American Pie translated for Election Day 2008

A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How the elections used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That we could make those people dance
And, maybe, theyd be happy for a while.

But November made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep; (Obama wins)
I couldnt take one more step.

I cant remember if I cried
When I heard McCain speak beside his bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died. (Obama elected President)

So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
Singin, this ll be the day America dies.
This ll be the day America dies.

Did you write the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that youre in love with The One
`cause I saw you dancin and havin fun.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, you must dig Obama's blues.

I was a lonely teenage broncin buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died.

I started singin,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
And singin, this is the day America dies.
This is the day America dies.

Now for ten years weve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin stone,
But thats not how it used to be.
When Gingrich sang for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean (Ronald Reagan)
And a voice that came from you and me,

Oh, and while Bush was looking down,
Obama stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.
And while Obama read a book of marx,
The quartet practiced in the park,
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died.

We were singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin, thisll be the day America dies.
Thisll be the day America dies.

Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
Republicans tried for a forward pass,
With conservatism on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants (Limbaugh, Hannity, Gingrich) played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players (Obama, Pelosi, and Reid) tried to take the field;
The marching band refuses to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

We started singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
And singin, thisll be the day America dies.
Thisll be the day America dies.

Oh, and there we were all the polling place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: Mac be nimble, Mac be quick!
Mac sat down on a candlestick
Cause fire is Obama's only friend.

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that socialist spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw Obama laughing with delight
The day America died

He was singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
And singin, thisll be the day America dies.
Thisll be the day America dies.

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the Republican store
Where I'd heard Reagan's speeches years before,
But the man there said the tapes wouldnt play.

And in the streets: the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day America died.

And they were singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
Singin, thisll be the day America dies.
Thisll be the day America dies.

They were singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
Singin, thisll be the day America dies.

McCain supporters run off racist idiots.

I think we may have lost these two people's votes, but I feel sure we gained alot more. I think the best quote was the kid who ask, "Are you trying to Deliberately lose us this election?"

John Lewis (D-GA) compares McCain to George Wallace

Yes that George Wallace, the segregationist former governor of Alabama. "What I am seeing reminds me of too much of another destructive period in American history," Lewis said in a statement released to FOX News.

"Senator McCain and Governor Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse."

"George Wallace never threw a bomb.(That's more than can be said for some of Obama's friends.) He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights," Lewis added. "Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama."

He then accused McCain and Palin of "playing with fire" in a way that "disregards the value of the political process and cheapens our entire democracy."

Here is McCain's Response: "Congressman John Lewis' comments represent a character attack against Governor Sarah Palin and me that is shocking and beyond the pale," McCain said in a written statement. "The notion that legitimate criticism of Senator Obama's record and positions could be compared to Governor George Wallace, his segregationist policies and the violence he provoked is unacceptable and has no place in this campaign."

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/11/civil-rights-icon-compares-mccain-segregationist/

Are you kidding me? McCain named John Lewis as a person he would seek for advice at the Saddleback forum and this is how he responds. McCain of course showed class in his response to Congressman Lewis. I'm not sure if I could've done the same if the guy just called me a racist, and compared me to a segregationist.

Well I'm sure Obama doesn't want this kind of rhetoic to be assoiciated with his campaign so I'm sure he'll denouce the comment, right? Wrong.

“Senator Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies. But John Lewis was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for President of the United States ‘pals around with terrorists,’” said Obama spokesman Bill Burton. “As Barack Obama has said himself, the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together. That is the kind of campaign Senator Obama will continue to run in the weeks ahead.”

http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/11/obama-camp-condems-wallace-reference-but-says-lewis-right-on-mcpalin-rhetoric/

Basically Obama's camp said he's not George Wallace, but the rest of the statement is fine with us. After this his spokesman has the nerve to say "the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together." I hate to be repetive but, are you kidding me? John Lewis compares McCain to George Wallace, accuses him of creating a climate that encourages vicious attacks against innocent Americans, and then brings up one of the most famous racist killings of all time, the last two which Obama seems to be fine with, and your telling me your not trying to be divisive.

Sorry Obama, I don't live in the same fantasy land that you obvisously do. When someone says McCain is racist, or that he's making racist comments, or playing on race, or whatever the Hell John Lewis was saying. I'd find that to be divisive. Then he accuses McCain of "Creating a climate that encourages vicious attacks against innocent Americans," also divisive.

Lewis also said that McCain was playing with fire. What fire is he playing with exactly? Is Lewis saying that if Obama loses we will have riots in the streets, and that they will be McCain's fault for "creating the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans?" For the record I don't think that is true, but is there any other way to read that comment?

McCain has been unbelievably above reproach on this issue. He has gone out of his way to be respectful to Obama. Even taking the mircophone from an old lady at a town hall who said she'd done some research and Obama is an Arab. He then told the crowd that Obama was a decent person that he had disagreements with and that they shouldn't be afraid of him. He's asked crowds at his events to show respect for Obama. Many Republicans believe he has been too respectful and that's why he's behind. Senator McCain I'm glad that you have found it necessary to show respect for Barrack Obama, but judging from this latest revelation he sure isn't showing any for you. GO GET EM!

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ACORN continues to commit voter fraud!

The community housing/voter registeration group known as ACORN is continuing to commit voter fraud even while they know the world is watching

CLEVELAND - Two Ohio voters, including Domino's pizza worker Christopher Barkley , claimed yesterday that they were hounded by the community-activist group ACORN to register to vote several times, even though they made it clear they'd already signed up.

Barkley estimated he'd registered to vote "10 to 15" times after canvassers for ACORN, whose political wing has endorsed Barack Obama, relentlessly pursued him and others.

Claims such as his have sparked election officials to probe ACORN.

"I kept getting approached by folks who asked me to register," Barkley said. "They'd ask me if I was registered. I'd say yes, and they'd ask me to do it [register] again.

"Some of them were getting paid to collect names. That was their sob story, and I bought it," he said.

"You can tell them you're registered as many times as you want - they do not care," said Lateala Goins, 21, who was subpoenaed.

"They will follow you to the buses, they will follow you home, it does not matter," she told The Post.

I guess we know what happened to all the Ron Paul supporters now.

A third subpoenaed voter, Freddie Johnson, 19, filled out registration cards 72 times over 18 months, officials said.

72 registration cards. If he put a different address on each card he could vote 72 times in every election from here on out. So much for one person one vote. With ACORN it's one person however many times we can get you to register. I wonder how many McCain supporters they registered more than once, or even once.

"It feeds the public perception that there could be [fraud], and that makes the pillars fall down," said local Board of Elections President Jeff Hastings

Could be Fraud! This is Fraud ACORN officals should be rounded up and thrown in jail. This is American so they get a trail, but it doesn't seem like their is much doubt here as to what's going on.

ACORN's Cleveland spokesman, Kris Harsh, said his group collected 100,000 voter-registration cards; only about 50 were questionable, he claimed.

Maybe only 50 were questioned, but I bet at least 5,000 were questionable. Let me and some of my friends go and take a look at them. We'll be honest, unlike ACORN. I bet we uncover massive voter fraud. I'll willing to go now, and I'll do it for free.

As for workers, "We watch them like a hawk," he said.

A hawk, really I guess if the hawk if blind and deaf that would kinda make sense. Maybe they meant now that we've been caught we'll be much more careful about how we commit voter fraud. Because we know ACORN will not stop commiting fraud. Their political wing as come out in favor of Obama and they plan to do everything they can, including cheating, to make sure he wins.




http://www.nypost.com/seven/10092008/news/politics/nuts__132771.htm

Boehner says without McCain "they'd have run over me like a freight train"

To those who don't believe McCain needed to be in D.C.

McCain Suspends Campaign, Obama refuses to do the same.

From the Drudge Report

MCCAIN: America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, ever corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen.

