to launch the mother of all media attacks...groan... | |
| | jackddeal like Giulani said, the Repubs are united and we Demos severely fractured...we are turning out to be our own worst enemy...thanks Burton! | |
| | jackddeal Obama and Biden are going to have to continually apologize for all the loose cannons undermining Obama's campaign...groan... |
Why Management is Always Responsible or How is Politics like Vaudeville?
| | since Axelrod and Burton are now obviously working for 'the other side', how can the campaign remake itself? how about a vaudeville theme |   |
| | mistake after mistake culminating with Good Ole Boy Joe Biden and there we have it...the laying of a great big egg...what strategy? | |
| | it's as if about 5 weeks ago someone called "time out" and the Obama staffers became zombies... | |
| | today there were more 'smears' against Sarah...what low brow campaigners these two are...and where's Joe? studying up for the debate? | |
| | Thanks to Burton and Axelrod Obama is now actually behind in the polls...and it looks like Laurel and Hardy are clueless... | |
| | CNN.com reports the latest Gallup poll today - Sunday has McCain over Obama 48-45...in sports it's called a fade... | |
| | one commentator had a good point: how is all of this going to play out in Ohio? and Michigan? and Pennsylvania? groan... | |
| | 'that's because we have a secret strategy that we are going to unveil any day now' was my answer...groan...what secret strategy? | |
| | could be you guys are on a steady decline, ruminated one of my Repub friends... | |
| | Burton obviously has the mindset of 'playing fair' by giving away all of Obama's advantages...what a nice guy...groan... |
Good Ole Boy Joe and How Will He Ever Be Able to Debate Sarah?
| | jackddeal no wonder Barack only wants the debate to be on the economy... | |
| | jackddeal lest I be unfair, Obama should fire David Axelrod as well...he and Burton are two peas in the same inept pod... | |
| | jackddeal our problem is that for 6 days we have found no way to counter Sarah and not only that, we are opening up all kinds of sores in the process | |
| | jackddeal the Emperor is caught standing there with no clothes, thanks to Chairman Bill Burton et al...poor Joe Biden is already on the defensive... | |
| | jackddeal what is wrong with this scenario? what is wrong is it glaringly illuminates a defective campaign staff that is counterproductive... | |
| | jackddeal how about this off the wall comment: "let's see if Obama is man enough to take on Sarah because no one else can"...groan... | |
| | jackddeal if Obama can't deal with Burton's rogues then Obama will be perceived to be an ineffective executive...groan... | |
| | jackddeal the truth is, the only one we have that can counter Sarah is Obama... | |
| | jackddeal if Obama doesn't step up and deal with Sara, he could lose further control of his feeble campaign staff and risk losing more on November 4 | |
| | jackddeal Clearly Chairman Burton and Good Ole Boy Joe can't handle Sarah and are scared stiff; time to send Obama to the rescue... | |
| | jackddeal if Burton and Biden think Sarah has no substance, why are they feverishly trying to figure out how to counter her 'no substance'? groan... | |
| | jackddeal hopefully Good Ole Boy Joe in his zeal to discredit Sarah will not call any men 'good looking'... | |
| | jackddeal so now Burton is sending Biden to counter the media praise for Sarah...groan...already we are on the defensive...groan... | |
| | jackddeal San Francisco ain't Dayton and Ron and Friends seem to think it is...they will have 4 years to discuss it if Obama loses.... |
September 07, 2008
Poor Judgement, Payback Time and Why Self Inflicted Wounds Hurt More
| jackddeal the irony is Sarah is a Republican...not a Democrat. Somehow, someway we chose to ignore Hillary...poor judgement payback time? groan... | | |
| | jackddeal could Obama have made his biggest goof by not picking Hillary? | |
| | jackddeal as Ron and Burton fan the flames Sarah's status continues to rise...somehow the wisdom of that strategy eludes me... | |
| | jackddeal What Ron as well as Burton do not understand is that the Repubs have simply overtaken the media from Obama. Ron and Burton are helping too | |
| | jackddeal Ron Owen somehow feels vetting the daughter's boyfriend and analyzing every bill every sent through Alaskan legislature is productive...duh | |
| | jackddeal Ron Owen somehow feels vetting the daughter's boyfriend and analyzing every bill every sent through Alaskan legislature is productive...duh | |
| | jackddeal Do Ron Owens and my other Fellow Dems realize that every jab at Sarah is also a self inflicted wound and if doesn't stop we will evaporate? | |
| | jackddeal Ron Owen and my other fellow Dems are scared to death of Sarah and are resorting to investigating anything they can imagine...duh... | |
| | jackddeal this is clearly the biggest test Obama has faced with an opponent that up to this point has shown a superior strategy... | |
| | jackddeal Obama better step in and try to raise the level of conversation because from the Demo grapevine today, it's going very sideways... | |
| | jackddeal by bringing up a 17 year old's birth control, or lack thereof, Ron has lowered himself right down into the mess Burton and Axelrod have made | |
| | jackddeal even Ron's dialogue has degenerated down to the fact that he staged "Sarah's daughter didn't listen"...duh... | |
| | jackddeal the reason is Obama's staff is weak and he needs to fix it asap...or not fix it and pray... |
Why Obama Needs to Clean House or Let's Sick Joe Biden on Sarah
| | jackddeal so now Burton and Axelrod have Obama himself trying to counter Sarah since Good Ole Boy Joe is best kept under wraps...groan...and Hillary? | |
| | jackddeal groan...Obama was just quoted as saying "this is not a personality contest" ...groan...that's what he has run on, Chairman Burton... | |
| | jackddeal Burton and Axelrod have Obama with Good Ole Boy Joe on the Big Self Discovery Tour, 'self discovery' were of course Sarah's words...groan... | |