This Morning’s “Sam”*

No teleprompter, no questions! Shout all you want, it doesn’t appear to be getting you anywhere…except maybe in the dog house.

And you still tried to hitch a ride?

Jake is already in the dog house …
He acts like he works at Faux Noise …
Oh I forgot … ABC IS Faux Noise Annex …

Does ABC have someone yelling questions at McCain as well?

CNN, NY Times and USA Today published the facts if you want to look that up. During the periods we had Democratic presidents, the stock market performed far better. CNN analysed the data from 1927 – 1999 and USA Today’s data was from 1901 to 2004. The NY Times data was examined from 1929 – 2001.
CNN
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2% gain = Republicans
11% gain = Democrats
USA Today
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6.9% gain = Republicans
13.3% gain = Democrats
NY Times
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0.4% gain = Republicans
8.9% gain = Democrats
Obama/Biden 08!

samhiguchi: “No teleprompter, no questions!”
Right. Except at the dozen or so debates Obama has done. Or the 60+ press interviews. Or the countless other press availabilities Obama has done over the last 2 years. You can’t make fun of Obama’s ‘uhs and ums’ one day and then insinuate that he never takes unscripted questions. It makes you look beyond deceptive and into simple minded.
The campaign is over. It’s all about get out the vote now.

McCain would not answer that question. I have far more confidence that Obama has a better answer
Last week they were trying to get banks to lend money rather than paying big bonus to employees.
I thought they had included controls to prevent socialism for Wall Street.
I am still waiting for McCain’s answer to fund social security other than work across the isle, which means blame the Democrats.
Ask McCain to define victory in Iraq, which his favorite general has said will not be a word the US will ever be able to use about the Iraq war

I’m not looking for press conferences….
I am looking for an Obama victory.
Both candidates have made their closing arguments…
All that’s left is to resist the weight of McCain’s barrage of 11th hour smears… the ones that cannot stand up to any sustained scrutiny… the ones that he is hoping will slide him into the White House in spite of his record and total lack of vision.

Concerned is actually right…
It is dangerous when politicians go against big industry lobbyists.
Fortunately, Obama has built a big grass roots network and a pretty impressive machine.
I think he will be less vulnerable to lobbyists than someone like McCain, who relies on them pretty heavily for advice, money, and public relations. In fact, they don’t have to pay him that much to get what they want… because they know he is dependent on them… his campaign staff consists primarily of lobbyists.
You can see how some of these industries are already panicking and throwing money at Obama in the hopes that he might side with them. But he doesn’t really have to, given his enormous popularity and unconventional campaign.

Retired Old Guy…
You are forgetting the other part of his agenda:
Put McCain supporters in FEMA camps, where they will be tortured by blue-helmeted UN soldiers, under the control of George Soros and Sean Penn.

blip: Right and increase Forign aid and give 846 billion to the UN while he is at it

I Hope People are tired of a Divided Nation, that so many lives, homes, jobs, savings ect where lost for and as a soldier
OUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT NATION OF FREEDOM DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS FROM EVERYONE…FOR EXAMPLE THIS TORE MY HEART OUT!
All I Can Say…Is WOW!
It Has Come To This???
I’m not saying McCain/Palin has anything to do with this but you have to ask yourself…What the Heck Is Going On Out There????
McCain Supporter Denies Candy To Children Of Obama Supporters On Halloween (VIDEO)

blip,I think he will be less vulnerable to lobbyists
Right. He is corrupt as the rest of them.
Need we provide Obama’s contributions from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Lehman Brothers as reported by Opensecrets again? I guess so.
Lehman:
Members of the 110th Congress who have received campaign contributions from Lehman Brothers, 1989-2008
Name Office State Party Grand Total Total from
PACs Total from
Individuals
Clinton, Hillary S NY D $409,980 $3,000 $406,980
Obama, Barack S IL D $395,574 $0 $395,574
Schumer, Charles E S NY D $181,450 $25,500 $155,950
Dodd, Christopher J S CT D $165,800 $25,400 $140,400
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae:
All Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008
Name Office State Party Grand Total Total from
PACs Total from
Individuals
Dodd, Christopher J S CT D $165,400 $48,500 $116,900
Obama, Barack S IL D $126,349 $6,000 $120,349
Kerry, John S MA D $111,000 $2,000 $109,000
Bennett, Robert F S UT R $107,999 $71,499 $36,500
Bachus, Spencer H AL R $103,300 $70,500 $32,800
Blunt, Roy H MO R $96,950 $78,500 $18,450

Ever notice when Obama goes off teleprompter and starts to make a stupid joke he starts to stutter
then he pauses as if he is wondering if he should go there.
Then he calls Americans selfish if they don’t pay more taxes.
Really really dumb.
But I’m glad Americans get to see who he really is in those moments.

i’m pretty certain it’s “end scene”

OxyCon: ” after he bankrupts the coal power industry (as he stated was his goal)?”
Could you cite where he “stated” this was his goal please?
At this point I’m not sure if Republicans are lying or just flat out delusional. I’m leaning towards the latter, since they can’t really think we’re dumb enough to believe them anymore.

