Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Not only is the phone ringing, but after someone answers it there are other people listening to the conversation.

Hey, in an economy like this one, who can sleep?

8~)

Al Gore won't endorse Obama so Obama endorses him. An old and kind of cheap political stunt.

You're not gonna add *teacher* to your name now are you , Sheila? By the way Sheila , way back in August I did sign up for that "Quechup". However , I've never done anything with it. Today , I got a message from some 31 year-old woman from Sweden who said she is traveling to the U.S. this Summer. She is looking to make new friends.

Political Stunts are kind of his stock in trade.

bad economy ....say hello to Margaritaville

Well drink the margaritas, but where you gonna go when ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxuaUaS4rU0&feature=related

Anyone know the status of the housing bill in the senate? I've had C-SPAN on for 30 min. or so waiting, but it seems they've not given the results of the smoky back room meeting that was supposed to hash this thing out. It just says that the Banking Cmte. leaders were supposed to present a bill outline "today."

Ooh. The Simpsons just came on. Never mind.

THE AGE OF THE NOVEL: A golden age of novelization began in 1992.

...Michael Gerson begins his column with one of this era’s earliest tales. Please enjoy the “dramatic moment” as we get to hear, once again, the dramatic tale in which the vile, imperious Bill Clinton “humiliates” a great good man:

GERSON (4/2/08): Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr.’s endorsement of Barack Obama last week...recalled another dramatic moment in Democratic politics. In the summer of 1992, as Bill Clinton solidified his control over the Democratic Party, Robert P. Casey, Sr., the senator's father, was banned from speaking to the Democratic convention for the heresy of being pro-life.

But the story is not so simple. According to those who actually doled out the 1992 convention speaking slots, Casey was denied a turn for one simple reason: his refusal to endorse the Clinton-Gore ticket. "It's just not factual!" stammers James Carville, apoplectic over Casey's claims. "You'd have to be idiotic to give a speaking role to a person who hadn't even endorsed you." "Why are you doing this to me?" moans Paul Begala, who, with Carville, managed two Casey campaigns before joining Clinton's team in 1992. " I love Bob Casey, but my understanding was that the dispute was not about his right-to-life views, it was about the Clinton-Gore ticket."

http://dailyhowler.com/

The more lies that were told about Al Gore, the more the media accused him of dishonesty. John Kerry's wartime heroism became a liability in comparison to the signature draft-dodging of the Bush administration. Clinton's exaggerated account of bravery in Bosnia was reprehensible, and dumb, but the pundits howling in rage were unmoved by the casual and continual fictions of Ronald Reagan. Concentration-camp liberations, imaginary black friends, millionaire welfare queens — Reagan manufactured them monthly, and whenever it was revealed they had no basis in fact, he grinned his engaging grin and said, in effect, “You didn't take me seriously, did you?” The media loved him for it.

The media does not love Hillary Clinton. (Unlike Reagan, she usually makes it impossible for them to believe they're smarter than she is.) And they're determined to keep her from winning the nomination
http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=09abea3a-3379-4fa4-9aff-e0f5154aa97c

I hope she won't be too fatigued and make a mistake (or misspeak) at 3 a.m.

The last time she was so fatigued, she imagined having been in a fire fight in Bosnia after the war had pretty much ended. She spoke about it as if it really, truly happened.

digs buffet's short shorts in that video.....

I guess we'll go where--- it .. don't.. snow !!!!

.....such ...happy time music....senseless brainless..

http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/02/lieberman-stabs-obama/

KGC------------------------------

The last paragraph from your link:

"It happens that the Democrats have another attractive candidate; the media seem to love him. Will they love him as much when he's running against a white male Republican? We hope so. We doubt it."

(It's all about stopping Hillary.)

Burrito,

Get a head start on the weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8nH4kHjxk

K,
What did they mean, kill him? The voters in CT. obviously didn't want to "take him out". You know, Jews don't take kindly to this kind of talk. Lieberman was Obama mentor in Congress. Maybe he should have "taken out Obama". Now MSNBC would love that remark had it been made by the McCain camp.

Umm....it's 3 a.m. and the vending machine where I work took my money and did not give me my bottle of pop and that was the only dollar I had?

JP Morgan Pays $2 a Share for Bear Stearns

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
Published: March 17, 2008
In a shocking deal reached on Sunday to save Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay a mere $2 a share to buy all of Bear — less than one-tenth the

Mark Lennihan/Associated Press
The headquarters of Bear Stearns on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.

