tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post4841609890303606528..comments2024-01-09T15:21:52.135-08:00Comments on Sayet Right: Quick Notes on Radio Appearance.Evan Sayethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989761214143022432noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-73662070667698043522008-10-15T19:52:00.001-07:002008-10-15T19:52:00.001-07:00It bore repeating.It bore repeating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-16807382784114455042008-10-15T19:52:00.000-07:002008-10-15T19:52:00.000-07:00There were repeated split screen moments in which ...There were repeated split screen moments in which Obama's talking about this or that and McCain is there just looking like he's seething -- stiff, like he can barely contain himself. Just tight and angry. As David Gergen just said on CNN watching McCain on the split screens was "almost like [seeing] an exercise in anger management."<BR/><BR/>McCain's just angry and contemptuous of Obama. And you can see that the whole campaign has just gotten under his skin. Like I said at the beginning, when McCain said "hurting and angry", I think a lot of people will think he was talking about himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-42728845499036709842008-10-15T19:51:00.000-07:002008-10-15T19:51:00.000-07:00There were repeated split screen moments in which ...There were repeated split screen moments in which Obama's talking about this or that and McCain is there just looking like he's seething -- stiff, like he can barely contain himself. Just tight and angry. As David Gergen just said on CNN watching McCain on the split screens was "almost like [seeing] an exercise in anger management."<BR/><BR/>McCain's just angry and contemptuous of Obama. And you can see that the whole campaign has just gotten under his skin. Like I said at the beginning, when McCain said "hurting and angry", I think a lot of people will think he was talking about himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-55344526544899158642008-10-15T17:08:00.000-07:002008-10-15T17:08:00.000-07:00"And the build-up over what strategy McCain will e..."And the build-up over what strategy McCain will employ makes that a story regardless: Either he finally attacks, and risks looking desperate, or he doesn’t, and risks looking like he senses that he sees the lights going out."<BR/><BR/>Oh, I get it. Heads you win, tails he loses. Brilliant.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00812877792709736341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-77362393354204747442008-10-15T10:49:00.000-07:002008-10-15T10:49:00.000-07:00lol, Evan's head seems to be in the sand in this o...lol, Evan's head seems to be in the sand in this one. It's the classic, neocon defensive position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-3428829033200216762008-10-15T08:50:00.000-07:002008-10-15T08:50:00.000-07:00The Note: McCain Losing Traction, Options as Final...The Note: McCain Losing Traction, Options as Final Debate Looms<BR/><BR/>October 15, 2008 8:40 AM<BR/><BR/>ABC News' Rick Klein reports in Wednesday's Note:<BR/><BR/>HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- This night, at least, they won’t be far apart.<BR/><BR/>As the big shots gather for one final time in the longest time that’s been the 2008 campaign, cue the careless talk over which strangers will make an appearance: Bill Ayers? Tony Rezko? The John McCain that Sarah Palin has been hoping for? The Barack Obama that Hillary Clinton had been hoping for? <BR/><BR/>But you may be right that there’s a bigger question forming a storm front over Long Island Wednesday: Does any of it matter?<BR/><BR/>So it goes like this: McCain is caught in the worst kind of no man’s land 20 days out, behind by just enough for it to keep him out of range of a second wind. Obama is not the angry young man, and he has answered the question of whether he belongs on the same stage as McCain.<BR/><BR/>McCain’s attacks (and those he might yet launch) are under the complex pressure of mixed messaging (maybe that’s not his style) and fears of backlash (don’t ask me why).<BR/><BR/>Read the rest of The Note -- and get all the latest on the 2008 election, Congress, the White House and the wide world of politics every day -- from Rick Klein by bookmarking this link.<BR/><BR/>It’s Obama who, from the previous encounters, derived the most benefit -- as reflected by the polls (14 points in the latest NYT/CBS numbers), and the race’s psychology. <BR/><BR/>And the build-up over what strategy McCain will employ makes that a story regardless: Either he finally attacks, and risks looking desperate, or he doesn’t, and risks looking like he senses that he sees the lights going out.<BR/><BR/>“Every indication -- including a New York Times/CBS News poll released Tuesday that showed Mr. Obama vaulting to a significant lead -- suggests that Mr. Obama has succeeded in erasing many of those doubts [about his candidacy], primarily through the debates,” Adam Nagourney writes in The New York Times. <BR/><BR/>“Mr. McCain is highly unlikely to let this third and final debate -- the last time in the campaign that he will command an audience anywhere near this size -- pass without a fight,” Nagourney writes. “Still, history suggests that barring a major mistake by Mr. Obama -- who has over this year not made many -- or some startling new attack or appeal by Mr. McCain, it will be hard to erase the impressions that Mr. Obama left in the first two debates.”