talking about Truman, that in just over 5 hours it will be the 63rd anniversary of atomic bombing of Nagasaki. V-J Day is 8/15.
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I remember fearing that retaliation would occur. Hence the beginning of 'drop drills' in our schools. I hope we never have to live under that fear again.

I remember those hiding-under-the-desk drills. Of course, living in an area surrounded North American Aviation, Douglas, and Northrop Aircraft plus all the other possible targets; it wouldn't have done much good.
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from the Tom Pendergast era through the end of his presidency is very interesting. He is what I consider a "citizen" president.
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I do admire your father for his convictions and how he is able to put words into actions. I might not always agree but, he's out there doing difficult tasks. By comaprison, I'm just some guy pounding on a keyboard.

I suspect he could retire at any time but, I don't think he wants to.
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"I do admire your father for his convictions and how he is able to put words into actions."

I agree, cyclist. That's why I signed on to help out on one of the Habitat homes in September, something I've been wanting to do for quite a while.

Now I can check that off of my 'to do' list.

The next thing y’all are going to be instructed to parrot is that Obama is a “job killing machine”. Thought you’d like to know in advance so you can be prepared.

Leaked McCain Memo

But it won't work and you know down deep that this pie in the sky fantasy world you, hack, main steet, etc. have been enjoying isn't going to last.

Barack has never been vetted. Hillary had to keep her hands off of him out of fear that she would cause a backlash. Well McCain's people don't care, or at least I hope they don't. Because with all of the blacks voting for Barack, --as the polls show race is an overwhelmingly important factor to black voters verses white voters, they know that they have no way of getting any substantive number of black votes, so why even try?

Instead, they will go after him for all of the things that he represents. e.g., Inexperience, naivete, those he admires and considers his advisors, i.e. Wright, Farrakhan, Ayers, Marshall. If McCain doesn't then 527's will.

Why am I so confident? That's simple. You can fool most of the people some of the time, but . . . .with a campaign that started after less than 5 months in the Senate, the American people are starting to realize they've been fooled. Fooled by Obama's clever rhetoric, fooled by the Media's insane lack of unbiased coverage, fooled by the fact that he is nothing more than a pretty boy in a blue suit.

Do you remember when Paul Wellstone died? The somber funeral was televised and you libs were trying to turn it into some sort of Michael Moore protest rally. That pissed off the voters and the Republican won hands down.

Also, you have Nancy Pelosi talking about saving the planet by increasing the price of gasoline as she denies any votes on off shore drilling. The average American doesn't pay close attention to D.C. theatric, but they see the price of Gas increase at the pumps, and Democrats openly trying to stop oil exploration. Even your Boy King flip flopped on it. Even said, the price didn't bother him as much as the fast increase that we were seeing. Yes he did say that.

Add to this mix the evil Bush and an old codger like McCain, and you should have a 20 point lead in the polls. But you don't, and you know why. He peaked way too early. And now we are getting to know the REAL BARACK OBAMA. (I own a book with a similar title, but a different Democrat's name is on it. Can you guess which one?)

So, keep banging those drums and pretending that you've already won the race, and I'll just enjoy the crying that will be seen on this Blog come November after the results are in.

I'm still looking for a firearm to protect myself. Because, if the riots that resulted from the Rodney King trial are any indication, we will be having more violence when Obama loses, then perhaps since . . . well, since the civil war. Especially if its at all close. Because Democrats have shown that they will do whatever it takes to win, even to ignore the rules of elections and the will of the people.

Keep on Whistlin' Jeff, because you need to be worried, very worried.

But, Richard; you derailed here buddy. This is an amusing post from you. I'll try to be short and to the point:

"But it won't work and you know down deep that this pie in the sky fantasy world you, hack, main steet, etc. have been enjoying isn't going to last."

Richard. I don't live in a fantasy land. I am enjoying a US dollar that is weaker globally than I ever remember. I am enjoying seeing US troops deployed at unimaginable rates by an administration that didn't care enough about them to support their enhanced GI Bill. Richard, I pray this nightmarish fantasy world as we now know it under executive leadership of guys you helped elect doesn't last! That is my dream.