Last Friday, I laid out my proposal and I have since discussed my priorities and concerns with the bill the Administration has put forward. Senator Obama has expressed his priorities and concerns.This morning, I met with a group of economic advisers to talk about the proposal on the table and the steps that we should take going forward.I have also spoken with members of Congress to hear their perspective.

It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administration' proposal. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time.

Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me.

I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.

We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved.I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the commission on presidential debates to delay Friday night's debate until we have taken action to address this crisis.

I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.

Following September 11th, our national leaders came together at a time of crisis. We must show that kind of patriotism now. Americans across our country lament the fact that partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us from addressing our national challenges. Now is our chance to come together to prove that Washington is once again capable of leading this country.

Obama has refused to suspend his campaign saying that we can do two things at once.

Once again McCain shows he is willing to put his country ahead of becoming President. This is the same man who supported the surge in Iraq when almost no one else did. When Obama said the surge wouldn't work McCain stood firm and said it would. McCain's judgement on this issue led him to be the Republican Presidential Nominee. He didn't pander for votes he made the decision he knew was right. McCain has a habit of getting things right the first time. Obama might have to take a second shot on picking his VP. Who do you think should be President?

http://drudgereport.com/flash1.htm

Dems cave on offshore drilling.

The Democrats are letting the offshore drilling ban that has been in place for twenty-five years expire. "If true, this capitulation by Democrats following months of Republican pressure is a big victory for Americans struggling with record gasoline prices," said House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio. The Democrats tried to work out a partial appeal, but President Bush had promised a veto.

The U.S. Interior Department says there is an estimated 18 billions barrels of oil off the intercontiential shelf.

Seriously is there anything the Democrats in the Congress will stand for. Just from a political point of view it's kinda embarrassing when you keep getting your butt kicked by a President with a 30% approval rating.

read more here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,426764,00.html

Just to be clear the democrats are betting Obama will win this election. If he does we will not have drilling off our coastline. However if their gamble backfires and McCain becomes President. Let the drilling begin Jan 20, 2009.

Obama says McCain doesn't have executive experience

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Updated: 8/22/08 8:26pm

On 60 minutes tonight Obama said they he and McCain had the exact same about of executive experience. The comment comes around the 30 second mark on this video. Sorry Senator Obama, but I beg to differ.

McCain's combat duty began in 1967 when he was thirty years old. He was almost killed later that year. Lieutenant Commander McCain was almost killed when a Zuni rocket discharged on the flight deck. Of the USS Forestal here escaped from his jet and helped another man escape before the explotion. After this tragedy McCain volunteered to serve on the USS Oriskany.

On October 26 1967 McCain went down in Hanoi and was taken Prisoner by the Viet-cong. He served two years in solidary confinement. He was offered release but refused because their were others who had been POW's longer. August of 68 is when a prolong series of torture began. He was beaten every two hours! His injuries has left him unable to raise his arms above his head. McCain was released on March 14, 1973 after serving five and a half years has a POW.

When John McCain came back to America he received rehab for his injuries and attended the War College in 1976 he became a commanding officer of a training squad in Florida. The squad won a Meritorious Unit Commendation.

In 1977 McCain served as the Navy's liason to the U.S. Senate According to McCain, this was the begining of McCain's political career. McCain retired from the Navy in 1981 has a Captain. He had received 17 Millitary rewards: The Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and Navy Commendation Medal were just a few of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCain#Early_life_and_military_career.2C_1936.E2.80.931981

So McCain was a Lieutenant Commander and a Captain. After receiving some comments saying this shouldn't qualify has executive experience I thought I should find out what the responsiblities for these ranks were.

