Video: New RNC ad hammers Obama over Blagojevich
posted at 4:10 pm on December 14, 2008 by Allahpundit
Too much too soon? McCain’s other killer centrist soundbite this morning on ABC was to scold the RNC for releasing this at a time when “we should try to be working constructively together.” Althouse, meanwhile, deems it a “Blagosmear,” which is a bit further than I’d go given that Emanuel evidently did chat with Blago about the seat and has been suspiciously quiet thus far regarding what he did — and didn’t — say about it. Like the ad says, questions remain.
Even so, Fitzgerald gave The One a clean bill of health and other sources claim Emanuel isn’t a target of the probe, so while questions remain, I’m not sure any really important questions do. Plus, Team Barry walked back the Axelrod quote shown here about Obama and Blago having met to discuss the seat, and as far as I know, there’s been no hard evidence produced to prove that they ever did. Exit question: Should the RNC have waited on this? No benefit of the doubt during the interregnum, at least?
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The GOP didn’t marry Obama. Why give him a honeymoon?
Wethal on December 14, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Maybe the GOP should try giving Obama the chance that the Democrats never gave Bush?
alex342 on December 14, 2008 at 4:15 PM
it’s another wonderfully useless web ad anyways. who’s gonna see it?
lorien1973 on December 14, 2008 at 4:15 PM
LOL I expect this will have the lefties using their beds as trampolines. LOL
allrsn on December 14, 2008 at 4:18 PM
I like it.
Deliver a bit of buyer’s remorse.
knob on December 14, 2008 at 4:18 PM
How much of a honeymoon did the dhims and the MSM give President Bush? Thirty or forty microseconds? After the sleezy campaign tactics he used during the election, AcornObamaHitler™ doesn’t deserve any kind of a break.
rmgraha on December 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Except the Dems never return favors. The GOP let Clinton have most of his lefty federal judges and Breyer and Ginsberg, as long as they were “qualified.” The Dems did no such thing with Bush.
I think giving the Dems a dose of their own medicine might be good as an initial ploy. Then maybe they’d be more reasonable.
McConnell doesn’t owe Reid any favors. Reid campaigned against him as payback for Daschle’s defeat. Except McConnell won.
Wethal on December 14, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Now that appeaser McCain is no longer calling the shots, it is good to see the RNC finally taking on this issue as it should. I hope they keep at it.
Done That on December 14, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Done That, the RNC has also filed suit to try to strike down McCain-Feingold again.
Wethal on December 14, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Count on McLame to support the wrong party at the wrong time, saying the wrong thing. Every statement in the ad was the truth (could that be why the dhims hate it so much?).
McLame: You lost the election through your own incompetence. Take a break, and STFU.
rmgraha on December 14, 2008 at 4:25 PM
The Reps need to do this and then some. When there is need to be united, we’re there. BUT, that’s it! Form now on we need to go at them for everything that stinks or gives a wiff of stink! A constant drumbeat to remind the American people of what is going on.
The dems thrive on the knowledge that people have short attention spans and move on to the next crisis. Everything the dems screw up on needs to be hammered hammered hammered!
When 2010 comes along the electorate will be mentally primed from this drumbeat!!
katy on December 14, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Yes Wethal I heard that and it made me very happy. McCain-Feingold is garbage that needs to be taken out.
Done That on December 14, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I seem to remember a flurry of “selected not elected” and other trash spewing from dems mouths after the 2000 election. When have they ever cut us the least bit of slack or a “honeymoon”. That is not now nor has it ever been in their playbook.
I say cut this marxist no slack whatsoever. Keep the pressure on and keep his ass reacting to it. Keeping his administration on the defensive will help preserve our rights over the next four years.
conservnut on December 14, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Don’t wait for anything. Keep on the attack and tell McCain to shut the frick up. I would rather have The One tied up and playing defense against the GOP than him having the luxury of spending all of his time focusing on his agenda.
