Democratic activist: WH “bulls**t” for anonymous Deeds distancing
posted at 4:35 pm on October 23, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
How did the Democratic activists react to the Obama administration tossing Creigh Deeds under the bus today with a series of anonymous quotes from inside the White House? David “Mudcat” Saunders, a well-known Democratic veteran, had no problem going on the record with CNN for a profanity-laced response. Saunders called the attack “bulls**t” and a “g*****n shame” (via Gary Gross):
David “Mudcat” Saunders, who gained political fame helping Democrat Mark Warner reach out to rural voters during Warner’s successful 2001 gubernatorial bid, told CNN Friday that trying to blame Deeds is “bulls**t” when Democrats around the country are “just tired of politics.”
“The Democrats right now are a real bruised brand right now where I am,” said Saunders, who lives near Roanoke. “There was so much energy put into last year’s race, everybody’s just burned out. You can’t [get] anybody fired up.” …
“It’s a goddamn shame when our center of government, the White House, won’t talk on the record. I discount all of it,” Saunders said of the Post article. “It’s a lack of courage. And it goes against transparency that Obama told us last year was going to come out of the White House. Anybody who makes anonymous quotes out of the White House should be fired.”
That lack of courage appears to be an emerging theme at this White House. They’re afraid of Fox News, they’re afraid of Congress on health-care reform, and they at least appear afraid to make a decision on strategy in Afghanistan two months after getting Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s report. They’re spending their time managing the media rather than leading and governing.
Now that they’ve undermined Deeds two weeks before the election, we may start seeing them becoming afraid of their own base. They certainly made a momentary opponent of Mudcat, who summed up this administration more succinctly than some Republicans we know.
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Creigh Deeds? Never heard of him.
– Charlie Gibson
lorien1973 on October 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Yep. And it will only get worse for Dems. Much, much worse.
Norwegian on October 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM
What do you have to do to get a nickname like “Mudcat.”
He sounds like a character on the A-Team. “Hey Mudcat, throw me that dynamite!”
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 23, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Welcome to the Opening Ceremonies of the Dem Civil War.
faraway on October 23, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Sounds as if some of the true believers are getting a look behind the curtain.
d1carter on October 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Its funny how Dims can’t see that they have any responsibility for Virginia’s economy even though they have held the Governorship for 8 years. Its like they think George Bush was micromanaging every state.
Speedwagon82 on October 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM
It’s tough standing tall when you have a slinky for a spine.
rw on October 23, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Anybody else having fun watching the two major political parties implode?
*pass the popcorn*
Just A Grunt on October 23, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Hey Dems, how’s that hot, steaming pile of Hope and Change working out for ya? When you run on a high school level platform of “change”, you end up disappointing everybody.
NickelAndDime on October 23, 2009 at 4:42 PM
David “SlimeDog” Axelrod attack on MudCat in 3…2…
WashJeff on October 23, 2009 at 4:42 PM
OT: Did NY-23 GOP candidate funnel campaign money to family?
Enoxo on October 23, 2009 at 4:42 PM
LOL. Lorien, you’re a riot.
portlandon on October 23, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I thought he was “The Gimp”. Maybe that was Axelrod…
NickelAndDime on October 23, 2009 at 4:43 PM
How amazing that the only thing worth getting fired up about is winning. Governing, it seems, is just too exhausting. May as well have another drink and not worry about it.
Ozwitch on October 23, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Congrats, lefty kooks and linguini-spined “moderates” … this is one of many things we warned you about. Own it, & don’t repeat the mistake.
I love this blue-on-blue bloodletting. I hope it lasts through 2012.
OhioCoastie on October 23, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Hey, they’re not afraid to P-A-R-T-Y and go on vacations and trips to exotic places.
Michele Antoinette, indeed.
stenwin77 on October 23, 2009 at 4:45 PM
sorry for OT! anyone wantching Cavuto?
J. Russel George who is an IG was on and he claims 53 IRS agents a bunch of kids and over 3k Illegal immigrants have improperly recieved an $8,000 tax credit designed for new home buyers. They were able to recieve these checks because the IRS ignored his recommendations about screening applicants.
