Honestly,

Why on earth does the McCain campaign insist on campaigning like it's 1988 and not 2008??

(not that I'm complaining or nuthin'...it's clearly going over like gangbusters...NOT! ;)

Phoning it in...

For what it's worth, Sen. Gordon Smith, an Oregon Republican, became the fourth Republican senator to denounce McCain's robocalls today, joining Collins, Coleman, and Snowe.

My bet:

Only because they are getting email/phone call heat from their home folks.

Can these people be sued? Isn't this libel? Are there any lawyers out there who could answer this question? Why are these wackos allowed to just tell bald-faced lies and get away with it? I wouldn't think it would be prudent to pursue right now, but after the election, a big deal could be made of this. Hopefully, this might slow down the slime in future elections. just sayin'

For what it's worth, Sen. Gordon Smith, an Oregon Republican, became the fourth Republican senator to denounce McCain's robocalls today, joining Collins, Coleman, and Snowe.

Can anyone imagine anything that would simply be too shameful for the entire Republican House and Senate? Something so awful that they would all denounce it?

That a Republican candidate could do, I mean. These folks denounce Democratic candidates for breathing ... but something that would get them all huffy about a McCain? A Palin?

Because I can't.

Where can I reach Ghoul-ianni to tell him how rotten and evil he and other republican leaders are??

Lindy

Believe it or not, McCain now has a robocall out that condemns, as an infringement on free speech, Obama's robocall condemning McCain's robocalls.

I think this calls for a robocall.

What are the phone numbers that are included with the robocalls? Isn't that a requirement? Does it go to a live person, or a voicemail menu? I think the people who are volunteering for the campaign need to be harrassed until they remove themselves from the mccain campaign. Slander them and force them to hire lawyers to defend themselves. Will the RNC pay for legal defense of these ignoramuses? They paid for Palin's wardrobe, but she will donate it to charity so the homeless women have something to wear them to the soup kitchens and prayer meetings and AA meetings.
peace,
st john

So, what does this mean? Rudy can't read?

As it happens, Rudy called here about an hour ago, to a mixed D-R household.

We're getting a lot of RNC robocalls, and I always hang up after I detect the robocall sound. But I wanted to hear how scurrilous Rudy would be and held on. He didn't disappoint. Word for word what Steve reports, above, with a nastily-inflected delivery, as though Giuliani were enjoying himself.

I'm sorry Steve, I'm just not with you on this one. My reading of what Mr. Giuliani said was precisely what it was: an opposition to minimum sentences; a position with which I happen to agree.

Imagine, you've had a long tiring day, you get home, the phone rings, you answer and you hear that whiney cross-dresser's voice on the other end. Damn effective.

What never ceases to amaze me is how the McCain campaign is targeting only the lowest of the fringe of the Republican base.

For what it's worth, Sen. Gordon Smith, an Oregon Republican, became the fourth Republican senator to denounce McCain's robocalls today, joining Collins, Coleman, and Snowe.

Note they are all from the north. Where are the southern GOP senators condemning such sleaze? After all, isn't the south supposed to be full of gentlemanly civility?

Was this evil secretion out of Lucifer's asshole DRESSED IN DRAG WHEN HE/ SHE MADE THE CALLS ? just wondering ..........

Imagine, you've had a long tiring day, you get home, the phone rings, you answer and you hear that whiney cross-dresser's voice on the other end.

Need I remind you that this is a family-oriented blog?

Why is crime suddenly an issue? Rudy is trying to play the "in cahoots" card. Hey, Obama is a black man, and criminals are black, right? Obama sympathizes with them, and wants their sentences reduced.

I mean if the Repubs can associate an upstanding African-American Powell with Obama only through race, why not the stereotypical 'black criminal.'

Willy Horton anyone?

First Gov. Palin and now Gov. Rudi....
What am I? Chopped liver?

There is nothing unusual in this. Republicans are just fishing around for something to hook...

Look, no one really knew at the time that the swiftboat fairy tales would work. I'd guess the they might have even worried initially about a possible backlash from demeaning the heroic actions of a true war hero.

But, they took a chance because they were kind of desperate, and boy did it work.

They're just looking for another swiftboat.

The really stupid thing is the Supreme Court says that mandatory minimum sentences (at least in many cases) are unconstitutional: The Constitution (you know, that thing conservatives/libertarian types like Giuliani claim to love) requires sentencing discretion by judges and juries to accommodate factual circumstances.

It's the Fear and Smear Campaign -- why is anybody surprised by these tactics. Senator McCain - for whom I actually had some respect as recently as a year ago -- will do and say anything to get elected.

Now everybody, let's all get off our computers and get out there and work for Obama-Biden as much as well can through Nov. 4!

It's the Fear and Smear Campaign -- why is anybody surprised by these tactics. Senator McCain - for whom I actually had some respect as recently as a year ago -- will do and say anything to get elected.

Now everybody, let's all get off our computers and get out there and work for Obama-Biden as much as we can through Nov. 4!

The National Association of Police Associations endorsed Barack Obama and Joe Biden on September 22, 2008.

"We know [that] crime is not a local problem like the other campaign has identified,� said Thomas J. Nee, the group's president, who also heads the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association.

"It’s time to mow the lawn again, it’s time to get back to dealing with homeland security because it all begins at home," Nee said on a conference call with reporters.

Um, I'm with jhm on this. Is there any other kind of mandatory sentencing besides minimum? I don't think this one was sleaze. And I'm against mandatory sentencing.

Keep America riled up and angry.

Inflame! Inflame! Inflame!

America is dying from right-wing inflamation.

I hate to break it to you, Steve, but Rudy's interpretation is accurate. If mandatory minimum sentences are eliminated, then judges would be free under the federal sentencing guidelines to impose non-incarceratory sentences on any offender. Having spent two years working for one of those "liberal" judges, I tend to think that greater sentencing flexibility is a good idea, but Giuliani's characterization really is not misleading.

Yeah, but I could sort of see how much fun Rudi had with that. Just today there was a headline in my local paper that said, "Condoleezza Rice Goes to Mexico for Conference on Drugs", but if you fold the paper just so, it says, "Condoleezza Rice On Drugs". Come on, live a little.

Rush Limbaugh and Cindy McCain both got caught doing drugs, and both got off with no jail time. Funny how mandatory sentencing doesn't apply to rich.