...active for 6:45 AM; perhaps equal to or greater than the presidential turnout I saw last year. Except there were no African-American voters visible (I didn't look under the curtains).
Now, to be clear, when I mean "active", I mean that I had to wait on line behind two people, as opposed to walking right into the booth. Most booths had about the same level of action. This, based on past voting experience, does in fact qualify as "active"...
Funny side note: Had to push the button almost six times on a local freeholder slate to get it to light up next to the Republican candidate. The Chris Christie button worked fine, though....for now...
I'll be updating here all day (as work permits) on the New Jersey races, and on NY-23. Those Virginia races look, thankfully, to be a lock.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
It's Official: Corzine Paying Daggett To Stay In Race
[BUMPED; UPDATE AT BOTTOM: NJ DEMS CONFESS !]
As we expected, the Corzine campaign are pulling every dirty trick out of the Democrat playbook to get their boss re-elected (since he's long since realized there is zero case for it based on the merits).
We surmised a few days back that independent candidate Chris Daggett's mere existence in the campaign at this point was being paid for by Corzine, if not in cash, than in a job-to-be-named-later, something that Dagget himself did not deny. Well, here's some proof of that rotten pudding:
...in the final days of the campaign, it appears state Democrats are paying for robo calls supporting Independent Chris Daggett. First reported here, the robo calls attack Christie (but not Corzine) and promote Daggett. At the end of the call, it is mentioned that the calls are paid for by a “project of the NJSDC.” No idea what that acronym stands for, but New Jersey State Democratic Committee, isn’t too big of a stretch.
More interesting is the fact that the return number on the calls is the same number that was used to promote Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s election in closing days of the 2006 race.
Not a bad idea by Corzine - finance a second opponent to split the 60% of New Jersey resident who are steadfastly against him. Not sure if it's quite legal, but in dirty Jersey, apparently anything goes...
And with the Obama campaign now running the Corzine campaign, the fact that ACORN is trolling the inner cities to commit voter fraud is no surprise either:
More telling that the fix is in, however, is the sudden appearance of ACORN on the scene...
GOP officials recently received a phone tip from a hospital in Newark, reporting that people in ACORN t-shirts were in the facility signing up and collecting absentee ballots. New Jersey law allows anyone to take up to 10 absentee ballots at a time. The tipster reported seeing individuals in the ACORN shirts entering the hospital with blank absentee ballots and leaving with completed ballots.
There are reports out of Camden, New Jersey that voters are discovering that absentee ballots have already been submitted under their name. They did not authorize these ballots. Early reports suggested that the number of absentee ballots ‘requested’ in Camden city is higher than in any previous election. This will no doubt spark confusion on election day.
This is your Democratic party, America. Using the good names of the weak and the poor to commit voter fraud to keep themselves in office despite what appears to be overwhelming sentiment that it is time for Corzine to go.
Democracy is only a tool for the Democrats to obtain power. Once in, they will use any means necessary to keep it. Thuggery, crime, fraud, down to the exploitation of the poorest members of society.
Will Crooked Jon get away with it? We'll see tomorrow...
UPDATE 552P: The Democrats confess. Ugly:
The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County voters that slams Republican Chris Christie and promotes independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher Daggett.
A Democratic spokeswoman says the party’s chairman, Joe Cryan, was not aware of the robocalls when he denied that the state committee had anything to do with them yesterday afternoon.
Cryan, who told PolitickerNJ.com yesterday afternoon that the Democratic State Committee had “absolutely” nothing to do with the call, could not immediately be reached for comment.
As we expected, the Corzine campaign are pulling every dirty trick out of the Democrat playbook to get their boss re-elected (since he's long since realized there is zero case for it based on the merits).
We surmised a few days back that independent candidate Chris Daggett's mere existence in the campaign at this point was being paid for by Corzine, if not in cash, than in a job-to-be-named-later, something that Dagget himself did not deny. Well, here's some proof of that rotten pudding:
...in the final days of the campaign, it appears state Democrats are paying for robo calls supporting Independent Chris Daggett. First reported here, the robo calls attack Christie (but not Corzine) and promote Daggett. At the end of the call, it is mentioned that the calls are paid for by a “project of the NJSDC.” No idea what that acronym stands for, but New Jersey State Democratic Committee, isn’t too big of a stretch.
More interesting is the fact that the return number on the calls is the same number that was used to promote Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s election in closing days of the 2006 race.
Not a bad idea by Corzine - finance a second opponent to split the 60% of New Jersey resident who are steadfastly against him. Not sure if it's quite legal, but in dirty Jersey, apparently anything goes...
And with the Obama campaign now running the Corzine campaign, the fact that ACORN is trolling the inner cities to commit voter fraud is no surprise either:
More telling that the fix is in, however, is the sudden appearance of ACORN on the scene...
GOP officials recently received a phone tip from a hospital in Newark, reporting that people in ACORN t-shirts were in the facility signing up and collecting absentee ballots. New Jersey law allows anyone to take up to 10 absentee ballots at a time. The tipster reported seeing individuals in the ACORN shirts entering the hospital with blank absentee ballots and leaving with completed ballots.
There are reports out of Camden, New Jersey that voters are discovering that absentee ballots have already been submitted under their name. They did not authorize these ballots. Early reports suggested that the number of absentee ballots ‘requested’ in Camden city is higher than in any previous election. This will no doubt spark confusion on election day.
This is your Democratic party, America. Using the good names of the weak and the poor to commit voter fraud to keep themselves in office despite what appears to be overwhelming sentiment that it is time for Corzine to go.
Democracy is only a tool for the Democrats to obtain power. Once in, they will use any means necessary to keep it. Thuggery, crime, fraud, down to the exploitation of the poorest members of society.
Will Crooked Jon get away with it? We'll see tomorrow...
UPDATE 552P: The Democrats confess. Ugly:
The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County voters that slams Republican Chris Christie and promotes independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher Daggett.
A Democratic spokeswoman says the party’s chairman, Joe Cryan, was not aware of the robocalls when he denied that the state committee had anything to do with them yesterday afternoon.
Cryan, who told PolitickerNJ.com yesterday afternoon that the Democratic State Committee had “absolutely” nothing to do with the call, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Christie vs. Corzine: More Polling Madness !
For what it is worth:
Monmouth University/Gannett has Corzine up by 2 with Daggett at 8 percent; SurveyUSA puts Christie up by 3 with Daggett at 10 percent.
But are the remining undecideds going to break for Christie? Campaign Spot offers us a clue:
The percentage who say they're "undecided" in polls showing Corzine up: 7, 8, 8, 6, 7, 4.
Now here's the percentage who say they're undecided in polls showing Christie up: 2, 3, 6, 5, 3, 3.
The Corzine poll undecided averages 6.6 (you can take it out to another six, if you're demonically-inclined) while the Christie poll undecided averages only 3.6.
