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Via Tigerhawk:
Obama’s buddy’s from Weather Underground going under the bus in 5…4…3…2..1
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I feel as if I have to break up a fight on the grade school playground. I have been watching the silly back and forth between the Right and Left about as to whom, between Barack Obama and John McCain is more patriotic. There is a word, that springs to my mind, while watching this rather idiotic display of lunacy, and that word is pathetic.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I do not know if it has occurred to any of you grown adults, assuming that is what I am dealing with here, that is this election is NOT about whom is the more patriotic. It is about whom is more qualified to be the commander in chief of the United States of America or as it is commonly known, The President.
Let me just say, more than just a political blogger, more than just a Conservative, but as a American, an American who had suffered through 7 long years of a Neo-Conservative, Imperialistic Presidency. As someone who has watched as a Neo Conservative President has trampled upon a Constitution. As someone who has watched the ability to get a good paying job, in my State dry up to the point of being almost non-existent. Let me assure you all, Right, Left and everything and everyone in between, that the America people, the average American, does not give a damn whom, between these two men, whom is more patriotic of the two.
However, what people do what know are:
These are the questions on the mind of the American people, especially here in Michigan, not this stupid, beauty contest nonsense that is emanating out of both campaigns and by the surrogates and by the Blogging world of both sides.
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Heh……
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) won the Texas primary popular vote not because of her famous "3 a.m." ads but because of Bill Clinton’s campaigning, according to a Barack Obama strategist who spoke to Time’s Karen Tumulty.
Obama could benefit from the former president’s stumping in small towns, just like his wife did, Tumulty suggests.
Obama and Bill Clinton spoke on the phone for 20 minutes Monday, and Clinton pledged to do what he is asked to in order to get Obama elected. –It Was Bill, Not the 3 a.m. Ads (Via The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room)
Never mind the fact that she acted like an uppity cunt through the whole entire campaign. Never mind the fact that her campaign manager was a clueless moron who didn’t have a slightest clue as to how to run a Campaign. Never mind the fact that there was so much infighting within the campaign that they did not have a good direction for the campaign and when Obama cleaned her clock, she had no clue how to respond, Never mind the fact that she played the Race, Fear, and Feminist card though out the campaign. Never mind all that!
It was BILL’S Fault!
What a bunch of feckless idiots….
(Via and H/T to WorldNetDaily)
That’s right folks and they’ve got a spot on B. Hussein Obama’s Campaign Website too.
Quote:
This group is for self-proclaimed Marxists/Communists/Socialists for the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency. By no means is he a true Marxist, but under Karl Marx’s writings we are to support the party with the best interests of the mobilization of the proletariat. Though the Democratic Socialists of America or the Communist Patty of America may have more Socialististic values, it is pointless to vote for these candidates due to the fact that there is virtually no chance they will be elected on a National level. The members of this group are not Leninists, Stalinists, etc. and do not support or condone the actions of North Korea, China, Cuba or any other self-proclaimed "Marxist States." They do not in anyway represent the Marxist philosophy nor do they represent Socialism/ Communism. We support Barack Obama because he knows what is best for the people!
Oy…
…and they want to elect this guy President?
I’m speechless, I always ribbed the guy for being a Marxist, but now I see that they do actually DO support him. Wow… All I can say, just Wow…
When I first saw this story, my first thought was….”WTF?!??!”
Via The Charlotte Observer (Via and H/T to PowerLine Blog)
Allegations that a local Democratic official and her husband were involved in satanic rituals that included shackling people to beds, caging them and depriving them of food and water have horrified county party leaders.
Joy Johnson, 30, a third vice-chairwoman of the Durham County Democratic Party and vice chairwoman of the Young Democrats, was charged Friday with two counts of aiding and abetting.
Her husband, Joseph Scott Craig, 25, was charged with second-degree rape, second-degree kidnapping and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon for an incident in January and another in May.
The two made an appearance in court Monday morning after spending the weekend in the Durham County jail.
