Poor John McCain.

The “Hyena howling” by the convention delegates didn’t help. It just drowned an abominable speech.

Silhouetted in an awful solid blue background and resplendently bedecked in an expensive “elitist suit” without a FLAG PIN, John McBush delivered one of the worst speeches I have ever heard a U.S. presidential candidate make.

He was clumsy, un-inspiring and appeared ill at ease.

Compared to yesterday’s speech by the Killer From Wasilla (Sarah Palin), McCain looked old, stuffy and very much “Bob Dole Like.”

Simply put — this was a very badly delivered speech, lacking in specifics fraught with ineffectual choruses like “Fight With Me!,” … “Fight With Me!,” … “Fight With Me!” — useless slogans which will not work Mr. McCain!

After three days of juvenile negative attacks — and no mention of tangible proposals to fix the American economy or to fix health care — the most pressing issues this election cycle, the ReTHUGlicans are codling Americans for four more years of right-wing dictatorship, fear mongering and GOD sanctioned thuggery.

Jeffrey Toobin of CNN hit the nail on the head when he said: — “I thought it was the worst speech by a nominee that I’ve heard since Jimmy Carter in 1980. I thought it was disorganized, I thought it was it was theme-less, I thought it was very, very boring…I personally cannot remember a single policy proposal that he made because they had nothing connecting them. I found it shockingly bad.”

While listening to the speech Michael Crowley of The New Republic wrote: “It’s not over yet but this is a very underwhelming speech. Familiar points explained in pedestrian terms. No overarching themes–right now it’s sounding like a State of the Union laundry list. Even the crowd in the hall isn’t jazzed. This is the sort of reception Tom Ridge got.”

McCain’s willful mis-representation of Barack Obama’s positions, just like Sarah Palin did yesterday, a general lack of details on policies and, his GOD pandering to right-wing extremism didn’t amount to CHANGE, his new rallying cry — borrowed from Barack Obama, who has been using it consistently since the Democratic primaries.

The speech deteriorated pathetically when McCain embarked on a lengthy narration of his capture and torture in Vietnam, something he should delegate permanently to his surrogates.

The P.O.W. card …may only work with thug-bigots on the extreme right who love beating up on the weak, and/or the very old who are still clinging to cold-war nostalgia.

Thirty five year old war stories are stale and won’t work Johnny!, especially with Obama’s youthful base.

Who cares how and whether the VietCong broke your legs and arms — while caged like an animal in Vietnam, while America was losing another illegal war — a war that started when a European colonialist (France) asked Neo-European-Colonialist (America) to help it maintain a grip on it’s illegally acquired colony, resulting in Vietnam splitting into two, and causing the Vietnamese to slit each others throats — just like the Shia and the Sunni have been doing in Iraq.

It is also evident that McCain wants to have it both ways — “disembowel” Obama on one night, then brag about how he will bring change and bi-partisanship to Washington the next day! — Too many contradictions and too much confusion.

The right-wing snakes may like that, but I really doubt if McCain won any more independents last night with that kind of rhetoric, for that’s not CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!

While the Killer From Wasilla exceeded expectations the other day, McCain clearly failed in delivering the biggest speech in his life.

I give Johnny a big C- …and only because he conducted himself with some decency, unlike the sadistic presentation by Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, who gave the keynote speech on Wednesday night.

The THUG of New York a.k.a “America’s Mayor” was exceedingly vicious!

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Speech Reactions

REFERENCES:

1. Why McCain would be a mediocre president
2. The Real John McCain — Certainly, the convention that nominated him bore no resemblance to that John McCain. Rather than remaking George W. Bush’s Republican Party in his own image, Mr. McCain allowed the practitioners of the politics of fear and division to run the show.

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   McCain/Palin ShotGun Wedding

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I keep my TV on CNN all the time; I’m surprised the CNN logo hasn’t been permanently etched on my screen. I’m a political news junkie, and when I’m not watching CNN or MSNBC I’m reading the online news sites.

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But even I was surprised when John McCain selected a virtual unknown, Sarah Palin, as his vice-presidential running mate. Like millions of other Americans I googled Palin to find out everything I could about her.