<BR/><BR/>As for Ayers: “Speaking to a St. Louis radio station on Tuesday, John McCain said that Barack Obama's recent suggestion that McCain does not have guts to raise the Bill Ayers issue to his face ‘probably ensured’ that the former Weather Underground leader will come up in Wednesday's final presidential debate,” per ABC’s Ron Claiborne, Teddy Davis, and Arnab Datta. <BR/><BR/>Continue reading today's Note by clicking HERE.<BR/><BR/>ABC News' Hope Ditto contributed to this report.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-43381725103566167612008-10-15T04:51:00.000-07:002008-10-15T04:51:00.000-07:00hi, dan. i did that same google check earlier and...hi, dan. i did that same google check earlier and came up with the same result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-44621202066147515692008-10-15T04:49:00.000-07:002008-10-15T04:49:00.000-07:00but you will still vote for "mcfool," won't you, j...but you will still vote for "mcfool," won't you, john?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-14564829100495804642008-10-14T22:07:00.000-07:002008-10-14T22:07:00.000-07:00I googled it, and the only recent radio appearance...I googled it, and the only recent radio appearance of Sayet's I could find was an interview with Pamela Geller, not exactly a leftist. <BR/><BR/>Given Mr. Sayet's attitude and language on his own blog, even if what he said was true, he was probably just as nasty to his opponent, if not more so. <BR/><BR/>But somehow conservatives are nicer people. right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-81438771890580091302008-10-14T13:34:00.000-07:002008-10-14T13:34:00.000-07:00That's what McFool gets for being nice to leftists...That's what McFool gets for being nice to leftists.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00812877792709736341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-72248982652154561222008-10-14T12:58:00.000-07:002008-10-14T12:58:00.000-07:00--------------------------------------------------...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR/><BR/> JOHN MCCAIN WAS ACORN'S '06 KEYNOTER! <BR/>Guess who was "palling around with" those wicked far-left "voter fraud"[1] extremists at ACORN?! Yup. John McCain was the keynote speaker at ACORN's February 2006 rally for immigration reform. <BR/><BR/>1 - There are no known cases of actual "voter fraud" by ACORN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-57824904928347147562008-10-14T11:18:00.000-07:002008-10-14T11:18:00.000-07:00Judge: GOP's voter purge a 'violation of federal l...Judge: GOP's voter purge a 'violation of federal law'Stephen C. Webster<BR/><BR/><BR/>The American Civil Liberties Union is trumpeting a judge's decision in Michigan which brings to a halt the practice of eliminating voters from rolls if their mailing address is found to be invalid.<BR/><BR/>Recently, the GOP chairman in Macomb County, Michigan, detailed a plan to use a list of foreclosed homes to challenge voters. His pronouncement drew an immediate backlash, with predictions that the plan would "backfire."<BR/><BR/>It has.<BR/><BR/>The suit, filed by ACLU national and ACLU of Michigan, along with the Advancement Project, aimed to protect voters whose registration cards were returned to government offices by post as 'undeliverable.' Judge Stephen J. Murphy of the U.S. District Court of Michigan's Eastern District concluded that the program of eliminating these voters from rolls is in violation of federal law.<BR/><BR/>The voter purge program, better known to elections integrity experts as 'voter caging,' is a long-storied GOP tactic employed against minority, student and low-income voters. In September, the Obama campaign filed a lawsuit in Michigan challenging the illegal tactic.<BR/><BR/>"You essentially send a first-class letter to a hoursehold where you suspect that that person no longer lives there but where they're still registered to vote," explained Allen Raymond, a convicted GOP elections fraudster who spent time in prison after the discovery of a phone-jamming scheme during the 2002 elections. "That letter comes back. ... Somebody [at the local polling place] then challenges that vote if that person comes in to vote."<BR/><BR/>"This is a very significant ruling for Michigan voters," said Matthew Lund, the ACLU cooperating attorney and a partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP who argued the case, in a release. "The court recognized – and repeated several times – that the state of Michigan is conducting unlawful voter purges that clearly violate the National Voter Registration Act. Michigan voters who were removed from the voting rolls for no reason other than failure to receive their ID card in the mail will now be allowed to vote in November.