Mark McCullough, an assistant district attorney, urged Judge Nancy Gordon to increase Johnson’s bond to $500,000 from the $270,000 set by a magistrate. “Part of the allegations are that satanic worship is part of this case,” McCullough said.
Gordon kept Johnson’s bond at $270,000. Craig’s bond remained at $500,000. Each was ordered to stay away from the accusers. Craig has been charged with beating a man with a cane and a cable cord and assaulting a woman with a wooden cane and raping her.
Both of these people worked for and were officials of the left-wing Durham People’s Alliance.
Oy…. I’ve heard of strange bedfellows, But this??!?! Whoa!
Also, it has already been said, but could you imagine had this been a Republican? The news would running out of open taps for days on end. But because it is a Democrat, it’s a local story. How quaint.
Maybe they’ll get lucky and the Obamassiah will magically get them released from Jail. One can dream, right?
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You know how Obama always says, that his campaign is all about the small donors? Turns out, Barry is not exactly telling the God’s honest truth.
As David Brooks dutifully observes.
As in other recent campaigns, lawyers account for the biggest chunk of Democratic donations. They have donated about $18 million to Obama, compared with about $5 million to John McCain, according to data released on June 2 and available at OpenSecrets.org.
People who work at securities and investment companies have given Obama about $8 million, compared with $4.5 for McCain. People who work in communications and electronics have given Obama about $10 million, compared with $2 million for McCain. Professors and other people who work in education have given Obama roughly $7 million, compared with $700,000 for McCain.
Real estate professionals have given Obama $5 million, compared with $4 million for McCain. Medical professionals have given Obama $7 million, compared with $3 million for McCain. Commercial bankers have given Obama $1.6 million, compared with $1.2 million for McCain. Hedge fund and private equity managers have given Obama about $1.6 million, compared with $850,000 for McCain.
Now I am sure there will be some Liberal’s who will say something to the effect of “Sour Grapes?" However, that is not the point here. The point is that Obama is building a campaign on the premise that his Presidential Campaign is being funded by “the people”, when, in fact, it is being funded by wealthy people on Wall Street. Which then makes the overall premise of his entire campaign a well orchestrated lie. Which some of the more stern within the Conservative movement say that is what his entire campaign is based upon. However, I am not willing to make that harsh of a judgement.
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Because of this.
Quote:
When Carissa Snedeker went to log into her Blogspot account Wednesday evening at about 7:30, she had no idea what would be waiting for her. She had created her blog, Blue Lyon, three years ago and up until this point had very few problems posting new content. But this time a message from Google came up when she visited her dashboard.
“This blog has been locked due to possible Blogger Terms of Service violations,” the message stated. “You may not publish new posts until your blog is reviewed and unlocked.”
When Snedeker clicked on the link at the bottom of the message she came to another one that told her that her blog “has characteristics of a spam blog” and, because of this, it had been locked. It allowed her the chance to send an “unlock request” but told her she’d have to wait up to four business days before someone at Google could review her blog and confirm it wasn’t publishing spam.
“At first I thought it was just this random thing with Blogger’s spam bots,” she told me in a phone interview. “I thought that perhaps in their looking across the blogger universe, that I got accidentally flagged somehow. Stuff like that happens.”
But a short time later Snedeker received an email from another blogger claiming that a number of anti-Obama blogs had been “hacked” that same night. After some digging it became apparent that several Blogspot accounts had been shut down because of similar spam issues, and nearly all of them had three things in common: Most were pro-Hillary Clinton blogs, all were anti-Barack Obama, and several were listed on justsaynodeal.com, an anti-Obama website.
To be fair to myself, I have criticized Obama, Hillary AND John McCain on here. But this is nothing more than blatant censorship. It is also an attempt to stifle dissent. Which is a common trait of Fascism.
So, I’m asking my readers, whomever you are, to pony up and help me get this Blog of mine off of Blogspot/Blogger.
I have a place in mind for hosting, It is called Glohost. They have a nice 5 star Professional hosting package for 24 months or 2 years. You can check it out, by going here. It would be $479.76 for 2 years. I hate to beg, But I am full time at this, and I just don’t have the cash on hand to pay for it myself.
