Marc Ambinder says via Twitter:
Source: text will be sent tomorrow am, a few hrs before Obama speaks in Springfield.
Great…. Means I’ll have to get up early. 🙄
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Unbelievable.
Via Pajamas Media:
Quote:
It seemed we’d heard the last of Scott Thomas Beauchamp and Elspeth Reeve in late January, after I posted copies of the sworn statements gathered during the “Shock Troops” investigation on Confederate Yankee. The documents included Beauchamp’s own sworn statements — his first, where he did not see any of the minor atrocities written about in “Shock Troops,” and a backdated one where he finally admits he was the author. The documents also included the sworn statements from 22 other soldiers saying that the minor atrocities written about in “Shock Troops” were events that they did not witness.
Even the editor of the New Republic, Franklin Foer, announced a month previously in December that he could not stand behind Beauchamp’s stories. But just when we though it was all behind us, Beauchamp is back, (with his former fact checker wife still supporting him), courtesy of Spencer Ackerman in Radar magazine.
In “Notes on a Scandal,” Ackerman interviews Scott Beauchamp and Elspeth Reeve — and no one else — and shockingly comes to the conclusion that the magazine that fired Ackerman for his anti-war views was wrong to pull its support for a series of articles (”Shock Troops” was just one of three Beauchamp stories) that reinforced those views.
How did Ackerman conduct this investigation? He hung out with Beauchamp and Reeve at a bar and later communicated with them via email. What he did not do is present any evidence to support the contention that Beauchamp’s claims are true, or that Franklin Foer was wrong to pull support for stories that still lack on-the-record evidence of any kind.
I have to admit it, he does have balls. But he is a damn liar. He’s now trying to cash in on the fame. Lying ass liberal prick.
I remember when this story come out and then it came out that it was all lies. That was one the moments when I really began to rethink my political position. I mean, if liberals are willing outright lie to make a political point, something is just wrong. Which is why I consider myself now a Moderate Conservative, not a “Republican”, not by a long shot. But I’ll be damned if I’ll ever vote Democrat again.
Others:
BLACKFIVE and AMERICAN DIGEST
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I kind of already figured this, but still the same, it is going to be seen as a massive slight to the Hillary crowd.
Via Politico.com
Quote:
There’s one Democrat who would seem to have little or no chance of being picked by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to be his running mate – his former opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).
But it’s not for the reason you think.
Obama has often said, most recently on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on July 27, that Clinton “would be on anybody’s short list.”
But apparently not his.
“She was never vetted,” a Democratic official reported. “She was not asked for a single piece of paper. She and Senator Obama have never had a single conversation about it. How would he know if she’d take it?”
The official also said Clinton never met with Obama’s vetting team of Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy.
And the official said she was never asked for medical records or for any financial 2008 information about her or former President Bill Clinton. The last information the couple has disclosed about taxes and financial holdings was for 2007.
I would be willing to bet money, that there will be a massive floor fight at the convention. I’m sorry, but you cannot suppress that many people. I look for the Hillary supporters to stonewall or stage a massive walkout or something.
Either way, it is going to be seen as a slight to Hillary’s supporters. Obama will have to overcome that. Which if he picks Biden, he will be able to. Because Biden is a fighter and will not balk at telling someone to get bent. Also, he would make a good attack dog for people like John McCain.
I just hope sometime today, that Obama picks the running mate and gets it over with.
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I guess this whole idea of a new kind of Politics and not fighting a nasty campaign just went out the window…
Here’s a new video made by The American Issues Project: (H/T The Politico)
Ben Smith Writes:
A new conservative group has produced a television ad attacking Barack Obama for his relationship with former Weather Underground bomber Bill Ayers.
“How much do your really know about Barack Obama? What does he really believe?” asks the ad, which then cites the failed attack on the Capitol on 9/11, and links it to the Weather Underground attack on the Capitol decades earlier.
The group says it will spend $2.8 million airing the ad in Ohio and Michigan — which would be the largest single third-party expenditure this cycle.
“Why would Barack Obama be friends with someone who bombed the Capitol and is proud of it?” asks the narrator. “Do you know enough to elect Barack Obama?”