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-16224821260378555292008-10-14T11:14:00.000-07:002008-10-14T11:14:00.000-07:00I agree, Karin. Evan tells us that he marshalled "...I agree, Karin. Evan tells us that he marshalled "fact, evidence and reason" to bat away the Limousine Liberal's maladroit arguments. If that were the truth, he would readily furnish us with the opportunity to listen to the exchange ourselves, all the better to marvel at his expert performance. I suspect, however, that Evan decided to retail this fairy tale since, because Obama is moving inexorably towards victory on Election Day, there was nothing else for him to talk about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-62927576114841475872008-10-14T11:08:00.000-07:002008-10-14T11:08:00.000-07:00johnny says: Very telling. He doesn't feel like he...<I>johnny says: Very telling. He doesn't feel like he has to prove anything to you and just ignores you.</I><BR/><BR/>um, what about all of that "fact, <B>evidence</B> and reason" that evan's sputtering about and of which he has never offered even the smallest scrap. he makes all of these assertions, but he doesn't back them up. he's lying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-89281164771477312872008-10-14T10:54:00.000-07:002008-10-14T10:54:00.000-07:00lol...why'd he feel he had to tell us about his gr...lol...why'd he feel he had to tell us about his great victory in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-42116662297858235852008-10-14T10:53:00.000-07:002008-10-14T10:53:00.000-07:00William Ayers: Funded by RepublicansThu, 10/09/200...William Ayers: Funded by Republicans<BR/>Thu, 10/09/2008 <BR/> <BR/>The more the McCain campaign tries to tie Barack to William Ayers, the more ridiculous they look. But hey-- at least the economy is doing well! <BR/><BR/>After his stupid, youthful days with the Weather Underground organization, William Ayers became a normal, productive member of society. After recieving his PhD in the 1980's, he became a professor of education at the University of Illinois, wrote 15 books, and served as an advisor to Chicago Mayor William Daley. As Daley told the New York Times recently, "He's done a lot of good things in this city and nationally... This is 2008. People make mistakes. You judge a person by his whole life." <BR/><BR/>In 1995, Bill Ayers was part of a team that helped create the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, an education reform project that worked with half of Chicago's public schools. Barack Obama, then working as an attorney and law school professor, was elected chairman of the eight-member board of the CAC. The board included individuals of diverse political backgrounds, including Ray Romero, the President of Ameritech; Stanley Ikenberry, the former President of the University of Illinois; and Republican Arnold Weber, who had served in the Nixon White House. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Arnold Weber-- Republican. Donated to John McCain. Worked with William Ayers <BR/><BR/>In their best efforts to portray Barack as out of the mainstream, some on the right have tried characterizing the Chicago Annenberg Challenge as a dangerous fringe organization. What they do not discuss is the fact that the CAC was funded by a foundation belonging to Walter Annenberg, the billionaire Republican philanthropist who served as Richard M. Nixon's ambassador to the U.K. Annenberg and his wife, Leonore, gave the CAC $50 million in the 90's. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>The Annenbergs-- Republicans. Bankrolled William Ayers with $50 million <BR/><BR/>But Walter and Leonore weren't just giving money to educational foundations started by William Ayers. They were also giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Republican National Committee and various other Republican groups, as well as to a whole host of Republican candidates, including the following: <BR/><BR/>George W. Bush $4000 <BR/>Mitt Romney $5000 <BR/>Strom Thurmond $1000 <BR/>Fred Thompson $500 <BR/>Rick Santorum $3000 <BR/> <BR/><BR/>Rick Santorum-- former Republican Senator. Received $3000 from Ayers' backers. <BR/><BR/>Why would billionaire Republican philanthropists give millions of dollars to a program that was working with William Ayers? Why would George W., Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and all those other Republicans accept money from the people who were funding this William Ayers-associated group? Why won't McCain discuss these connections between the Republican Party and Ayers? <BR/><BR/>Here's the icing on the cake: just yesterday, the McCain campaign put out a press release bragging about the fact that Leonore Annenberg has endorsed him for president. Yes, you heard it-- a McCain backer bankrolled William Ayers with millions of dollars. <BR/><BR/>More icing: You know that Republican Arnold Weber I mentioned earlier? The one that served on the board of the CAC with Barack? Not only did he work with William Ayers in the 90's, he has also donated at least $1000 to the McCain campaign. That's right-- McCain is accepting money from associates of William Ayers, and so far has not given the money back. <BR/><BR/>I'm feeling a little cheated. Months ago I was promised an October surprise. It's already October 9th, and all I've heard is that Barack knows a guy who's been working with McCain supporters and Republicans since the mid 90's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-57423328837821404372008-10-14T10:30:00.000-07:002008-10-14T10:30:00.000-07:00suze "analyzed":"hmmmm, repeated calls for the aud...suze "analyzed":<BR/><BR/>"hmmmm, repeated calls for the audio of your supposed face off, evan, and silence on your end. oh so telling."