So, if you can help, Hit the tip jar up there on the left and get me off of this Marxist Blog hosting service.
Update: I have received one $20.00 donation, so far. I have also received some awesome offers for hosting. I would like to get the Glohosting, But I will take up one of the offers, provided they don’t fall through on me. Depending on what happens here. If I get enough donations, I will get the glohosting, because it has all the bells and whistles that I’m looking for.
To those that came over from HotAir, and offered your support, thank you.
To those that made the offers, I thank you. I will be contacting you here shortly to get the ball rolling to get me off of Blogger.
Update 2: Welcome to all the Day By Day Readers. Again, Thanks Chris. Depending on the amount of donations received, I will decide on which route to take. Thanks again for coming over to read my story.
Update 3: Fixed a MAJOR grammar error… I should not type so fast! Oops!
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I had a bad feeling stuff like this was going to happen, and I was right…
Via WKMG-TV in Florida:
Vandals spray-painted “Obama Smokes Crack” and other hate messages on 60 city vehicles parked across the street from City Hall in downtown Orlando.
Local 6 showed several vehicles covered in different colors with the “Obama” messages.
A passing motorist initially spotted the damage and called police.
“I’m driving by and every car I see has been hit with spray paint,” witness Mike Lowe said. “There is so much damage to them. There are messages written on them and the vandals left their business card, which is crazy.”
Special business cards left near the damaged vehicles contained negative messages about Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. However, there were positive words about Sen. Hillary Clinton, Local 6’s Kimberly Houk reported.
Some of the vehicles also had opened gas tanks.
Orlando police are investigating the incident and the business cards left at the scene.
Okay, I’m just going to say this, But this kind of stuff is just plain wrong. What really got me was this:
In case you cannot make that out. It says, “Obama is a nigger”. Now folks, I don’t care for Obama, his lack of depth, his socialism, and all that stuff, but this right here is just uncalled for. These are, supposedly, Hillary supporters, I think Hillary Clinton should come out and denounce and reject this sort of nonsense right away. (No, I am not kidding)
I hope these vandals are caught soon and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law… Not liking it, because your candidate lost the election is one thing, but blatant stupidity is another.
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Unity was spared the banality of unanimity.
Carmella Lewis, with her Hillary T-shirt and Hillary placard, came all the way from Denver to make sure there would be plenty of ambiguity, duality and ferocity in Unity.
Just as Hillary was testing out the unfamiliar familiarity “Barack and me” Friday and talking about “his grace and his grit,” Carmella began loudly booing and waving her sign.
“We want Hillary!” screamed the 57-year-old retired ad saleswoman and Clinton delegate.
“It’s over, lady!” yelled some Obama supporters a few yards away.
Que the Music!:
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I guess I’m either jaded or just burned out and maybe just bored….
It’s the big talking subject for Friday, to give the talking heads something to speculate on. I find it all rather boring…
Jack Moss makes a a rather humorous reference to the Beast and Anti-Christ. Obama might be many things, but that’s not one of them, The Rapture of the Church has not happened yet, Jack. Read your Bible man! Magic Negro? Yes. Marxist? Yes. Liberal? Yes. Anti-Christ, Not hardly…
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Quote:
Last week, on June 20, the House of Representatives approved a compromise bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The bill sets new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits resulting from the government’s warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls and viewing of emails of private citizens in the U.S. Approximately 40 lawsuits have been filed with potential damages totaling in the billions of dollars.
On March 14 of this year the House passed an amendment that rejected retroactive immunity for phone carriers who helped the National Security Agency carry out the illegal wiretapping program without proper warrants. Ninety-four House Democrats voted in favor of this measure–rejecting immunity–on March 14, then ‘changed’ to vote in favor of the June 20 House bill–approving immunity.
“Why did these ninety-four House members have a change of heart?” asked Daniel Newman, executive director of MAPLight.org, “Their constituents deserve answers.” – SPOTLIGHT: Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Their Vote on FISA – (via MAPLight.org)
This does not surprise me in the least. Special interest has been a part of Politics and Washington D.C. for a long time. Obama claims that he is fighting against this, but I somehow doubt it.
