What’s with Barack wanting to establish relations with Cuba? This guy is too naive to be President.

Rodney Hubbard is polling. I received a call mid week.

Flip. Flop.

McCAIN (2 yrs ago): “They’re [Hamas] the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it’s a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that.”
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“You know, I’m sure I’ve taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception…”
– John McCain 03/07

What’s with McCain opposing a GI Bill that would pay for a college education for our veterans? This guy is too much like Bush to be President.

Like Bill McClellan, I am troubled by these Draconian internet laws:

http://keepstlouisfree.blogspot.com/2008/05/hulshof-law-threatens-freedom.html

Can’t Hulshof also make all bullying in both the workplace and schoolyard a crime and also outlaw sex with children even in fantasy while he is at it? Does government protection have any limits?

It has taken months to get John McCain to do the right thing and renounce what he had previously coveted and pursued-the endorsement of pastor John hagee, a renowned anti-Catholic bigot who has said the Church and Hitler did the Holocaust, that Catholicism is a “false cult system,” the Catholic Chuirch is the “Whore of Babylon,” and the “antichrist.” McCain also renounced Rod Parsley, who ministers to a flock to which he says “Islam is a false creed…the United States was created to destroy Islam!”

Apparently, McCain will run as “pro-life,” and decry the Democrats as “anti-life.” Why hasn’t anyone asked St. Louis’ archbishop what’s up with McCain and Hagee, and tell us why any of America’s 30 million Roman Catholics should even consider voting for McCain? In 2000, McCain stood against such and decried them as “apostles of intolerance.” Now that he’s the presumptive Republican nominee, I guess it’s OK to mix with the religious bigots for votes.

McCain is bad on the war, bad on the death penalty, bad on healthcare for the unborn, infants, the poor, the disabled and elderly, bad on fair wages for working people, doesn’t support a full expansion of the GI Bill for our Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and was against Bush’s tax cuts before he is now for them. How can he be trusted about anything?

Archbishop Raymond Burke, quo vadis?

RECOUNT: I watched it on HBO last night. I was also glued to C-Span in Nov. and Dec. of 2000. The original was much better, you could not have wanted to see better theater and it was live. At least they both got the ending right.

Lisa - I think McCain proposed his own version of the GI bill which of course he supported, but the non-existent PD DC Bureau chose not to report on that so I have no details.

I was wondering why the PD editorial which endorsed Obama, never mentioned that he was a community organizer for ACORN - an organization known for its fraudulent get-out-the vote campaign and now Obama doesn’t want to allow the votes of Florida and Michigan voters to count. I hope I never again here about how the GOP disenfranchises voters - OBama and the Democrat hypocrites are the epitomy of vote disenfranchisers.

Hogan - you are so concerned about McCain’s associations, yet I don’t see you referencing any regarding Obama. And of course we would not expect the PD to report any either such as these two:

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65111

or

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/rezko-witness-leaves-new-questions-about-obama-real-estate-deal-unanswered/

Centrist,
Obama worked as a community organizer, but not for ACORN.

Lisa, here is a must-read on Obama’s Iran flip-flop:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/an-open-letter-to-senator-obama-on-iran/

Okay - I see he was an attorney representing ACORN in vote fraud lawsuit.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/02/20/obama_got_start_in_civil_rights_practice/

Lisa - I’m curious why your Dem Sens for POTUS vote against exploration to lower our cost of gas. http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65131

Centrist,
Again you are wrong. If you would read the article you site it says Obama worked as part of a team that represented ACORN in a lawsuit again the state of Illinois for failing to follow federal requirements making it easier for low income families to register to vote (most likely the motor voter law, but I do not know). They won. There is nothing in there about voter fraud.
It would be nice if all the other presidential candidates had done any work helping to register people to vote and get involved in our Democracy.

Okay, Jo, here is a local spin. The PD had an AP (not the PD DC Bureau as usual - really, what is it that they do besides have a stupid blog) piece this week. The Congress voted on a tax and energy package it is sending to the Senate. It includes requiring some corporations with offshore offices to pay more taxes. I have heard that Sen. McCaskill’s husband, Joe Shepard, has an offshore corporation to avoid U.S. taxes. Don’t know if that is true. Perhaps you know. It will be interesting to see if or how she votes on this legislation.

A few days ago, I contacted KTRS to find out what it would cost to run informational ads to counter the smoking ban ads now run during the baseball games. $700 for 30 seconds! That price is a bit steep for our grassroots organization. Does anyone know if any form of the “Fairness Doctrine” still exists to help bring balance to the air waves on this issue?

Tim - Your pointless left-wing yapping gives me a headache. Your party is about to nominate a man who makes Hillary Clinton, the archenemy of the last generation of Republicans, look like a moderate. The Democrats seem to believe that Hugo Chavez’s ideological soulmate is a viable candidate for POTUS.

You folks have spent too much time reading the Huffington Post, and not enough time talking to real people.

Bill - There is no fairness doctrine right now. But if you want it, vote Democrat - the only people who have proposed bringing it back in recent years are Dick Durbin and John Kerry. And believe me, they aren’t advocating it so you can run pro-smoking ads - they just want to make life difficult for Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

Lisa, I found your answer. I was watching Fox News tonight and they reported, unlike the PD that doesn’t have a DC staff, that Sen. McCain had his own version of the GI bill but Sen. Reid refused to allow it to come on the floor for a vote. He was against the Webb version because it gave college benefits after only one tour and he thought that it should be longer because of the expense involved in training troups and of course the shortage of troups while we are in a crisis. Also, Webb’s version did not allow the benefits to transfer to a spouse or child if the soldier did not intend to use the college benefits and he thought they should transfer.
Unfortunately, the rest of the media in the tank for Obama failed to mention any of this.

Centrist,
25 Republicans (including Kit Bond!) voted FOR Senator’s Webb’s GI Bill. McCain is opposed because he thinks the bill is TOO GENEROUS. Ask the troops if they think the bill is too generous. Why does McCain hate the troops?

Centrist,
McCain’s bill would cost $38 billion over 10 years compared to $52 billion over 10 years under the Webb bill. McCain cares more about saving money than supporting the troops.

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“You know, I’m sure I’ve taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception…” – John McCain 03/07

Noticed a new parking garage under construction at Clark and Tucker, sponsored by the St Louis Treasurer, Larry Williams. Three years ago when I visited St. Louis, that parcel of ground was a deteriorated parking LOT. Now it appears to on its way to becoming one of the more attractive buildings in the area. Congratulations to Mr. Williams and to everyone else who made it happen.

Trying to navigate the new stl. site from the [interact] tool bar to the popular blogs reminds me of the game “Operation” I played when I was 9 years old…Sometimes I win.

John McBush recently stated “our economy is doing well.” Let’s be honest Senator, we’re nolonger the richest nation, in fact, we’re the world’s biggest debtor nation, owing more than $9 trillion. The dollar value has plummeted, roads and bridges built a half century ago are crumbling, and we’re sending tens of billions in oil revenues every year to nations such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela. The Iraq fiasco continues to cost our society $12 billion a month…War profiteers go unchecked, while our children lose their healthcare.

Four hundred years ago, Francis Bacon advised the King of Englans to tell the truth, even if painful…We need leaders willing to tell us the truth. That we’ve gotten ourselves into a horrible economic mess and it’s going to take hard work and sacrifice to fix it…

We don’t need four more years of deception and malfeasance.