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Sarah Palin on the economy - Algorithms - 9/30/2008 3:07:06 AM
- Comics still having fun with Palin - Laurie Street - 9/30/2008 4:07:44 PM
  - Caribou BARBIE among Nick Names - carl - 9/30/2008 7:18:45 PM
- Nobody has the guts to call this for what it is. - Bowser - 9/30/2008 4:57:17 AM
- re: I know, she terrifies me. What does this say about McCain? This ticket is a total joke/insult! (n/t) - Vince - 9/30/2008 4:29:26 AM
- Ah, back in the liberal comfort zone. - TB - 9/30/2008 4:18:48 AM
  - How CBS treats Biden - TB - 9/30/2008 4:25:24 AM
- And TB thinks we are scared of her because she is such an asset to McCain... - ARRELL - 9/30/2008 3:57:06 AM
- Maybe a True Believer will explain her answer. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/30/2008 3:30:26 AM
- I saw it. I was embarrassed. And if the media called it for what it is, Conservatives would scream. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/30/2008 3:29:54 AM
  - Tina Fey used it verbatim... - Algorithms - 9/30/2008 3:46:22 AM
    - Secret Service Code Name: "Tina" - ER - 9/30/2008 1:06:07 PM
      - "Dogged defense?" - TB - 9/30/2008 3:10:21 PM
        
        It seems David Frum has caught the "Palin insanity". (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2008 5:38:31 PM
        
        David Frum is a well known liberal - ARRELL - 9/30/2008 7:54:17 PM
        
        "The Palin insanity isn't an honest concern about her readiness to be President"- what the hell gives YOU the right to tell us what our concerns really are?! - ARRELL - 9/30/2008 3:18:16 PM
        
        Don't have to be psychic - TB - 9/30/2008 4:37:07 PM
        
        Why not, you guys kept it up for 8 years. - ER - 9/30/2008 3:17:59 PM

Note to Bush: If it were that damned important, why wasn't it prevented? - Bowser - 9/30/2008 1:45:37 AM
- re: Note to Congress: If it were that damned important, why not work through Rosh Hashanna? (n/t) - SDG - 9/30/2008 6:04:50 AM
  - So now Republicans are blaming the Jews for this? - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 1:25:10 PM
    - Are you serious? - SDG - 9/30/2008 3:30:13 PM
      - I'm just learning how to speak Republicanese - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 5:47:56 PM
        
        re: I'm just learning how to speak Republicanese - SDG - 9/30/2008 7:32:27 PM
    - Hey! It worked before! (rimshot) (n/t) - ER - 9/30/2008 2:51:14 PM

House Roll Call - TB - 9/29/2008 11:44:53 PM
- re: House Roll Call - gbaikie - 9/30/2008 1:04:23 AM
- re: Calif. Democrats - SteveS - 9/30/2008 12:17:03 AM
- Well, thank goodness McCain courageously suspended his campaign, - z - 9/30/2008 12:11:50 AM
  - Obama votes present- he sure knows how to take a stand on an issue. - REB - 9/30/2008 4:08:25 PM
    - I was wrong. Senate hasn't voted yet. - REB - 9/30/2008 5:58:16 PM
  - The way he solidified republican support brings tears to my eyes.... (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/30/2008 12:24:03 AM
    - A natural-born leader. Unificator. Appeals to the lowest common domimator. - Bowser - 9/30/2008 1:06:12 AM
      - He's brought you and RL together. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2008 1:15:12 AM
        
        He's brought you and reality further apart, if thats possible- (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/30/2008 3:48:52 PM
- Blue state vs. Red - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/29/2008 11:59:54 PM
- Kudos to those who shot this turkey down. - Lee - 9/29/2008 11:54:37 PM

Views from Australia - Nick Hoffman - 9/30/2008 1:40:59 AM
- Thanks Nick (n/t) - REB - 9/30/2008 4:57:14 PM

Time mag. has a good explanation: "Many financial institutions wrote claims over the same mortgages, and these are the majority of claims that have "gone bad." - Bowser - 9/30/2008 4:00:20 PM

