IT'S TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

This is it people! You now have less than 24 hours to make up your mind WHO to VOTE for.

Are you going to vote for the PAST...or are you going to vote for the FUTURE?

Do you want a man who's mind is stuck in COLD WAR MODE to lead this nation...or do you want a man who's in touch with TODAY's generation, and has a VISION for a GREAT FUTURE.

Do you want someone who DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMY,owns SEVEN HOUSES, over a DOZEN CARS, and was born with SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH...or do you want a man who was raised in a MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY like most of you were, a man who worked hard to rise where he is, and a man who OWNS ONE HOUSE, AND ONE CAR...just like most of you do?

Do you want a man who wants to stay 100 years in Iraq, and possible launch wars against more countries...or do you want a man who will END the QUAGMIRE in IRAQ and BRING THE TROOPS HOME?

ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN FOUR YEARS AGO? Do you think you will BE BETTER OFF IF YOU ELECTED A MAN FROM THE SAME PARTY that GOT US into this BIG MESS NOW in the first place? Or do you want a man from a party that UNDERSTANDS what makes the ECONOMY TICK, UNDERSTANDS the NEEDS of the POOR and the MIDDLE CLASS, UNDERSTANDS HOW TO TURN DEFICITS INTO SURPLUSES?

The choice is a no brainer. McCain will DRAG America into an EVEN DEEPER HOLE than the already DEEP HOLE but BUSH has DUG THIS COUNTRY INTO.

Obama is our way OUT OF THIS HOLE. Obama will put this nation back into the RIGHT TRACK. Obama understands the needs of the poor and the middle class. Obama wants to REVERSE the disastrous TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS that takes from the poor and middle class and gives to the RICH. Obama's tax plan will increase taxes ONLY on those who make OVER $250,000.00 a year. Raise your hand if you make that much. Did you raise your hand? I didn't think so. Very very few people make that much a year. 90% of Americans WILL get LOWER taxes under Obama's plan.

And lastly...if the way a man runs his campaign is any indication of how he will govern as PRESIDENT...then you only need to look at both campaigns. Obama has generally avoided negative attacks. Obama stays cool, calm under pressure. Obama does not react rashly to any situtation. He tries to understand things first BEFORE reacting. He is not the kind of man who "shoots first and asks questions later".

On the other hand...McCain's campaign has been extremely negative, ANGRY, DESPERATE, and willing to do ANYTHING or SAY ANYTHING to smear Obama just to score political points. McCain also chose the worst possible VP for plainly politican purposes. Palin is clearly clueless when it comes to many NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL issues. No wonder they hid her from the press! She cannot even answer basic questions. McCain's choice of Palin is one MAIN REASON why several PROMINENT REPUBLICANS--for example RETIRED GENERAL COLIN POWELL--as to why they chose to ENDORSE AND SUPPORT OBAMA.

So, if want a BETTER FUTURE...VOTE BARACK OBAMA / JOE BIDEN! If you want same-old same-old and if you want America to be dragged into an even DEEPER HOLE that what it now finds itself in...vote McCain / Palin!

OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!

VOTE BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!

The Scariest Thing In The World

It's Halloween folks. And guess what scares me during this Halloween?

Not witches, ghouls or goblins! True those creatures would be scary if they exist.

But what's really truly scary is the possibility (a small one, but still a possibility) of a President McCain and VP Palin. Now that IS scary.

Can you imagine 4 more years of Republican rule? (shudder!)

Can you imagine 4 more years of Bush-style policies and shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach to well...mostly anything.

Can you imagine a man who's mind is stuck in the Cold War and whose running mate thinks the Iraq War is "God's Will" in command of the nation's military and with their finger on the nuclear button?

IS THAT SCARY OR WHAT?!

McCain / Palin could very well start World War III. That freaks me out!

Right after 9/11, McCain was calling for war against 4 countries at the same time! He wanted to go to war against Iraq, Iran, Syria and Afghanistan all at once! Even though only Afghanistan had any connection to 9/11! Imagine what would have happened if McCain got his way? Well...if...nightmare of all nightmares...he manages to win this election...he just might do that!

