Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson -- yes, that Charlie Wilson -- was speaking at an anti-war rally when he, um, flubbed a line:
"We should be led by Osama bin Laden," he said, then quickly corrected himself. "I mean Obama and Biden."
You know, Ted Kennedy made a similar slip. The American people want secure borders. Who gives a sweet phock about party image. The public sentiment is so high on this that the image should be of absolutely no concern. And that includes a lot of Hispanics who are sick of having their communities trashed by the illegal Barrio Bros, their drugs and ho's.The RNC Meets to Draft Their Platform: Sparks Fly on the Issue of Illegal Immigration
They really are blowing it, not just legally and constitutionally, but even politically.
Like one poster here clarifies, for the Republicans it's about the money from those making it off the backs of the illegals, e,g,Tyson, corp agriculture, et al. For the Democrats it's about the votes.
"NEVER MIND:" No Charges Over Obama "Death Plot." No plot, just some druggies talking smack, apparently. . .
WHO KNEW THAT THERE WERE SO MANY RACISTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
Of course, they may not be racists -- they may have problems with Obama's (and, now Biden's) hardline anti-gun stance. Then there's the whole Bill Ayers thing . . . . (Via Michelle Malkin).
BEWARE: In America, racism is everywhere! Everywhere people don't support Obama, anyway . . .
Some related thoughts from Shannon Love.
HERE'S THE BILL AYERS AD that Barack Obama is trying to silence. Though you actually have to wonder if he isn't really trying to get it more viewers, since that's the inevitable result. I thought he was supposed to be the hip young candidate who understands the Internet!
UPDATE: Jonah Goldberg: "I am amazed, simply amazed, at the amazement of many liberals that Ayers and Dohrn should matter to anyone."
And She Represents The Right Wing Of The Democratic Party
Selected excerpts from HRC's speech at the DNC tonight...
I am honored to be here tonight. A proud mother. A proud Democrat. A proud American. And a proud supporter of Barack Obama.
I notice she didn't say anything about being a proud wife...
I ran for President to renew the promise of America. To rebuild the middle class and sustain the American Dream, to provide the opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for college, a home and retirement, to afford the gas and groceries and still have a little left over each month. To promote a clean energy economy that will create millions of green collar jobs. To create a health care system that is universal, high quality, and affordable so that parents no longer have to choose between care for themselves or their children or be stuck in dead end jobs simply to keep their insurance.
Why, after eight years as the first lady, was this universal health care thing not done during the Clinton presidency? What am I missing?
To create a world class education system and make college affordable again.
Harvard University... The most elite community college in the world.
To fight for an America defined by deep and meaningful equality - from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights, from ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families. To help every child live up to his or her God-given potential.
That unionization thing isn't working all that well for those UAW fellas.
To bring fiscal sanity back to Washington and make our government an instrument of the public good, not of private plunder.
The public good, as defined by whom?
We need a President who understands that we can't solve the problems of global warming by giving windfall profits to the oil companies while ignoring opportunities to invest in new technologies that will build a green economy.
How exactly is the GWB doing that now? By NOT nationalizing the oil companies? I like the green economy thing. Right out of the NDP playbook. It worked for the.. never mind.
He'll transform our energy agenda by creating millions of green jobs and building a new, clean energy future. He'll make sure that middle class families get the tax relief they deserve. And I can't wait to watch Barack Obama sign a health care plan into law that covers every single American.
What exactly is a "green job" and who creates it? And at what cost? As for the health care plan, good luck with that, BHO.
Now, John McCain is my colleague and my friend. He has served our country with honor and courage. But we don't need four more years . . . of the last eight years. More economic stagnation …and less affordable health care. More high gas prices …and less alternative energy. More jobs getting shipped overseas …and fewer jobs created here. More skyrocketing debt ...home foreclosures …and mounting bills that are crushing our middle class families. More war . . . less diplomacy. More of a government where the privileged come first …and everyone else comes last. John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound. John McCain doesn't think that 47 million people without health insurance is a crisis. John McCain wants to privatize Social Security. And in 2008, he still thinks it's okay when women don't earn equal pay for equal work.
Remind again. How did GWB create all those bad things in the economy? And when did McCain think it OK for women not to earn equal pay for equal work? I missed that handout.
Now the one thing HRC did not mention is that she thought BHO would be the best person for the job of President, or that he would make a well qualified Commander-In-Chief. That was noticably absent.
HRC played her part to help unite the Democrats, but she didn't make any extra effort.
