• Barack Obama,  John McCain

    Barack Obama, Robin Hood and Joe the Plumber

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    Well, McCain DID channel Joe the plumber tonight. Remember Joe Wurzelbacher on Sunday. Here is the video and video commentary with a follow-up interview to help your memory.

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    But, will John McCain benefit from calling out Obama on class warfare and tax redistribution?

    Stay tuned……..

    Update:

    Here is the video of Obama and McCain discussing Joe the plumber:


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  • Barack Obama,  John Murtha

    John Murtha Calls Western Pennsylvania Voters RACIST

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    Democrat Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania

    Has Pennsylvania Representative John Murtha LOST it?

    Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama’s victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points.

    The 17-term Democratic congressman told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site: “There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area.”

    Murtha said it has taken time for many Pennsylvania voters to come around to embracing a black presidential candidate, but that Obama should still win the state, though not in a runaway.

    In a separate interview posted Wednesday on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Web site, Murtha said Obama has a problem with voters’ racial attitudes in western Pennsylvania that could trim his winning margin on Nov. 4.

    Murtha was a Hillary Clinton supporter and will aplogize in 3……..2……..1………..


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  • Hannah-Beth Jackson,  Tony Strickland

    Can You Trust Hannah-Beth Jackson in Sacramento?

    Today’s Editorial at the largest daily newspaper in Santa Barbara County.

     
     
     

     Our Opinion: Can you trust Jackson in Sacramento?

     

     October 15, 2008 8:07 AM 

    Hannah-Beth Jackson is trying to run away from much of her past. Ms. Jackson was known during her years in the statehouse as so extremely partisan and off-putting that even some fellow Democrats, locally and in Sacramento, wanted her out of politics.

    But now, amazingly, Ms. Jackson is trying to portray herself as an independent in her run for the state Senate against Tony Strickland. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    Ms. Jackson — who earned the title of Taxin’ Jackson — also is attempting to revise history and suggest she didn’t support one idea after the next to increase your taxes.

    Now comes word that Ms. Jackson is trying to rewrite the circumstances regarding her participation in a scheme in 2003 to delay passage of the state budget for political gain.

    Think back to that summer when Assemblywoman Hannah-Beth Jackson showed up at the county Board of Supervisors meeting to criticize the GOP’s no-new-tax stand and, in her view, that party’s partisanship at the expense of compromise.

    It was just more grandstanding and hypocrisy from Ms. Jackson.

    Days later, a broadcasting system in the Capitol building aired budget discussions by a group of 11 Democratic Assembly members that included Ms. Jackson. A staff member interrupted the legislators by saying: “Excuse me, guys, you can be heard outside.”

    A report in the San Francisco Chronicle stated: “Members of the Assembly Democrats’ progressive caucus were heard making candid, if not intemperate, statements . . . that they may want to ‘precipitate a crisis’ over the budget this year.” The L.A. Daily News noted that the Democrats “speculated that the continuing deadlock over the state budget could benefit their party politically by slowing the drive to recall Gov. Gray Davis.”

    At a recent candidates debate in Ventura, Ms. Jackson tried to distance herself from all this by saying there was no secret meeting, according to reports. The Strickland campaign notes: “Hannah-Beth Jackson thinks that when she says something, it’s true. This time, her denials are more hollow than usual. Taxin’ Jackson must have forgotten the news coverage of the now infamous ‘Squawk Box’ recording. In this meeting, Democrats inadvertently had microphones transmitting their secret plans to hold up the budget and to blame the Republicans in hope of gaining a political advantage.”

    On top of these apparent lies or distortions about her past, Ms. Jackson has further damaged her reputation by over-the-top mud-slinging against Mr. Strickland.

    Voters must ask themselves: Do you have enough trust and confidence in Ms. Jackson to give her a job in Sacramento?

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    The answer is NO.

    Tony Strickland for California State Senate, District 19.

    Previous:

    Hannah-Beth Jackson LYING AGAIN

    Hannah-Beth Jackson Watch: Here Come “Hide the Ball” Campaign Contributions Part Three

    Hannah-Beth Jackson Watch: Here Come “Hide the Ball” Campaign Contributions Part Two

    Hannah-Beth Jackson Watch: Here Come “Hide the Ball” Campaign Contributions

    Hannah-Beth Jackson Watch: Blows More Smoke Over Tobacco Company Protest


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  • Barack Obama,  Jeremiah Wright,  John McCain

    The ACORN Squirrels Are Cute But What About Jeremiah Wright?

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    The GOP has deployed Squirrels for tonight’s debate

    ACORN, William Ayers and squirrels aren’t going to cut it if John McCain wants to win the Presidency. Now, Jeremiah Wright and the racism/anti-semitism preached in Obama’s African American church is an issue that can be exploited.

    But, McCain won’t do it.

    Flap bets Sarah Palin is wondering why she signed onto the Titanic.

    Update:

    Flap agrees with this – mention them ALL – over and over again.


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  • Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin Watch: CNN Smears Palin on Ties to Alaska Independence Party

    Flap thought this Sarah Palin smear about her belonging to a fringe America-seccessionist political party was DEBUNKED weeks ago. Apparently, Rick Sanchez of CNN didn’t get the message (via Ed Morrissey).

    Rather than deliver a single revelation, the 24-hour cable news channel coughed up a reheated, overwrought and misleading story that seemed designed to yoke Sarah Palin and her husband to the most extreme secessionists in Alaska.