Richard... WHY? Why do you consult polls to make off the wall race comments, but then you strip polls of all validity when they don't work for you. Case in point: You say this:

"Because with all of the blacks voting for Barack, --as the polls show race is an overwhelmingly important factor to black voters verses white voters, they know that they have no way of getting any substantive number of black votes, so why even try?"

Richard, I've said many times that EVERYONE is voting for Obama. POLLS show that working class WHITE people are supporting Obama at a 10% advantage over McCain. So why the "Blacks support Obama cause he's black" thing? Maybe they are just smarter voters than you are Richard.

Bottom line, Rich. You are throwing your support behind the guy the GOP dismantled in 2000. He has changed just about everything but his hair to try and win you hate-mongers over. So when you try and call Barack the flip flopper... that's just laughable.

At any rate, I'll stack your predictions right next to the pile of *conservative predictions I keep in my water closet. Certainly I'll find some use for them eventually.

Kevin "Hack" King

"Because with all of the blacks voting for Barack, --as the polls show race is an overwhelmingly important factor to black voters verses white voters, they know that they have no way of getting any substantive number of black votes, so why even try?"

Excuse me, but I'm a moderate, a registered Republican, and the bane of both parties -- I'll vote my conscience. And this white Gamma is voting for Obama because I think he's the best chance we got to keep my grandson from being drafted in 17 more years to go fight in Armageddon (known as the Bush-McCain Iraq-Iran-Afghanistan 100 year War). I also think he'll find a way during his terms to get America excited about new fuels and technologies, which will lead us out of the Oil Enslavement that we are in now.

I find it hilarious that I receive at least 2 emails a day from my right-leaning family and friends with some new nonsense about Obama, all of which are outright lies. You go to Snopes and look at the political pages, and Obama has page after page of debunked emails. McCain has 4 - FOUR. Now why is that? Could it be that the Republicans are throwing as much trash out there as they can, trying to scare the poor white voters into thinking that Obama is a trojan horse -- a black radical that will overthrow the white establishment once he is elected? Or is it because the Democrats are not going to stoop so low as to disparage an old man who is trying to fulfill his political dreams?

I know a lot of hispanics, vietnamese, american indian, red and yellow, black and white, brown and mixed -- they are all voting for Obama. This is a diverse country and we need an individual who understands all cultures, because he will have to get them excited to be a part of our America, to move this country back into a leadership position. We need a leader who can ask us to be smarter about our environment, to be frugal, and to stop wasting so much of our resources. He has to exhort everyone in our country to do this, because our lives may depend on it.

Who better than someone who understands being red and yellow, black and white, brown and mixed? Vote Obama 08.

Make a difference for your grandchildren - recycle!

"And this white Gamma is voting for Obama because I think he's the best chance we got to keep my grandson from being drafted in 17 more years to go fight in Armageddon (known as the Bush-McCain Iraq-Iran-Afghanistan 100 year War). I also think he'll find a way during his terms to get America excited about new fuels and technologies, which will lead us out of the Oil Enslavement that we are in now."

For many years, I was registered as an Independent, even voting for Reagan back in the 80's (a little known secret I'm revealing). But I came to my senses after the Iran-Contra scandal came to light in 1986 and re-registered as a Democrat. It was Reagan that caused me to switch to a Dem, and it will be Bush who causes many Repubs, and Indep., to switch and vote for Obama.

Sometimes, there are things that happen during an administration that cause some people to rethink their political leanings - for me it was Iran-Contra. Now, I think it is the Iraq war for many folks, and it is causing them to rethink where they see our country going and where they would like it to be in the future. And for many of us, it is not following Bush/McSame down the road of war/over spending/big oil/tax cuts for the wealthiest/inept foreign policy.

See you at the voting booth, Gamma!

"a black radical that will overthrow the white establishment once he is elected?"

It appears Mrs. OBlahBlah has that feeling from what I've read on Snopes. And we can assume the ole' Snope Dog is a reliable source.

Richard is immune to well made points. He will be along smartly to label you a liberal bed wetter. Wear that compliment like a badge of honor; like gold-plated Depends. Thanks for your very well-written response!

Cheers,

Kevin "Hack" King

I am worried now and I will 'till the election. The question isn't why Obama isn't 20 points up, it's why McCain with 26 years in the Senate and a bone fide war hero, isn't up up 20 points against a junior Senator with a funny name and a slim track record. You'd think he'd be blowing Obama out of the water.