C’mon Jake, the guy is late for another GQ magazine photo shoot. Give him a break!

You should have told him you had Sarkozy on the line with some questions.
LOL
Posted by: Ed from MA | Nov
Do you mean the REAL Sarkozy who Jake reported as calling Obama’s Iran policy, “utterly immature”???
That is no laughing matter.

Jake, Next time ask Obama why they are still asking for donations and saying McCain has more money left when they have already received close to a billion dollars.

Okay. Here’s a sort of “Sam” for you Jake (or any of your colleagues).
Have any of you read this from the official Kenyan government web site?
The Kenyan ambassador to the US sent a letter of very sharp rebuke to Barack Obama expressing “displeasure and disappointment of the Government of Kenya, the Kenya Embassy, Washington D.C. and the majority of Kenyans with regards to your recent utterances while in Kenya.”
The ambassador said that Obama’s actions during his August 2006 Kenyan trip “could only poison and injure our relations.”
The ambassador raised 11 specific issues. The most interesting and relevant to the US situation was this:
“6. Mr. Senator, your remarks lamentably demonstrate a naïve understanding of the challenges of skillfully managing a political transition with weak and nascent institutions of public governance, while maintaining a delicate balance, especially in an ethnically diverse country like Kenya, and also show how ridiculous it is to perfunctorily dabble in a terrain you are not familiar with.”
Go to the web site. Read it for yourself.

Senator Obama, Why did your campaign kick off the plane three newspapers whose editorial boards endorse McCain?
Senator Obama, French President Sarkozy said your Iran policy is “utterly immature”. Did you mistakenly think you were dealing with an imposter Sarkozy pranking you so you figured you’d play along, and that is why you said so many incredibly stupid things when the two of you met?
Senator Obama, what do you say to those who say 7oo million dollars to 170 million dollars is not a fair fight?
Seantor Obama, Sources say you running late for another GQ photo shoot. Any truth to this rumor? If it is so, my aplogies for rudely hold you up on this very important business.
Seantor Obama, Did you hear the wild thing Senator Biden said today…… No not that wild thing, Senator. That was yesterday’s. I’m talking about the wild thing Senator Biden said today…… Which one? The one this morning, Senator….. Yep, the late morning one.
Thank you for your time, Senator.

Bob, I’m wondering why Senator McCain has not held a press conference in over a month. either. WHat is up with that? And in tht press conference, he only allowed 4 questions.
I’m also wondering why Mr. Tapper is not reporting this – and why he is pretending McCain gives a press conference every day. WHy is that?
In other news you may be missing, Ms. Palin spoke on Fox News today. She thinks we are at war with IRAN too. I am not making this up. She also thinks we are winning our war with Iran.
More updates on real news as the day progresses. You won’t find them here.

Wade, Obama hs never been asked what regulation or deregulation bills McCain has supported or nt supported. You are mixing him up with the potential VP of the United States, Sarah Palin. She was asked this question on CBS and said “I’ll get back to you on that.”
I’m not running for VP of the United States. I’m a housewife in a small rural town in a red state and I can answer your question. John McCain voted for Phil Gramm’s 1999 Deregulation Bill, which is directly responsible for the final crisis we are in. John McCain also voted for the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which opened the flood gates for credit default swaps. Warren Buffett, who knows a little about finance, called these swaps “Weapons of Financial Mass Destruction.” They were. They are at the center of the Wall Street collapse. John McCain voted for this deregulation – a $62 trillion piece of the market that was completely without regulation. THEN he hired Phil Gramm as the cochair of his Presidential campaign. Remember Phil Gramm? He’s in an undisclosed location right now, but back in the spring, he was trying to tell us that the economic crisis was a “mental crisis.” He was also McCain’s chief economic advisor. Feel safer now?

YAWN
Another winner of a question, Jake. I’m sure he would have given you a lucid, detailed answer on such a simple topic walking on the tarmac to his plane. Why didn’t you ask him how his entire foreign policy would be different from the last 8 years? That’s another quickie I’m sure he could have answered in that space of time.

Jake,
Great Question! Of course he wouldn’t answer it on the tarmac, but it is great progress to get him to say he will hold a press conf. I don’t necessarily see him promising even that if the question were the trivial kind.
Keep at that question, Jake, I am sure you will be the one to get the first sit-down on Wednesday, win or lose. After all, he promised the Wed date to you. And of course an Obama interview might just be more sought out on Wednesday, win or lose. I can’t wait to watch that interview with you, Jake.

Be careful, Jake. Ask too many hard question and you may be banished from the presence of Our Blessed Obama forever and ever, world without end, amen.