Last week I communicated to Senator Obama and his presidential campaign my firm intention to remain in the United States Senate Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for Vice President.
Marc Ambinder asks a good question. Nobody actually refuses a Vice Presidential nomination so why issue this statement? Is Webb trying to save face after finding out he was not on the short list?
Did Obama after deciding not to pick Webb counsel Webb to make this statement to counteract criticism that might have followed him passing over such an obvious choice?
Why did this decision have to be made public? Obama's problem’s with Appalachian voters are well documented. Webb's presence on the ticket would have gone a long way towards assuaging the fears of the "cracker" vote. There is no candidate I can think of who could have accomplished this quite like Webb.
This statement, at this time, is very, very curious.
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I wonder if this is only paving the way for Webb to finally acquiesce to being the Veep Candidate.
Kind of like Augustus being Emperor.
Anyone know what Brian Blessed's schedule is these days?
llinois Sen. Barack Obamas presidential run might pay dividends for Deadheads this year.
Three of the Grateful Deads surviving members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart who are grateful not to be dead
reunited for a February fundraiser for Obama in San Francisco, and Hart says it could happen again.
Were not making plans, but I think we stand at the ready to be of service, Hart says. Were all deeply into this, into Barack Obama and the thought of taking this country back in some shape or form, whats left of it its probably one thing we can all agree on! So, you bet, I would spend a night with my brothers for that any time, any place.
Hart says that he and the other Dead alumni have exchanged a few friendly e-mails about doing something more for the campaign, but no firm details have been set. Thats all there really needs to be until the moment really comes, he notes. "Jerry Garcia won't be touring with us, but we'll make sure he's registered to vote."
Weir says the Dead men like Obama for different reasons. He's a Democrat from Chicago; of course the dead people vote for him, silly!
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I thought that the color orange was against the dnc rules.
And yup, he thinks himself too good for what dean and co. put together for the democrats. How much you suppose it will cost to rent Invesco then clean it up afterwards - pretty thrifty there mister, must be somebody else's money huh? Gonna follow the same food rules there bub?
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It won't be the first time a presidential candidate has accepted the nomination in a stadium. On July 15, 1960, John F. Kennedy gave his acceptance speech before tens of thousands at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
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Only the true believers will be on field, but the parking lots will be prime territory for the Recreate '68 crew. Lots of good camera angles and telephoto ops.
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Once more the stadium rocking with cheers. Once more the torchlight parade.
Away with the cowering dog-bitten years, away with the humble charade!
A thousand years, the tears of the weak for our wine.
A thousand years, we'll pluck them like fruit from the vine.
Ah, they fed us and clothed us and handed us weapons of wealth,
But give us a leader, we'll follow him down into Hell!
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AHAH, I've got it now
O'Bama is killed in the rioting, Hillary is the only choice left, and all Dems fall in line and vote for her
Wonder who's doing the assanation teams Veting.
DIABOLICAL
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Why do I have a vision of an entire stadium pumping their fists in the air in time with the constant chant of "Obama! Obama! Obama!"
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FOX NEWS > CAVUTO Show > LYNN DE ROTHSCHILD has set up an anti-Obama website in support of HILLARY + supporters. Claimed that Hillary's suppors must and should be heard becuz Barack did not win either the popular vote e.g. FLORIDA, nor has the most super-delegates???
HMMMMM, ROTHCHILDS, MELLONS, VANDERBILTS, + ROCKEFELLERS, etc.
PARIS HILTON + MARRIOTTS say of HILLARY + BARACK???
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Why do I have a vision of an entire stadium pumping their fists in the air in time with the constant chant of "Obama! Obama! Obama!"
Massive stadium rally of true believers - Check.
Proposes "Youth Corp" for "Service" - Check.
Going to give speech in Berlin - Check.
I guess we all know what comes next. Heil Obama!
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#16 Why do I have a vision of an entire stadium pumping their fists in the air in time with the constant chant of 'Obama! Obama! Obama!'
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My kids have to do X number of service hours per year as a school requirement. At their private, Catholic school which I voluntarily send them to.
Not quite the same thing.
