Since a leftie demanded that Iowahawk defend the Terrorist Ayers with the zeal he defended the noncriminal plumber Joe Wurzelbacher, he's obliged.

I don't think this is what they had in mind, though.

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Bad news on both fronts.

I said there would be breaking news on the Ayers connection "this week." I was wrong. The weekend began with the source wanting to talk, and a high-profile radio host wanting to talk, too.

But that was then. Since then the source has gotten cold feet. He does this. He's afraid. One day he's willing to do an on the record interview; the next day he's not even willing to do an off-the-record one.

I think he's decided he's not going to say boo. I'm told it's still possible, but I doubt it. This guy has backed out of interviews multiple times. I see no reason for this pattern to change going forward.

I thought I'd finally helped this along, getting the handshake between Source and Outlet, but if the Source isn't talking, even with his name concealed and his voice obscured, that's that.

BTW, I was told to say nothing about this, and I'm sorry for not honoring this request, but alas, having said the story would come out this week, I kinda have to.

I thought this would be the easy one: No real legwork required. Just a guy being interviewed. But he's worried, and he probably figures that the media doesn't care about Bill Ayers babysitting Obama's kids, so why put himself and his family in jeopardy?

On the Obama GF thing: The National Enquirer is/was on the story, but, as I long feared about them, they're not running it.

Oh, I think they will run it: In December or January.

But not before their precious Obama stands for election.

They're telling the people who've done the legwork on the story that "things don't check out," which contradicts what I know. There's at least one source talking and maybe another.

I think they've strung people along long enough to keep the story from being seriously shopped to anyone else before the election.

Compare this to their glee in running idiotic charges against Sarah Palin before they were even able to bribe a convict to say, "Oh, right, I knew that guy was having an affair, it wasn't until just recently I realize it must have been with Sarah Palin."

That "checked out," according to the National Enquirer.

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Awful.

Oh, and he's jazzed about blowing up social spending and raising taxes, too.

Frank told the editorial board of the SouthCoast Standard-Times that he wanted to reduce defense spending by a quarter, meaning the United States would have to withdraw from Iraq sooner.

"The people of Iraq want us out, and we want to stay over their objection," he said. "It's extraordinary."

Frank also said the post-election stimulus package will focus on spending for building projects, extending unemployment benefits, and further supporting states' healthcare costs. "We'll have to raise taxes ultimately," Frank said. "Not now, but eventually." Frank told the Standard-Times that if Democrats cannot secure the votes they need in November, they will try again in January, when they will likely have stronger majorities in the House and Senate.

More at Hot Air.

Including the notion of making Barney Fucking Frank the centerpiece of McCain's "divided government" argument.

Posted by: Ace at 12:19 PM | Comments (55)
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Scumbag.

And strangely enough, this particular sex scandal -- which now includes an attempt at de facto forcible prostitution of a woman, in addition to illegal use of campaign funds to pay her hush money -- is getting no traction in the media. Even on slow news days.

Gee, this Florida district was considered important enough to be national news in 2006... I wonder what could account for the difference.

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A stupid Crystal Mangum wannabee.

Police tell KDKA that a campaign volunteer has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter B in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker.

Ashley Todd, 20, of Texas, initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect became enraged and started beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car.

Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph test.

Authorities, however, declined to release the results of that test.

Investigators did say that they received photos from the ATM machine and "the photographs were verified as not being the victim making the transaction."

So now the press has all the reason they need (as if they needed any to begin with) to ignore voter fraud and real acts of political violence.

Jackass.

Lessons [ace]:

Assuming this is true -- which I do -- she really screwed us nicely. She put people like me in a difficult spot as I was forced to defend her on the small chance she was on the level.

Oh, and not to mention: She dragged McCain and Palin into this, who were of course obligated to make calls of sympathy.

Well played, Ashley. Very well played.

Here's an email I wrote yesterday:

anyone ever see Malice?

