Saturday, September 06, 2008

I need to clean up my Firefox tabs

As I've been reading various blogs and articles about the U.S. election, my browser has become increasingly crowded with tab after tab of information I think is helpful/important, so I'm going to slap it all - in no particular order - in this blog posting for future reference.

Obama Adviser Touts His Even Temper

Former Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig, a senior national security adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, said that he has never seen Obama lose his temper, even in situations of "exceptional stress."

By comparison, Obama's GOP rival John McCain is known for "losing it." Danzig said McCain is known for forming an opinion or a decision quickly and then "digs in." McCain's volatile temper is well known to Beltway insiders ...

Danzig traveled with Obama on his recent trip to Europe and the Middle East. At some point in Jerusalem Obama was so tired that he said he could fall asleep on his feet, Danzig recalled. But despite the "extraordinary fatigue… I have never seen Barack Obama lose his temper; I have never seen him lose his balance," Danzig said.

Danzig added that he was also impressed by Obama's ability to listen.


On the claims that Barack Obama has "zero" experience:

Obviously, a legislator IS a leader ...

When Obama stood on the steps of the Illinois State Capitol to announce his candidacy, it wasn't just because the backdrop was nicely evocative of Lincoln. It was because he'd spent seven years inside that building, working hard. That had been followed by a briefer but equally-impressive productivity record as a U.S. senator. The guy gets stuff done.

The Republican strategy is, of course, to attack the opponent's strengths, not weaknesses. It's taking shape around the Big Lie that Palin mouthed: Obama's all talk, no action ...

820 is the number of laws Obama sponsored in the Illinois State Senate.

427 is the current count of the number of bills Obama has co-sponsored in the U.S. Senate.

And the final number, 152, is the most recent tally of the number of bills that Senator Obama has authored. You can see his current legislative record here. Three of them, including S. 3558 ("A bill to provide for enhanced food-borne illness surveillance and food safety capacity") were moved upon just last week.

On the claims that Republicans are fiscally responsible:




Finally, isn't this photo adorable? To me it speaks to the sweet nature that seems intact in the fully-grown man:

1 comment:

ZenDenizen said...

Very cute! A sweet little, all American baseball playing boy, like any other young American!!!!