Once you get past the soaring oratory, to experience a speech by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is to be hit with an astoundingly lengthy list of promises.
"I don't know how any reasonable person" could think he'd really be able to accomplish everything he's pledging to do, said the mother-in-law of a colleague, a Missouri woman who intends to vote for Obama.
He put together a list from Obama's speech in Sarasota, Fla yesterday. It's quite lengthy. I thought this one was a stretch given the fact that Barney Frank has stated that the Democrats intend to cut the defense budget by 25%:
"invest in 21st century technologies so that our men and women have the best training and equipment when they deploy into combat and the care and benefits they have earned when they come home";
not increase taxes on anyone if they "make under $250,000; you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime -- not your income taxes, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains tax";
"It was the most touching moment of my life! I never thought this day would ever happen! I won't have to work to put gas in my car! I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage!
Come January, that woman is in for a cruel shock! She's going to be paying for her own gas and mortgage because Obama isn't going to pay for it. It will be a good lesson for her kids. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
To celebrate, I thought we could sing what's become the hymn of the Reformation: "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." Here are the words in case you don't know it. Here's a video of Steven Green singing it a capella:...
I wonder how many Democrats are secretly making the switch because they understand just how out of control this election has become, ordinary citizens are mocked and annihilated by the press and the Democrats (I know, that's redundant) for just...
Erica Jong speaking to an Italian paper demonstrates that the left has lost it and might want to read a book or go for a walk and keep away from the news until after the election. Evidently, they can't handle...
Obama must think he's supporters are stupid! There's a big difference between giving your toys or sandwich away which many of us do through acts of charity and the government ripping your sandwich or toy out of your hand and...
Socialism runs in the Obama family, here's a forgotten quote from Michelle Obama on giving up our piece of the pie so that others can have more: Most Americans, she said, don't want much. "They don't want the whole pie,"...
Both campaigns are stressing that possibility. Here's the Obama campaign: In a phone interview with FOX News, Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager, Steve Hildebrand said: "John McCain is right. Things are tightening in the battleground states." FOX News obtained a...
The Tax Foundation sponsored a contest to raise awareness of the high tax rates for businesses in the USA. All of the top three winners were pretty good though I thought the first place winner was excellent. The first place...
According to Geraghty it's looking like the Republicans will be picking up some seats, something they didn't do in 2006: But there is already one indicator that we are not headed to an exact re-run of the last cycle. The...
How about Murtha? He needs to learn that when you're in a hole, stop digging! How does it help his cause to use the Lord's name in vain? Isn't this the area where they cling to their religion bitterly? Don't...
Obama lowered it to $200,000 in his campaign ad: Then Biden lowered it to $150,000 in this interview: I wonder if he'll lower it to Clinton's definition of wealth: Back in 1992, Bill Clinton also campaigned for a "surcharge" on...
Do any of McCain's ads actually make it on the air? This one is pretty good, short, pointed and focuses on the fact that Obama plans to spend trillions of dollars, raise taxes and stick it to small businesses (yes...
"Thy change will come, thy will be done," at least he didn't say "on earth as it is in heaven." That's pretty much the extent of the blasphemy, the rest is just naming states and ethnic groups. It's reggae...
So, it's cool to be an Obama supporter until you realize what it's going to cost you in the long run, Obamanomics for dummies (Oh look, it's a cartoon): (via)...
They're a bi-monthly paper so they decided to throw objectivity out the window and anoint Obama the winner before all the ballots have been cast and counted. They're as presumptuous as Obama: "Obama Wins!" is the headline of the edition...
Tim Killer has written a new book about the gospel using the Parable of the Prodigal Son but as you can see from the title, he's turned things around, why? The word 'prodigal' is an English word that means recklessly...
Because she stated an opinion counter to their opinion. Typical. Sarah Palin is not considered to be a friend of the gay community, but the Republican vice presidential candidate seems to be looming over the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival. First,...
Palin reacting to Obama writing his inauguration speech (as reported in the NY Times). Notice the reaction of the crowds when the media are mentioned (hmmm, I wonder why :-): (via)...
And according to Obama that's a bad thing, the Civil Rights movement didn't push the courts far enough. This quote is from a 2001 interview with a Chicago public radio station: This is the guy who will be packing our...