Withdraw from Iraq? NEVER! NOT McCain...he'll stay there 100 years! He'll probably go right ahead and launch more wars agains more countries.

That's scary! And Palin...don't even get me started there. She's far more trigger happy than McCain. Who knows what she'll do if she ever became president?!

The very thought of a President Palin ought to scare the sh*t out of anyone!

So like Obama said...don't slack off just coz he's leading in the polls. Make sure you go out and vote on Nov. 4 if you haven't already done early voting! Don't be overconfident!

Obama told his staffers to work like they are 10 points behind! A good strategy! A true winner doesn't slow down just because he's ahead...he keeps running as hard and as fast as he can! So let us make sure that there WILL BE NO President McCain AND VP Palin. Let us make sure that this election GOOD triumphs over EVIL. Let us make sure to elect HOPE and CRUSH the politics of FEAR. Let us VOTE FOR, AND ELECT OBAMA!

OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!

VOTE BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!

Powell's Endorsement Will Hurt McCain

Excerpted from The Kansas City Star

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Margaret Talev, William Douglas and Nancy A. Youssef

McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Colin Powell, a retired general who'd often been mentioned as a Republican presidential candidate himself, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday during the taping of NBC's "Meet the Press" television program.

Political analysts said Powell's endorsement, coupled with a blistering critique of the campaign of Republican Sen. John McCain, especially of the selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate, was a serious blow to McCain's candidacy, particularly in swing states with large numbers of undecided voters.

"It was a devastating critique. He gave a convincing national endorsement. That's what made it so damaging," said Larry J. Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "This is a more important endorsement than Oprah's."

Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa, said that Powell appeals to independents who are socially liberal, fiscally conservative and moderate on defense issues. Because they shun party labels, they are more swayed by personality, and Powell is a respected national figure. Independents make as much as 9 percent of voters in swing states.

The timing of the endorsement is key as well. In some swing states, voting has already begun. And in Florida, early voting begins Monday. Obama will be campaigning in Tampa.

"That is why this is a prized endorsement," MacManus said. "I can't think of a more important endorsement at this point in the campaign."

G. Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania, echoed this comments.

"This is a huge endorsement, maybe the most significant endorsement he's got," Madonna said. "For undecided voters who are looking at their concerns about national security and defense, this is a plus."

Obama, in Fyatteville, N.C., said he was "beyond honored and deeply humbled" by Powell's endorsement.

McCain, interviewed on Fox News, discounted the potential impact. "This doesn't come as a surprise," McCain said. "But I'm also very pleased to have the endorsement of four former secretaries of state, Secretaries Kissinger, Baker, Eagleburger and Haig. And I'm proud to have the endorsement of well over 200 retired Army generals and admirals."

McCain made it clear later in a conference call with Jewish leaders that he intended to hammer home his attack on Obama's economic and tax policies, a strategy he said is working.

"I believe Sen. Obama's comments to Joe the Plumber in his driveway that they need to 'Spread the wealth around,' I think, is having an impact on the American people. I guarantee you," McCain said.

McCain also promised to continue to bring up Obama's ties to former Vietnam-era radical William Ayers, though he told the Jewish leaders that discussion of Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, was off the table.

Powell said that McCain's emphasis on Ayers — whose fleeting relationship with Obama, Powell said, was irrelevant to America's concerns now — was one of the reasons he found McCain's campaign disheartening.

In a seven-minute explication of his reasons for endorsing Obama, Powell also critcized McCain for his response to the economic crisis and said that McCain's choice of Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate led him to question McCain's judgment.

"Now that we have had a chance to watch her for some seven weeks, I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president, Powell said.

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McCain / Palin Will Say Anything Do Anything To Win

McCain once said he would rather lose an election than lose a war.

However these days, it seems he would rather lose his honor, his dignity, and everything else than lose an election.

McCain and Palin are saying anything and doing anything these days in a desperate attempt to turn the tide and win against a leading Obama. This includes accusing Obama of doing the very thing McCain himself is doing (saying anything and doing anything to win).

