by Smitty (via HotAir)
Endorsing Charlie Crist? Why? Did Maria hack Arnie’s Twitter account?
Brothers in ideological vacuum, I suppose.
Could Governor Crist have bought the endorsement, somehow?
Utterly pointless political move, that.
"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler
by Smitty (via HotAir)
Endorsing Charlie Crist? Why? Did Maria hack Arnie’s Twitter account?
Brothers in ideological vacuum, I suppose.
Could Governor Crist have bought the endorsement, somehow?
Utterly pointless political move, that.
This video was recorded nine days ago, when everybody’s favorite rocket scientist, Ruth McClung, was just beginning her surge in Arizona’s 7th District:
If Grijalva was scared to death before, he’s positively mortified since Sarah Palin endorsed Ruth yesterday. Today I got this e-mail from Democracy for America, the “progressive” group founded by Howard Dean:
Robert –
We’ve already told you that Wall Street has set its sights on defeating Progressive Hero Raul Grijalva. Yesterday, Sarah Palin joined in on the act and announced her endorsement for Raul’s Republican opponent.
Corporations can spend unlimited money, right-wing groups like the Chamber of Commerce aren’t worried about their public reputation, and Sarah Palin has nothing to lose by going after the leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
They will spend millions and go all out to win — the good news is we’re going to beat them. We’ve got you.
People power is the only thing that can beat big corporate money — it’s the only thing that ever has and it’s the only thing that ever will. There is nothing more effective than talking directly to a voter.
That’s why we’ve launched our Call Out The Vote campaign with our friends at the PCCC. Together, we’re going to make 500,000 calls to voters in swing districts where there are progressives on the ballot. But we need your help to do it. Will you sign up to volunteer and start making calls to voters in Raul’s district right now? . . .
So far this month, we’ve made 117,135 calls for endorsed candidates across the country. That’s an amazing number of calls and it’s exactly the sort of people power we need to beat back the millions of dollars that big banks, insurance companies and Wall Street are spending to elect right-wing Republicans across the country.
We have two choices. We can choose to do nothing and let Teabagger candidates and corporate sellouts win the House of Representatives and push an agenda that would make Dick Cheney blush. Or we can roll up our sleeves and elect the bold progressives we need to maintain a leaner, meaner majority in the House — one where progressive leaders like Grijalva and Grayson make the difference between victory and defeat.
I know what I’m going to do. Join me and thousands of others across the country — sign up to make calls now. . . .
We’re calling five days a week for these last few weeks of the campaign, so sign up to make calls now or find a time that works for you.
Thank you for everything you do.-Nick
Nick Passanante, Deputy Field Director
Democracy for America
So you see how DFA is asking their “progressive” supporters to donate money and make phone calls to help Raul Grijalva beat Ruth McClung. What are you doing to help Ruth McClung win? Can’t you give her $20?
The Hill today said of McClung’s challenge: “Even liberal Democrats from normally safe districts are embroiled in tough reelection races this cycle.” VodkaPundit says it shows, “Dems just can’t catch a break this time around.” This is a winnable race between an excellent Republican and one of the worst Democrats in Congress.
RUTH McCLUNG for CONGRESS
Because Once Sean Bielat Builds Ace’s Robot,
She’ll Build the Rocket to Send It to Space
by Smitty
“Well, there’s desperation and then there’s reptilian desperation – and this is the reptilian variety,” Krauthammer said.
What a fantastic excuse to link the latest John Paul Jones project, ‘Them Crooked Vultures’ doing ‘Reptiles’:
Continue reading Krauthammer Attributes White House C.O.C. Accusations To ‘Reptilian Desperation’ →
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick’s campaign announced today that President Obama will be here Saturday for a fundraiser and public rally at the Hynes Convention Center.
Every Tea Party and 9/12 group in Massachusetts is calling for volunteers to greet the president. We remember the turnout in January when Obama came to Boston to campaign for Martha Coakley.
When Democrats have to bring the president to a deep-blue state like Massachusetts in October . . . ?
UPDATE: There are rumors that Barney Frank, concerned about Sean Bielat’s insurgency in the 4th District, has asked Obama to make an appearance in the Newton area. Please give to the Bielat money-bomb at Bye Bye Barney!
UPDATE II: Obama’s Boston visit could be another omen of the Democrat mass-extinction event coming Nov. 2.
Given how disappointed and disillusioned Obama’s supporters are, my slow-typing friend Pete Da Tech Guy thinks Obama will actually hurt Democrats here:
But what do I know? I’m just a fat guy in a fedora.
Speaking of fat guys: Bye Bye Barney!
by Smitty
Clinton, lurking about and supporting Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY25), accidentally sneaks up on the obvious.
Clinton said the tea partiers and the Republicans want to break the power of the federal government.
Also, humidors are stocked with things that, sometimes, are just cigars.
Be sure to check out Dan Maffei’s GOP challenger Ann Marie Buerkle.
No, not you, Mr. Clinton.
by Smitty
VotS is offering a critical service to the dextrosphere, sifting through a truly odious show and fisking it for your safety. Don’t try this at home. Call it Dare of the Hog, to go with VodkaPundit’s Hair of the Dog.
Have a go at the last couple of weeks:
Thanks, VotS!
A very simple question: “[A]ren’t there a lot of seat-warmers at Fannie and Freddie who collect their salaries for the express purpose of reading mortgage documents?”
Doug Ross calls our attention to the role of these “government-sponsored entities” in the massive screw-up of mortgage paperwork that now threatens to freeze the entire U.S. housing market:
Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Maxine Waters and the rest of the social engineering geniuses who protected Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from regulatory oversight . . . should be serving life sentences in Leavenworth.
OK, but first let’s get them out of Congress.
by Smitty (via Insty)
My reply to the Stanford Daily is halfway down the page. Do a search for ‘Smith’. This was in response to SD’s ludicrous attack on Victor Davis Hanson, documented here.
Hopefully SD’s whiplash isn’t too severe from all this.