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‘Red Blog Needs Food Badly’ #GauntletRef RT @BarackObama: What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden?

Posted on | November 2, 2012 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

So, yeah, I’ll be off to Room 101 for this. . .

Category: Barack Obama

FOUR MORE DAYS: Kid Rock Tonight in the Only County That Matters

Posted on | November 2, 2012 | 12 Comments

The National Affairs Desk, Blue Ash, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2012

BLUE ASH, Ohio
Six days since Ali Akbar and I arrived in Ohio, four days until Election Day, and we are right now at the epicenter of the political universe:

Butler County may prove to be the key to the entire 2012 election, Ground Zero of the battle for the White House and essential to Mitt Romney’s hopes for victory. That explains why, when the Romney campaign scheduled Friday’s massive “Victory Rally” to kick off a four-day final pre-Election Day tour, they chose Butler County as the site.
An all-star cast of Republicans — including Rudy Giuliani, House Speaker John Boehner, Condoleezza Rice and Marco Rubio — will join Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan at an event in West Chester featuring Kid Rock as musical entertainment. The rally is expected to draw greater attendance than the Republican National Convention — some have dubbed it “RNC II” — and such a crowd is expected that the doors will open four hours ahead of the 7:30 p.m. start of the rally.
To understand why this suburb of Cincinnati is so essential to Republican success, it is necessary to look at the past two elections. In 2004, when George W. Bush carried Ohio by more than 100,000 votes, approximately half his margin of victory came from Butler County, where he defeated Democrat John Kerry by about 53,000 votes. In 2008, however, when Barack Obama won Ohio by a margin of 250,000 votes, the GOP margin for John McCain in Butler County was less than 40,000 votes — roughly a 4,500-vote decline for the Republicans and nearly a 10,000-vote increase for Democrats.
With this year’s fight for Ohio’s crucial 18 Electoral College votes expected to be extremely close, the difference of a few thousand extra votes for Romney in Butler County might be the difference between victory and defeat. On Election Night, then, analysts will be watching returns from this county very closely. If early returns show Romney near 65 percent here, he’ll likely be the next President of the United States. If not …

Read the whole thing at The American Spectator, and keep in mind something I said last night on Twitter:

All the polls in the world are moot now, because this election is within a range where the winner will be the team with superior turnout. The three most important factors now are:

  1. Turnout;
  2. Turnout; and
  3. Turnout.

If Romney can’t get the numbers he needs in Butler County, Romney won’t win Ohio, and if Romney doesn’t win Ohio, it’s another four years for Obama. Period. It is therefore no exaggeration at all to call this the make-or-break point for the entire election. So now . . .

 

Yeah, OK, let’s talk polls, but anybody can talk polls, and I feel slightly guilty talking polls when the tip-jar hitters are paying me to be in Ohio, and I could be talking polls at home in my pajamas. Nate Silver gets paid six figures by the New York Times and never has to leave his Brooklyn apartment while telling the whole world that it is now a scientific certainty that Obama has a 80.9 percent likelihood of re-election.

Let me tell you something: As much as I want to defeat Obama, I want to destroy Nate Silver.

And I’m sure you do, too, which should be all the motivation anyone needs to go all-out for the next four days, to ensure that Nate’s a laughingstock on Nov. 7. Please hit the tip-jar.




 

PREVIOUSLY:


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

E-MAIL TO LARRY SINCLAIR

Posted on | November 2, 2012 | 12 Comments

Readers will pardon this unfortunate necessity:

Larry:
Bill Schmalfeldt is jumping up and down yelling about a bunch of insanity you spouted on your show last night, which I don’t have time to sort through. I’m covering a presidential campaign, having traveled to Ohio at considerable expense, a trip I could not have made without the assistance of Ali Akbar.
Schmalfeldt’s motives for attacking me and Ali are obvious enough — Schmalfeldt is a liberal and an ally of Neal Rauhauser — but your motives in abetting this malicious defamation puzzle me. This is nothing more than a distraction, and I have no alternative but to suppose that its purpose is the same as its effect, that you (and Schmalfeldt, et al.) are deliberately endeavoring to distract Ali and me from the work we are doing.
And hey, Larry, “bloviating blowhard … Michelle Malkin“? Good luck with the rest of your life, sir.
As I told someone several weeks ago, if you think you’re going to throw Ali Akbar under your bus, I’ve got news for you: Your bus ain’t big enough. Ali’s valuable services to the conservative cause are so widely known, by so many estimable people in the conservative movement, that these vile falsehoods you are promoting cannot really harm him, even if they hurt him. Only a sadistic personality could take pleasure in smearing someone under such circumstances, and your wickedness is therefore self-evident.
In September, I reached out to you because I believed you were a good person who had somehow been manipulated into mistakenly attacking me. What you have done now convinces me that I must have misjudged the situation, and that you have become an active and willing agent of evil. Repent before it is too late.
— RSM

