Alright! Earlier today I was lamenting the lack of drama coming from African Press International re: the bitchy tapes they supposedly have of Michelle Obama ranting and raving about evil white people and her husband’s “adoption.” Well, the drama has arrived, straight from the clouds. Or, at least, one cloud. Really, from somebody calling themselves “Cloud,” but, I digress. Whatever. Here’s the skinny, straight from the source:
The tape is less than an hour. That’s new news for you all. I can validate that the tapes arrived 2 hours ago plus which would be about 4-6pm EST. I was not able to get how or where when asked. His lawyer has restrictions on what he can and can’t say and how I can talk about this to others.
He is a gentleman and a caring and considerate man based on our discussions concerning his site. His language is definitely not American. His terminology was such that I had to verify what he was saying and express them in my terms so he could agree.
We could not discuss anything about the tape content. I understand and did NOT force the issue.
He is concerned about the abuse between the visitors on this site and wishes that folks would treat each other better.
He is confident about this issue and therefore isn’t necessarily concerned about the doubters. Also, he absolutely doesn’t want censorship on this site.
There is a contract/deal in place with a media source. I was not given the details of that. I don’t think that he will mind me telling you that the eagle has landed.
From what I can understand and perceive from the CIA contact story, he is comfortable with CIA folks.� That’s all I can remark about that.
I will be at a meeting for a couple of hours and will not be able to respond if you ask a question until I return.
Okay, who else has mental images of somebody in tinted Groucho glasses and a Bogie-style Fedora, with the collar turned up on his trenchcoat, whispering, “the eagle has landed” to a shadow figure who answers back, “but the tree has no ACORNs” before the tapes are surreptitiously exchanged?
This article from Conservative Badlands asks the question a lot of us have been considering lately, “what’s up with all these polls?” It seems that they’re all over the map, with the consensus being that Obama’s on the way to a landslide victory. For many of us, that just doesn’t feel right. Some have wondered if the discrepancies are due to over- or under-sampling one group or another, others have blamed the “Bradley effect,” (the assumption that racists lie) still others have offered up the theory that the 80% hang-up rate supposedly reported by Gallup is responsible.
The Conservative Badlands guys consider all that, and come to the conclusion that the polls are likely unfairly weighted, with a lot of that being due to the under-representation of “the PUMA effect.”
Yet Gallup Polling claims that the Bradley Factor is a wash at best and could actually be adding an extra 3 points to Obama’s total in a kind of reverse Bradley Effect. Looking at where the McCain folks are competing when they would seem to have no chance, they all have one thing in common. They were carried by Hillary Clinton and in some cases even after it was obvious that Obama had it locked up. Clearly the McCain folks think that there is a Hillary Factor in play which is a variation of the Bradley Factor. The results that Hillary got simply cannot be explained by race alone. It was the positions that she took that were different than Obama’s that resonated with these voters. Because Obama has such an extremely liberal voting record, there were some issues where even Hillary agreed with McCain more than she did with Obama.
McCain was bound to pick up some of Hillary’s supporters anyway after the way Hillary was treated by the Obama campaign. These are the so-called PUMA (Party Unity My Ass) folks. This effect was heightened by the selection of Sarah Palin which gave these folks an even better reason to vote for McCain and Palin. These supporters are primarily female and given the political differences between Sarah and Hillary, one would think that the PUMA people would be few and far between. What is missing in all of this is the males who voted for Hillary over Obama. They are far less inclined to be upset about how Hillary was treated. On the other hand, Sarah Palin is more their kind of woman than even Hillary is. They are blue collar Democrats who are into hunting and fishing just like Sarah is. They were not buying what Obama was offering then and they still feel the same way.