Related
Fears That Bear Stearns’s Downfall May Spread (March 17, 2008)
Fair Game: Rescue Me: A Fed Bailout Crosses a Line (March 16, 2008)
Fed Chief Shifts Path, Inventing Policy in Crisis (March 16, 2008)
Run on Big Wall St. Bank Spurs Rescue Backed by U.S. (March 15, 2008)
News Analysis: A Wall Street Domino Theory (March 15, 2008)
News Analysis: F.D.R.’s Safety Net Gets a Big Stretch (March 15, 2008)
Times Topics: Bear Stearns Companies
Times Topics: J. P. Morgan Chase & CompanyAs part of the watershed deal, JPMorgan and the Federal Reserve will guarantee the huge trading obligations of the troubled firm, which was driven to the brink of bankruptcy by what amounted to a run on the bank

The agreement ended a day in which bankers and policy makers were racing to complete the takeover agreement before financial markets in Asia opened on Monday, fearing that the financial panic could spread if the 85-year-old investment bank failed to find a buyer
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/business/17bear.html

Max

The point is that the Woods Fund is a legitimate charitable group that has done good work in Chicago, particularly in slum areas. Quite truthfully, I'm worried less about any potential Arabic associations that I am by Rezko. That involves money in direct support of Sen Obama. Are the charges true about his failure to cleanup slum properties? Did Sen Obama (whether knowingly or unknowingly get Rezko special treatment) etc.

Money is almost always the source of corruption. The whole religious/middle east potential conspiracy blah blah is just pretty darn far fetched. Now a lot of these charities were front organizations for Saudi funds into possible terrorist organizations. All of that came out after 9/11 but it doesn't look as if the Woods Fund was one of the ones shut down.

IOW - There just doesn't seem to be any there there other than possible financial shenanigans.

Lieberman became Obama's mentor when Obama was sworn into the Senate in 2005. They stayed close at Thursday night's event, too, entering the room together and working the crowd in tandem.

By Stephanie Reitz, Associated Press Writer | March 31, 2006

HARTFORD, Conn. --U.S. Sen. Barack Obama rallied Connecticut Democrats at their annual dinner Thursday night, throwing his support behind mentor and Senate colleague Joe Lieberman.

Obama, an Illinois Democrat who is considered a rising star in the party, was the keynote speaker at the annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey Dinner.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/03/31/obama_rallies_state_democrats_throws_support_behind_lieberman/

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200702200003

BTW

It's not just financial. You can do sports, entertainment, politics, and news events as well

http://us.newsfutures.com/

Ooops...Jamie beat me to the "financial teaching moment."
But at least I got the scoop on SCORES.

Sheila are you going to put "Teacher" on the end of your name now?"

No Corey you snarky little butt head.... ;0)

I was trying to make a point with out getting 'A Pile On" from hurt feelings and stepped on toes. Did pretty good, I thought.

A lot more Bear Stearns Weekends are coming

http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/02/fdic-bracing-for-bank-failures.html

just tried to watch Tweety and BHO.....that was painful. Has anyone seen the whole show yet? Does it get better?

It has been my experience as a 3rd shifter that if something happens at 3 a.m. and you call a big boss , they usually do not arrive until at least 6 a.m. Of course , if you DON'T call them , they wonder why you DIDN'T call them.

Jamie,

I just want you on the record. You can reply with a yes or no. If the following is true, will it hurt Obama?

1. Khaldi and Obama were old buddies from Columbia and Barak knew exactly what Rashid advocated.

2. Rezko met Khadili (through Obama?) and gave him money.

3. Rezko gave Obama money.

4. Rezko got some of his money from Auchi. Certainly the money to land Obama's house deal.

5. Obama knew Auchi, was aware of the money Auchi gave Rezko and the history of Auchi. (met Auchi?)

6. Obama directed money towards AAAN (Khalidi) and knew AAAN collaboarted with Cairs (despite the record and charter of Cairs at the time).

7. Obama got Trinity money through Woods Fund

8. Jesse Jackson Jr. had a relationship with Cairs

9. Jesse Jackson Jr. was appointed as co-chairman to Obama's campaign

10. Al-Hanooti arrested (spy for Saddam) and others deported, arrested and indicted from Cairs (even before 2002)

None of this will appear as Nader has claimed to be at best Pro-Palestian (Hamas)? There will be no grounds to explore Woods Fund, Khadili. Auchi in relationship to Rezko and Obama for quid pro quo? None of this will hurt the credibility of Obama in regards to Jewish voters, his foreign policy advisors or the perception that both Obama's Middle Eastern friends and his Pastor connections sport anti-Israeli positons he should have none about and which he helped fund?

This from a person who Lieberman mentored all the way to his convention speech? And during this time, Obama voiced hawkish over Iran and opposition to Hamas?

So will this hurt Obama should more evidence back this up?

