Why No Shit

Carville is in the tank for the Clintons. God, that's not anything earth-shattering.

But when will the Times look into who it was who violated not decorum but really security matters by organizing a booing/heckling section at UNLV. You know damned well it was organized by the Hillary campaign, probably the state campaign.

Where are the media in this? Were Rory Reid and Dina Titus, the latter known as a dirty fighter, involved?

There are questions that need to be answered about the sham debate Thursday.

How Anybody Can "Review"

that bullshit debate in Las Vegas with a straight face is beyond me.

Hillary didn't win shit; if anything, her "supporters" lost it for her.

Another review is here.

You Don't Even

have to have been there in Vegas to know there was some suspicious shenanigans afoot.

Actually, the people who booed should have been escorted out the door by police. Any disruption of a political event requires removal of the disruptors. It is standard operating procedure having been to enough of these things. Even bringing signs to an event is a no-no because of the possibility of disruption.

Whoever was responsible for the rotten behavior, whether the Clinton campaign, CNN, the Nevada State Democratic Party, Rory Reid, or Dina Titus, or others, should be exposed.

I Only Hope

toe-sucker Dick is right about CNN not actually helping Clinton's chances in Iowa.

I still believe, despite the shit piled on Edwards last night, he will win the state. The media have always been his worst enemy.

Well, no kidding Carville is in the tank for the Clintons. He's hoping to weasel his way back into the White House, just like Sidney Blumenthal.

Which of course will never happen.

David Sirota

posted this over at YouTube:



Same old shit, different day.

Well, Ain't

this peachy?

Maria Luisa, the UNLV student who asked Hillary Clinton whether she preferred "diamonds or pearls" at last night's debate wrote on her MySpace page this morning that CNN forced her to ask the frilly question instead of a pre-approved query about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.

"Every single question asked during the debate by the audience had to be approved by CNN," Luisa writes. "I was asked to submit questions including "lighthearted/fun" questions. I submitted more than five questions on issues important to me. I did a policy memo on Yucca Mountain a year ago and was the finalist for the Truman Scholarship. For sure, I thought I would get to ask the Yucca question that was APPROVED by CNN days in advance."

The debate was a fucking sham.

I Have to Say

this post over at Daily Kos hits it on the head and makes me forever glad I wasn't there in Vegas in person.

Campaign Notes.

I agree with this observer, who was at the debate in person.

I am glad I didn't go. It was bad enough on television. Jill Derby and Harry Reid should both be embarrassed over the appalling debate last night.
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The Boston Globe did a report on John Edwards, in its series of presidential candidates.
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If people aren't going to look at the obvious problem with last night's debate, it shouldn't even be discussed at all.

Dennis Kucinich has officially made my shitlist after last night. A man who blathers on and on about the WTO, workers' rights, and all of that other shit and who has NEVER accomplished a goddamned thing in all the years he has been in the House, needs to get the fuck out of the race. When he attacked Edwards, Edwards should have been given the opportunity to attack the Ohio hypocrite over his anti-abortion record, his utter lack of achievement except his bankrupting the city of Cleveland, and many other things the Ohio hypocrite has or has not done.
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Leave It

to the Drudge Report to come up with this:

CNN debate moderator Wolf Blitzer did an 'outstanding' job in Vegas, a senior adviser to the Hillary campaign said early Friday. 'He was outstanding, and did not gang up like Russert did in Philadelphia. He avoided the personal attacks, remained professional and ran the best debate so far. Voters were the big winners last night.'

A rival campaign insider charges: 'Wolf turned into a lamb. No follow-up question on Clinton's huge flip on drivers licenses?'

First of all, Wolf is the worst possible moderator because he does not have it "upstairs" to ASK follow-up questions. Not to mention the Hillary people have a short memory: I remember vividly when Bill Clinton as president (following the bogus Monica "scandal") had former British PM Tony Blair in the White House, and moron Blitzer tried to ask a question about Monica and being "aroused." Clinton cut him off.

Wolf Blitzer has been on my shitlist ever since.

The report is probably true, and no doubt the campaign put pressure on CNN and UNLV to stack the crowd with Hillary supporters when it is clear other candidates have many supporters as well, having paid close attention. They also put pressure on CNN to allow the audience to cheer and boo--totally uncalled for, and could have presented some kind of security risk.

Why, No Shit

Sherlock:

Several debate watchers said Edwards had a poorer performance than in some of the past debates.
“That surprised me,” Brosy said. “He seemed weaker than he has in the past.”

Take a look at the Dodd Clock, dumb shit, and you might find the answer:





When Biden is given almost as much time as Edwards, you KNOW the game is fucking rigged.

I may bring up the subject of media bias when Edwards comes here on Sunday.

I Posted This

on the JRE blog:

I had seriously thought of going to Vegas to attend the debate in person, but when I had heard cameras were not allowed at the UNLV debate, I thought why bother. I have seen most of the candidates in person and will continue seeing them in person.

It's a good thing I didn't go, for this has been one disastrous debate. The crowd was despicable, undoubtedly full of Clinton supporters, but in any case they should NOT have cheered or booed anybody's answers. There was no control at all.

Biden and Dodd have been best. Edwards has gotten the shaft, and when he made a statement about lobbyists and Clinton, he was booed, which he had NEVER been before. This was disgraceful.

Kucinich needs to get his butt off the stage. He was reprehensible complaining about Edwards. Since when did HE EVER accomplish anything in all of his years in the House? The fringe left LOVES him because he says what they want to hear, but if he ever had a chance to get elected, he wouldn't say what he says. He'd be like the rest. Heck, he WAS like the rest on abortion before he became pro-choice in 2004. I want him out of all of the debates.

It was a total disgrace. I am ashamed of being a Nevadan with that crowd, and disgusted with CNN.

If I'd have been there in person, I'd have been kicked out and made the news.

Campaign Notes.

Democratic candidates are starting to prepare for Thursday night's debate in Vegas.

I thought I was going to attend, but I think I am going to take a pass. I have the email saying I am invited to attend, but given the fact no electronic devices are going to be allowed, I think I might just forget it.

It may be one of those copyright things, like rock concerts and shit. I would imagine cameras won't be allowed, either, unless it's media.

Without a pictorial record for my own use, why bother? I have already seen all six major candidates in person anyway.

The Jefferson Jackson Dinner will follow immediately afterwards.