October 16, 2006 Posts
16:31 Patriot Rally Roundup 19:09 Another Reid Debacle? 19:59 Thank God for the Liberal Media's Gatekeepers
Patriot Rally Roundup
I attended the Patriot Rally last night with Leo & King. As you'd expect, Hugh was great, giving us a history lesson on prior midterms as well as insight into these midterms.
It was a great evening of learning about our candidates. I thought Alan Fine came across as a man with a passion for and understanding of national security issues. The people of MN-5 would be fortunate to have someone of his intelligence & commitment serving them.
Michele Bachmann was great in her presentation. It'll be a total joy having her representing me. Her range of knowledge of all the issues is vastly superior to Patty Wetterling's, who still has to read from a script to explain 'her' tax plan. This is no time to send someone to Washington who still needs on the job training.
Mark Kennedy made the long flight back from his Meet the Press debate with Amy Klobuchar to participate in this rally. His steadfast support for attacking the terrorists before they attack is reassuring.
It was also great to meet Andy Aplikowski, Captain Ed and Hugh. I wish I'd had time to meet more of the MOBsters but that'll have to wait for another time, hopefully before year's end. (Captain Ed & Andy liveblogged the event.)
Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 4:31 PM
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Another Reid Debacle?
Just when I didn't think it possible for Harry Reid to get into more trouble, I'm proven wrong. Let's back up first to tell people that Sen. Reid amended his "ethics reports to Congress to more fully account for a Las Vegas land deal..." Rather than sounding contrite, Sen. Reid instead sounded like a combative partisan:
"Republicans may believe in cover-ups. I believe in ensuring all facts come to light."Right, Harry. We know that you believe "in ensuring all facts come to light." It's just that you believe in ensuring these facts come to light after a media organization has published the verifiable facts that they obtained.
"Last week, a highly misleading report by the AP implied that I made a profit selling land I no longer owned. That article was wrong. Here are the facts: I bought the land in 1998, I sold it in 2004, and I listed my ownership of the land on official Senate disclosure forms every single year. Now I have taken an additional step. Today, I directed my staff to file amended financial disclosure forms noting that in 2001, I transferred title to the land to a Limited Liability Corporation."Then why didn't your ethics disclosure form state that Jay Brown, your partner, paid a substantial portion of the property taxes? Why are you lying now, Sen. Reid? This is what the AP's John Solomon and Kathleen Hennessey reported last week:
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years, property deeds show.and:
The Nevada Democrat's deal was engineered by Jay Brown, a longtime friend and former casino lawyer whose name surfaced in a major political bribery trial this summer and in other prior organized crime investigations. He's never been charged with wrongdoing, except for a 1981 federal securities complaint that was settled out of court.It seems that Sen. Reid's account isn't the factual statement he's implying it is. It also is the 'abridged version', omitting a few important steps. First of all, why did he and his wife Landra sign the deed to a company that "Jay Brown, a longtime friend" had started?
I also checked Dictionary.com for the definition of personally. Here's what it says:
1. through direct contact;Does Sen. Reid always use the term personally when he's talking about himself plus his business partner? My guess is that he'd say yes. I'd bet that he'd say that only when he's caught.
2. as if intended for or directed at one's own person;
3. as regards oneself: Personally, I don't care to go;
4. as an individual.
Sen. Reid's underlying problem, the real problem if you will, is the problem all liars face: that they forgot which version of the story they told to which authority. That's the beauty of telling the truth. You don't have to remember what you said to which person and your words can't trip you up.
Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 7:11 PM
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Thank God for the Liberal Media's Gatekeepers
I don't know what we'd do without them but I'd love finding out what it'd be like. Here's what the NY Times' Adam Nagourney wrote:
Senior Republican leaders have concluded that Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio, a pivotal state in this year's fierce midterm election battles, is likely to be heading for defeat and are moving to reduce financial support for his race and divert party money to other embattled Republican senators, party officials said.Mr. Nagourney's reporting, and the Times' editor, are wrong. Here's an email I got this afternoon:
The decision to effectively write off Mr. DeWine's seat, after a series of internal Republican polls showed him falling behind his Democratic challenger, is part of a fluid series of choices by top leaders in both parties as they set the strategic framework of the campaign's final three weeks, signaling, by where they are spending television money and other resources, the Senate and House races where they believe they have the best chances of success.
Today's New York Times falsely states that the RNC has conceded the Ohio Senate race. As anyone who reads our FEC reports can see, the RNC has spent more money on Ohio than any other state. That level of spending will continue.Patrick Ruffini, a former blogger who's currently working for the RNC on their e-campaign staff, sent the letter. Frankly, if it's a credibility contest between Patrick and the NY Times, I'll take Patrick's word over the NY Times' word every time.
The notion that the RNC is pulling out of Ohio is just dead wrong.
Not only is the article wrong that the RNC isn't pulling out of Ohio but the reverse is true in Minnesota.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has canceled its ad buy in Minnesota's Senate race. A public file check at WCCO-TV shows that the DSCC has canceled the last two weeks of ads that were scheduled. That means the DSCC and the RNSC will not be running ads on behalf of Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Republican Mark Kennedy. Apparently, the two national parties think there are closer contests in other states. The New York Times has a story saying Senate Republicans are focusing on just a few races and Minnesota is not mentioned.I'll admit that I don't agree with the NRSC's decision against an ad buy. That is, unless they're planning some heavy hitters visits between now and the election. It'd be great seeing Air Force One touching down at MSP a couple times between now and Election Day.
Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 8:00 PM
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