The Connie Hair Report: Tracking the Tickets

HumanEvents.com ^ | 9-11-2008 | Connie Hair

[BufordP]

Republican presidential running mates John McCain and Sarah Palin roared into Virginia yesterday in their first appearance together in this vital battleground state. Sans their opponent’s usual big-name band opening act to pull in crowds, the McCain-Palin rally drew an estimated 23,000 or more from across Virginia. Crowds packed into a hot and humid Van Dyke Park in Fairfax City to cheer for their candidates. According to the campaign press office, this was the largest McCain-Palin rally to date.

Sen. Fred Thompson fired up the crowd as the lead-in to the main event with red meat jabs at the media, calling the swarm of tabloid press and reporters currently invading Alaska "scandal-mongerers."

In the candidates' speeches, both made reference to the stark contrast between McCain-Palin and their opponents. Palin said while Sen. Barak Obama during his tenure in the Senate was requesting as a "senatorial privilege" $1 billion in earmarks, she, as Governor of Alaska, "was vetoing a half billion dollars as an executive responsibility."

McCain guaranteed the enthusiastic audience that he would use his veto pen on every pork-laden bill that came across his desk and expose those who try to hide the earmarks in these bills. "You will know their names and we’ll make them famous," he said.

The circus continued as McCain-Palin '08 also launched a new web ad yesterday responding to Obama's "lipstick on a pig" remarks in Virginia on Tuesday. Within hours, YouTube pulled the "Lipstick" ad citing a copyright violation complaint from CBS. A clip of Katie Couric appears in the ad, found here.

Also launched today was the new McCain-Palin "Fact Check" television ad admonishing the "mini-army" of Obama lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers dispatched to Alaska...

[BufordP]

Angelwood and I met Connie at the rally! Good times!

[BufordP]

DC Chapter ping

[BufordP]

ping!

[bmwcyle]

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[Ann Archy]

OMG!! Is this the Connie Hair from early FR days??? Haven’t heard from her since the IMPEACHMENT!! Hi Connie!

[BufordP]

Yep.

[beachn4fun]

This was probably one of the smartest moves that McCain could have made. His selection is turning the tide for those who were floundering on the choices we had in this election. I now feel much better about voting.

[wita]

So, when did she start writing for human events? And other such historical data the older of us might be interested in.

In other words, great tease title with absolutely no info following.

[bert]

Those were the days when FReepers worked together as accomplished activists. We bought this ad in the Washington Times. Clinton's a Liar is holding the page

[buck61]

drew an estimated 23,000 or more from across Virginia

And they did this with out any use of any high profile entertainers?

[Graymatter]

"The circus continued as McCain-Palin '08 also..."

That was a poor choice.

[PGalt]

Hooray Connie! Great article!

[BufordP]

Same here.

[McGruff]

Sen. Fred Thompson fired up the crowd as the lead-in to the main event with red meat jabs at the media, calling the swarm of tabloid press and reporters currently invading Alaska "scandal-mongerers."

Every time I hear Fred speak I get sad thinking what could have been if just only republicans were allowed to vote in our primaries.

[BufordP]

So, when did she start writing for human events?

A few weeks now.

[MomwithHope]

Great article. Hey Connie!

[MomwithHope]

Great article. Hey Connie!

[BufordP]

Those were the days when FReepers worked together as accomplished activists.

Connie never stopped working.

[tet68]

Hey Connie, good to see you.
Keep up the fight.

Your FRiend Tet.

[BufordP]

You really should tell her that yourself.