Mord on October 23, 2009 at 4:46 PM
This is getting good, libs and RINO’s are finally figuring out that they are a bunch of spineless wussies.
farright on October 23, 2009 at 4:47 PM
I read about ole “Mudcat’ before. He’s real popular with the Dems. He takes them around the rural areas and teaches them how to relate to rednecks. He sounds like a big BS artist himself.
Jeff on October 23, 2009 at 4:47 PM
No!!! Certainly not!!! That’s crazy talk!!!
Thus will all Democrat candidates that don’t serve The Won’s purpose be dealt with.
uncivilized on October 23, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Oh yeah, these clowns are “managing” the media! Dazzling performance folks!
ya2daup on October 23, 2009 at 4:48 PM
If you don’t think there will be “the next election” you don’t worry about losing the base support for “the next election.”
johnsteele on October 23, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I live just across the Potomac from the Old Dominion… Looking forward to the Election Night Follies…
Pass the pudding!
Khun Joe on October 23, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I’ve never seen anything like this. The White House trashing a gubenatorial candidate BEFORE he even loses the election. Geez, at least let the people vote before crucifying him.
All Obama seems to give a crap about is his image. I think he’s obsessed with maintaining a solid personal approval rating, his party be damned. That’s why he’ll take forever to make a decision(assuming he does end up making one) on Afghanistan. He can’t bear the thought of alienating half the country, which is inevitable no matter what he chooses.
Doughboy on October 23, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Burnt out on “Hope and Change” already?
That did not take long.
Sanmon on October 23, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Oh my goodness! This is gonna be fun!
As freaked out as Obama has become with Fox News and people he already knew were going to disagree with him… what’s going to happen when his base starts disagreeing with him much more vocally? I seriously think Obama is going to have a breakdown and we’re going to see him hauled away in a straight jacket. At least that’s what I see in my wildest dream!
behiker on October 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Mr. Deeds won’t be going to town in November. He’s going to the house.
Percy_Peabody on October 23, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Hope and Change was a temporary blush of their more intractable Fear and Loathing
John the Libertarian on October 23, 2009 at 4:55 PM
It will be more than bruised after the 2010 elections.
Try beaten with an ugly stick and thrown bleeding and screaming in a ditch on the side of the road.
And it deserves worse.
NoDonkey on October 23, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Nice “wildest dream,” mine includes handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit.
farright on October 23, 2009 at 4:57 PM
The One can’t win when holding a strong hand. How would you like to be paired with Creigh Deeds?
Cut that drag line loose at once.
IlikedAUH2O on October 23, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Actually, Virginia’s economy is much better off than a lot of other areas.
Abby Adams on October 23, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Yeah well if they don’t want to be Southern Michigan anytime soon, they need to stop electing Democrats and kicking Deeds to the curb is a good start.
NoDonkey on October 23, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Southern shorthand for catfish found in murky waters.
TXUS on October 23, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Guy named “Mudcat” cursing the Lord on television?
Yep, gotta be a Democratic activist.
David2.0 on October 23, 2009 at 5:01 PM
See? :-)
(I’ve never seen this feature before… quite good.)
Abby Adams on October 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM
How are the true believers going to react when they find out that NATO has endorsed the McChrystal plan?
ICBM on October 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Just a note: you censored “g*****n” in your intro but left it uncensored in the quote.
joe_doufu on October 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Have The One resign. Give Biden 24 hour use of NPR. Swear Hillary in. I know, I know..but at least she is bright (for a liberal) and knows not to praise Mao in public.
IlikedAUH2O on October 23, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Mudcats..minor league southern baseball.
IlikedAUH2O on October 23, 2009 at 5:05 PM
“Bruised Brand” because they are burnt out? From working oh-so-hard to get their folks elected?… My Ass.
Burnt out from defending the indefensible and incompetent; and now finally starting to feel the backlash, maybe.
paragon27x on October 23, 2009 at 5:07 PM
…with Michelle frog-marched right along with him, screaming in his ear “You told me you had this under control !!”
