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THE MSM : Have you had enough yet? The MSM has dropped any pretense at defending (much less attempting to correct) the claim they remotely desire fairness or balance in reporting this election. They’re pulling out all stops and executing a full court press to throw this election to Obama and the democrats. They have gone from simply spiking negative news on Neobama to supporting the most vile and insane gossip and lies about McCain and Palin, providing advice and logistics to that campaign and are now organizing preemptive air cover strikes against any legitimate criticism of Obama coming from...

Dear Rush, Laura, Michelle, Mike, Glenn and other conservative talkers, First, let me say thank you for your efforts to inject some spine into our public officials this week. You were all correct about this bailout, as were the vast majority of Freepers here on little ol FreeRepublic. We almost pulled off the upset. But as usual, the 'conservative' punditry was split along familiar lines. The Fred Barneses, Hewitts, Medveds, and the National Review ladies were all pimping the bailout, providing much needed cover for some House Republicans (and democrats) to suddenly see the merits of adding another 150 Billion...

I just received a phone call froma woman who announced herself as calling for "Idaho for Obama". I decided to listen to what she had to say as I had never had such a call before and I wanted to try and find out what she was really about. She said that they were calling to encourage everyone to vote this election and was I aware that in Idaho we could all vote by mail. I indicated that I would be voting at the polls since I was not needing to vote absentee and would be in town. She indicated...

She's a Hockey Mom who's supports the National Hockey League's Hockey Fights Cancer campaign. She's lives on an island far removed in values from the American Heartland. She has been criticised for wearing her skirts too short, and the subject of many commentaries and Web sites about her legs. Her interviews have been criticised as being too cute and sophmorish. She has been roundly criticized for not writing her own material, but merely reading off the teleprompter. She has also been criticised for plagarism. She has been made fun of, laughed at on TV and talk shows, and told she...

How much time did the Senate spend debating this $700B BILL? How many experts did they call in to testify? How has the Senate clarified and further defined the bailout program? What limitations and safeguards were added, if any? How many pages of the Bill deal with details about the bailout? How many pages of the Bill deal with Pork? What got more attention from the Senate, the Bailout or the Pork? Does the Senate have any idea as to whether or not this will even work? Did they ask anyone? Who, if anyone, in the Senate has the expertise...

After the debate last night was over, and Govenor Palin was on the stage she saw her husband Todd come out immediately after hugging him....we heard her clearly ask.........."Where are my kids?" I suppose that is the part I loved most. She won the debate and then asked for her kids. Doesn't get much better than that.

DID YOU SEE IT ? From hair plugs to this. Now I know what those two beige streaks were on the side of his temples ! He used cosmetic tape to give himself an eye lift and it almost closed them shut. Both socialist/democrats suffering from severe Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I have a screen capture but no matter how I try it comes out as a red x

On the flight to St. Louis, Piper — made famous to the nation during the Republican National Convention when she styled her baby brother's hair with her saliva — wandered back to the rear of the campaign plane to distribute licorice to reporters.

Palin field dressed Biden. She stalked him, lowered her sights on him, took him down and field dressed him. Obie, your delware meat is cleaned, cut, wrapped and ready for pick up.

If ever there was a player meant to be an Oakland Raider, it was Tony Mandarich. He was 315 pounds of pectorals and trouble, a wild and crazy offensive tackle who lived life not just large but extra large, maybe even triple-X. Before he had pancaked his first NFL defensive end, Sports Illustrated anointed him "the best offensive line prospect ever." Scouts gushed that he was better than Anthony Munoz, the tackle against whom all were measured. You had Mandarich, the second player picked in the 1989 draft, reportedly admitting on Showtime's "Inside the NFL" that he was a steroid...

I was just on a website reviewing the various proposals that Californians will be voting for next month, and I clicked on their "President" link. Lo and behold, I see that after Obama and McCain, the next name that will actually appear on the ticket is Alan Keyes, running as an American Independent.I think he's a little extreme, but I'm considering casting a protest vote for him, if only to send the message "I am not happy with our current GOP choice." Now, before you tell me I'm throwing my vote away, consider: I live in California, land of fruit...

Obama, toast?

5:37 CDT first pitch at Wrigley Field in Chicago! Dempster vs. Lowe. Line-ups will be announced soon.

FLOOD THEM!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61p9vBf-C0M

I have to post this vanity. My wife has a wonderful saying regarding who to vote for: "Who would you rather vote for, somebody who kills animals and protects babies or somebody who kills babies and protects animals?"

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our president. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Obama is a 'Post Turtle''. Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, 'When your driving down a country road on you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a...

I spend time in my life sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ when the oppotunity arrises and I feel so prompted. Well, I have been holding to that same principle regarding the election during the last few weeks and as you can imagine, the opportunities are popping up everywhere! I'm even making opportunities, and I'm almost becomming a crazed woman. Yesterday I was at the credit union where I am often waited on by a very black nice young woman. After a few minutes chat I said, "I just have to ask you, I know you are a Christian (one...

