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The zoopolitical realm has never been so crowded. Leftists, liberating themselves from the center-feigning overtures of the past and promoting, now without shame, the ideas that made Europe what it is, have never been more proud to call themselves Democrats or more willing to exercise the obstinate defiance so characteristic of their mascot. After all, the Democrats now possess the “Office of the President Elect,” the Senate, the House, the public schools, the universities, the mainstream media, more than a few ardent activist judges, PBS, and, most importantly, the holy grail of Democratic politics – the adoration, endorsement, and promised...

We have reported on a number of incidents—almost all of them before the election—of Obama supporters and allies feeling emboldened in a rather scary way. Weasel Zippers posts on another such incident in . . . Chicago: Arrests at Obama Victory Rally, Woman Yells "White [expletive], [expletive] McCain--you White Police Can't do Nothing Anymore"...Then Proceeds to Slap a White Cop..... No doubt there was a fair amount of people who voted for Obama thinking that when Obama is president, I'll get what's coming to me.That's kind of lame, in that it's the typical lazy human impulse that gives seemingly...

A Tale of Two Parties: Myths, Realities and Strategies in the General Election Now that the shock and disbelief of Election Night have passed (and I must admit, I feel no small relief to finally have the matter decided), I find myself more able to analyze what happened on Tuesday. And unsurprisingly, it isn’t the tale the media told us. We are all supposed to believe that the Democratic turnout was enormous and unprecedented. The youths and the AA’s came out in droves. It was an outpouring never seen before for the most Unifying and Post-Partisan Candidate Ever! We are...

I've yet to see a single return and they are calling PA for him already????

Interesting discussion of how Ms Brunner structured the touch screens in Northern Ohio. We have to get rid of this bag! Includes pictures of the actual computer screens.

Here in Chicago, a group of us just got back from doing visibility for McCain here in Boystown on a break from monitoring the polling stations in our neighborhoods. So far, we have not seen any instances of Obama followers intimidating voters or committing any sort of fraud — but are keeping our eyes open. We are all veterans of the Iowa, Texas, and other caucuses, so we know how bad Obama’s followers can be. The weirdest thing about today is that we honestly see less Obama tee shirts, stickers, and buttons out that we saw Kerry stuff in 2004....

Yes I went and voted today. For the first time in my life, I voted for a straight republican ticket. On the way to the polls I kept asking myself if I could vote for Obama as I have always been a Democrat. Could I be loyal to the Democrat party. When I sat down and looked at that ballot, I realized that I had no choice but to vote for the republicans. After I turned in my ballot and left the polling place, I got sick at my stomach. I realized that I was no longer a Democrat but...

We don’t want to beat a dead horse here (or, donkey, as the case may be), but we need to remind you all, once more, not to be Eeyores today. The Obamedia is going to do to you what they did to Hillary supporters during the primaries — they are going to lie, and float all sorts of incorrect exit polls, and start revving up to declare Obama the winner. Drudge Report — mark our words — is going to run that flashing red/blue siren he loves to report McCain losing all sorts of traditional Republican states around midday. He’s...

Sen. Hillary Clinton D-N.Y., smiles and looks toward her husband, former President Bill Clinton, after casting her vote Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 at the Douglas G. Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton D-NY is surrounded by well-wishers as she prepares to leave after casting her vote Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 at her poling place inside the Douglas G. Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, NY.

Here's a quick and simple study for why Obama votes will not reach the projected polling data. Let's first assume 10 democrat voters/votes from the 2006 elections and 9 Republican voters/votes. The Democrats won the '06 election by about that margin. Now, in that 10 votes for "D" candidates in '06 there were regular voters now being characterized as PUMAs (disgruntled Hillary Democrats). From the primaries of '08 we may say there are 5 PUMA voters. If 2 of those five are so pissed off at Obama's treatment of Hilalry that they will vote for McCain/Palin, that would be a...

Isn't it funny how the PUMAs are everywhere, even at my house, and yet the media has never seen one?

Post what you are seeing or hearing here. Freepers and PUMAs unite for Mac/Cuda victory over the false messiah!

Attention! Today is quite an historic day. At long last, a section of the media has discovered a "lifelong Democrat" who is supporting the Republican presidential candidate. As you might have noticed, this campaign season has seen a plethora of stories about "lifelong Republicans" who have finally "seen the light" and are supporting Barack Obama. Of course, such "lifelong Republicans" when you look beneath the surface are either Democrats who are fibbing or are formally Republicans on paper but are actually liberal Democrats such as ACLU member Jan Martin who was recently featured on the CBS Early Show. However, we...

