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Wow, that has to be the easiest choice ever.  

The beautiful princess for the win!!!!

I know it is the weekend and things are usually slow here, but I am shocked to see no mention of the breaking news from Alaska on Friday.    Actually, I'm not that surprised.   The silence confirms what I already knew.    Whenever anything happens in the state of Illinois, the first thing on everyone's mind is, "How does this relate to Obama?", "How is he involved?" and "How can we make Obama involved?".    There was plenty of discussions on the governor who said "EDIT Obama" and how "Obama's involved with that insane governor.  

But now, the MOTHER of Sarah Palin's daughter's baby daddy, yes Sarah's daughter's mother in law, is arrested for drug manufacturing, possession and trafficking.   And in the town that is the crystal meth capital of Alaska.   And a small town.   These people are closer than Obama and Blagojevich ever were.  

This is a big deal.  This woman is involved in making and selling the toxic garbage that ruins lives and is a danger to heath, even to people who are just around where it is made.   

Now, knowing this, it is no surprise that any incidents like this ever happened.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7782422.stm

Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip

President Bush ducks as the shoes are thrown

A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference.

An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush "a dog" and threw his footwear, just missing the president.

The soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.

During the trip, Mr Bush and Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki signed the new security agreement between their countries.

The pact calls for US troops to leave Iraq in 2011 - eight years after the 2003 invasion that has in part defined the Bush presidency.

Speaking just over five weeks before he hands over power to Barack Obama, Mr Bush also said the war in Iraq was not over and more work remained to be done.

His previously unannounced visit came a day after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told US troops the Iraq mission was in its "endgame".

'Size 10'

In the middle of the news conference with Mr Maliki, a reporter stood up and shouted "this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog," before hurtling his shoes at Mr Bush, narrowly missing him.

"All I can report is a size 10," Mr Bush said according to the Associated Press news agency.

The shoe thrower was taken away by security guards and the news conference continued.

Correspondents called it a symbolic incident. Iraqis threw shoes and used them to beat Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad after his overthrow.

'American security'

Mr Bush's first stop upon arriving in Baghdad was the Iraqi presidential palace in the heavily-fortified Green Zone, where he held talks with President Jalal Talabani.

"The work hasn't been easy but it's been necessary for American security, Iraqi hope and world peace," Mr Bush said during his talks with Mr Talabani.

The Iraqi president called Mr Bush "a great friend for the Iraqi people, who helped us liberate our country".

The BBC's Humphrey Hawksley, in Baghdad, says the key issue at present is exactly how American troops will withdraw within the next three years and what sort of Iraq they will leave behind.

George Bush is received by President Jalal Talabani

The US media has just published details of a US government report saying that post invasion reconstruction of Iraq was crippled by bureaucratic turf wars and an ignorance of the basic elements of Iraqi society.

The report is circulating among US officials in draft form, says the New York Times.

It reveals details of a reconstruction effort that cost more than $100bn (£67bn) and only succeeded in restoring what was destroyed in the invasion and the widespread looting that followed it, the newspaper said.

Troop promises

Mr Bush's visit, unannounced in advance and conducted under tight security, follows the approval last month of a security pact between Washington and Baghdad that calls for US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2011.

US troops are first to withdraw from Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, by June next year.

Defence Secretary Gates said on Saturday that "the process of the drawdown" had begun.

US troops near Mosul
The end in sight for US troops in Iraq?

"We are, I believe, in terms of the American commitment, in the endgame here in Iraq," he told US troops at an airbase near Baghdad.

Mr Gates has been picked to stay on as defence secretary by President-elect Barack Obama.

President Bush leaves the White House in less than six weeks. He said in a recent interview with ABC News that the biggest regret of his presidency was the false intelligence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

Finding these was one of the key justifications for the invasion. None were ever found.

Mr Obama has promised to bring home US combat troops from Iraq in a little over a year from when he takes office in January.

More than 4,200 US troops and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and security personnel have been killed since the invasion in 2003.

There are currently about 149,000 US soldiers in Iraq, down from last year's peak of 170,000 after extra troops were poured in to deal with a worsening security situation.

As Mr Bush arrived in Baghdad, Gen David Petraeus, the head of the US Central Command, which includes Iraq, said attacks in the country had dropped from 180 a day in June 2007 to 10 a day now.