Everybody should hit the tip-jar. I don’t know what the hell Sinclair is talking about, but I’m covering a presidential election, and there are only four days to go. Starting Nov. 7, I’m going to have a lot more time to pay attention to this nonsense, but right now there is a job to do.





Category: Fear. Loathing., The Kimberlin Files

VIDEO: ‘It’s Time for the Truth’

Posted on | November 2, 2012 | 3 Comments

New ad from Women United PAC hits Obama on the Benghazi cover-up:

It’s a video. On the Internet. And the Muslim Brotherhood won’t like it. Meanwhile, the latest news:

Sources, emails point to communication breakdown
in Obama administration during Libya attack

Category: Election 2012, Libya, Uncategorized, Video

‘The Greatest Feelings of Prejudice’

Posted on | November 2, 2012 | 13 Comments

This is called “blaming the victims” :

Pickering said that Americans’ lack of familiarity with Islam –and not Islamic terrorist attacks on Americans— fuels hostility toward Muslims.
“Data shows that those Americans who do not know Muslims, who do not know much about Islam, are the ones who harbor the greatest feelings of prejudice,” he said.
There is a “strong, continuing, and perhaps, in an unfortunate way in some areas, growing, prejudice against Muslims and Islam,” he said.

Muslims hate Americans so much they’ll kill themselves in suicide attacks against us — and then dance in the streets to celebrate what they evidently consider a  “victory” for their faith — yet Thomas Pickering thinks the real problem is American “prejudice.” This kind of matters, because of who Thomas Pickering is:

Pickering’s pontifications came two and a half weeks after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named him to head a State Department “Accountability Review Board” tasked with examining the circumstances surrounding the deaths on Sept. 11, 2012, the 11th anniversary of 9/11, of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, information management officer Sean Smith, and security personnel Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.

Read the whole thing.

Category: Islam, Libya

Political Chick Flick In A Nutshell

Posted on | November 2, 2012 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

This is great:

The larger question is, Why. Are. People. Voting. Hormonally?

If I’ve gleaned anything these last years, it’s that the more simple, boring, rational, and close to a mathematical proof that politics are, the better. Sure, appeals have to be made to the testosterone and the estrogen; we are humans after all. But less is more.

via Dr. Sanity, with more at The National Review (via Insty).

Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 11.02.12

Posted on | November 2, 2012 | 5 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Anger As Fuel Shortages Hamper Storm Recovery

Tempers flare at a Queens gas station

ConEd says power may not come on in outer boroughs until November 11; over 50% of gas stations in NY/NJ area closed
Death toll rises to 41
Mixed emotions about Bloomberg’s decision to go ahead with marathon
Staten Island: the forgotten borough?


Obama Expands Lead In Michigan
Freep/Channel 7 poll shows Obama up 48-42, 10% undecided

Romney Makes His Case In Virginia
Makes joint appearance with Eric Cantor, prominent Commonwealth Republicans



POLITICS
Storm-wracked States Prepare For Election Day

Debris, destroyed houses line a street in Long Beach, NY

Election officials scramble to relocate polling locations, move displaced election officials, and find generators


Stabenow A Lock For Third Term?