And I supported his flop on off shore oil exploration, simple remedies for simple minds. After McCain flopped a couple of weeks before, what was the downside?

But I'm worried. I'm worried. I think it's going to come down to the debates. If he looks Presidential he'll run away with it. If he falters he'll have a chance but a fight on his hands.

Oh, I read part of that book. Everything that I had personal knowledge of was wrong. I hope somebody gave it to you instead of you spending your own good money on it.

The reason that McCain is not up, as Obama should be, is because he has little support among the strongest conservatives for all of his betrayals to many conservative principles. He was too coozy with the Democrats like Kerry, who have shown their true colors by trying to bring him down with stories about McCain's interest in the V.P. slot in 2004. (But now at least Ann Coulter is pushing for McCain. She has a website. www.letsallgetdrunkandvoteformccain.com, so those of us who don't like McCain, are going to come out in support of him for no other reason than our fear of an Obama Presidency.

We have a lot of problems on the Republican side, and the electorate is pretty upset. They took control of Congress in 94 then the executive branch, and yet they acted like drunken Democrats and spent their way out of office. Other than a few Supreme Court decisions, and our national defense, I've been wondering what the differences there are between us and Democrats.

The polls are still going to keep our attention, even though they are horribly unreliable, especially this far out. Still, you can't deny that your boy king is getting too much air time, and thats hurting him. With the audulations he recieves from your friends in the unbiased main street media, I see a lot of people getting disgusted with Obama real fast. Good friends and family that profess a love for Democratic politics are telling me in no uncertain terms, that Obama will never get their vote. They consider him a racist, plain and simple. I hardly have to speak a word. My black conservative friends, all seem to be as disgusted with Obama as is the rest of us. They fear his impact on politics for generations in that blacks will certainly never leave the plantation called the Democratic party now, and especially if Barack wins.

Again, I care not what skin reflecting properties this inexperienced liberal junior senator has. I care about his politics, his past influences, is anti-American bigotry, and how damn ignorant he is. I'd vote for Paris Hilton long before I'd vote for him.

They are the kind that has destroyed the "conservative party."

I intend to vote for John McCain, solely because he is John McCain, and the best of the two for the job. John will fight for his principles until he dies.

However, I see no need for you to call Obama names such as you have! The man is not a kid! He is nearing 50 years of age!
He knows how to select people to help him: witness his campaign.
He may even win due to John's lack of sleekness on the stump.
Nevertheless, my only regret is that McCain wasn't elected the first time he ran.

Why are you afraid Obama is racist? Because he worked for them in Chicago? So did Truman and Johnson.

I feel he is a fine Senator and should stay there for now.

I hope you get as much pleasure as I do disagreeing with each other. Your complaints about overspending while professing to like the biggest spenders of them all Reagan, Bush and Bush is cognitive dissonance at its best. I wonder how long you can maintain the internal fiction that the Republican Party is not the party of big spenders. Apparently forever. Johnson has been out of office for about a half a century and Clinton balanced the budget. Almost 50 years of history hasn’t made the slightest impression on you.

I’m not sure what Supreme Court decisions you like but naturally you would rally to support the worst foreign policy decisions in the history of the United States. I only wish I had been here to debate you when Reagan sold his soul to supply weapons and missiles to the Iranians and good old Oliver North trashed the constitution by illegally supporting those Nicaraguan folks. Those were truly the good old days.

Face it Richard, here are no real Republican principles except support tax cuts and shift Republican deficits to the kids.

Your friends don’t like Obama? Like Captain Renault, I’m shocked, shocked!

I believe you when you say you oppose his politics not his race. I have to say I disagree though about his being ignorant. You're just used to those legacy Republicans getting into Yale and the Naval Academy without any qualifications beyond their parents ability to produce an offspring. Obama did it on merit, didn’t even declare his race on his Harvard application.

As to plantation politics, you may be right. Certainly if Obama wins, we’ll have the African American vote for the next twenty years. On the other hand, this Sunday in the NTY Sunday Magazine, there is an interesting article about Obama changing black politics:

Is Obama the End of Black Politics?

And that would be a good thing, I think.

I'm looking forward to it.

PS: I'm glad Ann is finally supporting McCain (although I couldn't get the link to work). She's such a great spokesman for your side. I hope all the other members of her coven are against my side too.