The key point here is that these people are actually Democrats who plan on voting for McCain. Because such people are being called racists for this by people like John Murtha of Pennsylvania, they are not telling the pollsters that they are planning to vote for McCain. Most of the pollsters are weighting their samples based on the usual voting splits between Democrats and Republicans. If the Hillary Factor is upsetting this voting pattern, the pollsters are giving too much weight to the Democrats in their samples. If the polling firm for the McCain campaign has figured out how to adjust for the Hillary Factor, then they are getting radically different results and that is especially so in some blue states that Hillary carried by wide margins. This same adjustment has caused them to realize which red states are not good bets any more and which blue states are up for grabs in spite of what other pollsters are showing.
There’s more mumbo-jumbo info over on the CB site, it’s worth a read; I only call it mumbo-jumbo because number stuff makes my eyes bleed. But basically, the article says what PUMA’s have been saying all along: nope, ain’t gonna vote for him, ignore us if you want to. And contrary to what some would like to believe, it’s not about spite, or over-reaching Hillarylove. The bottom line is, we don’t want to be represented by an un-Democratic Democratic party, which is what it would be if Obama wins. We’d rather have an earnest Republican than a crooked pseudo-Democrat.
What’s so hard to understand about that?
Now, I don’t know anything about Russia Today, except the info on their You Tube page, but hey, this video is interesting, so, here goes:
Thanks to HillBuzz via Politico via Drudge via a Pittsburgh news station, it has been “confirmed” that the violence between warring campaign supporters is reaching unprecedented stupid levels. Here’s the Politico report:
Here’s the most serious actual violence, via (natch) Drudge:
Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard tells Channel 4 Action News that the victim was robbed at knifepoint on Wednesday night outside of a Citizens Bank near Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street just before 9 p.m.
Richard said the robber took $60 from the woman, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim’s car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter “B” into her face, Richard said.
Richard said the woman refused medical treatment after the assault, which happened outside the view of the bank’s surveillance cameras.
UPDATE: Richard confirms the account to Politico, and says the victim was from Texas, and didn’t know the area.
Rog Coverely said several pellets pierced his Longwood home. Coverely showed several spiderwebbed-holes in the front windows of his home.
The Republican manager said he is convinced he was targeted because of new McCain signs he added around his home.”All I can tell you is this, I have a very good relationship with my neighbors,” Coverely said. “I mow my lawn. The only thing that has changed is I have two McCain signs in my front yard.”Coverely said he has taken about 300 calls concerning stolen or vandalized McCain signs in the area.”It says this campaign is getting vicious,” Coverely said.
Then there was the AP-Yahoo News story of a Cullowhee, Fla. brown bear shooting reported here Monday:
Police at Western Carolina University and wildlife officials were investigating the discovery early Monday of a dead bear cub draped with a pair of Barack Obama campaign signs.
C’mon, people. Sure, this is an important election, they all are. And passions run high. But violence, beatings, shootings, animal cruelty and the like have no place in our society, let alone our elections. People are being hurt, and no minds are being changed.
First of all, Andrea Mitchell was wrong. Surprise! Joe Biden has not been muzzled and sent to a neutral corner after his, “vote for my guy and you’ll be sorry” comments this weekend. Nope, no how, no way, baby. Joey’s still talking, and nobody’s yet sure about what. Campaigning in Charlotte, N.C., Joe took aim at “John McClain,”
“John McClain. John McClain. Excuse me, John McCain. John McCain — I don’t recognize him anymore,” Biden said to laughter from several hundred supporters in attendance.
Biden also said this:
“What worries me most is the McCain campaign seems to have gotten a little loose,” Biden said. “John’s getting a little loose. He doesn’t have much of a steady hand these days. Now’s the time we most need a steady hand.”
Wonder what’s got Joe talking double? Anyway, with Barack Obama heading out of Indianapolis lickety-split to run and see his gravely ill “Toot,” Biden and Michelle Obama are left to do all the heavy campaign lifting. Look for a couple of “this country sucks, so elect my husband,” and “if I wasn’t scared to death my guy would win, I could remember my lines,” comments from the Dynamic Duo over the next two days.
