David forgets that Wisconsin is the home of the John Birch Society, Joe McCarthy, Jim Sensenbrenner, and one of the recent Grand Wizards of the KKK. Once you get outside Madison and Milwaukee, it's mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragger heaven.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

And that is my favorite Hunter Thompson quote!

David -- URGENT Please investigate voter registration purging. Ring of Fire hosts last night said as many as quarter-million Colorado voters have been removed for reasons like middle name not matching government docs (ex. John Doe on drivers license, registration is John A. Doe).

The Republicans have removed thousands of democrats all over the country especially the swing states.

People MUST verify they are still registered and verify they will get their early voter ballots. They can do this on Barack Obama Website or VOTEFORCHANGE.com.

Please Please Please, whenever anyone asks why the current numbers are so close between Obama and McWORST, don't forget to explain that polls do not call cell phones. They are not allowed to do so, as cell phones are paid for per minute by the user. There are millions of younger people who only have a cell phone and no land line to call. They probalby make up the bulk of the 11 million more registered Democrats than registered Republican'ts! POLLS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY INACCURATE AND SHOULD BE COMPLETELY IGNORED. Excpet for exit polls, and even though Kerry was higher than Bush in 04 exit polls, the race was close enough to obviously steal. This can NOT happen again!! It will not be close, it will be Obama in a landslide. Everyone: please remind people of this simple fact about cell phones and political polls as often as possible. (Not to mention that sometimes the sample will be something like 600 people in northern Michigan or something like that. Read the fine print!!) Need more info: http://www.pollster.com/blogs/cell_phones_and_political_surv.php

I am a 40 year old woman that lives outside of Madison as well....I work as a massage therapist, and as you may guess poor people are not my best customers.....so I am sad and disappointed to say that there are alot of conservative people in Wisconsin, I don't understand them, but they are here.....

I am also very concerned about votes being blocked in this state, how sad that our freedom of choice may just be an illusion.

As for Sarah Palin....just say NO to hockey moms.

Mrs. Obama will be in Madison tomorrow morning and Barack will be in Green Bay tomorrow at noon.....I hope they win.

I feel that its important for everone to spread the word about making our votes counts.
people who pre-vote or mail in their vote have to remember to include a color photo copy of their
id, or else ,according to robert kennedy jr their vote will be thrown out.

also obama's web site has a way to see if your registered to vote in your district.
we have to be able to offset what the republican's are going to steal so please, lets start repeating this as much as possible to everyone we meet . that is if they are dems.

ricky
from savannah ga

PS let me say its hell living in a red state
can you imagine another 4 years off conservative policies

Having been in Ohio in 2004 to work on the election I can attest to the fact that the election was stolen, So many things went on that people were yelling but no one heard or listened. I contacted the media and even called an Air America program to alert people to the problem. On Air America we were put on hold for 45 minutes and finally had to hang up while the host just ranted and ranted about the same thing over and over. I then emailed various cable and news stations and there was zero response. As many are aware there was a blackout about the problem except for Olbermann. We called the Dem party for help at the polls and they told us to write down names and problems and never even collected the forms nor did they send assistance. We did bring the forms in of course but have a feeling they were just trashed. So we started www.bringavoter.com At this site there is a map with a link to every state about voting and registration forms. Also links will bring voters to the Robert Kennedy Jr article at Rolling Stone Mag. Please send out to all any info you have about the voting registration problem. While some say it is the economy stupid! I say yes but it is the Supreme Court Stupid." We can not risk our country going to the right and the implementation of religious regulation over human rights, corporate rights over human rights and all of nature, etc.

As to the VP debates. It is very very dumb and irresponsible to have the one and only VP debate on Friday night when Orthodox and Traditional Jews, as well as Seventh Day Adventist would not be watching. What are they thinking? These people are leaning toward Mcain and do not even know much about Palin and many of the issues. What were the planners thinking? Or a usually were they even thinking??????? Neon

neon
Correction the presidential debate one of three is on Friday night. This applies in the same way as to who will not be able to listen and the first debate has now been designated for foreign policy. A subject which is key to many Orthodox Jews.

November 2006, President of the National Association of Evangelicals, Reverend Ted Haggard, was exposed by a male escort who went to the media detailing their sexual encounters, forcing Haggard to step down from both his church and position within NAE. He is now being guided through a sexual conversion therapy by religious leaders. And in December 2006, Rev. Paul Barnes, from the Grace Chapel, resigned from his post though a taped message to his congregation admitting to his long-standing “struggle with homosexuality”.

Following the disclosure of both Haggard and Barnes’ sexuality, The New York Times published a series of articles on sexuality and religion in December 2006. The first article (published December 12, 2006), entitled “Gay and Evangelical, Seeking Paths to Acceptance,” deals with the issues confronting gay Christians trying to find a place within both worlds, gay and Christian, seemingly intolerant of each other.

