The Note: In Storm, McCain Senses Opportunity

This is McCain pandering. He voted against support of these people last time around.
The Republican convention was dead from the start with many no going anyway. This way it looks as if the storm did it i9n, but in fact it was done before it started.

I admire John McCain and what he is doing. I am praying for the people of Louisisana. I am a Hillary supporter and I can’t stand what the Democrats are saying now, how they have absolutely no heart for people in trouble.
PUMA for McCain/Palin 08!

“It’s redemption for the Republican Party on the competence issue,” a convention planner tells Politico’s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei. “This is McCain doing the right thing, showing leadership and taking command. . . . He’s deciding how to handle this, and Bush is irrelevant.”
OMG. It sounds as if he actually did something…lol. Common sense would tell even the village idiot not to hold the convention. This one was a no brainer.

“It’s redemption for the Republican Party on the competence issue,” a convention planner tells Politico’s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei. “This is McCain doing the right thing, showing leadership and taking command. . . . He’s deciding how to handle this, and Bush is irrelevant.”
You are GREAT McCain! Keep up the good work, putting Americans first! Obama would never have done this…he is waay to much into himself. Thank you, John McCain, or I should actually be saying,
“Thank you, President John McCain.!”

McCain/Palin 08!

Anything to make a hit …He sided with Bush on the last one and did much of nothing.Now all of a sudden wow lets use this to make ourselves look good.Noway No McCain…

Gustav’s timing is working to the advantage of the Republicans. They know that their convention was doomed from the start. Their most well known speakers were going to be Bush and Cheney. Hardly a positive for them. Arnold decided not to leave CA to speak…maybe Maria talked some sense into him. The Republicans are all of a sudden so interested in the hurricane. Where have they been the last 3 years when the Katrina victims needed them? Ask anyone from MS or LA…the Republicans don’t care about them. They only care about getting elected, then they forget about the people who put them there.

Is Gustav Republican? Not quite sure! I believe Katrina was. She sunk Bush’s Approval Rating and he never recovered.
May be now McCain is trying to put things right!

NOBAMA!!!!!!!
Enough said…
Another Texan against the mental disorder known as Liberalism…
Posted by: NOBAMA | Sep 1, 2008 10:05:01 AM
Democrats can’t stand the fact that America is now turning to the right choice, that is, John McCain!
Suck it up, DemWits!

Boy – that Bobby Jindal is one straight-shooter. Talk about poise, charisma and judgement.
Sure would have made an excellent VP! Guess he didn’t have the right “bits”.

Laughing about a major storm hitting New Orleans, huh. How impressive. Sounds like a real man of and for the people. I’m sure as citizens return to their homes to pick up the pieces, the most important thing on their minds will be which party gained the most from this storm. Mr Fowler, you are a foolish man of flawed character. You represent your party with no integrity or professionalism. None-the-less, those who are less forunate than you wish no ill upon yourself or your property. It is a shame you do not understand such a concept.
Posted by: Don | Sep 1, 2008 9:52:02 AM
I agree, Don. Fowler, who is a reprentative of the Democrats and Obama, having a laugh while Americans are fleeing for their lives! The Democrats NEVER cease to amaze me….how unfortunate that Obama is allowing his followers to make comments like these.
Thank you, John McCain, for being the BIGGER person, cancelling your convention, in support of the hurricane victims. This is just another reason why you will become POTUS!

Let’s see, so if McACin goes to the Hurricane zone he’s pandering and if he doesn’t, then he doesn’t care about people. You Dims would find something wrong with a hundred dollar bill if someone gave it to you.
Regarding Palin, if she is such a bad choice than why are the Dims so up in arms about it. If she is such a bad pick sit back and enjoy the show. The fact is she is a great pic and Obama will lose in November, get used to it – again. One main reason is because you are still running against Bush and he’s not on the ticket and trying to link Bush and McCain is weak.
What a reversal, Obama is the agent of Hope and Change, yet he has lost the hope theme by his smarmy and petty actions lately and as for “change” he picks Biden who has never had a real job since going to Washington in ’71. Now, McCain has literally stolen the “Change” mantel from the Dems, it is a mster stroke and you’ll see as the debates approach. But if I am so wrong, them sit back and enjoy that I am wrong. Relax, Obama will walk away with the election – right?