Jerome Horwitz on October 23, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Not nearly as tasty as channel cats.
thomasaur on October 23, 2009 at 5:10 PM
You didn’t seem to mind annonymous quotes leaking from the WH before January did ya?
t.ferg on October 23, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Correct. Unemployment in my ‘Burg is at 4.8%. Not complaining all considered.
donkichi on October 23, 2009 at 5:12 PM
I doubt if he objected to anonymous quotes from the mediamatters or the Huff HO recently.
ICBM on October 23, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Mudcat was last seen defending John Edwards against “scurrilous” accusations of adultery. Wonder if he wishes he’d done that as “an unnamed Edwards campaign official”?
BuzzCrutcher on October 23, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Mudcat Grant
JohnBissell on October 23, 2009 at 5:15 PM
The Won: By his Deeds shall we know him.
Blacksmith on October 23, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Ogabe’s pretty much getting pantsed and dragged around the track on a daily basis now, isn’t he?
Time to invest in Orville Reddenbacher futures….
Fallen Sparrow on October 23, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Which side is Obama on? The Blue or the Gray??????
SayNo2-O on October 23, 2009 at 5:21 PM
I agree with him on that.
KS Rex on October 23, 2009 at 5:22 PM
My sentiments exactly.
Might sound crazy, but I believe this guy has no intention of voluntarily leaving that White House. At least, not until he have succeeded in imposing his socialist agenda.
RMR on October 23, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Red
thomasaur on October 23, 2009 at 5:22 PM
I think the more accurate assessment would be….they’ve seen what Obama has to offer. The lies, the misrepresentations, the incompetence, the lies, the bullying, and thuggish tactics, the manipulations, the lies.
I think for a lot of Democrats, this is not the Democratic party of their fathers, and this is NOT the man they voted for. Obama seemed to be able to cast a spell over many, and now….they see the light!
capejasmine on October 23, 2009 at 5:23 PM
1st: Creigh Deeds is indeed a Dem.
2d: but Creigh Deeds is not a marxist like Obama.
i’m not voting for Creigh anyway, but all of you non-Virginians should know that Bambi is slamming Creigh partly because Creigh is simply just not as insane as others in the White House.
o/t: Cavuto was on fire. now Beck is smokin’.
kelley in virginia on October 23, 2009 at 5:24 PM
That’s, of course, because mudcats are the real bottom feeders, and there ain’t no tellin’ what they been eatin’.
Maybe even some Creigh-fish.
TXUS on October 23, 2009 at 5:30 PM
That’d be ConAgra, owner of the Reddenbacher brand (currently trades at around $22 a share).
AZCoyote on October 23, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Yeah, the Dems in my family are feeling the same way. Kinda sucks when your President blows so bad (not in the Bill Clinton way … ahem) that even the media is getting sick of him. Hey, welcome to our world. We put up with it for 8 years, from a HOSTILE media. Where every word and nuance was analyzed. Now, for some reason, the Dems just wanna stop with the political punditry. Problem is, Obama is a pathetic joke, and the repercussions for our country are all too serious, so we can’t let it go and just let him have his way with our future.
On a lighter note, I’m having fun seeing HIS POLICIES fail. But hey, I’m just a big mean conservative who knew America was NOT voting for socialism, and that a rookie with no actual experience could NOT handle this job.
And yes, actually Sarah (not the one who plays her on TV — geez, you guys are dumb) would have been better than O and Joe.
eucher on October 23, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Mr. Obama, How do you vote?
Obama: Present
txmomof6 on October 23, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Jim Geraghty counted something like NINE different anonymous sources quoted in that WaPo piece. Not all were Administration officials, but a lot of them were. What a bunch of chickens***s.
rockmom on October 23, 2009 at 5:46 PM
What Americans were hiring in Nov. 2008 – a Commander-in-Chief
What they got – a wannabe Doctor-in-Chief, Celebrity-in-Chief, and certified Whiner-in-Chief
txmomof6 on October 23, 2009 at 5:50 PM
you know, if i didn’t really know what was at stake for the Commonwealth, i would vote for Creigh Deeds out of pity. the White House & Obama have stomped over Deeds because Deeds isn’t a marxist.
kelley in virginia on October 23, 2009 at 5:52 PM
These leaks should be encouraged. I sense a lot of the Obama people are going to jump ship and not just in walking away, but actively feed information to the outside to help grind Obama down. Frankly I am shocked at the number of leaks so far given the Ones aura, but more and more the info has been flowing to the right hands. The Obama paranoia is thick and getting worse.
