Letters to the Editor
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Traister and Walsh audition for cush MSM jobs post-election
Walsh seems to feel sympathy for Traister; they're both taking beatings in the letters on irrefutable grounds from hundreds of different writers. Their response has been to increase the intensity of their pro-Hillary punditry, the willful belligerence of the noble last stand. Remember the Alamo. Damn the torpedoes. Once more into the breach, dear Clintonistas, once more into the breach. Forward the Walsh brigade!
If there's anything I can do, any letter I can write, to help you follow some of your colleagues, into a more reputable job -- away from the MoveOn fanatics you must decry, as your leader does -- in the MSM, I'd be happy to help. I can vouch that you have placed a white, middle class, liberal version of feminism above all else, that if you can't control the village, you're happy to raze it to the ground.
Imagine all the credibility you'll bring with you. You'll be able to tell your new audiences and Serious Journalist colleagues that you once worked at salon.com, and you know firsthand just how unreasonable and shrill progressive liberals are. You'll be able to say that you once knew Greenwald, knew him for the nut that he was, and that he's not a Serious Journalist like each of you is. Walsh, you'll be able to look concerned, as though it pains you that no one can see the truth as clearly as do you. Traister, you'll be able to write words like "Pleistocene" to show your new bosses, that, unlike, Greenwald, you have a sense of humour and a certain flair. In any milieu that values style above substance, you will surely excel. You'll be able to equate "fake Bosnian bullets" with "flag pins," thereby conflating an intentional lie by one candidate with a smearist attack on another, as if one candidate lying is the same as one candidate being groundlessly attacked. And, at the end of the day, when Walsh rewards you, Traister, with another three-feature week for (wo)manning the barricades, you'll have succeeded in launching your career on the backs of the "Obamaboys" you coined, perhaps never wondering how you and Walsh would have taken umbrage at being called "Clinton girls."
Good luck with the job search.
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The pundits aren't saying it is over...
And that is the problem. Hillary is deeply in debt (and still spending money), and cannot overcome the delegate math.
Yet the media (Salon included) keeps claiming that there is a fight going on.
Hillary has a right to continue as long as she wants, but the media (if they care to report facts) needs to explain that she cannot win. The media have kept the horse race going, telling people that she has a chance.
Look at Huckabee- despite his squirrel-eatin' preacher persona, he stayed in after he could not win, but he did not constantly attack McCain with the kitchen sink. Why? Because it would not only destroy his party, but Huckabee himself. Scorched-earth policies hurt everyone.
It is sad to think that Hillary is showing herself to be inferior to Huckabee in the brains department.
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Obama lies - or as his supporters would say - minor mispoken moments
#10: Obama Was A Constitutional Law Professor:
At A Recent Fundraiser, Obama Claimed He Was A "Constitutional Law Professor." "'I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution,' Obama told an audience at a campaign fundraiser." (Brendan Farrington, "Obama: Bush Fails To Respect The Constitution," The Associated Press, 3/30/07)
On The University Of Chicago Law School Website, Obama Is Listed As A "Senior Lecturer In Law (On Leave Of Absence)." (University Of Chicago Law School Website, view link Accessed 3/30/07)
Obama Made This False Claim In His 2004 Senate Race. "Several direct-mail pieces issued for Obama's primary [Senate] campaign said he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He is not. He is a senior lecturer (now on leave) at the school. In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter." (Lynn Sweet, "Obama's Book: What's Real, What's Not" Chicago Sun-Times, 8/8/04)
#9: Obama's Parents "Got Together" Because Of The 1965 Selma March:
In His Selma Speech, Obama Said His Parents "Got Together" And He Was Born As A Result Of The Selma March. Obama: "Because some folks were willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama, Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama." (Senator Barack Obama, Remarks At Brown Chapel AME Church, Selma, AL, 3/4/07)