<BR/><BR/>Very telling. He doesn't feel like he has to prove anything to you and just ignores you.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00812877792709736341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-79448133149582279392008-10-14T10:25:00.000-07:002008-10-14T10:25:00.000-07:00I have been doing some checking on Sayet's story. ...I have been doing some checking on Sayet's story. Apparently there was some kind of on air exchange where Sayet got emotional and it turned a little embarassing for all concerned. What happened afterward is anyone's guess, but he probably tried to redeem his ego with the guy and then got put down again. <BR/><BR/>This whole movement is crumbling in some very strange ways. The right seems to be having a collective mental breakdown...violence, outbursts, unseemly behaviour, lies repeated desperately even after they're exposed...they've lost all discipline and sense of proportion.<BR/>It's going to be fun to see the carnival that's coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-27197383538793482192008-10-14T10:22:00.000-07:002008-10-14T10:22:00.000-07:00you know, anonymous, evan sometimes talks to imagi...you know, anonymous, evan sometimes talks to imaginary "leftists." i suspect that this is one of those times and that this posting will soon disappear since it is becoming quite obvious what the sad case really is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-23876924355516609982008-10-14T10:14:00.000-07:002008-10-14T10:14:00.000-07:00Anchorage Daily News Editorial: "Sarah Palin's rea...Anchorage Daily News Editorial: "Sarah Palin's reaction to the Legislature's Troopergate report is an embarrassment to Alaskans and the nation. Her response is either astoundingly ignorant or downright Orwellian."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-3176846347547540192008-10-14T10:00:00.000-07:002008-10-14T10:00:00.000-07:00Polls: Obama On A RollOctober 14, 2008 With just o...Polls: Obama On A Roll<BR/>October 14, 2008 <BR/>With just over three weeks until Election Day, the two presidential nominees appear to be on opposite trajectories, with Barack Obama gaining momentum and John McCain stalled or losing ground on a range of issues and personal traits, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll taken Oct. 8-11.<BR/><BR/>Obama's edge in national polls is, on average, more than 7 percentage points, according to the website realclearpolitics.com.<BR/><BR/>In the Post-ABC national poll, Obama is leading 53 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, and for the first time in the general-election campaign, voters gave the Democrat a clear edge on tax policy and providing strong leadership.<BR/><BR/>McCain has made little headway in his attempts to convince voters that Obama is too "risky" or too "liberal." Rather, recent strategic shifts may have hurt the Republican nominee, who now has higher negative ratings than his rival and is seen as mostly attacking his opponent rather than addressing the issues that voters care about.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The Post-ABC survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.<BR/><BR/>—Washington Post, Bloomberg NewsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-51550641397350740492008-10-14T09:55:00.000-07:002008-10-14T09:55:00.000-07:00Evan, in your most recent blog, you use a non-exis...Evan, in your most recent blog, you use a non-existent word, "moronity." Why won't you tell your readers how to gain access to your debate with your Limousine Liberal opponent? My guess is that he trounced you in argument, as did Obama with Mccain in the first two Presidential debates and as he will do tomorrow night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-1563616752879640072008-10-14T09:33:00.000-07:002008-10-14T09:33:00.000-07:00Anchorage Paper Calls Palin Response to Troopergat...Anchorage Paper Calls Palin Response to Troopergate 'An Embarrassment' <BR/><BR/>By E&P Staff <BR/><BR/>Published: October 14, 2008 10:10 AM ET <BR/><BR/>NEW YORK Since its release late last Friday, the Alaska legislatures "Troopergate" has drawn much attention, and Gov. Sarah Palin has claimed numerous times that it actually found no ethical misdeeds on her part -- even as it charged her with a serious "abuse of power." The main paper in her home state is not buying it.<BR/><BR/>The Anchorage Daily News' angry editorial today was topped with the headline: "Palin vindicated? Governor offers Orwellian spin." It opens: "Sarah Palin's reaction to the Legislature's Troopergate report is an embarrassment to Alaskans and the nation.