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Oh did I mention-OBAMA....

I know math is hard for Republicans, but this one is ridiculous.

I like the old man who raised his hand for McCain, and his wife pushed it back down. Then, they both raised their hands for Obama!

I guess Fox News didn't give us Pennsylvanians enough credit!

In more than one channel tonight they rhetorically asked if we were heading towards a new depression.

What kind of mentality is this?

The Washington Post's homepage today had a main story on the bailout bill, and two sub-stories, one titled "Obama urges calm" while the other was named "McCain blames Dems." This alone says so much about the state of our Republic, and the environment in which we trudge forward in this election.

"Obama urges calm." What does that tell us, what does that invoke in us? Here we have someone who is able to set aside desperation, who is able to take a step back and make a rational decision that puts the country above all. At times Barack's been accused of being "too cool" yet in these uncertain times I think nothing less is called for, as we try to sanely maneuver the pitfalls of Wall Street.

So basically, the way I see it, Sarah Palin will soon be forced to show the American people how stupid she really is [as if Katie Couric didn't prove it enough]. Joe Biden is about to destroy her verbally and in reality, this debate will allow the Democrats to take an even larger lead in the polls.

So the problem I have is this...what if Sarah Palin gets pulled from the ticket as Kathleen Parker would want the GOP to do.

"Her big interview of the week, with CBS News anchor Katie Couric, was sufficiently cringe-making to inspire conservative columnist Kathleen Parker to conclude sadly that for the good of the ticket and the country, Palin should declare she wants to spend more time with her family and step down. And watching her with Couric, you had to wonder what happened to the spirited, sparkling character who swept onstage in St. Paul and turned the race upside down." Quote from "In Search of Sarah Palin" by Nancy Gibbs read the whole article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080927/us_time/insearchofsarahpalin

Sarah Palin is nothing more than a liability, a lie, and an attempt by the GOP to allow a woman to enter the "Ol' Boys Club" but the fact is Palin is never seen outside of staged photo-ops and at McCain's side to boost the drawing power of the GOP.

Two more interesting articles

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/opinion/27herbert.html?_r=1&hp&oref=sl...

http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1188934,CST-EDT-edit28.article

Unfortunately...Zach Braff and Drew Barrymore have cancelled their appearance scheduled for tomorrow.

But there is good news...Rachel Leigh Cook and Mechad Brooks will visit Drexel. Many of you know Rachel from from She's All That or the "This is your brain on drugs" PSA's and Mechad from Desperate Housewives.

Drexel Dems are excited to have them with us registering what's left of Drexel students to vote. Come out and see them from 9:30- 11 am outside of the Bookstore/Caf.

In case you didn't know...there's just 8 days left to register for the election so keep registering everyone you know!

After 9/11, our nation entered a period of shock. Laws were passed that should, perhaps, not have been passed. Bush was given a free hand to do more or less what he wished. The fallout from that can be seen just about everywhere -- foreign policy, the economy, social services, free speech, privacy, and many other fundamental values and services have suffered.

And yet, here we are, teetering on the brink of making the same mistake again. This time, the trigger was not terrorism, but the implosion of our financial system. We have returned to that same fragile state. Congress is unsure what to do, trapped between seeming confident and making sound, measured, decisions.

Bush, once again, has recommended rash measures that make sweeping changes to the way government functions. Under his plan the treasury department would be given unbelievable power to relieve companies of their debt without any oversight or repercussions. This plan has the potential to raise our national debt trillions of dollars and make the Treasury uncontrollable (imagine the difficulties faced by Guantanamo Bay lawsuits, but with both the government and big corporations on the defense).

Luckily, Democrats in Congress are holding firm. Despite what almost sound like threats from Paulson and Bernanke, legislation has not yet been rushed through. Both oversight and direct relief for beleaguered home-owners seem to be in the works. Perhaps the Democratic Party can learn from their mistakes.

(Continued...)

Young, frank, "perky," "spunky," Sarah Palin is exactly what the Republican Party needed to re-energize and invigorate the tired, old school McCain campaign. The party has found in Palin a counterpoint to Obama -- A hint of "hope" and "truth" in a party so broadly painted as slow, plodding, and untrustworthy. On the radio and in the news one hears mention of the "Palin McCain" ticket, a thought so bizarre I find it difficult to countenance even in today's sensationalist media.

Palin has managed to attain "celebrity" status. The American people have been charmed by her apparent charm. This is, indeed, exactly the situation Obama enjoyed towards the beginning of his campaign.

Youthful, intelligent, American-dream-personified, Obama certainly inspired more irrational fanaticism than I would have liked to see in a presidential campaign. And yet, time, and the media, have brought Obama back down to the humble earth. Passionate speeches, political gaffes, and constant pinpricks from the enemy have illuminated both his strengths and his weaknesses.

It is time for that same process to take hold on the Shining Star of Palin's political persona. No matter what the final destination may be, the uproar and approval brought by Palin must subside. Her arrival changes nothing of substance about the campaign.

Since I've been home, i've been enjoying my last few days with a television and have been taking cnn in through an i.v. palin and mccain have been under my scrutiny during their appearances on everything from the view to hardball to interviews with charles gibson. let me just say that
I don't understand how "the most popular governor in the country" can also be the most publicly dishonest governor in the country.

Just to clarify some popular topics:

1. Palin said "[Alaska] produces nearly 20% of the u.s. domestic supply of energy" (gibson interview) - she thinks that makes her an expert on energy (FALSE)
True-- Alaska's share of domestic energy production is about 3.5%.

2. Palin said (in seven speeches which made my ears bleed) she told congress "Thanks but no thanks to that bridge to nowhere, if we wanted a bridge we would build it ourselves" HAha WHATTT! She supported that bridge THEN congress killed the project THEN she took the 2_ _ million from congress and spent 23!!!!million to build a road that led to where that bridge would have been. Call me crazy but...I think she's crazy.

3. Palin implied that she sold her private jet on ebay
She put her jet up on ebay three times and then the republican party came in and sold it at a loss.

4. Palin said she fired the private chef at the governor's mansion again FALSE.
The republican party reassigned the chef to be a campaign staffer somewhere

Did you guys see the Iggles-Cowgirls tonight? Of course you did. That was crazy. A little disappointing, but nonetheless an amazing game. Nothing else for me to say about it, but I'm still coming down from my vicarious adrenaline high.

I was also wondering if I dislike the cowboys even more on account of their fans looking like the GOP convention- ugly white guys with silly hats and a homoerotic fixation on cowboys. A little political transference there I guess.