JonRoss on December 14, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Hmmm….the UK Times and Australia’s Herald Sun say Rahm’s under pressure to resign.
Bugler on December 14, 2008 at 4:31 PM
+100
katy on December 14, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Not about the Senate seat scandal, no. But, Fitz has three years worth of investigations on Blago in his back pocket.
What hasn’t he gone public with?
yo on December 14, 2008 at 4:33 PM
The Obama team may have “walked back” the Axelrod quote but consider that they didn’t do so when he uttered it. The media reports at the time supported that statement, so to deny it now is a lie.
landshark on December 14, 2008 at 4:35 PM
A lot I’m betting. But I don’t trust Fitz any further than I can throw him. I expect him to keep a great deal buried.
conservnut on December 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Obviously the hope we were waiting for!
Here comes the new boss, same as the old boss.
Mr. Joe on December 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Weak. The ad was too long and too boring.
El_Terrible on December 14, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Thanks, Bugler. Rahm has not given up his House seat yet. Once wonders if he’d still be as effective as Pelosi’s enforcer after this.
Wethal on December 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM
WTF does that mean? The Obama (perpetual) campaign decided that Axelrod must have been mistaken:
- three weeks after the President elect flatly contradicted his own campaign manager,
- without a single person correcting Axelrod in the meantime,
- and without anyone asking for further explanation.
“Walked it back” my ass.
Jaibones on December 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Gee, the gullibility factor just went through the roof. Of course the proposals just came through thin air. McCain is on board though.
Starlink on December 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM
What planet have you been on?
How long ago has it been since this worked?
The left deserves no benefit of the doubt since they have no reasonable voices to listen to these overtures.
faraway on December 14, 2008 at 4:41 PM
You Betcha!
An Era of Hate on December 14, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Exit question: Should the RNC have waited on this? No benefit of the doubt during the interregnum, at least?
Why?
A political party’s main job is to put thier candidate into power, that pretty much means decimating the other party’s candidate,even if the candidate is the PEOTUS.
Warming up for 2012, and this video is a great reminder that some should have some heavy “buyers remorse“. All’s fair in love,war, and politics. The daily,nay hourly attacks on Bush and Palin from the left requires a push back from the right. We have set on the sidelines and allowed that abuse to go on for too long already. This is the NEW GOP, and pardon me for saying it, but going for the juglar is not only warrented at this time in history, but necessary for the survival of the party. IMHO.
canditaylor68 on December 14, 2008 at 4:50 PM
McCain blew his chance by being such a pansie. Hit harder and hit longer.
izoneguy on December 14, 2008 at 4:50 PM
I don’t know if you noticed, but we are now the opposition party.
It’s hard to win without going on offense.
faraway on December 14, 2008 at 4:51 PM
What a shame that the foreign media has to keep us informed. You know already where I think ours are. May they stay there for about two years. They’ll be spent after that.
Entelechy on December 14, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Tell that to McCain.
Weight of Glory on December 14, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Rodney KingJohn McCain- “Can’t we all just get along?”McCain had us all fooled. He picked a great VP who fights like Braveheart, He had THE BEST AMMO a candidate could ever have, and when it came down to winning he lays down and withers away. It took an Alaskan Governor & a Plumber from Ohio to resusitate Johnny to the finish line. That last week of the election I was holding my breath and waiting for the campaign to shoot the 3 at the buzzer to win by 1. Instead John McCain caught the ball and threw it into the stands.
No more RINO candidates. My blood pressure is high enough.
portlandon on December 14, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Wait, why the hell is the RNC running ads against Obama now? What a waste of money. Spend it on elections you idiots.
muyoso on December 14, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Yeah, just like the Democrats did with Bush.
/sarc
fossten on December 14, 2008 at 5:03 PM
@ fossten on December 14, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Why must we always sink down to their level?
muyoso on December 14, 2008 at 5:06 PM
This ad is useless. It makes us look like we’re still campaigning as opposed to working on behalf of Americans.