Asleep At The Wheel - My Baby Thinks She's A Train lyrics

It's 3am in the morning
That train whistle is blowing
It sounds like some lonesome song
Got in my soul
My baby flipped the blanket
She won't be back no more
She makes a whistle stop
Then she's gone again
Sometimes it's hard
Hard on a poor boy's brain
Poor boys brain
I'm telling you boys
My baby thinks she's a train

[Chorus]
Lawd lawd lawdy the way she moves
Drags me round like an old caboose
I'm telling you boys thats girl's insane
My baby thinks she's a train

Choo choo ain't just some train sound
It's the noise that you hear
When my baby hits town
With her long hair flying
Man she's hard to tame
What you s'pposed to do when
Your baby thinks she's a train

She eats money like a train eats coal
She burns it up and leaves you in the smoke
If you wanna catch her ride
You wait till she unwinds
She's just like a train
She always gives some bum a ride

[Chorus]
My baby thinks she's a train

tweety asked obama why after hearing wrights remarks did he stay in the church and donate 27,000
obama said he never heard those remarks until they hit the media

LOL...habits are hard to break. I think I spelled Khalidi three different ways...LOL Sorry, I wasn't proof checking.

BTW...given McCain's on the record statements about not know much about the economy, it shouldn't be too hard for either Hillary OR Obama to run against him on that subject.

People vote for people they like. Then they arrange the candidates good points and bad points by way of mental rationalization so that their choice ends up making absolute perfect sense.

So whatever the tid-bit of the day is, I have yet to see anyone "budge" from their current candidate of choice. I do think that this primary is about to get really ugly. I can't imagine what will happen after PA.

--She probably ran it because it was cheap to produce. Already had a lot of the clips, and it show some consistency of message ( not that I agree with this choice)

I'm not a huge Terry Gross fan, but I have to say that she's had a couple of pretty damn good shows last night and tonight:

Last night was an interview with Steve Coll (former WashPo foreign correspondent, M.E. and now with the New Yorker), who was talking about his new book on the extended bin Laden clan. Sounds like a great book. Anyway...Coll also indicated in the interview that he believes the conditions for capturing or killing Osama bin Laden have never been greater since 9/11 than they are right now and in the next year or so. First, Coll says, OBL's support in the tribal areas of Pakistan is eroding, because plain folks there are pissed about all the jihadi violence and are more likely to drop a dime on him. Second, the new government in Pakistan has an even greater incentive than Pervo did to capture bin Laden -- just to prove that a democratic approach is better than a militaristic approach in fighting terrorism. Also, highly ironic point that Pervo has had a disincentive all these years to actually capture bin Laden because it would dry up the flow of billions from the Bush-Cheney crowd. All interesting points by Coll.

Tonight, TG interviewed Eric Lichtblau -- the NYT reporter who talked about the stories he broke on domestic wiretapping, bank-record snooping, etc., and all the pressures from the White House (fueled by outright lies and misrepresentations) that were brought to bear on him and the New York Times top brass.

Both would be worth tracking down to listen to online, if NPR posts those "Fresh Air" interviews.

Larry Sinclair Update:

Sinclair to File Affidavit Involving Obama’s Murdered Choirmaster

"Big Head DC has learned that Larry Sinclair, the Minnesota man who claims to have used drugs and had sex with Sen. Barack Obama in 1999, is in the process of filing an affidavit with homicide detectives at the Chicago Police Department. The affidavit involves Sinclair’s alleged communications with Donald Young, a gay choirmaster at Obama’s controversial church, who was murdered just before Christmas 2007. Sinclair has said that Young contacted him several times before his murder. It is believed that they discussed in detail Sinclair’s allegations"

http://bigheaddc.com/category/larry-sinclair/

"getting 'A Pile On" from hurt feelings and stepped on toes. Did pretty good, I thought. "

ROFL. Trust me. You never hurt my feelings or step on my toes.

"what exactly was so painful for you watch?"

Well, Obama continuing to lie by saying he NEVER ONCE heard any of those Rev. Wright statements for one. How is he slipping around this? The man has more teflon coating than Ronnie Raygun. Obviously he heard them at some point.

Corey...glad to see you online, and not to rub it in...but whatever is in the water up there in Detroit, it's been pretty good for my visiting Royals this week. We kicked Tiger butt again today!

(I promise, though, I'll pull for your boys in the playoffs. I like that team)

I don't know , LL. I'm just glad I didn't get up early ro watch the game on TV.

