Comments on: To my fellow catastrophizers

By: Tess

Tess — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:39:20 +0000

But the twelve apostles aren’t democrats. Face it, you wouldn’t vote for a non-democrat, so your point is moot.

Mr Obama went negative within the first minute of opening his mouth. I don’t need a candidate who stays AGAINST everything and not FOR a darned thing.

By: Kris Amundson

Kris Amundson — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:57:17 +0000

You know, the facts don’t really bear that out. For eight years, Virginia has restored the rights of a small number of nonviolent ex-offenders who have paid their debt to society. This really is nothing new. But second, before you make this accusation, you might want to read what Tom Davis has to say on the subject (this is from tomorrow’s New York Times story on him): “At one point, discussing voting rights for felons, he [Davis] allowed that not all felons are Democrats. “There are a lot of Republican felons,” he said. ‘I served with them in Congress.'” So how do you know how these folks would vote?

By: mike

mike — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:48:51 +0000

Why is Obama recruiting the ex-felon demographic to wedge-in his take-over of Virginia?

Seem a little too cynical to me.

Here’s today’s AP story that confirms it:

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081004/ap_on_el_pr/felons_voting;_ylt=AuIex4Q.IBQu1kBbiiFOrJKs0NUE

By: Kris Amundson

Kris Amundson — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:08:26 +0000

Caribou Barbie — I love it!

By: Doug in Mount Vernon

Doug in Mount Vernon — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:55:09 +0000

LOL…interesting point. I thought even so that Barack fought back in the best way he could have–calmly, evenly, and by riveting in on the issues where he knew he could catch McCain off guard.

Right after the debate, I talked to my friend in Florida and the first thing he said to me was “John McCain wouldn’t even LOOK at Barack the entire night. That was RUDE!” I think this oft ignored point did more to help Obama “win” the debate as well, even though it isn’t anything substantive.

And don’t get me started on Caribou Barbie, there….gosh! Let’s look forward!

By: Kris Amundson

Kris Amundson — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:21:49 +0000

Now if I can only follow my own advice! I regard debate watching as pretty much a (loud) spectator sport. Which is why I don’t go to debate parties. I’m usually not too festive.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:13:57 +0000

Thank you so much for this, Del. Amundson. I agree, I love it when my candidate lobs a grenade at an opponent and grind my teeth when they don’t. Which is why I don’t watch debates anymore–why should I? My mind is made up. If I want to know who actually “won,” I shouldn’t trust my own instincts on how to dismember an argument, I should reserve judgement until I see the press coverage the next day to find out what’s going to get highlighted, check the Nielsen ratings to find out how many voters tuned in and from what parts of the country, and read the focus group data to see how a collection of swing voters felt about each candidate’s performance.

By: Polls Give Obama Debate Victory • CrazyDrumGuy

Polls Give Obama Debate Victory • CrazyDrumGuy — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:39:14 +0000

[…] number of times Obama said “John is right,” Virginia Del. Kris Amundson (D-44) has some food for thought: Fess up. On Friday night, you wanted Our Guy to strike back. You wondered why he didn’t say, […]