No, not the ACORN fraudulent registration activities.
Ian Urbina of the New York Times
reports today on eligible voters being removed from
voter registration rolls in several Swing States.
The Times, who has been unable to find anything newsworthy in the almost daily revelations about ACORN fraudulent voter registration activities has once again come to the aid of the Obama campaign by reporting about the difficulty some States are having trying to comply with the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
It's time to bring back quality and respect.
The past few months have been tumultuous times at RedState. Beginning with a emotional and sometimes divisive Presidential Primary, then moving to RS 3.0, constant server errors, Drudge visibility (more traffic, more errors), and an increase of new bloggers (along with more mobies and trolls), I've seen the quality of work here degrade and the respect we've usually shown often go out the window. Leon mentioned this yesterday in one of the guest blogs.
I haven't been around nearly as long as many here, but it's been long enough to realize that we could be much better than we are now. RedState has always been a place where Republican and Conservative views can be discussed in a respectful way whether we agreed with each other or not. This is a rarity in the online world where foul language and outrageous accusations and ad homenim attacks rule the day.
With apologies to Shakespeare
UPDATE: See 29Victor's blog for another take on this important story. His was up early this morning, but I missed it before I posted mine.
How often we are reminded that it is those in the Democrat Party that care about women, minorities, and children, and those of us in the Republican Party are intolerant, bigoted, chauvinistic, child-haters. Those of us that have been around for a few years know that the Democrats have worked hard in concert with the media to paint this picture, and to a large degree have been successful. Fortunately for us, every so often the mask slips and we see what they really think.
The Rocky Mountain Right blog has picked up a story from Face The State about a behind-the-scenes effort to increase liberal influence in the state via an organization known as the Colorado Democracy Alliance (CoDA). A series of memos has been slowly leaked to Face The State (the site is intermittently down due to traffic) showing the involvement of the highest levels of Colorado Government.
From the eyes and ears of a 17-year-old Conservative.
During the primaries, some of you will remember that after Fred Thompson dropped out of the race, my My 17-year-old son and I got together to research and choose one of the remaining candidates to whom we would give our support. For those of you that would like to read it, you can find it here.
While he was watching the debate last night, my son told me he was going to write up a bulletin on his MySpace page with his observations. The words here are completely his. The only changes I made were formatting.
The gaffe-o-matic strikes again.
History doesn't appear to be Joe Biden's strong suit. Reason.com picks up the latest Joe Biden gaffe, from an interview with CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric.
When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, "look, here's what happened."
Reason.com's Jesse Walker wants to know,
And if you owned an experimental TV set in 1929, you would have seen him. And you would have said to yourself, "Who is that guy? What happened to President Hoover?"
Drill NOW. Drill EVERWHERE. THEN we'll talk.
In thirteen days, the moratorium on exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the United States will be lifted. This will allow companies to begin to explore for our own resources, instead of relying on other countries, especially those that are using the money to further the interests of terrorism. We can produce our own oil right here. We can even become an exporting country, which can help our allies no longer be at the mercy of these nations that oppose freedom and democracy.
Those of you in congress had your chance this summer to do something about this. We begged you to do something meaningful before the end of the Spring session. You not only didn't come up with a solution, you wouldn't even discuss the situation. Instead, you took a paid five-week vacation, where you were lounging around on sandy beaches or attending $1,000-per-plate rubber chicken fund raising dinners.
They can't keep their mouth shut, most of them.
Promoted from diaries. Remember, folks: Obama supporter. - Moe Lane
H/T to Mount Virtus for the link.
MT Pundit has the story about Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer who was caught bragging about election abuses involving the election of Senator John Tester during a speech to the Trial Lawyers Convention.
So I called up the courthouse in Silver-Bow and I talked to the clerk and you could image, Governor’s on the phone, the whole world’s waitin’ for your votes to come in…so she gets to the phone, she’s outta breath, she sound nervous as a pregnant nun laughter and she starts sayin’ “Brian, we’re gonna have this in. I need 15 minutes.” I said “No, no, don’t’ worry about it, don’t’ worry about it. I’ll tell you what, I’ll call you back when you’re done.” And she say’s “no, I’m sure we can be done in the next 15 minutes.” And I said, “I want you to listen, I want you to listen close. I’ll. Call. You. When you’re done countin’! Now do you understand it?”laughter And she’s from Butte, she understood exactly.
Desperate times call for drastic measures.
