The question remains as to whether or not this lobbyist scandal could go far enough to be a gift to Huckabee, or even Romney.  McCain's rebuttal to the NY Times article suggesting he had an affair appears to be outright false.  McCain claims he never spoke with anyone at Paxson Communications or their lobbying firm (where Vicki Iseman, the woman named in the possible affair works) about two letters he wrote to the FCC on their behalf.  A sworn deposition from 5 years ago has him on record claiming that he did speak with them and was asked to write the letters. Blah, blah, blah -- another DC scandal, but this line from his deposition is the key

A Hole in McCain’s Defense? | Newsweek
At another point Abrams asked McCain if, "looking back on the events with Mr. Paxson, the contributions, the jets, everything you and I have just talked about, do you believe that it would have been justified for a member of the public to say there is at least an appearance of corruption here?"

"Absolutely," McCain replied. "And when I took a thousand dollars or any other hard-money contribution from anybody who does business before the Congress of the United States, then that allegation is justified as well. Because the taint affects all of us." Elsewhere McCain said about his dealings with Paxson, "As I said before, I believe that there could possibly be an appearance of corruption because this system has tainted all of us."

That is Obama's response to questions from Hill-bot or McCain about his lack of DC experience. Let's all make, "This system has tainted all of us" t-shirts. Hell, I'll crochet it on a pillow and send it to McCain.

I think this really was the nail in Hill-bot's coffin.  As an update to the earlier post, it appears she stole her closing line from Edwards as well as Bill. First, she can't even execute attack properly: on the very same debate she attacks Obama for "plagiarizing" a line from someone who is a Chair on his campaign.  Then, she steals lines for her closing remarks? Mostly, she put the stark contrast between the same old vindictive politics of the past on display by trying to tear Obama down over something so inconsequential.  I agree with Barack, "Silly politics."  Still, give Hill-bot some credit; she came up with "Change you can Xerox" all by  herself. You own it girl!  Be proud.

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How Can Hill-bot not see that the only victim of this "plagiarism" crap is her own campaign. We are supposed to be astounded that Obama used some lines from Gov. Deval Patrick...we don't care!  Just like we don't care when Hill-bot steals lines from her husband (below), or McCain rips off the Beach Boys to describe his Iran policy.

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"I disagree with Obama on many issues. I don't think his education plan will work, I don't agree with his stance on NASA, I'm worried that he's going to raise my taxes...

But even with all that said, I realize that the number one thing the United States needs right now is a leader.

Obama is a leader.

Obama is the right person for the job, and he is the only one that I think can bring some actual credibility back to the United States, and perhaps even give us something to be proud of again.

I'm willing to pay a little more in taxes to be proud of my country once again...

Please vote for Obama."

aktornado

Musicians, hot girls and ReallyImportantStuff.com agree: Barack Obama for Prez. That's right, it's our official endorsement. Take that New York Times!

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So earlier this week I wrote a poorly researched post about how Clinton and Ombama had virtually the same political platform.

Well, I was friggin right. 

Salon.com posted an article outlining how they have voted the same on 257 out of 267 votes in the Senate.  It's good to be right.

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Edwards, populist with the best haircut since Teddy Roosevelt just dropped out of the Presidential race.  Now that it's a two way sprint, are you really going to vote for Hillary?

On paper, Barack and Hillary have almost identical political platforms so far.

(from nationalplatforms.com)
Energy and Oil
    Hillary - America is ready for energy independence.

    Barack - Plans on to creating an energy independent America.

Environment
    Hillary - Will lead the charge to stop global warming by investing in clean
energy technologies, establishing a national market-based program to
reduce global warming pollution.

    Barack - Has a plan to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to turn
the global warming crisis into a moment of opportunity for innovation
and job creation

Foreign Policy

    Hillary - Americans are ready for a leader who will restore America's reputation in the world.
    Barack - Senator Obama has fought to strengthen America's position in the world.

Conservative Rod Dreher even likes Barack Obama. His article is actually really touching.

Look, I don't want a man who believes the things Barack Obama believes
to be president. But I've got to confess, he makes me proud of my
country. When's the last time you heard from a politician that made you
proud of your country?

Watch Obama's South Carolina victory speech and try not to be inspired.

Clinton took some flack after her statement which essentially said LBJ did the bulk of the civil rights work instead of MLK. 

In a rebuttal Obama lacks a thick layer of smackdown during his endorsement speech from Clair McCaskill. 
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I have to say that she started this campaign saying that she wanted to
make history and lately she has been spending a lot of time rewriting
it.

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Did George W. don a blonde wig (a Sheinhardt perhaps?) and speak in New Hampshire today? (Video Below)

I don't think it was by accident that Al Qaeda decided to test the new Prime Minister immediately (referring to bombings in Glasgow the day after Gordon Brown took office). They watch our elections as closely as we do -- maybe more than some of our citizens do. They play our...allies...they do everything they can to undermine security in the world. Let's not forget you are hiring a president not just to do what a candidate says he or she wants to do in a election; you are hiring a president to be there when the chips are down.

Now this is true bipartisanship. It's good to see a Democrat primary candidate reading from the same "The terrorists want my opponent to win" hymn sheet as the GOP.

And I interpreted this as that the terrorists are actually involved and want to involve themselves in our electoral process, which must mean they want a change. [Vice President Cheney, 10/17/06]

There’s certainly a stepped up level of violence, and we’re heading into an election. … They are trying to not only kill American troops, but they’re trying to foment sectarian violence. [President Bush, 10/18/06]

[I]t is possible, although we don’t have a clear pathway into the minds of terrorists, it is possible that they are trying to use violence right now as a way of influencing the elections. [Then-White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, 10/19/06]

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