In a sign of modest security gains in Iraq, Mr Bush was welcomed with a formal arrival ceremony - a flourish that was not part of his previous three visits.

He arrived in the country on Air Force One, which landed at Baghdad International Airport in the afternoon, after a secretive Saturday night departure from Washington on an 11-hour flight.

HAHA!!!   What an appropriate tribute to give the man who is responsible for so much suffering, as he goes on a Cher-style "farewell tour".    And what is Bushie doing on a farewell tour?   Isn't that something you do when people like you?   Only person that still likes Bush, he should be spending some time with his little boytoy Tony Blair.   Bye bye Bushie!!   Don't let the door(and the shoes!) hit you in the tushie on the way out!!!

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has some Republican-to-Republican advice for Gov. Sarah Palin: If you want to make a run at the White House, keep your hands off my Senate seat.

Murkowski, up for reelection in 2010, is nervously awaiting word on whether John McCain’s former running mate will run against her in the GOP primary. But she says Palin is the one who should be nervous.

"I can guarantee it would be a very tough election," Murkowski said in an interview.

Palin is also up for reelection in 2010. She could run for a second term as governor, but the Senate holds some obvious attractions: a national platform, and with it the chance to beef up a thin résumé and rebuild damaged credibility on foreign policy and other issues.

But Murkowski says a run against her would be fraught with risk. If Palin lost, her stock would drop just ahead of a potential 2012 presidential run. And if she won, she’d be a backbencher in a chamber that is dominated by seniority  and would have to begin her presidential campaign as soon as she took office.

'If she wants to be president, I don’t think the way to the presidency is a short stop in the United States Senate,” Murkowski said.

Asked Monday to respond to Murkowski’s comments, Palin’s communications coordinator, Kate Morgan, said only, “The governor has never stated her intention or desire to run for that office.”

As Murkowski’s tense talk suggests, the politics between the two women is personal. Palin won the governor’s race in 2006 by defeating Frank Murkowski, the senator’s father. On the presidential campaign trail this year, Palin crowed about upending the “old boys network” in Alaska.

When asked this summer about Palin’s suggestion that her father was one of those “old boys,” Murkowski bristled and cut an interview short.

Democratic pollster Ivan Moore and other Alaska analysts say Murkowski is poised to skate to a second full term unless she loses in the Republican primary. The most credible Democratic challenger, Ethan Berkowitz, will likely mount a rematch against Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) for the state’s lone House seat in 2010, Moore and other analysts said.

But everything changes if Palin gets in.

Even though Palin’s popularity dipped after she took on a partisan role as the GOP’s vice presidential candidate and stumbled in televised interviews, she maintains high approval ratings back home, including about 80 percent support among Republican voters. Murkowski enjoys similarly high numbers.

A head-to-head fight between the two Republicans “would be a titanic struggle,” Moore said.

David Dittman, a Republican pollster in Alaska, said some right-wing talk show hosts have given Murkowski the nickname “Liberal Lisa,” a label that could stick in a Republican primary fight.

But like Murkowski, Dittman said Palin would be better served by staying in Juneau, where she still would have a huge profile and could maintain political star power in GOP circles — a celebrity status she showed off in Georgia this week as she campaigned for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss.

With Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, having just lost his seat, Dittman said GOP primary voters in Alaska would be wary of losing more Senate seniority by replacing Murkowski with Palin.

“My feeling is that Alaskans wouldn’t respond to that very well, especially Republicans, if she takes on Lisa and she starts seniority all over again,” Dittman said. “I think it would be tough for Sarah to do that and justify it.”

That argument is not lost on Murkowski, who points to her rising seniority in the Senate and her ascension to the top Republican spot on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, replacing retiring Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.).

“One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority,” said Murkowski, who was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, who had just won the governor’s race. “If she were to kind of move me over, if you will, to run for national office again at the expense at this seniority that’s been built, I don’t know if Alaskans would look too favorably on that.

“I think they view the job that we have here in the Senate as a very, very critical one in a state like Alaska, where we always are battling the feds,” Murkowski said. “You need to have this position being filled full time. And I think that’s what Alaskans will be looking to.”

