Bob McCarty Writes

While researching Barack Obama’s superstitions for a post published earlier today, I found an entry at Yahoo Answers that offered Three Superstitious Reasons Why Barack Obama Will Lose the Presidential Election.  Though not superstitious myself, I thought it worth sharing that John McCain should win today if, that is, two out of three superstitions below [...]

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I learned today about the truly-frightening results of an online poll — still active as of this posting — which asks site visitors which of four well-known political couples they would select as guardians for their child/children in the event something happened to them and their spouse/partner.
The graphic (above right) shows the results as of [...]

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A crowd estimated at 17,000 welcomed John McCain and Sarah Palin to Missouri.

An estimated 17,000 supporters turned out this afternoon at T.R. Hughes Ballpark, home of the River City Rascals minor league baseball team in O’Fallon, Mo., to welcome Republican presidential nominee-to-be John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, to the Show-Me State.  The [...]

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Democrat Barack Obama campaigned in Pennsylvania today while Republican John McCain was in Annapolis, Md., as part of his “Service to America” tour. Photos of the candidates appear below. To read each photo caption, mouse-over the “Read More” at the bottom of each photo. picApp_publisherId = 1006;picApp_imageId = 11643;picApp_imageWidth = 357;picApp_imageHeight = 494;picApp_configUrl [...]

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“Al Qaeda is improving the last key aspect of its ability to attack the U.S. — the identification, training and positioning of operatives for an attack in the homeland,” said Michael McConnell, director of national intelligence, which oversees all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.
The statement above appeared in a Washington Times article, Al Qaeda seen planning [...]

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