The List of sell outs is:
1 | 29500 | Clyburn, James | SC-6 |
2 | 29000 | Hoyer, Steny | MD-5 |
3 | 28000 | Emanuel, Rahm | IL-5 |
4 | 27500 | Boucher, Frederick | VA-9 |
5 | 26000 | Meeks, Gregory | NY-6 |
6 | 24500 | Crowley, Joseph | NY-7 |
7 | 24500 | Pelosi, Nancy | CA-8 |
8 | 24000 | Bean, Melissa | IL-8 |
9 | 22500 | Edwards, Thomas | TX-17 |
10 | 22100 | Baca, Joe | CA-43 |
11 | 21500 | Engel, Eliot | NY-17 |
12 | 19000 | Bishop, Sanford | GA-2 |
13 | 18500 | Moore, Dennis | KS-3 |
14 | 18500 | Spratt, John | SC-5 |
15 | 18500 | Thompson, Bennie | MS-2 |
16 | 16000 | Melancon, Charles | LA-3 |
17 | 15500 | Cuellar, Henry | TX-28 |
18 | 15500 | Stupak, Bart | MI-1 |
19 | 15000 | Ackerman, Gary | NY-5 |
20 | 14800 | Butterfield, George | NC-1 |
21 | 14300 | Tanner, John | TN-8 |
22 | 14000 | Kind, Ronald | WI-3 |
23 | 13500 | Barrow, John | GA-12 |
24 | 13500 | Gordon, Barton | TN-6 |
25 | 12500 | Costa, Jim | CA-20 |
26 | 12500 | Ross, Mike | AR-4 |
27 | 12000 | Green, Al | TX-9 |
28 | 12000 | Hinojosa, Rubén | TX-15 |
29 | 11000 | Cardoza, Dennis | CA-18 |
30 | 11000 | Schiff, Adam | CA-29 |
31 | 10000 | Boswell, Leonard | IA-3 |
32 | 9000 | Boyd, F. | FL-2 |
33 | 9000 | Tauscher, Ellen | CA-10 |
34 | 8500 | Skelton, Ike | MO-4 |
35 | 8000 | Ellsworth, Brad | IN-8 |
36 | 7500 | Gutierrez, Luis | IL-4 |
37 | 7500 | Rahall, Nick | WV-3 |
38 | 7000 | Harman, Jane | CA-36 |
39 | 7000 | Langevin, James | RI-2 |
40 | 7000 | Lipinski, Daniel | IL-3 |
41 | 7000 | Reyes, Silvestre | TX-16 |
42 | 6500 | Matheson, Jim | UT-2 |
43 | 6500 | Scott, David | GA-13 |
44 | 6500 | Wilson, Charles | OH-6 |
45 | 6000 | Cleaver, Emanuel | MO-5 |
46 | 6000 | Etheridge, Bob | NC-2 |
47 | 6000 | Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie | SD-0 |
48 | 6000 | Salazar, John | CO-3 |
49 | 5500 | Hastings, Alcee | FL-23 |
50 | 5500 | McCarthy, Carolyn | NY-4 |
51 | 5500 | McIntyre, Mike | NC-7 |
52 | 5000 | Davis, Artur | AL-7 |
53 | 5000 | Murtha, John | PA-12 |
54 | 5000 | Ortiz, Solomon | TX-27 |
55 | 4500 | Brown, Corrine | FL-3 |
56 | 4500 | Donnelly, Joe | IN-2 |
57 | 4000 | Berman, Howard | CA-28 |
58 | 4000 | Bishop, Timothy | NY-1 |
59 | 4000 | Dicks, Norman | WA-6 |
60 | 4000 | Lowey, Nita | NY-18 |
61 | 4000 | Mahoney, Tim | FL-16 |
62 | 3000 | Murphy, Patrick | PA-8 |
63 | 3000 | Smith, Adam | WA-9 |
64 | 2500 | Arcuri, Michael | NY-24 |
65 | 2000 | Altmire, Jason | PA-4 |
66 | 2000 | Castor, Kathy | FL-11 |
67 | 2000 | Chandler, Ben | KY-6 |
68 | 2000 | Giffords, Gabrielle | AZ-8 |
69 | 2000 | Higgins, Brian | NY-27 |
70 | 2000 | McNerney, Jerry | CA-11 |
71 | 2000 | Mitchell, Harry | AZ-5 |
72 | 2000 | Pomeroy, Earl | ND-0 |
73 | 2000 | Sherman, Brad | CA-27 |
74 | 2000 | Sires, Albio | NJ-13 |
75 | 1000 | Berkley, Shelley | NV-1 |
76 | 1000 | Boyda, Nancy | KS-2 |
77 | 1000 | Gillibrand, Kirsten | NY-20 |
78 | 1000 | Kanjorski, Paul | PA-11 |
79 | 1000 | Kildee, Dale | MI-5 |
80 | 1000 | Klein, Ron | FL-22 |
81 | 1000 | Perlmutter, Ed | CO-7 |
82 | 1000 | Rodriguez, Ciro | TX-23 |
83 | 1000 | Space, Zackary | OH-18 |
84 | 0 | Baird, Brian | WA-3 |
85 | 0 | Berry, Robert | AR-1 |
86 | 0 | Marshall, James | GA-8 |
87 | 0 | Peterson, Collin | MN-7 |
88 | 0 | Richardson, Laura | CA-37 |
89 | 0 | Ruppersberger, C.A. | MD-2 |
