ok- here’s the deal

by betmo @ 9:25 PM EDT
hillary clinton did not win the nomination.
get the fuck over it.
for those of us that did not make obama our first choice, there is certainly disappointment that our candidate did not win. the primaries have been over for weeks. let’s move on shall we? this is a majority rule country- [...]

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Biden: Americans Sit At Their Kitchen Tables Worrying About Bills… McCain Has To “Figure Out Which Of The 7 Kitchen Tables To Sit At”

By- Suzie-Q @ 2:00 PM MST

Biden: McCain has to ‘figure out which of the 7 kitchen tables to sit at.’
Think Progress- By Faiz at 4:07 pm
In a speech accepting his role as Barack Obama’s running mate this afternoon in Springfield, IL, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) argued the American Dream has slipped away under eight years [...]

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Evening Jukebox… The Rising

By- Suzie-Q @ 1:55 PM MST

Bruce Springsteen- The Rising (Grammy Awards)

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LIVE: Senators Obama and Biden in Springfield, Illinois

By- Suzie-Q @ 12:00 PM MST

LIVE: Senators Obama and Biden in Springfield, Illinois
by Amanda Scott Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Currently, Barack and his newly announced running mate Joe Biden are in Springfield, Illinois holding a campaign event.
Last February, Barack stood on the same stage that he will stand on today to announce his [...]

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Afternoon Jukebox… Beautiful Day

By- Suzie-Q @ 11:55 AM MST

U2 – Beautiful Day

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Another US Bank Collapses!

GEF @ 2:48 PM ET

Columbian Bank and Trust of Kansas Closed by U.S. Regulators
By Alison Vekshin and Ari Levy
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) — Columbian Bank and Trust Co. of Topeka, Kansas, was closed by U.S. regulators, the nation’s ninth bank to collapse this year amid bad real-estate loans and writedowns stemming from a drop in [...]

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Republican Senators Praise Joe Biden

By- Suzie-Q @ 11:45 AM MST

Republican Senators Praise Senator Biden
By Amanda Scott – Aug 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm EDT

This morning, Republican Senators are praising Barack’s choice in picking Senator Biden as the Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party. Here are what some of them are saying…
Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel: U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel [...]

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The killing fields of Afghanistan: American airstrikes kill 76 Afghan civilians

Sudhan @19:08 CET
Sharafuddin Sharafyar, Reuters in Herat | The Guardian, Saturday August 23 2008
US-led coalition forces killed 76 Afghan civilians in western Afghanistan yesterday, most of them children, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
The coalition denied killing civilians. Civilian deaths in military operations have become an emotive issue among Afghans, many of whom feel international forces [...]

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Jerome Corsi: How a Racist, Conspiratorial Crank Became a Top GOP Anti-Obama Point Man

Sudhan @19:00 CET
By Max Blumenthal, The Nation. Posted August 23, 2008.

Corsi’s success represents the apotheosis of a long, strange trip from the furthest shores of the right into the national spotlight.

These are good times for Jerome Corsi. Already notorious for his factually challenged book-length takedown of 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John [...]

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Biden Is Obama’s Vice Presidential Running Mate

By- Suzie-Q @ 9:15 AM MST

Joe Biden Is Barack Obama’s Vice Presidential Running Mate

BETH FOUHY and LIZ SIDOTI | August 23, 2008 11:39 AM EST |
WASHINGTON — Democrats coalesced around Barack Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as his running mate on Saturday while Republicans quickly seized on the Delaware senator’s past criticism of [...]

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Suzie leaves the GOP!

anthony @ 13:24 BST
That’s Susan Eisenhower, not Suzie-Q!

Reflections on Leaving the Party
Susan Eisenhower | nationalinterest.org | August 21, 2008
I have decided I can no longer be a registered Republican. For the first time in my life I announced my support for a Democratic candidate for the presidency, in February of this [...]

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The Mystery Candidate

anthony @ 12:36
Related Story: McCain’s neocon warmonger
 
Related Story: McCain’s neocon warmonger
Eugene Robinson | TruthDig | August 21, 2008
There’s a candidate in this presidential race who remains a mystery—hazy, undefined, so full of contradictions that voters may see electing him as an enormous risk. I’m referring to the cipher known as John McCain.
In fact, there are some basic [...]

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Obama: I have some important news… !

anthony @ 10:30 BST

Friend –
I have some important news that I want to make official.
I’ve chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate.
Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this
afternoon in Springfield, Illinois — the same place this campaign
began more than 19 months ago.
I’m excited about [...]

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