I am not sure he is sane, a terrible thing to think about when it comes to the highest office in the Land.
GunRunner on October 23, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Wow, that was ffreaking cool!!!
lovingmyUSA on October 23, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Yes they were so hot, my tTV was smoking!!! Speaking of sarcasm dripping off their tongues…I bet the air was blue with all the swearing at the Whinehouse!
lovingmyUSA on October 23, 2009 at 5:59 PM
This is becoming a cluster fark!!!!
lovingmyUSA on October 23, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Fired???? Hell, they will be PROMOTED!!!
PappaMac on October 23, 2009 at 6:07 PM
And how sweet the tears that fall…
TXUS on October 23, 2009 at 6:09 PM
The Dems are scared because Deeds has been running a crappy, laisez~faire, or no campaign without Obama stumping for him while McDonnell has been cleaning his clock by stumping, glad handing where the money isn’t and the votes areand using WaPo ads against Deeds.
Just sayin’.
Jack.
Jack Deth on October 23, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Can someone hit the ‘PAUSE’ button. I gotta run to the store for more popcorn.
PappaMac on October 23, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Just a Grunt
I am. It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people.
When in doubt
scream and shout
stamp your feet
and runabout
LMAO at ALL of them.
elclynn on October 23, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Slightly OT but they just ran the election story on the news. McDonnell was out there talking about creating new jobs. Deeds was proposing increasing the amount of unemployment in areas where the number without a job jumps up 2% from the previous month. That friends should tell you all you need to know about these two candidates.
highhopes on October 23, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Jack I gotta disagree with you slightly. I’m not sure that the filthy lying coward putting in more appearances would have been beneificial. I suspect that it would have harmed Deeds more than it would have helped.
Beyond that, Deeds has run a crappy campaign. Nothing but claims arising out of that thesis paper. How are voters supposed to elect a man whose only competency seems to be be discussing another individual’s 20-year-old school paper? Deeds is bringing in Bill Clinton and the filthy lying coward in the last few days but I suspect it won’t do too much good. There just aren’t people on the fence at this point.
highhopes on October 23, 2009 at 6:25 PM
SSSSSSCHADENFREUDE, BABYYYYYY!!!!!!!
Cicero43 on October 23, 2009 at 6:26 PM
When Creigh Deeds won the primary he was considered a moderate who could be bipartisan. He had plenty of high ranking supporters in the Republican Party. His mistake was to get inolved with Obama and let him even make one speech on his behalf. This was supposed to be the rematch of his and McDonnell’s election for Attorney General 4 years ago. It was very, very close even in the recount.
Same with Tim Kaine. His mistake was to be Obama’s state campaign manager last year. He has aligned himself with corruption that he has to overlook.
The Democrats have tarnished themselves by allowing Obama to barge in and steal elections using ACORN and generally act like thugs with their overwhelming corruption. They brought Chicago to America and I don’t think most folks like it. It started with Clinton and it is being carried on by Obama. This isn’t your regular Democrat Party anymore. The corruption of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid doesn’t help. They think they can run this country with an iron fist, but there are way too many that are beginning to see the this isn’t the way America should be run. They are now the party of corruption. I don’t know how they get the “stink” off themselves. If this weren’t such a dangerous world, it would be most entertaining to watch them implode. I live way too close to DC to take any glee in their implosion. It’s just damn scary.
BetseyRoss on October 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM
face it Creigh (and other Dems), he’s just not that into you….
ted c on October 23, 2009 at 6:32 PM
His mistake was to pin his entire campaign on McDonnell’s 20-year-old thesis statement. It didn’t turn into a macaca moment and yet that seems to be all he has to offer up even now.
highhopes on October 23, 2009 at 6:39 PM
No “honor among thieves”?
marklmail on October 23, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Virginia has, and will always have, a Republican Legislature. We vetoed $125 million in stimulus money because of it’s potential economic impact on small business. It doesn’t matter if we have a D in the Gov’s mansion or not, the General Assembly runs sh!t around here.