The most shocking and disturbing fact that I learned is that Palin is totally unqualified to be one heartbeat away from assuming the mantle of leader of the free world. The sum total of her political experience is one and half years as governor of Alaska, and six years as a part-time mayor of a small town outside Anchorage. Her resume qualifies her to work in a Moose petting zoo, but it falls far short as preparation to be the president of the United States.

Not only is Palin unqualified, she also far to the right of most Americans. Palin is vehemently anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest. The former beauty queen supported the anti-Semitic, anti-immigration Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. The governor from Alaska is an evangelical Christian who believes that creationism should be taught in public schools. Unlike most Americans, Palin doesn’t believe that humans are responsible for global warming.

Palin is unqualified and unvetted, McCain met her only twice before offering her the vice-presidency. A Burger King applicant undergoes a more rigorous vetting process before he’s offered a position flipping burgers.

Palin is unqualified, unvetted and under an ethical cloud, lawmakers in her home state are investigating whether she abused her power in firing a public safety commissioner.

Palin’s stump speeches since McCain named her as his Veep have done nothing to ease my worries. Her high-pitched delivery will drive even her most ardent supporters nuts over the next two months. This is not a sexist jibe, I have also criticized Obama for his tentative delivery in debates. For someone who is frequently lauded as eloquent, Obama has a habit of saying “you know” or “ah” almost every other sentence.

In her first three appearances Palin has delivered the same speech with only slight variations. This indicates a person who can’t think on her feet; she relies on memory more than smarts. I do give her props for removing any mention of Hillary Clinton from her stump speech, after she was booed for giving her credit for cracking the glass ceiling.

Sarah Palin is Patrick Buchanan in a beehive and high heels; and I tremble at the thought that one day she may be president of the United States.

John McCain has irrevocably stained his reputation with this desperate act of political expedience. To appeal to Hillary’s disaffected voters and to appease the right wing of his party, McCain has put the security and safety of America at grave risk.

I’m hoping that Americans will punish John McCain for his reckless act by voting for Obama/Biden in November.

REFERENCES:

1. 8 Reasons Sarah Palin is More Qualified than Barack Obama

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Conservative echo chamber pushes story about Obama’s brother, despite brother’s reported refutation

From Media Matters: Numerous conservative media figures have promoted a story in the Italian edition of Vanity Fair that reportedly quoted Sen. Barack Obama’s half brother George Obama as saying that he lives “on less than a dollar a month,” but have disregarded reports that quoted George Obama saying, “They say I live on a dollar a month, but this is all lies by people who don’t want my brother to win,” and, “The magazines, they exaggerated everything.”

Latest McCain AD - On Obama’s Half Brother In Kenya

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The Republican ‘dogs‘ will stop at nothing, in their frenzied “take-no-prisoners” effort to sink Obama. The pitbulls (e.g. Sean Hannity), the rottweilers (e.g Rush Limbaugh) are all over radio and TV yelping lies and innuendo like animals infected with rabies.

“The job is to win,” former GOP operative Allen Raymond. “…You have an obligation to do the best job you can to get the outcome your clients want, which is to win.” …at any cost, with re-cycled smears, lies and GOD-HOGGING.

They (Republicans) don’t care if families or reputations are destroyed. They are marauders — a pack of hungry RATS attacking rotten meat!

Look what they did — attacked Iraq based on lies and dropped thousands of tons of bombs on innocent Iraqi’s in their quest for oil.

These people (Republicans), in my opinion are much worse than ALKAIDA!

They are Terrorists.

Terrorists when then stole this land (the U.S.) from the Indians and the Mexicans, to when they enslaved, killed and raped blacks with impunity, to now that they are killing and maiming innocent Iraqis based on criminal falsehoods — so that they can STEAL more….Arab OIL!

McCain is slithering in bed with the same attack machine that in 2000, while competing against Bush, in the primaries, lied to voters that his(McCain’s) adopted daughter from Bangladesh was an “illegitimate black child.”

Republican RACISM is putrid and their determination to WIN whatever the cost, is worse than the determination a hungry ‘lactating‘ female hyena scavenging on a dead corpse.

‘Grogan‘ a participant at a popular Kenyan Forum, had this to say:

Well Said.

