And, we all knew they were coming…http://tinyurl.com/bu3e7r…

Can you imagine how easy it will be to attack the “Larger Tax Raiser in American History”?

UNBELIEVABLE.  Think about this.  ONE TRILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!

My fellow Republicans, do not lose hope.  Obama will give the party something to rally around – the likes of which we have never seen.

He isn’t just “Taxman”.  Hell, he’s the “TAX KING”!!!!!!  It’s absurd.  Get angry.  He is following through on his goal of redistributing wealth and he is doing quite a job of it.

This is one reason that I have always found the Internet to be such an interesting medium.  A few years ago, I did a series of videos on YouTube about using how to use blogs – and particularly Wordpress blogs.   It was just basic stuff like “how to install this and that”, “plugins”, etc..

Well, over time, those videos have been seen in the thousands of times.  And, frequently, I will get comments on them.  Most of the time, the comments are pretty nice and favorable.  But, today I got one that was – to say the least – interesting:

Anyway, I just find it interesting that people will say things on the web that they – in no way – would ever say to your face.  It is the “mob mentality”.  Very strange.  But, it does say things about the dark side of humanity.

Atleast he liked the tutorial.   

It is strange how our history becomes distorted over time.  I came across this article, discussing how Abe Lincoln would view an Obama Presidency:

On Tuesday, Barack Obama will stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and take an oath making him the nation’s first president of African heritage.

The statue of Abraham Lincoln, which sits facing the Capitol in a temple two miles away, will not give two thumbs up. Neither will it weep, commune with the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. or dance a Macarena of joy.

The point is obvious, yes, but also necessary given that when Obama was elected in November, every third political cartoonist seemed to use an image of a celebrating Lincoln to comment upon the milestone that had occurred. Lincoln, they told us, would have been overjoyed.

Actually, Lincoln likely would have been appalled. How could he not? He was a 19th century white man who famously said in 1858 that “there is a physical difference between the white and black races, which . . . will forever forbid the two races living together upon terms of social and political equality.”

How do you reconcile that with all those cartoons of Lincoln congratulating Obama? You don’t. You simply recognize it for what it is: yet another illustration of how shallow our comprehension of history is, yet another instance where myth supersedes reality.

While this may be completely true, I think that – for the sake of fairness – we must all view history through the eyes of those who were living it at the time.  Can you belittle the legacy of Abe Lincoln because of his views on race?  I don’t think so.  His view points (albeit wrong) were the views of his age.  Nevertheless, I think it is important that we not look at figures in history through idealistic lenses and try to interject what their views would be, today.  We simply do not know.

That’s right… to anyone who supported these bank bailouts… be you Republicans, Democrats, the President… $1.6 billion will go toward compensating the bank execs who put us in the disaster that we are in, today.  Well, at least they are taking care of themselves!

Wow, what wonderful decisions our Congress and President have made this year.  Absurd.  Anyone who voted for ANY of these bailouts should be “recalled”.  What pitiful leadership our country has, right now.  It is disgraceful.  We are a joke in the eyes of the world for the stupidity that is driving this country into an economic sinkhole.

Apparently, the Dems are considering laying low on the auto bailout until a more favorable political environment is in place in January.  I am still in shock that this is being considered.  Why would a temporary influx of money “save” auto companies that have been grossly inefficient for so long?  This is just putting them on life support.  If they cannot survive in this environment, perhaps, they need a re-organization without unions.

Are you kidding me?

She beat out Elvis? Lennon?  How about McCartney? 

I completely disagree with this one.

Wow, last night, I watched Boogie Man:  The Lee Atwater Story.  If you get a chance to watch it, do.  Lee is definitely one of the most complex people in the history of politics.  Many think what he did for and to politics is bad.  But, the documentary is worth seeing.  Like him or hate him, this guy has done more than anyone to shape what politics has become in the last 25 years.

It did not dawn on me where Obama got it from until I heard my daughter singing in the car the other day…

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from an internet marketer, Rich Schefren.  In his e-mail, Rich attributed Obama’s win to the power of his social media marketing.  In the last week, I have heard a number of explanations of Obama’s victory.  The power of his social media organization was certainly impressive.  Rich Schefren pointed out that:

–Since the conventions, blog posts mentioning Obama outnumbered those referencing McCain by more than 3 to 1.

–Obama’s number of MySpace friends grew steadily over the past few months while McCain’s remained relatively flat. By election day, Obama had almost 4 times the number of friends McCain had

–While those MySpace figures are remarkable, the Twitter stats are even more eye-popping. Obama had nearly TWENTY FOUR times the amount of followers that McCain had.

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And it doesn’t end there. I found similar numbers for FaceBook and YouTube usage as well, with Obama clearly outpacing McCain.

Obama’s tactic was a masterpiece.  It doesn’t matter if you are a PPC Web Spy or not–targeting the younger, more technically literate crowd (many who had never voted or even bothered to register) and hit them right where they live–on social networking landscape.

All of what Rich pointed out is very true.  Obama did an incredible job of mobilizing supporters online.  That is one great benefit for campaigns on the web.  The web gives you the opportunity to organize supporters cheaply.  And, that is critical for a campaign.  No longer do you have to pick up the phone and call 1,000 supporters.  Just Twitter it one time and have 1,000 people read that Tweet.  No longer do you have to spend thousands to find additional sources of funds.  Just blast out an e-mail and watch the money come in.

But, why was Obama able to accumulate all of these MySpace friends and McCain was not?  I have been telling people in the last few weeks that McCain NEVER could have mobilized that kind of online support for one reason.  It is all about the candidate.

In Primary Colors, one of my favorite movies, the Billy Bob Thorton character (who was supposed to be James Carville) kept discussing the importance of TB’s to a campaign, or “True Believers”.  Web support starts with a core of TBs.  That’s how the social media ball gets rolling.  After the early adopter TB’s come onboard, then, it becomes acceptable for others to get involved – because their friends are there.  In order to have those TB’s, you have to have a vision and a mission – something that the McCain campaign lacked.

No doubt, I voted for John McCain like millions of others.  But, why did we vote for him?  Was it the power of his vision or ideas?  I don’t think so.  Most of the Republicans I know were never excited about the McCain campaign.  They were terrified of Barack Obama.  But, in reality, what was the McCain campaign about?  What was the vision?  Give me 3 quick bullet points that the McCain campaign was about.  You can’t.  Because, his message was all over the place.  Actually, his message was “don’t vote for Obama”.  Plain and simple.

And, in order to succeed online, a campaign has to bring in TBs.  Building a web campaign presence is about attracting TBs.  A campaign must have a vision… a unifying, compelling vision that will attract youthful supporters who are tech savvy to get online and get involved – something that the McCain campaign lacked and, yet, something that Obama did so well.

This is utterly absurd.  Some are already working toward getting a National Obama Holiday.  Ridiculous.  This guy has done absolutely nothing for this country and they want to give him a Holiday?  Already?

Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama, who will become the nation’s 44th president when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.

“Yes We Can” planning rallies will be at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. every Tuesday at the downtown McDonald’s restaurant, 1100 Kansas Ave., until Jan. 13. The goals are to secure a national holiday in Obama’s honor, to organize celebrations around his inauguration and to celebrate the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12 1809.

Hey, maybe, you should wait until a week or so into his Presidency before you start this.