    Yes, Todd Palin once belonged to the Alaskan Independence Party. And his wife, the governor and now Republican vice presidential nominee, has been friendly with some of its members.

    But neither CNN nor the other news organizations that have reported on the connection, including The Times, have shown that Sarah Palin embraced the call by some in the party to sever their beloved state from “the Lower 48.”

    To understand the AIP story, voters need a little background.

    In the eccentric world of Alaska politics, the party is not so far out on the fringe. An AIP member won the governorship in 1990.

    CNN centered Tuesday’s report on an interview with Salon.com reporter David Neiwert, who acknowledged that Sarah Palin never belonged to the party and that her husband joined but “wasn’t active at all.”

    That didn’t stop the cable network and anchor Sanchez from front-loading its report with outrageous pronouncements from AIP founder Joe Vogler, now deceased.

    “The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government,” Old Joe, as he was known, once said. “And I won’t be buried under their damn flag.”

    Flap would be yawning again with another MSM attack on Sarah Palin. What wakes Flap up with this one are not the misreported facts but the association of Todd and Sarah Palin with the bombing of the federal building in Okalahoma City in 1995. Can you believe this?

    Come on CNN. Do your fraking fact checking and lay off the NUTTER conclusions.

    Is there any wonder why Fox News is clobbering CNN in the cable news ratings?


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  • Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Media Bias

    Media Shocker: Barack Obama Issues Talking Points to Media Prior to Tonight’s Debate

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    Matt Drudge has the poop.

    What a shock!

    The media being helped by the Obama campaign.

    Press Secretary Sean Smith issued the directive in an email from Pennsylvania, 12 hours before the debate.

    The memo oddly mirrors much of the main press analysis and theme of the current campaign:

    ——– Original Message ——–
    Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:37:27 -0500
    From: Sean Smith [s***mith@barackobama.com]
    To: Sean Smith [s***mith@barackobama.com]

    * This is John McCain’s last chance to turn this race around and somehow convince the American people that his erratic response to this economic crisis doesn’t disqualify him from being President.

    * Just this weekend the weekend, John McCain vowed to “whip Obama’s you-know-what” at the debate, and he’s indicated that he’ll be bringing up Bill Ayers to try to distract voters.

    * So we know that Senator McCain will come ready to attack Barack Obama and bring his dishonorable campaign tactics to the debate stage.

    Obama continues to lead on the economic crisis with a rescue plan for Main Street.

    * Over the course of the campaign, Barack Obama has laid out a set of policies that will grow our middle class and strengthen our economy.

    * But he knows we face an immediate economic emergency that requires urgent action – on top of the plans he’s already laid out – to help workers and families and communities struggling right now.

    * That’s why Barack Obama is introducing a comprehensive four-part Rescue Plan for the Middle Class – to immediately to stabilize our financial system, provide relief to families and communities, and help struggling homeowners.

    * This is a plan that can and should be implemented immediately.

    * Obama has shown steady leadership during this crisis and offered concrete solutions to move the country forward – and his Rescue Plan for the Middle Class builds on the plans to strengthen the economy and rebuild the middle class that he’s laid out over the course of this campaign.

    * Already in this campaign, he’s unveiled plans to give 95 percent of workers and their families a tax cut, eliminate income taxes for seniors making under $50,000, bring down the cost of health care for families and businesses; and create millions of new jobs by investing in the renewable energy sources.

    * John McCain has been erratic and unsteady since this crisis began – staggering from position to position and trying to change the subject away from the economy by launching false character attacks.

    What a surprise! The MSM is in the tank for “The One.”

    Stop the presses.


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  • Tim Mahoney

    Tim Mahoney Watch: Second Affair Rumors and FBI Investigation Haunt Florida Congressman

    From the Florida GOP

    From the frying pan and into the fire goes Florida Democrat Tim Mahoney. Remember the FLAP.

    Now, there is a story circulating around the internets that the Florida Congressman was involved with a second woman who was not his wife.

    A married congressman who faces accusations that he had an affair with a former aide and paid her to keep quiet about it also was having an affair with a second woman around the same time, a person close to his campaign told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

    Details of the second affair came hours after Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney held a news conference to address a story, first reported by ABC News, that he had been involved with the former aide. Mahoney acknowledged he had caused “embarrassment and heartache” to his family but denied doing anything illegal.

    Mahoney, 52, won his seat in 2006 while promising to return morals and family values to Washington in the aftermath of the resignation of former Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Foley. Foley stepped down when it was revealed he sent lurid Internet messages to male teenage pages who had worked on Capitol Hill. Foley was later cleared of criminal wrongdoing by state and federal authorities.

    Mahoney’s seat was already considered to be one of the more competitive House races, and he has been facing a tough challenge in a district that traditionally leans slightly Republican. He faces former Army officer Tom Rooney, a lawyer whose family owns the Pittsburgh Steelers.

    Key Mahoney graph or should Flap say KEY GAFFE from yesterday’s news conference:

    “I have not violated my oath of office, nor have I violated any laws,” Mahoney said in the statement.

    Plus, ABC News is reporting that the FBI is opening a preliminary investigation into the entire mess.

    It would be safe to predict that Republican Tom Rooney will be the next Congressman from Florida’s 16th Congressional District.

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    Say Good Bye To Democrat Representative Tim Mahoney – The Reprise

    Shocker: Rep. Tim Mahoney Asks for His Own Ethics Investigation

    Say Good Bye To Democrat Representative Tim Mahoney


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