Moving on, I don’t believe Alan Greenspan is “shocked” about shit. The “Bankers are greedy? Say it ain’t so!” routine sucks, and is about as believable as Joe Biden’s teeth. And whether you’re “shocked” or not, Al, it’s still partially your fault.
African Press International is pissing me off. Not because they haven’t released any tapes of Michelle Obama yelling at them about being black and oppressed, like they promised, I didn’t expect them to really do that. What I’m pissed about is, they’re letting the story get stale. Where’s today’s “twist”? I was all ready for a juicy development and…nothing. And the “Chief Editor Korir’s going to be on MommaE’s radio show” report hardly counts. Bummer. I need drama, dammit!
And lastly, Andy Martin, a bit of a professional yahoo, is claiming that Barack Obama is really the son of Frank Marshall Davis, based upon the fact that he (Martin) is in Hawaii, and…well, it really, really makes sense. Whatever. But, in his bugle-blowing statement Martin says a lot of things that don’t make sense. (Okay, that’s redundant. Andy Martin, don’t make sense. I know. It’s the residual Biden influence from above.) Anyway:
“Ironically, what I have to say today dilutes the ‘Muslim’ theory that has propagated. Davis was not a Muslim.
There’s other stuff about Martin’s “investigation” to nitpick, but enough about him, and that. I want to talk about the current media narrative of Barack Obama’s “inevitability.” They can write and report all the “McCain sucks” stories they want, Obama’s not inevitable in my house. Unlike the unseen “great unwashed” the media selectively depicts, through their creative coverage, of a nation of seemingly hypnotized, if not lobotomized, Obots determinedly clomping to the polls, chanting, “Must vote Obama, must vote Obama,” the members of my household are far more likely to throw something at any television screen showing such reports, and if asked about voting for Obama, are likely to respond by throwing the question back in the infidel’s face. “Me, vote Obama? You must be joking. I know you’re not talking to me!” This is only the beginning, the opening strains of a litany of incredulity and rejection of an objectionable, unacceptable premise, unworthy of consideration. “What time was it when you lost your mind? And who let you in?” Those are typical of the sort of questions one who bespake the unthinkable might be asked in return.
And we’re black. Democrats, until this year. So, I don’t know what kind of polls they’re taking, but they sure haven’t asked me.
With Joe Biden being sent to his room without supper for being an idiot in front of company, and Barack Obama “rushing” off to Hawaii to visit his “gravely ill” grandmother after a quick campaign stop in Indianapolis, Thursday, who’s minding the store? Monday, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski (Mika Brzezinski?!) were commenting about the lack of mainstream media attention to Biden’s “gird your loins, they’re comin’ after Barack” comments…
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Well you know it’s interesting, because I’m going through the papers. I figure there’s got to be, just as you analyzed, Joe, political ramifications to that comment, gaffe, however you want to make it—two in a row, though—but I’m seeing spotty media coverage. I feel like half the media covered this. I’m just going through the papers and seeing if it plays highly, and I’m not finding it in the [Washington] Post so far.
and yesterday, Andrea Mitchell said he’s been spanked.
We know Biden was in Colorado Tuesday because AP-Yahoo News reports he warned us off the whole “birth certificate/who’s your daddy?” stuff:
“If it’s about the economy, talk about the economy, not about Barack Obama’s heritage,” he thundered to a crowd at the University of Northern Colorado.
We also know he was in Richmond, Va. Wednesday, because Politico’s Ben Smith says so:
Answering questions after a meeting with Biden and national security advisers, Obama insists that Joe Biden intended to say that the next president will be tested by foreign powers, regardless of who is elected.
“Joe sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes, but i think his core point was that the next administration is going to be tested, regardless of who it is,” he said at the Richmond, Va., event.