Sen. Stabenow’s Hubby Caught In Hooker Sting

"The co-founder and former CEO of the liberal-progressive Democracy Radio and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught in February by a Troy police sting aimed at catching prostitutes, according to a police report.Thomas L. Athans was stopped Feb. 26 by undercover officers investigating a possible prostitution ring in a room at the Residence Inn near Big Beaver and Interstate 75. Athans paid a 20-year-old prostitute $150 for sex in a Troy hotel but was not arrested, according to police reports obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by The Detroit News. The police report said officers observed Athans enter a room under surveillance and leave 15 minutes later. Detectives followed and stopped Athans’ silver 2002 Cadillac DeVille on Interstate 75 near Square Lake Road."

http://bigheaddc.com/category/debbie-stabenow/

Gordo..

Funny post. If nothing else, it proves that the distance from Square Lake to Big Beaver is never quite as far as it seems.

Wow....Poor Stabenow.

That's where I live and work. I live 2 minutes from the sting point and I work 5 minutes from the apprehension point.

I don't care about fault, I only saw the beginning and it sounded too much like his stump.

Have you seen Obama in person? If you had, you would recognize his pattern and topics, that was my comment.

I always want to see more from candidates, either in personality, some new content, just anything that will shine more light onto th real person. What little I saw, seemed flat.

Should have stayed with it Burrito.

The more he spoke, the more a became impressed at the answers he gave.

I understand though, when someone GAG's you, its hard to sit still. Hope you can hide you eyes at some point and listen anyway.

Max,

just want you on the record. You can reply with a yes or no. If the following is true, will it hurt Obama?

1. Khaldi and Obama were old buddies from Columbia and Barak knew exactly what Rashid advocated.

Who has testified to this. Were they roomates or just attending the same 10,000 student university at the same time?

2. Rezko met Khadili (through Obama?) and gave him money.

And you know this how. Did Obama introduce them? Who says so?

3. Rezko gave Obama money.

This we know and it bothers me because of the slum associations

4. Rezko got some of his money from Auchi. Certainly the money to land Obama's house deal.

And you know this how. Who has testified to it?

5. Obama knew Auchi, was aware of the money Auchi gave Rezko and the history of Auchi. (met Auchi?)

First you say Obama knew Auchi and then you put a ? Again whose testimony? When Where?

6. Obama directed money towards AAAN (Khalidi) and knew AAAN collaboarted with Cairs (despite the record and charter of Cairs at the time).

Again whose testimony? Was this part of a grant? If so was it an umbrella grant?

7. Obama got Trinity money through Woods Fund

Who says? Whose testimony?

8. Jesse Jackson Jr. had a relationship with Cairs

Again supposition or fact

9. Jesse Jackson Jr. was appointed as co-chairman to Obama's campaign

True ... so far not a problem.

10. Al-Hanooti arrested (spy for Saddam) and others deported, arrested and indicted from Cairs (even before 2002)

Criminality in any way known to Obama?

All of this is rumor, guesses, vague association. As far as I can tell, none of it adds up to anything more than possible financial shenanigans and some of which may come out in the Rezko trial, but the whole Arabic conspiracy stuff just isn't believable without a whole lot more investigation and REAL proof.

Remember just because A has something in common with B and B has something in common with C does not mean that A has anything at all in common with C

"Funny post. If nothing else, it proves that the distance from Square Lake to Big Beaver is never quite as far as it seems."

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jamie, Max...good back and forth. Max definitely wins on pissed-off passion factor. But I think Jamie probably wins on objective debating points.

Back when the Jesuits were teaching me logic, they called what Jamie is talking about the fallacy of "post hoc ergo propter hoc," I think.

Or maybe it was "Black Hawk Helicopter prop"

I forget which.

I walked in and out of the room, I was there for the question about inner city schools, and I feel he missed a huge point there....he spoke about early childhood education...all fine and well, but he failed mention the any ideas or programs to battle the drop out rates .. here there is only 42 % graduation rate in the city.

Anyone who has children knows when they are little they listen and you control what they do. ( for the most part) However, when they get older (teens) they can screw their whole lives up with one poor decision, and that seems to be a huge social problem that needs attention.

I just wished he would have brought it up, when he had the perfect opportunity.

yeah I guess I do...I always expect too much

LaLi

I didn't use the latin even with all the lawyers in the fold. I like your translation better anyway.

Do the Black Hawk Helicopter Props have MIB suits and sunglasses for pilots?

LOL Jamie...

The Jebbies are the original "Men In Black." That's all I know.

Plus, I was mostly stoned during the logic classes, and Introduction to Metaphysics was like being stoned, even if you weren't!

"I just wished he would have brought it up, when he had the perfect opportunity."

Particularly since so many of his "good works" were in a city that has a 50% drop out rate.

I also love all these SDs saying their spoiled, rich, teenaged and college offspring in rapt, open gaped adoration of The Wondrous Obama are telling them what to do with their endorsements.

