Times Gets Out in Front of Gibson Puffery

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 10:54 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 22:54

The Times editorializes that Palin, as we all know, must present her views and positions to the public and take unscripted, live questions from the media. It is a pretty good effort to preempt the hand-picked Charlie Gibson taped theatrics:

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She'll go on Fox "News" only

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She'll appear on Meet the Press on Nov. 5 to explain herself and congratulate our first community organizer in the White House.

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Obama Fight Back on Community Organizing

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 6:18 AM PDT

2008/09/04 · 06:18

I don't know why but I'm watching Morning Joke this morning, and when Chris Matthews came on all of the five panelists, led by Chris, had a big big laugh about Palin's (9iu11iani's, Romney's) snide, ignorant remarks about community organizing. Each of the panelists though those were the best lines and that "nobody knows what community organizers do" and that "oh, their the ones who organize protests in front of the Gap."

Okay so they are ignorant too. We know that. And then Joke Scarborough, after bashing community organizing (our of ignorance) talked about how ironic it is that with the suffrage movement and the civil rights movement--that it will be the GOP that will up the first woman in the White House, not he Democrats (he meant that Palin's snarky, nasty substanceless speech last night was so great that she will become president one day) .

Of course it was community organizing that made the suffrage movement, that made the civil rights movement. It was community organzing that gave birth to this country that the GOP hates so much.

As other diarists have said, "community organizer," on the lips of all of the big speakers at the COP Con last night, is a dog whistle meaning "urban" "black" "activist" other.

And now Barack is fighting back on this and it portends more from the campaign

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 7:56 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 19:56

Now about these snide, disgusting, ignorant remarks about community organizers.

Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin said:
"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities."

Clearly she is clueless as to what a community organizer is. Speaking as a community organizer myself, what Mrs. Palin needs to understand is that her responsibilities as a Mayor were to her donors and her lobbyists, to do what she could to get elected.

Whereas community organizers have one sole responsiblity: to the community.

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 7:14 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 19:14

The NY Times reports:

Obama to Appear on Fox on Thursday Night
By Jeff Zeleny
CHICAGO — Before Senator John McCain delivers his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Senator Barack Obama will make a marquee appearance of his own.

Call it counter-intuitive. He will appear on “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News Channel.

For Mr. Obama, it will be the first time in his presidential candidacy that he’s on Bill O’Reilly’s prime-time program. The appearance is intended to put Mr. Obama before a conservative audience, one week after drawing 40 million TV viewers at his own acceptance speech.

We know Obama's history with Fakes News, and I don't particuarly like giving them any credence by having our candidate appear on the liar's show. But, it is a bold move, and as with everything before, I have faith that Obama and his campaign know what they are doing.

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McCain May Have Rented the Whole Place in Tanzania

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Friday August 22, 2008 · 8:21 AM PDT

2008/08/22 · 08:21

Last year I went on my honeymoon to a very special place — Tanzania, mainly going on safari. As it was our honeymoon we stayed at some absolutely fantastic tented camps in various national parks including the Serengetti. I don't even want to say what one pays for a tented camp in the Serengetti, but lets just say it's like a five-star hotel in the middle of the wilderness, and it is the kind of splurge lodging that most people who can afford it, wouldn't be able to do such a splurge but once for a special occasion...like a honeymoon.

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Local: A Brilliant Political Speech, Remixed Into Instant Classic

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Saturday June 21, 2008 · 10:04 AM PDT

2008/06/21 · 10:04

We all love local politics. Well here in Brooklyn we are fortunate to have a skilled, principled City Councilwoman named Letitia James representing us.

A local blog, The Footprint Gazette has taken a recent speech she gave at a rally against developer Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal, and remixed it into an instant classic. It's well worth the listen.

Keep an eye on Tish, as she is called, she has a great career ahead of her. Audio remix and link after the jump:

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Drudge Fudges W. Virginia Exit Poll to the Extreme

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Tuesday May 13, 2008 · 4:28 PM PDT

2008/05/13 · 16:28

Drudge has this headline:

SHOCK: 2/3 OF WHITES CITING RACE WON'T VOTE OBAMA IN GENERAL..

then you go to the article:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/...

Drudge's promo sounds like 2/3 of white people won't vote for nominee Obama because of race. what does the article actually say?

...Racially motivated voting appeared to be running higher than usual: Two in 10 whites said the race of the candidate was a factor in their vote, second only to Mississippi. And only a third of those voters said they'd support Obama as the nominee against John McCain, fewer than in other primaries where the question has been asked...

More after the jump

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Thursday March 13, 2008 · 11:37 AM PDT

2008/03/13 · 11:37

Disgraced Ohio Republican Bob Ney has been given a job with Talk Radio News Service with the help of self described Fox News "Proud Liberal" Ellen Ratner, sister of Center for Constitutional Rights President Michael Ratner and mega-developer/Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner.

NoLandGrab, a blog that follows Bruce Ratner's eminent domain abusing, controversial Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, New York points to the story:

Good to see Bruce isn't the only Ratner creating jobs, and for an ex-con, no less. Of course, this ex-con just happens to be disgraced former Ohio Congressman Bob Ney, who was sentenced to 30 months on corruption charges back in 2006. Ney, we should point out, is a conservative Republican...

God bless those Ratners. They never let ideology get in the way of friendship — or campaign contributions.

Original article is in The Hill

Chris Matthews: Can You Win on Sympathy?

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Tuesday January 08, 2008 · 7:06 PM PST

2008/01/08 · 19:06

How can we get Chris Matthew off of MSNBC's campaign coverage? His behavior is unethical. Just a few minutes ago he said, re; The Tear "But can you win a campaign on sympathy?"

That's analysis? No, that is venal. And his role as the Hillary Killer couldn't be plainer, it's embarrasing and disgusting and sexist.

How can we get him off the air?

Hillary: I'm Against it Now that He Is

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Wednesday November 14, 2007 · 4:16 PM PST

2007/11/14 · 16:16

Hillary has announced that she supports Gov. Spitzer's withdrawing his immigration drivers license proposal.

From the NY Times

Clinton Now Against Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

...Her campaign issued a statement saying that she supported Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s decision today to drop his plan for such licenses.

“I support Governor Spitzer’s decision today to withdraw his proposal,” she said in the statement. “As president, I will not support driver’s licenses for undocumented people and will press for comprehensive immigration reform that deals with all of the issues around illegal immigration, including border security and fixing our broken system.”

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Do we need a President who follows the lead of a Governor? Or panders to a big endorser?

If she is against the bill today, she was against it two weeks ago. But she parsed so as not to piss off Spitzer.

Talk about safe politics.

Defending Our Homes: Chris Owens for Congress

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Saturday August 19, 2006 · 5:28 PM PDT

2006/08/19 · 17:28

Mole333 has a diary up emphasizing the need to support candidates who have proven their dedication to the community. In it he mentions three particular candidates. I want to add my support for one of those candidates because he stands with us against a particularly corrupt and odious development project not mentioned in mole333's diary. I want to voice my support for Chris Owens because he is defending our homes.