"Earlier In The Day At A Prayer Breakfast, The Illinois Democrat Said: 'If It Hadn't Been For Selma, I Wouldn't Be Here.'" (Anne E. Kornblut and Peter Whoriskey, "Clinton, Obama Link Selma March To Present," The Washington Post, 3/5/07)
But Obama Was Born In 1961, 4 YEARS BEFORE The 1965 Selma March. "Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961." (Obama For America Website, www.barackobama.com, Accessed 3/6/07; Anne E. Kornblut and Peter Whoriskey, "Clinton, Obama Link Selma March To Present," The Washington Post, 3/5/07)
#8: Obama Was Fluent In Indonesian As A Child:
Obama's Claim That He Quickly Became Fluent In Indonesian As A Child Was Disputed By A Former Teacher. "Obama has claimed on numerous occasions to have become fluent in Indonesian in six months. Yet those who knew him disputed that during recent interviews. Israella Pareira Darmawan, Obama's 1st-grade teacher, said she attempted to help him learn the Indonesian language by going over pronunciation and vowel sounds. He struggled greatly with the foreign language, she said, and with his studies as a result." (Kirsten Scharnberg and Kim Barker, "The Not-So-Simple Story Of Barack Obama's Youth," Chicago Tribune, 3/25/07)
#7: Obama Mistakenly Received A Letter From A Company In Which He Owned Stock:
"Obama Said At Some Point In Fall 2005 He Got A Stockholder Letter. He Said He Believes It Was From AVI Or Skyterra, But He Couldn't Remember Which Company." (Nedra Pickler, "Obama Unaware Of Investment Conflicts," The Associated Press, 3/7/07)
According To SEC Records, SkyTerra Did Not Send Investors Its SEC Proxy Forms In Fall 2005. "The origin of the shareholder update Obama referred to remains unclear. SkyTerra, like many public companies, sends investors copies of its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proxy forms, also known as 14As, but none were issued during the fall of 2005, according to SEC records." (Elana Schor, "2008 And Counting: Sen. Obama Pivots After Bad Press," The Hill, 3/8/07)
AVI Investor-Relations Director: "It Doesn't Sound Like Anything We Would Have Sent Out." "AVI generally sends mailings to shareholders or institutional investors that proactively request them or sign up for e-mail lists, said Michael Hubbard, AVI's investor-relations director. 'It doesn't sound like anything we would have sent out,' Hubbard said." (Elana Schor, "2008 And Counting: Sen. Obama Pivots After Bad Press," The Hill, 3/8/07)
#6: Obama's Campaign Only Had "Very Attenuated" Ties To The "1984" Ad Creator:
Obama Suggested That "1984" Ad Creator Phil De Vellis Was The Equivalent Of A Contract Employee And Therefore Could Not Be Held Responsible For His Conduct. "Thursday, Obama said of de Vellis that his campaign had no way of knowing who this person was.' 'If I have a phone contract with Verizon and an employee of a phone company does something that you know … we're not responsible for that,' Obama said." (Jake Tapper and Jonathan Greenberger, "Anti-Clinton Ad Maker Lived With Obama Senate Staffer," ABC News, 3/23/07)
De Vellis Is An Employee Of Blue State Digital, A Computer Firm Consulting For Obama. "Obama's campaign says it had no role in creating or posting the ad. But Wednesday, Democratic operative Philip de Vellis took credit for the ad. It turned out that he worked for Blue State Digital, a computer firm that is among Obama's consultants." (Dan Morain, "Ad Creator Claimed Role In Obama Campaign," Los Angeles Times, 3/23/07)
Joe Rospars, A Co-Founder Of Blue State Digital, Is Now Obama's Director Of New Media. "Blue State helped design Obama's Web site, and one of the firm's founding members, Joe Rospars, took a leave from the company to work as Obama's director of new media." (Jim Kuhnhenn, "Anti-Clinton Ad Puts Spotlight On Obama," The Associated Press, 3/23/07)
"On Thursday, An Earlier E-Mail Surfaced In Which De Vellis Boasted To Numerous People About His Role In The Creation Of A Web Page, My.BarackObama. Com, A Site Designed By Blue State Digital." (Dan Morain, "Ad Creator Claimed Role In Obama Campaign," Los Angeles Times, 3/23/07)
Obama's Press Secretary Recently Lived With De Vellis, Undermining Obama's Previous Statements That His Campaign Had Only "Very Attenuated" Ties. "The press secretary for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., recently lived with the creator of the scathingly satirical YouTube video ad that attacked Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., a revelation that seems to undermine the senator's claim that he and his campaign had only 'very attenuated' ties with the ad's creator." (Jake Tapper and Jonathan Greenberger, "Anti-Clinton Ad Maker Lived With Obama Senate Staffer," ABC News, 3/23/07)