HYRTN: September 8th, 2008

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Have You RED The News? for September 8th, 2008:

1. Obama calls McCain-Palin 'No Maverick' in new ad

CNN – Barack Obama’s campaign responded to the McCain-Palin team’s new ad touting the Alaska governor’s opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere with a spot released Monday afternoon that attacks the Republican VP nominee by name for the first time.

“They call themselves mavericks. Whoa,” says the announcer in the 30-second spot. “The truth is, they’re anything but.

“John McCain is hardly a maverick when seven of his top campaign advisers are Washington lobbyists. He’s no maverick when he votes with Bush 90 percent of the time. And Sarah Palin’s no maverick either. She was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it.

“Politicians lying about their records? You don’t call that maverick. You call it more of the same.”

The ad, which will air in battleground states, echoes the language of Obama’s own campaign trail attacks against the GOP ticket Monday.

“John McCain says that he is going to tell all those lobbyists in Washington that their days of running Washington are over,” Obama said at a Michigan campaign stop. “So who is it that he’s going to tell? Is he going to tell his campaign chairman? Is he going to tell his campaign manager? I mean, these are folks who have represented every major corporate interest…”

McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said that there are no registered lobbyists currently on the payroll, “and Barack Obama knows it.”

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll found those surveyed give the Democratic nominee the edge when it comes to which candidate is the “real reformer” – but McCain has narrowed Obama’s advantage on “change” from 18 to 8 percent.

I urge all of you to check out the ad because it's definitely a bastion of truth and Hope. I was actually starting to worry that all this talk about McCan't and Failin "reforming politics" was actually getting to some people (read: complete morons). Fortunately Obama will be running this ad in the key battleground states to set the facts straight, once and for all. I commend Obama for his courage to stand up to the Bully Buddies.

That McCan't can even be remotely associated with the word "change" is pretty sickening, since he represents everything that's wrong with politics today. Old, white, a republican... that's some real change right there. The only change I see McCan't interested in is the shortchanging of the American citizenry. And let's not get started on Sarah "No One Knows Who The Flip I Am But I'm Running for VP Anyway" Failin. She's definitely changing all right - changing the diapers of her daughter's newborn. Hehe.

2. CNN Poll of polls: McCain continues to move ahead

"(CNN) – John McCain’s edge is growing in the latest CNN Poll of polls — the first comprised of surveys conducted entirely after the Republican convention.

After averaging in new survey results from CBS, ABC/Washington Post, and Gallup, CNN’s national Poll of polls now shows McCain leading Obama by 2 points, 47 to 45 percent. The CNN Poll of polls released earlier Monday showed McCain ahead of Obama by 1 point, 47 to 46 percent. Eight percent are undecided.

“John McCain is riding high after an extremely successful Republican Convention,” said CNN Senior Political Researcher Alan Silverleib. “For the first time all year, McCain is ahead of Obama in the Poll of Polls. The GOP base is energized. The so-called ‘convention bounce’ is alive and well, and has resulted in an overall swing of seven percentage points in McCain’s favor since the Republicans met in St. Paul on September 1. This historic race for the White House will now likely remain tight all the way to Election Day.”

The national general election "Poll of Polls" consists of five surveys: CNN (September 5-7), ABC/Washington Post (September 5-7), CBS (September 5-7), Gallup (September 5-7), and Diageo/Hotline (September 5-7). The Poll of Polls does not have a sampling error."

I felt physically ill after reading these numbers. Come on people! What's going on here? I thought we all wanted Hope and Change, not The Pope and Chains (I'm referring to the average Gopper's affinity to religion and slavery/"minimum wage labor"). It's concerting to know that at least eight percent haven't decided (let's hope they're Obama supporters!), but the election should not be as close as this. I think I've definitely been doing my part, writing in this blog and getting the truth out to everyone, so why aren't countless Americans doing their parts? If we just sit around like complacent cucumbers, this country will never get the change it deserves.

