Think GOP Infighting Is Ugly? Check Out The Democrats…Of 2008

Great post by John Wilson at Mediate today just to remind everyone that it's not just Republicans who get into nasty battles during primary season:

Now that the attacks have sharpened between GOP candidates, many in the media are lamenting (or outwardly championing for Democrats’ sake) the possibility Republicans will cannibalize one another and leave the nominee just a political carcass that a DNC intern could lead President Obama to victory over. Not quite.


This kind of infighting — even with negativity making up a record 95% of the ads shown leading up to the Florida primary — isn’t new to presidential politics. It was worse four years ago, which is apparently too long a time for some folks to remember what the Democratic presidential primary looked like. So here’s a reminder: Hillary Clinton didn’t just get into the muck of linking the ‘70s era terrorist organization Weather Underground with then-candidate Barack Obama, she also drew a “direct” link between Obama, Bill Ayers, and 9/11, saying during a debate:


“If I’m not mistaken, that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11 and after his reported comments, which were deeply hurtful to people in New York, and I would hope to every American, because they were published on 9/11 and he said that he was just sorry they hadn’t done more. And what they did was set bombs and in some instances people died.”


Ayers was never convicted of any crime, however he was a member of the Weather Underground group, who did accept responsibility for detonating a number of bombs in government buildings. Clinton was referring to comments Ayers made in response to regretting his violent past:


“I don’t regret setting bombs…I feel we didn’t do enough.”


Reckless, especially in the midst of 9/11? Definitely. Somehow reflective of Ayers’ relationship with Obama? Not in the least. The Washington Post fact-checked the connection between Obama and Ayers and found what Obama had stated repeatedly: aside from serving as board members of an organization together and Ayers hosting a fundraiser, they had no real relationship. Clinton was so shortsighted in her utilization of this attack that she opened herself up to a weltering retort:


“Did Hillary Clinton believe that it had been appropriate in 2001 for President Bill Clinton to have pardoned two members of the Weather Underground as he left office?,” journalist David Corn asked Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s communications director at the time.


Clinton didn’t stop her attacks at Weather Underground, though. When it came to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, she sidestepped it at first to avoid appearing opportunistic, and out of fear of angering black voters. But she wasn’t out of it for long. When she spoke with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial board in late March, as the race was heating up and the general consensus was she could actually lose, she didn’t have any qualms saying, “He would not have been my pastor. You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.” And just in case that wasn’t a big enough hint as to how Clinton perceived Rev. Wright’s sermons, she threw in another zinger: “You know, I spoke out against Don Imus (who was fired from his radio and television shows after making racially insensitive remarks), saying that hate speech was unacceptable in any setting, and I believe that.”


And remember this was the race that brought the term “superdelegate” into the nation’s lexicon — “designated members of Congress, governors and distinguished party leaders” who are free to change their minds on which candidate to support. Had Clinton not suspended her campaign in June (bowing to pressure from dons of the party), the superdelegates would probably have decided who the Democratic nominee was at the party convention in August, just three months before the general election. Primary voters be damned.

Democrat Filmmaker Accuses Obama Of Stealing 2008 Primaries From Hillary Clinton

Hot Air:

Put me down as skeptical on this one. Fox News interviews Gigi Gaston, a Democrat who produced a new documentary, We Will Not Be Silent 2008 that alleges irregularities in the 2008 Democratic primaries committed by the Barack Obama campaign. Gaston accuses Obama and his team of stealing the election from Hillary Clinton through voter fraud, intimidation, and dirty tricks (via The Right Scoop):

The allegations appear to be entirely confined to caucus states, which is one of the reasons I’m skeptical. Caucuses are bare-knuckled brawls where the parties make the rules and the campaigns routinely and viciously fight over them. I have no trouble believing that Team Obama played hardball and cut as many corners as they could without getting caught. What I have trouble believing is that Hillary Clinton wasn’t doing the exact same thing in these states. After all, Hillary was hardly a babe in the woods. The Clinton Machine had been fighting these battles since Obama was in high school. Now we’re suddenly to believe that they were manning the Good Ship Lollipop in 2008 and were shocked, shocked to find that caucuses aren’t played by Marquess de Queensbury rules?