A Lieutenant Commander is a senior department officer on a large ship or shore installation. They may also be commanding officer or executive officer (second-in-command) of a smaller ship or installation. Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) is a junior officer rank, with the pay grade of O-4. Lieutenant Commander ranks above Lieutenant and below commander. Lieutenant Commander is equivalent to the rank of Major in the other uniformed services. The Lieutenant Commander is the most senior of the junior officer ranks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Commander_(United_States)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Commander

Captain (CAPT) is a senior officer rank, with the pay grade of O-6. It ranks above Commander and below Rear Admiral (lower half). It is equivalent to the rank of Colonel in the other uniformed services. Navy Captains may also fill important senior staff positions or have shore based command assignments, such as commanding officer of a naval station, naval air station, naval support activities, specialized centers or commanders of test wings or training air wings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(United_States)

John McCain was an officer in the U.S. navy for 14 years. He trained men and gave orders that entire time. He made decisions that other men had to follow and he had these men's lives in his hands. Has an officer he was also responsible for setting an example for his men to follow. If that doesn't count has executive experience I must not understand the what the term means.

I guess Obama once again forgot about McCain's military record when he was speaking on 60 minutes. Obama seems to forget about McCain's military record frequently. It's come to the point I no longer believe it's an accident. I believe that Obama is intentionally ignoring McCain's military record because he doesn't have one of his own.

Does not having served make someone unfit to be President? Absolutely not. Just as simply being in the military does not make someone qualified to be President. However saying someone with 14 years of executive experience in our military has the same amount of executive experience has a Freshman Senator who served has a community organizer and a State Senator is absurd. If Obama really believes McCain has no executive experience that alone should disqualify him from becoming our next President.

McCain is Conservative Enough For Me!

I'm always surprised at people who say McCain isn't conservative enough. He's pro-life although he did support embroyic stem cell research, that really is not an issue anymore because scientists have found they can use adult stem cells. He opposes gay marriage, at least to the point where he thinks it should be a State's right issue. He's undoubtly a fiscal and foreign policy conservative. (He voted against the Bush tax cuts because they weren't tied to cuts in spending) What's our deficit again? He also says he will appoint conservative judges. So the man's not perfect find me one candidate in the Republican Primary that was perfect. Rudy was pro-choice, Romney was a flip-flopper, Huckabee had problems on the immigration issue and with taxes, maybe Thompson, but he didn't seem to really want the job.

I want to talk about the two issues that McCain as problems on with conservatives. I'll start with the environment. Basically people say he's bought into the global warming hysteria. That he will cause businesses to go out of business or cut jobs and raise prices by mandating new laws about emissions. Or what has become know as a cap and trade policy. Basically this law would require every business to stay under a certain amount of admissions. However if a business needed to go over the mandated amount all it would have is find a business that was under the amount and buy their extra emissions credits. This encourages companies to stay under the limit so they can have extra to sell.
Go here if you want a more detailed explanation: http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/catalyst/page.jsp?itemID=27226959

I don't know if their is global warming and to tell the truth I don't much care. The way I see it's in our interest to reduce pollution global warming or no global warming. If not, were eventually going to have smog in most of our major cities, and I don't know about you, but I kinda like being able to breath. The same goes for investing in alternative energies. It's just better for the enviroment as a whole. The fact it's in our national interest not to send money to Venezuela and Saudi Arabia just bolester's the case that we should use less oil. I'm still for drilling for our own oil as well. Mostly due to the fact that it might take awhile to get the other forms of energy to be efficient and affordable enough for people to use. I don't want oil to get so high that people can't go to work, and force change like some of my democratic friends.

Now on to the other issue conservatives have a problem with McCain on illegal immigration. Their will be a immigration bill signed by the next President of the United States. The question do you want it to be a blanket amnesty bill, which is what Obama would sign, or do you want the comprehensive plan that McCain would sign. I know, I know you don't want either. The comprehensive plan is amnesty. No what Reagan signed was amnesty. McCain's plan has some penalites for entering the country illegally and would also have the affect of finishing the wall on the border. I do agree that if their not going to build the wall there's no point in passing this bill because we would need another one in twenty years. There's also no way we get the wall built if Obama is President. So we build the wall first then pass an immigration bill to take care of this problem for the last time. Or we could pass the bill and have it go into affect on the day the wall on the border with Mexico is completed. I've heard some stats recently saying that illegal crossings have dropped significantly recently. Also were prosecting more illegals recently. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0623/p16s01-wmgn.html This would also stop under an Obama Presidency.