90 | 0 | Sestak, Joe | PA-7 |
91 | 0 | Snyder, Victor | AR-2 |
92 | 0 | Taylor, Gene | MS-4 |
93 | 0 | Udall, Mark | CO-2 |
94 | 0 | Yarmuth, John | KY-3 |
Unbelievable. So much for the Democrat’s idea of new politics, all this talk of hope and change, is nothing more than a well orchestrated sham.
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I know the most of you have heard the song, “Black President”, by NAS.
Well, here is supporter made video for it. Note, this is not the official Video. This was made by someone with Video Editing software.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzQgAdhWT1E&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
I hate to say it, but John McCain doesn’t have a prayer in hell in winning this election.If this video is indication of the desire for change in this country, and If the current polls are any indication, I do not look for a Conservative to be in the White House for a very long time. Thanks to Bush and his Neo-Conservative idiotic nonsense, Conservativism is being run to the rat holes.
Thank you George W. Bush, you bastard.
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I won’t quote it here, because of my Boycott of the AP. But I will say this, If Dobson spent as much time trying to lead others to Christ, as he did sticking his idiotic self-righteous nose into politics, he might be doing something.
He is, as far as I am concerned, a classic textbook example of a Self Righteous, White, Christian pig.
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A very smart move, I feel.
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Well, exactly do you call, this?
If that isn’t a 527 attack ad, can someone please explain to me, what is?
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As far as the race card goes, you ain’t heard none of McCain’s surrogates saying crap like, “God Damn America” or “America’s chickens are coming home, to roost.” not even a week after 9/11.
You see, this is why we screwed up in 1964. When we gave the Black Race the special law that we gave them, which my favorite senator and Hero, Barry Goldwater Sr. refused to sign, saying that one could not legislate morality. Not satisfied with that, we gave them their own Holiday, to honor a Communist sympathizer, and immoral degenerate. Now they, being the Black Race, want to rule the damn country, and will ride into the White House, and if ANY conservative tries to bring up his liberal record or any of his polices. They will be painted as a racist bigot. Yeah, I said it, I’m proud of it. We gave them freedom, and they now they want the White Race to shrink in fear. A classic example of “Give ’em an inch, they’ll take a damn mile….”
Sometimes I truly believe, that Trent Lott was absolutely correct.
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Via CNN:
Of course, He might be breaking the law:
18 USC Sec. 713 …
(a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.(b) Whoever, except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the President and published in the Federal Register, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Of course, The Ramones used one, on a tour once:
The difference is, that the Ramones are not running for President and Barack Obama is. So, that might make a difference.