By visiting New Orleans, what do you expect McCain can help people in New Orleans? It’s not McCain’job to go there. It is Bush’s job. McCain goes there just for his political gain.

McCain is going to regret the day he chose Palin, she is a fraud and I can’t wait til it all comes out!!

Maccain is clever to use this disaster to show his sham compassion to these people…
That’s why he went Missisipi for photo-op even that made more work for the place.
Maccain Winning First, Country Second

WHAT HAVE YOU PEOPLE BEEN SMOKING
McBush is a 70 some year old man waving
His Arms at a Freaking Hurricane !
It will not help … IT IS A PHOTO OP
THATS IT…. they need to start doing Drug
test on the McBush Bunch… you guys need
to get a life…. or at least watch one
on TV…lol……..

there is alot of talk about obama going down in the polls after hiw historic speech. can you honestly tell me where you found this information, or how you figure this out. I say that because everywhere i look, i only see Obama ahead . post a link or something. this is my link. http://abcnews.go.com/politics

For all the dark clouds in the Gulf the sunlight is certainly shining upon Senator McCain and Governor Palin. They are peaking at just the right time. Obama fatigue and frankly “The One” (as named by Oprah) mentality has become quite a joke. People are no longer wanting to be associated en masse as a follower, zombie, or groupie. The awakening has begun.

FactChecking Obama
August 29, 2008
He stuck to the facts, except when he stretched them.
Summary
We checked the accuracy of Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic nomination, and noted the following:
Obama said he could “pay for every dime” of his spending and tax cut proposals “by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens.” That’s wrong – his proposed tax increases on upper-income individuals are key components of paying for his program, as well. And his plan, like McCain’s, would leave the U.S. facing big budget deficits, according to independent experts.
He twisted McCain’s words about Afghanistan, saying, “When John McCain said we could just ‘muddle through’ in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources.” Actually, McCain said in 2003 we “may” muddle through, and he recently also called for more troops there.
He said McCain would fail to lower taxes for 100 million Americans while his own plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of “working” families. But an independent analysis puts the number who would see no benefit from McCain’s plan at 66 million and finds that Obama’s plan would benefit 81 percent of all households when retirees and those without children are figured in.
Obama asked why McCain would “define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year”? Actually, McCain meant that comment as a joke, getting a laugh and following up by saying, “But seriously …”
Obama noted that McCain’s health care plan would “tax people’s benefits” but didn’t say that it also would provide up to a $5,000 tax credit for families.
He said McCain, far from being a maverick who’s “broken with his party,” has voted to support Bush policies 90 percent of the time. True enough, but by the same measure Obama has voted with fellow Democrats in the Senate 97 percent of the time.
Obama said “average family income” went down $2,000 under Bush, which isn’t correct. An aide said he was really talking only about “working” families and not retired couples. And – math teachers, please note – he meant median (or midpoint) and not really the mean or average. Median family income actually has inched up slightly under Bush.

After the obama gang spent Millions of taxpayers $$$$$ – he still cannot manage to get up 10 pts!!!
Maybe the American people now know for a FACT this guy is a FRAUD!

This from Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council:
Senator McCain made an outstanding pick from the choices that were on the table. Sarah Palin clearly addresses the issues so many conservatives are concerned about. It balances out the ticket. She’s also really a checkmate for the Democratic Party because folks who were looking to make history for Barack Obama can make history by voting for John McCain in seeing the first woman elected to the vice-presidency. It was a very strategic move by John McCain.

More from Mat Staver on the life issue:
“She is very pro-life. She has a Down Syndrome child. She’s committed to pro-life. She understands the commitment to the sanctity of human life.”
Now reaction from another important Evangelical figure, Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission:
Governor Palin is a vice-presidential selection which shows that John McCain at the age of 72 today is still able to think outside the box. Governor Palin will delight the Republican base. She is pro-life. She is an avid hunter and member of The National Rifle Association and is both a conservationist and someone who avidly believes in exploiting our fossil fuel resources as well as developing other forms of energy. A mother of five and a background as a television commentator makes her appear to be a very solid candidate for appealing to a lot of women who feel that Senator Clinton was treated disrespectfully by the Obama camp. It appears that Senator Obama played it safe in picking Senator Biden and Senator McCain made the bold and unconventional choice in picking Governor Palin.