The second article “Pastors’ Disclosures May Stir Empathy, Some Evangelicals Say”, published on December 13, 2006 looks at the response from other Christians as their associates fall from grace and the effect it might have on the church going forward. See Oliver “Buzz” Thomas Opinion piece in USA Today, “When Religion Loses Its Credibility” for further debate on the subject.

So as the country moves into the latter part of our decade, the debate over homosexuality and religion, from gay Epispical bishops, to same-sex marriage and the “ex-gay” movement, wages on. ...

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David you keep repeating MSM position that older Americans are not strongly for Obama. My experience is that not only are those over 60 I have canvassed overwhelmingly for Obama but also my fellow canvassers are regularly part of this demographic. Older Americans are not stupid as the McCain campaign and the corporate media seem to think. Obama/Biden '08.

Sorry folks, face it, the presidential race is tied nationally. Don't reply on our own anecdotes. I f I did, well, while doorknocking Saturday in Minneapolis, I saw as many McCain signs as Obama signs. Yes, in MINNEAPOLIS. That's like seeing loads of Republicans in Madison or San Francisco.

As a side issue, please Obama campaign get those signs out --- I ordered one during the convention and we should be swamping the McCain campaign. At least in Minneapolis, which I hasten to add is in a tied state.

Regarding the polls, sorry folks, the close race not only is believable, it's predictable. Let's admit the elephant in the room. Our candidate is dark-skinned, and many Whites aren't ready for that yet. If just 5% of voters would vote for a White Democrat, but will vote Republican if the Democrat is non-white, that would change the election from a 10-point Obama lead to a tie. I don't know that 5% is right, but you see how little it takes.

Also, I know from past elections that a chunk of voters, the ones only paying attention now, don't connect issues with candidates. Counter-intuitive I know, but some people will vote for a candidate they disagree with, probably with no interest in whether they agree with him, if they like that candidate better, and people like McCain for what they think they know about him.

Also, though McCain is like Bush, he isn't Bush, so some people who can't stand Bush just aren't open to that line of reasoning.

Above all, remember that though Republicans suck at governing, they are great at campaigning. When they need only get by for a few weeks or days and don't have to worry about being found out, they're at their best. They still have loads of cash, a good GOTV operation, a willingness to lie, and good heads for strategy.

So please, take these polls seriously. Don't buy into the nonsense about no one with cell phones are polled, or that every bad poll has flawed methodology.

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David, as democrats we tent to intellectualize everything. And for any rational person Sarah Palin is a joke. But as democrats we put too much importance on that. When were ignorance, stupidity, and lack of qualifications disqualifying factors for republican voters?

This week there were reports that social networking has surpassed porn in Internet traffic.

One might be able to look back one day and say that was one point where the grassroots began to overwhelm crass commercialism and cynical political manipulation in public discourse. It could be the turning of the tide in eclipsing the power of corporatist propaganda and empty info-tainment. The rejection of ideology over self interest. The day we got Kansas back.

The thought of social media becoming a dominant force linking vast numbers of folks together in the way that we want to connect is fabulous. We can all join a huge kitchen table to discuss ways to move our society forward. Or just talk about cats.

The other idea I wanted to share is a way I think we can effectively frame the larger choice we face in this election.

You remember Ross Perot. While he was nutty in his own way, he did give us the “giant sucking sound” meme, one of the more visceral and memorable lines to enter our political theater.

To me, the “giant sucking sound” captures the essence of the Bush value system and the core of what we need to fight against. But the great transfer of vitality that causes the sound is not between the US and Mexico but between the poor & middle classes and the rich. And the sucking sound is going up. The vitality of the nation is being sapped from the majority and shifted to the wealthy and powerful elite. It’s the sound of the rich getting richer and the poor getting screwed.

And it’s not just money.

It’s health. It’s education. It’s safety. It’s privacy. It’s free time. It’s the ability to redress grievance. It’s the rule of law. It’s our freedom.

I really don’t like the giant sucking sound. It’s not what America is all about.

When I think about what has been going on during the Bush years in terms of the powerful taking advantage of their privilege to feed their own narrow self interests, skew the playing field and shield themselves from accountability, I get really pissed off. It is time for change.

Thanks for reading.

David: I've seen this before on a tennis court and I'm worried about the Biden-Palin debate. What I mean is this: when your opponent is injured, the other player doesn't know what to do and loses concentration and sometimes even the game. Then you think: how could I lose this?
Please comment on this.... What is Biden supposed to do when Palin answers a question like she did with Couric?

Did a anvil fall on him?