"I was mostly stoned during the logic classes, and Introduction to Metaphysics was like being stoned, even if you weren't!

Snoozed through a lot of logic so only managed a 3.0. Metaphysics was do it yourself reading ... may have slept through a lot of that as well.

I remember a lecture class that I slept in once in a while.....expensive napping by todays standards.

wasn't it Casey who said his kids liked Obama? and Richardson?

BREAKING NEWS: Obama supporters release new campaign video today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAg_k69a4M

that's great video !

""best opportunity create a new sense of national unity and to transcend divisions"

IOW more hope for change

"Obama had the "best opportunity create a new sense of national unity and to transcend divisions within this country, not by ignoring them or smoothing them over, but by working together with candor and civility to meet our challenges."

So far all I've seen him do is continually play therace card, dis the baby boomer generation, trash the Clinton presidency thereby destroying the Democratic legacy and sneer at women. (remember the White House "Tea Party" snark?") He's a helluva uniter.

McCain wants Obama as foe

"Conventional wisdom holds that Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) would rather run against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) than Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). With negative opinions swirling around her and growing, it would seem the logical choice to prefer a race against Mrs. Clinton. But the opposite is probably true. John McCain knows that a campaign against Bill and Hillary Clinton would be a bloody battle that he’d rather avoid. Campaigning against Barack Obama would be a more civil affair."

http://thehill.com/david-hill/mccain-wants-obama-as-foe-2008-04-01.html

LaLi

Not saying I corrupted my children, but when my son and I took a bus from Washington DC to Salt Lake City and the driver announced Pocatello Idaho, we took one look at each other and sang ... when youre born in a trunk in the Princess Theater in Pocatello, Idaho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYdFgfXZxp0

I do not think BHO can win the GE. People all over America will have those bumper stickers : like Jason's dad:

Don't blame me
I voted for HIllary

That's my guess at this point.

but the real stickers will spell Hillary correctly

"throwing a hissy fit in California to SDs"

He apologized, but MSNBC has been lying (yes I said lying) about this one all day.

Pres. Clinton said, "Bill told me five times that he would not endorse Sen. Obama".

The newspaper quoted Richardson as saying, "I never told anyone I would endorse Sen. Clinton".

If you look at it, both of those statements could be true, but MSNBC has been doing a "who's lying" meme all day long. It is that sort of bias and/or stupidity that drives Clinton supporters up the wall.

I could stand it if they would just announce an endorsement, but to pretend balance is nauseating.

A Star is Born!

Great post, Jamie. And great story about you and your son in Idaho.

I think that's the movie where Hollywood actually destroyed Judy Garland. Pumped her full of uppers so she could perform, and downers so she could be controlled off camera. People should have gone to jail for those crimes.

But her talent still shone through!

Too bad someone didn't catch it on video. I would love to see the video to see what really happened.

"hissy fit " ---not exactly the words anyone wants connected to their name and/or behavior.

Part One

http://www.stop-obama.org/?p=476#more-476

On the point about lying and media

Jamie, I asked you if the perception of the associations would influence voters. Wright did not trigger any criminal charges did it? That Obama helped to organize the million man march with Farrakhan didn't result in indictments did it? The fact that even the Politifact checker gave a barely true to the Tenn Republican claims that AAAN is a controversial group speaks to perception. Even Hizb'Allah claims they provide essential social services.

Now Rezko (a) gave money to Obama (b), some of this money came from Auchi (c). Rezko gave money to Khalidi (d) who worked with Cairs (e) ABCDE = the perception that sordid money (ac) went to (bd and possibly d) and that (abd and possibly ce) knew each other, their activities and ideologies.

Now it is true that AAAN represents in part America's biggest Palestian community. We see an Obama willing to navigate the conventional butt-kissing BUT this does not promote his stump approach to Jews and Israel. His comments certainly don't speak to contrasting views of his advisors. Where did he find them, the South Side? The Left has railed viciously against Israel and the "Jewish" lobby. Farrakhan and Wright talk about this. So if the Rezko trial requires a full vetting of the money trail and Auchi, Khalidi and others enter the picture, this can only increase the circle of associates that go against the image he is now trying to paint for being President..

Anyway, your answer I guess is no.

Today on the Farrakhan story
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/04/wright-obama-helped-organize-march-with.html

Part Two

What Jamie was talking about interms of RezkObama

Obama's letter of support for Rezko helped the people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA-vlOf3mAc&NR=1

And how this worked out for the people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDHsHM0laT8&NR=1

Maxtrue

My answer was that as yet, I don't see a PROVABLE offense that would interfere with his election or at this time is criminal or nefarious. It seems to me that what you have now are semi related or unrelated organizations and individuals who may or may not have advocated some policy that may or may not be related to organizations or people in the Middle East who may or may not have evil intentions towards the United States and somehow Senator Obama may or may not have known about all of these people and organizations and be party to these nefarious actions or evil intentions.

