Thursday, August 28, 2008
Congratulations, Denver!
You've just hosted the Democratic National Convention? So what are you going to do next? Nope, not a trip to DisneyWorld. How about a trip to federal district court, where you will face a suit for millions of dollars for unquestionably violating the civil rights of a member of the mainstream media?!
I'm not one to defend the media on most cases, which may seem a bit odd since that used to be my gig. However, this video borders on the absurd.
All of that for taking pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic money men and elected officials?
I hope St. Paul treats media better, otherwise my laptop might ought to stay home and I'll just write a pictureless book on dead wood.
RedState has a bunch more, as does Instapundit (here and here).
I'm not one to defend the media on most cases, which may seem a bit odd since that used to be my gig. However, this video borders on the absurd.
All of that for taking pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic money men and elected officials?
I hope St. Paul treats media better, otherwise my laptop might ought to stay home and I'll just write a pictureless book on dead wood.
RedState has a bunch more, as does Instapundit (here and here).
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention, First Amendment, Media
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
My Kingdom for an Unbiased Media
Nice eyewitness account from NRO's Mark Hemmingway regarding how unbiased the morons media are towards Barrack Obama.
I'm usually not one to resort to name-calling, but my position is that the media started it. They have to believe that Americans are fools to take the garbage they spew packaged as "news" and then accept their expressions of shock and insult when we question their impartiality.
It's going to take a great deal of restraint for me not to go off on any liberal who claims that the media are being too hard on Obama. (By the way, the last time I heard this from a liberal - 3:15 this afternoon.) I appreciate helping out good, decent media sources like NRO, fellow bloggers, and the like, but I doubt I have it in me to provide too much assistance to media types as reports such as Mark's continue to leak out of Denver.
I'm usually not one to resort to name-calling, but my position is that the media started it. They have to believe that Americans are fools to take the garbage they spew packaged as "news" and then accept their expressions of shock and insult when we question their impartiality.
It's going to take a great deal of restraint for me not to go off on any liberal who claims that the media are being too hard on Obama. (By the way, the last time I heard this from a liberal - 3:15 this afternoon.) I appreciate helping out good, decent media sources like NRO, fellow bloggers, and the like, but I doubt I have it in me to provide too much assistance to media types as reports such as Mark's continue to leak out of Denver.
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention, Media
Average Joe
CNN's analysts seem to be divided (confused, perhaps?) regarding Joe Biden's speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention.
Jim Geraghty, who doesn't suffer from wishy-washy analytical paralysis, writes over at National Review that Biden blew it big time. I wasn't impressed; it reminded me of the efforts of someone who couldn't break the 2% barrier of support in Iowa after basically meeting every man, woman, and child in the state. Oh, that's right. I guess that would be Average Joe...
Jim Geraghty, who doesn't suffer from wishy-washy analytical paralysis, writes over at National Review that Biden blew it big time. I wasn't impressed; it reminded me of the efforts of someone who couldn't break the 2% barrier of support in Iowa after basically meeting every man, woman, and child in the state. Oh, that's right. I guess that would be Average Joe...
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Recipe for Disaster
Has anyone checked on Katie Allison Granju today?
I thought of dear Katie last night during Michelle Obama's speech at the DNC. You see, I remember Katie's new drinking game built around Obama speeches at the Convention. According to the rules:
"...every time Obama says the word "change," you take a shot. And every time he says the word "hope," you take a double shot."
During one two-minute episode, I counted 12 "changes" and three "hopes."
Maybe Katie has a higher tolerance than I do (I suspect that most people do), but I would think that I would be a little worse for wear today if I had been playing along.
I thought of dear Katie last night during Michelle Obama's speech at the DNC. You see, I remember Katie's new drinking game built around Obama speeches at the Convention. According to the rules:
"...every time Obama says the word "change," you take a shot. And every time he says the word "hope," you take a double shot."
During one two-minute episode, I counted 12 "changes" and three "hopes."
Maybe Katie has a higher tolerance than I do (I suspect that most people do), but I would think that I would be a little worse for wear today if I had been playing along.
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention
Quote of the Day, Part II
"Well if this party has a message it has done a hell of a job of hiding it tonight I promise you that."