The truth is Obama is leading because people are sick and tired of failed Republican domestic and foreign policies. The very same policies that got the United States quagmired in 2 wars for 7 years in Afghanistan, and 5 years in Iraq. That's longer than World War II. The United States won WWII in less than 5 years. Yet we, who claim to be the world's lone superpower, are quagmired in Iraq and Afghanistan. And on top of the the economy is in the biggest mess it has ever been in since the Great Depression. Thank you Republicans!

People are sick and tired of failed Bush policies, most of which McCain will continue if he wins. Heck, I think McCain / Palin will be far far WORSE that Bush / Cheney. It was McCain after all who proposed going to war against 4--YES...FOUR--countries soon after 9/11, after America recently toppled the Taliban. He thought the US could just "muddle through" Afghanistan and laucnh wars against Iraq, Iran, Syria all at the same time. That's INSANE.

Palin thinks the Iraq war is a "mission from God". That's even more INSANE. If these 2 win, they'd start WWIII for sure! That freak's me out! And it should freak you out too!

Obama has shown himself to be calm and level headed in a crisis. McCain has proven himself to be erratic, a flip-flopper and indecisive. All one needs to do is look at how he responded to the economic crisis. He "suspends" his campaign so he can "rush" to Washington...except he really doesn't...he does a bunch of interviews first before going to Washington. And when he gets there...he just sits in a corner and says nothing during Bush's meeting with senators and Henry Paulson, and the chairman of the Federal Reserve. He did not do what he promised to do (bring both sides together to come up with an agreement). He said nothing when the Republicans rebelled agaisnt their own party's wallstreet baillout plan. Heck, all McCain seemed to be doing there was waiting for a photo-op so he can claim credit for whatever baillout bill was passed. That blew up in his face didn't it? The bill failed to pass, McCain looks like an idiot and he has no choice to be "unsuspend" his campaign which was never really suspended to begin with (he was running attack ads the whole time it was supposedly "suspended").

So tell me reader...who do you REALLY WANT as commander in Chief? An erratic, unstable, McCain who once wanted to go to war against 4 countries at the same time, or a calm, cool-headed Obama? We don't need another "shoot first, ask questions later" president. We need someone who can keep his cool in a crisis, ask the right questions, and take the country in the right direction. That man is NOT McCain!

Who do you think can get us out of this economic mess? An old, very wealthy out-of-touch man, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, who owns 7 houses? Or a man who has middle class roots and only owns one house, and far better understands the challenges common folks like you and I face?

Don't believe McCain when he says he's fighting for Joe the (fake) plumber. Obama had it right when he said McCain is really fighting for Joe the CEO and Joe the Hedge Fund Manager!

NO McCain NO Palin!

Obama for President!

Vote Obama / Biden 2008!

Obama Wins 3rd Presidential Debate

According to several instant polls taken right after the debate, Obama won the 3rd and final presidential debate of 2008.

McCain, while he was fiestier and tougher this time...well he just looked old and erratic. He often mixed up his words and seem to have trouble articulating things. Once he called Obama "Senator Government". He seemed dyxlexic. He did not look presidential at all.

Obama is the exact opposite. Always cool. Always calm. Very presidential. McCain tried to insert negative attacks (ie: the Ayers smear) into the debate, but Obama calmly rebutted him and explained his so-called association to this man. Obama refrained himself from going negative as well. He very well could have brought up McCain's dirty associations, but he did not.

I think he knows people are turned of by mudslinging and wisely avoided doing so. McCain, desperate man that he is, probably felt he had nothing to lose. But he is wrong. Independents and undecided voters are turned off by these negative attacks. They want to know WHAT McCain will do for them. They want to know HOW McCain is going to fix the broken economy. So Mr. McCain, I think you lose votes everytime you go negative.

My brother, a McCain supporter, also brought up a good point. Obama looks GOOD on TV. McCain does not.

Looking good on TV does help win elections. It can't be denied. It helped Kennedy and it helped Reagan (Reagan being a master at looking cool on TV).

McCain...well he just looks old and frail and puffy and out of touch.

These days, every little advantage counts. So if looking good on TV helps Obama, them good for him. But don't vote for him because he looks so cool, vote for him because you believe he is the best man to get us out of the giant hole that Dubya dug us into the last 8 years.

NO MCCAIN NO PALIN

VOTE OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!


Excerpted from CNN.Com:

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HEMPSTEAD, New York (CNN) -- A majority of debate watchers think Sen. Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate, according to a national poll conducted right afterward.
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain debate face to face Wednesday night.

Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain debate face to face Wednesday night.

Fifty-eight percent of debate watchers questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll said Democratic candidate Obama did the best job in the debate, with 31 percent saying Republican Sen. John McCain performed best.

The poll also suggests that debate watchers' favorable opinion of Obama rose slightly during the debate, from 63 percent at the start to 66 percent at the end. The poll indicates that McCain's favorables dropped slightly, from 51 percent to 49 percent.

The economy was the dominant issue of the debate, and 59 percent of debate watchers polled said Obama would do a better job handling the economy, 24 points ahead of McCain.

During the debate, McCain attacked Obama's stance on taxes, accusing Obama of seeking tax increases that would "spread the wealth around." But by 15 points, 56 percent to 41 percent, debate watchers polled said Obama would do a better job on taxes. By a 2-1 margin, 62 percent to 31 percent, debate watchers said Obama would do a better job on health care.

Sixty-six percent of debate watchers said Obama more clearly expressed his views, with 25 percent saying McCain was more clear about his views.

By 23 points, those polled said Obama was the stronger leader during the debate. By 48 points, they said Obama was more likeable. Watch entire debate: Video Part 1 » | Video Part 2 » | Video Part 3 »

McCain won in two categories. Eighty percent of debate watchers polled said McCain spent more time attacking his opponent, with seven percent saying Obama was more on the attack. Fifty-four percent said McCain seemed more like a typical politician during the debate, with 35 percent saying Obama acted more like a typical politician.

"Independents tend to prefer debates that are dominated by substance and light on discussion of personal characteristics," said Keating Holland, CNN polling director. "The perception that McCain attacked Obama gave red meat to GOP partisans, but it probably didn't help McCain with independents."

"There was a notable gender gap as well," Holland said. "Women thought Obama won the debate by a 62 percent to 28 percent margin. Among men, Obama's lead was narrower, 54 percent to 35 percent in Obama's favor."

During the debate, McCain demanded to know the full extent of Obama's relationship with William Ayers, a 1960s radical. But the poll suggests that line of attack may not resonate with Americans. Fifty-one percent of debate watchers said Obama's connection to Ayers didn't matter at all to them, with 23 percent saying it mattered a great deal.

The audience for the debate poll appeared to be a bit more Democratic -- and a bit more Republican -- than the U.S. population as a whole. Forty percent of debate watchers in the survey were Democrats and 30 percent Republicans.

CNN's estimate of the number of Democrats in the voting age population as a whole indicates the sample is about 3 to 4 points more Democratic than the population as a whole, but also about 2 to 3 points more Republican than the population as a whole.

Eighty-eight percent of Democrats questioned in the poll said Obama did the best job, with 68 percent of Republicans saying McCain performed best. Among independents, 57 percent said Obama did the best job, with 31 percent backing McCain as the winner of the debate.

The candidates first debated in Oxford, Mississippi, on September 26. Fifty-one percent of debate watchers polled by CNN and the Opinion Research Corp. said Obama won that debate, with 38 percent saying McCain performed best. The second presidential debate was held in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 7 and 54 percent of debate watchers polled said Obama won, compared with 30 percent who said McCain did the best job.

The running mates, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Republican Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska faced off in Saint Louis, Missouri, in the single vice presidential debate October 2. Fifty-one percent of debate watchers polled said Biden won, and 36 percent said Palin won.
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The post-debate polls do not reflect the views of all Americans. They only represent the views of people who watched the debates.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted by telephone Wednesday night, with 620 adult Americans who watched the debate questioned. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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