Some trick or treating from our favorite liberal family (click to enlarge):
Month: October 2008
The most popular election video on YouTube from a McCain supporter?
Can this really be true?
Could a video where an Iraq war veteran endorses John McCain really have more than 11 million views and still have a 4 star rating?
Apparently the answer is yes.
Here is the video. It is poignant, concise, and heart felt:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8
Bill Clinton admits that Obama didn’t know what to do about the economy; Update: Video added
It was meant to be a compliment, apparently, but it came off as Bill Clinton telling everyone that Obama was clueless on what to do about the economic crisis.
Here’s the original story and the quote:
“I haven’t cleared this with him and he may even be mad at me for saying this so close to the election, but I know what else he said to his economic advisers (during the crisis),” Clinton told the crowd at a Wednesday night rally with Obama in Florida. “He said, ‘Tell me what the right thing to do is. What’s the right thing for America? Don’t tell me what’s popular. You tell me what’s right — I’ll figure out how to sell it.'”
Yup, seems like he’s saying Obama was clueless on the economic situation and had to go to the Clintons (and others) for help. The part where Obama tells Clinton “you tell me what’s right — I’ll figure out how to sell it” sounds especially bad. Makes him sound like an empty suit, does it not?
Or maybe he sounds more like a used car salesman? You tell me…
UPDATE: here’s video of it, the key part comes at 8:25:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC-9PgJfJIw
UPDATE: Hot air and Free Republic link to my post.
Allah Pundit at Hot air makes a good point. Yes, practically nobody knew what to do about the economic crisis so this shouldn’t be a huge deal except imagine if a senior republican had said the same thing about Sarah Palin (or John McCain for that matter)…
Also consider how strongly Obama has attacked McCain for supposedly not understanding the economy.
MORE FROM BUBBA UPDATE: During the same speech in which he dropped the backhanded gem above he also said this (The quote is at of the video posted above):
“He has executed this campaign in a way that is different from modern and forward thinking — something no one else ever could have done. He can be the chief executor of good intentions as president.”
I’m not sure what to make of it… but it sure is interesting.
Watching the video it looks like the part where he says that Obama’s campaign is different from modern and forward thinking ones was a screw up becuase he doesn’t finish that point and just jumps into the end. I think he was trying to say that Obama’s campaign was different from other campaigns that have come before.
The part that confuses me is the “He can be the chief executor of good intentions as president”. Is he really trying to say that we should vote for him because he has lots of good intentions? I don’t know, in context it seems as though Clinton is trying to say that we should vote for Obama because he has done a good job running his own campaign… However, that doesn’t sound any better than the whole good inetentions thing anyway.
But here is the video of it so you can decide for yourself:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq-892g9qLQ
Shocking degradation we all must fight against
First and foremost is the case of this video from Students for Life of America where they get Planned Parenthood to admit that they perform infanticide:
Please donate to them and help Students for Life fight infanticide and abortion if you are able.
The second case of shocking degradation is brought to us by our old media friends at the Los Angeles Times. You see, the LA Times happens to have a tape of Barack Obama giving a toast to terrorist mouthpiece Rashid Khalidi during a farewell diner in Khalidi’s honor back in 2003. Sounds like a huge news story right?
Well, not if your the Los Angeles Times I guess. They have refused to release the video to the public. Now, they’ve given several different reasons why since this story came to light but I think their motives are pretty obvious (especially if these claims prove to be true). They simply don’t want to hurt their candidate, sure the LA Times will say that they were the ones who first reported about the tape, but we all know that video of Obama praising a nut job like Khalidi would hurt him far more than a description of Obama speaking at an event involving a nut job like Khalidi, especially when that description is written by a hack organization like the LA Times.
There is a protest being organized against the LA Times today so try to make it if you can
PHILLIES WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!! COLE HAMELS NAMED MVP
After cheering my teams for literally my entire life I am finally happy to announce that a major sports championship has been returned to Philadelphia!!!!!
PHILLIES WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!
