More of the Nutroots Chronicles

Paul Hackett, that darling of the nutroots a couple of years ago and little more than a Republican himself, is worried sick Obama's chances of winning Ohio are less than my winning the MegaMillions lottery. He has some suggestions, which are music to the ears of the Kossacks, or are they, given the views of many if not most of the commenters of the post:

The solution rests with local surrogates on the ground spreading the attack face to face coupled with an air campaign via radio and TV.

The message is simple and the professionals can refine it but essentially it should contain these elements:

"Sarah Palin? Can't keep her solemn oath of devotion to her husband and had sex with his employee. Sarah Palin? Accidentally got pregnant at age 43 and the tax payers of Alaska have to pay for the care of her disabled child. Sarah Palin? Unable to teach her 16 year old daughter right from wrong and now another teenager is pregnant. Sarah Palin? Can you trust Sarah Palin and her values with America's future? John McCain? Divorced from his first wife one month and marries a billionaire influence peddler and convicted felon. John McCain, a record of rash and impulsive decisions. That’s not change that’s more of the same.”

I believe that shit with Sarah Palin has already been tried; as a result, McCain's poll numbers are up and he's ahead of Obama.

Keep it up, Hackett, and maybe the Obama campaign will heed your advice and lose in a 57-state blowout.

Political Commentary

Some of the filthiest of political filth has been perpetrated by the nutroots. And these smears do NOTHING to help Obama:

The Internet rumors claimed that Sarah's baby, Trig, born four months ago with Down syndrome, wasn't really hers but her daughter's. They plucked some photos from the Internet, photos out of sequence, to make it appear as though Gov. Palin hadn't been pregnant, proving once again that on the Internet, the casualties are credibility and civility. Reading it, you could almost hear the saliva dripping from their teeth as they typed anonymously.

And this:

I don't know if Komodo dragons can type, but their mouths are so full of bacteria that if they bite your leg you'll likely die. This anonymous Komodo was probably in mommy's basement, perhaps with a bowl of Chex Mix and a Diet Coke nearby.

That's the charitable explanation. I really would like to know this person's identity to see if indeed it is some pimply kid in somebody's basement or whether the person was a paid operative. He or she spent a LOT of time on those posts, which were transparently bullshit on their face. The person reminded me a little bit of the notorious "Buckhead" on Free Republic who alleged the Killian memos were forgeries (NEVER proven, by the way).

In the end, it's all about sexism.

By the way, Clinton was as much a victim of it as Palin.

More Palin [Updated]

Here is the Juneau paper/AP report of Palin having given birth to Trig this past April:

Gov. Sarah Palin gave birth Friday to her fifth child, a boy, about a month before her due date.

Trig Paxson Van Palin weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces. A news release from Palin's office says the 44-year-old governor and the baby are doing well and resting comfortably.

And this:

Palin went into labor Thursday while attending an energy conference for governors in Texas, where she gave a keynote address. Her contractions let up enough for her to fly home on Alaska Airlines to deliver her baby in Alaska, Leighow said.

Until there is proof otherwise the "rumors" are bullshit. After all, there would be plenty of witnesses at the governor's conference to Palin going into labor.

People should take a look at the "urban hike" video again. Palin is wearing what could only be described as a maternity jacket.*

The Anchorage Daily News reported her pregnancy back in March.

She felt safe flying to Alaska to have her baby:

Gov. Sarah Palin’s decision to make the eight-hour flight from Dallas to Anchorage has some people wondering about the possible safety hazards of flying while in the late stages of pregnancy.

The governor, eight months into her pregnancy, noticed amniotic fluid Thursday morning prior to giving a keynote luncheon address at the Republican Governor’s Energy Conference in Texas. After wrapping up the speech, Palin and her husband consulted with her physician about possibly flying home on an earlier flight. After being granted permission from her doctor, she and her husband proceeded with the trek home.

These stories should put the rumors to rest.

Obamabots should be ashamed of themselves, but they have no shame. Sexism knows no political party.

Here is another blog commentary about this despicable rumor.

I will probably lose my membership at Daily Kos, but what the hell:

Why Hasn't Kos Deleted This Filthy Thread? (0 / 0)

There were a number of news reports at the time about Sarah Palin's pregnancy if you had bothered to do your stinking homework, but you decided you had to do something--anything--to trash somebody solely because they are from the opposing political party.

The worst thing about this filth of yours is Palin's children have been thrown out there and perhaps even ridiculed because of the lies you have posted.

You know, somebody should be able to sue Kos for defamation. Just because you have an anonymous handle, don't think you can get away with this crap.

I hope Obama loses every single state, and I think he will. Keep it up, Kossacks, keep up the filth and I guarantee he will be trounced.

by Susan Nunes on Sun Aug 31, 2008 at 07:37:02 PM PDT

Drudge has this filthy rumor plastered on his site.

Some of the overseas media are getting into the act.

Finally, this site has pictures showing without a doubt Palin was very pregnant earlier this year.


Here is another one:




The "smoking gun" photo of the Palin family was taken in 2006:



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*--After the site being down, it is now up.

More Campaign Crap.

As the world knows, Kos withheld a $2,300 contribution to the Barack Obama campaign either because Kos doesn't have the money, he's being paid by the Obama campaign and can feign withholding the money as a matter of "principle," he's cynically trying to raise more money for his blog by peddling nonsense about "principle," he's cynically trying to stay in the headlines, or, most unlikely, he actually believes what he is saying.

Only an ignoramus actually is surprised by Obama's actions.

By the way, Kos will still vote for Obama in the general election should he actually be nominated. So much for having principles.
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I Don't Know

why people call a boycott a "strike," but both the person calling for a blogger "strike" over at the Daily Kos and the Daily Kos itself received even more notoriety.

Which is probably the point. Even the Drudge Report and the New York Times blog made note of it.

I think we are already screwed in November, so this posturing is nothing but a sideshow.

Gee Whiz,

why do people get their panties in a bunch simply because the Daily Kos takes so many wrongheaded stands?

These diarists can create their own blogs independent of that site. They may not get read that much, but so what?

All they are doing is giving Markos even more publicity.

Good grief, even Jake Tapper has noticed.

It must be a dead news day.
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I Seriously Hope

Obama's flameout doesn't mean we are stuck with Hillary Clinton and a probable loss next November.

This is what happens when Democrats don't use any fucking sense at all and let the media dictate who their candidates will be.

It should NEVER have been 24/7 Hillary and Obama. NEVER.

Since the Yearly Kos

is going on in Chicago, it's appropriate for somebody to look at the person who started it all.