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Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 7:13 AM

What McCain is Doing Today

Holly Bailey

It’s hard to believe, but the end is in sight. With Election Day less than 24 hours away, John McCain will hit nine cities and seven battleground states today in a grueling schedule that will have the candidate and his entourage on the road for the next 22 hours. After a midnight rally in Miami, last night, McCain this morning flies to Tampa and then is scheduled to continue on to rallies in Bristol, Tenn., near the Virginia border; Pittsburgh; Indianapolis; Roswell, N.M.; Las Vegas; and will end up in Prescott, Ariz., where he will hold a midnight rally on the steps of the Yavapai County Courthouse, the place one of his political heroes, Barry Goldwater, began and ended his own presidential campaign. From there, McCain will head home to Phoenix, where he is set to arrive around 4 a.m. EST. Yet McCain won’t get to sleep in. Ignoring his usual Election Day rituals of seeing a movie and awaiting the results, the candidate will likely be back on the road early Tuesday, when, after voting, he is tentatively scheduled to hold last-minute rallies in Colorado and New Mexico. He’s tentatively scheduled to be back in Phoenix around 7 p.m. EST—around the time polls begin closing in Indiana and Virginia, two GOP strongholds that threaten to turn blue this election. It’s unusual to see a presidential candidate actually campaigning on Election Day, but McCain’s advisers continue to insist the race is tightening even more than what public polls suggest. Speaking to reporters on the plane last night, Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, repeated a line he and other aides have been using in recent days. "We are in striking distance," he declared.

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Posted By: ObamaYesWeCan (November 3, 2008 at 10:48 PM)

This moronic scumbag Samuel J. Wurzelbacher "Joe the Plumber" had his AZ driver license suspended

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/128323

Wurzelbacher, who lived in Mesa in 2000 and had an Arizona driver's license, had his driver's license suspended by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division on May 4, 2000, following a nonpayment of a court-imposed fine for civil traffic violations, according to court records.

...owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes, according to public records, still owes more than $700 to the Mesa court system.

Records show he was cited for failure to stop at a red light and for failure to provide proof of insurance on Feb. 9, 2000, in a black Dodge truck at the intersection of Dobson and Baseline roads in Mesa.

After failing to pay his original fine of $627.50 issued in March 2000, his license was suspended and the fine was handed over to a collection agency along with a 16 percent surcharge. The now-resident of Holland, Ohio, still owes $727.90 to the Mesa Municipal Court, according to court records.

Hopefully the collection agency will break both of his legs so he'll never be able to walk nor work ever again. This typical Republican scumbag deserves it.


Posted By: melandmike (November 3, 2008 at 2:27 PM)

I am not sure what is scarier about Sarah Palin: Her complete ignorance and incoherence, the fact that her supporters find her intelligent and informed or the absolute hatred and violence she incites.

When I go online and look back at the things she has said, it really blows my mind. See just a few hilarious examples.

“Well, it certainly does because our — our next door neighbors are foreign countries. Theyre in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia … We have trade missions back and forth. We– we do– its very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go?  Its Alaska. Its just right over the border. It is– from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to– to our state.” –Sarah Palin, asked by Katie Couric how Alaskas proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, CBS News interview, Sept. 24, 2008

“We realize that more and more Americans are starting to see the light there and understand the contrast. And we talk a lot about, OK, we are confident that we are going to win on Tuesday, so from there, the first 100 days, how are we going to kick in the plan that will get this economy back on the right track and really shore up the strategies that we need over in Iraq and Iran to win these wars?” –Sarah Palin, suggesting we are at war with Iran, FOX News interview, Nov. 1, 2008

“Im very, very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing … any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that.” –Sarah Palin, after an Alaska legislative report found she had broken state ethics law and abused her power in the Troopergate scandal, conference call with Alaska reporters, Oct. 12, 2008

“But ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy.” –Sarah Palin, explaining the $700 billion government bailout of Wall Street to Karie Couric, CBS News interview, Sept. 24, 2008

“Oil and coal? Of course, its a fungible commodity and they dont flag, you know, the molecules, where it’s going and where its not. But in the sense of the Congress today, they know that there are very, very hungry domestic markets that need that oil first. So, I believe that what Congress is going to do, also, is not to allow the export bans to such a degree that its Americans that get stuck to holding the bag without the energy source that is produced here, pumped here. Its got to flow into our domestic markets first.” –Sarah Palin, billed by John McCain as the nation’s foremost expert on energy, clumsily answering a question while speaking off the cuff at a town hall meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sept. 17, 2008

“I think Gods will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that.” –Sarah Palin, on the $30 billion national gas pipeline project that she wanted built in the state, speaking to students at the Wasilla Assembly of God, June 2008

This person, regardless of color, sex, religion, associates or creed is in no way qualified to speak or act on my behalf to the rest of the world.