Looks like the mroe undecideds show up in a poll, the more the poll leans Corzine. Or, in other words, undecideds are either breaking towards Christie, or may not even exist at all...
More weird stuff: Liberal polling site 538.com apparently is predicting Christie +2 when all is said and done tomorrow. May not be enough to get us past the "margin of fraud", though...
Monmouth University/Gannett has Corzine up by 2 with Daggett at 8 percent; SurveyUSA puts Christie up by 3 with Daggett at 10 percent.
But are the remining undecideds going to break for Christie? Campaign Spot offers us a clue:
The percentage who say they're "undecided" in polls showing Corzine up: 7, 8, 8, 6, 7, 4.
Now here's the percentage who say they're undecided in polls showing Christie up: 2, 3, 6, 5, 3, 3.
The Corzine poll undecided averages 6.6 (you can take it out to another six, if you're demonically-inclined) while the Christie poll undecided averages only 3.6.
Looks like the mroe undecideds show up in a poll, the more the poll leans Corzine. Or, in other words, undecideds are either breaking towards Christie, or may not even exist at all...
More weird stuff: Liberal polling site 538.com apparently is predicting Christie +2 when all is said and done tomorrow. May not be enough to get us past the "margin of fraud", though...
Obama: "Fixing" New Jersey for Jon Corzine?
This story in the Wall Street Journal leads me to believe so...even the Hispanic community is getting into a bit of an uproar:
Victor Negron, a campaign adviser for independent mayoral candidate Roberto Feliz, a former director of Camden's public works department, says he's shocked that more than fifteen times the normal number of voters are casting absentee ballots in Camden this year. In the 2005, when the city's voters voted for both governor and mayor on the same day, only 200 absentee ballots were cast. This year, some 3,700 have already been received. At least four voters have approached the Feliz campaign to complain that an absentee ballot was sent to them without their permission or cast for them without their understanding the documents they were signing.
I spoke with Uremia Rojas who reports that "a man with a clipboard knocked on my door and had me sign something so I could vote by mail. I was skeptical but signed and got a ballot. I never really wanted one." Says Mr. Negron: "We believe this to be underhanded and a possibly illegal strategy by the Democratic Party to undermine the civil rights of the residents of Camden."
The Obama connection is here:
...Acorn's longtime allies, the Service Employee International Union and New York's Working Families Party, have both moved into New Jersey. Peter Colavito, Acorn's former political director in New York and a board member of the Working Families Party, is now the political director of SEIU Local 32BJ, which is heavily involved in New Jersey's election. Nationally, the SEIU is a political powerhouse with White House visitor's logs showing that Andrew Stern, its national head, visited 22 times in the first six months of the Obama White House -- more than any other person. "Andrew Stern practically lives at the White House," notes Politico.com.
So what do we have?
-unions are the biggest supporters of Jon Corzine; and why not? He has given them the keys to the treasury and the registration to the statehouse
-Andrew Stern, union bigwig, is Barack Obama's #1 confidante
-A loss is critical to both of them - Stern loses power, influence and due$ if Christie gets elected, Obama loses face if a state with a 600,000 Democrat registration advantage goes Republican.
-Obama sends his campaign people out to Jersey to take over the Corzine effort
-Corzine is tied, at best, going into the home stretch
-Obama orders Stern to send in ACORN
Could New Jersey become Obama's Watergate, as a frustrated population, angered at a stolen election, follows the trail back to White House?
Well, lots of folks have compared Obama to Nixon lately; in terms of "enemies lists", unrestrained egotism,and lust for power....ironic should they meet a similar fate....
Barack Obama - you should've stay out of Jersey...
Victor Negron, a campaign adviser for independent mayoral candidate Roberto Feliz, a former director of Camden's public works department, says he's shocked that more than fifteen times the normal number of voters are casting absentee ballots in Camden this year. In the 2005, when the city's voters voted for both governor and mayor on the same day, only 200 absentee ballots were cast. This year, some 3,700 have already been received. At least four voters have approached the Feliz campaign to complain that an absentee ballot was sent to them without their permission or cast for them without their understanding the documents they were signing.
I spoke with Uremia Rojas who reports that "a man with a clipboard knocked on my door and had me sign something so I could vote by mail. I was skeptical but signed and got a ballot. I never really wanted one." Says Mr. Negron: "We believe this to be underhanded and a possibly illegal strategy by the Democratic Party to undermine the civil rights of the residents of Camden."
The Obama connection is here:
...Acorn's longtime allies, the Service Employee International Union and New York's Working Families Party, have both moved into New Jersey. Peter Colavito, Acorn's former political director in New York and a board member of the Working Families Party, is now the political director of SEIU Local 32BJ, which is heavily involved in New Jersey's election. Nationally, the SEIU is a political powerhouse with White House visitor's logs showing that Andrew Stern, its national head, visited 22 times in the first six months of the Obama White House -- more than any other person. "Andrew Stern practically lives at the White House," notes Politico.com.
So what do we have?
-unions are the biggest supporters of Jon Corzine; and why not? He has given them the keys to the treasury and the registration to the statehouse
-Andrew Stern, union bigwig, is Barack Obama's #1 confidante
-A loss is critical to both of them - Stern loses power, influence and due$ if Christie gets elected, Obama loses face if a state with a 600,000 Democrat registration advantage goes Republican.
-Obama sends his campaign people out to Jersey to take over the Corzine effort
-Corzine is tied, at best, going into the home stretch
-Obama orders Stern to send in ACORN
Could New Jersey become Obama's Watergate, as a frustrated population, angered at a stolen election, follows the trail back to White House?
Well, lots of folks have compared Obama to Nixon lately; in terms of "enemies lists", unrestrained egotism,and lust for power....ironic should they meet a similar fate....
Barack Obama - you should've stay out of Jersey...
Soccer Moms Getting ObamaCare Preview...
...and they do not like what they see. And if I recollect, they were once a pretty influential, if unofficial, voting bloc.
And here they come....from Alexandria, Virginia:
As I drove up to George Washington Middle School and caught site of the 1,000-plus people waiting in line for the H1N1 vaccine, I was filled with only two thoughts. “There is no way I am getting in that line” and “Is this how it is going to be for my daughter’s three-year-old check up under Obamacare?” Looking at the mass of parents and children, I suddenly wanted to go renew my driver’s license to lower my blood pressure.
If America's mom's start turning against ObamaCare, it won't be a matter of simply the legislation being dead in the water. A woman scorned is bad enough, but a women who feels that someone has put her children in jeopardy? Is there any wrath known to man that is greater, either in the human realm or the animal kingdom (ever accidentally get too close to Mother Goose's nest? I can still feel the bites...). Our moms will be relentless (Terminator-style) in hunting down those who put their families in danger so that they may feel political triumph.
There will be no place for Pelosi and Reid to hide in 2010...
