The Associated Press has discovered that Obama’s aunt from Kenya is an illegal alien. The 56 year old woman, Zeituni Onyango, refered to by Obama as “Aunti Zeituni”, was denied asylum four years ago. There were no details available about the cirumstances of her asylum denial.
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Written by admin on November 1, 2008
I usually try to look at both sides of things, but Obama is really out of touch right now. This youtube clip says it all. It’s got some commentary in it, but it’s the only clip I’ve found with his quote. It appears Obama is basically saying that anyone who doesn’t want more taxes is simply selfish. Then he compares taxation to sharing toys in Kindergarten, or sharing a sandwich.
There is a difference between charity/sharing and taxation. Sharing is an act one chooses to do, taxation is something that is forced. If I don’t share, I’m just an ass. If I don’t pay taxes I’m heading to jail.
I also hate to point it out, but Conservatives are more charitable than Liberals.
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Posted under Election
Written by admin on October 31, 2008
The Washington Post has posted the ratings for last night’s Obama “Infomercial.” The early raings show that it got 30.1 million viewers. ABC, who did not show “Barack Obama: American Stories” got 6.6 million viewers for “Pushing Daisies” (more than its 5.7 million last week and even more than the 6.3 million it got for the season premiere). Some further breakdown of the ratings:
Numbers are not yet available for cable networks (MSNBC, BET and TVOne) that also showed the special.
It will be interesting to see if this has any affect on the momentum the McCain campaign has had the past week. We may not know for sure for a few days as polls tend to lag influences such as this.
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Written by admin on October 30, 2008
A surprising Rasmussen poll shows McCain is now polling ahead of Obama on the economy and taxes. A month ago, McCain was polling 3 points behind on taxes. Currently, he is polling 2 points ahead. Obama seems to have hurt himself some with his answer to Joe the Plumber of “spreading the wealth around”. A month ago, McCain was 9 points behind on the economy. Now, he is 1 point ahead.
While these are small margins, it is yet more evidence that McCain is gaining momentum entering the election.
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Written by admin on October 30, 2008
Anyone who was around for 1992 is sure to remember Ross Perot. If not, you might remember Dana Carvey doing Ross Perot impersonations on SNL. The reason I bring Ross Perot up is that he was the last candidate to buy primetime slots on the major networks for an infomercial. He brought his pointer and his cardboard graphs and in his trademark voice explained why he was the best candidate for America. I have to admit, he was a bit hypnotic in a creepy sort of way. Regardless, Perot’s shows even outperformed sitcoms. For your nostalgia here’s a bit of one of his shows:
It will be interesting to see how Obama’s show ratings turn out. My instinct tells me that Perot’s novelty level (3rd party candidate and unorthodox for a politician) is what drew his ratings. At this point in the election, I’d expect mostly diehard Obama supporters and truly undecided will be the viewers. Zogby shows about 6% of voters are still undecided, but also shows Obama with a large lead. I’m not sure how much Obama has to gain with the TV special, but time will tell. Many seem to be sick of hearing from the politicians, given the constant political advertising that we are innundated with lately.
SNL had to get in on the act and for those that missed it, here is the spoof:
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Written by admin on October 28, 2008
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