Murkowski said she had not spoken with Palin about whether she will run and said the talk of her running may be “more media-generated than what actually might be the thought process in Juneau right now.”

But Moore, the Democratic pollster, said Palin will do whatever she believes will position herself best.

“Sarah is interested in what is best for Sarah, and she is not necessarily going to get sidetracked by party loyalties,” Moore said.

'If she wants to be president, I don’t think the way to the presidency is a short stop in the United States Senate,” Murkowski said.

You hear that, Republicans?   The very same thing you accused President Obama of doing.   Now your so-called "Golden Girl" wants to pull the same stunt.   Except, Palin would be a TWO YEAR Senator of the middle of nowhere.    Maybe she can try to brag about her "experience" as a "small town mayor" and "one term governor"(of the middle of nowhere).    

So, Senator Lisa Murkowski, I salute you.   And I would vote for you in 2010 if I lived in Alaska.   Of course that would be before I cover my body with honey and go lay down in the woods and wait for the bears!!!

November 21, 2008, 2:35 pm — Updated: 3:19 pm --> Clinton Is Said to Opt for Secretary of State Position By Peter Baker

Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday.

Mrs. Clinton came to her decision after additional discussion with President-elect Barack Obama about the nature of her role and his plans for foreign policy, said one of the confidants, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the situation. Mr. Obama’s office told reporters Thursday that the nomination is “on track” but Clinton associates only confirmed Friday afternoon that she has decided.

“She’s ready,” said the confidant. Mrs. Clinton was reassured after talking again with Mr. Obama because their first meeting in Chicago last week “was so general,” the confidant said. The purpose of the follow-up talk, he added, was not to extract particular concessions but “just getting comfortable” with the idea of working together.

A second Clinton associate confirmed that her camp believes they have a done deal. Senior Obama advisers said Friday morning that the offer had not been formally accepted and no announcement will be made until after Thanksgiving. But they said they were convinced that the nascent alliance was now ready to be sealed.

The apparent accord between perhaps the two leading figures in the Democratic Party climaxed a week-long drama that riveted the nation’s capital. Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton fought the most competitive Democratic nomination battle in modern times, one that polarized their party for months and left bitterness in both camps. But in asking Mrs. Clinton to join his Cabinet, Mr. Obama signaled that he wants to turn a rival into a partner and she concluded that she could have the most influence by saying yes.

The decision followed days of intense vetting and negotiations intended to clear any potential obstacles to her taking the job due to her husband’s global business and philanthropic activities. Lawyers for Mr. Obama and former President Bill Clinton combed through his finances and crafted a set of guidelines for his future activities intended to avoid any appearances of conflict of interest should she take the job.

People close to the vetting said Mr. Clinton turned over the names of 208,000 donors to his foundation and library and agreed to all of the conditions requested by Mr. Obama’s transition team, including restrictions on his future paid speeches and role at his international foundation.

As secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton will have had a powerful platform to travel the world and help repair relations with other countries strained after eight years of President Bush’s policies. But at the same time, she will now have to subordinate her own agenda and ambitions to Mr. Obama’s and sacrifice the independence that comes with a Senate seat and the 18 million votes she collected during their arduous primary battle.

Finally a man I am proud to declare "My President".    I haven't felt that way since Clinton left office eight long years ago.

Our new First Family.    And what a beautiful family they are.

And our new First Lady, Michelle Obama.    A beautiful, attractive, strong woman.   You're not gonna find that in Cindy or Sarah.

O-H-I-O = O-B-A-M-A!!    Finally, Ohio is a Blue State again!!  

The new President and Vice President!!!

It truly is the dawn of a new day in America.   A great day!!!

John McCain may proudly announce the fact he has the support of "Joe the Plumber".     LA-DEEE-FRICKEN-DAH!!!!     Barack Obama has some way better on his team, Bob the Builder.

Bob the Builder, the kids show character, now he gets it.     Bob's question always is, "Can we fix it?"     That question has to be the most important one this election.     Never before has this country been in such an awful place and in need of so much renovation.     Luckily for us, Bob's answer is always "Yes We Can"!!!    Just like Obama.     Bob and Obama have one thing in common, they both love to fix things.     With a man like Barack in the Oval Office, I am 100% confident that we can and will fix things.     Restore our nation to the way it was before this disaster known as the Bush administration and Republican control.     We will choose HOPE over FEAR, CHANGE will triumph over the STATUS QUO.     In the words of Harriet Tubman and Hillary Clinton at the DNC:

If you hear the dogs, keep going.