And here they come....from Alexandria, Virginia:
As I drove up to George Washington Middle School and caught site of the 1,000-plus people waiting in line for the H1N1 vaccine, I was filled with only two thoughts. “There is no way I am getting in that line” and “Is this how it is going to be for my daughter’s three-year-old check up under Obamacare?” Looking at the mass of parents and children, I suddenly wanted to go renew my driver’s license to lower my blood pressure.
If America's mom's start turning against ObamaCare, it won't be a matter of simply the legislation being dead in the water. A woman scorned is bad enough, but a women who feels that someone has put her children in jeopardy? Is there any wrath known to man that is greater, either in the human realm or the animal kingdom (ever accidentally get too close to Mother Goose's nest? I can still feel the bites...). Our moms will be relentless (Terminator-style) in hunting down those who put their families in danger so that they may feel political triumph.
There will be no place for Pelosi and Reid to hide in 2010...
Europe Comes To Jersey - To Bash Christie and Issue Slurs !
Well, their support helped doom John Kerry's 2004 election bid, their continued support of Barack Obama may help doom his entire presidency...so why not let the Europeans get involved in the Corzine/Christie battle?
From an outraged - outraged! - British comedian Martin Lewis, at the Huff:
Chris Christie, the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in Tuesday's knife-edge gubernatorial election, has been called out as a copyright thief. The 47-year-old lawyer... has created an election commercial that steals copyright-protected material from British comedy troupe Monty Python -- without permission or credit.
Christie is no stranger to the world of crime. As the New York Times reported on September 23rd this year, Christie has family ties to the notorious Genovese crime family. As a child, he mingled at family parties with Tino "The Greek" Fiumara -- the brother of his aunt's husband -- described by the Times as "a fearsome and ranking member of the Genovese crime family: twice convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, and linked by investigators to several grisly murders, including one in which a victim was strangled with piano wire."
I had to read this twice to make sure it wasn't intended as comedy. Still, I thought it would be great to help publicize this faux outrage.
Obviously, Mr. Lewis does not understand New Jersey too well. To compare Christie to a mobster, a killer, to label him as "fearsome" - this is praise to us Jersey folk. After all, they don't call Jersey the "Soprano State" for nothing, and if there was ever a state that needed some serious kneecap-bashing, it's New Jersey.
And for all those who have a distaste for comparing New Jersey to a poorly-run crime family? Someone ought to tell Martin Lewis that they resent Italian stereotypes almost as much as buttinsky European liberals....
Click on the link above to see the (now-pulled) campaign ad. It's funny, and the Monty Python crew should be proud. Would be, if it were being used by a Democrat...
In the meantime, Martin - keep it up. Another 48 hours of your idiocy will make Mr. Christie a lock...
From an outraged - outraged! - British comedian Martin Lewis, at the Huff:
Chris Christie, the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in Tuesday's knife-edge gubernatorial election, has been called out as a copyright thief. The 47-year-old lawyer... has created an election commercial that steals copyright-protected material from British comedy troupe Monty Python -- without permission or credit.
Christie is no stranger to the world of crime. As the New York Times reported on September 23rd this year, Christie has family ties to the notorious Genovese crime family. As a child, he mingled at family parties with Tino "The Greek" Fiumara -- the brother of his aunt's husband -- described by the Times as "a fearsome and ranking member of the Genovese crime family: twice convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, and linked by investigators to several grisly murders, including one in which a victim was strangled with piano wire."
I had to read this twice to make sure it wasn't intended as comedy. Still, I thought it would be great to help publicize this faux outrage.
Obviously, Mr. Lewis does not understand New Jersey too well. To compare Christie to a mobster, a killer, to label him as "fearsome" - this is praise to us Jersey folk. After all, they don't call Jersey the "Soprano State" for nothing, and if there was ever a state that needed some serious kneecap-bashing, it's New Jersey.
And for all those who have a distaste for comparing New Jersey to a poorly-run crime family? Someone ought to tell Martin Lewis that they resent Italian stereotypes almost as much as buttinsky European liberals....
Click on the link above to see the (now-pulled) campaign ad. It's funny, and the Monty Python crew should be proud. Would be, if it were being used by a Democrat...
In the meantime, Martin - keep it up. Another 48 hours of your idiocy will make Mr. Christie a lock...
New Jersey: "Gotham City Without Batman"
Over at The Campaign Spot, Jim Geraghty says Christie cannot win. And no, it's got little or nothing to do with polls, or an enthused electorate, or party registration:
I can easily see Christie winning narrowly on Election Night. But then Corzine will dip into those absentee ballots where the signatures don’t match, and some friendly judge will rule that because of “dozens of people” on voting lines in Camden and Newark, polls have to be kept open until 3 a.m., and suddenly boxes of ballots from Republican precincts will go missing, etc.
Many of my readers make compelling cases that the Democrats’ lack of enthusiasm will reduce their turnout to the point where the usual cheating can’t make up the difference, but I just can’t bring myself to believe that the Democrats will go quietly.
New Jersey, as it is currently run, is Gotham City without Batman, and we know what happens to hard-charging prosecutors who try to clean up dirty systems. I believe in Chris Christie. I just don’t believe in the rule of law in New Jersey...
How sad is it that in modern-day America, we are resigned to a statewide election being stolen in as brazen a fashion as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole his in Iran? How concerning is it for the state of our Union that we can guarantee without question that no matter how openly this election is rigged, neither Attorney General Eric Holder or the president will step in to uphold the rule of law? What does it bode for the rest of our nation - and future elections while the Democrats are in power - when clean elections are sacrificed for political power?
Look, this hasn't come to pass yet. But we've been talking about Christie needing to win"outside the margin of fraud" for a while already, and now we have ACORN storming the streets of New Jersey's poorest neighborhoods, stealing votes in order to create a buffer in the case of a marginal Christie victory.
And Chris Christie as Harvey Dent? That makes Corzine into the Joker, of whom Batman said:
He's psychotic.
And I guess Dent's words apply to corruption-fighter Christie:
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Finally, Joker/Corzine, again: "Everything burns! "
Including, I suppose, democracy in America...
I can easily see Christie winning narrowly on Election Night. But then Corzine will dip into those absentee ballots where the signatures don’t match, and some friendly judge will rule that because of “dozens of people” on voting lines in Camden and Newark, polls have to be kept open until 3 a.m., and suddenly boxes of ballots from Republican precincts will go missing, etc.
Many of my readers make compelling cases that the Democrats’ lack of enthusiasm will reduce their turnout to the point where the usual cheating can’t make up the difference, but I just can’t bring myself to believe that the Democrats will go quietly.
New Jersey, as it is currently run, is Gotham City without Batman, and we know what happens to hard-charging prosecutors who try to clean up dirty systems. I believe in Chris Christie. I just don’t believe in the rule of law in New Jersey...
