Another "senior" moment? Like a lifetime of them?

We do recall McSame saying he was ridding his campaign of lobbyists...well sort of maybe he really did not mean it... this is the straight talk express after all

...only straight is not straight and talk is cheap and mcsame can't tell a lobbyist from any other repug

The latest lobby flap?

Seems his economic go-to guy is the good-ole pol Phil Gramm:

Years before Phil Gramm was a McCain campaign adviser and a lobbyist for a Swiss bank at the center of the housing credit crisis, he pulled a sly maneuver in the Senate that helped create today's subprime meltdown.

Read David Corn's article here.

If McSame really got rid of all the lobbyists associated with his campaign - there might be no one left on his staff : -)

Gosh - his senior moments keep going and going and going...and were and were and were...it's a lifetime of saying one thing and then saying the opposite - the repugs call it flip flopping...mcsame now calls it straight talk

Scenes from Obama in PDX

These were taken by my friend Alan Best. I was suffering from heat exhaustion and decided that time in the hot sun could result in a trip to the ER...So - I stayed home : - (








And although I watched this on TV - sure wish I had been there.

But he'll be back as THE candidate and I'll make sure I go then...

It's going to be a fun Summer and Fall

I don't follow all the House races unless there is something "good" for us all to see..

Well - there is in Missouri where a Dem fought back with her own ad to counter a sleazy repug ad.

If the dems around the country are wiling to stand up and pounce back quickly with great ads - it will be a fun summer of YouTube watching : - )

the Repug ad:


The Dem response:

In D.C. around Memorial Day?

Dave Clark School of Law - Washington D.C. presents:

Human Rights on the Hill - May 27 to May 31 -

The 6th Annual Human Rights Law mini-course, organized by Joshua Cooper, Ph D., of the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Inst. for Human Rights. This program brings many of the District's top human rights activists and attorneys to present on their particular areas of expertise. A schedule will be available within the next few days - and you'll be welcome to participate in one or all sessions. The charge for the program is on a sliding scale from $5 to $100 depending on your ability to pay.

The Program will cover International Human rights Institutions and Instruments; Regional Human Rights Treaty Mechanisms, the U.S. Record of Ratification and Adherence to Human Rights Treaties; the International Criminal Court; and Indigenous Peoples' rights and Earth Rights.

It will also feature Excursions of Empowerment to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, National Non-Governmental Organizations' Headquarters, the U.S. State Departments Office on Human Rights and Labor; and the Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian.

For information on this program, contact Joshua Cooper at Joshua@Hawaii.edu or 808-542-7204.

Also, see www.humanrightshawaii.org.

More info posted as I receive it.....

What the "other" media won't say about McSame

From BraveNew Films - another McCain zig-zag express - using his own words!

We have to keep showing the public what McSame is really like since the "other" press/media is his base - they love him and won't say anything negative about him - and they even "correct" his misstatements by reporting "what he really meant to say was..." - even tho McSame never self-corrected....



Oh - and by the way - how many media outlets have reported that his campaign has now lost 5 aides since it was found out that they were lobbyists for persons like the Burmese junta...see here: http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5853