Palin Makes Good First Impression: Is Viewed More Favorably than Biden
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Sarah Palin has made a good first impression. Before being named as John McCain’s running mate, 67% of voters didn’t know enough about the Alaska governor to have an opinion. After her debut in Dayton and a rush of media coverage, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 53% now have a favorable opinion of Palin while just 26% offer a less flattering assessment.
By way of comparison, on the day he was selected as Barack Obama’s running mate, Delaware Senator Joseph Biden was viewed favorably by 43% of voters.

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Monday, September 01, 2008
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Barack Obama attracting 47% of the vote while John McCain earns 44%. When “leaners” are included, it’s Obama 49%, McCain 46%. Those figures are unchanged from yesterday and little changed over the past several days
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Again, Obama only got an 8 pt bounce after the convention. Now, he is down to just a 3 pt lead over McCain. Obama’s message of “change” is failing. McCain took a gamble, announced Palin as his VP choice, and it appears this gamble is paying off. I think its going to be a very long road until November for the DemWits!
McCain/Palin 08!

Palin’s interesting background could attract those undecided voters. As Janacek puts it, here’s a “beauty pageant queen, gun-toting, take-no-prisoners sort of governor” raising five children, including one born in April with Down syndrome.
“I think that’s appealing for independents,” she said. “I think people are hungry for someone they can relate to.”

Poll shows no convention bounce for Obama
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — On the eve of the Republican convention, a new national poll suggests the race for the White House remains even.
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are in a virtual tie, according to the latest poll.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Sunday night shows the Obama-Biden ticket leading the McCain-Palin ticket by one point, 49 percent to 48 percent, within the statistical margin of error.
The survey was conducted Friday through Sunday, after both the conclusion of the Democratic convention and Sen. John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
A previous CNN poll, taken just one week earlier, suggested the race between McCain, R-Arizona, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, was tied at 47 percent each.
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Even CNN, Obama’s network, is stating that the convention did nothing for the Democratic nominee in the polls. All that money and expense, at the taxpayers burden did NOTHING for the Democrats!
I’m sick of Obama’s lies and deceit! I’m a democrat, but I’m voting for McCain! I will rally and campaign for McCain as much as I can. Seems like all of my friends are switching from Democrat to Republican. It’s apparent that Obama has deceived America….he’s toast!

JT, I don’t dispute what you say. All I am saying is that day to day polls are useless. But I will say that blue states will remain blue. And some states that were solid repub may be in play ie, VA.

State: South Carolina
Updated: 7/8/2008
Summary:
Obama – 42%
McCain – 41%
Barr – 6%
Nader – 1%
Someone else – 3%
Undecided – 6%
Economic worries and Conservatives for Barr make this close. Obama needs super turnout from African-Americans and Independents.
Electoral Votes: 8, Too close to call

State: Missouri
Updated: 7/8/2008
Summary:
Obama – 42%
McCain – 40%
Barr – 6%
Nader – 1%
Someone else – 4%
Undecided – 7%
Obama keeping it close among whites (down by 8% to McCain.) He will need young and minority voters to pull an upset.
Electoral Votes: 11, Too close to call

State: Nevada
Updated: 8/22/2008
Summary:
Obama – 39%
McCain – 38%
Barr – 10%
Nader – 3%
Not Sure/Other – 10%
“This state remains deadlocked. McCain may have more potential to add votes by winning over Barr supporters. This is yet another place where Mitt Romney could help the McCain ticket, as it has one of the highest concentrations of Mormons in the country. One-half of voters are very concerned about the economy, so Obama must convince middle-income voters that he is on their side. Obama’s opportunity could come from the burgeoning class of service industry workers flooding in to Las Vegas.”
Electoral Votes: 5, Too close to call

Folks, this is no more than McCain sensing a photo op.

Way to go McCan! Hillary supporter for McCain/Palin all the way!

I know they got the hint. Even the nature is protesting. Liars and hypocrits will be punished.