...word!

The actress featured in these posters (Blake Lively) recently switched from being the face of "Every Parent's Nightmare" to an Obama babe. In a new ad from Moveon.org she tells young voters: "If you're ever out somewhere and you're considering voting McCain, just call me. I'll pick you up. No questions asked." Moveon.org encourages young voters to "talk to our parents about the risks of voting McCain."

A partner website, McCainFreeWhiteHouse.org, lists four tips to having "The Talk" with your parents about why they should vote Obama, plus three "rebuttals" to have to your parents disagreements with Obama's policies.

It also says: "For adults, John McCain's so-called 'maverick' image is intoxicating and addictive."

 Does anyone else find that funny? The only candidate who had "intoxicating" and "addictive" attached to his name is the one women as old as Barbara Walters are drooling on and who has children chanting "change." 

TIME Magazine recently accused the McCain-Palin campaign of focusing on "emotional, hot button issues" like abortion and saying that Obama "had once opposed providing medical care for certain newborn babies, who later died. Without any clear context, [Palin's] statements seemed to suggest that Obama supported a form of infanticide."

Democrats registering 30,000 convicted felons to vote. AGAIN in a swing state, and again being done ONLY by Democrats...

...word!

I've planned on writing three syndicated columns that cover the range of reasons why Evangelicals should have significant conflict over even the thought of pulling the lever for Barack Obama.

Two of them HAVE been published - the third will arrive next week.

I FREELY encourage you to forward this post to your evangelical friends who are on the fence, slightly confused, or outright brainwashed about Christian doctrine - and the heretic that is the candidate for the Democratic party.

Here are the first two:
1. Obama's Dishonesty on "The Least of These!"
2. Obama's Buddies "Why They Matter!"

E-mail them, forward them, MySpace them, Digg them, facebook them...

But read them, and encourage your friends too as well. If they still choose to vote for Obama then so be it - but at least they will be forced to do so with wide awake awareness of who he is, what he stands for - or doesn't, and what we can likely expect from him.

I am a proud New Yorker. Anyone who knows me will tell you that I believe it is the greatest city in the world. I believe it has so much to offer those who come to it looking for the best chance in life.

I, like many of the rest of our nation - stood by New York in earnest when we saw fellow New Yorkers jumping out of the World Trade Center towers on 9.11.2001. I, like many other Americans extended our deepest heart, effort, and affection on those who suffered, and who are still suffering today because of the pain of that loss.

But the New Yorkers that are captured in this clip below, are some of the sorriest excuses for Americans I've ever witnessed.

Al Qaeda would be more welcome in this ten block radius - than the man pictured above who had both shoulder blades broken because he loved his country more than his own freedom.

When people are on the pathway to power, it is easy to get lost in rhetoric and campaign slogans. Yesterday, Baldwin & KMC talked about not allowing all the glitz and glamor to overshadow common sense things we should be paying attention to...like who candidates choose to associate with. It is also important to see how candidates view and treat human life. McCain believes in human rights that begin at conception. Obama has a far more subjective view.

KMC & I have discussed Obama's radical stance against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act and I believe it has far more relevance beyond that one vote. How one views life affects every other decision they make in their life. We can't isolate our values from actions. 

Palin has lived out her beliefs, specifically her value of life, even when faced with bringing a special needs child into the world. "Every child has something to contribute ... if we give them that chance," [Palin] said.

Matthew Balan recently compiled a report on the media's discussion of Obama's positions on life. "[The media] barely mentioned Obama’s pro-abortion stance during the primaries — from the launch of his candidacy in January 2007 through the end of the primaries in June 2008, just six out of 1,289 network evening news stories about Obama (0.46%) mentioned his position on abortion; none discussed it in any detail."

As Palin said: "Please, it is not negative and it's not mean-spirited to talk about his record." Why is the media pretending that the way Obama views life won't affect the way he runs the nation?

Has any reporter called the Obama-Ayers association a "potentially explosive report"? Have they told the American people that this information might be "embaressing"? No.

Recently, Evan Thomas, Editor at Large with Newsweek, charged: “If he loses the election because of that, it's a disgrace.” Totenberg alleged Sarah Palin's anti-Obama rhetoric is “pretty ugly and a little scary."

The Obama-friendly media filter strikes again...

His name is John, he lives in sub-Saharan Africa where the AIDS pandemic is beyond horrific. Entire villages are missing adults, parents, and persons over the age of 20. John is one of four children in his family.

Compassion International has been reaching out to work with John on some nutritional development so that his decidedly under-developed body will begin to grow properly for his age.

His swollen head, distended belly, and microscopic arms and legs all point to severe malnourishment and the need for proper nutrients like vitamins, proteins, and carbohydrates.

My wife and I sponsor four children with Compassion and let me tell you it is not only EASY to do - but SO rewarding in doing it. For basically $1.07 you are able to provide John - clean clothes, purified drinking water (which guards against stomach issues, dehydration, and diarrhea), nutritionally balanced foods, schooling, medicines, doctors visits, and even some micro-enterprise for his family to be able to gain an income, or at the very least grow their own food.

PLEASE click on John's picture right here:

10:42pm -
KMC: Pundits agree: "Brokaw made it a REALLY horribly boring!"

10:32pm -
KMC: What don't you know? Not a great question, but a terrific answer by Senator McCain. And a GREAT chance to insert his biography...

10:30pm -
KMC: FOODSTAMPS??????? Was this the first time anyone else had heard that Obama's mama survived on food stamps?

10:22pm -
KMC: Obama, "I issued a statement in April depciting the dangers in Georgia!"
I will pay ANYONE who can prove that assinine statement $10 dollars. I do not for a minute believe that Obama issued a statement as Senator of any sort some two months before the Georgian invasion... HOGWASH Obama liar dude - PRODUCE THE STATEMENT!