A Harvard, Libertarian Economist - "Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer" - Bowser - 9/29/2008 9:33:27 PM
- Name one conservative here who supports it? - Lee - 9/29/2008 11:58:27 PM
- Just call me Gundar Harl. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/29/2008 11:20:36 PM
- I agree with that. - REB - 9/29/2008 9:42:57 PM
  - Do you know why the Republicans opposed it? - Bowser - 9/29/2008 11:26:07 PM
    - Do you know why the Republicans opposed it? - REB - 9/30/2008 12:54:32 PM
  - How many banks will go down in the "big crunch"? - Jacob - 9/29/2008 10:33:46 PM
    - FDIC. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/29/2008 11:26:56 PM
  - Me too. - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 9:48:24 PM
    - You have a little bit of Dr. No in you, don't you. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2008 2:18:28 AM

Ron Paul on the bailout (his remarks from the House Floor) - Vince - 9/30/2008 4:31:56 AM

Obama not ready for prime-time. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/27/2008 2:47:21 AM
- re: Obama not ready for prime-time. - Heart Lady - 9/29/2008 2:23:17 AM
- Obama performed far better than McCain, and won the debate - z - 9/27/2008 2:32:20 PM
  - re: Obama performed far better than McCain, and won the debate - Heart Lady - 9/29/2008 2:20:49 AM
- re: Can you say; John McCain is absolutely right! - SteveS - 9/27/2008 2:29:54 PM
  - Obama did NOT say he wanted to INVADE Pakistan - Lindy - 9/27/2008 4:22:57 PM
    - Cooperation from Pakistan is what we need - FrankC - 9/27/2008 5:51:41 PM
      - If it turns out that AQ has a safe haven in Pakistan... - alcaray - 9/30/2008 2:15:06 AM
      - I agree with you on that. - Mary Anne - 9/27/2008 10:26:11 PM
        
        the correct way for Obama to answer that question - FrankC - 9/28/2008 11:19:36 PM
        
        Future cabinets - Mary Anne - 9/28/2008 11:30:07 PM
        
        Answers - TB - 9/28/2008 2:22:41 AM
    - re: Emotional quiver? - SteveS - 9/27/2008 5:36:49 PM
    - Under THIS president we have shot at pakistani soldiers, and attacked targets in Pakistan... (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/27/2008 4:27:27 PM
      - re: So he did it, I can do it? Hilarious, Obama is just like Bush - SteveS - 9/27/2008 5:38:35 PM
      - Democrats are still trying to figure out what position they're supposed to hold on attacks in Pakistan. - TB - 9/27/2008 4:45:15 PM
        
        No one has told us? R's don't have to wait any longer than Rush's next program. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/27/2008 5:31:28 PM
        
        Sorry, Bowser, you're up the creek on this one. - TB - 9/27/2008 6:03:53 PM
- I still don't know... Did Obama say he supports the bail out plan? - TAFKASE - 9/27/2008 12:29:46 PM
  - McCain did. - Mary Anne - 9/27/2008 7:59:13 PM
    - Case in point - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/27/2008 8:07:29 PM
- I think every one of those was a minority opinion. - alcaray - 9/27/2008 4:05:29 AM
- re: Obama maybe not quite ready for prime-time. - FrankC - 9/27/2008 3:58:28 AM
  - Out from behind the theater sign... - TB - 9/27/2008 4:14:16 AM
    - re: Out from behind the theater sign... - Marcia - 9/27/2008 4:21:43 AM

Holy Crap! - Eri - 9/29/2008 7:01:13 PM
- BAILOUT the BAILOUT BILL!!!!!! - carl - 9/29/2008 7:42:44 PM
- Down over 600 points - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 7:28:46 PM
  - 600 points? Big Deal. - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 9:18:51 PM
  - now down 714 points (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 7:30:30 PM
    - As Bush reassures the nation... - Socrates II - 9/29/2008 8:14:22 PM
      - Bush is a moron. Where is Barak Obama on this issue? - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 9:22:17 PM
        
        Because it means heavily taxing the people who will be voting for them in November - Socrates II - 9/29/2008 9:45:32 PM
        