Republicans are the opposition party, but right now harsh offensives are not well received. Stupid move, especially considering the number of trials high ranking Republicans were involved with over the past few years.
There is too much yet unknown about this case to be demanding statements. Blurting out unprepared statements does not equate with transparency. If they are hiding stuff, that will become very apparent in a timely fashion.
The Race Card on December 14, 2008 at 5:09 PM
You know all that pent up anger that you felt against the press, Democrats, and Hollywood over the past eight years for the non-stop, relentless, 24/7/365 attack on President George W. Bush and any Republican that stubbed a toe…..?
Well my little lefties……….. TIME TO GET IT BACK IN YOUR FACE!!!
McCain can go fornicate with himself…….. he is not a Conservative!
He speaks more against Gov. Palin than the current Congress giving $8 Trillion away and counting with no accountability, nationalizing private industries, destroying the free market capitalist system that built this country, while graft, greed, and corruption run wild, and the MSM is a propaganda machine of the Democrats……………!
Should the RNC have waited?
…………… I say “Open Fire………. FIRE AT WILL!!!”
Seven Percent Solution on December 14, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Who is this *we* you speak of because you sure don’t read like you are a Republican?
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Sorry Wrong! It will only become apparent if it is pushed to the front of the news because of pressure. How many times have we seen these things buried? It ends up a page 20 story with no attention if mentioned at all. The only way to keep the MSM attention is to keep the subject pushed to the forefront.
conservnut on December 14, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Obama is surprised and appalled that this happened and never knew anything about it. The RNC is just encouraging him to flesh out our understanding so that Obama won’t continue to look like a lying clown.
snaggletoothie on December 14, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Because they never rise up to ours…………
……… and if you don’t already know, elections have consequences, and following the Democratic model, you have to lie, cheat, steal,……. do ANYTHING it takes to get into power, ANYTHING, including destroying the country.
……….. clear enough for you?
Seven Percent Solution on December 14, 2008 at 5:17 PM
And of course McCain doesn’t like it . . . why doesn’t McCain just join the Democratic party then he could spend his full time pandering to his buddy Obama and trashing the Republican Party. Enough of McCain.
rplat on December 14, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Welcome to the world you helped create, Mr. President-elect.
Sergeant Tim on December 14, 2008 at 5:20 PM
As much as I’d like to say he’s President of the whole country and the GOP should try to move forward together, that would be as irresponsible as it was for McCain to declare certain topics of limits during the election.
If Obama seeks compromise and GOP input on his agenda, attacks like this shouldn’t hinder the process.
However, the GOP should make Obama use as much of his political capital to defend himself on any and every so that he’ll have less good will left to push through things like Card Check that only have the support of leftist special interests.
JDScott on December 14, 2008 at 5:27 PM
On another note. Is it time to boot McCain out of the party yet?
I was never happy with him or his selection as our candidate. But to declare key campaign areas off topic, display zero discipline in his candidacy, and abandon all limited government principles in his pursuit of the white house you’d think he’d stay below the radar now following his loss.
Instead, we have to put up with crap like this. McCain needs to step out of the spotlight or be shown the door.
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Adding on to my previous post. If the GOP doesn’t do this, who will. Obama may have been the better candidate, and it may not have matter, but he was never properly vetted by the media and there’s little evidence that will change now.
The American people have a right to know who they elected and how he operates. The next Presidential race is 4 years away, but when President Obama gets on TV and tell the American people they should support his nominees or legislative agenda – America should know who this agenda really benefits.
JDScott on December 14, 2008 at 5:35 PM
So, should the DNC start hammering Bush and the GOP over the auto bailout?
jim m on December 14, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Birds of a feather, flock together.
Watch Obama stammer and studder out of this.
Um, er, ah, er um
Transparency for Obama is opaque
Kini on December 14, 2008 at 5:42 PM
What happened to Barack’s online database of government spending? When do I get to go to that site and look over all the earmerks?