I guess it is up to the Government to decide if they want to enforce the law or not, which you know that they won’t, and face all that backlash? I don’t think so.
Whew! That’s a relief…
So, says David Brooks.
But he does say this:
God, Republicans are saps. They think that they’re running against some academic liberal who wouldn’t wear flag pins on his lapel, whose wife isn’t proud of America and who went to some liberationist church where the pastor damned his own country. They think they’re running against some naïve university-town dreamer, the second coming of Adlai Stevenson.
But as recent weeks have made clear, Barack Obama is the most split-personality politician in the country today. On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. But then on the other side, there’s Fast Eddie Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who’d throw you under the truck for votes.
This guy is the whole Chicago package: an idealistic, lakefront liberal fronting a sharp-elbowed machine operator. He’s the only politician of our lifetime who is underestimated because he’s too intelligent. He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside.
[….]
All I know for sure is that this guy is no liberal goo-goo. Republicans keep calling him naïve. But naïve is the last word I’d use to describe Barack Obama. He’s the most effectively political creature we’ve seen in decades. Even Bill Clinton wasn’t smart enough to succeed in politics by pretending to renounce politics.
I can’t say I disagree with this. He proved this when he op-ed out of the campaign finance. So, in short, he’s just another slick Liberal. Oh sure, he’ll get elected, go to the White House and not do a damn thing that he promised. Just that simple.
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My reaction?
It can be summed up in 3 words….
Big Honking Deal!
John McCain is going to get his Anus handed to him on a silver platter come November, so, this, is not going to matter, to the General Public at all.
So, while principles are very important, being separated from George W. Bush and a new Direction in Iraq, A New direction for our Nations economy is much, much, more important than this.
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It seems that Larry Sinclair, the guy who is, in fact, a convicted criminal, who has made some pretty wild and quite unbelievable accusations against Obama. was arrested yesterday after a circus-like press conference yesterday.
Reason Magazine was there and reports:
How did Sinclair hold up? Rather terribly. He started with a lengthy statement that admitted most (not all) of his crimes and dispatched Sibley to run around the room with a microphone. As Seth Colter Walls recounts, most of the questions were legalistic and (somewhat) credulous. Sinclair was asked who funded the event (donors, over the internet), how he made his living (he’s on disability), and whether Obama was “well hung” (I’m not going to dignify his answer here). The only new “evidence” he presented was the name of a limo driver and the bar where he claimed to have met Obama (who, in Sinclair’s story, used his real name and job title as he rendevouzed with a cruising criminal he’d never met before).
It also seems that the ending of the Press Conference didn’t not go so well either:
“Thank you.” Sinclair moved on and Sibley refused to let me ask another question. Why didn’t I wait until the end of the press conference and rush up to the accuser? The second Sinclair stopped taking questions, he fled the room and reporters were denied access to anyone but Sibley. I was a little disappointed until I heard the reason. Larry Sinclair was arrested after the press conference and is being held by the Washington, D.C. metropolitan police. He’s been charged as a fugitive from justice; one of his warrants can be seen here.
So much for making a big impression of the Main Stream Media. Anyhow, I predict that this will be yesterdays news by later today. Although, it did kind of strike me as quite funny that the Police would show up and have the man arrested, Although, from what I read, a couple of talk show jocks were behind that.
I also noticed something else, AmericaBlog Reports:
In his post about Larry Sinclair, the now-jailed (again) guy spreading bizarre rumors about Obama, Ben Smith notes the following:
At the Press Club, Avi also ran into Will Bower, a sometimes-Huffington Post blogger who founded “Party Unity, My Ass” – a group for die-hard Clinton supporters that are now backing McCain – and was invited by the McCain campaign last weekend to meet with the presumptive Republican nominee, and called Sinclair’s story “worth exploring.”