        Raise taxes? Why, they can just de-value the currency. - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 9:51:12 PM
- "60% of Democrats voted for the measure, but less than a third of Republicans backed it." - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 7:26:30 PM
  - Over 90 Democrats voted no. - TB - 9/29/2008 8:09:07 PM
    - Sorry, TB, you are just a pathetic joke at this point.... - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 8:31:33 PM
      - 94 Democrats voted no. About 10 more Democrats voting with Pelosi would have nailed it. - TB - 9/29/2008 9:50:40 PM
      - Why should anyone invest any credibility in you? - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 9:25:51 PM
      - Leg humping. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/29/2008 9:12:11 PM
    - Go on, I'll bite (n/t) - Tony - 9/29/2008 8:17:58 PM
      - How about you people looking into something for a change? (n/t) - TB - 9/29/2008 8:19:23 PM
        
        BTW "you people"?? You lil elitist you... (n/t) - Tony - 9/29/2008 8:55:57 PM
        
        OK, I'll make a stab in the dark - Tony - 9/29/2008 8:32:15 PM
        
        Not quite. - TB - 9/29/2008 9:58:05 PM
        
        The reason is... - alcaray - 9/30/2008 1:12:02 AM
  - Unbelievable - Robert - 9/29/2008 7:49:53 PM
    - Republicans are upset that Pelosi wasn't PC?! - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 7:56:53 PM
      - Pelosi did apparently fail LEADERSHIP 101 - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 9:29:30 PM
  - LET's HOLD an AMERICATHON!!!!! - carl - 9/29/2008 7:45:12 PM

Grand Jury to investagate Fannie & Freddie - SteveS - 9/29/2008 11:30:15 PM

McCain Camp Prays for Palin Wedding - ER - 9/29/2008 1:41:09 PM
- Will she wear white? (n/t) - Someone had to ask it.... - 9/29/2008 9:30:59 PM
  - I wanted to wear red at mine. - Mary Anne - 9/29/2008 10:02:20 PM
- Wonder who is going to have the shotgun? (n/t) - podrock - 9/29/2008 7:19:07 PM
  - Cheney, of course! (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 9:31:45 PM
- I have a neice who has had her troubles. - alcaray - 9/29/2008 6:55:34 PM
- So they can set off a Predator strike on it? - Tony - 9/29/2008 5:28:13 PM
- An 11-5 wedding as an obscure footnote to history would be best for all concerned. - Bowser - 9/29/2008 4:06:01 PM

Meanwhile, in "socialist" Sweden - TB - 9/29/2008 3:55:28 PM
- "Only two after 1970" - TB - 9/29/2008 8:28:48 PM
  - Until you actually make a point, can you can the elitist condescension? (n/t) - Tony - 9/29/2008 9:07:36 PM
- Meanwhile in socialist America, big bags of free money for "capitalists". - Bowser - 9/29/2008 4:10:31 PM
  - I wish we could come up with another term for it - McFly - 9/29/2008 4:43:35 PM
    - How about the National Wealth Care System? - Robert - 9/29/2008 8:15:00 PM
      - Laugh it up. - TB - 9/29/2008 8:22:19 PM
        
        Who's laughing? - Robert - 9/29/2008 9:46:02 PM
    - That is very good. "Universal Wealth Insurance" "$50 Million deductible". - Bowser - 9/29/2008 5:33:14 PM

Will Taxes, Salies fall in line too? - carl - 9/29/2008 8:00:34 PM
- No. Your local community will need the taxes more than ever... - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 9:23:55 PM

Ed Rollins, Reagan's political director and national chair for Huckabee on "Swaggerer in Chief" and "fear tactics". - Bowser - 9/29/2008 6:45:56 PM

Obama's lead grows following debate victory over McCain - z - 9/29/2008 3:45:48 PM

Just as I predicted- Vice presidential debates canceled after 'attack' on Palin - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 5:15:46 AM
- re: McCain's previous trick didn't work - Jack Herer - 9/29/2008 2:44:04 PM

Hey, TB, you wanna spin this Palin incident for us? - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 10:20:19 PM
- _McCain_ retracts Palin's policy statement... - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 10:25:39 PM
  - This is approaching obsession. - TB - 9/28/2008 10:40:30 PM
    - DOES MCCAIN'S CHOICE OF PALIN REFLECT WELL ON HIS JUDGEMENT ON WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COUNTRY? - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 11:12:59 PM
      - I've answered the question more than once. You going to start shrieking too? - TB - 9/29/2008 1:01:32 AM
        
        start? start?!? START?!!?!!? Moaning Myrtle here? LMAO! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/29/2008 3:03:47 AM
        