We don’t want to beat a dead horse here (or, donkey, as the case may be), but we need to remind you all, once more, not to be Eeyores today. The Obamedia is going to do to you what they did to Hillary supporters during the primaries — they are going to lie, and float all sorts of incorrect exit polls, and start revving up to declare Obama the winner. Drudge Report — mark our words — is going to run that flashing red/blue siren he loves to report McCain losing all sorts of traditional Republican states around midday. He’s...

Did Operation Chaos die or is it still in effect? Rush has never said a word about that recently! What about the PUMA vote? Do you think any of those will have any effect on tomorrow's election? I am so wishing for McCain and Palin to win. I voted for Palin. What are your thoughts?

MCCAIN-PALIN 310 OBAMA-BIDEN 228 For those of you who have been following my prediction of a McCain-Palin landslide, here is my latest take. This article was posted yesterday on Real Clear Politics and resulted in over 25,000 hits on my website. It was cross posted on a half dozen more. I am going to copy in the tables from that article that have now been updated using today's averages shown in the no toss up map page at real clear politics. I have posted this article on real clear politics, but it has not come out on the front page...

For those of you who have been following my prediction of a McCain-Palin landslide, here is my latest take. This article was posted yesterday on Real Clear Politics and resulted in over 25,000 hits on my website. It was cross posted on a half dozen more. I am going to copy in the tables from that article that have now been updated using today's averages shown in the no toss up map page at real clear politics. I have posted this article on real clear politics, but it has not come out on the front page because it just got...

Even though Hillary Clinton is now campaigning for Barack Obama--perhaps due to pressure from party leaders, or because she wants Obama to help retire her campaign debt--all of her supporters need to know that she accused Obama--that's Obama, not ACORN--of voter suppression, intimidation, and harassment during the Nevada caucuses. The bottom line is that Barack Obama stole the Democratic nomination, and he is not even the party's legitimate nominee. There is no place in the American electoral process for the types of voter suppression, intimidation and harassment systematically engaged in by the Obama campaign, its allies and supporters.Sincerely, Lyn UtrechtCounsel...

We sure as heck never thought we’d be campaigning for a Republican — let alone TWO Republicans we genuinely LIKE.We put aside so much silly partisan nonsense during the last few months — and we made friends across the aisle we hope will last forever. After this election, we’ll be on different sides of the aisle once more, but we’ll never be enemies again.

NOTE: Republicans, we’re your reinforcements. We’ve been fighting Obama since 2007, and the media for just as long. We’ve tried our very best to give you every ounce of our insight on how to win this — and it all boils down to keeping your Eeyores from depressing your turnout, and getting all your voters to the polls. We’re handling our own Eeyores on our end…and getting as many PUMAs to the polls for McCain/Palin as possible. But, you need to do the heavy lifting on Tuesday yourselves. We will be the bit that tips this race to you..but we...

This adorable photo was taken by Malinda Hartong of the Cincinnati Enquirer at the Sarah Palin rally tonight in Owensville, Ohio. Priceless! NObama! NO DEAL! Yes John and Sarah!

Based on the following: 538.Com: Pennsylvania Tightening, Virgina Tightening, Florida Moved To Toss up, McCain Win% Improves Dummies frantic, erratic now...and cannibalizing those who posts negative stories.. "Uh oh. It's New Hampshire all over again." " I think it's worth noting rather than ignoring." "I'm still soooo nervous!" "It's called being a bitter f*cking troll who does nothing but deflate" "Okay. Yes. I'm a secret closet Republican who hopes Obama loses" "Whatever man, get me banned then." "I come to DU for discussion, not propaganda" "Old Clintonite assholes coming out in droves now" "Why should everything be positive to you?"...

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CLOSING: Let’s find the way together to make this country better. I changed my party registration to Independent four years ago because the pubs no longer deserved to count me as a member. I think we all should do that. Make “Independent” the single largest voting bloc in the nation. Then we can take this country back. There's two crime families running this town. Let's make a third one and take over.

Have you ever wondered who the PUMAs are? Think that our numbers are few? Perhaps you think we are just disgruntled Democrats looking for revenge. Well, whatever you think, today is your chance to listen in as we present our final argument in favor of supporting the McCain-Palin ticket. Like John and Sarah we believe in bipartisanship. Just look at our lineup for the call outlined below. So if you are curious or just want to be a part of an amazing and unprecedented event, please join us today at 5 pm ET. And don't be shy about spreading the...