Talk about “rhetorical flourishes.” Notice, it says Obama met with Joe, but he didn’t let him come out and talk. But, according to Lynn Sweet, who claims to have audio of Sunday’s Seattle fundraiser, that ain’t quite what Joey said, anyway. This is kinda long, but it’s important. Lest we forget:
“We’re gonna find ourselves in real trouble when we get elected. This is gonna be really hard. This is gonna be really, really, really hard. We’re gonna have the largest systemic deficit in modern – not modern – in the history of the world. Literally. Literally. We’re gonna find ourselves inheriting a debt, yearly debt this year, that may approach three-quarters of a trillion dollars. You hear me? We left this guy with a $232 billion surplus. At a minimum when we take office – God willing – we’re gonna have a $450 billion deficit. And the way the economy is tanking the way it is now it may be as high as $750 billion.”
“28 states are in serious trouble and they’re about to contribute to the economic downward spiral because what are they doing? Cutting services, laying people off as they lose their tax base. So there are going to be a lot of tough decisions Barack’s gonna have to make, a lot of tough decisions, including on foreign policy.”
“And here’s the point I want to make. Mark my words. Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. And he’s gonna have to make some really tough – I don’t know what the decision’s gonna be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you it’s gonna happen. I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate. And he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you, not financially to help him, we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it’s not gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right. Because all these decisions, all these decisions, once they’re made if they work, then they weren’t viewed as a crisis. If they don’t work, it’s viewed as you didn’t make the right decision, a little bit like how we hesitated so long dealing with Bosnia and dealing with Kosovo, and consequently 200,000 people lost their lives that maybe didn’t have to lose lives. It’s how we made a mistake in Iraq. We made a mistake in Somalia. So there’s gonna be some tough decisions. They may emanate from the Middle East. They may emanate from the sub-continent. They may emanate from Russia’s newly-emboldened position because they’re floating in a sea of oil.”
After again touting Cantwell’s judgment, Biden told the crowd to “gird your loins.”
“Only thing I’m asking you is, you know, gird your loins. We’re gonna win with your help, God willing, we’re gonna win, but this is not gonna be an easy ride. This president, the next president, is gonna be left with the most significant task. It’s like cleaning the Aegean stables, man. This is more than just, this is more than – think about it, literally, think about it – this is more than just a capital crisis, this is more than just markets, this is a systemic problem we have with this economy.”
That’s not even all the scary stuff Joe said, Lynn’s got more. Now, The Prophet of Doom did say that the “next president” was gonna have a huge task, but he also made it abundantly clear that he believes that next president is Barack Obama, when he said, “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama.” Kinda hard to fudge the meaning of that one. And here’s the thing, just like Andrea said, Biden said it twice! From Fox News:
Biden made the comments over the weekend to two fundraising audiences, saying he expects that Obama will face an international challenge early in his presidency if he is elected on Nov. 4.
See? Remember, the long quote is from a Seattle fundraiser, this site refers to the earlier San Francisco one:
At a recent fundraiser in San Francisco, Joe Biden dazzled his audience with his grasp of foreign policy: “Mark my words, ” he said. “Within the next, first six months of this administration, if we win, they’re going to — we’re going to face a major international challenge. Because they’re going to want to test him, just like they did young John Kennedy. They’re going to want to test him.”
No wonder they sent him home. Hasn’t it dawned on Camp O, though, that they might want to send somebody with a leash and a muzzle out with Joe to these things? That is, once they let him out. It’s not like there’s no room on the plane. If I was Obama, I’d want to take some time off, too. Maybe, he’ll stop in Vegas, see what Mark Davis has to say about things. Compare COLB’s, perhaps?
Alright! Earlier today I was lamenting the lack of drama coming from African Press International re: the bitchy tapes they supposedly have of Michelle Obama ranting and raving about evil white people and her husband’s “adoption.” Well, the drama has arrived, straight from the clouds. Or, at least, one cloud. Really, from somebody calling themselves “Cloud,” but, I digress. Whatever. Here’s the skinny, straight from the source:
