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Always Positive, Sometimes Right - October 2008

McCain repudiates attacks on Obama character

October 30th 2008 18:08
[There are a handful of Orble writers who consider themselves conservatives. They are not! Conservatives believe in the virtues of robust but fair political and social dialogue; they are not ones to neither delete opposing views nor run from a discussion and refuse to engage issues on the merits. No, these few are radicals, disdaining American values of diversity, cowering together for warmth in their cave of bias, having that cave lighted and heated only by Fox News. To that handful, who brag that they would never read this site, I dedicate this post.]

Some of the allegations repeatedly made by those of the far right, including to her shame, Sarah Palin, and allowed, to his shame, by John McCain, have finally and long last been repudiated by Senator McCain. It is certainly too late to erase the stench in the air of United States politics; it may be too late to salvage his honor



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An appeal for Bloggers on the Right

October 27th 2008 16:56
When I opened this Blog to allow – and encourage - persons with opinions to my Right, a population that is, in the opinion of several of my family, extensive, I hoped for Bloggers with persuasive arguments that would illuminate and entertain.

A number of persons have requested to become “members” of politicalcertainty but thus far only Randy has joined and is participation with gusto


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Do we really want the Socialist Obama in power?

October 26th 2008 14:43
Communist Flag
Dont turn American into a Communist Country
We need to put a stop to socialism in America and we need to do it now. It does not work plain and simple. And it will ruin this country and that is the goal of top liberals in America.

In Socialism the top people keep everything and give the general population just enough to live on. Yes those nasty rich people will be gone, and will live in the slums right next to you. How dare they work hard to improve life for their families! Lets take all their stuff and give it to people with no drive to succeed in life


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Conservative movement splits and unravels

October 25th 2008 21:12
The other day I posted my insights (The Paucity of Ideas) on how the Conservative movement and the GOP have had a major schism, one that will ultimately cause its internal destruction. It should preclude a McCain-Palin victory in a few weeks; it will certainly prevent any growth in the party unless it is cured.

As I noted in my previous post, the present day GOP and its conservative followers have embarked on an anti-intellectual course where education and study have been scorned as “elitist” and the political and civic discourse reduced to class division and name calling. They have abandoned the intellectual nature of conservatism


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A paucity of ideas

October 25th 2008 02:26
I have spent the past several weeks talking with a number of people of all stages in life, working and retired, liberal and self-professed conservative. Many have a decidedly firm argument that they will never vote for Barack Obama. The persons most committed to than viewpoint say the same things.

• Senator Obama consorts with terrorists and may be one himself. Why take a chance


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Congratulations and hopeful wishes

October 24th 2008 17:45
It is 12:30 P.M. on Friday, October 24, 2008, and Joan and I have voted for the man who will be our president for the next 4 or 8 years. At this time, I obviously do not know who will be taking over for George W. Bush next January, except I am certain that:

• He was elected by the American people in a country where elections are robustly contended and fairly resolved


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Sarah, Vanna and excesses

October 22nd 2008 19:39
Several years ago, my wife, The Lovely Joan, was watching Wheel of Fortune when I heard at the end of the program that Vanna White had been asked about whether she was able to keep the gowns and dresses worn and showcased on the program. If I heard the answer, I have forgotten; then came the news over the past days that Governor Sarah Palin, at a time when the GOP campaign is financially strapped, received about $150,000 for clothes, make-up and hairdressing. Ordinarily I would consider this an internal Republican problem and an issue that is frivolous and just an absurd allocation of resources. When she returns to Alaska in a couple of weeks, as polls suggest she will be, does she keep the clothes?

A spokesperson for the McCain-Palin campaign, Tracey Schmitt, called the news trivial and of no importance. I agree, except for the double standard and side issues involved


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The “Bradley Effect”, the “Reverse Bradley Effect”: what it means.