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Unfortunately, "service" is often just a misnomer for liberal causes. Do your "service" by working for an environmental group or some commie community group. This is just another way to indoctrinate the yoots.
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So when I'm President, I will set a goal for all American middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of service a year, and for all college students to perform 100 hours of service a year. This means that by the time you graduate college, you'll have done 17 weeks of service.
Wahahhahahaha...he'll get no inner-city "youth vote" with this plan.
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Those utes don't vote. They're sorta like 2/3rd of a free man. I find it so interesting when they pick on the one group that can't vote. If the efforts are so 'noble' why aren't adults, who've never done any public service, being tagged too? Free labor, no cost, because the state owns you and you work for the state. Or as someone right up Obama's political alley would say - from each according to his abilities, to each according to his need.
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) might have flirted with the idea of idea of enlisting his Republican colleague John McCain as his running mate in 2004, but he sounded distinctly less enthusiastic about the Arizona senator today on CBS' 'Face the Nation.' Kerry, who is a strong supporter of presumptive Democratic nominee and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, said on the Sunday talk show that McCain 'has proven that he has been wrong about every judgment he's made about the war.'
'Wrong about the Iraqis paying for the reconstruction, wrong about whether or not the oil would pay for it, wrong about Sunni and Shia violence through the years, wrong about the willingness of the Iraqis to stand up for themselves,' Kerry added.
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds, however, said Kerry was ignoring the facts on the ground in Iraq. 'The truth is Barack Obama buckled to liberal supporters and opposed the McCain-backed 'surge' strategy that's working today, and despite our troops gains in Iraq, he still maintains his partisan commitment to begin immediate withdrawal of American forces if he's elected,' Bounds wrote in an e-mail. 'Only John Kerry would think that demonstrates good judgment.'
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HOTAIR/TOPIX > DID JOHN KERRY CALL MCCAIN UNSTABLE? + KERRY ON MCCAIN: MCCAIN NOT RIGHT ON WAR JUDGEMENTS.
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It's not only the war, stupid. The major positive fact is that American troops are IN the Middle East in large numbers. Reliance on Carrier Groups and Allies, doesn't cut it. No American President would ever leave US energy security to local forces. However, I have to say that I disagree with the Coalition Provisional Authority's residue of Political Islam in Iraq. They left a mess.
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Not to worry, John. Big O is now saying he always said he'd base his decisions on leaving Iraq on facts. He'll stuff you under the bus before too long.
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It's getting damned crowded under that bus. Black Hole of Greyhoundia, it's becoming!
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Halp Us Jon Cary! What an absolute fool and tool. If McCain disagrees with any position Kerry holds, McCain should trumpet that in ads along with Kerry's stupid lurch face
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As chairman of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, he worked closely with John McCain to learn the truth about American soldiers missing in Vietnam and to normalize relations with that country.
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Actually, McCain (whom I do not like) was baning the drum for the surge, long before Bush and th JCS came around to it, as well as a change of tactics.
McCain was RIGHT on the Iraq war long before anyone else.
Kerry is simply a liar, and a tool for the Dems to try to tear down McCain's image as a hero, before Obama ends up looking like the moral midget he is, by comparison.
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Every time John Kerry opens his mouth, he reminds people why the electorate, though they by and large either disliked Bush or distrusted him, still found it necessary to re-elect him in preference to, well, people like John Kerry.
Although you can still hear idiots whining about how much better of a job Al Gore would have done if the Supreme Court had let the Florida courts pull a Samuel Tilden on the Bushies, almost NOBODY is dumb enough to get nostalgic for a phantasmal Kerry Administration.
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If you listened to this, Kerry managed to make Flimsy Graham sound like a foreign policy genius. Kerry is such a friggin' idiot he makes Fat Ted sound good. He and Dodd are the worst politicos on the East coast. Have to head west for the likes of Reid, Pelosi, Boxer, and Feinstein to find anyone equally feckless and totally useless. A complete lobotomy would have no effect on Kerry. He's the poster boy for Demo Dumb.
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Since 'quit in '06' kerry's friend arafat is still dead, here is a couple quotes from the late night crowd.