How sad is it that in modern-day America, we are resigned to a statewide election being stolen in as brazen a fashion as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole his in Iran? How concerning is it for the state of our Union that we can guarantee without question that no matter how openly this election is rigged, neither Attorney General Eric Holder or the president will step in to uphold the rule of law? What does it bode for the rest of our nation - and future elections while the Democrats are in power - when clean elections are sacrificed for political power?
Look, this hasn't come to pass yet. But we've been talking about Christie needing to win"outside the margin of fraud" for a while already, and now we have ACORN storming the streets of New Jersey's poorest neighborhoods, stealing votes in order to create a buffer in the case of a marginal Christie victory.
And Chris Christie as Harvey Dent? That makes Corzine into the Joker, of whom Batman said:
He's psychotic.
And I guess Dent's words apply to corruption-fighter Christie:
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Finally, Joker/Corzine, again: "Everything burns! "
Including, I suppose, democracy in America...
Christie's Lead Now "Outside the Margin of Fraud” !
(with apologies to Glenn Reynolds for the lede...)
Final pre-election poll from Public Policy Polling shows us that (as a certain blogger predicted), Christie is starting to pull away. PPP gives us Christie 47%, Corzine 41%, and Daggett (aka Jon-boy's Bitch) 11%.
Some analysis over at The Final Countdown:
CHRISTIE HAS A 43% FAV 42% UNFAV RATING; CORZINE 34% FAV 57% UNFAV; DAGGET 24% FAV 35% UNFAV- A DROP IN POSITIVES SIMILAR TO OTHER RECENT POLLS.
CHRISTIE LEADS INDS 52% TO 29% FOR CORZINE WHILE DAGGET HAS DECLINED TO 16%.
THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE ENTHUSIASM GAP: AMONG THE 38% OF LIKELY VOTERS WHO ARE "EXCITED" ABOUT THEIR CHOICE CHRISTIE LEADS 60% TO 34% FOR CORZINE AND 11% FOR DAGGET. AMONG THE 60% OF LIKELY VOTERS ONLY "SOMEWHAT" OR "NOT VERY EXCITED" THE RACE IS A VIRTUAL DEAD HEAT.
SINCE LAST WEEK 13% OF REPS AND ONLY 5% OF DEMS ARE MORE "EXCITED"....
Sorry about the caps, it's a cut-and-past job over here today...
Quinnipiac shows Christie ahead as well, although by not as large a margin.
The Quinnipiac University poll released Monday showed Christie with a 2-point lead over Corzine. Among likely voters, 42 percent backed Christie and 40 percent backed Corzine.
Christie's lead is within the margin of error, but marks a gain from a Quinnipiac survey released last week, in which Corzine enjoyed a 5-point lead.
The huge swing Quinnipiac is showing is more likely the results of skewed samples rather than a 5-point Christie swing in 5 days....
Nevertheless, if you take an average, you're getting Christie by 4+. A win of less than 3 by Christie will become a Corzine victory, as the stockpiling of fraudulent votes has already begun in earnest, as Obama has ordered in ACORN to try to save the governor's pathetic, crooked ass....
Final pre-election poll from Public Policy Polling shows us that (as a certain blogger predicted), Christie is starting to pull away. PPP gives us Christie 47%, Corzine 41%, and Daggett (aka Jon-boy's Bitch) 11%.
Some analysis over at The Final Countdown:
CHRISTIE HAS A 43% FAV 42% UNFAV RATING; CORZINE 34% FAV 57% UNFAV; DAGGET 24% FAV 35% UNFAV- A DROP IN POSITIVES SIMILAR TO OTHER RECENT POLLS.
CHRISTIE LEADS INDS 52% TO 29% FOR CORZINE WHILE DAGGET HAS DECLINED TO 16%.
THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE ENTHUSIASM GAP: AMONG THE 38% OF LIKELY VOTERS WHO ARE "EXCITED" ABOUT THEIR CHOICE CHRISTIE LEADS 60% TO 34% FOR CORZINE AND 11% FOR DAGGET. AMONG THE 60% OF LIKELY VOTERS ONLY "SOMEWHAT" OR "NOT VERY EXCITED" THE RACE IS A VIRTUAL DEAD HEAT.
SINCE LAST WEEK 13% OF REPS AND ONLY 5% OF DEMS ARE MORE "EXCITED"....
Sorry about the caps, it's a cut-and-past job over here today...
Quinnipiac shows Christie ahead as well, although by not as large a margin.
The Quinnipiac University poll released Monday showed Christie with a 2-point lead over Corzine. Among likely voters, 42 percent backed Christie and 40 percent backed Corzine.
Christie's lead is within the margin of error, but marks a gain from a Quinnipiac survey released last week, in which Corzine enjoyed a 5-point lead.
The huge swing Quinnipiac is showing is more likely the results of skewed samples rather than a 5-point Christie swing in 5 days....
Nevertheless, if you take an average, you're getting Christie by 4+. A win of less than 3 by Christie will become a Corzine victory, as the stockpiling of fraudulent votes has already begun in earnest, as Obama has ordered in ACORN to try to save the governor's pathetic, crooked ass....
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Media Parrots Democratic Talking Points On NY-23
...I mean, you would think that the AP's Valerie Baumen was a party hack herself, the way she poses - and answers - the following question in the affirmative:
N.Y. race raises question: Are moderates welcome in GOP?
In a Republican Party struggling to find its identity, the surprise withdrawal of the chosen GOP candidate for a New York congressional race — forced by a rising conservative upstart — renews a lingering national debate: Are moderates welcome in today's Grand Old Party?
The question became even more relevant Sunday when the ex-candidate, state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava, threw her support behind the Democrat in the race rather than the Conservative Party candidate favored by fellow Republicans.
But in New York's rural 23rd Congressional District, the message was clear early: Scozzafava was too moderate; some even used the dreaded "L" word — liberal.
During the campaign she failed to connect with voters, party officials or, perhaps most important, campaign donors, largely because of her support for abortion rights, same-sex marriage and union rights.
No, Valerie - Scozzafava was not "too moderate", she was too liberal - yes, the "L" word - and if any further proof was needed as to this women's political orientation, her endorsement of Democrat Owens should nicely fulfill it. It doesn'tmake the question of the Re publican's party's inclusiveness "more relevant", it makes the question irrelevant completely.
Two parties exist to offer different ideas, Valerie, and although you might want to see Obama's "opponents" to be Obama-lite, there is quite the case for full-throated opposition to be made. And it wasn't made by the Republican party, it was made by the voters of NY-23, who have - yes, of their own free will - decided to support a more conservative candidate. Sorry if it makes you uncomfortable, Val - but that's what good opposition is supposed to do.
The media, in lockstep with the Democratic party, keeps up the drumbeat that anything less than mild opposition to the Obama agenda is "radical" and "extremist" (words that could easily be applied to the Obama agenda). Apparently, the Republican leadership in New York agreed, and thus offered up Scozzafava to the voters of the 23rd as what they now felt a 2009 nominee should sound like.
The voters, curse their souls, dared to choose otherwise. And it looks like Val and the rest of the Left might actually have to deal with some tough opponents on the road ahead, and not just Obama -lites. Thus the unloading of the arsenal, both from the Democrats and the media, against Hoffman and the conservative population of upstate New York.
Like Sarah Palin, Hoffman is dangerous, and must be taken out. Can the good people of NY-23 hold firm to their principles and elect him amid the maelstrom rains upon them?
I can only wish them luck....
N.Y. race raises question: Are moderates welcome in GOP?
In a Republican Party struggling to find its identity, the surprise withdrawal of the chosen GOP candidate for a New York congressional race — forced by a rising conservative upstart — renews a lingering national debate: Are moderates welcome in today's Grand Old Party?
The question became even more relevant Sunday when the ex-candidate, state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava, threw her support behind the Democrat in the race rather than the Conservative Party candidate favored by fellow Republicans.
But in New York's rural 23rd Congressional District, the message was clear early: Scozzafava was too moderate; some even used the dreaded "L" word — liberal.
During the campaign she failed to connect with voters, party officials or, perhaps most important, campaign donors, largely because of her support for abortion rights, same-sex marriage and union rights.
No, Valerie - Scozzafava was not "too moderate", she was too liberal - yes, the "L" word - and if any further proof was needed as to this women's political orientation, her endorsement of Democrat Owens should nicely fulfill it. It doesn'tmake the question of the Re publican's party's inclusiveness "more relevant", it makes the question irrelevant completely.
Two parties exist to offer different ideas, Valerie, and although you might want to see Obama's "opponents" to be Obama-lite, there is quite the case for full-throated opposition to be made. And it wasn't made by the Republican party, it was made by the voters of NY-23, who have - yes, of their own free will - decided to support a more conservative candidate. Sorry if it makes you uncomfortable, Val - but that's what good opposition is supposed to do.
The media, in lockstep with the Democratic party, keeps up the drumbeat that anything less than mild opposition to the Obama agenda is "radical" and "extremist" (words that could easily be applied to the Obama agenda). Apparently, the Republican leadership in New York agreed, and thus offered up Scozzafava to the voters of the 23rd as what they now felt a 2009 nominee should sound like.
The voters, curse their souls, dared to choose otherwise. And it looks like Val and the rest of the Left might actually have to deal with some tough opponents on the road ahead, and not just Obama -lites. Thus the unloading of the arsenal, both from the Democrats and the media, against Hoffman and the conservative population of upstate New York.
Like Sarah Palin, Hoffman is dangerous, and must be taken out. Can the good people of NY-23 hold firm to their principles and elect him amid the maelstrom rains upon them?
I can only wish them luck....
Corzine: Lying About The NYT, and Toll Roads
Well, this one blew up, as we predicted, and Corzine is backing away from the New York Times story in which they claimed Corzine was contemplating re-looking at his unpopular plan to sell various New Jersey toll roads.
No, no, Corzine whined...they got me all wrong! I didn't want to sell the roads, just the advertising on them! Yeah! That's it!
Turns out that his claim make little sense, and even less money:
There is no serious extra money in rest stops or land along the New Jersey Turnpike. Rest stops are already contracted as concessions having been auctioned to the highest bidder.
Accusing the New York Times of misreporting him is a classic case of shooting the messenger. They appear to have reported him quite accurately. However what he had said suddenly became a political liability, so he needed to "unsay" it by denouncing their quite accurate reporting.
Well, Jon's now got some other options to feed his spending addiction...
Meanwhile, the Asbury Park-Press mock Corzine and his lies:
Back in November 2007, Corzine said he was so committed to his plan to monetize the state's toll roads that he was willing to stake his job on it. Voters should hold him to that by casting their ballots for Chris Christie on Tuesday
No, no, Corzine whined...they got me all wrong! I didn't want to sell the roads, just the advertising on them! Yeah! That's it!
Turns out that his claim make little sense, and even less money:
There is no serious extra money in rest stops or land along the New Jersey Turnpike. Rest stops are already contracted as concessions having been auctioned to the highest bidder.
Accusing the New York Times of misreporting him is a classic case of shooting the messenger. They appear to have reported him quite accurately. However what he had said suddenly became a political liability, so he needed to "unsay" it by denouncing their quite accurate reporting.
Well, Jon's now got some other options to feed his spending addiction...
Meanwhile, the Asbury Park-Press mock Corzine and his lies:
Back in November 2007, Corzine said he was so committed to his plan to monetize the state's toll roads that he was willing to stake his job on it. Voters should hold him to that by casting their ballots for Chris Christie on Tuesday
Somewhere, Jon Corzine is Tugging His Beard...
...and remaining silent. But in the god-awful scenario in which he gets re-elected, he's just figured out away to close a bit of that ever-increasing budget gap that's he's created in New Jersey.
No, he's not cutting spending. Please. He just got an idea, that's all - from the failed state of California. In other words, ladies and gentlemen - lock up your wallet:
Starting Sunday, cash-strapped California will dig deeper into the pocketbooks of wage earners -- holding back 10% more than it already does in state income taxes just as the biggest shopping season of the year kicks into gear.
Technically, it's not a tax increase, even though it may feel like one when your next paycheck arrives. ...Think of it as a forced, interest-free loan: You'll be repaid any extra withholding in April. Those who would receive a refund anyway will receive a larger one, and those who owe taxes will owe less.
Gee, that makes me feel better. You'll take my money now, and promise to pay me back - with no additional compensation for the confiscation of my capital - in a few months. Isn't this the same state that handed out IOUs earlier this year precisely because they didn't have the money to pay the tax refunds they owed to individuals and businesses?
And being forced to give money, with the promise that it will be paid back "some day", to an enterprise that is habitually bankrupt and often criminal, on the punishment of personal harm (imprisonment) - isn't that called something else?
Ah, yes. Felony theft, I believe. Or racketeering. Maybe even felony extortion.
Don't think Corzine isn't taking notes in a state that is right behind California, and following it off a cliff...
No, he's not cutting spending. Please. He just got an idea, that's all - from the failed state of California. In other words, ladies and gentlemen - lock up your wallet:
Starting Sunday, cash-strapped California will dig deeper into the pocketbooks of wage earners -- holding back 10% more than it already does in state income taxes just as the biggest shopping season of the year kicks into gear.
Technically, it's not a tax increase, even though it may feel like one when your next paycheck arrives. ...Think of it as a forced, interest-free loan: You'll be repaid any extra withholding in April. Those who would receive a refund anyway will receive a larger one, and those who owe taxes will owe less.
Gee, that makes me feel better. You'll take my money now, and promise to pay me back - with no additional compensation for the confiscation of my capital - in a few months. Isn't this the same state that handed out IOUs earlier this year precisely because they didn't have the money to pay the tax refunds they owed to individuals and businesses?
And being forced to give money, with the promise that it will be paid back "some day", to an enterprise that is habitually bankrupt and often criminal, on the punishment of personal harm (imprisonment) - isn't that called something else?
Ah, yes. Felony theft, I believe. Or racketeering. Maybe even felony extortion.
Don't think Corzine isn't taking notes in a state that is right behind California, and following it off a cliff...
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Key Corzine Staffer Arrested For Drug Possession/Dealing!
[updates at bottom - 8:27 pm]
So now we know how Jon Corzine's been funding his campaign:
An official with New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election campaign was arrested last night after cops found found ecstasy tablets wrapped and ready to be sold in his car, police said.
Officers wound up finding 19 "blue star" ecstasy tablets in Shih's car, each wrapped in its own little plastic bag.
Shih -- who was stopped within 100 feet of Becton Regional High School -- also had "several hundred" empty plastic bags in his car, Conforti said.
Shih told police he worked for Corzine's campaign, and had several campaign-related items in his car, police said. A "Jason Shih" is listed online as a deputy assistant director of the campaign.
Shih was charged with possession of drugs, possession of drugs in a school zone, intent to distribute drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also charged with two motor vehicle violations -- driving while using a cell phone and having drugs in his car.
Well, this will get the crackhead vote out for Corzine, I reckon...but if you still had questions about the governor's judgement, the fact that his deputy ass't campaign director was dealing "X" in a school zone after hours tells you everything you need to know.
Between this ugly incident and his remarks about selling off the Turnpike right after he gets re-elected, one has to wonder if Corzine isn't completely (willingly?) self-destructing here at the end of the game...
UPDATE: JWF has more on how this story is being scrubbed from various websites (including the link above); but beyond a standard denial of knowledge by the Corzine campaign, there is no indication that Shih is lying about his Corzine connection. As a matter of fact, we can see he was working for the New Jersey Democratic party as recently as 2006, which certainly lends credence to his story. NJ.com still has the story up, for now.
If Shih's story is false, I'd like to hear it from someone other than the Corzine flaks, who are not quite famous for their honesty. If the media reported the story incorrectly and has evidence to that fact, they should report that as well.
Unless, of course, we are witnessing some high tech bullying from the Obama folks who have been running the Corzine campaign for some time now...don't put it past them to try to silence this potentially Corzine-killing story with all the weapons and intimidation at their disposal...
So now we know how Jon Corzine's been funding his campaign:
An official with New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's re-election campaign was arrested last night after cops found found ecstasy tablets wrapped and ready to be sold in his car, police said.
Officers wound up finding 19 "blue star" ecstasy tablets in Shih's car, each wrapped in its own little plastic bag.
Shih -- who was stopped within 100 feet of Becton Regional High School -- also had "several hundred" empty plastic bags in his car, Conforti said.
Shih told police he worked for Corzine's campaign, and had several campaign-related items in his car, police said. A "Jason Shih" is listed online as a deputy assistant director of the campaign.
Shih was charged with possession of drugs, possession of drugs in a school zone, intent to distribute drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also charged with two motor vehicle violations -- driving while using a cell phone and having drugs in his car.
Well, this will get the crackhead vote out for Corzine, I reckon...but if you still had questions about the governor's judgement, the fact that his deputy ass't campaign director was dealing "X" in a school zone after hours tells you everything you need to know.
Between this ugly incident and his remarks about selling off the Turnpike right after he gets re-elected, one has to wonder if Corzine isn't completely (willingly?) self-destructing here at the end of the game...
UPDATE: JWF has more on how this story is being scrubbed from various websites (including the link above); but beyond a standard denial of knowledge by the Corzine campaign, there is no indication that Shih is lying about his Corzine connection. As a matter of fact, we can see he was working for the New Jersey Democratic party as recently as 2006, which certainly lends credence to his story. NJ.com still has the story up, for now.
If Shih's story is false, I'd like to hear it from someone other than the Corzine flaks, who are not quite famous for their honesty. If the media reported the story incorrectly and has evidence to that fact, they should report that as well.
Unless, of course, we are witnessing some high tech bullying from the Obama folks who have been running the Corzine campaign for some time now...don't put it past them to try to silence this potentially Corzine-killing story with all the weapons and intimidation at their disposal...
Corzine-Christie: Tied Up Going Into The Bottom of The Ninth...
It does not get any closer than this...
But I'm hanging my hat - and my hopes - on this:
Christie leads by seven points among those who are certain they will show up and vote.
I, for one, am showing up. And I think a lot of Jersey will show up and represent, this Tuesday...
See here for why I think the momentum is going Christie's way...and late-breaking stories like these are not helping Crooked Jon one bit...and add on to this the upcoming $725 billion tax increase and a $1.5 trillion spending program known as "Health Care reform", and it looks like New Jersey may - may - have finally reached the tipping point...
But I'm hanging my hat - and my hopes - on this:
Christie leads by seven points among those who are certain they will show up and vote.
I, for one, am showing up. And I think a lot of Jersey will show up and represent, this Tuesday...
See here for why I think the momentum is going Christie's way...and late-breaking stories like these are not helping Crooked Jon one bit...and add on to this the upcoming $725 billion tax increase and a $1.5 trillion spending program known as "Health Care reform", and it looks like New Jersey may - may - have finally reached the tipping point...
Friday, October 30, 2009
Obama Orders The Troops Into NY-23 !
Oh, man! You just know Dear Leader is scared shitz, because he's finally ordering the troops into action to win war of necessity.
No, not Afghanistan! It's his ass on the line, dammit! And thus his jackbooted thugs are so ordered to deploy into Upstate New York to forcefully squash an uprising:
...the Democratic Party is now focusing its campaign efforts directly at Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in the crucial upstate New York special election...
Hoffman campaign sources expect Owens to bring in hundreds of professional party operatives and labor-union campaigners to work in the 23rd District this weekend and continuing through Election Day, now just four days away.
The offices of the Clinton County Democratic Party here in Plattsburgh -- Owens' hometown -- were busy this afternoon... Staffers were preparing to distribute stacks of door-hanger GOTV cards that tout President Obama's endorsement of Owens, telling voters: "Those standing in the way of Change want you to say home on Tuesday -- don't let them win."
It's all a bit...3rd-Worldish, isn't it?
And not to mention rather insightful - using the image and language of restraint by physical force ("Standing in the way...want you to stay home") is bad enough, but by the bringer of hope and change, of all people?
Oh, well. Maybe the lower-left photo of The One gazing over a limitless horizon, alit only by his beneficent smile will convince enough Democrats to come out and vote for Mr. Owens. If not, these bulky men from "The Union" will be more than happy to show you the way...