This is just the sort of thing the Right Wing uses to build their emails showing the Clintons have this string of dead bodies in their wake from Yale to the White House.

"Buried 13 years deep inside the archives at Biography.com, the biography of Farrakhan includes this statement:

In 1995, along with other prominent black leaders such as Al Sharpton and Barack Obama, Farrakhan helped lead the Million Man March on Washington. A second march, called the Millions More Movement, took place in 2005."

http://bobmccarty.com/2008/04/02/obama-organized-farrakhans-million-man-march/

"Gordo I bet the thought of a million black men marching has you messing your pants."

ROFLMAO

"That Obama helped to organize the million man march with Farrakhan didn't result in indictments did it? "

If you remember at the time, the news coverage for this event was pretty positive as reflecting a movement within the black community for men to be more responsible for their families. That one of the sponsors was Farakhan was just something for commentary. Wright as with many of the black churches were very supportive of this concept. The last time I checked Americans still had freedom of association as well as the right to petition their government.

You don't have to agree with someone to support their freedoms under the Constitution.

"Patsi you're an ass. "

And you are a Lieberman butt-boy.

The Repub attack/smear machine would have a lot of fun with all this new info:

"Barack Hussein Obama not only marched in but helped ORGANIZE the so-called "Million Man March" presided over and led by racist loon Louis Farrakhan in 1995. (Actually, it was the 100,000 Man March if you use real, non-Ebonics math.) At the march, Farrakhan and a whole cornucopia of racist lunatics engaged in a torrent of anti-Semitic, anti-White, and anti-American speeches. The event was put on by the Nation of Islam, but Obama's "not a Muslim," so end of story, right?"

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/

The Wiki description of the March is pretty accurate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Man_March

Enough fussin and fumin

Back to my real life.

debbie schlussel is the rightwing noise machine
http://ucsense.blogspot.com/2007/04/debbie-schlussel-bigot-coward-idiot.html

Since when does the "truth" matter in a political campaign. Think the Repubs would not use this stuff? They are not interested in being fair and understanding - it's about the total destruction of their enemy. There is so much to use against Obama.

Gordo -- the Million Man March was a righteous cause. So STFU about it.

I wish people would stop quoting stuff like World Net Daily and all the other wacko right-wing sites. It doesn't lend any credibility to one's position. We need to remember those people are our opposition.

I don't like seeing that nonsense from Obama or Clinton's peeps.

Patsi-------------------------

Talk to the Repub attack/smear machine - I'm sure it has become very gentle, will be happy to give up power.

" And if the fear of racism is an excuse not to support a candidate you still end up with the same racist outcome."

Nor is the fear and demonization of tough women. And that is what has fueled this entire campaign. No one will ever convince me otherwise.

Deep down you know I'm correct about what Repubs would do to Obama in the GE. That is why the responses are so angry - you can't deal with the reality of the situation.

Being a man who associates with hate driven people doesn't exempt him from being a demon and the type of campaign he has run is the proof of the pudding.

Goes both ways, friend.

G-man there are a number of right wing Hillary/Clinton hate sites. Have been for years.. You don't think they're ready for a Clinton nomination.

G-Man,
Dick Morris is on right now spouting his hate Hillary/Clinton crap. He has a major platform ready to go if she gets the nom.

GAKaren

I have to agree with you. Just listening to the right wing smear merchants that made the Clinton's lives such a living hell makes you feel creepy.

I don't want Sen. Obama to be President but it has absolutely nothing to do with the shade of his skin, any conspiracy plots, religon or lack of it.
It is enough that I simply believe he isn't ready to do the job.

Sure the attack machine would go after the Clintons, the difference is that Obama is largely an unknown to most people. He has yet to be defined - the 527s are prepared to do that in a big way. I'm not just spinning when I say there is so much to use against Obama, it will be difficult to choose.

But Gordo he has plenty of dough to paint his picture for everyone. iI's not a one sided game McCain got his problems too.

"being a tough woman doesn't exempt her from being a demon and the type of campaign she has run is the proof of the pudding. "

That's what you said about my candidate. Decent?

The Repubs will play the race card in a BIG way - they don't need the Black vote. Obama is the worst thing that could happen to the country.

Jamie,

Max's crap can be alluring if you don't understand the people he is talking about.
You know about the Woods fund of Chicago from the web site.
a well respected foundation in Chicago, one would expect someone with Obamas reputation and interests to be on the board of several such organizations.