Now is not the time to sit around idly while the Gopper menace drives its propaganda into the impressionable idiots of this country. We must rise up against the forces of ignorance and tell people the truth about McCan't and Failin: they stink!

3. Bush: Palin is an 'inspired pick'

"(CNN) – President Bush is praising John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin as an “inspired pick.”

"I find her to be a very dynamic, capable, smart women who, you know, it really says that John McCain made an inspired pick, to me," Bush said of the Alaska governor in an interview set to air Tuesday on Fox, according to excerpts released by the network.

Watch: Will Palin help the GOP?

"She's had executive experience, and that's what it takes to be a capable person here in Washington, D.C. in the executive branch," he said.

Bush served as Texas governor before his first presidential run."

Wow, big surprise - Big Busher likes Failin! Far be it from a Gopper to be critical of one of their own. What really irritates me as that he calls her an "inspired pick" - McCan't could have picked a better candidate from his nose.

Dynamically annoying and capable of extraordinary ignorance - Failin sure shares many of Big Busher's "qualities." I wonder if the two would make good moose hunting buddies!

Tell me, does anyone actually listen to this guy anymore? I mean he's spent almost eight years destroying the country and now all he does is swoon over his new heroes/clones, McCan't and Failin. Don't you think there are more important things the guy could be doing right now? You know, like pretending to give a damn about the country.

For a real inspiring, dynamic, and capable person, I'd like to introduce you to a certain visionary named Barack Obama. Maybe you've heard of him? He's going to be president in a few months, you know.

4. McCain attacks Obama on military spending

"LEE’S SUMMIT, Missouri (CNN) –John McCain is launching a new line of attack against Barack Obama, criticizing his rival for saying Sunday that he would buck his own party by calling for an increase in the size of the U.S. military.

“Of course, now he wants to increase it,” McCain told an audience in Lee’s Summit, Missouri Monday. “But during the primary he told a liberal advocacy group that he’d cut defense spending by tens of billions of dollars. He promised them he would, quote, ‘slow our development of future combat systems.’”

Watch: McCain says he will 'veto every earmark'

McCain was referring to a YouTube clip from last October that features Obama promising the non-profit group “Caucus for Priorities” that he would reduce wasteful military spending.

“I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending,” Obama said in the video. “I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems.”

In the video, Obama also said: “As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people.”

Obama, now the Democratic nominee, was asked on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday to cite examples of where he would be willing to break with his own party.

“I’ve said that we need to increase the size of our military,” Obama answered, noting that such legislation might anger some on the left.

McCain, who claimed in his remarks that the world is simply too dangerous to reduce military spending, said Obama is guilty of general election pandering.

“Sen. Obama told the extreme left what they wanted to hear during the primary, now he’s trying to tell you what he thinks you want to hear,” McCain responded in Missouri. “My friends, you may not always agree with me but you will always know where I stand.”"

This is nothing but pure nonsense. Barack Obama said he wanted to cut down on wasteful spending; that's doesn't mean he can't also be for expanding the military. He's not pandering to anyone. He's just doing what's best for the country. Makes sense to me. Moving on.

You know, it's just like McCan't to try to pick apart something as flawless as Obama's military strategy. The man just isn't good at picking (see: Sarah Failin)! Listen to me, Senator: Obama's campaign isn't like flan (which I'm sure is a regular delicacy of yours); it's hard, like diamond. So hard, in fact, that not even the political wrecking ball Big Busher has given you as a campaign present is strong enough to fracture it. I mean, just listen to the man, Senator! “I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems.” These are definitive actions that Obama will be taking. I mean if his word isn't enough for you, then what is? I know it's hard for you to believe that some people actually tell the truth, believing in Change, Hope, and this country, but there are those out there that do. They're called Democrats. Maybe you've heard of them?

And for the record, I'll always know where you're standing: right next to a chair.