Over the weekend, Senator McCain said, "this election is about trust and trusting people's word and, unfortunately, apparently on several items, Senator Obama's word cannot be trusted."

Ummmm..Johnny baby...are ya sitting down? Here's a few of your own words that lead all of us to distrust you overwhelmingly, every day! You're an embarrassment to yourself, McSame! This is the age of the "Internet(s)" and "the" Youtube using Bushian malaprops. We've got you on record, McFlip/Flop! Facts are just silly things that get in your way...ehhh, McSame?

Many, many, many thanks to one of my true media heroes and ever-present mentor..Keith Olbermann!

Over the weekend, Senator McCain said, "this election is about trust and trusting people's word and, unfortunately, apparently on several items, Senator Obama's word cannot be trusted."

Ummmm..Johnny baby...are ya sitting down? Here's a few of your own words that lead all of us to distrust you overwhelmingly, every day! You're an embarrassment to yourself, McSame! This is the age of the "Internet(s)" and "the" Youtube using Bushian inarticulation. We've got you on record, McFlip/Flop! Facts are just silly things that get in your way...ehhh, McSame?

Many, many, many thanks to one of my true media heroes and ever-present mentor..Keith Olbermann!

A new Quinnipiac poll shows Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) with a 45% approval rating, his lowest score ever.

Quinnipiac pollster Douglas Schwartz states: "Sen. Lieberman's approval rating has dropped below 50 percent for the first time in 14 years of polling, with nearly two-thirds of Democrats giving him low marks, probably because he is campaigning for Sen. John McCain."

http://quinnipiac.edu/...

"The Verdict" just announced that General Clark will be interviewed by Dan Abrams tonight on MSNBC.

This is the first time in my life that I have ever agreed with the often contemptuous Dick Morris. So, just this one time, Dick Morris gets my respect. It's scary! Read down to the bottom highlighted portion of Morris' editorial for the reason that Bush is doing this. It's not at all shocking!

Why is Bush Entertaining Abu Dhabi Crown Prince?
A Commentary By Dick Morris

Saturday, June 28, 2008
Why is the president of the United States entertaining Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince, Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at Camp David when his own State Department has singled out the Sheik’s homeland, the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), for its continuing violations of human rights?

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/...

Justice Antonin Scalia: Al Gore to blame for 2000 US election mess

By Toby Harnden

The 2000 presidential election debacle was the fault of Al Gore, who should have followed Richard Nixon's 1960 example and conceded without legal action, according to the Supreme Court's leading conservative judge.

Justice Antonin Scalia"Richard Nixon, when he lost to [John F.] Kennedy thought that the election had been stolen in Chicago, which was very likely true with the system at the time," Justice Antonin Scalia told The Telegraph.

"But he did not even think about bringing a court challenge. That was his prerogative. So you know if you don't like it, don't blame it on me.

"I didn't bring it into the courts. Mr Gore brought it into the courts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...

Efforts to rename sewage plant after Bush

A group activists wants to rename one of San Francisco's wastewater treatment facilities the "George W. Bush Sewage Plant."

Members of the Presidential Memorial Commission tell the San Francisco Chronicle that they've already collected 8,500 signatures on a petition to put the proposal before voters this November. If it passes, the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant would be renamed when the new president takes office in January.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/...

JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, threatening to unravel a cease-fire days after it began, and Israel responded by closing vital border crossings into Gaza.

Despite what it called a "gross violation" of the truce, Israel refrained from military action and said it would send an envoy soon to Egypt to work on the next stage of a broader cease-fire agreement: a prisoner swap that would bring home an Israeli soldier held by Hamas for more than two years.

The midafternoon barrage, which slightly wounded two people, capped a day of violence that presented the truce with its first serious test. Just before midnight, Palestinian militants fired a mortar shell into an empty area in southern Israel. And in a pre-dawn raid, Israeli troops killed two Palestinians, one of them an Islamic Jihad area commander, in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Islamic Jihad, a militant group backed by Syria and Iran, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire from Gaza. Although the West Bank is not included in the truce agreement, the group said the rockets were retaliation for the Nablus raid.