Campaigns Lawyered Up For Election Overtime

Obama Bodyguard Found Dead In Apparent Suicide

O’Malley: Maryland’s Gay Marriage Law In Good Shape

Expats In Mexico Keep An Eye On US Politics

In Wisconsin, The Real Battleground Is Rural

Texas, Iowa Bar UN Observers From Polls

Hagel Endorses Kerrey For Nebraska Senate Seat



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Prices Mixed On Subdued Post-Storm Demand: NYMEX $86.81, Brent $107.97
Consumer Confidence At Four-Year High
Starbucks’ European Tax Bill Just $1.2 Million Last Year
Dollar Advances Ahead Of Jobs Report
US Stocks End 1% Higher On Upbeat Data
Fitch Cuts Sharp’s Credit Rating To “Junk”
Apple’s Samsung Apology Reprimanded By UK Judge As “Non-compliant”
“Pinch” Connects Multiple Devices To Create One Display
Wireless Service Recovers In Sandy-Affected Areas; Only 20% Of Towers Offline Now
Mexican Drug Cartels Enslave Engineers To Build Radio Network
Facebook Tests Hotspots That Give Free Wi-Fi With Checkins
Google’s List Of Antitrust Issues Gets Longer
Walmart To Challenge Apple And Roku With Boxee



SPORTS
Chargers Strike Fast, End Skid By Beating Chiefs

Chiefs QB Matt Cassel gets taken down

Norv Turner’s job safe for another week as San Diego thumps KC 31-13

Parker’s Buzzer-Beater Quiets Harden Talk

Patriots Take A Chance On Aqib Taleb

LSU Seeks Payback Vs. Tide

Marlins Sign Mike Redmond

Spurrier: Alabama Could Beat NFL Teams

Hurricanes Rout Hokies 30-12

Rangers Interested In Signing David Ortiz?

Doblin: Bloomberg Wrong On NYC Marathon

LaRoche, Burnett Decline Options, Elect Free Agency



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
“Retired Multi-Millionaire” Amanda Bynes To Sue InTouch Magazine

Amanda Bynes

Suing magazine over story claiming she paraded nude around a tanning salon


Britney Spears Case Dismissed; Judge Throws Out Lutfi’s Entire Lawsuit

Charlie Sheen Back On Coke? Nope, It’s An Ear Infection

Chris Brown Terrorizes Hollywood In Taliban Costume

Bristol Palin Smitten With New Boyfriend

Avril Lavigne’s Ex-Husband Dresses Up As Her For Halloween

Francis Lawrence To Direct Remaining “Hunger Games” Movies

Jamie Foxx In Talks To Play “Spiderman 2” Villain



FOREIGNERS
Syrian Loyalists Withdraw From Last Base Linking Aleppo To South
Halloween Stampede Kills Three In Madrid
Kuwait Frees Opposition Leader After Arrest Of Protesters
Amid Heavy Security, Chicoms Prepare For Leadership Handoff
Russian Defense Minister In Hot Water
Elephant Talk: Look Who’s Speaking Korean



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: No Word Or Not On Whether Bob Menendez Has a Wide Stance
Troglopundit: Has Anyone Photoshopped Nana Gouvea Into A Picture Of The Obama Campaign Yet?
Doug Powers: Bloomberg Endorses A Candidate
NewsBusters: No Time For Benghazi, But ABC Has Time To Cover Bloomberg’s Endorsement
Lonely Conservative: CIA On Defense, Says They Sent Half A Dozen Operatives To Benghazi
American Power: US Effort In Benghazi At Heart A CIA Operation
Sense Of Events: Panetta Says He Ordered Armed Response To Benghazi Attack
Gateway Pundit: Las Vegas Review Journal Skewers Obama Over Benghazi Lies And Omissions
Protein Wisdom: Officials Tell Eli Lake State Never Requested Military Backup
Rick Moran”: How To Tell Which Campaign Thinks They’re Winning – And Losing
Dana Loesch: Non-Union Crews Turned Away From Helping Sandy Victims
Hugh Hewitt: Donald Rumsfeld, Mark Steyn, And Jake Tapper On Benghazi
American Thinker: GOP’s Massive Ground Game Could Flip Wisconsin To Romney
Lisa Schiffren: Lessons From Experience In Sex And Politics
NRO: Chris Christie – Apolitical And Loving It
Weasel Zippers: Federal Judge Blocks Administration From Forcing Catholic Business To Comply With HHS Mandate
Gay Patriot: Gay Leftist Radio Host Advises Gay Romney Supporter To Commit Suicide, Says He Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Vote

Category: Live at Five

You Should Watch This Video

Posted on | November 1, 2012 | 6 Comments

A full hour long, this is an appearance Andrew Breitbart made in September 2011 at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California. It starts kinda slow, but you really should grab a chair, get yourself a sandwich, click “view full screen” and watch the whole thing. I promise you, it’s worth your time and will leave you feeling inspired.

Category: Andrew Breitbart, Video
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