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Offline franksolich

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No Contest
« on: August 19, 2008, 08:13:20 AM »
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=303952351194789

Oh my.

By the way, have there been any new polls since Saturday night?

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Election '08: Last weekend's McCain-Obama protodebate made it clear why Obama won't keep his promise to debate McCain "anywhere, anytime." McCain, with a robust resume and details at his fingertips, won big.

It was only in May that Sen. Barack Obama cockily proclaimed he would debate Sen. John McCain "anywhere, anytime." But in June, Obama said no to McCain's challenge to have 10 one-on-one town hall meetings.

After what happened at Lake Forest, Calif.'s evangelical Saddleback megachurch Saturday evening, we may have found that debating is Obama's Achilles' heel. Whether or not you like the idea of such events being held in religious venues, the plain-and-simple method of questioning used by Saddleback pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren revealed fundamental differences between these two men.

"It's one of those situations where the devil is in the details," Obama said at one point. He could have been referring to his own oratorical shortcomings when a teleprompter is unavailable. We learned a lot more about the real Obama at Saddleback than we will next week as he delivers his acceptance speech in Denver before a massive stadium crowd.

More at the link above.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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Re: No Contest
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2008, 08:15:08 AM »
This by the way was the conclusion of the article:

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It may not have been a debate, but it was one of the most lopsided political contests in memory. No wonder Obama wants to keep debate formats boring and predictable.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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Re: No Contest
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2008, 08:20:18 AM »
I checked Real Clear Politics this morning... nothing since Sunday afternoon last week.  They will probably have poll data later today.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html
« Last Edit: August 19, 2008, 08:22:11 AM by Chris »
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Re: No Contest
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2008, 08:34:30 AM »

it was obvious who the obama campaign thought had won the debate when they planted the "mccain cheated"
fabrication with andrea mitchell.
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2008, 09:39:30 AM »
It was only in May that Sen. Barack Obama cockily proclaimed he would debate Sen. John McCain "anywhere, anytime." But in June, Obama said no to McCain's challenge to have 10 one-on-one town hall meetings.

After what happened at Lake Forest, Calif.'s evangelical Saddleback megachurch Saturday evening, we may have found that debating is Obama's Achilles' heel. Whether or not you like the idea of such events being held in religious venues, the plain-and-simple method of questioning used by Saddleback pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren revealed fundamental differences between these two men.

"It's one of those situations where the devil is in the details," Obama said at one point. He could have been referring to his own oratorical shortcomings when a teleprompter is unavailable. We learned a lot more about the real Obama at Saddleback than we will next week as he delivers his acceptance speech in Denver before a massive stadium crowd.

The stark differences between the two came through the most on the question of whether there is evil in the world. Obama spoke of evil within America, "in parents who have viciously abused their children." According to the Democrat, we can't really erase evil in the world because "that is God's task." And we have to "have some humility in how we approach the issue of confronting evil."

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=303952351194789
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The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years.  The cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil.

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Re: No Contest
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2008, 09:41:25 AM »
Duplicate, Sarge, sir.

It needs merged.

Sorry.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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Re: No Contest
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2008, 09:45:02 AM »
A Leotard heavy board that I post in has an election thread "McCain vs. Obama" that has gone silent the last few days. The Liberals are in deep dispair.  :-)
But they know this; they can't just jettison Obama because they'd loose the Black vote. They have to stick with this looser no matter what and that includes a landslide defeat in November.
Too effin' bad for them.
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Re: No Contest
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2008, 10:10:00 AM »
Quote from: Uhhuh35 on August 19, 2008, 09:45:02 AM
A Leotard heavy board that I post in has an election thread "McCain vs. Obama" that has gone silent the last few days. The Liberals are in deep dispair.  :-)
But they know this; they can't just jettison Obama because they'd loose the Black vote. They have to stick with this looser no matter what and that includes a landslide defeat in November.
Too effin' bad for them.


the supers screwed themselves by allowing coming off the fence
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My fellow Americans, there is nothing audacious about hope. Hope is what makes people buy lottery tickets instead of paying the bills. Hope is for the old gals feeding the slots in Atlantic City. It destroys the inner-city kid who quits school because he hopes he'll be a world-famous recording artist.

What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?

One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

The other kills her own food.

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Re: No Contest
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2008, 10:10:58 AM »
we all knew McC would smoke the messiah but even I'm surprized at how badly.
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My fellow Americans, there is nothing audacious about hope. Hope is what makes people buy lottery tickets instead of paying the bills. Hope is for the old gals feeding the slots in Atlantic City. It destroys the inner-city kid who quits school because he hopes he'll be a world-famous recording artist.

What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?

One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

The other kills her own food.

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Re: No Contest
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2008, 10:25:02 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on August 19, 2008, 08:34:30 AM

it was obvious who the obama campaign thought had won the debate when they planted the "mccain cheated"
fabrication with andrea mitchell.

Which was a recycled meme from 2004.

Remember the DUmmies CT about how Bush was wearing an earpiece and getting his answers fed to him from off stage?


(Republican Candidate) cheated is the new standard Dem answer when their "guy" gets his ass handed to him in a debate.
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Liberalism Is The Philosophy Of The Stupid

The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years.  The cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil.

If it walks like a donkey and brays like a donkey and smells like a donkey - it's Cold Warrior.  - PoliCon



Palin has run a state, a town and a commercial fishing operation. Obama ain't run nothin' but his mouth. - Mark Steyn
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