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BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- KOOL AID TABLE.   HOW DUMB ARE OUR COLLEAGUES?  AFP IS ATTEMPTING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THE CROWDS THAT GATHER FOR SENATOR SWEETIE BARACK OBAMA WILL TRANSLATE INTO VOTES AND THE REPORT:   He had 20,000 and 35,000 in normally Republican Virginia last week and drew 30,000 and 50,000 in Florida. He completed Sunday's Colorado bonanza with a mass rally before up to 50,000 in university town Fort Collins. His biggest ever gathering was more than 200,000 during his trip to Berlin earlier this year.   BERLIN?  CONSIDER THAT TRIVIAL TRIVIA BECAUSE GERMANS DO NOT VOTE IN THE U.S. ELECTIONS.     FROM THE TCI WIRE:     Turning to the US presidential race.  Ralph Nader is the independent presidential candidate and Matt Gonzalez is his running mate.  Team Nader's Loralynne Krobetzky is collecting "Breaking Point" stories for the campaign and shares this one today:     Ralph and Matt, I just wanted to drop you a line from here in Florida. I am proud to have voted for you today. It is the first time I have voted since 1992…and I know that you represent me and millions of others who have been seeking truth and liberty. I voted in Lee County Florida and the turn-out at my precinct was in my estimation a record. I waited in line for aproximately 1 1/2 hours (which was well worth it) and as luck would have it there was a guy in from of who had an Obama button on. He asked me who I was voting for and I said, "I am voting for a third party." He said, "You can tell me, you're voting Nader right?" I thought OK I'll play his game. He went on to ask me the obvious question. (I saw it coming--I was licking my chops!!) He asked me why I would vote for a candidate who can't win. I said because "today I am voting my conscience and not the Evil of two lessers." I told him I would not vote for either corporate candidate -- Obama or McCain. By the time I was through explaining to him about the erosion of the Constitution, the MSM Blackout, Wall Street Bail Out, etc, I had him thinking at the very least. Mr. Nader and Mr. Gonzalez, it has been a gratifying experience for me to have watched you two unite millions of Americans behind truth, justice, liberty and the foundation of the Constitution. "We The People"…WE Will Decide!!! Sincerely, -- Patrick Brian Lee   Staying with Ralph (and this is what Ava and I wrote Sunday with one word changed), Saturday Ralph was trying for a world record: Most speeches in a 24-hour time period. Early this morning (midnight), they announced Ralph had made the world record. 15 speeches were required (each at least 10 minutes long) and -- no surprise for the campaign whose motto should be "Surpasses All Expectations" -- they made the work with 21 speeches. Always going the extra mile, Ralph Nader. Team Nader notes, "In the coming days, the Nader/Gonzalez campaign will submit all the paperwork, photography and video footage to Guinness World Records to be evaluated and decided upon. For more information and to see a full itinerary, please visit http://www.votenader.org/events/marathon/".   John McCain is the GOP presidential candidate and Sarah Palin is his running mate.  Jimmy Orr (Christian Science Monitor) reports, "The Republican nominee for President slammed Barack Obama for comments Obama made in a radio program seven years ago which surfaced early this morning. The McCain campaign says these remarks are further proof that Obama's fundamental philosophy is one of higher taxes in order to spread the wealth around." Orr quotes McCain stating, "It is amazing that even at this late hour, we are still learning more about Senator Obama and his agenda.  In a radio interview revealed today, he said that one of the quote -- 'tragedies' of the civil rights movement is that it didn't bring about a redistribution of wealth in our society.  That is what change means for Barack the Redistributor.  It means taking your money and giving it to someone else."   Today the McCain - Palin campaign released a new ad.  Click here for video, text below:   JOHN MCCAIN: The last eight years haven't worked very well, have they? I'll make the next four better. I know your life savings have been hit hard, but we'll rebuild them. Barack Obama wants to increase taxes on your savings. You can't afford that. He's quite a talker. But that's just bad judgment. ANNCR: Experience. Leadership. McCain. JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approve this message.   "By the way, I love this weather because it reminds me of home," Scott Conroy (CBS News) reports Palin saying as she spoke in Fredericksburg where a drizzle turned to a steady down pour: "As the rain came down harder, some in the crowd ducked under trees and others covered their heads using campaign signs, but Palin didn't even request an umbrella as she stood on stage, calmly reading through her prepared remarks." Someone must have forgot to pass on the whisper campaign being launched against her by the likes of the New York Times.     RECOMMENDED: "Iraq snapshot" "Other Items" "US and Iraq v. Syria?" Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Me, Joe Biden" "And the war drags on . . ." "The treaty" "Truest statement of the week" "Truest statement of the week II" "A note to our readers" "Editorial: Ehren Watada matters and so do the facts" "TV: Disturbing Behavior" "Campaign Roundup (Ava and C.I.)" 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