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Le candidat républicain John McCain et sa colistière Sarah Palin étaient de
passage au Colorado aujourd'hui. Quant à Barack Obama, il se trouvait en Indiana. (LCN)
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This clip clearly illustrates that Candidate McCain is absolutely, undeniably no different than the
asshat currently sitting near the red phone waiting to push the button.
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama said they will put aside partisan politics for a joint
appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Fox News:
McCain Camp ‘Rescues’ Flags From Obama Rally —
Democrats are not caring for their Stars and Stripes. At least that's the message out of
John McCain's campaign. — McCain supporters, claiming they rescued 12,000
miniature American flags from the site of Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech …
Les deux candidats mettront de côté la politique partisane pour faire une apparition
commune à la cérémonie marquant le 7ème anniversaire des attentats du
11 septembre. (AP)
Len Burman, a former Treasury tax official, says if Obama's proposals were adopted in 2009, married
couples with earnings in the lowest quintile of the population would see their aftertax income rise
5.8%. Those in the next quintile would see an increase of 4%. Under McCain's proposals married
couples in the bottom fifth of the population would see
Jeffrey Bell / Weekly Standard: Why They Hate
Her — Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the
left. — For months John McCain has apparently been hoping to use his selection
of a running mate to shake up the presidential race. By picking Alaska governor Sarah
Palin, McCain has accomplished that …
Michael Moore’s latest documentary film, Slacker Uprising, is set to be available
for free on the Internet. Does this signal a change in the movie industry or just Moore’s
desire to see Obama in the White House?
When Radiohead released their latest album, In Rainbows, for free over the Internet last
year, it was seen as a forward-thinking step which could revolutionise the way music is
distributed.
Changing The Status Quo?
The album did well, but most people still ended up downloading it via less legal means. And the
experiment didn’t really do anything to end the monopoly that the big record companies
enjoy.
Could film-maker Michael Moore do any better in persuading the movie industry that there is an
alternative to releasing movies in to cinemas?
Available For Free Online
Michael Moore, known for his hard-hitting documentaries attacking the status quo, is releasing
Slacker Uprising for free on the Internet
before it gets released on DVD.
The 97-minute-long film will be available to watch on BlipTV
for three weeks starting from September 23rd. It will then be released on DVD on October 7th
through Amazon and Netflix.
Slacker Uprising Trailer
Get Bush Out!
Slacker Uprising is a film following Michael Moore’s 62-city tour around the US
swing states in the build-up to the 2004 US Presidential Election. Moore wanted Bush out and
democrat John Kerry in.
While Moore’s hope wasn’t fulfilled, the documentary is now being released for free
over the Internet in order to reach as many people as possible before this year’s US
Presidential Election between
Barack Obama and John McCain.
Moore Speaks
Moore released a statement explaining the move:
“This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans. The only return any of us are hoping
for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November. I think Slacker Uprising
will inspire (millions) to get off the couch and give voting a chance.”
The film cost an estimated $2 million to make, and Moore thinks that this method of release will
end up costing him $1 million. But neither Moore or the distributor, Brave New Films, plan to
profit from the release.
Conclusions
This is an intriguing development, especially as Moore could have guaranteed a pay day by
releasing this film in cinemas. He has instead decided to give his fans a present in the hope of
inspiring more people to vote.
This comes just a week after No End In Sight was announced as being the first
widely-released feature film to be
screened in its entirety on YouTube.
Will this revolutionise the movie industry? Not a chance. But it does at least show the Web is
becoming a more accepted form of distribution for long-form content.
New York Times: An Adviser Puts
His Stamp on McCain Campaign — ST. PAUL — It was what aides
to Senator John McCain describe as probably the worst night of his campaign. As Senator
Barack Obama claimed the Democratic nomination before a cheering sea of faces on national
television, Mr. McCain countered …
John McCain prove a point, that no matter which Republican puppet becomes President of the United
States, that the pupper masters that finance them and pulls their strings remain the same, EXXON,
SHELL, HALLIBURTON, RAYTHEON, LOCKHEED, ROCKWELL, MONSANTO, PFIZER, AIPAC, ROCKEFELLER...
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: George W.
Palin — Frum again: … This decision is not worthy of a
great power. Whatever skills Palin may turn out to have, however fabulous a person she may
turn out to be, even if she becomes the Eva Peron of Christianism, McCain … He winged
this. That's the critical, unavoidable, devastating point.
Gallup: Gallup Daily:
Obama's Edge Shrinks to 2 Points — Election Preferences Nearly
Tied Again, 47%-45% — PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama's advantage over John
McCain has been shrinking since the start of the Republican National Convention, and is now down
to just two percentage points — 47% to 45% — too close to call.
