Totally vindicated, and he Tweeted out this video:
UPDATE: Oh, yeah — Ladd’s Turn Right USA PAC is dependent on the contributions of grassroots conservatives like you. And me.
Hit his tip jar. I just did!
CA-36: GAME-CHANGER! L.A. Station’s Report Destroys Democrat Janice Hahn
When Janice Hahn’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to KTTV Fox 11 — trying to stop the Los Angeles station from following up on its 2008 investigation of Hahn’s controversial “gang intervention” progam — they probably didn’t expect this. “Large mistake, madame,” says the award-winning Ace of Spades. Because KTTV and Chris Blatchford not only stood by their original coverage, they followed up with an in-depth eight-minute report that devastates Hahn’s credibility:
The special election is Tuesday, and so the final weekend of the campaign is going to be all about Hahn’s gang-bangers.
The Lonely Conservative is on the story.
Bob Belvedere at Camp of the Saints is on the story.
Bryan Preston at PJ Tatler is on the story.
Every blogger’s on it now, or they’ll be on it soon. There is an Army of Davids on the march. We buy our pixels by the metric ton, and this story is likely to dominate the news right up until Election Day. So if by some miracle Janice Hahn loses this otherwise “safe” Democrat seat . . .
Hey, remember that “offensive” ad from Ladd Ehlinger Jr. that every officlal Republican denounced? It worked.
It worked like a $3,000 Swiss watch. Slate’s Dave Weigel explains:
But had the ad never run, is it likely that Fox11 would have revisited its 2008 report on Hahn’s gang rehabilitation program? A report that ends with the anchor telling voters that she dodged their questions and sent them a cease and desist letter?
This is actually how “offensive” ads often work; it’s how the “Willie Horton” ad worked. The campaign distances itself from the imagery (and Huey really had nothing to do with Ladd Ehlinger, Jr’s latest opus) but the question is begged.
Rock on, Ladd.
UPDATE: National Journal has a comprehensive report on the 36th District special election, with this important quote:
NRCC communications director Paul Lindsay said “these new allegations prove that Janice Hahn’s disturbing ties to gang members threaten what once was considered a guaranteed victory for Democrats in a deep-blue district.”
And dude: She’s broke. Busted. Pissed away a million dollars on post cards.
UPDATE II: The Pro from Poca: “A Republican win in a congressional race in California?” Believe it, baby!
UPDATE III: Andrew Breitbart’s got the video.
Fox Nation is on the story and — what did I tell you? — Army of Davids, baby!
UPDATE IV: Mike Flynn at BigGovernment.com on Hahn’s idiotic legal threats against KTTV:
This isn’t just dumb, this is a terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad-day kind of dumb.
Now, the 36th is a Democrat district and I can’t overstate that this is in California. Still, this has to be beyond the pale even for California voters.
Stephen Tawney at The American Pundit is also on the story.
UPDATE V: Welcome, Instapundit readers and, yeah — this isn’t about Jessica Hahn, the chick who did Jim Bakker and also later was Sam Kinison’s girlfriend.
UPDATE VI: Linked by Aleister at American Glob — thanks!
Everything You Will Ever Need to Know About ‘Political Communication Strategy’
“Total candor with the press — or anyone else, for that matter — is not one of the traits most presidential candidates find entirely desirable in their key staff people. Skilled professional liars are as much in demand in politics as they are in the advertising business . . . and the main function of any candidate’s press secretary is to make sure the press gets nothing but upbeat news. There is no point, after all, in calling a press conference to announce that nobody on the staff will be paid this month because three or four of your largest financial backers just called to say they are pulling out and abandoning all hope of victory.
“When something like this happens to you, quickly lock all the doors and send your press secretary out to start whispering, off the record, that your opponent’s California campaign coordinator just called to ask for a job.
“This kind of devious bullshit is standard procedure in most campaigns. Everybody is presumed to understand it — even the reporters who can’t keep a straight face when they’re jotting it all down for page one of the early edition . . .”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72
Trek Pussy: The Final Frontier In Disaffected Obama Supporters
by Smitty (h/t Miss Cellania)
SHOCKING REPUBLICAN SCANDAL!
EXCLUSIVE — Major news organizations were scrambling Thursday to confirm allegations of one of the most bizarre scandals in the entire history of the Republican Party, sources say.
“It’s incredible,” one GOP operative said, describing the desperate attempts by investigative journalists to confirm the shocking rumors that began swirling via e-mail about a sordid fundraising scam by a mysterious right-wing organization believed to be located in Masschusetts, known only as “American Glob.”
The Massachusetts connection led many reporters to assume that Republican front-runner Mitt Romney was behind the shadowy group. However, two independent sources confirmed that several organizers for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were Continue reading SHOCKING REPUBLICAN SCANDAL! →
Democrats to America: ‘Sucks to Be You!’
“Did you get an 8% salary increase this year? I don’t think I know anyone who did. Then again, I don’t know anyone who works for President Obama. They have it really good, even better than they had it last year . . .”
Obama: ‘Hey, Grandma, There’s Still Room for You Under This Bus!’
Or, “They Told Glenn Reynolds if He Voted for John McCain, We’d Have a President Cutting Benefits for Senior Citizens — and They Were Right!”
President Obama is pressing congressional leaders to consider a far-reaching debt-reduction plan that would force Democrats to accept major changes to Social Security and Medicare in exchange for Republican support for fresh tax revenue.
This is simply stunning: Obama has apparently decided that his main goal in this negotiation is to increase taxes by any means necessary, so that “fresh tax revenue” is the one point he will not cede, even if it means abandoning the Democrats’ claim as the party of Social Security.
Oliver Willis is shocked and demands a filibuster to stop any deal on Social Security, inspiring mockery from Donald Douglas. But let me just point out: If Obama’s lost Oliver Willis . . .
NC-13: Nathan Tabor for Congress
A good friend of mine tosses his hat into the ring to take on Democrat Rep. Brad Miller in North Carolina’s newly re-drawn 13th District, sending this e-mail to supporters:
Dear Friend,
Several months ago, running for public office was the furthest thing from my mind. Then I was approached by several folks who started discussing the “what if’s” of the new Congressional District maps. After seeing the maps on Friday, I’ve decided that with the current economic and social crisis destroying our great nation, now is the time to run for the North Carolina 13th Congressional District.
The deciding factors for my decision to run for Congress were: the direction the nation has taken under the Obama Administration and the Democrats in both houses of Congress, and the need to return to conservative values that buttress a capitalist system that can create opportunities for every American.
My main focus will be jobs, jobs, jobs. We must cut taxes and regulations on business owners, and we must lower our dependency on foreign oil. We must also reestablish the moral fiber of our society.
It’s time for principled leadership in Washington that follows the Constitution.
You have my word that I will work hard during this campaign. I want to hear your thoughts, concerns and questions. I want to earn your prayers, support and vote. . . .
Conservatively Yours,
Nathan Tabor
Nathan is a businessman with extraordinary New Media savvy, having run the Web design firm TCV Media and a successful news and opinion site, The Conservative Voice, which he subsequently sold to Salem Communications, which merged it into Townhall.com. Nathan is the author of The Beast on the East River: The U.N.’s Threat to America’s Sovereignty, and I’ve known him and his lovely wife Jordan since we met at a CPAC reception in 2007. You can read his biography here.
Keeping up the conservative momentum from 2010 means challenging vulnerable incumbent Democrats with strong Republican candidates. Re-districting makes Brad Miller vulnerable, and Tabor is certainly a strong challenger. He’s also my friend.
I’m proud to support Nathan’s campaign, and I hope you will, too.