HUGE H/T to bs. It's his ENOUGH!!! blog that really started this whole idea.
H/T to rstreu for much of the idea in this blog.
PLEASE do not recommend this blog. Let's just get down to business.
We're in the midst of the Perfect Storm. While just about everyone with a blamstick is busy in St. Paul covering the Republican Convention, we've been inundated with mobies, trolls, and other low-on-the-food-chain individuals.
Most of the comments you can see in the Recent Comments section are attempts to smackdown the verbal terrorists in our midst. With the performance problems and limited resources available, they aren't going away anytime soon.
My suggestion is what I call The Emergency Hinz Rule"™", and that is, we completely ignore them. No response, no engagement, it's like they aren't even there (which most would agree that mentally they are not). For those of you that are or have been parents of a young toddler, you simply leave them there screaming, kicking and generally throwing a fit on the floor by themselves.
"You obviously don't realize how important I am"
Much has been made recently by various media sources about the vetting (or lack thereof) of Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. Many sources are saying that the McCain camp did not properly investigate her background, and is now being surprised by sudden revelations by the media. Elizabeth Bumiller of the NY Times, as reported by MSNBC writes,
A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket.
This Diary is Only For Moe Lane.
I've got a ticket to the opera Aida in a 2009-year-old Roman Arena in Verona Italy, and you don't.
GOP VP annoucement at 37,000 feet.
My flight to Milan, Italy on Friday had a stopover in Boston. When I got to the Denver airport, I suddenly realized that half of the eastern seaboard was trying to board flights back home after the DNC Convention. This included the first leg of my flight.
About an hour into the flight, the captain announced over the intercom that John McCain had selected his Vice Presidential running mate. After joking that we'd find out on our next flight, he announced that it was Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The was such a gasp in unison, that I thought the oxygen masks were going to drop from the ceiling. I could hardly contain my excitement, but decided that was the wise move for me.
Alex Jones of [Anti-Semites, Mass Murderer Symapthizers & Troothers] tries to incite riot.
Update 3: Subtitle corrected.
Breaking story at People's Press Collective
Update: YouTube video available now.
Update 2: Alex Jones lackey yells "Kill Michelle Malkin" until someone gets him to stop.
Gateway Pundit has pictures and video (embeded below).
"Barack Obama is vulnerable on abortion and free trade."
H/T to exvigilare.
The Aspen Times reported last week that a dozen Hispanic leaders, including former Fort Collins Mayor Ray Martinez have endorsed John McCain for President.
Martinez was raised in an orphanage, and had this to say about McCain,
My mother chose to give me life. He'll preserve our heritage.
Martinez goes on to list what's important to the estimated 240,000 Hispanics in Colorado:
Nice of them to provide times and locations for the riots.
Desperate for something after recent losses, Dems put words in McCain's mouth.
According to an article at the Denver Post, Republican Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) suggested that the Colorado River Water Compact should be renegotiated. Colorado Democrat Governor Bill Ritter and Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) seized on this word used by McCain and put their own meaning to it. Salazar claims,
The political disruption that would result from any renegotiation of these allocations would create a water war across the West.
Governer Ritter commented,
[McCain's statements on the water compact] just showed to me either a naivete or even a hostility toward water usage in Colorado.
Even Colorado Senate candidate Bob Schaffer had strong words for McCain,
[McCain] will not have a more fierce fight from a United States senator than he will from me.
Teachers Union admits assisting campaign but reports $0 to IRS
H/T to Mount Virtus
During the 2004 Colorado Senate (14th District) election campaign, the Colorado Education Association (CEA) and the Poudre, Colorado Education Association (PEA) gave material assistance to the Bob Bacon (D-Fort Collins) campaign. This assistance included using staff for mailings and emails to union members, and recruiting members and non-members for campaign volunteer work.
Colorado law, like that in many other states, prohibits labor unions from making political contributions. Following Bacon’s victory in 2004, Fort Collins residents Wayne Rutt and Paul Marrick filed suit alleging the PEA and its parent organization, the CEA, violated those prohibitions.
McCain is always at his best when the world is at its worst.
John McCain held a press conference today regarding the escalating situation in Georgia. He welcomed the steps that are being taken, but believes more must be done to ensure the security and stability of the nation of Georgia.
He showed great concern for the loss of innocent life. He refused to allow the reporters to get him to respond to attacks from the Obama campaign that he was shooting from the hip.