October 22nd 2008 10:21
There has been from the very beginning the hope that Americans were beyond denying the presidency to Barack Obama because of his race. In a previous article, I discussed this as the 800 pound gorilla in Senator Obama’s camp. Add to the race issue the continuing, and unfounded belief that the Illinois Senator is Muslim, and, thereby, patently a traitor and untrustworthy, there were huge opportunities for the vile and ignorant to show their positions.

Finally, the Republicans’ strategy has been, to their shame, one of exacerbating the problem. While John McCain seemed to out of his way to correct and declaim shouted hate from his audiences, Sarah Palin, like a good arrack dog, encouraged the divisiveness


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Skip the election.

October 21st 2008 20:25
The election of 2008, as in 2000, may well be determined by the average opinions of a handful of residents in Hillsborough County, Florida. Among the “swing states” those up for grabs, is Florida with its 27 electoral votes. Those votes were awarded to the Republicans last time by an overtly partisan Secretary of State, Katherine Harris, and an activist, equally partisan, United Supreme Court.

The result was a relatively small handful of voters determined that George W. Bush would be our president and Al Gore left to win the Nobel prize and an Oscar for his work to reduce global warming and other threats to the world


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Why Hillary supporters should vote for McCain

October 20th 2008 19:58
Hillary Clinton
If you really support Hillary then vote for McCain
Hillary Clinton supporters should vote for McCain rather than Obama, if they are really for Mrs. Clinton. If Obama wins the election Hlilary will have to wait at least 8 years to have a chance at the presidency again. And even then it would be doubtful because Obama would probably try to get somebody else to replace him, should he serve two terms.

Even if Hlilary could run for and win the nomination against a sitting President, she would be defeated by whatever Republican candidate is running. Because if Obama does badly enough that he can’t even get the nomination, then no Democrat would win anyway


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Biden admits that Obama will cause a crisis

October 20th 2008 18:42
Kudos to Joe Biden for being a rare thing, an honest politician which is shocking since he is a Democrat. He admitted that there will be an international crisis if Obama is elected. Just so the world can see what he will do. You can read the entire statement by clicking this long link.

He admits that because of Obama’s inexperience that people will test him. He did NOT say that electing McCain will cause an international crisis. With the United States involved in two shooting wars, this isn’t the time to encourage a new war to break out


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True conservatism has vanished and it is the nation’s loss.

October 18th 2008 01:53
This comment is written with some sadness. A good and honorable man, John McCain entered into a bargain wherein he sold his soul and honor in return for the presidency; it now looks like he has lost both.


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The moment McCain lost the election

October 17th 2008 01:26
After nearly 20 months of primary and general election campaigning, a particular negative campaign at that, the American public was getting impatient. It wasn’t the most negative and nasty campaign in recent memory; the United States’ use of name calling and exclaiming the charterer flaws of opponents in lieu of stating one’s own position continued. After all of that, it boiled down to one comment by John McCain.

The general issue was “abortion”. Senator Obama stated that he has, in the past and would continue in the future, support sex education and teach personal responsibility all to the end that abortion be safe and rare. He added, however, that he opposed legislation banning abortion that did not protect the health of the mother. Decisions as to abortion, the Democrat said, were to be faced and answered by the woman, consulting with medical and spiritual consultants; the mother’s health was a factor limiting the law’s condemnation


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Obama spending lots in North Carolina

October 15th 2008 22:30
I have a job where I can listen to the radio all day. Now despite what some of you may think, I don’t listen to Rush all day. I listen to sports radio most of the day and catch a little political stuff for an hour late in the evening.

I live in North Carolina and in past years it always seemed like we get ignored in National Elections. Probably 80 percent of commercial breaks I heard today, had an Obama commercial in it. And as I said this is sports radio. Maybe once an hour I would hear one for local elections. I don’t think I heard a McCain add all day, but I may be mistaken


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The other gorilla

October 15th 2008 14:34
I have previously discussed Senator Obama’s gorilla, that of many Democrats and independents reluctant to vote for a black man but reluctant to admit it. John McCain has his own gorilla.