Just Say No Deal Presents Closing Arguments in Nationwide Conference Call

If you know the answer to this question, you know who our next President will be. While it is possible for McCain to win even if this factor is negligible, he would need to get virtually all of the undecided’s to break his way. That is theoretically possible but it is mostly wishful thinking on the part of McCain-Palin supporters. For every undecided voter either candidate picks up, it takes a vote out of the undecided column and adds one to that candidate's total. However, the spread between the two candidates only goes up by one vote. That is not...

One must scroll down to see this part. LORD Love the PUMAs! They know the really Barry and are telling all of us. (From the PUMAs website about The book Prarie Fire)Page 10 We are a guerilla organization. We are communist women and men , underground in the United States for more than four years. We are deeply affected by the historic events of our time in the struggle against U.S. imperialism. Our intention is to disrupt the empire, to incapacitate it, to put pressure on the cracks, to make it hard to carry out its bloody functioning against the...

In a recent posting, I went on the record to say that John McCain should win the presidential election Tuesday, and I listed five reasons which lead me to this conclusion. They are media bias, pollster oversampling of Democrats, Obama campaign hubris, the Democrat candidate's many suspect associations and the fact that the American electorate has a center-right majority. There is a sixth reason to believe that the GOP candidate will pull this one out of the fire, and, like the other five, it is a topic you won't read much about in the newspapers or see on the alphabet...

Let's not forget what Hillary really things about Barack Obama. Send this to ALL of the democrats you know and remind them of what Barack Obama did to a real Democratic leader.

An oldie but what a goldie

I am life-long democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter who confidently and with courage and love for my country cast my vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin on October 7, 2008. My first republican vote ever. My journey was probably similar to others: excitement in this “no lose” year for democrats wherein we are finally rid of the Bush years and have huge pride in our candidates…..and then something happened along that road to the nomination and the White House. In my opinion, the nomination was stolen from Hillary Clinton by the tactics of the Obama machine, bribery and intimidation,...

99% of Democrats support Obama right? Wrong. Take a look at this snippet coming out of Florida: Democrats are beaming that their party is outperforming the Republicans in early voting, releasing numbers Wednesday that show registrants of their party ahead 54 percent to 30 percent among the 1.4 million voters who have gone to the polls early. but guess what the same article goes on to state? A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll gave McCain a 49-45 lead over Democrat Barack Obama among Floridians who have already voted. So Obama has a 6.4% advantage in turnout , yet is losing by...

When Barack Obama announced that he was running for president he was very clear that, if elected, he planned "not just to hold an office, but to gather with you to transform a nation". Twenty months after that statement in Springfield Illinois, we now have a much clearer view of what he means by "Change We Can Believe In". In a campaign of soaring generalizations on mostly centrist themes, Barack Obama has described the details of the transformation he would bring with almost surgical precision. What he offers may be, in substance and in spirit, a radical departure from the...

It is time for this election to be over. It is time because it has been going on for what feels like a lifetime, because the final days have been full of noise and fury and very little light, and because we need to start solving problems rather than just debating them. It is time because we all know how it should turn out and because thinking about what could happen if it doesn't is too upsetting. Are Democrats in danger of being too confident? The short answer is no. It's no because we've lost too many times when we...

As a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, I recently had the opportunity to give a speech at a McCain rally as to why I have now switched my support to Sen. McCain. In private e-mails with friends and forum members I have been encouraged to post the text of my speech here for everyone to read. I can honestly say it was well received by the target audience and I was completely shocked to receive a standing ovation. What I spoke of that day was spoken in truth and from my heart. I hope all here will find it inspirational....

I am an ex-democrat conservative, which puts me in great company with the likes of Ronald Reagan, and others. To have once been a die-hard Democrat is to understand the left and be able to emphasize (not necessarily agree) with their views. To be a conservative independent is to understand the left is not always right, and the liberal left is rarely right. To not be a Republican means I refuse to be trapped in party mob think, and there are folks on the far right who can turn me off as fast as a rabid socialist liberal. If you...

Hillary Camp Assails Obama Anti-Palin Ad Friday, October 31, 2008 1:59 PM By: Dave Eberhart Hillary Clinton supporters and Women for McCain leadership are slamming Barack Obama’s new ad, titled “His Choice,” as sexist and demeaning to women for its depiction of running mate Sarah Palin. The ad features a McCain quote about relying on his vice president for economic advice — and then shows an unrelated clip of Palin winking mischievously at the camera. The implication: She’s less than a person to be taken seriously

To all my Republican friends and former patrons of Frank's Saloon and even those centrist Democrats out there who are not buying into this Obama-mania, magical mystery tour thing — it is finally Showtime. Let us all symbolically embrace each other as we contemplate an election where, not only us, but the entire world holds its collective breath awaiting the results. From a conservative point of view, I offer the following: 1) No matter what the outcome, America will always be a right of center country and proudly so. Never forget that. 2) Don't trust those polls. We decide, not...

Not only has this party belittled working people in this campaign, it has also been part of tearing down two female candidates. ...I was dead wrong about the surge and thought it would be a disaster. Senator John McCain led when many of us were ready to quit. Yet we march on as if nothing has changed, wedded to an old plan, and that too is a long way from the Democratic Party. I can no longer justify what this party has done and can’t dismiss the treatment of women and working people as just part of the new kind...

And there are a lot of them. Patrick Campbell worries Barack Obama will raise his taxes but thinks John McCain will send people off to war. He says that leaves him leaning toward Obama ... maybe. "I'm split right down the middle," said the 50-year-old Air Force Reserve technician from Amherst, N.Y. "Each one has things that are good for me and things that are bad for me. And people like me." With the sand in the 2008 campaign hourglass about depleted, Campbell is part of a stubborn wedge of people who, somehow, are still making up their minds about...

NEW YORK - Judaism is getting a boost from a surprising direction – Ivanka Trump, daughter of business tycoon Donald Trump, has decided to convert to Judaism in honor of her engagement to her boyfriend Jewish businessman Jared Kushner. The 27-year-old former model and current vice president of real estate development and acquisitions at the Trump Organization, is considered to be her father's business heir. Trump has successfully joined her father's real estate empire and announced on Wednesday that she would be heading a project to build a Trump luxury hotel in the Israeli Red Sea city of Eilat. Trump...

I’m going to let you in on a few secrets here, and this is not because I enjoy the gossip or the attention directed my way. I’m doing this because I doubt much of you know the true weaknesses of Obama. Another reason for my doing this is that I am lost faith in this campaign, and feel that this choice has been forced on many people in this country. Put simply, you are being manipulated. That was and is our job – to manipulate you (the electorate) and the media (we already had them months ago). Our goal is...

The following note, allegedly from an Obama campaign worker, appeared at HillBuz a couple days ago. Ok, I want to clear my conscious a little. Hopefully you could make a blog post to help some fellow clinton supporters out. I work for a campaign and can't wait for this week to be over. I was doing it for a job. I was not a fan of any candidate but over time grew to love HRC. The internal campaign idea is to twist, distort, humiliate and finally dispirit you. We pay people and organize people to go to all the online...

If the exit polls from NV and FL are true, it looks like we may have found a new ally buried deep in the Democrat party. Buried so deep that the polls never detected them! I'm talking about the PUMA's and all the other Democrats who are supporting McCain. Their fierce opposition to The One is only surpassed by our own. As I predicted earlier this month, the Democrat party is deeply divided, and will not give Obama the votes he needs to win, and it is thanks to these PUMA's that Obama will face an ignoble defeat on November...

By Alan Fram and Trevor Tompson, Associated Press Writers Barack Obama's support from backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton is stuck smack whwre it was in June, a poll showed Tuesday, a stunning lack of progress that is weakening with members of the Democratic Party in the close presidential race. An Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll shows that among adults who backed his rival during their bitter primary campaign percent now support Obama. That is the same percentage who said so in June...

NOTE: The below comes from one of the smartest two blogs out there for insight on polls (the other being Wizbang). Things have been unraveling for Obama since early voting began — just like in the primaries, Obama’s alleged advantage amongst his “youth army”, blacks, and yuppies is not turning up in the early vote “tidal wave” he was supposed to have. Obama spent TENS OF MILLIONS of dollars trying to drive early votes to him, but it’s not happening. Practically every Democrat we know has early voted — and all of them have voted for John McCain and Sarah...

PUMAs for McCain. Inspiring Music by American Composer Aaron Copeland, "Fanfare for the Common Man".

He did great! Anyone else see him? Some of us may wonder if the PUMAs are too good to be true, but he was out there last night representing and staying true to what we see them all say on the various PUMA sites. Thank you, PUMAs!

We’re utterly fascinated by this. In 2004, we don’t remember hearing about anyone scared Kerry was going to take their guns away - and we worked Pennsylvania for Kerry (Pittsburgh area). There were a lot of gun shops and firing ranges there, and we never heard anything about people stocking up on guns because they were scared Kerry was going to try to take them away. Obama is perceived as more liberal than Kerry, and in fact the most liberal Democrat that’s run for president in as long as anyone can remember. Biden as VP makes this the most liberal...