- "The Ragin' Cajun," James Carville
- "The Ragin' Cajun," James Carville
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention, Quotes
Quote of the Day
"You could say that Tennessee state law doesn't apply in Colorado, but my honor does."
- Bruce Shine, Tennessee delegate and one of three finalists for a vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court, commenting on Tennessee law that says that pledged delegates must follow through with their pledge to vote for their candidate.
Wow. Apparently, Mr. Shine believes that we can pick and choose which laws we need to follow. I can't tell you how many of my criminal clients think that way, so I'm sure that he would be very popular with them.
- Bruce Shine, Tennessee delegate and one of three finalists for a vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court, commenting on Tennessee law that says that pledged delegates must follow through with their pledge to vote for their candidate.
Wow. Apparently, Mr. Shine believes that we can pick and choose which laws we need to follow. I can't tell you how many of my criminal clients think that way, so I'm sure that he would be very popular with them.
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention, Quotes
Marsha on Watch in Denver
I just got off of a conference call with Congressman Marsha Blackburn, who is spending the week in Denver mixing things up with the Democrats.
Marsha said that she was having a great week thus far in Colorado, and she remarked that her appearance on Larry King earlier this week was refreshing due to the number of people on the panel who shared the same concerns that she has with the Democratic Party.
Marsha spent most of her time reflecting on the one issue which Democrats want to ignore but do so at their own peril. Certain liberal bloggers have blasted me for pointing out one of the more obvious problems with picking Joe Biden as the VP nominee - he's not a woman. Like it or not, bonehead Dems, but demographics play a key role in whom people vote for.
Expect women - with an emphasis on the group Women for McCain, of which Angela is the Knox County Chair of the state group (Tennessee Women for McCain) - to be a key area of emphasis at the Republican National Convention next week.
Marsha also touched on how the Democrats basically took the first day of the convention off when it comes to speaking about policy and government programs. She expects that talk of such things will pick up over the next few days, but she wants everyone to ask one question when they propose a Hybrid in every driveway and a personal doctor for every American - how do the Democrats propose that we pay for these ideas?
Good question. I hope Marsha hangs around Denver to see if she can make the Democrats come up with an answer.
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention, Blackburn
Democrats Use Old Ploys at DNC
I understand that most Americans probably didn't watch much of the first day of the Democratic National Convention last night. I heard many adults didn't want to see so many people on illegal drugs, overt sexual displays, and poorly read scripts and instead tuned into WWE Raw on the SciFi Network for more wholesome entertainment.
If you didn't watch the Convention coverage last night, here is what you missed:
If you didn't watch the Convention coverage last night, here is what you missed:
- Nancy Pelosi showed her commitment to discouraging domestic drilling by riding a caribou into the Pepsi Center. She was dismayed later on when the caribou later trampled North Carolina Congressman and noted Pelosi supporter Heath Shuler when the caribou blitzed the former Washington Redskin quarterback from his blindside.
- Rep. Jessie Jackson, Jr. tried to match his father's record for most consecutive rhymes in a speech but failed miserably. He later pledged not to try to outdo his father on any of his other records, including most illegitimate children by an ordained pastor.
- A video montage outlined the Kennedy contributions over the years to increasing the number of missing and raped women in America.
- In an embarrassing moment, Joe Biden was caught by a FoxNews camera hocking old speeches to convention speakers who were dissatisfied with their own written monologues.
- Michelle Obama, wearing traditional Muslim dress, capped the night off with a stirring prayer to Allah, followed by a ceremonial burning of an American flag her husband had stolen from a battalion serving in Afghanistan.
Like I said, if you didn't watch last night, that's what you should think happened last night...
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention
Friday, August 22, 2008
That's the Democratic National Convention that I Know and Love
Welcome to the Democratic National Convention.
We ain't got no benediction.
We got plenty of pot.
UPDATE: There have been plenty of quality videos as of late from both the Obama camp and the McCain camp, but, on the eve of the DNC's road toDamascus Denver, I got a real chuckle out of this one. (HT: Instapundit.)
Now THAT'S a good video...
We ain't got no benediction.
We got plenty of pot.
UPDATE: There have been plenty of quality videos as of late from both the Obama camp and the McCain camp, but, on the eve of the DNC's road to
Now THAT'S a good video...
Labels: 2008 Democratic National Convention