According to the book Sarah, Sarah Palin did not show up at the gubernatorial debate because she was seeing the troops off to Iraq. She determined that the troops took precedent over campaigning. Instead, she sent her running mate (for Lt Governor) to debate the Democrat's gubernatorial candidate.

I just had to vent !!!

Fellow FReeper, "beaware" suggested in another thread, the idea of having Sarah Palin debate Barack Obama in place of McCain. McCain stays on task in the Senate and Palin steps in for McCain. As "beaware" put it: “Send Sarah in to Debate the empty suit. He has more important things to do in Washington... Sometimes the VP has to stand in for the Pres ya know...” I think this idea is brilliant. Have the McCain camp offer it up late Thursday or even Friday morning. Frame it as "She might have to step in, so it would be appropriate for...

VIDEO: Phil Hartman plays Bill Clinton visiting McDonalds

Have any of you received this e-mail. It's already been sent to me several times today. There is nothing about in hard news, but it's all over the liberal blogs. It smells of urban legend to me. What do you think? Here it is as I received it: FYI, lets get this word out. The story is all over Progressive Talk Radio today about the MCain campaign sending absentee ballot applications to registered democrats or people that have donated to Obama's camapign. These ballots are dilberately misleading and have postage paid return addresses that are for an election clerk that...

On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2. There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this info. Generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible. I have already seen a few short blurbs about this - the 'health problem' cited in those articles was aneurysm. Probably many of you have heard the...

Claim: Joe Biden is planning to step down from vice-presidential slot on the Democratic ticket in favor of Hillary Clinton. Status: Undetermined http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/vpchange.asp

Drill, Drill, Drill I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for Polar Bears. Maybe it's their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact that they live in the arctic or that I have never seen one in person or touched one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice. Whatever it is, I need the polar bears. I don't like raging at...

Here's the reality. John McCain and Sarah Palin are trying to lie their way into the White House. We cannot let them get away with it. But if you don't act to stop them, nobody will. Right now, the McCain-Palin method of stubbornly repeating lies and crying foul every time they're called on it is being imitated in GOP campaigns all across the country. So, unless we want to lose another election to Republican dishonesty and cowardice, we better take things into our own hands. Democrats are facing the last critical FEC deadline before the election on September 30th. And...

Any freepers love giant panda?? A panda mom Lun Lun at Zoo Atlanta gave birth to a tiny cub(120 g) on Aug 30th. Both Lun Lun and her cub are doing well now! Zoo Atlanta has a live webcam by which you can watch both the mom and the cub 24/7! Here's the link: http://www.zooatlanta.org/animals_panda_cam.php4

***The tangle with Rangel is his sense of entitlement - he thinks that he's the only person ever to make it out of the ghetto......ethical behavior is the cornerstone to good government..... Throw the bum out. NAMES REDACTED ****Rangel won't resign; Pelosi won't let him. ****Rangel is one sleazy character. The Democrats should not give him the option to step down, they should demand it. ****If Rangel were a Republican, Pelosi and the rest of her minions would be calling for his scalp. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds. ****Who can blame Rangel? He has never really worked for a living,...

Classic cut from the Bob Hope movie "Ghost Breakers" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4

According to a TMZ.com article, former Playboy Radio show producer Terri Hughes is suing the company for sexual harassment and relative damages. Hughes co-hosted “Night Calls” with Christy Canyon on Sirius satellite radio. The show is described on Playboy Radio’s Web site as “provocative.” Hughes claims that Canyon created a hostile work environment by exposing herself and engaging in sexual activities in the studio. Hughes, who is African American, also claims that the executive producer of Playboy Radio expressed discriminatory sentiments against her race. The damages she is seeking are unspecified.

I am tired of all the smear tactics used on Governor Palin by the media. This is unacceptable. This is the kind of yellow journalism, which would make William Randolph Hearst smile. It is time for us to fight back. Leftists riot on the street. Republicans riot with their wallets. One of the big sponsors of the National Enquirer and US Weekly is State Farm Insurance. Here is the number to their ad department: (309)735-2153. Tell them what you think.

The wives and girlfriends of Europe's Ryder Cup team scored an early victory in the glamour stakes on the eve of competition. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00980/ryder-cup-wags_980714c.jpgWifes and girlfriends of Europe's Ryder Cup team pose on the eve of the tournament The ladies posed with the assistant captain and eligible bachelor of the squad, Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal, at a red carpet gala in Louisville, Kentucky. Captain Nick Faldo and his team are bidding for a fourth consecutive win against their US rivals. And when play gets under way at the Valhalla Golf Club on Friday, another fiercely fought contest will be taking place...

PWN: PWN (verb) 1. An act of dominating an opponent. I have this terribly cool idea. Obama plans to attend a rally in Charlotte this coming Sunday. Wouldn’t it be terribly funny if we pooled a little cash together and hired one of those guys who fly the banners over football games to fly a huge “ Obama PWNED-Vote McCain-Palin 2008, sponsored by www.freerepublic.com” over Nobama’s rally? Just imagine the press....couldn’t cost more than a grand or two. I’m in for $200. Anyone else? Silly? Perhaps. Funny? You bet your @ss!