"Insiders have begun voicing serious concerns about how he's conducting his campaign. One aide told the New York Times that while Bush's message of 'steady leadership' has remained consistent, Kerry has gone through six different messages in the 18 months he's been running, including, at one particularly desperate juncture, 'Kerry: Health care jobs for the troops' environment.'" -Jon Stewart
from the daily show even, ouch
"John Kerry described his Republican critics as 'the most crooked, lying group I've ever seen.' Now, that's saying something, because Kerry's both a lawyer and a politician." -Jay Leno
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Jawnny Boy has his own problems up here. The last poll I saw had 51% of the voters in favor of him going away. He's got a Democrat opposing him in the primary. Granted, the guy's a moonbat with no chance of winning, but he got 23% of the vote at the convention to get on the ballot.
So the natives are restless. Too bad there's nobody with any reputation at all to run against him. Unfortunately, he'll be back. And he knows it.
An influential Democratic lawmaker who backs Senator Barack Obama for the Presidency has said the al Qaeda is not in Iraq but in Pakistan where the US administration should focus.
'Al Qaida is not waiting for our electoral cycle or inauguration. If they have an opportunity to strike, they will strike. And that is why I think we have to take steps today, and that is why I was very pleased when Senator Obama called for much more aggressive action in Pakistan,' Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island said.
There, Al Qaida is reconstituting itself. If they have the operational space and they have the time, they will develop plans, and it's not with respect to the new administration. It's when they think they can strike and be effective at catastrophic attacks, he said on ABC's 'This Week' programme.
'I think Senator Obama has demonstrated the insight he has on strategy by saying, let's focus on the real enemies, the ones that are attacking us and plan to attack us here in the United States. They're not in Iraq. They're probably more likely in Pakistan. And I think that's the area that we have to focus on. The administration has to do that now,' he added.
Reed also used the occasion to slam the presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain for being 'fundamentally wrong' on Iraq.
'I think Senator McCain has not been consistently right. He's been fundamentally wrong on the strategy.
'A pre-emptive unilateral attack in Iraq has, I think, had unfortunate consequences strategically. We see the Iranians growing in influence and power in the region. And much of that is attributed to the initial decision to conduct military operations, unilateral operations in Iraq,' the lawmaker added.
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C'mon, we all knew the Dems would find some way to say that McCain was wrong on the war. I (speaking for myself) am just so dumb I couldn't see how they could do so...
So is BO gonna invade Pakistan, unilaterally, or persuade them to permit a 'soft' invasion?
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Apparently Jack Reed will sponsor a "sense of the Senate" motion to support attacking Pakland?
Didn't think so....
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Jack Reed is influential? Since when?
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Jack is making a key mistake. He is exposing himself to people who didn't know he existed.
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What an idiot. The very fact that absurd statements like his can be made without public derision and political consequences is very disturbing and depressing. So this genius has a military background, right? Something tells me he wouldn't be your first choice to lecture at a staff college.
So, which "steps" do we have to take today, Gen. Patton? As in, steps we're not taking today? And how - you moron - would letting up as we're about to finish off AQIZ help "strategically"? After you've explained that, WTF is this word "unilateral" you keep using as though it's got some relevance? Sen. Reed, military veteran and super-genius, please list, in alphabetical order, the major military operations undertaken by western or Free World countries since WWII where the US was not the dominant, without-which-it-doesn't-happen element?
Oh, and please note, the KIA from the UK, Poland, El Salvador, Italy, Bulgaria, and several other countries (not to mention the thousands of Iraqi soldiers/police who've stepped up in the most difficult circumstances) send you a hearty "f**k you" from the grave ....
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Three of the Grateful Deads surviving members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart 
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) might have flirted with the idea of idea of enlisting his Republican colleague John McCain as his running mate in 2004, but he sounded distinctly less enthusiastic about the Arizona senator today on CBS' 'Face the Nation.' Kerry, who is a strong supporter of presumptive Democratic nominee and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, said on the Sunday talk show that McCain 'has proven that he has been wrong about every judgment he's made about the war.'
An influential Democratic lawmaker who backs Senator Barack Obama for the Presidency has said the al Qaeda is not in Iraq but in Pakistan where the US administration should focus. 