Theworldisnotenough on December 14, 2008 at 5:46 PM
The investigation is ongoing and Blago might sing. Most all of this is speculation. Fitzgerald did not give Obama a clean bill of health. He just said there was no evidence (so far). I’m still hoping. As far as I’m concerned, after the garbage we’ve been handed by the left and it’s media for the past 8 years, I’m enjoying this for as long as we can make it last.
Connie on December 14, 2008 at 5:52 PM
@ Seven Percent Solution on December 14, 2008 at 5:17 PM
If that is what you want the republican party to be, I want no part of it. Destroy the country to gain power, and that is acceptable to you. What has happened to the republican party? Its full of sick people.
muyoso on December 14, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Good points but terible add.
KBird on December 14, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Did you read the crap Juan McCain is putting out there? Makes me wonder if the McCain selection to represent the GOP was a set-up all along. Somebody needs to tell that idiot to shut his trap and fade into irrelevance with some sort of dignity.
The GOP had better show some courage and ram this corruption down the Liberals throats while demanding the Liberal give this scandal the same coverage they gave to Foley and others. To hell with the “nice guy” crap damn-it, the country is in one hell of a mess and we need some courage, truth tellers, and some reporters that will put it on the line.
Keemo on December 14, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Absolutely not. If the opposite were true, do you think, even for a nanosecond, that they would? In the immortal word of Bill O’Reilly, wise up.
cjs1943 on December 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM
You spewnd your time slamming Bush and ignoring the unfairness of the donks undermining his hamstrung agenda. Bush sacrificed about 80% of the pursuit of what he ran on and still it was not enough. No if your idea of “loyal opposition” is the Juan Queeg Supine Butt Thrust we’ll form a Constitution Party if you RiNOs get your way….go hang with the so-called blue dogs if their ability to ignore NAMBLA, the ACLU, and Chi-Town thuggery is more to your liking…have a day.
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 6:01 PM
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Nicely stated! I’m getting to the point where blue dogs are in the same category with Liberals; scumbags, the lot of them.
Keemo on December 14, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Bloggers keeping issues at the forefront is different than the RNC making the party look divisive. Also there is no story reported anywhere that will not get picked up by bloggers who find it to support their own politics. Page 20 is as good as front page above-the-fold. HA is on track to surpass many traditional news sites’ traffic in the next year or so. Who cares where they print their bias?
That brings me to another oft-repeated point: Where is the blog reporting? It’s about time that more bloggers stepped up to do some real reporting and not just copy-and-paste commentary. There are many great journalists who blog, but there are many bloggers who just rant without churning any original facts.
I worked as a reporter and I can attest to how lackluster the search for truth is at many newspapers. But equally lackluster is the push for reporting among the new media.
The RNC did not teach anything with this ad. They sought to push buttons. I repeat, useless. If it’s not, please inform me as to who has been informed by this webisode/ad. They jumped the gun.
My opinion is mine. Yours is better, I’m sure. I suck; you rule.
The Race Card on December 14, 2008 at 6:10 PM
No, they are not going to hammer Bush on the auto bailout. Because, that would be helping a big constitutency of theirs, the UAW.
cjs1943 on December 14, 2008 at 6:11 PM
I want to see this pursued, but it looks like the MSM is going after it pretty aggressively. Given that, I wonder why the RNC felt the need to put its oar in at this point in time. Why fight the battle yourself when someone else (the press) is doing it for you?
Dee2008 on December 14, 2008 at 6:17 PM
The two captains have different destinations in mind for the boat.
The newsies are trying to regain credibility while protecting THE ONE.
The RNC wants to pull a Tonya Harding out of the gate on Bambi Kerrigan.
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 6:19 PM
@ sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 6:01 PM
WTF, was that even english? Bush had 6 years of a republican controlled congress. WTF are you talking about. He did NOTHING on illegal immigration. He expanded government faster than any president in recent memory. I am calling Bush out for being a RINO, yet you call me a RINO. You threaten to form a constitution party, GREAT. I would love to be a part of such party. Again, i have no idea what you were trying to say.
Oh and Keemo, you are either a terrible liar or anexceptional reader. What he wrote was not well stated, it made no sense. My argument was that we shouldnt lower our standards as republicans for EVERYTHING, which is all I see on this forum. Palin is qualified because Obama wasn’t qualified. Its ok for Bush to pass the auto bailout because Obama is going to spend a lot of money. Republicans should lie and cheat and steal because democrats lie and cheat and steal. EVERY SINGLE THREAD, that is all I read. Its annoying as hell.
muyoso on December 14, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Muyoso, a single typo does not English destroy. You are willfully forgetting the “honeymoon” Bush was given by the newsies and the Goreons.
Bush wanted to go isoloationist, enhance a consumer driven economy, and slay the NEA dragon.
Osama Bin Laden took care of all of those either directly or indirectly. Bush was so busy trying to fight a bad war that he could not even get a partial privitization of Social Security through. Your type seems to wail to the heavens when the GOP goes political but shruges when the other team engages in non-filibuster filibisters and then goes ballistic about “the nuclear option” being an arbogation of the Constitution. Look we get it you hate Bush, want Bambi treated with kid gloves, and think that conservatives who make up at a minimum a strong plurality of the GOP should get bent.
“ok”….good luck.
a “Constituion” party would cut Federal spending by about 60% and devolve power and tax base back to the states so in all likelihood it’ll never win.
Like democrats and FISA RiNOs aren’t unhappy with the beast of out of control government just enraged they are not the helmsman.
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Too little, too late.
Really, what is the point of the RNC bashing on Obama at this stage of the game. The RNC’s focus should be on assuring that the Republicans have a fair shot at running a strong candidate for Obama’s seat.
Y-not on December 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Hammer them.
No mercy.
notagool on December 14, 2008 at 6:41 PM
All of the sudden you want to play nice with The One after cheering on the reporter that threw his shoes at W today. You are like an open book.
Cindy Munford on December 14, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Reporter: You working hard for Rod?
Obama: You betcha!
Somehow I doubt we will be seeing coming out of anyone’s mouth on Saturday Night Live.
llano on December 14, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Indeed CM he is at best a Paulnut and quite likely a sock puppet….
remember the main rule of Axelrod’s type is “nothing more evil than BOOSH!”
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Where is the Steelers/Ravens thread?
IlikedAUH2O on December 14, 2008 at 6:46 PM
You have clearly brought the proverbial mental knife to an ideological gunfight. If you are so concerned about civility in politics, try setting an example by eliminating the TIRESOME NASTINESS FROM ALL YOUR SCREEDS. And try to pose a real argument while you are at it, not your usual attempts to sound like Keith Olbermann.
horatio on December 14, 2008 at 6:51 PM
OMG PREACH! This is why the bloggers need to be scared about the demise of the MSM and the newspapers. Cable as well. Bloggers don’t produce news, they don’t report news, they don’t do investigative journalism. They are, in essence, glorified fact checkers and analyzers. Which is great. the MSM needs to be kept on its toes. But if all the newpspapers really fail who the hell is going to produce the news? Are bloggers going to be at White house press conferences? Are they going to start doing local coverage and local news? Would a blogger have unearthed the NYT’s expose on the failure of Iraq Reconstruction? Do bloggers have the contacts to find that kind of documentation?
Bloggers should be careful what they wish for.
DeathToMediaHacks on December 14, 2008 at 6:52 PM
If the RNC hits Obama hard on this, it won’t jeopardize the country, “good” will not be lost as a result, and there will be no “unity” sacrificed if the RNC keeps the pressure high on Obama. Geezallpeet! We’re the opposition now, we’re allowed to oppose on any and all grounds. Yes, it’s within the rules to point out the precarious position surrounding Obama’s Chief of Staff, and tangentially Obama’s judgment. It’s okay to point out how horribly Obama and his team have handled this (see Ed’s previous post). If we overreach, so what? Memories are short.
Weight of Glory on December 14, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Cindy Munford on December 14, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Maybe, maybe not…
It’ll depend on how much of the protections the courts extend to the media can be extended to bloggers. I suspect donk leaning judges will interpret those protections as being tied in to the institution as much as the individual in which case groups like Pajamas Media will become vital as a holding and clearing house to fufill the requirements for “professional organization”. A truer and more conservative reading would acknowledge that the newsies at the founding were often hobbysits from the printers ranks.
Dunno but cultivating contacts, doing legwork, and the occasional borderline felony may need to be added to our repetoires……
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Just another reason to give the unions the boot.
bleh
Nihaody on December 14, 2008 at 7:02 PM
I like your thinking!
JellyToast on December 14, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Bush Guard Documents: Forged
Thu, Sep 9, 2004 at 10:24:36 am PDT
Riiight. Bloggers never unearth original news items. Surrre.
Y-not on December 14, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Agreed; I’d prefer the RNC take those resources and use them to educate the public on why the GOP can develop and offer policies which benefit all Americans. I’d like to see more push back against the comments leveled against Sen Corker regarding the UAW.
Red State State of Mind on December 14, 2008 at 7:32 PM
With good funding we can accomplish both….we need our own Bond villain….
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 7:34 PM
the way i remember it, bush came into office being called a racist murderer, in reference to the james bird dragging death.
eh on December 14, 2008 at 7:34 PM
goes back to the McCain wing of the party thinking we are involved in a bi-partisan search for the most mutually palatable working solution to our nation’s ills and the donks almost to a person feeling they are Roland’s paladains fighting off evil….
we have seen the results we need rabid streetfighters not honorable losers.
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 7:37 PM
If the Democrats who post on this blog are any indication, they don’t handle winning very well.
Cindy Munford on December 14, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Excellent ad!
Ya gota love the pattern,Nancy Pelosi says;
“It will be the most ethical Congress in History”!
————————————————-
Barack Obama,says;It will be transparent”!
—————————————————-
For some inexplicable and perplexing reason,those that
are elected and represent the Liberal Socialist Democrat
Party have this need to start right off as the most honest,
proper,and we will never ever screw over the American voter!
And yet,Liberals always put forth this type of political
warning,that they will not do no wrong,and so far,the facts
and their corrupt practises continually keeps backfiring,and
blows up in their faces,politically,so to speak!!
Correct me if I’m wrong or mistaken,but I don’t hear a Repub
lican starting off his/or/hers acceptance speech laying out,
from the word go,as to how they won’t allow any form of corr
uption!
canopfor on December 14, 2008 at 7:46 PM
…and arsenic. bush was trying to kill your child because he tabled an executive decree clinton signed on his way out which proposed a .003 ppm difference in the level of arsenic in tap water water utilities could permit.
fluids!
and kyoto. clinton never joined us up with kyoto, so, by lefty logic, bush coming into office and not signing us on either means bush “pulled the u.s. out of kyto.”
eh on December 14, 2008 at 7:58 PM
The GOP’s instincts are pathetic, as evidenced by the last 2 election cycles.
Why start back with campaign commercials, against the guy who just pinned your ears back, before he even takes office?
The GOP employs tactics instead of strategies.
I voted against Obama, and I will let the evidence unfold on this matter and on the matter of Rezko singing like a canary in advance of his sentencing hearing.
Maybe the GOP would want to consider a soul-searching exercise to re-identify the core values which previously bound many of us together and from which the GOP has so terribly strayed.
Maybe John Boehner would not run again, as a matter of honor and integrity, and, short of that, maybe his fellow GOP House members wouldn’t re-elect him to his leadership position.
No, the GOP hasn’t lost enough yet.
It’s still being run by people who get their values from 400 lb. televangelists who cheat on their wives and decry other Christians’ religions.
I am an ardent conservative, and I don’t feel remotely connected to the GOP on a national level.
molonlabe28 on December 14, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Bush also got us into an “illegal war” with Iraq because everyone knows Clinton never attacked a foreign nation without UN, NATO, and Sov…er um ‘Russian’ approval……
except for Kosovo, Iraq and a few others….but do they really count?
sven10077 on December 14, 2008 at 8:02 PM
No, the RNC did not act too soon to question Obama’s response. The sooner people realize he is human and not a Messiah the better it is for us and the world.
The RNC also knows it is important for voters that didn’t get the original memo’s that this pres-elect comes from a corrupt political culture.
Carry on RNC.
FireBlogger on December 14, 2008 at 8:03 PM
it has to start at the university level. we can’t keep complaining that academia and journalism are leftwing institutions without addressing the problem that this is in part the result of too few non-leftists pursuing those carreers.
we can’t keep having our intellectuals ghettoized in think tanks. they need to be professors. we can’t keep having our journalists ghettoized in opinion formats.they need to walk the beat and become city desk editors.
and somewhere along the line, we need to develop a larger presence in arts and literature than just tom wolf and south park.
eh on December 14, 2008 at 8:09 PM
So, AP, you’ve gotten just as lazy as the rest of the media?
Did you bother checking the transcript of that presser? Try this — it’s from Federal News Service (heh, even Chicagoans do get it right sometimes) and the transcript says, with regard to Obama’s involvement:
So Fitzgerald counters questions about Obama’s knowledge of the problem with “Read the complaint,” which obviously isn’t (a) a verbatim transcript of the described calls, and (b) doesn’t cover at least a two-week time period, from mid-November to early December, that were covered by the judge’s order — and that’s a “clean bill of health?”
I would doubt Obama’s on the tapes when he had Emanuel to do his bidding — but does my opinion, or Fitz’s words, lead to the conclusion that he was given a “clean bill of health?”
Nichevo on December 14, 2008 at 8:23 PM
…it’s in those areas that the left has forged it’s advantage. and it’s a substantial advantage. any political disposition which speaks in language informed in the humanities – in history, in the arts, in philosophy and social analasys – is serious and substantive.
and powerful. because the left permeates these fields, they can write themselves in and out of historical and contemporary narratives, and translate it’s ideas into emotional frames capable of influencing minds which lie outside of the politcal grind.
sometimes i wonder how it is that conservatives ever find themselves in power. the fact is that the right’s fortunes rise and fall with the left’s. when the left really screws up, the right gets a shot. that’s no power at all, really.
eh on December 14, 2008 at 8:23 PM
McCain’s response to the post-election attacks on Palin had to be measured with a calendar. His reaction to raising fair questions about the Blago mess could be measured with a stopwatch.
Jim Treacher on December 14, 2008 at 8:24 PM
PC Campus: Academia’s Top 10 Abuses of 2008
Connie on December 14, 2008 at 8:24 PM
They’re better liars, you mean.
Jim Treacher on December 14, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Well said and ‘nuf sed.
thomasaur on December 14, 2008 at 8:27 PM
they turn their intellectual assets toward evil purposes, yes.
and just about nobody is there to check them on their own turf.
abiguity used to be the space for discovery. the academic left has turned it into an endpoint, so as to keep both truth and facts “flexible”.
it wasn’t always like that in the life of the mind. originally the idea was that wisdom begins with calling things by their proper names.
eh on December 14, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Yes, that neatly sums up what I believe I hate most about McCain.
capitalist piglet on December 14, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Look, it’s real simple. The current leadership has failed and needs to resign (except the exceptional Mr. McConnell, who actually succeeds in many of his legislative efforts). Who should lead, you ask? That’s simple too. Find non-incumbent conservatives that actually defeat democrats in elections. Palin, Jindal, Cao, DeMint, Pawlenty and Sanford come to mind (the last 2 were not the incumbent in their 2002 elections). Maybe Crist and Huckabee too along with the aforementioned McConnell.
Mark30339 on December 14, 2008 at 9:02 PM
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