I think she's waiting for 2012. Or for the USSR to rise again...
Gloves off: Now, Obama calls for prosecuting GOP donor; Update: AIP responds
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I noted this morning that the Obama campaign’s Chicago-style thug effort to shut down the independent ad on Bill Ayers is part of the larger effort to intimidate conservative donors and curtail the free speech of The One’s critics.
It’s getting uglier, people.
Obama’s lawyer has sent a second letter to the Justice Department calling for the head of Dallas billionare Harold Simmons, who funded the Ayers ad that the Obama campaign doesn’t want the public to see.
Feel the chill:
Obama general counsel Bob Bauer today sent a second, sharper letter to the Justice Department, directly attacking the Dallas billionaire funding a harsh attack ad, Harold Simmons.
“We reiterate our request that the Department of Justice fulfill its commitment to take prompt action to investigate and to prosecute the American issues Project, and we further request that the Department of Justice investigate and prosecute Howard (sic) Simmons for a knowing and willful violation of the individual aggregate contribution limits,” he wrote.
He called the group’s activities “patently illegal.”
Bauer made the case that Simmons’ group [is not] fulfilling its [...] nonprofit charter because it hasn’t spent any money on anything other than attacking Obama. Simmons’ spokesman, Christian Pinkston, told me yesterday that plans to, and dismissed the complaints as an effort to lawyer away charges the campaign can’t rebut.
I posted AIP’s rebuttal here yesterday. And as I’ve noted today and will note again: Obama has some nerve whining about campaign finance integrity after getting caught hiding $800,000 in ACORN payments.
What’s going on? Simple: The Left has its George Soros sugar daddy and can’t stand that conservatives have their own committed benefactors. They’ve got a massive non-profit infrastructure funded with taxpayers and operating flagrantly in an illegal, partisan manner (hello, ACORN Watch!). They want the playing field all to themselves. And they are fighting for that turf by any means necessary.
Can they do it?
No, they can’t. Not if you don’t let them.
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AIP responds again:
American Issues Project Calls Obama Campaign Efforts to Prosecute Political Opponents “Bullying” and “Censorship”
AIP Responds to Second DOJ Letter from
Obama Campaign Demanding Donor Prosecution
Washington, DC – August 26, 2008 – The Barack Obama campaign has now sent a second letter to the Department of Justice calling for the prosecution of one of American Issues Project’s donors for his role in funding a political advertisement in full compliance with all election laws.
“Having failed in its attempts to get our legal, factual and fully-supported ad off the air, Barack Obama’s campaign now wants to put our donors in prison for exercising their right to free speech,” said Ed Martin, American Issues Project’s president. “These over-the-top bullying tactics are reminiscent of the kind of censorship one would see in a Stalinist dictatorship, with the only difference being that those guys generally had to wait until they were in power to throw people who disagreed with them into jail.”
In addition to two letters sent to the Department of Justice asking the government to investigate American Issues Project, its officers, board of directors, and donors, the Obama campaign has been contacting stations running American Issues Project’s ad in an unsuccessful attempt to compel them to pull the spot. With no success on either front, the campaign has also begun running its own ad in response. Notably, this ad fails to dispute a single fact in the American Issues Project’s initial ad.
American Issues Project is a 501(c)4 organization, similar in structure to NARAL and the League of Conservation Voters, two liberal organizations that have claimed status as “qualified nonprofit corporations” for two decades. In accordance with federal law, American Issues Project only solicits and accepts contributions from individuals and not from any business corporation. The FEC also sets out specific regulations for the activities of a qualified nonprofit corporation, which American Issues Project follows.
The American Issues Project’s ad began airing Thursday, August 21, and will continue through the Democratic Convention. An electronic version of the ad and full documentation of all statements made are available at American Issues Project’s website: www.americanissuesproject.org.
About American Issues Project
American Issues Project is a 501(c)4 organization representing a coalition of conservative activists committed to raising important issues that deserve deeper examination given their impact on policy and politics. In accordance with federal law, American Issues Project only solicits and accepts contributions from individuals and not from any business corporation. For more information, visit: www.americanissuesproject.org.
Ayers Unrepentant for Radical Group's Violence in 1960s, 1970 (2004 Fox Interview Unearthed)
Look for the large heading:
"About the Weather Underground-related police killing mentioned in the new anti-Obama video" (see bottom portion of page)
http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl
And if you haven't seen the video yet, here it is:
Do you "Know Enough" about Barack Obama?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89m0pC_bpY