I know the people of Georgia have enjoyed an unprecedented period of prosperity and freedom. And I know that at this time they're suffering mightily. So maybe later on in the campaign, let's have a back-and-forth about who has comments or statements. Now, let's devote all our energy to helping resolve a situation which is fraught with human tragedy.
Coffman and Lamborn win.
I did my civic duty and went to the polls today to cast my vote in the Primary election for Republicans in my district. In every single race in my district there was only one person running, so the choice was easy. I don't have any heartburn over anyone running, so I avoided the non-vote protest statements.
There are a couple of close races elsewhere in Colorado. Ben at Mount Virtus predicts that Lamborn will win due to Crank & Rayburn splitting the protest vote, and surprisingly predicts that Wil Armstrong, who was endorsed by yours truly, will pull a last minute upset over Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman.
What's more important? Keeping a promise, or attending a fundraiser?
H/T to El Presidente at Schaffer v Udall
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has put out a feature length (3:21) commercial regarding Mark Udall's missed vote in the House to keep them in session to address a comprehensive energy bill.
Unions exempt from campaign finance laws in Colorado.
Matt Fries is running as the Republican challenger for the Colorado State Senate seat in District 14 against incumbent Bob Bacon. Fries previously ran for a seat on the Fort Collins City Council where he was narrowly defeated by progressive Lisa Poppaw.
Matt Fries is a grew up in Fort Collins, is a graduate of Fort Collins High School, after which he became the General Manager of the family's printing business. Matt is married to Suzanne, and together they have 3 children: Rachael, 19; Marshall, 18; and Ethan, 8. Fries will have information on his positions on the issues in the near future.
You didn't think they'd just sit there and watch, did you?
H/T to Best Destiny
According to the Rocky Mountain News, The Obama campaign is planning to have a massive phone bank during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
The plan for ticket distribution for Barack Obama's speech at Invesco Field will be announced next week, but those who end up there will be asked to participate in a phone bank for the candidate, officials said today.
Ok, so they blame the oil companies and her vote against CAFE standards.
It looks like the liberal activists are going to try to use $4/gal. gasoline against conservatives. Marilyn Musgrave (U.S. House CO-4) is their current target. This is another vulnerable seat that the Democrats want to pick up. Musgrave has had a tough fight for her seat the last two rounds. According to PolitickerCO.com,
Defenders, which played a key role in ousting former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) in 2006, has turned Musgrave into a top target this cycle.
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund President Rodger Schlickeisen says,
Marilyn Musgrave’s votes on vehicle fuel efficiency standards cost her constituents money. Gas is over $4 a gallon, and yet she also recently voted against measures to prosecute gasoline price gougers.
Here's the advertisement:
He's what the U.S. House needs now.
The Republican primary race for U.S. House, District 6 from Colorado is to replace Tom Tancredo who is not running for re-election. There are four candidates running for this seat, two of which are Mike Coffman and Wil Armstrong. This seat is safely in Republican hands, so whoever wins the Primary will be going to Washington. Both Coffman and Armstrong are solid conservatives, which makes supporting one over the other a difficult task.
An experienced and influential conservative in the U.S. House
Marilyn Musgrave is the incumbent congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from Colorado's 4th District. She is nearing completion of her third, two-year term in office, and during this time has been a consistent and reliable conservative while faithfully representing the people in Northern and Eastern Colorado. From her re-election web page:
She has been a leader for agriculture, 2nd Amendment rights, lower taxes, limited government, and education. Additionally, Marilyn has fought hard for all the men and women who have served in the United States military and worked to ensure they received the benefits due them for their courageous sacrifice.
Sure, the "quote" is actually two quotes put together, but the intent is there.
Unfortunately it's a concept that our Democrat representatives in Congress cannot grasp.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was recently interviewed by CNN. She gave her views on the War in Iraq, President Bush, and the lowest ever approval ratings for Congress. What stood out more than anything else to me, was that she was completely incapable of taking responsibility for anything. Let's start with her view of President Bush.
God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States -- a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject.
Rarely does your opponent give you an opportunity like this.
Former congressman and Colorado Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer had a debate with congressman and Democrat Senate candidate Mark Udall this past week. I was unable to attend, but there was quite a lively crowd. Mark Udall was blindsided by Bob Schaffer during the debate with his response to a question from the channel 9 News moderator. This is one that's best seen, rather than read.
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