Corzine Panics; Denies Toll/Tax Increases
....after getting busted musing about reviving his universally-loathed plan to sell the Turnpike and other state assets, Crooked Jon now denies everything:
The New York Times reported Friday that Corzine would consider reviving an unpopular plan to lease the New Jersey Turnpike to raise money for the cash-strapped Garden State.
Corzine now says that was a mischaracterization of his position.
He says what he meant is that he may generate revenue by allowing advertising on some Turnpike properties, like rest stops.
Yeah, OK., riiiight. If you believe this line of shite from the man who broke every "no-tax" pledge he ever made, well, then I've got a boatload of leftover Hope and Change, with a side of Transparency and Fiscal Responsibility, to sell to you....
The New York Times reported Friday that Corzine would consider reviving an unpopular plan to lease the New Jersey Turnpike to raise money for the cash-strapped Garden State.
Corzine now says that was a mischaracterization of his position.
He says what he meant is that he may generate revenue by allowing advertising on some Turnpike properties, like rest stops.
Yeah, OK., riiiight. If you believe this line of shite from the man who broke every "no-tax" pledge he ever made, well, then I've got a boatload of leftover Hope and Change, with a side of Transparency and Fiscal Responsibility, to sell to you....
It's Christie +3 as Corzine Counts on Fraud...
Rasmussen reports on the madhouse that is New Jersey:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state, conducted Thursday night, shows Christie with 46% of the vote and Corzine with 43%. Those numbers are unchanged from earlier in the week and little changed from polling conducted the week before.The last four Rasmussen Reports polls have shown Christie with a very slight advantage ranging from two to four percentage points each time. Christie now leads by eight points among men while Corzine is up by two among women.
Here's the key:
Christie leads by seven points among those who are certain they will show up and vote.
Christie has to win by at least three points, as the Democratic election riggers, who did such a good job in Washington State and in Minnesota, are already working feverishly to create an additional pool of 10,000+ Corzine "votes", should they be necessary. And that's just the professionals; one can bet the small-fry crooks, pension pluggers, and handout queens will be in on the scam as well:
If this turns out to be a very close election, there are a lot of political operatives and Democrats who profit from the patronage system that infests the New Jersey government who are going to be willing to do just about anything to make sure that Jon Corzine is reelected.
I knew a guy who ran for the mayor of a local township; lost the election as a third-party candidate but got a much larger vote total than anticipated. When I next spoke with him to express my condolences, he gave me a wry smile and told me the voting booths were already stocked with hundreds of votes for the Democrats before the polls even opened, and neither he nor the other candidate ever had a chance.
I believe him. That's why a razor-thin win is the same as a loss; and cry as we might about an injustice, there's a greater chance that Eric Holder will convict a Black Panther than ever look into voter discrepancies in Jon "Cash" Corzine's state.
It's all about the turnout...
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state, conducted Thursday night, shows Christie with 46% of the vote and Corzine with 43%. Those numbers are unchanged from earlier in the week and little changed from polling conducted the week before.The last four Rasmussen Reports polls have shown Christie with a very slight advantage ranging from two to four percentage points each time. Christie now leads by eight points among men while Corzine is up by two among women.
Here's the key:
Christie leads by seven points among those who are certain they will show up and vote.
Christie has to win by at least three points, as the Democratic election riggers, who did such a good job in Washington State and in Minnesota, are already working feverishly to create an additional pool of 10,000+ Corzine "votes", should they be necessary. And that's just the professionals; one can bet the small-fry crooks, pension pluggers, and handout queens will be in on the scam as well:
If this turns out to be a very close election, there are a lot of political operatives and Democrats who profit from the patronage system that infests the New Jersey government who are going to be willing to do just about anything to make sure that Jon Corzine is reelected.
I knew a guy who ran for the mayor of a local township; lost the election as a third-party candidate but got a much larger vote total than anticipated. When I next spoke with him to express my condolences, he gave me a wry smile and told me the voting booths were already stocked with hundreds of votes for the Democrats before the polls even opened, and neither he nor the other candidate ever had a chance.
I believe him. That's why a razor-thin win is the same as a loss; and cry as we might about an injustice, there's a greater chance that Eric Holder will convict a Black Panther than ever look into voter discrepancies in Jon "Cash" Corzine's state.
It's all about the turnout...
Haunted By Global Warming !
And the Democrats think that the socialization of American health care has been a tough sell? Wait until they try to pull cap and trade over our eyes...seems like the polls indicate that more folks believe in ghosts than believe that "Global Warming" is caused by human activity:
Of course, the average ghost is only trying to scare you to get you out of a house, or off a sacred ground, or even just to wail about his unjust condition. The Democrats are trying to scare you so that they can simultaneously raise your taxes and throw your level of socio-economic development back to the 18th century.
Man, it's a tough year to be a ghost...!-
Via I Hate The Media
Only Four Days To Jersey's Liberation?
Yeah, so we've heard about Corzine's late "surge" that is supposed to push him over the top on election day, as a few polls that came out earlier this week showed him with a small lead. But guess what? I think The Beard has peaked a bit early; because as voters go to the polls on Tuesday, they'll be a few things bouncing around their heads:
-Corzine's comment to the New York Times about reviving a project that most New Jersey residents were virulently opposed to - leasing the New Jersey Turnpike to raise cash - could turn out to be a major gaffe. Christie, while campaigning in Hamilton Township, exploited it nicely by telling the assembled townfolk they might face the prospect of tolls being imposed on interstates 195 and 295, both of which serve the town. It also reminds Jersey voters of the imperial "I'll do what I want" attitude of Corzine, as well as his general disdain of the electorate's wishes.
-Yeah, Corzine's been bringing Obama to town. Big deal. You can see that assclown on TV any time you flip it on. Christie's got Rudy Giuliani around this weekend, and he's that rare Republican that New Jerseyans - especially independents - like and respect, not just for his 9/11 moment, but for the way he rebuilt NYC from the ashes of liberal ruin.
-Will Pelosi's release of the 2,000-page health care bill be a "poison pill" for Jon Corzine? The planned government takeover of America's health-care sector costs over $1 trillion dollars, including $700 billion in new taxes and $420 billion in Medicare cuts. With this Halloween horror show coming down the 'Pike, will voters pause before flipping the switch next to Corzine, who has refused to rule out raising state taxes further in his second term?
Christie has got to - got to - hammer home the additional tax burden (and toll burden!) that faces New Jersey residents over the next four years of Obama/Corzine. They say people vote with their wallets; Christie needs to point out whose fingerprints are going to be all over them until 2013.
The news cycle has given the Christie campaign a late break. Let's hope - for all our sake's - he uses it to maximum advantage...
-Corzine's comment to the New York Times about reviving a project that most New Jersey residents were virulently opposed to - leasing the New Jersey Turnpike to raise cash - could turn out to be a major gaffe. Christie, while campaigning in Hamilton Township, exploited it nicely by telling the assembled townfolk they might face the prospect of tolls being imposed on interstates 195 and 295, both of which serve the town. It also reminds Jersey voters of the imperial "I'll do what I want" attitude of Corzine, as well as his general disdain of the electorate's wishes.