"I care not what skin reflecting properties this inexperienced liberal junior senator has."

Richard, how many times have you mentioned race in your last three posts on Obama? Quite a few for a guy who doesn't seem to care about race. You're even stirring up the usuals!

More importantly. PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME.

You said this of McCain:

"he has little support among the strongest conservatives for all of his betrayals to many conservative principles."

Richard: What ARE conservative principles and who, exactly, IS upholding them?

You might reference:

-nation building
-state's rights (Florida family court in Schaivo case)
-Strict constructionists on Constitution (Gay marriage prohibition amendment)
-Fiscal responsibility

Tax cuts is all I can come up with on the list of things you guys care about.

Kevin "Hack" King

You will never get them to state, publicly, what conservative principles they espouse, because they CAN'T explain the inconsistencies. But then, you must know, it is not what they believe, but how much they can tear down any opposition with innuendo, sarcasm, and invective. Keep the faith.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

All of Kevin's examples are from the W era where there were very few "conservatives" actively involved. There were instead some guys like Cheney who at one time had a lot of intelligence and insight that went to the dark side of what is called "neo-conservative" thought that has not a lot to do with traditional conservatism.

To me, it's pretty easy to define a conservative in American politics. Or, one can read the National Review and get up to speed. Here's whatI would list as what conservatives traditionally have been about:

1) Fiscal restraint.
2) Emphasizing the individual over the State. Distrust of large, powerful government. State and local rights more important than federal.
3) Business is good and small business is the best.
4) Very strong military but reluctance to use it.
5) People are basically good, civic-oriented, hard working citizens who will achieve positive outcomes if government stays out of the way.

During the run-up to the Reagan era, things started changing and the far-right religious groups like Moral Majority suddenly shifted the whole party towards also being "social conservatives," which is kind of a misnomer. Then, conservatives started going along these lines:

A)People can't be left alone need a lot of protection from themselves. We'll make more laws. We'll spend a ton on investigating the evils of Playboy and porn movies and start a war on drugs. People suck.
B)State's rights if it helps us get elected, federal dominance after and dictating to the states once we get elected. States are too stupid to know what the ideal speed limit is(OK, so that was Nixon and pre-Reagan, but still...) or what the drinking age should be. We'll dictate that to them.
C)Love of God. He needs to be everywhere in the political sphere and it needs to be explained constantly that everything we do is for Him.
Libs use "for the children" so we use "for Him"
D)Spending loads of money at the federal level is fun, helps win re-election and is pain-free in the short-term! Deficits are no big deal as long as there exists some measurement we can claim to show that everything is fine and dandy at the moment.
E) You're either for us or against us. Compromise and listening to competing ideals even from within your own group is for losers.
F) Destroying your opponent is easier than besting them on the battlefield of ideas.

5) Distrust of large g

Whether obama wins or loses there will be violence and riots. Several people much older, and with more life experience have already mentioned this.

Lets remember that when Darwin came up with his theory of evolution he was on an island(Galapagos) with wild animals. He was not studying the human animal. Certainly not the human animal that exists today in our major cities sponsored by welfare.

"the human animal that exists today in our major cities sponsored by welfare" Take a look at the current demographics of those existing on welfare. The recent job layoffs; gas prices; food prices; has made that a more diverse representation of our citizens. (Please don't forget those who may be considered 'white' in our rural areas.)

Let's just hope McCain doesn't enter her in the upcoming Fort Lauderdale Wet T-shirt Contest.

How about that comment that 'Ms. Finally Proud Of America' recently made regarding Bush's stimulus package. Where she said "$600 would buy a nice pair of ear rings".

Seriously.... are the candidates, and their wives out of touch or what? And both of them claim to represent the middle class and 'the center'?

So the question that begs asking is: Do you support the Democrat who talks like a Republican, or the for the Republican who talks like a Democrat?

How else are ya gonna get Hillary on the Supreme Court?

I'd sooner support your Uncle Billy for a seat on the Supreme Court. Talk about judicial activism..... Yikes!

If my Uncle Billy was on the Supreme Court, your taxes would never be higher that the good Lord required your tithe to be, if you were in the military you would be old enough to drink beer no matter your age, you could use your school voucher to go to school where you would be required to learn how to shoot, you could satisfy your history requirement studying the history of NASCAR and you’d get foreign language credit if you could converse with someone from Brooklyn.