Considering how much of a favorite Billary was to win the 2008 Democrat nomination, something like this can't be easily dismissed.

Nevada Attorney General Files Voter Fraud Charges Against ACORN

Considering all the dirty antics conservatives exposed about ACORN during last year's presidential campaign, I'm surprised that something like this hadn't occurred earlier:

Nevada's attorney general on Monday filed criminal charges accusing liberal community activist group ACORN and two of its employees of facilitating voter registration fraud in November's election by requiring canvassers to submit 20 applications each day or face termination.

Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto , both Democrats, announced the charges, stressing that there's no evidence that the phony registrations led to the casting of votes using fake identities.

A spokesman for ACORN, a nationwide grassroots organization, assailed the action as "political grandstanding."

Bill O'Reilly Exposes NYTimes Ignoring Obama Campaign ACORN Ethic Violations Before Election

John McCain On SNL Last Night

Altogether, great job by McCain on SNL last night. The "QVC" opener with the blank commemorative plates was hysterical and I loved the "I'm a true maverick, a Republican without money" line! I liked the fact that they took a shot at Obama for not taking McCain up on his offer of the 10 townhall meetings. Tho' they skew Sarah Palin on the aloof side a bit too much for my tastes, Tina Fey still does a brilliant job as usual here.

Obama Boots Newspapers Who Didn't Endorse Him

A record number of newspapers across the country have endorsed Barack Obama for President. And to the ones that didn't: Get Lost!

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is reportedly cleansing his campaign plane of reporters in the mainstream news media that work for newspapers that endorsed his opponent John McCain.

The Drudge Report is reporting that the Obama campaign has decided to dump three newspapers from its plane for the remainder of the campaign. According to Drudge, reporters from the New York Post, Washington Times, and Dallas Morning News -- all papers that endorsed John McCain -- are being asked to move out by Sunday to make room for "network bigwigs," documentary filmmakers, and possibly reporters from two black magazines, Essence and Jet.

As the most liberal senator in all of the Senate Barack Obama has never shown an ability or want to reach across the aisle for bipartisanship, much less deal with anyone he feels is against him. During his presidential campaign he has repeatedly sued those who dare criticize him, threatened news stations who dare ask his ticket tough questions, stood by silently while his base smeared Joe The Plumber and mocked the credibility of the one national news network in the country, FOX, that apparently is not in the tank for his campaign. If Barack Obama wins on Tuesday, you better say what you want about him now while you still can.

Ashley Todd Is An Idiot

The dark side of some GOP supporters raises it ugly head again. Not that any of this should be pinned on John McCain, but Ashley Todd is a McCain volunteer, so we all know that Obama's press and all his many worshippers will run with this story and milk it for all it's worth. Just what John McCain doesn't need right now:

A Republican campaign worker who told police she was assaulted by a man angered by a John McCain sticker on her car admitted she made up the report, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assistant police chief said Friday.

Ashley Todd, 20, of College Park, Texas, will be charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor, and may face more charges, said police spokeswoman Diane Richard at a news conference.

"This has wasted so much time. ... It's just a lot of wasted man hours," Assistant Police Chief Maurita Bryant said at the same briefing.

The woman told investigators a man approached her Wednesday night at an ATM in Pittsburgh's East End, put a blade to her neck and demanded money, Richard said.

Police said they found "several inconsistencies" in Todd's statement and she was not seen in surveillance videos taken at the ATM. She was asked to take a polygraph test Friday morning, Richard said. The results were not made public.

Later, Todd came to the police station to help work on a composite sketch of the alleged attacker. When she arrived, Todd "told them she just wanted to tell the truth" -- that she was not robbed, and there was no attacker, Bryant said.

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama

CNN.com:

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Sunday that he will be voting for Sen. Barack Obama, citing the Democrat's "ability to inspire" and the "inclusive nature of his campaign."

"I think he is a transformational figure, he is a new generation coming onto the world stage, onto the American stage, and for that reason I'll be voting for Sen. Barack Obama," Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Powell said he was concerned about what he characterized as a recent negative turn of Republican candidate Sen. John McCain's campaign, such as the campaign's attempts to tie Obama to former 1960s radical Bill Ayers.

Powell, a retired U.S. general and a Republican, was once seen as a possible presidential candidate himself.

Eh, I really don't see this as a big deal. For starters anyone whose been paying attention to Powell of late knows that he's been leaning Left for years now, esp. in his criticism regarding the handling of the Iraq war. In turn, perhaps he remains bitter about taking many of the hits from the press since it was he that was front and center on the Bush administration's reasons for us needing to go into Iraq. Secondly, as a prominent black man in the political world, with a black man running for president, Powell's in a no-win situation: feeling guilty if he doesn't endorse Barack while also being a labeled a "sellout" or "Uncle Tom" or any other smear liberals use towards Black people don't toe the line and vote Democratic. Lastly, Powell's had such a relatively low profile since he resigned as Secretary of State that his endorsement just doesn't strike me as being that significant, except to liberals of course.

Barack Obama and ACORN Go Hand-In-Hand

Again, don't believe what the liberal media tells you. After all, Americans have a right to know the truth about Barack Obama.

Liberals Quick To Smear Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher

What happens when an American voter and taxpayer dares to ask The Messiah a legitimate question about his tax plan? Liberals seek and destroy:

With 15 minutes of fame comes 15 hours of “gotcha” scrutiny -- especially if you’re a voter who has dared to criticize Barack Obama, the liberal media’s Chosen One for president.

Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher has had his 15 minutes of fame, capping it off with an unplanned appearance as the poster boy of populist tax policy in last night’s presidential debate. So now it’s time for the press to turn its sights on him not as a human-interest story but as an investigative subject.

Jonathan Martin of The Politico was among the first out of the gate, with blog posts noting that Wurzelbacher, affectionately known by most of America as “Joe The Plumber,” has a tax lien against him and doesn’t have a plumber’s license. Martin conveniently forgot to mention that the law doesn’t require one.) Bloomberg also has a story on the tax lien, and AP and The Washington Post did their part to make a story out of the “unlicensed” non-story.

Of course the Joe Wurzelbacher smear campaign doesn't end there if you're a leftwing lunatic hellbent on destroying anyone who dares asks Barack Obama a question you don't like. Raging loon Joy Behar of "The View" equated Wurzelbacher's dream of one day having his own plumbing business a "fantasy". The goons at Dkos go after The Plumber's voting record. CBS claims Wurzelbacher is a pawn of the GP and insinuates that he's a racist. Bloomberg.com goes after his back taxes. Let this be a lesson to you, this is what you get for daring to challenge The Messiah.

Barack Obama Whines About FOX News

It isn't enough for Barack Obama to have CBS, ABC, MSNBC, PBS and well basically 90% of the entire mainstream press in the tank for him. He wants them all:

With Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin receiving some return fire from the media for their criticism of the press, it's interesting to note that they are not alone in criticizing the media at this point in the campaign cycle.

In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, Democratic candidate Barack Obama lashed out at Fox News Channel, accusing it of portraying him as an "arrogant liberal" and making people not want to vote for him.

"I am convinced that if there were no Fox News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls," Obama told liberal journalist Matt Bai. "[T]he way I’m portrayed 24/7 is as a freak! I am the latté-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal. Who wants somebody like that?"

Levi Johnston Quote Of The Day!

"None of that's true. We both love each other. We both want to marry each other. And that's what we are going to do."

- Levi Johnston, fiancee to vice-president candidate Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, addressing rumors that he was forced into a shotgun wedding with Bristol due to her pregnancy and his future mother-in-law's conservative views

Barack Obama Takes Money From "People" Who Don't Exist

Newsmax.com:

In a Friday story headlined “Fictitious Donors Found in Obama Finance Records,” The Times disclosed that an analysis of campaign finance records “this week found nearly 3,000 donations to Mr. Obama … from more than a dozen people with apparently fictitious donor information.”

One contributor used the name “Jgti Jfggjjfgi” and listed an address of “thjtrj” in “gjtjtjtjtjtjr, AP.”

Noting that the Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a complaint against the Obama campaign questioning the legitimacy of the more than $220 million in small donations to Obama’s campaign, The Times reported:

“The complaint followed an article on the conservative Web site Newsmax.com that highlighted thousands of dollars in contributions, made in increments of $25 dating back to March, from ‘Good Will’ in Austin, Tex., who listed his employer as ‘Loving’ and his occupation as ‘You,’ as well as thousands of small contributions that started last November from a ‘Doodad Pro’ in Nunda, N.Y., with the same employer and occupation.”

Any wonder how he's able to buy prime-time TV space to deliver his "final message" to voters?

Hatred For Sarah Palin Spurs Liberals To Salivate Over Partisan "Troopergate" Findings

That stench of drool you're probably feeling as you read your local news is coming from liberals rolling over in glee from the findings released last night in the Sarah Palin "Troopergate" scandal:

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin denied Saturday that she had abused her power as Alaska's governor, a conclusion reached by a state investigator in a report released the day before.

"If you read the report, you will see that there was nothing unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member," Palin said as boarded her campaign bus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "You got to read the report."

Palin violated state ethics law by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state investigator's report for the bipartisan Legislative Council concluded Friday.

"Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda," the report states.

Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire State Trooper Mike Wooten from the state police force was "likely a contributing factor" to Monegan's July dismissal, but Palin had the authority as governor to fire him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states.

Sarah Palin did nothing wrong here. It was her aides that were accused of wanting Wooten fired in the first place. Secondly, this whole mess stinks of being a witchhunt esp. when you consider all the findings of the report as well as the fact that Alaska Democrat state senator (who helped lead the investigation and is a staunch Barack Obama supporter) Hollis French boasted back in September that there would be an "October surprise" that would upset the McCain-Palin ticket. Third, liberals choose to ignore that fact that Wooten was literally a mental case who tasered his own kid, illegally killed a moose and drove around drunk in his patrol car. As is her right, Gov. Palin used her authority she had to get a commissioner fired, in part, for giving a pass to Wooten's indiscretions (the most Wooten got for his misdeeds was a one-day suspension) but also due to budget concerns. But if you're a liberal why let something like facts get in the way of smearing someone you hate.

Arrogant Barack Obama Undermined President Bush In Iraq

Since the liberal media and their future colleagues on the lunatic side of the blogosphere have already declared Barack Obama as our next President, any wonder why he's already acting like one?:

At the same time the Bush administration was negotiating a still elusive agreement to keep the U.S. military in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to convince Iraqi leaders in private conversations that the president shouldn't be allowed to enact the deal without congressional approval.

Mr. Obama's conversations with the Iraqi leaders, confirmed to The Washington Times by his campaign aides, began just two weeks after he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination in June and stirred controversy over the appropriateness of a White House candidate's contacts with foreign governments while the sitting president is conducting a war.

Some of the specifics of the conversations remain the subject of dispute. Iraqi leaders purported to The Times that Mr. Obama urged Baghdad to delay an agreement with Mr. Bush until next year when a new president will be in office - a charge the Democratic campaign denies.

Of course the Obama camp will deny it, but undermining current Presidents is something liberal Democrats love to do, heck Jimmy Carter does it almost every week. That said, undermining the Bush administration's foreign policy again speaks to Obama's well-known penchant for being arrogance. Remember, this is the same man who once pronounced "to know me is to love me" when he was behind Billary early on in the primary polls back in 2007. And who can forget when BO replaced the presidential seal with his own at a campaign event this year, not to mention all his rabid supporters who literally view BO as "The One". Granted, thanks solely to a weak economy, Obama has had a great last couple of weeks, but with four weeks to go I wouldn't be wiping the dirt off my shoulders just yet.

More On Barack Obama & Good Buddy Bill Ayers' Friendship

Again, the American people have a right to know that this wannabee president does indeed pals around with terrorists.

CNN Finds "Extensive" History Between Barack Obama & Terrorist Bill Ayers

Of course, if this was FOX News liberals would pass this off as another "smear attack" against BO. But regardless, the facts speak for themselves: there is an extensive history between Barack Obama and an unrepentant terrorist that BO continues to dismiss. Despite what Obama's pals in the liberal media tells you, the American voter has a right to know the kind of people their presidential candidate associates with and the Obama-Ayers relationship is an issue that John McCain needs to get out there and push.

Sarah Palin Fires Back At Liberal Heckler

It's near the end of this clip, gotta love the crowd reaction.

The First Debate: A Win For John McCain

I caught the repeat of the first debate on CNN and here's my wholehearted assessment:

- after virtual tit-for-tat tie during the first half (who cares about earmarks?), John McCain clearly took it to Obama in the latter half, leading the conversation and touting his experience. Obama really looked flustered at times esp. when McCain spoke about Iran president Ahmadinejad, security matters and Barack's desire to sit down with a madman, Jimmy Carter-style.

- McCain needs to acknowledge Senator Obama and look at him more. Not doing so makes him appear arrogant and dismissive, which won't read well with independent voters. With that said, you could tell at times that Obama was downright upset at times when McCain said something he didn't like. Barack would smirk and clearly lost his cool several times during the debate, like most liberals do when they hear stuff they don't like.

- I loved what was the best line of the night from Senator McCain: "I'm not going to set the White House visitors schedule before I'm president of the United States. I don't even have a seal yet."

- McCain able to point out key differences between him and Obama on both the economy and foreign policy displaying both familiarity and confidence. But then McCain's had more time to establish relationships and is level-headed on the issue of our military.

- Obama did well in what is essentially his top strategy: McCain is 4 more years of Bush. However, Barack didn't push it enough and he genuflected to McCain too after he spoke on issues like fighting the war in Afghanistan and Russia, which in turn made Obama look clueless.

- McCain clearly wants no part of the Bush administration which is fine and he was obviously touting his love for Reagan to appeal to his base. But I think McCain would also do well in touting the heap of mistakes of the last two Democrat president: Carter and Clinton

- I have a very liberal friend who texted me after the debates was done saying that it "was painful to watch" and "I don't think Obama got his points across well and unfortunately I think it made McCain look more knowledgeable".

- I gotta admit, Barack did pretty well without a teleprompter, but he still lost.

Latest Gallup Poll Shows Tie Because John McCain Acts Like A President, Barack Obama Doesn't

Kansascity.com:

After John McCain's bold decision to suspend his campaign, he has stunningly erased a three-point lead and now is tied with Barack Obama at 46-46 in Thursday's Gallup Poll.

The poll included interviews taken on Wednesday -- when McCain said he would fly to Washington to work on the bailout bill, suspend his presidential quest and possibly not appear at Friday's scheduled debate.

Those were bold decisions, and maybe Americans appreciated them.

On the other hand, the Gallup pollsters point out that McCain has been gaining on Obama for days. And interviews on Wednesday did not show any dramatic shift to McCain simply because of his campaign-related decisions.

All in all, this has been a great week for McCain in the polls. He has gained on Obama every day, despite the fact that Americans supposedly see Obama as being a better leader when it comes to the nation's economic problems.

Obama is not appearing presidential to enough Americans in this time of financial crisis.

It's funny how all these "outraged" liberals still don't get that John McCain could care less what they think. And why should he, considering they're wrong on everything and that he's running against the most liberal senator in all of Congress for the big seat on Capitol Hill. Yet, liberals remain "outraged" at Senator McCain. After all, not too long they were all prepared for McCain to select Mitt Romney for VP (easy pickings for liberals who'd long done their homework on Romney's history of flip-flops as well as his controversial Mormon religion), but McCain throws them a slant and picks a relative unknown in Sarah Palin instead, which in turn galvanizes his base and leads to two weeks standing ahead of Obama in the polls. But "how dare he not pick the guy that would've most likely weakened his campaign and that we had the strongest argument against?" the "outraged" liberals seem to be thinking in unison all the while the "Inept" and "inexperienced" Palin continues to dominate their conversations.

Now a month later, we may heading into financial abyss and instead of dealing with the problem head-on, first-term senator Obama and his liberal minions want to "talk about it" during a debate. And of course, the loons are "outraged" again that McCain didn't do what they wanted, instead suggesting that the all-important first debate be postponed. Instead, McCain does what we'd expect Presidents to do in the midst of crisis: act like a leader, head back to Washington and do whatever they can to push a sound, strong bill through a divisive Congress. How dare he say the "outraged" liberals. Any wonder why John McCain is the better man for President? For starters, he doesn't listen to liberals.