Even if you still don't like McCain on either issue their is no doubt that he would be better on both than Obama. Obama is against drilling, or he was against it before he was for it. I feel sure he'll be against it again soon so no need to worry. Obama is one of those Democrats who wants oil prices to hit $200 a barrel so he can put all of the money into finding alternative energies while we suffer. As I've said Obama would impose a blanket amnesty bill. Also if Obama passes an amnesty bill it could very well end the Republican Party. It's going to be hard to win elections with 90% of both blacks and hispanics voting for Democrats. Actually it wouldn't be possible to win an election under those conditions. So decide now vote for McCain and get 80% of want you want, or vote for Obama get 0% and bring an end to the Republican Party, your call.

American troop deaths in July at an all time low.

I realize I'm a little late with this story, but I wanted to make sure I wrote about it. The U.S. lost five Soliders in July. This is the lowest number of troops killed since the begining of the war. Yet another sign this war is coming to an end and that we have emerged victorious. President Bush suggested that this news could allow him to further withdrawl troops before he leaves office. Of course we will have to wait until Petraeus reports to the President in September. Also the Iraqi's will have provincial elections in October. These elections should provide stablity and allow local leaders to be in charge of local affairs. Along with the Iraqi Army taking control of most major millitary Operations, it's looking more and more like the Iraqi's don't need us there anymore.

This may end up being the nail in Obama's coffin. When it becomes obvious that we will be out of Iraq no matter whose President, except for the residual force, and that America has won this war because of the surge. Americans may not want to turn the reigns of our Armed Forces over to someone who opposed the very measure that allowed our troops to return home with honor.

For more information on this story go to:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/content/article/2008/08/01/iraq.html?hpid=topnews

McCain should use Supreme Court to sway wary conservatives.

Despite the fact that McCain has cut into and in some polls eliminated Obams lead, McCain is still having trouble convincing some conservatives to go to the polls on Election Day. I've always known that the Supreme Court could be used to rally these conservatives. However I did not realize the significance of this particular election until I saw a list of the Justices by age on another blog.

There are four justices over seventy years of age: Stevens 88, Ginsberg 75, Scalia, 72 and Kennedy 71. Out of these four only Scalia would be considered conservative. Stevens and Ginsberg the two oldest justices are extreme liberals, and Kennedy is a moderate. While Bush did have a chance to replace two Supreme court Justices they were both conservative O'Conner and Rehnquist. So his replacements while great for Conservatives did not change the balance of the court. However with Stevens being 88 years old there is a significant chance he will retire shortly. Giving conservatives the chance to change the balance of the court under a Mccain Presidency.

The three youngest members of the court are all conservatives. Justices Thomas 60, Alito 58 and Roberts 53 they will probably all be around for the next twenty years. Add two more fifty something conservative Justices to the Court in the next four years and we will control the court for a generation. This could lead to rulings such as the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade, a reserval of the Kelo decision, The court finding there is no constitiutional right to marry (gay marriage) along with a host of other important issues. There is also a chance Kennedy and Scalia both retire if they believe they will be replaced by conservative Justices, not likely but possible.

Let's take a look at this from the opposite view. Let's say Obama wins the election, (my body trembles at the thought) what happens to the court if say Scalia 72 retires. Obama would chose a liberal to replace him. Along with Stevens replacement that would give the liberals control of the court: Ginsberg, Souter, Breyer, Stevens replacement and Scalia's replacement. Ginsberg would probably also retire until such a scenario. Three young liberals Justices who will be there for thirty years each. Gay marriage is declared constitutional, The partial birth abortion ban is overturned, Kelo decision stands. Also with Justice Kennedy likely to be the only Justice to be replaced in the next ten years, under this scenario. Their will be no chance to undue what is done to the Court has a result of this election. To quote George W. Bush, "elections have consequences. "What will the consequences be of this election?

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