Robert Schuller had given his son his ministry but now he has taken it back and no one seems to know why. Did the son stray from his father's teaching in a good way (preaching the gospel?) or in a...
During a campaign rally, Palin responsed to the blathering heads on TV, in print and on the Internet who have been whining on and on about the cost of her wardrobe as if politicians haven't been using campaign funds for...
From and email he sent to church members: "For 5,000 years, every culture and every religion - not just Christianity - has defined marriage as a contract between men and women," Warren wrote. "There is no reason to change the...
Pretty shocking that SNL would hit the Democrats this hard. Jack Murtha blathers on about how ignorant Western PA is and Biden is turned into a prophet who gives shout outs to local politicians in the crowd and predicts that...
They'll be debating at Westminster Thursday at 6:30 and the debate is open to the public, better get there early, there are only 400 seats available:Christopher Hitchens, renowned atheist and author of God Is Not Great, and Doug Wilson, author...
Don't watch if you have motion sickness because you might get a little nauseous like I did. Maybe that's the effect they were looking for, the thought of an Obama presidency makes us nauseous but I think the ads a...
What does he know that we don't know? If the race is over, why bother? Yeah, I know, "just in case." BTW, I think it's creepy that Biden knows what the conversations are at the kitchen tables in Delaware. Funny...
Another blast from the past to put today's news in historic context. The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll "shows 48% of Iowans likely to vote in Tuesday's election, or who have already voted by absentee ballot," support Sen. John Kerry...
You knew it was going to happen, right? The campaign ad wrote itself after Biden slipped and was honest with his donors. It has to give us pause to think about electing a guy who will be tested by our...
So, is this what Democrats mean when they run on family values? Mahoney confirmed that he had hired one of his mistresses for his Congressional staff and that he was also carrying on an affair with a Florida county official...
I'm not surprised by this at all, are you? After years of reading the words of Democrats, their bitter hatred of Bush and conservatives, it's not hard to see who is happy and whose life is a little too wrapped...
Not to mention, deranged. *sigh* When I saw the backward "B" I assumed that she wouldn't have been stupid enough to do it to herself. I know, I give people way too much credit. Of course now we won't believe...
The Catholic bishops have come out quite strongly against abortion pushing back against the Democrats who want to minimize this issue and make it a matter of personal choice. They are quite clear that the teaching of the church is...
I defy the Obamanite commenters to spin this (though I know you will): Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard tells Channel 4 Action News that the victim was robbed at knifepoint on Wednesday night outside of a Citizens Bank near Liberty...
So, which one do we believe? AP has it dead even, so does the Battleground Poll but Reuters has Obama up 12 and Gallup has him up 5 among likely voters. The only poll to get it right in 2004...
Oh.My.Heck! Some of the commenters on this blog have it bad, real bad. You guys have lost it and gone over the deep end. Political discourse has hit a new low on this blog (I can't say on the Internet...
McCain's new ad features average Americans not interested in spreading their wealth around: I hope it makes it to the airwaves to counter the hundreds of Obama ads and I live in an uncontested area! I can only imagine what...
Oh? Is that what we're calling gaffes now? "Joe sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes. But I think that his core point was that the next administration is going to be tested regardless of who it is," Obama told reporters after...
That I wasn't clearer on the dead bear cub post, it was very poorly worded and I don't blame you if you thought I was being unfair to Obama or his supporters. I've updated to reflect what I was trying...
Oh.My.Heck! What church did this guy go to? I've never met a pastor who hasn't been corrected by a member of his church. Maybe there out there but in the four churches I've belonged to the pastor has to listen...
Sounds like a radio stunt to me and if the left have their way, standard operating procedure (the resurrection of the fairness doctrine -- the Rush killer):Talk radio isn't exactly known for its lack of bias, but during yesterday's Kevin...
Yeah, this should convince that McCain supporter to vote for Obama:At some point during the wee hours of the morning, supporters of opponent Barack Obama attacked a private home in Prince George's County, Md., defacing the house, an RV, a...
That she would have been "clobbered" if she had said what BIden did. Isn't it great that members of the press are so quick to acknowledge that they're giving the Obama campaign a pass? Embedded video from CNN Video Even...
I wonder if the press will ever realize that they've created a monster? Here they've been covering his butt the whole election cycle, they got him through the primaries and the general by ignoring his past scandals (Rezco, drug use,...