        In that case, I feel sorry for you. That's pretty pathetic considering what a dolt she is. (n/t) - Eri - 9/29/2008 1:28:47 AM
        
        You didnt answer the question... see below.. (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 1:21:39 AM
    - It is approaching insanity... - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 11:01:38 PM
    - Do you realize these idiots are running for President and VP of the US? - Bowser - 9/28/2008 10:48:42 PM
      - "Nuke?" - TB - 9/28/2008 10:56:29 PM
        
        "I just realized: the entire Obama campaign has pretty much fallen apart from what it was only two months ago."- You have GOT to be joking - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 11:25:27 PM
        
        Panic? - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 11:04:46 PM
        
        Sorry, RL. It's not working. - TB - 9/29/2008 1:02:54 AM
        
        "there's not much asphalt any more between the line and the ditch" - Lindy - 9/29/2008 2:15:07 AM
        
        WHERE have I said that Obama's victory is certain...? And you did NOT answer the question... - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 1:17:33 AM
      - Whoops!! Heh, heh. My mistake. Wow. A doozy. - Bowser - 9/28/2008 10:51:36 PM
        
        That's okay, I screwed up too. Thought you were RL. - TB - 9/28/2008 10:57:46 PM
  - This just in: On Jogging outing, Palin tells reporters Palin-McCain administration would consider nuclear weapons if Russia invades Ukraine.... - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 10:34:00 PM

And the Christian Theocracy advocates just dare the people to enforce the law. - Bowser - 9/29/2008 2:15:37 AM

Genius - "How the Markets Really Work". Two British comedians know. - Bowser - 9/28/2008 2:04:00 PM
- Extremely effective Comedy sketch. - Eri - 9/28/2008 4:57:52 PM
- They forgot the part about how it's really all the liberals' fault. (n/t) - ER - 9/28/2008 4:03:40 PM
  - BBC talking heads -- contemporary analysis - ER - 9/28/2008 4:55:45 PM
    - Yup. Very good show. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/29/2008 1:34:20 AM
    - Good show. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/28/2008 11:11:41 PM

NYT posts draft economic bill - TB - 9/29/2008 1:29:02 AM

Its debatable: Any bets on the thursday Vice presidential debate? - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 10:10:43 PM
- Why? Obabma faired well sispite his inadaquacies... Palin will be fine. - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 12:27:00 AM
  - Given your record on predictions.... well, I am not worried (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/29/2008 12:39:42 AM
- Sure. - TB - 9/28/2008 10:50:21 PM
  - You use the media the way Hitler used the Jews. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/28/2008 11:41:35 PM
    - re: Hey moron... Hitler didn't use Jews. He killed them... By the million. (n/t) - TAFKASE - 9/29/2008 12:27:55 AM
      - He publicly held them up as the reason for the depression. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2008 1:05:36 AM
  - The mainstream press is acting as if they take her seriously. - Bowser - 9/28/2008 10:54:42 PM

September 28, 2008: "US ambassador appeals for patience in Iraq." - Bowser - 9/28/2008 10:37:29 PM

Oh, oh. "US president told Israeli prime minister he would not back attack on Iran." - Bowser - 9/28/2008 9:36:57 PM

Clear example of how this administration has crippled our moral authority.... - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 7:32:09 PM

Why does Palin worry conservatives so much....? - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 4:58:30 AM
- It's difficult for them - McFly - 9/28/2008 11:23:12 AM
  - Sounds like good advice. (n/t) - TB - 9/28/2008 6:28:23 PM
- Conservatives? - TB - 9/28/2008 7:01:11 AM
  - We don't have to destroy Palin; she's self-destructing. (n/t) - Eri - 9/28/2008 5:03:44 PM
    - That's getting to be the national consensus - JEKing - 9/28/2008 6:43:31 PM
      - "Where are such candidates?" - TB - 9/28/2008 6:49:04 PM
    - That's what everyone keeps telling me. Over and over again. - TB - 9/28/2008 6:07:33 PM
      - That's because her meltdowns happen over and over again. - Bowser - 9/28/2008 7:27:33 PM
  - You're right. She bothers liberals, too. - Bowser - 9/28/2008 1:41:12 PM
- Do you get the impression that McCain is one of those guys that says... - ARRELL - 9/28/2008 5:23:07 AM
  - That was a hoot! - Eri - 9/28/2008 5:55:37 AM

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