Anyway, the criminal hoaxer got caught there because she insisted on
"sweetening" the hoax -- upping the pathos -- to the point where she
got sloppy and then got caught.

Point is-- hey, if you were going to fake this, the black eye was plenty!

Know when to say when. Don't gild the lily.

I really need to put out a manual on this.

But the main point is still: Only the left gets to fake hate crimes.

Oh Dear Lord [ace]: See last update -- she's blaming the media for hyping the story.

“She just opened up and said she wanted to tell the truth,” Bryant said. “She was upset with the media for blowing this into a political firestorm.”

Um, dear? Yeah. You're stupid. Go away now.

Gee, you've put McCain/Palin in a compromising position, and now you're going to also discredit charges of media bias by accusing the media for your woes?

For how many decades will the lying hacks in the media now throw your stupid quote in our faces?

90% of all calamities occur when morons get it in their heads to be clever.

I gotta tell ya, I've never done a political hoax myself but I have to think I'd be a little bit smarter about it than this Krazy Kretinous Kow.

Like, for one thing? I think I'd've been smart enough to get the ATM to take my picture shortly before my "attack."

Check me out, master criminal, thinking of things like that.

It's not just that she's corrupt and crazy. I mean -- obviously.

It's also that she's not even minimally competent at it.

The Republican Party is supposed to be Evil. Not "incompetent."

I assure you, Ashley, there is a difference.

Now enjoy being tossed out of college and getting tossed into jail for three months.

And when you try to rally conservatives to argue you're being treated unfairly--

When the Twitter isn't Tweeting, that's me not blogging in your defense.

Now excuse me, I have to run. A pack of menacing black men just broke into my apartment and they're arson-ing all furniture and food whose names begin with "M" or "P."

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Slamming "clean coal" as only a dreary sequestration scheme for coal fired power plants, mental fissionist and mind reader Rob Inglis splits atoms with his mind stating:

...candidates in the presidential race have all been tripping over each other to support "clean coal." What they mean here is that they favor research into ways to capture and sequester the CO2 emitted from coal-fired plants...

Yo Rob. Clue up buddy, and stop sounding like an ignorant asshat. LPMEOH -- As they say: "Google it!" For those who don't want to take the time to get learned up on LPMEOH, its a clean coal process that directly produces roadable grade Methanol (i.e. very low moisture content), and it does it for about $1.50 for a gasoline gallon equivalent of Methanol (about 2 gallons).

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With word that Democratic officials are already attempting to disqualify votes cast by military personnel deployed overseas, I thought this e-mail I received today from one of my dearest friends might inspire some of you to help redress this wrong:

Dear Jack,

As I stood in line to early vote this week, the line grew longer and longer behind me... it was an affiliation of churches that had joined forces to get their congregations to the polls.

I asked myself - is anyone helping get Veterans to the polls? So I called the local Disabled Veterans of America and some of the VFW posts in my city - turns out, there is very little organized effort to help Veterans get to the polls!!!

If I have the right to vote just by being born here, seems to me the ones who protect that right most definitely have the right to be heard... I will be driving at least some of them to the polls for early voting next week, and all it takes to help is a little bit of time and gas.

IT'S EASY TO HELP!!! Just call the local Veterans-affiliated organizations in your area. They'll welcome your call, and you can feel all warm and fuzzy inside that you helped a true defender of our liberties continue to be heard and appreciated!

Blessings! (Name Withheld)

I thought this was a great idea, so I'm sharing it with you. I'll be shuttling some VFW guys to the polls on election day myself. Every little bit helps.

And it's the right thing to do. So if you want to help, but haven't figured out a concrete way to make a difference, please consider doing something like this.

Thanks!

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The good doctor names names and makes the case for McCain.

I stand athwart the rush of conservative ship-jumpers of every stripe -- neo (Ken Adelman), moderate (Colin Powell), genetic/ironic (Christopher Buckley) and socialist/atheist (Christopher Hitchens) -- yelling "Stop!" I shall have no part of this motley crew. I will go down with the McCain ship. I'd rather lose an election than lose my bearings.

