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11/3/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

A Few Things to Look for in Election Results in Colorado and Nationwide

Are you interested in tracking the election results as they come in tomorrow evening? Rocky Mountain Right has the essential guide for tracking the performance of Barack Obama and John McCain here in Colorado, with the four key counties to watch. Nationally, for the Presidential race, all eyes should be on Pennsylvania and its 21 electoral votes - so astutely says Erick Erickson at Red State and Jim Geraghty's pseudonymous mentor Obi-Wan (who also has loads of other great information). After Pennsylvania, Colorado & Nevada here in the West will be bellwethers. If Pennsylvania is where it's at, the McCain-Palin team had better continue hounding this theme: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Energy, General, National Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, bellwethers, coal production, Colorado, election results, electoral votes, Erick Erickson, Jim Geraghty, John McCain, key counties, mentor, Nevada, Obi-Wan, Pennsylvania, performance, Red State, Republicans, Rocky Mountain Right

10/31/2008 By Ben 2 Comments

Media is Getting Closer to Figuring Out Obama Online Donation Fraud

The media establishment is getting closer to covering the grossly negligent standards of the Barack Obama campaign's collection and processing of online donations: see this Washington Post story by Matthew Mosk from yesterday. Nevertheless, Powerline's Scott Johnson notes that the heart of the story continues to be missed:Yet Mosk's story yesterday is still lacking. It fails to observe that the McCain campaign's online donation screen contributors through the use of the basic Address Verification System. On the contary, it creates the false impression that the McCain campaign is party to the same modus operandi. Moreover, despite the implication of the Obama campaign's statement that it provides "extensive review" to donations … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, General, National Politics Tagged With: Address Verification System, Barack Obama, basic credit card security, Charlie the Anchor, contributions, donations, Federal Election Commission, foreign contributions, front-end screening, imaginary interview, John Galt, John Ronning, lax standards, legal loophole, limits, Mark Steyn, Matthew Mosk, media establishment, negligence, online donations, online fraud, Powerline, Scott Johnson, Washington Post

10/28/2008 By Ben 3 Comments

Los Angeles Times Should Release Barack Obama-Rashid Khalidi Video

Let me add my small blog voice to the growing crowd: The Los Angeles Times needs to release the video that supposedly shows Barack Obama "toasting a terrorist" (and not in the nuclear vaporization sort of way, either). As Little Green Footballs points out, the infamous figure in question is former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi. RedState has the latest in the form of a Fox News report: No one can credibly deny that the media establishment is in the tank for Barack Obama. If there's nothing to see, a public vetting of the video would dispel the rumors. But the longer the Times clings to it, the more legitimate suspicion grows. And the Times' excuses for not releasing the video don't hold much water. All appearances indicate they are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, General, National Politics, World Events Tagged With: Barack Obama, Brit Hume, business, Fox News, Little Green Footballs, Los Angeles Times, media establishment, Michelle Malkin, nuclear vaporization, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Rashid Khalidi, RedState, spokesman, suppression, suspicion, terrorist, video, YouTube

10/27/2008 By Ben 3 Comments

Is Barack Obama a Socialist?

Watch the video, and decide for yourself (H/T Rocky Mountain Right): Memo to media establishment: You can go back to writing about Sarah Palin's wardrobe and digging up dirt on Joe The Plumber. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, National Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Joe the plumber, media establishment, Rocky Mountain Right, Sarah Palin, Socialist, wardrobe, YouTube

10/27/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

ObamaFraud and the Ongoing Motivation of the GOP Ground Game

There is a ton to catch up on heading into the election's final week: Palestra has the latest on vote fraud committed by Barack Obama staffers camping out in Ohio. Naysayers repeat the mantra that this fraud can't possibly affect the election, because it's on such a small scale. Focused so intently on potential direct impacts, they miss the point. The ever expanding, yet unknowable, scale of voter registration fraud has been part of feeding a public perception. Based on what we know about human nature and behavior, it will have some effect - how so, it's too hard to say. To further understand the concern, think instead about what this says: the bare minimum of electronic controls to cover his online donations, allowing for myriad kinds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, National Politics Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, anger, anonymous, assumptions, Barack Obama, Beldar, Colorado, credibility, Democrats, disparities, distortions, election, electronic controls, essay, Gateway Pundit, ground game, John McCain, journalist, margins of error, media establishment, Michael Malone, millions of dollars, nationwide, naysayers, Newsbusters, oblivion, Ohio, online donation fraud, overconfidence, Palestra, phone calls, polls, public support, reality, shenanigans, small scale, statistical sampling, volunteers, votger fraud, walking precincts, Zombie

10/23/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Barack Obama’s Taxpayer Trick or Treat for Union Bosses, Welfare, ACORN