<BR/><BR/>"She claims the report 'vindicates' her. She said that the investigation found 'no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.'<BR/><BR/>"Her response is either astoundingly ignorant or downright Orwellian."<BR/><BR/>An excerpt follows.<BR/>*<BR/><BR/>In plain English, she did something "unlawful." She broke the state ethics law.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Gov. Palin has been too busy to actually read the Troopergate report. Perhaps she is relying on briefings from McCain campaign spinmeisters.<BR/><BR/>That's the charitable interpretation.<BR/><BR/>Because if she had actually read it, she couldn't claim "vindication" with a straight face.<BR/><BR/>Palin asserted that the report found "there was no abuse of authority at all in trying to get Officer Wooten fired."<BR/><BR/>In fact, the report concluded that "impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda, to wit: to get Trooper Michael Wooten fired."<BR/><BR/>Palin's response is the kind of political "big lie" that George Orwell warned against. War is peace. Black is white. Up is down.<BR/><BR/>Gov. Palin and her camp trumpeted the report's second finding: that she was within her legal authority to fire Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. But the report also said it's likely one of the reasons she fired him was his failure to get rid of her ex-brother-in-law trooper.<BR/><BR/>That's not "vindication," and surely Gov. Palin knows it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-52905557954712999662008-10-14T04:23:00.000-07:002008-10-14T04:23:00.000-07:00Frank Schaeffer, the bestselling author of Crazy f...<I>Frank Schaeffer, the bestselling author of Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. He's the son of the late evangelist Francis Schaeffer, considered himself a lifelong Republican. He voted for John McCain in 2000. McCain even endorsed one of Schaeffer's earlier books on military service. But on Friday, Frank Schaeffer published an op-ed piece in the Baltimore Sun excoriating McCain for "feeding the most unhinged elements of our society the red meat of hate." The op-ed is entitled "An Open Letter to John McCain." <BR/><BR/>"John McCain: If your campaign does not stop equating Sen. Barack Obama with terrorism, questioning his patriotism and portraying Mr. Obama as 'not one of us,' I accuse you of deliberately feeding the most unhinged elements of our society the red meat of hate, and therefore of potentially instigating violence.<BR/><BR/>"At a Sarah Palin rally, someone called out, 'Kill him!' At one of your rallies, someone called out, 'Terrorist!' Neither was answered or denounced by you or your running mate, as the crowd laughed and cheered. At your campaign event Wednesday in Bethlehem, Pa., the crowd was seething with hatred for the Democratic nominee -- an attitude encouraged in speeches there by you, your running mate, your wife and the local Republican chairman.<BR/><BR/>"Shame!<BR/><BR/>"John McCain: In 2000, as a lifelong Republican, I worked to get you elected instead of George W. Bush. In return, you wrote an endorsement of one of my books about military service. You seemed to be a man who put principle ahead of mere political gain.<BR/><BR/>"You have changed. You have a choice: Go down in history as a decent senator and an honorable military man with many successes, or go down in history as the latest abettor of right-wing extremist hate.<BR/><BR/>"John McCain, you are no fool, and you understand the depths of hatred that [surround] the issue of race in this country. You also know that, post-9/11, to call someone a friend of a terrorist is a very serious matter. You also know we are [a bitterly divided country] on many other issues. You know that, sadly, in America, violence is always just a moment away. You know that there are plenty of crazy people out there.<BR/><BR/>"Stop! Think! Your rallies are beginning to look, sound, feel and smell like lynch mobs.<BR/><BR/>"John McCain, you're walking a perilous line. If you do not stand up for all that is good in America and declare that Senator Obama is a patriot, fit for office, and denounce your hate-filled supporters when they scream out 'Terrorist' or 'Kill him,' history will hold you responsible for all that follows.<BR/><BR/>"John McCain and Sarah Palin, you are playing with fire, and you know it. You are unleashing the monster of American hatred and prejudice, to the peril of all of us. You are doing this in wartime. You are doing this as our economy collapses. You are doing this in a country with a history of assassinations.<BR/><BR/>"Change the atmosphere of your campaign. Talk about the issues at hand. Make your case. But stop stirring up the lunatic fringe of haters, or risk suffering the judgment of history and the loathing of the American people -- forever.<BR/><BR/>"We will hold you responsible."</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938318.post-7284916597230021372008-10-14T04:07:00.000-07:002008-10-14T04:07:00.000-07:00hmmmm, repeated calls for the audio of your suppos...hmmmm, repeated calls for the audio of your supposed face off, evan, and silence on your end. oh so telling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com