During the September 5 edition of ABC's World News, after ABC News correspondent David
Wright asserted that Gov. Sarah Palin "attacked [Sen. Barack] Obama for what he told Bill
O'Reilly last night about the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq," Wright aired a quote from Obama's
interview on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, saying, "I've already said, it's succeeded
beyond our wildest dreams." Wright then stated, "The McCain campaign has been pushing Obama for
weeks to admit that he was wrong to oppose the surge, a policy McCain championed early on,"
falsely suggesting that Obama said during his interview that he was wrong to oppose the surge. In
fact, during the interview on the September 4 edition of The O'Reilly Factor, after
Obama said, "I've already said it succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," host Bill O'Reilly asked,
"So why can't you say, 'I was right in the beginning, and I was wrong about the surge?'" Obama
responded, "Because there's an underlying problem with what have we done. We have reduced the
violence, but the Iraqis still haven't taken responsibility, and we still don't have the kind of
political reconciliation. We are still spending, Bill, $10 to $12 billion a month."
From the September 4 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: I think you were desperately wrong on the surge, and I think you should admit it to the
nation that now, we have defeated the terrorists in Iraq, and the Al Qaeda came there after we
invaded, as you know. OK? We've defeated them.
OBAMA: Right. Absolutely.
O'REILLY: If we didn't, they would have used it as a staging ground. We've also inhibited Iran
from controlling the southern part of Iraq by the surge, which you did not support. So why won't
you say, "I was right in the beginning. I was wrong about that"?
OBAMA: You know, if you listen to what I've said, and I'll repeat it right here on this show, I
think that there's no doubt that the violence is down. I believe that that is a testimony to the
troops that were sent and General [David] Petraeus and Ambassador [Ryan] Crocker. I think that
the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated, by the way, including President Bush and
the other supporters. It has gone very well, partly because of the Anbar situation --
O'REILLY: The awakening. Right.
OBAMA: -- and the Sunni awakening, partly because of the Shia military. Look --
O'REILLY: But if were up to you, there wouldn't have been a surge.
OBAMA: Well, look --
O'REILLY: No, no, no, no.
OBAMA: No, no, no, no, no, no, no --
O'REILLY: If it were up to you, there wouldn't have been a surge.
OBAMA: No, no, no, no. Hold on.
O'REILLY: You and Joe Biden, no surge.
OBAMA: Hold on a second, Bill. If you look at the debate that was taking place, we had gone
through five years of mismanagement of this war that I thought was disastrous. And the president
wanted to double down and continue on an open-ended policy that did not create the kinds of
pressure on the Iraqis to take responsibility and reconcile.
O'REILLY: But it worked. It worked. Come on.
OBAMA: Bill, what I said is -- I've already said it
succeed beyond our wildest dreams.
O'REILLY: Right. So why can't you say, "I was right
in the beginning, and I was wrong about the surge"?
OBAMA: Because there's an underlying problem with
what we've done. We have reduced the violence --
O'REILLY: Yeah.
OBAMA: -- but the Iraqis still haven't taken
responsibility, and we still don't have the kind of political reconciliation. We are still
spending, Bill, $10 to $12 billion a month.
From the September 5 edition of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson:
WRIGHT: Governor Palin seems to be warming to her role as the campaign pitbull. Today she
attacked Obama for what he told Bill O'Reilly last night about the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq.
WRIGHT: The McCain campaign has been pushing Obama for weeks to admit he was wrong to oppose the
surge, a policy McCain championed early on.
PALIN [video clip]: I guess when you turn out to be profoundly wrong on a vital national security
issue, maybe it's comforting to pretend that everyone else was wrong, too.
WRIGHT: If you could articulate what the strategy is for the homestretch.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized John McCain's approach to Social Security,
saying it would undermine the government program aimed mainly at retirees. The Republican nominee
said he would preserve Social Security.
David Harsanyi / Post-Ed
Notes: Republican
Recycling — This morning, Republicans tell me that a worker at
Invesco Field in Denver saved thousands of unused flags from the Democratic National Convention
that were headed for the garbage. Guerrilla campaigning. They will use these flags at
their own event today in Colorado Springs with John McCain and Sarah Palin.
L'économie Américaine va mal. Le chômage a bondi à plus de 6 %. En
juillet 2008, 84 000 emplois ont été supprimés ; ce qui est un chiffre plus
élevé que les prévisions. Depusi le début 2008, l'économie
Américaine a supprimé 605 000 emplois. Le secteur
Key Alaska allies of John McCain are trying to derail a politically charged investigation into Gov.
Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner in order to prevent a so-called "October
surprise" that would produce embarrassing information about the vice presidential candidate on the
eve of the election.
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