John McCain's controversial comments about America sound a whole lot like the one's Michelle Obama got blasted for.... why isn‘t the media covering McCain's comments about it being tough to be proud of America?

Thank you Dan Abrams of MSNBC's The Verdict for bringing this to the attention of America....

http://www.youtube.com/...

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Monday, June 23, 2008 -- 7:03 PM ET
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Joseph L. Bruno, N.Y. Senate Majority Leader, Won't Seek Re-Election

Joseph L. Bruno, New York's Senate Majority Leader, who has
been the state's top Republican since 2006, won't seek
re-election in the fall.

http://www.nytimes.com/...

Issa: Tim Russert would have wanted more domestic oil drilling

By Nick Langewis | Uncategorized | Tuesday, 17 June 2008

House Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) perhaps mistook a resolution honoring journalist Tim Russert for one involving oil and natural gas drilling this afternoon.

Russert, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, died of a sudden heart attack last Friday at the age of 58.

"We’re going to miss Tim Russert when it comes to the people on both sides of the issue of why we have...$5 gasoline and $135 oil," Issa said during his condolence speech. "I think Tim Russert would have been just the right guy to hold people accountable who would talk about the 68 million acres that are, quote, ‘inactive,’ while in fact, 41 million are under current lease and use, and are producing millions of barrels of oil and natural gas a day."

http://rawstory.com/...

A new Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll commissioned by NARAL finds that once "balanced information" about Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain's respective positions on abortion are introduced, Obama gains 6 points nationally, with his lead in battleground states expanding from a net 2 points (47% to 45%) to a net 13 points (53% to 40%).
Other key findings: "Despite the fact that the national focus seems to be on the economy, among pro-choice Independent women, pro-choice Republican women, and liberal to moderate Republican women, the issue of abortion produces a larger advantage for Democrats than the economy, the war in Iraq, or health care."

http://www.gqrr.com/...

John Ensign has proved his value as head of the NRSC, adjusted for republi-con inflation, Ensign is worth nothing!

Naturally, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is having great fun at the GOP’s expense:

The committee has parodied several of the quixotic candidates on its website on a page titled Rotten Recruits, modeled after the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes.  

One of the DSCC’s featured candidates is Christopher Reed, the GOP Senate nominee against Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) who runs a telephone answering business. Five months out from the general election, Reed hasn’t even opened a campaign account yet — a prerequisite for candidates raising or spending more than $5,000. The DSCC website jokes: "Did anyone even know that he was running?"

On his own campaign site, Reed highlights inspirational quotes from Ronald Reagan, George Washington and, yes, former Republican Congressman J.D. Hayworth, an incumbent who was upset in the 2006 election.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11017.html

More after the fold..

At least 14 Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse or publicly support Sen. John McCain for president, and more than a dozen others declined to answer whether they back the Arizona senator.

Many of the recalcitrant GOP members declined to detail their reasons for withholding support, but Rep. John Peterson (R-Pa.) expressed major concerns about McCain's energy policies and Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) cited the Iraq war.

http://thehill.com/...

A new Quinnipiac poll in New York finds that Sen. Barack Obama crushes Sen. John McCain, 50% to 36%.

It's not a real surprise, but the finding that Obama has now pulled even with McCain among white voters is a positive sign for his campaign and shows that he has the ability to attract voters of every race.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/...

PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama has a 48% to 41% lead in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking presidential election trial heat, based on June 7-9 polling.

http://www.gallup.com/...

Sen. John McCain told Newsweek that he did not deliver a line in his prepared speech last week that criticized the media for not fairly covering Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

John McCain quoted: "I did not [say that] -- that was in prepared remarks, and I did not [say it] -- I'm not in the business of commenting on the press and their coverage or not coverage."

http://www.newsweek.com/...

For four months John McCain had a clear field while Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were at each other's throats. Given the opportunity, the Arizona Senator failed to define the debate in favorable terms, spending much of the valuable primary months defending himself on charges that his campaign staff was top heavy with lobbyists.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...