If you see the torches in the woods, keep going.

If they're shouting after you, keep going.

Don't ever stop. Keep going.

If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.

And we will keep going.    We're now about one day away from election day.    That changing day.

Tonight, I am joining my fellow Liberal Democrat Keith Olbermann and denouncing the actions of this moron.     Warning, the following photos are graphic and depict violence and brutality against a presidential candidate.    The degenerate who created this claims it is "art" in the Halloween spirit.    BULL!!     This is NOT art, this is NOT funny.    This is disgusting and violent.     The person hanging here could be anyone.    That could easily be Obama or Biden or any other candidate.    Doesn't matter who it is, it is uncalled for and inappropriate.    And it should be removed immediately.

Now you know I'm a proud Liberal Democrat and I strongly dislike McCain and Palin.    But I in no way approve of or stand for actions like this.     This jackass is NOT a member of MY Democratic party.      With all the threats of violence against the Democratic candidate, it shows really poor judgement to do something like this.

VIDEO: Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person"---10/27/2007

Here is the dumb#$@ that made this ridiculous display.

And here is the scumbag with the deserved title of WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD.

Barbara West and the Biden Interview DEBUNKED

            By polarbear_88

Barbara West, the reporter who asked Senator Biden the infamous “Marxist” question, to which Biden replied “is this a real question?”  has questionable ties.    According to her official WFTV biography, Ms. West is married to Wade West, a “media consultant”.   Wade West is a GOP Media Consultant.    What a coincidence that the TV “journalist” who asked this loaded, biased question happens to have a GOP official husband.    It’s also interesting to note(again according to her bio) that Barbara West is a Health reporter at WFTV.    Now why is a Health reporter interviewing a political candidate?    Do they not have a political reporter?     The whole issue smells foul and Mr. Biden was absolutely correct to call out this “journalist” on her actions and not subject his wife to this biased, excuse of a news source.     Anybody with the slightest clue about journalism would know that question was bogus.    Did she NOT listen to what Mr. Biden said before she asked that question?    Apparently she must have pulled that “Marxist” nonsense out of her rear.    And to answer your question Sneator Biden, that question was a joke.    A very sad, unfunny joke.

VIDEO: Barbara West Interview

Barbara's Biography:

A screenshot of the actual website.   Notice the text in the red box.

LINK:  Barbara West: WFTV

For the past 16 years, I have served as health reporter and anchor for WFTV's news at noon and 5:30.

 I have covered stories of people, politics and medical breakthroughs. My work has taken me across the country and around the world. From Washington, D.C. I covered the inauguration of President Bush and the impeachment of President Clinton.

 When Hillary Clinton attempted to reform our health care system, I traveled to Canada to examine the Canadian national health care system as a possible model for the U.S.

 From the heart of Ukraine, I was the only Western reporter to broadcast from inside the nuclear reactor building at Chernobyl on the 10th anniversary of the nuclear disaster there. I also uncovered the long term toll in increased incidence of cancer that the disaster had on the surrounding population.

 Before relocating to Florida, I worked as the principal assistant to Peter Jennings during his years as the anchor for ABC's World News Tonite in London. I helped Peter cover such stories as the Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana and the hostage crisis in Iran where 52 Americans were imprisoned by their captors for more than 400 days.

 I was given the 2002 Summit Award for community service by the Central Florida Women's Resource Center and was voted Best Health Reporter in an Orlando Sentinel newspaper poll. I also received an Emmy award for my reporting on women fighting breast cancer.

 My work with Channel 9 and the Central Florida Fire Chiefs Association helped raise nearly 2.5 million dollars for the September 11th Fund which went directly to the families of the firefighters, police and Port Authority officers who lost their lives in the disaster. The City of New York Fire Chief noted it was the largest single contribution from any city or region in the country, including New York and L.A.