The group, the American Issues Project, is a 501(c)4 — which means it isn’t required to disclose its donors. According to a press release set to go out shortly, it’s the product of a coalition of conservative groups (Failor said his Iowans for Tax Relief is not among them). Its president is Ed Martin, a Missouri conservative. Another official, Ed Failor Jr., is a former McCain aide in Iowa who left after the campaign’s shakeup last summer.
The substance of the ad matches a recent upswing in the McCain campaign’s references to Ayers. The use of 9/11 imagery links Ayers, and Obama, to the American conflict Islamic terror, which is the subject of many viral e-mails attacking Obama.
The group’s spokesman, Christian Pinkston, called the suggestion that the group is making any link with Islam “unfair.”
“The idea here was to talk about the fact that his friends hate America, and that’s who he’s aligning himself with,” he said.
It’s spokesman, Christian Pinkston, is a former aide to presidential candidate Jack Kemp and went on to run the conservative group Empower America.
Pinkston says the ad will launch later this afternoon.
Of course the Obama Campaign is not taking this laying down at all, they issued a statement on the ad saying:
The fact that John McCain dispatched his paid consultant to launch
this despicable ad from a so-called ‘independent’ committee shows how
desperate he is to change the subject from his shocking disconnect with
the economic struggles of the American people. He knows that Barack
Obama has denounced the detestable crimes that Bill Ayers committed 40
years ago.Instead of invoking Paris, Britney and obscure ’60s radicals, Sen.
McCain should take the day off at one of his seven homes to consider
whether his support for outsourcing, tax breaks for companies who ship
jobs overseas and continued spending of $10 billion a month in Iraq is
really putting “country first.” To us, it sounds like just more of the
same. – Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor
How weak! I would have quickly produced a video that linked McCain to lobbyists and mentioned the supposed, never proven, so-called, affair that he had with a lobbyist. That would have shut them up, right away. But instead, they put out a weakly worded statement like that. Score one for McCain, I say. Plus, there’s no proof that McCain was linked to this group at all. So, again, the response was quite weak.
Look, If Obama is going to win this horse race, he had better learn to fight like pit bill and not a poodle. Because if he doesn’t Bulldog McCain is going to eat him alive.
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Obama Released this Ad:
and in Response McCain’s Campaign said the following:
Barack Obama’s ad is ridiculous. Because of John McCain, corruption was exposed and people like Jack Abramoff went to jail.
However, if Barack Obama wants to have a discussion about truly questionable associations, let’s start with his relationship with the unrepentant terrorist William Ayers, at whose home Obama’s political career was reportedly launched. Mr. Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground, a terrorist group responsible for countless bombings against targets including the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon and numerous police stations, courthouses and banks. In recent years, Mr. Ayers has stated, ‘I don’t regret setting bombs … I feel we didn’t do enough.’
The question now is, will Barack Obama immediately call on the University of Illinois to release all of the records they are currently withholding to shed further light on Senator Obama’s relationship with this unrepentant terrorist?” —McCain spokesman Brian Rogers
Oooooh…. SNAP!
Something tells me this is going to be a VERY interesting election year.
(H/T Memeorandum)
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“Veep-Veep, Veep-Veep, His Horn Went Veep-Veep-Veep“
An interesting Blog posting indeed.
….and no Bill is not involved…. This time anyhow…
Clinton creates ‘whip team’ to quell anti-Obama protests ( Via Politico.com)
In an unusual move, Hillary Clinton’s staff is creating a 40-member “whip team” at the Denver Democratic convention to ensure that her supporters don’t engage in embarrassing anti-Obama demonstrations during the floor vote on her nomination, according to people familiar with the planning.
The team, which is being organized by longtime Clinton staffer Craig Smith, is working in conjunction with Obama’s floor organizers to help foster the image of a unified front during a roll-call process Clinton herself has described as an emotional “catharsis” for her disappointed supporters.
“If people get down there on the floor and want to start blowing kazoos and making a scene we want to make sure we’ve got people who stand in front of them with Obama signs,” said a person involved in the planning.
“Is it typical for a losing candidate to have their own whip team? No. But it’s also not usual for a losing candidate to get 18 million votes either,” said the person.
Clinton spokesperson Kathleen Strand emphasized the team would not seek to convince delegates to vote for the former first lady, but would hand out Clinton signs to supporters who requested them.
