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That’s right, we even beat President Palmer himself to his connection with Obama and history.  What we wrote on April 19th is now being confirmed by 24 star Dennis Haysbert.  Heroes beget followers and copycats.  And sometimes other heroes.  We’ll let you decide which category Obama belongs.

• Former ‘24? President Credits His Role for Obama Rise

So I have to wonder if the strong portrayal of President David Palmer by Dennis Haysbert in the hit series 24 helped Presidential Hopeful Obama in the American mindscape. President Palmer was the ideal man for the job for most Americans. Lets look at his qualifications:

• Tall
• Attractive (don’t kid yourself - these matter)
• “Presidential Presence”
• Compassionate enough to wrestle with weighty decisions of life and death
• Yet still has the balls to take the fight to our enemies and authorize whatever-is-necessary Bauer to kick ass

I believe this mix of strength and compassion is what most people crave in a leader. After 3 Seasons, Dennis Haysbert secured the idea of a Black American as a great President and got himself his own show (the Unit).

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Between Super Tuesday and Romney stepping out, John McCain has all but locked up the Republican Nomination. And in much of the country there was weeping and nashing of teeth. In the past few days, I have spoken with countless Republicans that are struggling with which is stronger: their love of the party or their disgust with the Maverick.

McCain has been a liberal media darling for a variety of reasons: 1) historically he has tried his best to please the media (regardless of voter preferences) 2) the media sees him as a beatable candidate 3) if he some reason he did win, he’s liberal enough to be palatable as a Republican president. But NOW that the nomination has been sewn up for McCain the Democratic mouthpieces can focus on promoting Obama Mania.

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Republican John McCain is urging his conservative critics to rally around his presidential campaign, there is a lot of water under that bridge.

Here are the top 10 reasons some conservatives dislike the Arizona senator:

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New Hampshire state law allows towns with populations of less than 100 to start voting at midnight and close the polls as soon as everyone votes. This gives the minute by minute news coverage -well- something to cover, while the votes of significance take place later today.  It also allows the creation of misleading headlines like “McCain Takes 100% of Vote!” (never mind it was 8 votes in one town).  Ah yes, journalistic integrity.  And to think that some suggest that the new media (read internet) needs government regulation to protect the news product.

• Small New Hampshire Towns Get Extra Voting Time

The New York Times didn’t give this story a great headline or much play since it ended up on page 19. But the Times supports the troops and wants victory…. right?

American forces have routed Al Qaeda… from every neighborhood of Baghdad, a top American general said today, allowing American troops involved in the “surge” to depart as planned… “Murder victims are down 80 percent from where they were at the peak,” and attacks involving improvised bombs are down 70 percent, [Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil Jr., commander of US forces in Baghdad] said. “The Iraqi people have just decided that they’ve had it up to here with violence,” [General Fil] said,

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Violence continues to go down in Iraq.  Now down another 70% from the already lower rates in July.  The security over the entire country is remarkably improved.  To put things in perspective the civilian deaths amidst a war zone have fallen to 38% BELOW the murder rate in the United States.  That’s right, more people are murdered here than are dying in the war in Iraq.

But don’t worry, the media will ignore most such stories as good news = no news.

“One item from Baghdad today.  The news is… that there is no news.  The police told us that, to their knowledge, there were no major acts of violence.  Attacks are down in Baghdad and today no bombings or roadside explosions were reported.” - Charlie Gibson World News Tonight on ABC Oct 17th.

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Hillary’s positions are getting harder to follow than a Desperate Housewives episode. In this installment we bring you: Troop Withdrawal.

Late September, the candidates were asked in the most recent Democratic Debate if we would have the troops out by 2013 (the end of the 1st term as President). Hillary, along with the other candidates, conceded that they couldn’t commit to having the troops out of Iraq by that time.

“It is very difficult to know what we’re going to be inheriting,” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton - MSNBC

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Lieutenant General Sanchez made a speech criticizing all aspects of the war in Iraq. The heaviest hit by his remarks would have to be the press:

“For some it seems that as long as you get a front-page story, there is little or no regard for the collateral damage that will be caused… The speculative and often uninformed initial reporting that characterizes our media, appears to be rapidly becoming the standard of the industry… Once reported, your assessments become conventional wisdom and nearly impossible to change. Your unwillingness to accurately and prominently correct your mistakes and your agenda-driven biases sometimes contribute to this corrosive environment… What is clear to me is that you’re perpetuating the corrosive partisan politics that is destroying our country and killing our service members who are at war, in some cases… For some of you, just like some of our politicians, the truth is of little to no value if it does not fit your own preconceived notions, biases, or agendas.” - Lt. Gen. Sanchez

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Recently, I’ve seen a lot of media coverage about Katrina. At first, I just figured the media had grown tired of Election 2008 and needed something to fill the void. Then I remembered: it’s been two years since Katrina. Two years. Has it been that long? Well, I guess I lost track since I’ve been waiting for all those continuous hurricanes that were supposed to decimate American soil over the past two years. Remember those? Weather experts have predicted that we would have multiple significant hurricanes reaching our shores. So far, nothing. Dean has been the most notable storm since Rita, much to the chagrin of the weather alarmists that desperately want to retrofit my SUV to run on chicken fat. How do you convince the populace that we need more federal legislation if the hurricanes don’t cooperate? Bush must have turned down the knob on his weather machine.

As a part of all the “anniversary” stories, presidential hopeful Obama was interviewed on GMA. He introduced a plan to “reduce government bureaucracy” by involving government more. The federal government should 1. hire police and doctors 2. hire more people to work in the government 3. rebuild the infrastructure and 4. tell the insurance companies how to run their businesses. In reference to the last point, he claims he believes in the insurance companies making a profit, and yet criticizes that very thing. Do we stop to think that since they paid so much for Katrina policies that they had to raise their rates in anticipation of what the aforementioned weather experts were saying, and when no disaster happened, they had extra money? Now the federal government needs to tell them what to do with that money? Well, if they are going to get lessons in finance and spending, maybe we should consider how good of stewards the government is with our money…
The Sun Herald recently ran a story about Katrina and all the government money that has been pouring into the area.

It’s hard for the average working stiff to contemplate a number as vast as the $23.5 billion the federal government has allocated to Mississippi for Katrina recovery.

Think of it this way:

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