We'll be attacked if Obama is president: (via) If everyone is this certain that we'll be attacked if we elect him, then why would we? It doesn't make sense. This would make a good campaign ad, McCain should jump on...
So, here's a little idol worshiping for my lefty readers: The song playing in the background is a spiritual which was originally song to Jesus (you can find the rest of the words here):Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary,...
And now for something completely different: A dead bear cub draped in Barack Obama posters has been found at the entrance to a university in North Carolina, police said today. Police and wildlife officials are investigating the incident at the...
Yeah, nice bummer sticker! Nice contrast to the Christian fish. Grace vs graceless. I'm glad the left has let out it's inner misogynist this election cycle, helps us to see that they really don't give a crap about women at...
The day after Obama's foreign policy and commander in chief creeds are supposedly (at least the MSM think so) strengthened by the Powell endorsement, here comes Biden stomping all over it with this warning. Why elect a guy knowing we'll...
Oh.My.Heck! Talk about idol worshiping! I guess no one can accuse the Democrats of being godless, eh? Try praying to him and see where it gets you. Do you think people like this who have gone over the deep end...
I know there many on the left and on the right who think Palin has become a huge drag on the ticket but those of us who understand the excitement she's generated among Republicans know that she's given McCain a...
Didn't realize that about yourself, did you? I bet you undecideds thought you were undecided because you didn't know which candidate you could trust to run the country. I bet you thought that Obama was a little too inexperienced and...
So, when my husband told me about it and reading Allahpundit's take, I was a little worried that it would be pretty bad but I think it's as over the top as I thought it was (it was about the...
Joe the Plumber hitting back at the media circus that has descended on him since he asked a simple question of Obama. "The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes, they're worried about any number of silly things that...
Impressive. And it was just as impressive when Kerry drew that many people to see him at the end of October in Wisconsin and when Mondale and Ferraro were able to draw that many in the Garment District of NY...
A blast from the past, around this time four years ago: Polls suggest a dead heat. Even Republican organizers concede the Democratic senator has benefited from his performance in the three presidential debates. And a Washington Post poll shows Kerry...
Oh how true that statement is on so many levels but he could be referring to letting his inner Marxist out when he answered Joe the Plumber's (he doesn't need a license to be called a plumber, he works for...
Why? Because the parents of those who already had coverage dropped it so that they could get a freebie:Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched. Gov. Linda...
I expect this is happening at a number of schools this year. My 7th grader was called a racist by four of her classmates for supporting McCain. She's nice and didn't call them out on their racism for assuming that...
I think it's pretty clear this election cycle that we have no intention of allowing others to express an opposing view. We want to silence each other if we do not agree. If we could vote to end one of...
How did we get from a bailout to free up credit to owning a piece of nine of the major banks (even those who didn't take on bad debt like Wells Fargo): The chief executives of the nine largest banks...
Evidently, he made the rounds this morning on the news shows and even held a press conference. Good! He's an excellent spokesman for the average American who is sick of this election and the direction this country has been heading....
I wonder how his constituents feel about being called racist by their representative? He's a Democrat, so he'll probably be voted back into office. Besides he brings in the pork, what do they care what he says about them? Just...
Excellent new ad by McCain but I doubt anyone will listen. He hits all the major points: the economy, a dig at the Bush administration, government spending, Biden's comment that paying taxes is patriotic and Obama's spreading the wealth around....
According to Ben Smith, Joe the Plumber isn't in the Ohio voter file. How funny is that! And not very bright of Joe since his economic future is being determined by the homeless. Do you think they'll have the economic...
But he's going to vote for Obama anyway because he doesn't want to vote for another Republican. Amazing! He knows that Obama will be a terrible president, but he's voting for him anyway. I'm in agreement with Geraghty, it's looking...
I guess it isn't very surprising that this year there would be a discrepancy among two of the tried and true polls that usually mirror the outcome of the race. Cindy McCain won the cookie recipe battle against Michelle Obama:...
The quote is from a guy, James T. Harris, who dared to ask McCain a question at a Wisconsin town hall rally. Why would he be getting hate mail? Because he dared to support McCain and not Obama. If you're...