AAAN is a local CDC nonprofit, strictly serving the local comunity.
http://www.aaan.org/index.html
They have a number of funding sources. One of them is the City of Chicago that funds the salaries and other exspences mfor one of their programs. Another funder is Woods Fund who provided a grant for 1/3 the costs of a community organizing, IIRC around $30,000,
Obama would never have been in on the decision to offer the grant most likely

here is AAAN's connect to A local chapter of Cairs from AAAN's web sit

"Also, the AAAN is collaborating with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Chicago and the Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center (MIHRC) to launch a legal, political, and media campaign challenging the national and religious profiling experienced by thousands of Arab and Muslim permanent residents experiencing massive delays in their applications for naturalization and citizenship."

http://chicago.cair.com

From what I can see there is nothing to Max's connections except a black helicopter style conspiracy that only exist in some nutcases head.

Jack

More on Max's spew

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/mar/14/obamas-pro-israel-anti-israel-issue/

Jack

You're right jack, it's stupid supposition to think if Rezko wanted to get money to K then why go through a third party. Max is trying to make a money laundering case against the WF. It's crap.
There is no QPQ in anything Max has brougt up. Rezko lied about getting money and that's it.

Today is a birthday...
I wonder for whom?
I know it's for someone
Who's right in this room...
(well, on this blog)

And you know who you are!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

And to suggest that BO, born in 1961, should be made to answer for anything the Wood Foundation did during the V N war is just plain nuts.

Smear campaigns have an effect - ask President Gore and President Kerry.

Well...at least I didn't tell everyone how OLD you are...yet....

give it up B!

That's a new twist on a birthday spanking! 50 twists?

spring chicken if i'm reading it right

For those who don't know. April is Autism Awareness Month...and April 2 (yesterday for some of you) is/was the first World Autism Day. If you get a chance, watch Larry King on CNN. David Kirby, Jenny McCarthy, and several others absolutely stood TALL tonight! Finally, the truth is coming out....

Yep! Compared to most of us, he IS a spring chicken! But he BELIEVES 50 is old...so I say harpoon him with it!

more fun with polls

Against McCain, Clinton bests Obama in swing-state polls

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/32478.html

Jack

I'm noticing Clinton's necklaces a lot lately, and I don't know why.

I'm also noticing Obama's demeanor, which is good.

I guess Bill Clinton's demeanor isn't so good lately.

And the politics continue.

tt

I heard it with my own ears, and they're not lying.

Bernake used the words recession AND contraction.

Gotta love that the economy's contracting.

tt

Jenny McCarthy did her cause no good tonight.

Heather:

"Reagan democrats are unique, you know where men atre men and women know the difference and can appreciate it lol.

. . .

With all due respect, please forgive me, I just cannot see Barack running with those type of tough guys. That kind of respect is just not earned by fancy flowery speak."

Obama will earn that respect by defeating the Clinton Machine - which by all accounts - is a formidable opponent.

Trigger lock caused pilot's gun to fire in plane, congressman says

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/32504.html

Idiots and guns lol

Jack

OD...What do you know about autism? Jenny McCarthy does have a 'take no prisoners' attitude, but she has truth on her side. When she challenges those pediatricians to cite INDEPENDENT studies, they can't do it...because the studies they use have all been funded by the pharmaceuticals, who have a vested interest in not being held to account for product liability. You're welcome to disagree with me, but please state your credentials and the time you've spent researching autism. I've spent 17 years on it so far.

Jenny McCarthy's behavior, her disrespect, and vulgar language interfere with her message.

Most people watching the program I'm sure, either changed the channel or were simply turned off.

I've been fighting for causes I believe in all my life.

Jenny McCarthyl,obviously dedicated tothis cause, should ask herself how she can be most effective.

She failed in that mission tonight.

I don't think it does anybody any good to say Bullshit to someone who has dedicated their adult life to pediatgric medicine.

Mike Gravel (remember him?) raps 'Helter Skelter'.

It's not bad, either, if a bit on the surreal side.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aPZ7t4MwCJk

Yup....

"Don´t blame me
I voted for Hillary!"

Anyway,
Think Hill is trying to play it smart now. Even if she loses the nom, she wants the last 7 or 8 primaries..That means she has the momentum.
I think we will see some super D´s turning swiftly in Barrack´s corner (after being immensely courted, like a buddy of mine as I said earlier in CA...getting tons of calls from Team B), because he needs them badly! He knows he is losing momentum and needs to have them in order to have a straw to hold onto (eventhough he is in the lead).
You gotta love this.
Everything stacked up aginst Hill and still she is right up there and rising...

