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<DIV>Lance, I must admit that I am no longer up to date on Oregon politics. I
can't be sure if Gordon is a Republican or a Democrat. I can think of one ad
attacking an ad that was well deserved: the one where McCain tried to blame high
oil prices on Obama, and Obama ran one basically asking "can you believe this?"
McCain might reasonably claim to have a better energy plan than Obama, although
he doesn't, but he cannot credibly blame high oil prices on the opposing
candidate. The primary cause of high oil prices is supply and demand, plus large
investment funds who decided oil futures are a good bet bid up the price, which
always happens when new money is chasing the same commodity.</DIV>
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<DIV>I also remember an ad in the last Wisconsin attorney general race that
SHOULD have been answered: the Republican ran an ad with an out of focus b&w
view of the Democrat, with a harsh voice-over saying she was unqualified. She
should have run the beginning of that ad, then appeared herself, in living
color, the charming, smiling person she is, sweeping the first ad aside like
drawing back curtains to the left and right.</DIV>
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<DIV>But generally, I would like to see the focus be "tell us about yourself,"
not "tell us what's wrong with the other candidate." Neither campaign is
sticking to that very well.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:35:43 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Interesting goal Siarlys. I eagerly wait to see and all that you have to
present. As you said I am in limbo and appreciate all input.</DIV>
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<DIV>Speaking of politics, yesterday I saw an ad for OR Senate. The challenger
has done some wild stuff while in office and is now after a Senate seat.
Gordon (been a Senator for years) did an ad addressing that this challenger
spent huge $$ to upgrade the furnishings of his office... Well the challenger
came back with actual footage of the ad and attacked Gordon. I think is the
first time I've seen candidates actually attack each other's ads...
CRAZY</DIV>
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<DIV>Lance<BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Discussion of the
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wrote:<BR>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex">My
goal for the next two months is to inspire two members of this<BR>discussion
group to vote for Barack Obama in November. Jeanene is out,<BR>and no doubt
takes that as a compliment, which she is entitled to do. For<BR>very
different reasons, greenBubble is also a lost cause this time<BR>around,
although I think he may vote to re-elect President Obama in 2012,<BR>after
seeing four years of results. There is much on greenBubble's mind<BR>that he
just can't trust to an unknown variable about whom so many things<BR>are
said.<BR><BR>I think my best prospects are Lance, and John Price. Lance, of
course,<BR>has said that he is thinking very carefully about which candidate
to<BR>support (now that we know Hillary will NOT be the VP pick), and has
many<BR>principled concerns to weigh. As for John, there are already many
combat<BR>veterans, who have voted in the past for Ronald Reagan or even
George W.<BR>Bush, who have openly endorsed Obama. This is a man who may
take<BR>Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia... why
not<BR>Alabama? Besides, how could anyone with a sense of humor vote for
McCain?<BR><BR>I have my own doubts of course. It is always a disappointment
to me when<BR>a candidate I intend to vote for does not take exactly the
same position<BR>that I would take if I were the candidate, when they turn
out to be a<BR>unique individual, not a clone of my own mind, when they
answer a<BR>question half-baked, while I can see a brilliant answer they
should have<BR>given. I am tempted to reference Sen. Biden as "Obama's
Cheney" --<BR>because there are some slight similarities in picking someone
who has<BR>what the man at the top of the ticket hasn't got. I used to refer
to<BR>Cheney as "Bush's brain." Biden's role is a little different, but
worth<BR>some laughter along the way.<BR><BR>Here's my first
offering:<BR><BR>Barack Obama will do more than any other candidate to
inspire the rest of<BR>the world to love and respect the USA again. Given
the right tools,<BR>McCain could inspire the world to fear the USA again --
but really, with<BR>the Bank of China holding a huge part of our national
debt, and foreign<BR>companies buying a good part of our economy, he might
just make the world<BR>laugh if he tried. Our armed forces are stretched
thin. We used to<BR>INSPIRE people around the world. The used to look to us
with HOPE (no pun<BR>intended). Obama could inspire people to actually look
favorably on<BR>America.<BR><BR>I read an article by a reporter hanging out
in Egypt, listening to<BR>average Joes in corner coffee houses or whatever,
asking each other "Can<BR>you imagine that happening here? No way." The
reporter filled in between<BR>the lines: a Coptic Christian elected
president of Egypt? A Shia Muslim<BR>become prime minister of Saudi Arabia?
A Bahai become president of Iran?<BR>But we can cheerfully elect the son of
a Kenyan goatherd and a woman from<BR>Kansas whose sister is half
Asian.<BR><BR>Sure, liberals claim him as their own, but where else do they
have to go?<BR>They may not identify with "we worship an awesome God in the
blue<BR>states," but Mr. Chambers from Nebraska hasn't got a chance.
Is<BR><A href="http://moveon.org/" target=_blank>moveon.org</A> going to
endorse McCain? The libertarian candidate? His books<BR>are not liberal
books, and in my mind, what a candidate wrote at length<BR>before the
campaign is a better guide to the judgment they will bring to<BR>office. The
whole point is to break up the old tired polarities of<BR>American politics,
which make sense only to the commentators, who have<BR>done their best to
redefine him in their own terms.<BR><BR>More to follow, if anyone cares
enough to take pot shots.<BR><BR>Siarlys</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV>
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