Howard Wolfson On The O’Reilly Factor

7:18 pm EST July 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

So, yet another “Democrat” on Fox News who thinks its his job to kneecap Democrats. Is there anyone on Fox who is allowed to deviate from the con line?

Then again, Wolfson’s got a track record.

So, Maybe Our Solar System Is Filled With Water

6:27 pm EST July 30th, 2008 | News | 5 Comments

We are not alone.

NASA scientists said Wednesday they had found liquid on Saturn’s moon Titan, only the second body in the solar system after Earth to have fluid on its surface.

The groundbreaking discovery was made after analysis of instruments on the US-European Cassini probe, the spacecraft that has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 following a 3.5 billion-kilometer (2.2 billion miles) voyage.

McCain’s Same OLD Politics

6:18 pm EST July 30th, 2008 | News | 2 Comments

Nice response to John McCain’s latest round of desperate ads.

Topic: John McCain, President Obama

Harold Ford “Playboy Mansion” Ad Man Praises McCain’s Ad

5:06 pm EST July 30th, 2008 | News | 11 Comments

In the Washington Post on McCain’s ridiculous “Celebrity” attack ad:

Scott Howell, a leading Republican media consultant, praised the commercial as ‘very fair and accurate’, adding: ‘Just because a car looks like a Ferrari doesn’t mean it will run like one. McCain has to get voters to look under the hood and if he can I think they’ll see they are being sold a ‘kit car’ with a VW engine.’

Who is Scott Howell?

This guy.

The ad, which was produced by Scott Howell, features a handful of fake “man on the street” interviews. (Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch the ad.)

One woman says: “Harold Ford looks nice, isn’t that enough?” Another says: “Terrorists need their privacy.” A man in camouflage clothing says: “Ford’s right. I do have too many guns.”

And then there is a young, scantily clad white woman who says in a high-pitched voice: “I met Harold at the Playboy party.” She appears again at the end of the ad, whispering: “Harold, call me.”

Howell was also behind the ad attacking Max Cleland that compared him to Osama Bin Laden. And he likes John McCain’s ads. Nice company you’ve got there, Sen. McCain.

Topic: John McCain, President Obama

McCain’s Britney Moment

3:01 pm EST July 30th, 2008 | News | 50 Comments

As John McCain grows increasingly desperate and morphs into the Mean McCain his close associates and wives know, he has attacked Sen. Obama as a celebrity and used Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in his latest ad designed for the media to run over and over again for him. The problem here is it is John McCain who hobnobbed with Britney Spears and Co. at the MTV awards. It is his daughter who pals around with reality TV stars. And it he’s the one who does all this while walking around in $500+ dollar loafers.

Topic: Celebrities, John McCain, Media For McCain, Newsweek, President Obama

Journalism In The Modern Age

2:17 pm EST July 30th, 2008 | Media | 64 Comments

A stack of newspapers, originally uploaded by DRB62.

Dana Millbank fakes a quote from Obama, press and GOP run with it. That dastardly “liberal media”.

Check out how MSNBC handles it:

Per a Democratic source, “[The Post] left out the important first half of the sentence, which was along the lines of: ‘It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It’s about America. I have just become a symbol…” Regardless of the context now, this narrative has been ready to explode at some point and even a misreported quote was enough to spark this arrogance watch.

(emphasis mine)

That’s right. MSNBC is saying that it doesn’t matter that the quote was manipulated and wrong, it fits an existing press/GOP narrative, so we’re running with it. WTF?

Topic: Newsweek, President Obama, Washington Post

Halle Berry For Obama

10:49 am EST July 30th, 2008 | News | 9 Comments

Yes, she can.

halle berry for obama

Topic: President Obama, Women

Republicans Block Aid To Paralyzed Vets

10:26 am EST July 30th, 2008 | Republicans | 29 Comments

Remember, they support the troops!

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Act, named for the actor who was made famous by his portrayal of superman and later became a champion of the disabled, along with his late wife (pictured at right), is part of a broad package created by Democrats which lumps together 36 bills.

It would have allocated $25 million for research on spinal cord injuries, rehabilitation and measures to improve the quality of life for paralyzed Americans. The effort is backed by the Paralyzed Veterans of America, which claims 19,000 members. Some 200,000 Americans suffer spinal cord-related injuries.

Topic: Iraq

Video Of Obama Western Wall Note Being Taken

10:21 am EST July 30th, 2008 | News | 1 Comment

Yeah, so there goes the conservative story about his campaign leaking it to the press.

Topic: President Obama

Bruce McQuain’s Latest Distortion On Obama: Reparations Edition

10:00 am EST July 30th, 2008 | News | 17 Comments

McQuain at Q and O:

Obama endorses reparations

I pointed out, yesterday, the latest in redistributionist schemes being cooked up ala “global warming”. Dale notes that the belief in a Democratic win seems to be bringing these sorts of ideas and potential claims to the fore as they line up for their hopeful piece of the pie.

What did Sen. Obama actually say?

In answering that question and a follow-up on whether he thought reparations were in order for Native Americans and African Americans, Obama gave a nuanced answer.

“The most important thing for the American government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds,” Obama said.

He explained that Native Americans were doing worse than any other group by every measure, including high unemployment rates and living in “deplorable” housing conditions.

“I’m more concerned about delivering a better life,” Obama said.

He said as far as reparations were concerned that he was more interested in strategies to lift people up from the legacy of discrimination. Such strategies would include improving inner city schools, so students received a quality education.

Obama also said that programs for health care and education for everyone in America would be among the best way to help disadvantaged individuals because such programs will disproportionally affect and benefit minorities because they are suffering most.

Oh, so, he doesn’t support reparations.

ALSO: Instapundit just makes up that Obama said America’s history was unusually tragic. He never said that. Of course, it’s sort of intriguing that a white upper class male from the south doesn’t think there’s anything tragic in our history of note. Heh, indeed.