Since I can't see him being effective on the Supreme Court, I'll write him in for prez. Providing his platform is as you say.

10% flat tax.

Treat 18 year old soldiers like adults. I can handle that.

Vouchers requiring NRA training before a student can get promoted to the 6th grade.

NASCAR history? I suppose it beats studying women's suffrage.

Foreign language credits? Think of the possibilities. Even for me. I speak redneck, ebonics, understand Brooklyn (sometimes), and I've mastered teleprompter speak. I can tell you what they really mean as opposed to what they're saying.

Sounds like my kind of man, and he had his own beer too, at last a lawyer I could live with.

I yam what I yam....Popeye

Stop it - PLEASE!!!! Let's not go there with Hillary.
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For some reason I'm not sleeping very well lately. Why should anybody else?

I think you missed the whole point. Obama had 143 days of "experience" in D.C. and only had that because Ryan had to drop out of the race. I don't think Richard was talking just about military experience. Obama has very little experience of any kind, except for his shady dealings in Chicago. And his ability to surround himself with great advisors (Ayers, Rezko, Wright,etc.)....hmmm....no. But he sure can read a mean teleprompter!

You're right, but my point was how hypocritical the Repubs are. Now the Dems are too, so no free pass. But the Repubs always label themselves as the party of truth and label the Dems as the party of the flip-flop. Yet the Repubs flip-flop all the time. And they blame the Dems for every failure of history. My point was that experience (or whatever) is always touted by the party whose candidate is perceived to have it. Bush, a governor, was elected over Gore, a sitting VP and long time Senator. Apparently experience, especially foreign relations, didn't matter. Now it seems too. Why? Well that is where you can challenge the other candidate best.
As to other issues, I keep asking (and never get answers) why, after a Repub Pres AND Repub Congress, we don't have offshore drilling, don't have a line item veto, don't have smaller govt., don't have a balanced budget, etc. All things that Repubs blame Dems for. Why didn't YOU GUYS fix it when you had the chance instead of messing it up for generations to come and blaming the Dems?

just some thoughts.

As to other issues, I keep asking (and never get answers) why, after a Repub Pres AND Repub Congress, we don't have offshore drilling, don't have a line item veto, don't have smaller govt., don't have a balanced budget, etc. All things that Repubs blame Dems for. Why didn't YOU GUYS fix it when you had the chance instead of messing it up for generations to come and blaming the Dems?

Could the reason be fear of not being re-elected? We were warned by a true hero - Eisenhower - about those who put business interests before the interest of the American people - regardless of their political affiliation. I too would be interested in the answer from some of the conservative Republicans in this discussion.

with Sen Obama's past and his choice of spiritual leader. I'll never believe that he was associated with Rev Wright for so long and never knew the mans views on white America. Still he didn't break ties with him until pressured to do so. If David Duke ran for President and I as a white man thought of voting for him, I'd be labeled a racist. (But I couldn't vote for him either) Oh the double standard. And I do believe that experience counts. For a lot!

Billy Graham had a real problem with Jews early in his spiritual journey. Every president since Roosevelt had the spiritual advise of Billy Graham. Were all of our former presidents racists?

Billy Graham is a human being just like you and me. Did you think Billy Graham was perfect?

Your answer is NO that did not make Billy Graham a racist.

Quit trying to avoid the race issue that you have. I think Billy Graham has taken care of that. So, why can't you get over the race issue yourself???????

I compliment your comprehension. It's not a 'race' issue - it's a logic issue. Get it?

Yes I GET IT! I don't think that you do.

You are still not answering the race question? That says alot about you. Your still stuck way back when and don't want to answer the question.

G35 Dude is CORRECT!

Get over your race issue. That is what started all of this.

I take back the compliment regarding your comprehension skills. Very familiar to the skills of former posters. Have a great day!

Thank you for TRYING to sound so sweet and nice and avoiding the answer.

That's okay, since you did not answer I have my answer.

Yeah, keep ignoring the issue and you will stay in the same place you are.

"That's okay, since you did not answer I have my answer."

gee whiz, that sounds familiar...

They're baaaaaack!