DeMarCaTionVille

In case you missed it, the abbreviated synopsis:
On Economy:
Obama: appealed to the middle class by using the word middle-class frequently, promising to make tax cuts and take decisive action – particularly against those people living high on the hog. He confused the words investor and taxpayer, perhaps to make us feel less screwed by [...]

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A few months ago, (after the Phil Roe Fiasco) Rob Russell was silently contemplating on why Democrats eat their young. Since Russell is the Democratic nominee for the First District US House seat, I worried a bit about his baby Lulu.
Then, I worried he might be getting ready to throw in the towel.
After [...]

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Congress has passed legislation authorizing $700 billion in government money to shore up the nation’s stressed financial industry. The 263-171 vote by the House sends the Senate-passed version to the White House for President Bush’s signature.
UPDATED: Tennessee Roll Call: Blackburn, David Davis, Lincoln Davis, Duncan voting no. Cooper, Cohen, Gordon, Tanner and Wamp [...]

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Dear Republicans:
I think we’re screwed.
A.

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When the Obama campaign bought up Google ads on searches such as “Obama muslim” “Obama Islam” and “Obama birth certificate” – I thought, ‘Hey, what an effective way to fight a smear campaign! He’s so smart and high-tech!”‘
When anti-Obama blogs were locked-down by Google, I was a little uncomfortable, but then I thought, ‘There’s no [...]

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Over at TriCities.com, Gary Gray from the Herald Courier has a quaint story about Obama’s unscheduled stop at the Pop Ellis Soda Shoppe & Grill in Abingdon, VA.

Gray reports:
[Obama] then leaned back and yelled over his shoulder to staff members who had filtered off the bus and into the business: “You guys want something?” [...]

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Am I the only person who thinks that spending 3 million dollars to ready the Belmont campus for a Presidential Debate is crazy? I understand wanting the bathrooms to be clean and the need to create a place to park the media… but 3 million dollars?
Think of all the things you could buy [...]

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Remember when the news had to be factual and unbiased? Yeah, okay. Me neither, but I do remember when readers or viewers had the ability to distinguish between fact and fiction.
This doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.
What many of us accept as news these days is a hodgepodge of fact, [...]

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Smartypants says: “Uncle J said Obama was historical.”
I say: “Yes. He’s the first black nominee for President. That’s never happened before.”
Smartypants says: “So his nomicanation is historical.”
I say: “Yes.”
Smartypants says: “Well, I didn’t think he was historical because you have to be old to be historical like the buildings in town.  And [...]

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Democrats on Tax Reform: “They say they’re not going to take any water out of your side of the bucket, just the other side of the bucket.”
Heh.

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