CrackerDog

I just got this letter emailed to me by my dad. What's unusual about that? He's a guy who votes Republican almost 100% of the time. Seems this Palin pick is having an undesired impact for old Johnny. At least the problems of the week got us talking about substantive issues. No surprise, when that happened, Obama killed McCain. The worst thing that could've happened for the old man was for Americans to start focusing on the economy. He wants this to be about Piggy Palin.

True. But we can all dream..............

Oh, no doubt. But then I guess some could still blame the Democrats because they didn't change the Senate rules (the nuclear option as Repugs called it a few years ago.) If you want to, you can find some way, no matter how convoluted, to blame the Democrats for everything. Just watch Fox "News" for 5 minutes to see how it's done. If you've got a few spare IQ points you're bound to lose... But the facts are out there for those who really want the truth. And as my momma says, the proof is in the pudding. 8 years of Republican rule and obstruction gets you to where we find ourselves today. Hopefully, at a minimum, the country has learned enough about their mistakes to put a solid Democratic majority back in place in both houses of Congress. That level of control, even with a Republican President, has worked for decades. Republican and Democratic Presidents together "won the cold war" with a Congress controlled by Democrats for most of 5 decades. But because of the clusterfuck we find ourselves in now, we need to go a step further. We can't just have someone at the top vetoing all of the ideas flowing up from Congress. We need someone serious about tackling the problems George W. Bush has created. Someone who is fired up and ready to lead! Someone with youth on his side. Someone who can build an administration that won't be filled with incompetent cronies left over from the last 8 years. That man is Barack Obama.

We agree a little but your statement about what the Dems could've done ignores politics. Based on my beliefs and convictions alone, I believe Bush and Cheney should've both been impeached by now. But you wouldn't have gotten a "conviction" in the Senate. The Patriot Act shouldn't have been extended, you get no argument from me, but the Dems would've been painted as terrorist sympathizers in every Repug ad and they'd have been out of power in the Congress for taking a principled stand. Hey, I'm all about principled stands... But I understand where they're coming from. And no, they couldn't have pulled the troops out. That's the Commander in Chief's sole call. They could've cut off funds but you and I both know that wasn't practically possible either. No, what they've done is try to play out the string hoping for a better "decider" at the top come November. It's our job to make that a reality.

Let's hope that isn't the case. We're seeing in dramatic fashion what 8 years of complete Republican rule leads to. I know the Dems have had "control" of the Congress these last 18 months but: 1.) Face it, impeachment wasn't a realistic option and that's the only thing that would've stopped Bush/Cheney 2.) The Senate rules make it impossible to change course without 60 votes So, when you have a loose cannon President and no real opportunity to stop him, you try to contain him until you can make a change at the top. That's why it's so important that we elect Obama. I'm not saying he's god or anything, hell if I know. But he's not controlled by the same interests who've been taking us down this perilous path for 8 years now. He simply can't do any worse than McCain would now that McCain is beholding to the same powers Bush is.

I don't have confirmation of this but a fantasy site is reporting it to me via email.

Historically I've been one of the biggest Grossman backers here. But I still think the coaches made the right decision going with Orton. Grossman and his happy feet didn't win them or me over. I assumed Rex would win the job but, unfortunately, he didn't. Orton wasn't great yesterday (or against the Colts) but let's face it, in two games he did enough for us to win. Olsen gave this one away. BTW... After hearing that the play to Booker was an Orton audible, I'm backing off the fire Turner thing. He called a decent game until the late third quarter. I still think he needs to grow a pair but the biggest blunder in this game wasn't Ron's.

True. But if we play with some balls in the second half yesterday... And Olsen doesn't play like he has vaseline on his hands, we're 2-0. One other thing, Orton is a big boy now. It's expected of QB's in the NFL that they be able to produce in those situations. I'll give him this one as a "learner" but he's got to step up and Turner has got to take the training wheels off him. If he can't get it done better than this, I'd almost rather have Grossman come in as a "reliever" at the end of the games like this so he can provide some energy. Not being able to produce at least a FG in this situtation is unacceptable. With that said, I personally think Grossman would've pissed the game away a lot earlier given the pressure Carolina was bringing. We need someone with Orton's stability AND the ability to put up 200 to 250 yards per game in the passing attack. This 150 yards bullshit isn't cutting it.

I'd do Palin in a heartbeat. I wouldn't do Clinton with your dick.

Hey Drunk Bomber... Just thought it was a lot more fun arguing with you than dwelling on the game. McCain is old. Later.

I'd like to know where Hester's been.

Obviously Olsen didn't help but this is on RON TURNER. Fire his ass now.

The Chicago Bears have declared RB Adrian N. Peterson, DL Anthony Adams, QB Caleb Hanie, OT Chris Williams, SS Craig Steltz, OG Dan Buenning, WR Earl Bennett, DL Matt Toeaina inactive for Week 2.

LOL

How's the cross burning going?

They’ve made this week the Raven’s and Texan’s bye week. The Texans will now play the Bengals in Week 8 and the Ravens in Week 10.

Dang. You went for the hippie angle so I went for fat Republican. Thought it was a natural.

I understand this is a picture of you at a recent McCain event. BWAAA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! You fat Republican bastard.

So predictable. I'm for Obama so in your small, mildly retarded mind, I'm unemployed.

Interesting... Not really Bears related but so topical I thought it really belongs on the main page. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3585348 No decision has been made. Wonder if we could see a Tuesday night game? If postponed deeper into the season, how do you score fantasy games this weekend? Crazy.

Only idiots. In this case, idiot being defined as anyone who'd look around after 8 years of George W. Bush and say "Gee, I'd like 4 more years of this".