McCain Surges to 4-Point Lead in USA Today/Gallup Poll

This just in! Although many of us, as Republicans are holding our noses, John McCain is leading! Part of this is due to the "audacity of hope" that kept Obama from actually Physically visiting our troops, instead he literally "called it in".

From CNN/Newsmax:

A surprising poll released Monday confirms Sen. Barack Obama's worst nightmare: he actually lost ground to Sen. John McCain after a global trip meant to buck up his sagging credentials in foreign and military policy.

The USA Today/Gallup poll has McCain leading Obama by four points, 49 percent to Obama's 45 percent, among likely voters.

Just last month, the same poll had McCain trailing by six points to the neophyte U.S. senator.

Among registered voters, McCain was just three points behind Obama -- a statistical dead heat.

The USA Today/Gallup poll is consistent with the Rasmussen tracking poll, which also shows Obama ahead by just three percentage points -- again a statistical tie.

The polls suggest that Obama's efforts to act like a president abroad -- even though he has yet to be elected -- may have backfired among American voters.

In Berlin, Obama spoke to 200,000 cheering Germans. The Democratic candidate used the foreign platform to express the view that he was a "fellow citizen of the world" and apologized for America's imperfections.
Later, he decided not to visit wounded American soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in southern Germany. When the Pentagon informed Obama's campaign that the hospital would be closed to the press and campaign staff -- only the senator and his official staff would be allowed in -- Obama decided to cancel the event.

McCain has been quick to seize on Obama's ill-advised decision to cancel the humanitarian visit to the hospital.
A McCain television commercial released on the Internet this past weekend chided Obama for his callous act.
"And now, he made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops,” the ad says. “Seems the Pentagon wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras. John McCain is always there for our troops.”

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The Fourth of July Firecracker Open

Happy Independence Day!

God Bless our Troops!

Thank you Men and Women for making the freedom we are enjoying today possible!

Dan, Tammy, Colleen and I played in the McNary Golf Club Annual Firecracker Open this morning. We had a great time, made some very good shots, not so very good shots and a few horrible shots, but overall, we played pretty dang good!

It was Tammy's first "official" golf tournament and she did great!

Colleen is now a three time veteran of this tournament so she gets better every year.

We did not win, but had a wonderful time, couldn't think of a better thing to do or nicer people to be with. Thanks Dan and Tammy!!!

Keith Olbermann to President Bush: "Shut the Hell Up!"

Yep, that was what he said. Not only that, but he accuses our troops of being "cold blooded killers!".
Much like the famous rant of a mad man on the classic film "Network" played by Peter Finch: "I'm mad as hell and can't take it anymore", Olbermann went off the deep end.
You can disagree with the President but to call him "boneheaded" and other such derogatory terms, is just plain wrong, free speech or not.
I have already emailed MSNBC and encourage you to do the same. Email: letters@msnbc.com

You really need to watch this video, be patient, it is 12 minutes long and it may hang up at times, but it is well worth it. You must hear what he says! After viewing, tell me why this man should be allowed to be on the air?
He is a sick, sick man. How did he go from Sportscenter on ESPN to this?
This was his commentary on MSNBC last night: