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Shorter Gingrich: ‘Benghazi Fertilizer On Collision Course With The Air Circulator’

Posted on | October 31, 2012 | 23 Comments

by Smitty

 

“There is a rumor — I want to be clear, it’s a rumor — that at least two networks have emails from the National Security Adviser’s office telling a counterterrorism group to stand down,” Gingrich said. “But they were a group in real-time trying to mobilize marines and C-130s and the fighter aircraft, and they were told explicitly by the White House stand down and do nothing. This is not a terrorist action. If that is true, and I’ve been told this by a fairly reliable U.S. senator, if that is true and comes out, I think it raises enormous questions about the president’s role, and Tom Donilon, the National Security Adviser’s role, the Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, who has taken it on his own shoulders, that he said don’t go. And that is, I think, very dubious, given that the president said he had instructions they are supposed to do everything they could to secure American personnel.”

By next Tuesday, anybody still deciding to vote for #OccupyResoluteDesk shall have achieved ‘dishonorable chump’ status.

For a special twist, I hope there is an unveiling of the emails from a big manila envelope marked ‘Sealed Court Records’. This adds no value whatsoever to the information; it’s just that #OccupyResoluteDesk deserves to have all his perfidy rubbed in his smug face both now, and for decades to come.

More at Bluegrass Pundit.

via Daily Caller and Breitbart

Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.31.12

Posted on | October 31, 2012 | 7 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
East Coast Looks To Rebuild After Sandy

The aftermath

Millions without power, NYC flooded

Preference Cascade In Effect, Y’all: Romney Heads Into Democratic Strongholds
Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania in play

Disney Buys LucasFilms For $4 Billion
Star Wars VII in production



POLITICS
Globe Poll: Dead Heat In Massachusetts Senate Race

Brown, Warren brief reporters from same spot in Westport

Brown leads 45-43, within margin of error

Federal Aid Okayed For NY, NJ

Christie Rips Atlantic City Mayor For Failure To Evacuate

Twitter Proves To Be Lifeline During Sandy, Despite Pranksters

Gay Marriage, Pot And Immigration Measures On Ballot In Many States

What You May Have Missed During Sandy


Will Mia Love Ride Romney’s Coattails Into The House?

Romney Outraises Obama By $21 Million In First Half Of October

Congressman Bob Turner (R-NY) Loses House In Breezy Point Fire



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Mixed In Aftermath Of Sandy; NYMEX $85.86, Brent $108.99
Wall Street Reopens After Two-Day Sandy Shutdown
Yen Off Highs, Euro Supported After Italian Debt Sale
Sandy’s Cost May Hit $50 Billion
Ford Profit Beats Forecast On North American Margins
Marchionne Maps Out Fiat Revamp
Kennedy, Newark Airports To Reopen After Storm Closures
Insurers, Property Owners Tally Sandy’s Damage
Amazon Pits Kindle Fire HD Against iPad Mini
One Benefit Of Sandy: Gawker, HuffPo Knocked Offline
“Grand Theft Auto V” Launching In Spring 2013
Sandy Takes Out 1 In 4 Cell Towers In Ten-State Area, FCC Says Outages Could Get Worse
California Cracks Down On App Developers Over Privacy
Google Upgrades GMail Interface To Something More Like Chat



SPORTS
Dallas Stuns Loaded Lakers In Opener, 99-91

Kobe Bryant goes for the basket in the first half

Mavericks show star-studded Lakers what this team thing is all about

Celtics Cool To Former Teammate Ray Allen, Get Burned By Heat Anyway

Orioles Lead Gold Glove Voting

Stoudemire Out 6-8 Weeks For Knee Surgery

White Sox Turn Down Youkilis’ $13 Million Option

Leyland To Return As Tigers’ Manager

Peavy, White Sox Sign Two Year/$29 Million Extension

Nationals’ LaRoche Wins Gold Glove At First Base



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Oh, The Embarrassment!

Katie Holmes

Revelers with “Free Katie”, “Save Suri” shirts seated next to Holmes & daughter

How Joe Simpson’s Wife Discovered His Affair With 21-Year-Old Boy Toy

Kelsey Grammer: We Took 3-Year-Old To Playboy Mansion Party Because We Couldn’t Find A Sitter

Unspeakable Armenian In New Sex Tape Scandal

Octomom Checks Into Rehab, Leaves Kids With Nannies

Tom Hardy’s Method Acting Driving Charlize Theron Crazy On Mad Max: Fury Road

Does Taylor Swift Already Have A New Boyfriend?



FOREIGNERS
Syrian Rebels Assassinate Loyalist Air Force Commander
Two Gurkhas Shot By Afghan Cop
Bahrain Bans All Opposition Rallies
US, EU Push For Better Relations Between Kosovo, Serbia
Cash-Strapped Scotland Yard May Sell HQ
Anti-Austerity Party Does Well In Sicily Elections
ROK Activists Send Leaflet Balloons North
Polish Investigators Find Explosive Traces In Wreckage Of President’s Plane
Sendai Airport Reopens With WW2 Bomb In Runway
South African Census Shows Big Disparities In Wealth Remain



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Oh, Goody – Barry Is Coming To New Jersey
Commentary: Obama’s Response To Sandy A Contrast To Benghazi
NewsBusters: MSNBC Ridicules Romney For Collecting Food, Supplies For Sandy’s Victims
Lonely Conservative: As The Storm Raged, Liberal Media Was Politicizing Hurricane Sandy
Conservatives4Palin: Al Gore Claims Sandy The Result Of Global Warming
Weekly Standard Blog: Liberals To Romney – Only We Can Politicize Hurricane Sandy
Allahpundit: Obama On BenghaziThe Hurricane – “We Leave Nobody Behind”
Jawa Report: Disney’s…Star Wars VII?
Weasel Zippers: Michelle Obama Says 10-Year-Olds Should Be Working Obama Phone Banks
Rich Lowry: The President’s Insulting Campaign
Power Line: Romney Launches Final Week Blitz
Investor’s Business Daily: A Department Of Business Is None Of Obama’s Business
Breitbart: Facebook Censors Navy SEALS To Protect Obama On Benghazi
Bret Stephens: Obama And Other Has-Beens

Category: Live at Five

FROM OHIO: GROUND GAME REPORT

Posted on | October 30, 2012 | 59 Comments

George and Rosemary Cullen of Clermont County, Ohio

CINCINNATI, Ohio
For the past two days, Ali Akbar and I have been talking to Americans for Prosperity about their grassroots organizing effort here in Ohio. We visited their Columbus office Monday night, talked today to AFP’s Ohio state policy director, Seth Morgan, and drove down here to Cincinnati where they hosted a jam-packed meeting — standing room only — at the Eastgate Holiday Inn. I saw a  post by Ace of Spades talking about the Ohio polls, which inspired me to send a few Tweets about what it looks like on the ground here:

 


 

Folks, there is going to be a turnout effort in Ohio like you’ve never seen. George Cullen has been canvassing door-to-door for the past five weeks. He usually hits about 50 doors a day, but only got 25 under the storm conditions yesterday. He’s a West Point graduate who served six years in the Army, and he says, “The conservatives are very energized.”

George is canvassing for the Republican Party. He was at the AFP meeting here with his wife, Rosemary, who will be volunteering on phone banks with AFP. Remember that the organizing push from AFP — which is actually what is known as “voter education” — is in addition to the official Republican get-out-the-vote operation.

This is my third trip to Ohio. I was here in August right after Paul Ryan was announced as the vice-presidential choice, and came back again in late September, when some polls claimed that Obama was leading by 10 points. With a week to go, I believe Romney’s momentum is still increasing, and I think the polls are substantially underestimating how much difference this fired-up grassroots effort can make.

UPDATE (Smitty): Welcome, Instapundit readers!

UPDATE II: Ann Romney is coming to town Wednesday morning for a Victory Rally in Hamilton.

AFP will bring Fred Thompson to Ohio for three events Thursday. You should follow AFP Ohio on Twitter for updates on their grassroots efforts in this crucial battleground state.

UPDATE III: Becca Lower has a report on the AFP event.




