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I cannot express how thoroughly disappointed I am that Senator Obama will not take a principled, and constitutional, stand against an unconstitutional ex post facto law.

The Constitution specifically prohibits ex post facto laws. You cannot legalize illegal behavior after the fact! If we sit idly by and allow this flagrant violation of the Constitution to stand it will not be long before we are dealing with laws that make legal behavior illegal after the fact.

Do you want to find yourself in court someday answering for a crime that wasn’t a crime at the time you committed the act? If your answer is no, as it rightly should be, then you must oppose the unconstitutional ex post facto legalization of criminal activities by the telecoms!

I will continue to view this as a giant black mark against Senator Obama until he finally agrees to stand with the people and the Constitution.

My freedoms and my rights are NOT NEGOTIABLE, Senator!

Barack Obama: My Position On FISA

The political world is abuzz over General Wesley Clark’s recent comments about John McCain’s qualifications for President of the United States of America.  Clark stated the obvious - being a POW does not qualify you to be President.  The McCain camp has responded with faux outrage over the ‘questioning’ of Senator McCain’s military service in an attempt to dodge the issue of his presidential bonafides.

Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander, said McCain’s combat experience as a fighter pilot did not make him more qualified to be president than Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

“Well, I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president,” he said.

Speaking the truth, it seems, can be just as much a political gaffe as telling a lie.  Why is everyone responding with shock and outrage over a simple statement of fact?

John McCain has made his POW experience an issue in this campaign by running ads suggesting that it somehow qualifies him to be President.  This false assertion begs to be repudiated.  Unless Senator McCain can somehow explain why being shot down and taken prisoner qualifies one to be President, he needs to be called on his shameless ploy to garner sympathy votes.

Stating the obvious - that being a POW is not a qualification for POTUS - does not equate to questioning and disrespecting Senator McCain’s military service.  I’m glad that someone finally had the cajones to call McCain’s bluff.

To use McCain’s own words, being a POW “…certainly doesn’t do anything to address the challenges that Americans have in keeping their jobs, homes and supporting their families.”

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Relax!  I’m not really voting Republican, lol.  I just wanted to share this humorous and biting piece of sarcasm that demonstrates why none of us should vote Republican.  Enjoy!

What can I say?  I’m on a roll!

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The latest influential group to endorse Senator John McCain?  Nah!  Just more anti-McCain Photoshop goodness.  Enjoy!

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Another anti-McCain sign I made in Photoshop.  As before, you can grab it in multiple sizes.

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Great little video from the Florida Democratic Party that illustrates McCain’s hypocrisy and lies and demonstrates that a McCain presidency would effectively be a third term for Bush.

Florida Democrats release web video blasting McCain

Katrina Kerfuffle

I thought I would have some fun with Photoshop Elements today and create a little anti-McCain goodness.  I made it in several sizes, so grab the one that best suits your needs.  Feel free to pass it on to as many people as you like!

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Barack Obama secured the Democratic nomination for President last night and made history by becoming the first African-American nominee to the highest office in the land, but Hillary Clinton wasn’t about to let him enjoy it.

Rather than give a gracious concession speech acknowledging her opponent’s hard won victory and begin the work of unifying the Democratic Party to defeat John McCain in November, Mrs. Clinton chose instead to take her party hostage with the veiled threat of its destruction if she doesn’t get what she wants.

In what was supposed to be a private conference call with the New York House delegation, Clinton said that if Obama offered her the job of Vice President she would accept.  The details of the conference call were then quickly leaked to the press.

By announcing her acceptance of a position that has not yet been offered to her, Hillary effectively sabotaged Obama’s freedom to choose, given the realities of the American political electoral landscape, whom he thinks would best complete his ticket  heading into the general election.

Wielding the cudgel of her 18 million strong constituency during her speech last night in New York, Hillary announced to Obama and the Democratic Party, “Put me on the party ticket - or else.”

Way to go, Hillary.  Way to put the party and the nation ahead of your personal ambition.