...Who do you want answering that phone at 3 a.m.? A man who's been cramming on these issues for the past year, who's never had to make an executive decision affecting so much as a city, let alone the world? A foreign policy novice instinctively inclined to the flabbiest, most vaporous multilateralism (e.g., the Berlin Wall came down because of "a world that stands as one"), and who refers to the most deliberate act of war since Pearl Harbor as "the tragedy of 9/11," a term more appropriate for a bus accident?

Or do you want a man who is the most prepared, most knowledgeable, most serious foreign policy thinker in the United States Senate? A man who not only has the best instincts but has the honor and the courage to, yes, put country first, as when he carried the lonely fight for the surge that turned Iraq from catastrophic defeat into achievable strategic victory?

He also takes a hatchet to the bogus charges laid against McCain this campaign about negative campaigning and temperament.

Not that anyone cares but while I dislike McCain enough to have been willing to vote for Hillary none of that translates into praise for Obama (as it has for a few notable 'conservatives'). Obama is flat out dangerous. Since I live in a blue state that will go for Obama by at least 20% my vote doesn't matter much but if enough conservatives in states like mine do the same and McCain can pull this out, maybe we can prevent Obama from getting the popular vote.

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George On Fucking Fire McGovern going against the unions and Obie. Gotta give the guy props for taking this stand for maintaining the secret ballot system for unionization votes. The guy may be far left, but he's not dishonest far left. He knows bullshit when he sees it.

Unrelated news: Oil is trading in the $63/bbl range today. Just in time for a brutal winter heating season... more...

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You know who I love most this election season? The PUMAs. Their blogs have been the most consistently optimistic and yet full of a gleeful disdain for Barack Obama and his campaign. They tear into Obama with a contagious mirth, and they love Sarah Palin more than certain conservative commentators.

God love 'em, they just happened to find this letter, alleging serious voter fraud in Nevada by Obama's followers. It's a relatively short letter, but it's chock-full of damning allegations. Here's a few:

Systematic Corruption of the PartyÂ’s Caucus Procedures
The Committee received substantially similar reports of improprieties of such a number as to leave no conclusion but that the Obama campaign and its allies and supporters engaged in a planned effort to subvert the PartyÂ’s caucus procedures to its advantage. For example:

þ Preference cards were premarked for Obama.

þ Clinton supporters were denied preference cards on the basis that none were left, while Obama supporters at the same caucus sites were given preference cards.

þ Caucus chairs obviously supporting Obama:
o Deliberately miscounted votes to favor Senator Obama.
o Deliberately counted unregistered persons as Obama votes.
o Deliberately counted young children as Obama votes.
o Refused to accept preference cards from Clinton supporters who were at the caucus site by noon on the ground that the cards were not filled out fast enough.
o Told Clinton supporters to leave prior to electing delegates.

þ Clinton supporters who arrived late were turned away from the caucus, while late Obama supporters were admitted to the caucus.

Given what we've seen nationally with ACORN and in Virginia with military ballots, it looks like The One and his campaign are taking their tactics nationwide. After watching the We Will Not Be Silenced documentary, it occurred to me that the Obamites might try some of the same intimidation tactics against general-election voters who show up at the polls.

Between that, and what are sure to be some massively skewed exit polls from the media around mid-afternoon, election day should be quite a ride. Personally, I'm going into election day determined to vote no matter what I hear, and I hope all of you do the same. I have no doubt there will be disinformation and attempts to make conservatives feel as though their vote doesn't matter, because The One's got it in the bag. Don't allow their propaganda to stop you from going out, casting a vote for McCain/Palin or volunteering for the campaign in some way November 4.

I know all of that's obvious, but I'm righteously pissed off about over Obama's increasingly slimy campaign and the media's outright cheerleading for the guy. Plus, typing all of that was cathartic. Moron therapy...catch the fevah.

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