Reference: Right-Wing ‘Missionary Thugs’ Digging For ‘Obama Dirt’ in Kenya — Right-wing Christian Activists in the United States are attempting to use Senator Barack Obama’s Kenyan links to discredit him.

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“A term used to define an unmarried young woman (but can be a woman of any age) who has had a child. As mentioned before in another definition, most of the time it is used for when it was simply a sexual relationship, compared to ex-wife or girlfriend. Usually this has a negative connotation, a lot of baby mamas are seen as desperate, gold digging, emotionally starved, shady women who had a baby out of spite or to keep a man. Sometimes they may act like this because of missed child support payments, unfulfilled promises by the father, or convenient sex by the father. Either or both may exist in any situation.”

Definition of “Baby Mama” from UrbanDictionary.Com: “Baby Mama’s” are staples of the Jerry Springer and Maury Povich programs, but the term is rarely heard in polite society.

I was shocked and outraged when Fox News referred to Michelle Obama as Obama’s baby mama in a graphic:

“Fox News Channel referred to Michelle Obama as “Obama’s baby mama” in a graphic on Wednesday, the latest in a trio of references to the Democratic presidential campaign that have given fuel to network critics.

The graphic ‘Outraged liberals: Stop picking on Obama’s baby mama’ was flashed during an interview with conservative columnist Michelle Malkin about whether Barack Obama’s wife has been the target of unfair criticism.” — Quotation from the Associated Press.

This is blatant racism on the part of Fox News, they would never refer to John McCain’s wife as a baby mama.

Michelle Obama is a very accomplished professional with a law degree from Harvard Law school., but Fox News dismissed her as a baby mama. Is Fox News intimidated by a highly educated, brilliant, attractive and accomplished black woman?

It’s an insult to refer to Michelle as a baby mama, she is great asset to her husband. Michelle is a great speaker in her own right, and her husband relies on her for advice.

“Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News television station has been forced to apologise to Barack Obama after screening a racially tinged caption referring to his wife Michelle as his “baby mama”.

Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming at Fox, said that a producer “exercised poor judgment”. The statement came as Obama established a website to help counter what he referred to as smears and rumours.” — Quotation from Guardian.Co.UK

The apology by Fox News is not enough, discerning viewers need to turn away from Fox News and switch their allegiance to CNN or MSNBC.

Editorial Reviews

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism uses the inflammatory tactics of the Fox News Channel to demonstrate the conservative bias that’s handed down by Fox’s owner, media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

The documentary gathers interviews from media watchdogs and former Fox employees (including a former anchor, Jon Du Pre, who describes his flailing efforts to create a celebration for Reagan’s birthday when the one he was sent to cover never materialized), but their overwhelming condemnation of Fox’s skewed news practices isn’t half as effective as footage taken directly from Fox itself–an appalling montage of pundit Bill O’Reilly telling guests to shut up; repeated efforts to paint Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry as weak and waffling, while President Bush is captured in respectful, reverent images; and management memos dictating language, subject matter, and point of view.

Outfoxed is unlikely to persuade Fox News fans to change their views, but it may spur outraged liberals to take action. –Bret Fetzer

Product Description: “Fair and balanced”??? How about anything BUT?!?! For the first time ever, this documentary reveals the secrets of Former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it’s like to work for Fox News. These former Fox employees talk about how they were forced to push a “right-wing” point of view or risk their jobs. Some have even chosen to remain anonymous in order to protect their current livelihoods. As one employee said “There’s no sense of integrity as far as having a line that can’t be crossed.”

“Outfoxed” examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, have been running a “race to the bottom” in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public’s right to know.

“Outfoxed” first examines media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Australian company, News Corp., tracing how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) helped Murdoch break the rules to establish a fourth network in the United States. The film explores Murdoch’s burgeoning kingdom and the impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person.

Media experts, including Jeff Cohen (FAIR), Bob McChesney and Chellie Pingree, provide context and guidance for the story of Fox News and its effect on society.

The team behind “Outfoxed” created a system to monitor Fox News 24 hours a day for months to discover exactly how its shows worked. A team of volunteers around the country scrutinized every hour of Fox News programming, noting examples of bias in its coverage. The result is an intense examination of Fox News and the lie inherent in its favorite motto: “Fair and Balanced.”

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