Cole Hamels is named World Series MVP!!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGuO-Ai-sJk
Now the only question left is… should I skip classes to go to the parade?
Obama: I choose my Marxist professor friends carefully
Yup, that’s what he said in his book… (dreams from my father)
“I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foriegn students. The Chicanos. The Marxist Professors and stuctural feminists.”
Related: The constitution under Mar… opps I mean Obama
“U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D. Toledo) whipped the crowd up before Mr. Obama took the stage yesterday telling them that America needed a Second Bill of Rights guaranteeing all Americans a job, health care, homes, an education, and a fair playing field for business and farmers.”
Related: Obama the redistributer
(picture by The People’s Cube via Malkin)
Joe Biden is a whinny little girl…
The left, compassion, and tolerance
Here is the latest Diversity Lane cartoon (which by the way was created several days before the Palin effigy hanging, click to enlarge):
And here is the related real life incident…
How lynching Sarah Palin relates to the tolerance of the left
Gone for the weekend…
I’m gonna be away from internet access this weekend so The College Politico won’t be getting any updates until Sunday at the earliest.
If you’re looking for more on the Ashly Todd story I suggest Hot Air or Michelle Malkin.
And if you’re looking for other political news I suggest you check out my blog roll over to the right. Thats where I get a lot of my news from so its a good place to start.
Anyway, have a good weekend and don’t forget to stop back Sunday night.
-CP
Ashley Todd admits making up story to Police; Update: Todd still saying insane things to Police
Ok, NOW there is credible evidence that she made it all up. Someone from the Pittsburgh Police department has told KDKA, Pittsburgh’s CBS affiliate, that Ashley Todd has admitted to making up the story.
NOW everyone feel free to pile on this liar. NOW we have good evidence that she did, in fact, make this up. NOW AND ONLY NOW.
Michelle Malkin’s first instincts were correct on this one (and Ace and Allah too) but I still disagree with people’s first reaction to this story and some of Malkin’s implications. The fact that Ashley Todd turned out to be a liar changes nothing. While it shows that Malkin has good instincts for hoaxes, it doesn’t make me feel much better about the way she conducted coverage of this story.
I do not regret giving the benefit of the doubt to these claims. I need convincing evidence reported by credible sources before I am comfortable with piling on somebody. Whenever somebody reports being attacked I will give them the benefit of the doubt as it is the right thing to do.
But, with that said, I think we can all agree that what this woman has done is disgusting and horrible. Her actions have served to hurt any future victim of any assault, political in nature or not. The only thing she has done with this sick act is add to the doubt that people inherently face when reporting crimes. Thus more and more pressure and criticism will be heaped on people who are telling the truth about being the victim of crime (not to mention those who defend their reports).
Ashley Todd has now been proven to be the lowest level of scum.
UPDATE: What the police News Conference today revealed:
“In a news conference on Friday, police said Todd told them she doesn’t know why she lied. She said everything started snowballing.
Police said there was no robbery or suspected mugger. However, Todd did tell police she does not know how the “B” got on her face, but suspects she might have done it to herself.
Police said Todd came clean after returning to the station so police could draw a composite sketch.
Police are conferring with the District Attorney’s Office on the issue. At the very least, Todd could be charged with filing a false police report.
Although police said they did find out that the woman has a history of mental problems.”
UPDATE: You know what the second worst part of all of this is? (the worst part being the drop it will cause in benefit of the doubt towards people who report being attacked) The Kos kids are going to feel like their instinct to crucify anybody on the right who reports a politically motivated crime right off the bat is completely justified. Awesome job, Ashley Todd, thanks for all the *#$@ you’ve pulled.
UPDATE: Ashley Todd has been charged with filing a false police report and shes saying some pretty insane things but they just sound like more lies to me. In fact it now sounds like she started making things up from the beginning and simply hasn’t stopped… Thanks again Ashley Todd for making anybody who gave you the benefit of the doubt, including me, look bad. I just hope they can figure out a way charge you with more than filing a false police report.