And I couldn't even blog about it! I've been dying to post this video but the system was acting up after Beliefnet's redesign so we couldn't post. But now that everyone has probably seen it, I can post it. I...
Michelle Malkin has the definitive post on this subject because she demonstrates just how insane the left has become. Years worth of pictures ridiculing and advocating violence against George Bush and now Palin (with a gun to her head) and...
Please join me in praying for the Christian converts in Iran, the church should be united in our cry to the Lord to help his people. Pray that the world leaders will stand up against such a violation of the...
Learn all about Obama's association with the group that's being accused of voter fraud in 11 battleground states. Yes, voter fraud is a change that we can believe in, huh? Registering 7 year-old's to vote? Obama did say he wanted...
Rich is as over the top as usual. Man, the guy is such a drama queen, he should go back to theater reviews where his rhetoric would be more appropriate. It's rich (pun intended), coming from lefties who have coined...
This is what we have to look forward to over the next four years if the Democrats win the WH, get a super majority in the Senate and retain their majority in the House: After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic...
I would buy some McCain futures because the price at Intrade is ridiculously low. There is no way McCain should only be at 23. Republicans always close late and I know that price will go up as the polls show...
Evidently the viper may have lost it's venom when he was captured or the mouse went on the offensive and didn't let the snake get a bite in. You can view pictures from the battle at the link. Hmmm...this would...
Isn't very believable. Especially this: We are to believe that the Hillary voters are lining up behind Obama, 88 percent to 7 percent.Though, the PUMAs are lying to pollsters, so that could account for Obama doing so well among women,...
Does anyone really believe that this is fair and impartial finding? I certainly don't and if you do, you haven't been paying attention. If we weren't in the middle of the most hyped, MSM driven presidential race that we've seen...
It's that he's a radical leftist and that's what drove his terrorism and that's why he supported Obama:That was the ideology that drove him to bomb American targets, it is the ideology he has taken to America's classrooms (which are...
So, if you were boycotting McDonald's, you can now eat there again, the guy who was causing you grief has moved to McDonald's of Canada (just so the commenters don't go off on a rant at me, I don't support...
Some good news out of Iraq (isn't Obama blessed that the conversation is on the economy, not how badly he miscalculated the surge and it's effectiveness), the walls that were put up to stop the Iraqis from killing each other...
It will be running on CNN and Fox. Mostly it focuses on Dodd and Reid and doesn't refer to Franks or other members of the House. From their news release: Washington, DC - October 8, 2008 - American Issues Project...
Wow! How creepy is that? Not an endorsement that Obama needs right now, I bet. What do you think he means by messiah? Do you think he's referring to a political or religious figure or both? Is there a messianic...
So much for free speech. The left hate it when you express an opinion that they don't agree with and want to shut you up. Don't agree? Just look at the comments on my posts :-) A pro-abortion Nebraska man...
You will not have to worry about Chinese Muslims who were caught near Tora Bora being let loose in your neighborhood. A three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has blocked the release of...
A socialist democratic party. Ah-ha! To all you people who told me I didn't know what I was talking about when I called Obama a Marxist, here you go....
I've been getting bored with and haven't bothered to read the many articles on why feminists hate Palin. Why bother reading them when the answer is so obvious. They hate her because she doesn't bow to their abortion altar. But...
So, as you are probably aware, NBC pulled the skit from Hulu and their website due to problems with a caption under Herbert and Marion Sandler who rooked Wachovia into paying $26 billion for sub prime mortgages valued at $19...
Whoa! This is CNN, not Fox! How amazing is that? (via) I guess by now you've heard that Obama claims he didn't know Ayers was a terrorist (it's amazing how many times Obama doesn't know what's going on -- he...
Excellent ad and a lot more pointed then some of the other ads he's had to run, he didn't have to dilute it with the liberals in Congress. He probably paid for it himself. I think pointing out that Obama...
So, Dobson finally endorsed as much as he legally could McCain on his radio program: A clear go-ahead signal to millions of evangelicals across the country from Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of FocDr James Dobson founder and chairman...
Whoa! I'd say the gloves are off! And she's right, it's an undisputed fact that Obama's political career got it's start at a fundraiser at Bill Ayers house. BTW, at the end of the clip Palin mentions Tina Fey and...