And from Ben’s post 4 days ago, we confirm that Will Bower was in fact invited, and did attend, a private meeting with McCain last weekend. Anyone else find it interesting that McCain is wooing a guy who is telling the media that Sinclair’s smears are “worth exploring”? I’d love to know what the McCain campaign’s involvement is here, whether they talked to Bower about this story, whether Bower told them he was going to the press conference, whether they’re now prepared to reject and denounce Bower for trying to push this story? It’s just a bit sleazy finding John McCain’s name mixed up in all of this.
Now that would be some news, McCain springs the guy out and lets him tell his story to the McCain supporters. Although, I highly and seriously doubt that McCain’s people would even touch this story or this guy. Because if he is largely discredited, and McCain used this, it would blow up in his face. Hell, even Huckabee even said if the G.O.P. tried to demonize Obama that they would pay for it dearly.
Like I said, this rather silly story will be yesterday’s news by noon today.
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The Politico reports:
Two Muslim women at Barack Obama’s rally in Detroit on Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate.
The campaign has apologized to the women, both Obama supporters who said they felt betrayed by their treatment at the rally.
“Although we welcome the Obama campaign’s apology, we are extremely concerned about the level of Islamophobia in our society that would prompt other minorities to view Muslim supporters as potential liabilities. We hope that Senator Obama will personally apologize to the two women and that he decries the current Islamophobic climate in our nation that is not only attacking him but has even jaded some within his own campaign.”
Seriously people, what further proof do we need that this man isn’t ready to be president.
Update: Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this or not, But if John McCain’s staffers had pulled something like this, the level of outrage would be deafening, and He would have been shamed out of the race. But when Barry’s people does it, it is no big deal and will be yesterday’s news by tomorrow.
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Senator Barack Obama claims to be the Senator of Hope and Change, and of New Politics.
If this is the case, then what the heck do you call this? Click here, Please.
I mean, I can see people not liking the site, But threats? Foul Language? Why can’t Obama supporters handle criticism of their so-called “messiah?”
I mean, what else do we need to see, to finally figure out, that this man is nothing more than some sleazy Chicago politician?
At this point, he could be promising a million bucks for every US Citizen, I still wouldn’t vote for him. Not because he is black, but because he’s a fake, offering false hope, and pipe dreams, idealism and smoke and mirrors. All the while taking your money and laughing behind your back.
If that Bastard gets elected, I fear the direction that this country will take. He must be defeated. There is no more question about, he must be defeated at ALL costs.
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Some have Obama on top, some have McCain on top… it’s crazy… go read it and figure it up. Chuck Todd, I’m not.
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The reason is, because sheer stupidity of it all, is about deafening.
When Obama comes out with some specifics of HOW exactly he is going to change this country from this stiff veer that it is taking off this Bush-made cliff, then I might have something positive to say about him, but all I ever hear is vagueness, idealism, and smoke and mirrors.
I don’t want to be told to “Just go to Obama’s Website”, I want to hear it out of HIS mouth, of how HE intends to change this country, I want to hear specifics. Not just fluffy speeches, but cold, hard, facts.
Until I hear this, he’s nothing more, to me, than just some inexperienced, empty suit, Idealist politician.
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Quote from the New York Daily News:
Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama for a joint appearance in Washington next week to persuade her donors to begin giving to the Democrats’ nominee, the Daily News has learned.
It’s the first known plan to bring together the victor and vanquished from the Democrat primary race and put their pledges of unity for the fall campaign into action.
Jonathan Mantz, Clinton’s national finance director, sent top Clinton fundraisers an e-mail today inviting them to the event on June 26.
“As we move forward, we invite you to join us for a National Finance Committee meeting with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on Thursday, June 26th in Washington, D.C., to discuss how we can work together to support Barack Obama and the Democratic Party,” Mantz wrote.
“Hillary ran for President because she wants to put this country on the right track,” Mantz wrote. “She continues to fight and stand strong for our values and priorities and will do everything she can to unify the party and to elect Barack Obama the next President of the United States.”
I just wonder how much Racism, fear mongering and Republican style attacks will be used at this little get together? I wonder if Hillary will whine publicly about how she was entitled to the Presidency, because she was a woman?
It is to wonder….
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