Haven´t said this before, but gonna say it out loud today: You a fucking strong woman Hillary. I mean that

Getting set to donate yet again.
Come on people, we gotta do this for HRC!

As Queen Maya said it: Rise Hillary Rise

OD...

I don't actually disagree with you about Jenny, but I hope you'll at least consider where she's coming from. I know most people won't because they have no idea what it's like to lose a child you shouldn't have lost...and I don't mean to death. The disrespect you saw arises from disrespect that's been shown to many parents by many pediatricians. I know a number of people who've been asked to leave practices - and take their children with them - because of their reservations about vaccinating. No discussion; simply, you will either vaccinate as I tell you to, or I will not be your child's doctor. That disrespect also arises from the knowledge that these men are either brainwashed or intellectually dishonest. The pharmaceuticals pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to the men you saw tonight, and to others like them, who are bought and paid for as 'thought leaders'. If you saw David and Jenny pressing for an answer as to whether or not these leaders would support the proposed legislation to fund a study comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated populations, you probably didn't know the importance of what they were doing. The AAP has stood against such a study, and in the path of studies of environmental causes/contributors to the autism epidemic, because the pharmaceutical companies oppose such studies. Instead, they point over and over again to studies that have been proved to be fatally flawed.

As I've said a number of times on this blog, we already have the very best government big business can buy. It began with Reagan's deregulation in the 1980's. Didn't take long to seriously damage - perhaps destroy - a pretty darn good system of health care, but it's been accomplished in a mere 25 - 30 years by allowing the pharmaceuticals undue influence over every aspect of the system.

One last comment about Jenny McCarthy. It's hard not to resent her. Beautiful, famous, plenty of money to fund whatever might heal her son...and she dances in and gets people to listen to truths many of us have been trying to put before the public for at least a decade. But we have to be grateful that, finally, someone is at least getting some attention paid to some very important aspects of the autism puzzle.

harborwoman

I do understand what you are saying.

Thanks, OD! I reacted too quickly to your first comment. After I had posted, I realized that I knew exactly what you were saying about Jenny, and I can only hope that some of the other leaders in this fight will be able to convince her to tone it down. The message won't be heard if it's couched in anger and vulgarity.

Democrats Fear Florida Backlash
A Failure to Seat
Delegation Is Seen
Hurting in November
By JUNE KRONHOLZ
April 3, 2008; Page A5

WASHINGTON -- Florida's congressional Democrats and the national Democratic Party are concerned about their November election prospects if the Florida delegation isn't seated at this summer's national convention in Denver, party chairman Howard Dean said in an interview.

Whether the state's 210 delegates are seated "makes a difference" in the congressional races in Florida, where the party hopes to pick up one or two seats, and in the presidential race, Mr. Dean said. "I don't think we can have a vote in Denver about whether or not Florida is to be seated" without prompting a divisive floor fight that could damage the party in the November polls, he added.

Florida was stripped of its Democratic convention delegates after defying national party rules and leapfrogging other states to hold its primary in January. Supporters of Hillary Clinton, who won the primary, have insisted that the delegates should be seated anyway.

Mr. Dean and Florida's state elected leaders said Wednesday that the state leaders had agreed to work together on a plan to seat the delegates. But it is still unclear how the votes would be divided or which candidate would benefit.

Supporters of Barack Obama, while agreeing that Florida should have a vote, have done little to promote a seating plan because it probably would narrow his delegate lead over Sen. Clinton. The state party's efforts to hold a mail-in revote collapsed two weeks ago.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120719334102885625.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Morning there Bowmanc.

Pennyslvania wants a redo too. Of its political image. Claim there's more to the state than James Carville's quip about 2 urban areas with Alabama in the middle.

Politico: Extreme Makeover: Pennsylvania Edition
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9323.html

"James Carville put what some view as a pox on Pennsylvania. Twenty-two years ago, as a Democratic strategist working on a gubernatorial race, Carville described the state as Paoli (a suburb of Philadelphia) and Penn Hills (a suburb of Pittsburgh) with Alabama in between.

A generation of Pennsylvania political analysts has been trying to reverse the perception ever since...."

... "When it comes to voting, Pennsylvania voters prefer moderation. The state elects Republicans who support abortion rights and Democrats who oppose them. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), a conservative Republican who lost in 2006, was always viewed as an outlier in the state’s political culture."

"As I've said a number of times on this blog, we already have the very best government big business can buy. It began with Reagan's deregulation in the 1980's. Didn't take long to seriously damage - perhaps destroy - a pretty darn good system of health care"

And to destroy so much more in this country. How Reagan can even be talked about these days with ANY respect is baffling to me. And I don't care who's doing the talking.