“We have been and are working closely with the Obama campaign to make sure we have an exciting and unified convention,” Strand said. “Our delegate whips, along with the Obama delegate whips, are a part of a team that will be on the floor of the convention to make sure delegates have everything they need, whether that’s answering questions or passing out signs during Hillary’s speech. The whips are a traditional part of every convention’s floor operations.”
Plans for the squad were finalized last weekend. Although some former Clinton staffers balked at policing their own supporters, its ranks were filled by people itching for a floor pass — not an easy get for Clinton’s troops at the Obama-run convention.
Typical Liberal fascism, quell all dissent. She must have taken her lessons from the Bush Administration. (What? I don’t have a script!)
The Puma’s are not going to be happy about this one.
(H/T Memeornadum)
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This comes via RedState:
From Youtube description:
In this audio Obama coldly claims two doctors helping a baby born alive after a botched abortion would be a burden for the aborting mother when he is arguing against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act at the Illinois state legislature April 2002
This proves to me. That B. Hussein Obama is nothing more than a Lying Liberal.
Others: Weekly Standard Blog and Catholics for McCain
Update on this sad story:
She is not dead. But the prognoses is quite grim.
Video:
News is Via CNN:
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, a Democratic superdelegate and one of Hillary Clinton’s most ardent supporters, was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday after suffering an aneurysm, the hospital said.
< Dr. Gus Kious, chief of staff at Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, Ohio, said that Tubbs Jones had “very limited brain function” and that the aneurysm is in “an inaccessible part of her brain.”
“She remains in critical condition at present in our intensive care unit. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this very difficult time,” Kious said.
Earlier reports had said Tubbs Jones had died.
This statement from Senator Clinton is in response to the news of Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones’s aneurysm and hospitalization. We are all praying for Stephanie and her family during this difficult time.
“Stephanie is a strong, remarkable woman with an incredible fighting spirit. My thoughts and prayers are with my dear friend Stephanie and her family at this difficult time,” said Senator Hillary Clinton.
Senator Barack Obama made the following statement regarding today’s news about Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones:
“Michelle and I are saddened to hear today’s news about Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. She is a passionate and tireless advocate for the people of Cleveland and a devoted public servant for all Americans. We send our heartfelt prayers to Stephanie and her family at this very difficult time.”
This is a very sad story. What makes it worse, is the fact that some News agencies and yes, even some bloggers totally screwed the news up and reported her as dead. What makes it even worse is some idiotic Hillary supporters are going around saying that Obama had her killed. This is totally asinine. They should be ashamed of themselves for disrespecting the family like that.
As I wrote before, my thoughts and prayers are with the family on this truly sad day.
Update: Rep. Jones has died. RIP
This came across twitter this afternoon. This story has not even reach national levels yet. CNN is now trying to confirm the story.
(H/T to BlogsOfWar)
Via Fox Cleveland:
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones remains unconscious Wednesday morning
after suffering an aneurysm while driving on Tuesday night.According to a press release from Tubbs Jones office, the five term Congresswoman
was admitted to Huron Hospital after suffering an aneurysm while
driving her car in Cleveland Heights.According to the release, Tubbs Jones condition has stabilized and she is receiving the best care available.
According to a spokesperson with the Cleveland Heights Police Department,
approximately 9:00 pm on Tuesday a Cleveland Heights Police Officer
observed Tubbs Jones car traveling eastbound on Mayfield Road, weaving
from side to side. At Lee Road the car turned left and the officer
followed. The car slid off the road into a grassy area near the
intersection of Lee Road and Monticello Boulevard.Police tell Fox 8’s Todd Meany that the congresswoman was transported to Huron
Hospital in East Cleveland after what they are describing as a “one-car
accident.”A statement from Tubbs Jones’ office indicated that Tuesday’s condition followed a full day of activity, including planning for an upcoming forum on electoral reform, scheduled for
September 4, 2008 at Cleveland State University. Congresswoman Tubbs Jones was scheduled to travel to Denver on August 24, 2008 to attend the Democratic National Convention as a superdelegate
You know Politics is one thing, but real life is another. This woman is/was a fighter, a real fighter. She would get on MSNBC and go toe to toe with Tucker Carlson. She once told Tucker Carlson to “Get a life”, live on the air. Which I thought was absolutely hilarious. It is a sad day in politics and in the black Community.
There is a good possibility that she might not be dead. Someone blew it somewhere…
Developing….
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