1. Flawless victory. What a moron for approving that ad.

Posted by: Andrew Brown on May 21, 2008 09:58 PM

2. The sad thing is that many of the ads coming out aren't even approved by the candidate. I changed my mind on a candidate one year based on the fact I found his negative mailers to be disgusting and untruthful. Come to find out some outside group came in and flooded our district with these things thinking they were helping their candidate.
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When you have judges, presidential candidates, congressmen and state legislators to keep track of it's hard to figure out who is saying what sometimes. And even if the ad is approved by the candidate. Does anyone know of a fact finding place to go to that describes who such and such group is that pays for these ads, their major contributors and where they are from? Perhaps more like the truthfulness of the ads. Something non-partisian..........(if possible)

Posted by: HappyHeathen on May 22, 2008 01:23 AM

3. This would be all well and good if these were the only 2 ads out there. But they aren't.

Here's one with Barnes linking Graves with Bush and Cheney which is infantile in its content as well (Michael Moore style).

Talk about your stereotypes....

Posted by: Rick D. on May 22, 2008 05:56 AM

4. Boy, she gave a double pike body slam to that guy.

There is still time for Graves but he better grow up. Same goes for the Rs.

Heathen, nowadays you have to read who sponsored the ad. They are required to show their affiliation. I think most people don't know that and read the ads like you did.

Posted by: swatter on May 22, 2008 07:37 AM

5. It certainly does speak to the fact that the Republican Party does not, in this day and age, field many candidates that inspire one to vote FOR them as opposed to voting for them simply because the Democrats have found someone to run who is even worse. I generally vote for them, as a matter of pragmatism, but I certainly don't want my name being associated with the Party. I consider myself to be a politically independant conservative who generally votes Republican as a lesser of two losers. There are some Republicans I still admire and respect, but they are a dying breed.

Posted by: JDH on May 22, 2008 08:36 AM

6. JDH,

I'm glad someone else can see this as well. I really, really wish we could get some R's in there that actually run on the strength of their own policies instead of on the weakness of their opponents.

Posted by: Andrew Brown on May 22, 2008 09:11 AM

7. Andrew,
I used to attend their fund raisers, dinners etc. but over the years the "powers that be" within the Party morphed from being people who had good ideas and were people who impressed me as principaled individuals to being people who remind me of the most skeevy of skeevy-assed used car salesmen or aluminum siding pimps.

Posted by: JDH on May 22, 2008 09:49 AM

8. Not only that most of the Party insiders impress me as having such a low IQ that I wouldn't trust thm with a three minuite egg.

Posted by: JDH on May 22, 2008 09:53 AM

9. JDH,

I agree with you...in the 70's the Dem's "LEFT" me and I moved to more conservative waters...now the Repub's have "LEFT" me too. I have been very active R politics over the last 25 years...I ran for State and Local offices...I have been a PCO...I have done everything in my power to help every R get elected that I could, with money and or time...but never again. I am a conservative without a port.

Don't be surprised when Mc Cain announces Lieberman as his VP running mate!!!

Posted by: Pacific Grove Phlash on May 22, 2008 09:59 AM

10. Lieberman is a whole lot better than some of the liberals being mentioned- read Huckabee.

McCain is throwing a BBQ this weekend and has invited Crist, Jindal and Romney. Jindal is too young but you never know. Romney is the most needed with his money machine, while Crist helped seal the deal in Florida and was promised the nod.

Posted by: swatter on May 22, 2008 10:13 AM

11. What's wrong do you have against Hukabee there Swatter? He was so nice to McCain on the campaign trail. He's Republican, from a southern state, scores well in the opinion polls, and he does well with the Ragnar crowd.

Posted by: Cato on May 22, 2008 10:26 AM

12. You noticed my love for Huckabee, eh?

A little off this topic but right on the energy policy topic. After he said he read in the Bible that God demanded that we take care of the environment, that was it. It seemed to me that he would be one to read whatever he wanted in the Bible to justify whatever he wanted to do. I couldn't handle it.

Posted by: swatter on May 22, 2008 12:00 PM

13. His ad is silly, but I've seen sillier ads be effective.

Posted by: Cliff on May 22, 2008 04:45 PM

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