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Rudy Giuliani Files New Hampshire Presidential Candidacy Papers
Republican presidential hopeful and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani signs his declaration of candidacy paper, filing to have his name on the ballot for New Hampshire’s presidential primary at the State House in Concord, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007.
Rudy files for President in New Hampshire. With the Mayor today is former Massachusett’s Governor Paul Cellucci and former Massachusetts Treasurer Joseph D. Malone who has endorsed the Mayor today.
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center, speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, in Boston during which he received the endorsement of former Massachusetts treasurer Joseph Malone, right. Former Massachusetts Gov. Paul Celluci, left, had previously endorsed Giuliani.
Other Massachusetts pols who have endorsed Giuliani are:
- State Senate Minority Leader Richard R. Tisei
- State Senators Michael R. Knapik and Bruce E. Tarr
- Former Senate leader Brian P. Lees
- Former state GOP chairman Brian Cresta
Rudy has a record of results he can point to when it comes to cutting taxes and controlling spending. He is without question the fiscal conservative in the race,†said Malone. “I am endorsing Rudy because he will keep his eye on the bottom line when he becomes President – just as he did when he was Mayor.â€
The fight for New Hampshire continues with a jab at former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney who was preceded as Governor by Paul Cellucci.
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Democrat Representative Pete Stark Apologizes to President Bush
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lTUB5_l0Mg&eurl=http://flapsblog.com/index.php?s=Pete+Stark[/youtube]
The Money NUTTER Quote:“You don’t have money to fund the war or children. But you’re going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President’s amusement.â€
– Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)Flap asked for and now President Bush has received an APOLOGY by Pete Stark from the floor of the House today:
“to the president and his family,” and to U.S. troops offended by his remarks.
“I hope that with this apology I will become as insignificant as I should be” in the continuing debates over Iraq and health care, he said.
Apology accepted. But Stark was lucky NOT to be censured by the House for such intemperate remarks.
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Pete Stark Watch: BDS Meets SCHIP
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Ron Paul Watch: Paul Campaign Solicitation on Neo-Nazi Hate Site – The FLAP Part Two
This FLAP continues over at Hot Air.
And Allah has some questions:
1. Is it possible to do some sort of ad buy across a whole swath of online bulletin boards such that any mention of Ron Paul on one of those boards will automatically trigger placement of the ad? If so, it would absolve the November 5th people from the charge of deliberately advertising on Stormfront.
2. If it is possible, is it also possible to designate certain bulletin boards as no-go areas where the ad shouldn’t appear, even if Paul is mentioned? That would point back towards deliberation, which, let’s face it, isn’t all that unlikely from a site predisposed to “V for Vendetta†metaphors.
Flap doesn’t know the answer because since the original Flap the widget and ad have changed. Look at the latest on Stormfront.org:
Is the Ron Paul campaign involved?
This e-mail from a Flapsblog commenter Gregor has been forwarded to them:
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Hello,
It was brought to my attention through a blog post that the “Ron Paul 2008 – Raising to Win” online widget appears on the Stormfront web site.
Stormfront is:
“a white pride Internet forum with the motto “White Pride World Wide”. Many organizations describe it as a neo-Nazi organization, and accuse it of promoting racism, hate speech, and violence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_%28website%29The blog post in question asserted that the Ron Paul campaign “placed” the ad on the site. Myself and others did not believe this was credible, given the type of site that it is, and learned that it’s a campaign widget that anyone can copy and paste on their web site. According to its statistics, the widget appears on over 2000 sites currently.So a couple questions:1) Is the Ron Paul campaign aware of and tracking all the sites that this widget is placed on? Do you actively filter which sites may or may not display the ad?
2) What is the campaign’s policy towards hate sites (such as Stormfront) advertising for Ron Paul’s campaign?
3) Will the campaign repudiate Stormfront and ask them to remove the ad?The blog post I referred to above can be found at: http://flapsblog.com/?p=5758Thank you for your time,
Gregor Morrill**********
Well, the widget has changed and now there is a disclaimer on the November 5 site.
*note: This event is a grassroots effort and is not associated with the Official Ron Paul campaign. Donations are to be made ONLY at the Official Ron Paul website at RonPaul2008.com.
At whose direction was this done, anyone knows. Was it the Ron Paul campaign? Or was it the Stormfront folks who wanted to diffuse the flap?
Who knows?
Accordingly, Flap’s original post headline was changed.
So, what is the Flap here?
Is it that Ron Paul is sucking up to the Neo-Nazis to raise campaign cash?
Or is it as a commenter at Hot Air ( Keljeck on October 23, 2007 at 10:18 AM) asks:
The story isn’t that there is a Ron Paul ad on Stormfront, it’s that Stormfront is ghey to Ron Paul.
Flap awaits the Ron Paul campaign’s response.
Update:
The Lone Star Times has already asked the same questions of the Ron Paul Campaign days ago and is continuing to wait for an answer.
And there are ads on other sites: ‘White World Newsâ€
Will the Ron Paul Campaign continue to stonewall?
Update #2
Almost two weeks ago Stormfront Radio endorsed Ron Paul:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yafeVz8eP0U&eurl=http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2007/10/ron-paul-endorsed-by-stormfront-radio.html[/youtube]
Now, what say you Ron Paul Campaign? Do you support this reprehensible organization?
Will you demand Stormfront.org take down your ads?
Or is the money too good?
Stay tuned…….
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Representative Ron Paul Called “Certifiably Insane†in GOP Debate Focus Group
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Ron Paul Watch: The November 5 Creep Show
Ron Paul Watch: Libertarians Rising?
Ron Paul Watch: The Disciples or Internet Spammers?
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Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch This Morning
The space shuttle Discovery sits on the launching pad on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. ready for launch Tuesday. NASA kept close watch on the weather on both sides of the Atlantic on Monday as Discovery’s launch countdown entered its final hours with no major technical problems
Flap always enjoys a good LAUNCH.
Watch the preparation and countdown here at NASA TV.
35 minutes or so to go for launch.
Update:
Weather is good: 26 minutes to go to launch.
Update #2
NASA Engineers have found “clear ice” on shuttle umbilical cord. Hold
Update #3
T minus 20 minutes and counting as hold is lifted.
Update #4
T minus 9 minutes and holding. Launch proceeding.
11:05 AM: 25 minutes remain on T minus 9 minute hold; ice on bottom of orange booster rocket still a concern; weather is good.
11:30 AM: T minus 9 minutes and counting; launch countdown has resumed.
11:35 AM: T minus 3 minutes and counting.
11:38 AM: Lift off
At Launch
Photo at 10:30 AM EDT from NASA TV
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Day By Day by Chris Muir October 23, 2007
Today there is a double dose of Day By DayPrevious:
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