It seems to be coming clear that the Obama campaign is involved in illegally accessing Sarah Palin's email (at least based on reports that "Rubico" may be one of Obama's Tennessee state chairs) QUESTION 1: how did they know, FOR SURE, that "gov.palin@yahoo.com" was Sarah Palin's Yahoo account? It's logical of course, but how did this Rubico know that for sure?. I mean, her email address could have been many things, such as "spalin", "sarahpalin", "governorpalin", "govpalin" or you get the point. How is it that they knew it was exactly "gov" "dot" "palin"? As all of the windbag leftists...

Meet Carrie Bradshaw, in her teenage years. "Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell is writing a pair of teen novels, "The Carrie Diaries," that "takes readers back to Carrie Bradshaw's formative years in high school, giving an inside look at Carrie's friendships, romances and how she realized her dream of becoming a writer," HarperCollins announced Wednesday.

I just sent an email to the McCain campaign urging them to attack Obama on the grounds of (1) McCain's own Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, which the Democrats blocked, and (2) the president's efforts, also blocked, to refore Freddie Mac/Fannie Mac in 2003. One lone email means nothing, however. Several hundred might get attention. All of you . . . PLEASE send a similar email to the McCain camp. Fire away!

Bad Cupcakes Two seventeen year old students in Metairie (LA) were busted for a prank gone wrong. On August 29th the two high school seniors allegedly dropped off a pan of laxative-laced cupcakes in the teachers lounge. The school principal removed the contaminated treat before any teacher could sample it. Both students were booked with mingling harmful substances, punishable by up to two years in prison and a maximum fine of $1,000. Both are fighting the criminal charges and their expulsion.

Who am I? I am under 45 years old, I love the outdoors, I hunt, I am a Republican reformer, I have taken on the Republican Party establishment, I have many children, I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor's office. Did you guess? I am Teddy Roosevelt in 1900

A high school agriculture teacher was killed by an aggressive bull Sunday morning at the high school farm in Tulare while herding milk cows, school officials said this morning. Max Corbett, 61, the dairy and farm manager of the Tulare Joint Union High School District farm, was attacked about 7:45 a.m. His wife, Mary Corbett, witnessed the attack and called 911, according to a statement issued by the school district. "It's a shocker for all of us," said Alfonso Gamino, assistant superintendent for human resources. "He was someone who touched many lives personally. We lost a loved one." Corbett had...

Gov. Palin and Senator Clinton address the nation!

It appears that The Fraud has put his new offensive strategy in place. Grab a few bums off the street, give 'em a few bucks, stick a few signs in their hands and boom, instant protestors at each McCain/Palin rally. Barry, you are a loser, a fool and a fraud.

1. She is so classy! 2. There's not a bad picture of her (that I've seen... but I say it's impossible) 3. She wears red leather heels 4. She is endlessly friendly 5. Her husband is a man's man and they seem a great and committed couple I'm limiting myself to five; otherwise I'd be here all night.

I watched the Sarah Palin interview on Nightline last night and was impressed overall. However, there was one question where I thought Palin drifted into the world of nuance and which really disappointed me -- the question of Global Warming. Now, I know that it would have been awkward for Palin to come out an call her running mate a fool, but I wish she had. In the followup question to Global Warming, Palin did stand up for ANWR. She was forceful and direct. She said yes, I'm for drilling in ANWR and I will bring McCain over to my...

Now that our football season is - for all intents and purposes - over, all that’s left on the Track’s to-do list is to quit our Fantasy Football league and to start playing the blame game. Because when Tom Brady [stats] went down in the first quarter of the first game, our first thoughts were NOT about whether or not Chiefs strong safety Bernard Pollard had taken a cheap shot at the QB/QT’s knee. Nooooo . . . . One word leaped immediately to mind: Jinxele! [snip] Brady, who had always won the front-row parking spot for his obessive training...

I loved the ending comment: ...shouldn't the league be focusing on more important issues, like stopping players from celebrating touchdowns?

Love this story! - Click the link at top.

This is an email I received this morning from Democrat.com. I subscribed awhile ago to see what kind of things they are saying. This morning when I got in my Hotmail account this was in the junk mail, which is exactly where it belongs. Here is what the email said: Tell The Media to Call Sarah Palin a Serial Liar It is now thoroughly documented that Sarah Palin supported the $398 million "Bridge to Nowhere" when she ran for Governor in 2006, even though Congress cancelled the earmark in 2005. She only opposed it in September 2007 after her final...

San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman's season is over after he tried to play the season opener Sunday with two torn knee ligaments. The Chargers announced Merriman is being placed on injured reserve to undergo total reconstructive knee surgery that will include the repair of his lateral collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments.

(This is from an email forwarded to me that allegedly came from a local pastor. I have followed up with the pastor personally, and he confirmed that the email was indeed originally sent by him, and accurately represents his experience. Even though he did not specifically ask me to do this, I have redacted the most easily identifying information - but I will provide it to folks who FReepmail me with a specific request for it.) Gentlemen, I never write mass emails and am repulsed by hyped up causes that are emailed to me. But I am writing to you...