I have been active in helping the Central Florida Blood Bank raise blood donations. The twice-a-year blood drives here at the Channel 9 studios have helped raise an estimated 50 thousand units of blood.

Prior to working in television news, I was an assistant professor at the University of Vermont and represented Vermont in the Miss America Pageant. I hold a Master's Degree from the University of Vermont.

 I am married to Wade West, an international media consultant to politicians, professionals and organizations. Together we often serve as auctioneers at various fundraising events throughout the state. Also Note: Wade West is also a Republican donor. West donated $250 to the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. He gave $500 to Will McBride a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida. As well as $500 to John Mica and $1,000 to Richard Keller both GOP congressional candidates in Florida.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two men have appeared in a US court accused of making threats to kill Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal agents say.

They were also charged with possessing an unregistered firearm and conspiracy to steal from a licensed gun dealer.

The pair were named as Daniel Cowart, 20, and Paul Schlesselman, 18.

Court papers allege that the neo-Nazi skinheads planned to assassinate Mr Obama in a murder spree targeting more than 100 black people.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said the men had made their first appearance before a court in Jackson, Tennessee, on Monday after being arrested last week in Crockett County in the same state.

An ATF official said agents had seized a rifle, a sawn-off shotgun and three pistols during the arrests.

The two men have not yet entered a plea but are due to appear in court again later this week.

'Amateurish'

The pair allegedly planned to rob a gun store and then carry out a killing spree at an unnamed predominantly African-American high school, the Associated Press quoted court records as saying.

Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office of the ATF, told AP that the two men had planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.

Mr Cavanaugh said the men had sought to go on a national killing spree, with Mr Obama as its final target.

"They said that would be their last, final act - that they would attempt to kill Senator Obama," Mr Cavanaugh told AP.

"They didn't believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying."

The court documents quoted the two men as saying that they would dress up in white tuxedos and top hats then drive their car as fast as possible toward Senator Obama, shooting at him from the windows.

The BBC's Adam Brookes in Washington says that although the plot seems to have been amateurish and the threat to Barack Obama himself not particularly credible, the US authorities clearly believe that the two had the means and the intent to carry out some kind of attack on black students.

The Obama campaign had no initial comment on the report.

Mr Obama, who if elected will become the first black US president, is leading Republican rival John McCain in opinion polls ahead of the 4 November election.

Now do you see how ridiculous this is?    Obama's tax plan is BETTER than McCain's continuation of "trickle down" economics.

SPETEMBER: 10-points          OCTOBER: 4-points

Looks like even McCain's own state doesn't want to take the risk on a McCain-Palin presidency.    Look at the numbers.   What has changed in the McCain camp between September and October?    SARAH PALIN!!!    The people of Arizona know McCain is old and may not complete his term.    Even they don't want an America run by that woman!!

Could McCain lose his home state?

By MIKE ALLEN | 10/25/08 10:49 PM EDT    
The Dems' Project New West has its sights set on Arizona and they say McCain's lead is down to a slim 4 points. Photo: AP

Democrats are circulating a poll showing Sen. John McCain losing ground in his home state of Arizona, an ominous sign for his beleaguered campaign as state after state turns blue.

Project New West, which aims to build the Democratic Party in the Intermountain West, says the Republican leads Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the Grand Canyon State, 48 percent to 44 percent.

The pollsters call that a “dramatic shift” from a survey they took in mid-September, which had McCain ahead by 14 points, 54 percent to 40 percent.

“Bad News for McCain: Presidential Contest in Arizona has Closed in Arizona And McCain Now Leads By Just 4 Points,” says a memo from pollsters Andrew Myers of Myers Research and Strategic Services and Lisa Grove of Grove Research.

The poll of 600 likely Arizona voters was taken Thursday and Friday, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

McCain has represented Arizona in the House or Senate since 1982.

In 2000, President Bush won Arizona by 6 percentage points. In 2004, he widened that to 11 percentage points.

Most polling has showed McCain winning his home state easily. The Real Clear Politics average of Arizona polls gives McCain an 11.3-point advantage over Obama.

The McCain campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

Here is ratrapper:

And mystere:

Both like to call others "puppets" for Obama.   Maybe it is because THEY are puppets themselves.

Have you met Serious Cat?

What the HELL, Johnnie?