Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Fake
Not enough to exploit tragedy, they have to fake it too. Republicans. feh.
The controversial video of the burning World Trade Center towers in a television campaign ad for Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine is doctored, U.S. News has learned. The television spot, which has been lambasted by critics as a political exploitation of the Sept. 11, attacks Democrat challenger Rep. Sherrod Brown for being weak on national security.
On the air in major Ohio markets since last Friday, the ad shows the towers, with the south building billowing smoke, which gradually drifts upward. In the video, the north tower, which was struck first on September 11, is undamaged.
"This particular image is impossible," says W. Gene Corley, a stuctural engineer who led FEMA's building performance study on the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks. Corley reviewed the ad atwww.brownvotes.com for U.S. News. "The north tower was hit first [so] the south tower could not be burning without the North Tower burning." Corley also says, "the smoke is all wrong." The day of the attacks, the plumes of ash were drifting to the southeast. "The smoke on 9/11 was never in a halo like that," Corley says.
DeWine's office acknowledged the error. "The Senator was unaware that the image of the towers was a graphic representation and has instructed the campaign to replace the footage with a picture of the Twin Towers," his office said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
DeWine spokesman Brian Seitchik says the image of the burning towers in the ad is a still photo with computer-generated smoke added.
Chris Carney
Chris Carney is running against Don Sherwood. You may remember Don Sherwood from such hits as "64-year-old married Republican accused of choking 29-year-old mistress" and "64-year-old married Republican settles $5.5 million lawsuit by 29-year-old mistress for undisclosed amount."
Need I say anything more?
Help out.
Need I say anything more?
Help out.
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak is running against Crazy Curt Weldon. When Crazy Curt isn't doing things like dreaming of digging up weapons of mass destruction in the sands of Iraq and listening to nonsense from Ghorbanifar's pal Ali, he's criticizing Sestak for his choice of where to get medical treatment for his young daughter.
Weldon's about the worst the Republicans have and yes that is saying a lot. It's an embarrassment to this country that he's in office. Sestak served 31 year in the Navy, and finished his career as a Vice Admiral. He's out doing a lot of people-centered campaigning - knocking on doors, talking to people at train stations - and with a little help he can win this one.
So, consider a little help.
Weldon's about the worst the Republicans have and yes that is saying a lot. It's an embarrassment to this country that he's in office. Sestak served 31 year in the Navy, and finished his career as a Vice Admiral. He's out doing a lot of people-centered campaigning - knocking on doors, talking to people at train stations - and with a little help he can win this one.
So, consider a little help.
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter is the only incumbent on the list. I put her on there when it appeared she was going to be facing a primary opponent from the right. That opponent decided against it in the end, but she still deserves our support. She spends a lot of time out there fighting the fight and less time groveling than she might, and often has our backs on stuff we care about. So, it's good to have her back too.
Donna Edwards
Donna Edwards is the only person aside from Ned Lamont challenging an incumbent in a primary who is on the Eschaton Act Blue list. Edwards is challenging Al Wynn, who is a proud member of the Eschaton List of Losers you see on the bottom left, dedicated to those representatives who sold out their constituents by voting for estate tax repeal and for the bankruptcy bill.
Edwards isn't a new person on the scene, and she has plenty of non-blogospheric support. Once again I'll let Howie Klein tell you about her.
Edwards isn't a new person on the scene, and she has plenty of non-blogospheric support. Once again I'll let Howie Klein tell you about her.
Grovel
Yes, it's rather sad that politicians need to grovel to rich people. Politicians need to spend a lot of time begging for money and kissing ass. I promise that when (oh, optimism) I'm a rich person I won't really care if they grovel or not.
Still, politicians do need to grovel and a willingness to do so is really critical. New candidates are often shocked and horrified when they're told the number of hours they should expect to spend dialing for donors, but that's the way it works.
So, if some of you more humble people who don't really need to have your asses kissed would step up and donate a few that would mean less time they'd have to spend kissing ass.
Still, politicians do need to grovel and a willingness to do so is really critical. New candidates are often shocked and horrified when they're told the number of hours they should expect to spend dialing for donors, but that's the way it works.
So, if some of you more humble people who don't really need to have your asses kissed would step up and donate a few that would mean less time they'd have to spend kissing ass.
Funny
Laura Ingraham calls out falafel boy as a whiny-ass titty-baby.
O'REILLY: Laura, here's how it works. It intimidates good people who may want to come into the public arena as politicians or commentators. It intimidates them. They don't want to put themselves --
INGRAHAM: I disagree. I hate to disagree with you, Bill, but I disagree. If someone is intimidated by George Soros and Media Matters, then they have no business being in politics or in our business. If you can't stand up for what you think is right and for the values that you think most Americans hold and for what you think is good for this country, then get out of the game, get out of the kitchen, whatever you want to call it, because these people are going to do that. That's the nature of this game. That has been politics for longer than you and I have been alive, and it's going to continue to be politics. And I understand what you're saying. I mean, it's amplified because of the new media and the Internet and everything.
Getting So Much Better All the Time
Since July 6 there have been hundreds of Iraqi casualties in Iraq and about 17 US troop casualties. On July 6 Lieberman said:
Apparently things have improved so much in Iraq that Lieberman think we will be leaving sooner. He now says:
Apprently over the last 12 todays things in Iraq have improved so much that we've gone from beginning to draw down by the end of the year to having withdrawn a "solid" number, and from having half of the troops home by the end of 2007 to having all of them home by about then.
So I am confident that the situation is improving enough on the ground that by the end of this year, we will begin to draw down significant numbers of American troops, and by the end of the next year more than half of the troops who are there now will be home.
Apparently things have improved so much in Iraq that Lieberman think we will be leaving sooner. He now says:
BRIDGEPORT — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman believes the U.S. will withdraw a "solid" contingent of its military forces in Iraq by the end of the year because of gains made by the Iraqi armed forces.
"There really has been progress made by the Iraqi military," Lieberman said Tuesday during a meeting with the Connecticut Post's editorial board. "Two-thirds of it could stand on its own or lead the fight with our logistical support."
The three-term U.S. senator said he believes a complete withdrawal is possible by late 2007 or early 2008.
Apprently over the last 12 todays things in Iraq have improved so much that we've gone from beginning to draw down by the end of the year to having withdrawn a "solid" number, and from having half of the troops home by the end of 2007 to having all of them home by about then.
Patrick Murphy
Continuing in my lifelong quest to put more Murphy-Americans in Congress, I also recommend supporting Patrick Murphy. He beat down a primary challenege from a well-known local pol, and now he's going after the odious Mike Fitzpatrick. This will be a tougher race - one of the "if we win this one we just might take the whole thing" races - than the other Murphy's (no relation) race, but still one that can be won.
Patrick's a young very likeable guy, seems to have very dedicated people working on his campaign - and from what I can tell he's using young people in a productive fashion which I tend to like - and has been working hard at what he's doing.
Consider giving him some support.
Patrick's a young very likeable guy, seems to have very dedicated people working on his campaign - and from what I can tell he's using young people in a productive fashion which I tend to like - and has been working hard at what he's doing.
Consider giving him some support.
Will
In current contemporary American political discourse the word "will" is defined as "desire to send one set of people to kill another with limited concerns about loss of innocent life."
This is disturbing. I much preferred it when "Will" in the context of contemporary political discourse meant "annoying smug divorced bow-tied conservative with an annoying fondness for bad baseball metaphors."
This is disturbing. I much preferred it when "Will" in the context of contemporary political discourse meant "annoying smug divorced bow-tied conservative with an annoying fondness for bad baseball metaphors."
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