The Republican gorilla (Shush, he’s old. Is he senile?)
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The 800 pound gorilla

October 15th 2008 14:23
Yesterday I received a message from Randy Inman, my fellow Orble writer and a contributor to this Blog.

“You’re a LIB [sic] do you think everyone not voting for Obama is a Racist? Jesus that ticked me off in the comments.”

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An invitation – and trying something new

October 15th 2008 13:46
I have been blogging and, some say, ranting for a couple of years. I am a political junkie and read all sorts of viewpoints, from The Huffington Post and the Daily Kos and The Nation to Human Events, the Ann Couture and Fox Blogs; I watch MSNBC and Fox, listen to Bill O’Reilly and even Rush.

I enjoy discussions of political views. From various sites on Orble and elsewhere, it is clear that most opinions are directed to those who agree. Those who disagree are told to leave. One writer on Orble, with whom I disagreed was dismissive


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My God can beat up their God

October 14th 2008 11:23
The McCain campaign has stated in recent days that its candidate cannot be responsible for the “nut cases” or crazies at the rallies.

Would that include the Pastor giving the official invocation


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Obama and his unsavory Associates

October 13th 2008 14:50
How Barack Hussein Obama can be this close to the Presidency of the United States of America sickens and amazes me. We won’t even discuss his inexperience here that is well known. And that can be excused if he would surround himself with quality advisors with the country’s best interest at heart. But he has been advised by crooks and people who hate America. But the “Change” he will bring is ok because he is the Messiah to a bunch of atheists. Let me list the group of scumbags Barack Hussein Obama is or has been associated with.

Now not all of these are current advisors to ole Hussein but some are. And the rest showed he was willing to associate with anyone to further his political career


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Conflicting messages

October 13th 2008 11:43
There were two commercials on television in Tampa last evening.

The commercials “approved by John McCain”, did not merely state that Senator Obama would not be as good a president as Senator McCain, they accuse the Illinois elected member of the Senate of the United States, one of 100 men and women chosen by the residents of their respective states, a liar and a traitor The results of this type of rhetoric has been has resulted in shouts from the GOP faithful at rallies starring Governor Palin that the Democratic candidate should be actually killed. The GOP, party of Abraham Lincoln, once dedicated to civil rights for everyone, has, in the words of Arianna Huffington, gone from “appealing to the better angels of our nature to evoking the darkest demons of our nature


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Why I may vote Democrat in the North Carolina Governor's Race

October 11th 2008 16:29
The North Carolina race for Governor is an interesting one this year and I may even vote for Democrat Bev Perdue despite my very conservative leanings. I am still undecided at this time however.

I really like Perdue’s stance on education and the fact that she is a former teacher. As someone with 4 kids I like someone strong on education in North Carolina. She wants to ensure that no kid is left out of college due to finances. Of course North Carolina tax payers would be picking up the tab. But education is one thing I don’t mind my taxes going to pay for


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Part II: Governor Sarah Palin is not qualified to be Vice President.

October 4th 2008 15:30
In Part I of these articles, I discussed the role, duties and responsibilities of the modern United States Vice President. These are derived from the Constitution and the 12th and 25th Amendments, Congressional statutes and, to a great extent, custom and arrangements of the respective Presidents.

When Nixon selected Ford to be his Vice President, and Ford selected Rockefeller, the government was divided, with the Democrats controlling Congress. Yet a Democratic Congress approved both Ford and Rockefeller to be Vice President based on inter-branch comity. Surely no one would argue that Sarah Palin is in a league with Ford and Rockefeller when it comes to experience


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Part I: “What is it exactly that the Vice President does every day?”

October 4th 2008 15:18
Sarah Palin asked this question and the answer is complex.

The U.S. Vice President’s duties come from the Constitution, statutes and custom. Part I explores these duties and Part II deals with Sarah Palin’s lack of any qualifications for the job


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A note that, if read, will be ignored.

October 1st 2008 11:14
To SLB, Lester and their followers:

I realize that SLB prides herself on not reading my scribblings and so she will not see this. Lester does, however, drop by from time to time, to express dismay at my liberal views


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