(Compliments of ALG Feature Syndicate) If there's one thing undecided voters need to weigh in the waning days of this presidential campaign, it indeed is Barack Obama's desire to give taxpayer-funded goodies to union bosses, the welfare state, and ACORN. Meanwhile, Obama's campaign continues to raise questions about the integrity of his online fundraising process. The bare minimum security opens the door to all kinds of potential fraud and federal campaign violations. An experiment by PowerLine readers highlights the extent of the problem. (Update: < em>HotAir has tons of mounting evidence.) Yes, you have correctly sensed a theme developing.... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fiscal Policy, General, Labor, National Politics Tagged With: ACORN, Americans for Limited Government, Barack Obama, election, federal campaign violations, goodies, online fundraising, potential fraud, presidential campaign, security, taxpayers, undecided voters, union bosses, welfare state

10/23/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Barack Obama Would Play Jimmy Hoffa by Getting Union Bad Guys Off

Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards reported its 900th conviction of union leaders for criminal activity. From the press release:During the month, OLMS obtained three convictions, seven indictments and court orders of restitution totaling more than $80,000. The office’s totals for fiscal year 2008 (which ended on Sept. 30, 2008) are 102 convictions and 130 indictments, with restitution of more than $3.2 million. The bulk of the cases involved the embezzlement of union funds. “The triple-digit numbers of indictments and convictions obtained by OLMS in the 2008 fiscal year demonstrates that criminal activity in unions is still a major problem. This problem points to the critical role … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, Labor, National Politics Tagged With: bad seeds, Barack Obama, Big Labor, Bill Ritter, Colorado, conviction, corruption, criminal activity, Don Todd, embezzlement, endorsement, federal agencies, forgery, Governor, indictments, Jimmy Hoffa, Office of Labor-Management Standards, oversight, restitution, rollback, Teamsters, theft, U.S. Department of Labor, union funds, union leaders, Wall Street Journal, workers

10/20/2008 By Ben 9 Comments

Yes, Virginia, ACORN’s Voter Registration Fraud Leads to Vote Fraud

Update: Blue Collar Muse answers more liberal efforts to shift blame from ACORN, and provides a boatload more evidence. And Palestra documents more sinister voting activity connected with the Obama campaign in Ohio. It's hard to keep up with all the evidence pouring forth. A liberal denizen of my comments section likes to repeat the claim that ACORN's repeated acts of voter registration fraud are harmless, that I shouldn't waste my time writing about it, and that he is so bored by the topic that he just has to keep commenting on it. Yes, the same ACORN under FBI investigation that prominently endorsed the deceptive issue campaign Protect Colorado's Culture of Corruption Future. But then you look at New Mexico, and you see where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, National Politics Tagged With: ACORN, Ballotpedia, Barack Obama, Board of Elections, campaign, commenter, credit card numbers, crisis of legitimacy, Cuyahoga County, Darnell Nash, deception, Democratic primary, fake address, FBI investigation, Justine Fox Young, Lefties, liberals, New Mexico, Ohio, paper ballot, Protect Colorado's Future, Republican, reregistered, review, Soren Dayton, state representative, Transparency, voter fraud, voter registration fraud

10/18/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

A National Media Double Standard on Florida Congressional Scandals?

The radical shift in polling numbers after the explosive news about the sex/bribe scandal of Democratic Rep. Tim Mahoney - who replaced the infamous Republican Rep. Mark Foley - ensures that Florida Congressional seat shifts back to GOP hands. But where are the national media's incessant demands to find the facts about what Democratic leaders knew and when? I guess the question answers itself. The liberal media establishment doesn't want to drive its favored party into the ground and harm the chances of its chosen candidate (read: Barack Obama). Mark Foley at least had enough shame to do the decent thing and resign over his illicit messages to Congressional pages (and as I said then of Republican leaders, "if they knew and withheld … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, General, National Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, chosen candidate, Congressional pages, Congressman, decency, demands, Democrat, Democratic leaders, double standard, favored party, Florida, Mark Foley, media establishment, national media, question, Republican, resign, scandal, shame, Tim Mahoney

10/18/2008 By Ben 6 Comments

GOP Voter Registration Fraud Story is Bad – Not As Bad As ACORN, Though

I find this story out of California quite disturbing. The Los Angeles Times reports that a Republican contractor has been targeted with serious allegations of engaging in voter registration fraud - a stupid, repugnant, and unethical activity (H/T Volokh Conspiracy):Voters contacted by The Times said they were tricked into switching parties while signing what they believed were petitions for tougher penalties against child molesters. Some said they were told that they had to become Republicans to sign the petition, contrary to California initiative law. Others had no idea their registration was being changed.... It is a bait-and-switch scheme familiar to election experts. The firm hired by the California Republican Party -- a small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, General, National Politics Tagged With: ACORN scandals, allegations, Barack Obama, California, Curious Stranger, Democratic agenda, FBI criminal investigation, initiative law, Los Angeles Times, national election, non-partisan, partisan, petition, Republican contractor, Republican Party, stupid, taxpayer funds, unethical, Volokh Conspiracy, voter registration fraud, Young Political Majors

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