To quote the Washington Post:
We are good in VA. That’s why this whole thing is a joke to us. Virginia a Blue or even Purple state? HA! I laugh.
uknowmorethanme on October 23, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Probably not too much when you’re a Democrat. That party is so testicularly-challenge that throwing out the occasional bit of profanity is probably an adequate enough demonstration of masculinity to get a tough-sounding nickname (e.g. the ballerina “Rahmbo” Emmanuel.)
WarEagle01 on October 23, 2009 at 7:04 PM
What do you have to do to get a nickname like “Mudcat.”
[...]
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 23, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Ya hafta noodle catfeesh!
ExpressoBold on October 23, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Allen’s undoing: Macaca Moment
Deed’s undoing: Maobama Moment
fogw on October 23, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Yeah, that wasn’t too bright, but I think Obama had started to give speeches for him before that. The disaster one being in NOVA when Obama made the speech all about himself and called on the SEIU to get in the faces of the folks going to town hall meetings. Next day they beat up Kenneth Gladney in St. Louis. That was a defining moment for me, anyway. Why in the world would Obama do that during a campaign speech? Very bad.
Poor Creigh needed something so off he goes to follow the politics of destruction meme that Democrats seem to think works these days. It could have even been Obama “researchers” doing that work for Deeds. We know that Obama does work that way because they got Sarah to resign just a few weeks before that.
If I were a Democrat, these lessons are pretty blatent and difficult to ignore. Tim Kaine–take heed. Save yourself.
BetseyRoss on October 23, 2009 at 7:34 PM
My neighbor had a case of creigh deeds but an ointment and a shot of penicillin cleared it right up.
R Square on October 23, 2009 at 7:50 PM
I believe “mudcat” is slang for a catfish. There are lots of catfish, and lots of catfish fishermen, in the South.
Red State State of Mind on October 23, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Hey Leftist Libtards…sorry for laughing my a** off here, but hey, during the election last year, we tried to tell you about ‘Teh Won’, but you didn’t want to listen to reason and logic, you wanted to listen to empty rhetoric about ‘Hope and Change.’
I guess the phrase ‘Sucks to be you’ really does mean something now, doesn’t it?
Gothguy on October 23, 2009 at 7:54 PM
The White House is VOTING P-R-E-S-E-N-T!
What`s the big deal? You hoped DUMB-0 would change, STUPID!
Jayrae on October 23, 2009 at 8:18 PM
David Saunders… That’s a PEACE PRIZE!
Mojave Mark on October 23, 2009 at 8:33 PM
You have made my day!
+1000
katy the mean old lady on October 23, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Why should they fire up, when their guiding star has turned out to have quite a bit of tarnish? Everyone can see it, even the Post and the Times.
When the media treats you the same as your adversaries, it’s over.
unclesmrgol on October 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Does anybody think that it’s possible that Obie is setting the folks up so they will take pity on Deeds and vote for him? Sort of a “I’m against Obie, so vote for me.” Kind of like that blind guy in New York is doing so he can get reelected.
TimothyJ on October 24, 2009 at 1:01 AM
Obama: “Creigh Deeds? Just a guy..uhhh, umm who lived in…umm, ahh, my neighborhood. Similar to that…err, ummm Bill Ayers guy, yea, that guy…ummm, err, who wrote my…umm, err my autobiography. I could’nt disown him, like my grandmother, my pastor, my church, my friends, my mentors, my Chicago past, my education, my past history….
dthorny on October 24, 2009 at 7:11 AM
BUT HE WON THE NOBEL APPEASE PRIZE!!!
dthorny on October 24, 2009 at 7:12 AM
“They’re spending their time managing the media rather than leading and governing.” -Ed
Continuing evidence that the Obama campaign didn’t end on that Tuesday last November. And why not? They’ve proven that they know how to campaign but don’t know squat about governing. So they are going with the only thing they know. The problem is that when governance is called for and campaigning is all you’ve got, the result is ham-fisted and entirely amateur.
SKYFOX on October 24, 2009 at 10:46 AM