10:21pm -
KMC: Obama agrees with McCain count: 7

10:19pm -
KMC: It is CLEAR that John McCain has WON the foreign policy section of the debate and that followed his narrow win on the economic issues at the start of the debate.

10:17pm -
KMC: When asked about what to do in Afghanistan, and Obama responds, "withdraw from Iraq."

10:13pm -
KMC: Obama, "again let me be clear..." (Which he had to say because no one understood how what he was saying was decipherably different than the way McCain had characterized it...) McCain won this point big on the "telegraphing his punches."

10:11pm -
KMC: "Announcing an attack,(on Pakistan)" another significant gaffe by Obama and PROMPTLY jumped on by McCain!

10:05pm -
KMC: MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR Obama GAFFE: Barack Obama just made the case that "moral obligations" may merit our use of military force and military action. YET he claimed he could not understand why we would "attack a nation" that did not "attack us." BUT if he would use force under "moral obligation" (i.e. humanitarian/genocide/etc.), then we would have STILL gone into Iraq - to LIBERATE 27 million people from the thumb of a dictator. Therefore it is fair to discern that Barack Obama does not think the liberation of oppressed people is a "moral" issue. Thus telling us that Obama does not believe LIBERTY is a moral virtue worth defending. Which tells you why he so devalues the HISTORIC liberty achieved by the founding fathers and the history of the nation that gave him the freedom to stand up and say this utter nonsense.

10:03pm -
KMC: Obama agrees with McCain count: 5.

10:00pm -
KMC: McCain - "WE (America) are the greatest force for GOOD in the history of the world!"
LOVELY:  Ummmm America has always the peace MAKER all over the world!
9:56pm -
LOVELY:  what is a 50% tax credit? To a small business - 50% of what
9:55pm -
KMC: The discussion of rebates on health coverage vs. mandated fines and taxes that Obama would impose against small business that can't afford coverage - was a BIG win on substance for McCain...

9:50pm -
LOVELY:  Obama thinks drilling is important??LOVELY:  finally some basic economic principles....supply and demand people
9:46pm -
LOVELY:  newsflash!!! obama favors nuclear power - this is the first I have heard of it...
9:43pm -
KMC: STOOOPID is as stoopid asks... (dumbest question of the night - "environment".)
LOVELY:  people are losing savings and jobs and she wants to know how fast congress will move on climate change issues??? when the rest of the world doesn't care about being "green", and they are surpassing our economies and polluting all the way to the bank...

9:40pm -
KMC: It is frightening - how BALD FACE easy Barack Obama lies about "John McCain wants to give 200 Billion in tax cuts to Wall Street CEO's." NOTHING in McCain's platform calls for ANYTHING to go to CEO's... VERY good for McCain to point out the 94 tax INCREASE votes that Obama owned.
LOVELY: Obama is such a liar.

9:36pm -
KMC:  BUSINESSES NEVER PAY for the TAXES that they are charged with... DOES NO IDIOT ON THE PLANET GET THIS?
LOVELY:  they pass them on to their consumers...

9:34pm -
KMC:  OBAMA: "That requires leadership from Washington." (Like you voting against all energy sources, authoring NO legislation, pledging to TAX businesses into the stone ages, and earmarking your way into Illinois infamy?)

9:31pm -
LOVELY:  how are we going to get more oil obama??
9:29pm -
FAITH AMMEN:  what sacrifices does he want McCain to reference? Sugar rations? Gas rations? Nationwide curfew?
9:28pm -
KMC:  Nuclear power plants - winning issue... millions of new jobs
9:22pm -
Matlock:  Reforming healthcare doesn't mean the government needs to take it over... We want to hand healthcare over to a broken system?  Bad idea!
9:20pm -
Matlock:  The middle class were not totally the victim.  They did spend money they didn't have.  Credit card debt is partially a choice too.
9:18pm -
KMC:  "Senator OBAMA's NAME was NOT on that letter!"
9:16pm -
FAITH AMMEN:  Obama wrote to the treasury secretary two years ago? I'm sorry, Obama, but you writing a LETTER when you had been in office barely a year, isn't really standing up to corruption"I'm confident about the American economy..." Yet, he just told that guy, "Imagine what will happen when this spreads to millions of small businesses..."

9:14pm -
Matlock:  Down with Mac and Mae! Amen McCain.
9:12pm -
Matlock:  It scares me a little to not have an economist as head of the treasury and to have someone like a successful businessman.  They may be successful but they may not know principles of econ.
9:11pm -
FAITH AMMEN:  Prosperity DOES trickle down from the top, Obama!!
9:10pm -
LOVELY:  Obama just agreed with McCain
9:09pm -
Matlock: Did you hear the entitlement in the first question?  Since when is it the government's responsibility to "fix" the economy?
LOVELY:  they don't need a "rescue package" they need for people not to be given housing loans when they can't afford them...
FAITH AMMEN:  Obama thinks the economy is the fault of Republican "de-regulation"? I think he forgot about the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act by Pres. Carter AND when Clinton made Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac buy out mortgages?
LOVELY:  the market is going to have to recover from this...and it will
Matlock:  Do you know how much of the US qualifies as the "middle class" as opposed to the "upper or lower"?  The "middle class" sure is getting most of the focus.

9:01pm -
It begins...
FAITH AMMEN:  whew i made it! Belmont is so close! I wish we could have gotten tickets...Matlock:  the people were chosen by Gallup.

8:55pm -
*** Belmont University Trivia *** - Only little more than 5000 students enrolled. Broke ties with the Tennessee Baptist Association last year...

8:53pm -
Some fascinating back and forth on FoxNews right now describing the question vetting process tonight. Evidently TOM BROKAW got totalitarian control over question selection... Hmmm.