Is it a macaca moment? No of course! The MSM will studiously ignore it: BTW, it doesn't sound very post-partisan of him, does it? So much for the outreach to pro-lifers Obama is attempting. For you pro-lifers who think you'll...
We interrupt the public stoning of Sarah Palin to bring you this: American Beauty star Bening tells Fox News: "We really want to hear her views ... She's obviously a very accomplished woman. I'm a Democrat, I'm a supporter of...
That seems to be the general consensus of the MSM and a few conservative bloggers. But I find it odd that Biden could win a debate lying throughout. He may be able to spew talking points but they weren't accurate...
It's not enough that he's obviously in the tank for the left and doesn't ask the Democrats any of the tough questions when he interviews them, they want him to even give up the appearance of objectivity: Some are ticked...
Very funny skit! I laughed through the first half but thought the second half dragged :-) I think you get an insight into liberal humor with it. It's funny that they exaggerated Biden's comments for the sake of humor (and...
What in the world has happened to Alec Baldwin??? He's actually making sense in this video clip (content warning -- it's Bill Maher after all). He actually stuck up for Wall Street! But then he lost it when he started...
She said "This is what a feminist looks like." Those of us who thought that feminists would never vote for a pro-life Republican have to eat our words because here is the president of the LA chapter of NOW supporting...
It's about time that the McCain campaign hit Obama on the Ayers connection. He had a working relationship with the guy and it's being ignore because the MSM wants him to win. If the press won't do it's job, I...
And attacks the MSM for their bias. He does an excellent job, he makes a very good case for why Biden can go on hundreds of interviews but Palin cannot (the MSM ignores his gaffes but focus on Palin's --...
*Sigh* This is the response of the left to a strong, capable woman who happens to be attractive, reduce her to an object that can be manipulated. Typical! The Hustler founder has made an X-rated movie using an adult-film actress...
Evidently, it's a new form of branding and advertising the dealer's candidate:One of three types of heroin allegedly sold by five people busted by authorities Wednesday night was called OBAMA with an imprint of the presidential candidate on packets, said...
It's about time the Republicans put out an ad laying the blame for this mess where it belongs. The American public blames them and they need to get out there and demonstrate who's really at fault. (via)...
Palin said that the reason that she didn't answer questions that Couric posed was because she was with Couric because she wasn't asking questions that Palin thought the public wanted the VP candidate to answer. She's right, Couric wasted our...
You've got to love her spirit and her common sense. When I heard that McCain was pulling out of Michigan, I thought it was a missed opportunity to put Palin on the air there and let her connect with the...
I'm sure this will be the typical MSM reaction to the debate: At other times, though, the gulf between Palin and Biden was so wide she didn't seem to belong on the same stage. His easy command of the issues...
And what happens if the rainbow turns out to be a raincloud called McCain? Barack Obama called Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings on Tuesday with a promise: As president, he would revisit bankruptcy laws to give judges more leeway to prevent...
She noted that Palin talked over the heads of the media to the American people. Noonan's right, Palin was speaking to us and did so effectively. (via)...
Palin did it! She was on! Every time Biden spoke, all I heard was blah, blah, blah. And whenever Palin scored a direct hit, he smiled. He was smiling a lot tonight and so was I :-) And I loved...
How stupid can you get? Did they ask if Obama was checked when he debated? I'm getting a little sick of the press thinking that Palin is a complete idiot and needs help with the answers. Nice Brett Hume sound...
Hehehehehe! "What might Biden say tonight? Anything's possible!" This is the funniest McCain ad yet! Plenty of "Joe Biden moments." I guess they're lowering expectations for Biden, too :-) which is not the way the expectation game is usually played....
Lefties, here's a little red meat for ya! Just showing you a little love: a celebrity endorsement and electronic voting fraud all in one shot :-) Yes, we all know how the Republicans plan to steal the election. (via) Speaking...
To prepare us for the debate tonight. And by the left I mean the MSM:it is a mistake to think that the Gov. Sarah Palin who you've seen in recent interviews is the one who will show up for the...
They used part of her nomination speech at the convention: How are you going to be better off if our opponent adds a massive tax burden to the American economy? [...] The Democratic nominee for President supports plans to raise...
The VP debate moderator for Thursday, Gwen Ifill, has written a book that goes on sale on January 20, 2009. The title? "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." Recognize the date? Inauguration day! Tell me she...
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