 

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Category: Election 2012, Fear. Loathing., Ohio

‘Benghazi Story’, A Tea Party Protest

Posted on | October 30, 2012 | 8 Comments

by Smitty

Retired General Norwood gathers some Tea Partiers in Florida to protest CBS 10, demanding the media do their jobs and investigate the Benghazi attack:

Barack Obama had better hope he loses next Tuesday. You can’t sit behind the Resolute Desk with this much albatross hanging from your neck.

via Bluegrass Pundit

Update: Instalanche! Thanks, Ed Driscoll!

Update II: linked at Gay Patriot. Thanks, Mr. Blatt!

Category: Florida, Libya, Tea Party

Ladd Ehlinger, Jr. Hanging It Up?

Posted on | October 30, 2012 | 5 Comments

by Smitty

The latest Ladd Ehlinger continues to delight:

It’s with sadness that I read his retirement post there. His edgy work put a great deal of zip into the often boring political discourse, while keeping it rational. Unfortunately, it sounds like the effort to make things boring and predictable has filtered out true creative genius. This is a shame. Ladd has probably forgotten more about the craft of making a movie than I know.

Update: Instalanche, via Ed Driscoll! Thank you, sir.

Category: Ladd Ehlinger

Raaaaacist, Sexist Republican Cuts Ad For Female Minority Candidate In Utah

Posted on | October 30, 2012 | 5 Comments

by Smitty

You can tell the depth and vigor of a candidate’s commitment to Thought Crime by their willingness to compensate for their perfidy:

See how a candidate papers over his misogyny and xenophobia with kind words? Don’t believe your lying eyes and ears. Listen to what Uncle Dave Axelrod says: Republicans hate all non-rich, white, suburban people. All this talk of balanced budgets is just thinly-veiled raaaaacism. Just keep calm, carry on smartly, and stay on the plantation.

via Legal Insurrection

Category: Mitt Romney, Utah

‘We Leave Nobody Behind’

Posted on | October 30, 2012 | 12 Comments

by Smitty

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Top 10 signs you may be Nobody:
10. You have blasphemed the Holy Narrative.
9. You have poked fun at #OccupyResoluteDesk on Twitter.
8. You have attended a Tea Party event.
7. You live in a red state.
6. You are not an Obama bundler.
5. You did not go to an Ivy League school.
4. You live in flyover country.
3. You live in a Southern state.
2. You are a military voter
1. You are named Stevens, Smith, Doherty or Woods

via Breitbart

Update: linked by Paco.
Update II: linked by Hogewash, who fears he may be a nobody.

Category: Barack Obama

Mark October 30 on Your Calendar: Democrat Panic Hits Pandemic Stage

Posted on | October 30, 2012 | 48 Comments

COLUMBUS, Ohio
This will be seen in retrospect as the day liberals began to realize that Obama was going to lose the election, the day The Great Wall of Denial (erected by Nate Silver and the Democrat Graveyard Whistling Choir) proved itself too weak to withstand an encounter with reality.

Yesterday, Jim Messina called the Romney super-PAC’s ad buy in Pennsylvania “desperate.”

Today? Yeah, Obama’s buying ads in Pennsylvania.

Does this mean Romney is going to win Pennsylvania? No, but it does mean that it’s close enough that Team Obama couldn’t afford to let Romney air ads unopposed in Pennsylvania. And this news, coming just four days after it was reported that Team Obama is buying ads in Minnesota, is the best indication that Democrat insiders know that the president’s re-election is seriously endangered.

Liberals may be stupid, but they’re not so stupid they can’t understand what John Nolte’s headline means:

GALLUP: Romney Up 52-45% Among Early Voters

Dude. If Romney’s leading by SEVEN FREAKING POINTS in the early vote — and also leading by six points among voters who tell Gallup they plan to vote on Election Day, Nov. 6 — there is no way that Nate Silver can continue gazing at his Magic Forecasting Model™ and seeing a 72.9% chance of Obama being re-elected. He may continue telling that to his readers, but Nate cannot actually believe that.

 

UPDATE: Who’s been telling you about the “War on Coal“? Yeah, and here’s the Romney ad in Pennsylvania:

Here’s Mark Halperin on MSNBC, grudgingly admitting what the situation in Pennsylvania really means:

If Obama was winning, he could afford to ignore the Romney play in Minnesota and Pennsylvania. But . . . Obama isn’t winning.

 




 

 

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Category: Election 2012, Fear. Loathing., Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Polls
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