-Yeah, Corzine's been bringing Obama to town. Big deal. You can see that assclown on TV any time you flip it on. Christie's got Rudy Giuliani around this weekend, and he's that rare Republican that New Jerseyans - especially independents - like and respect, not just for his 9/11 moment, but for the way he rebuilt NYC from the ashes of liberal ruin.
-Will Pelosi's release of the 2,000-page health care bill be a "poison pill" for Jon Corzine? The planned government takeover of America's health-care sector costs over $1 trillion dollars, including $700 billion in new taxes and $420 billion in Medicare cuts. With this Halloween horror show coming down the 'Pike, will voters pause before flipping the switch next to Corzine, who has refused to rule out raising state taxes further in his second term?
Christie has got to - got to - hammer home the additional tax burden (and toll burden!) that faces New Jersey residents over the next four years of Obama/Corzine. They say people vote with their wallets; Christie needs to point out whose fingerprints are going to be all over them until 2013.
The news cycle has given the Christie campaign a late break. Let's hope - for all our sake's - he uses it to maximum advantage...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Chavez-ation of America !
Nothing like having the nation's head lawman strut into town and tell ya to "shut it down" because he doesn't want to hear truth spoken to power:
President Obama isn’t taking kindly to a television ad that criticizes his opposition to a popular scholarship program for poor children, and his administration wants the ad pulled.
Former D.C. Councilmember Kevin Chavous of D.C. Children First said October 16 that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder had recently approached him and told him to kill the ad.
The 30-second ad, which has been airing on FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, and News Channel 8 to viewers in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, urges the president to reauthorize the federally-funded D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program that provides vouchers of up to $7,500 for D.C. students to attend private schools.
The ad features Chavous and a young boy–one of 216 students whose scholarships were rescinded by the Department of Education earlier this year when the agency announced no new students would be allowed into the program. The ad also includes an excerpt taken from one of Obama’s campaign statements.
“I saw [Holder] at an event,” said Chavous. “He did ask me in front of others to pull the ad. My response was, ‘No, and I tell you what, if the president does the right thing, not only will we pull it but we will celebrate him.’
Chavous has got guts. He knows - hey, he's from "The D.C." - what happens when you don't stand up to bullies...
President Obama isn’t taking kindly to a television ad that criticizes his opposition to a popular scholarship program for poor children, and his administration wants the ad pulled.
Former D.C. Councilmember Kevin Chavous of D.C. Children First said October 16 that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder had recently approached him and told him to kill the ad.
The 30-second ad, which has been airing on FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, and News Channel 8 to viewers in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, urges the president to reauthorize the federally-funded D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program that provides vouchers of up to $7,500 for D.C. students to attend private schools.
The ad features Chavous and a young boy–one of 216 students whose scholarships were rescinded by the Department of Education earlier this year when the agency announced no new students would be allowed into the program. The ad also includes an excerpt taken from one of Obama’s campaign statements.
“I saw [Holder] at an event,” said Chavous. “He did ask me in front of others to pull the ad. My response was, ‘No, and I tell you what, if the president does the right thing, not only will we pull it but we will celebrate him.’
Chavous has got guts. He knows - hey, he's from "The D.C." - what happens when you don't stand up to bullies...
The Pelosi Plan: A Job-Killer!
William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has peeked into the monstrosity that is the Pelosi health-care plan, and unveils the ignorance of its authors:
The bill defines which businesses are subject to the health care tax based upon the dollar amount of employee payroll. There even is a sliding scale right in the bill (section 501, at page 276) which tops out at 8% for businesses with $750,000 of annual payroll. Annual payroll is defined as the "aggregate wages" paid by the employer.
This provision creates incentives for businesses to keep down payroll. One way would be not to hire anyone whose compensation would fall under the definition of payroll under the bill. In other words, outsource whatever you can.
Jacobson states "They [C ongress & Barack Obama] truly do not understand how the private economy works". And this is correct. Many of these folks, from Max Baucus to Barney Frank, have been in Congress for decades, and know precious little of the outside world, or how it works. All they know that is there is money out there, and they have the power to take it, and people will usually allow them to if they demagogue enough.
And Barack Obama? He's an economic illiterate, plain and simple. Here's a guy who's never really worked for a living, not the way you and I understand it. He's written books (which he either went to Tahiti to finish due to the crushing pressure, or had ghostwritten), he's served on boards and handed out other people's money (for which HE was thanked, likely confusing him about whose money it really was), and finally made a career for himself as a politician, where any time he needed money, he just took it - via taxation - from the private sector.
And no doubt he believes - like Pelosi and posse of ill-bred loyalists - that the private sector is a tree that keeps on flowering cash; and that the tree is greedy if it wants to keep all of its growth, that it is government's right to pick and keep the fruit of that tree at will, and that the money tree will keep on growing cash regardless of whether it is "watered" or not.
You ever see a dead tree? It's an ugly death; they are decayed, rotted, bent, and blackened, with nary a green shoot to be found. It's the stuff of horror movies, and that's what our economy is going to look like in less than a decade if this monstrosity is actually passed...
The bill defines which businesses are subject to the health care tax based upon the dollar amount of employee payroll. There even is a sliding scale right in the bill (section 501, at page 276) which tops out at 8% for businesses with $750,000 of annual payroll. Annual payroll is defined as the "aggregate wages" paid by the employer.
This provision creates incentives for businesses to keep down payroll. One way would be not to hire anyone whose compensation would fall under the definition of payroll under the bill. In other words, outsource whatever you can.
Jacobson states "They [C ongress & Barack Obama] truly do not understand how the private economy works". And this is correct. Many of these folks, from Max Baucus to Barney Frank, have been in Congress for decades, and know precious little of the outside world, or how it works. All they know that is there is money out there, and they have the power to take it, and people will usually allow them to if they demagogue enough.
And Barack Obama? He's an economic illiterate, plain and simple. Here's a guy who's never really worked for a living, not the way you and I understand it. He's written books (which he either went to Tahiti to finish due to the crushing pressure, or had ghostwritten), he's served on boards and handed out other people's money (for which HE was thanked, likely confusing him about whose money it really was), and finally made a career for himself as a politician, where any time he needed money, he just took it - via taxation - from the private sector.
And no doubt he believes - like Pelosi and posse of ill-bred loyalists - that the private sector is a tree that keeps on flowering cash; and that the tree is greedy if it wants to keep all of its growth, that it is government's right to pick and keep the fruit of that tree at will, and that the money tree will keep on growing cash regardless of whether it is "watered" or not.
You ever see a dead tree? It's an ugly death; they are decayed, rotted, bent, and blackened, with nary a green shoot to be found. It's the stuff of horror movies, and that's what our economy is going to look like in less than a decade if this monstrosity is actually passed...
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