Archive for October, 2006

Election Central

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Air America: Scheme to Flout Campaign Finance Laws?

Filed under Politics, Media

Consider Air America as a means to work around campaign finance reform First Amendment restrictions. Sure, the liberal radio network is in bankruptcy but John Lott and Bradley Smith contend they cleverly skirted the law:
When is a campaign donation not a campaign donation? Apparently if you spend the money to run a radio program instead […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #189

Gov. Doyle tried to strongarm a real estate trade group.
Tribal sources admit Steve Kagen got off easily for his “injun” remark because of John Gard’s political past.
At the Halloween Milwaukee Sen. Barack Obama event (at 9 a.m.!) the big-wig lineup includes Governor Jim Doyle, U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Lt. Governor Barbara […]

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Webb Slammed for Fictional Scenes

Filed under Politics, Books

Jim Webb wrote some racy scenes in his novels, and he’s getting grilled for it. Yeesh! Sen. Allen, is this your knockout blow? This stunt lowered your Presidential candidate standing even more in my eyes.
There are those who think Webb was stupid to run for Senate knowing his literary past. I’m not one of them. […]

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What Will Ed’s Followers Do?

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How do I put it nicely? A few of Ed Thompson supporters are either nut jobs or entranced by a cult of personality. We have hardware store owner Steve Nelson who told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “I really don’t trust government. I just want to start a revolution.” And I thought Republicans were the […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #188

MPS had a chance to not raise taxes as much and failed. And people wonder why so many people are fed up.
An Australian official wants a Muslim cleric tossed out of the country for comparing women to meat and blaming them for being raped.
“South Korea will ban the entry of North Koreans who are part […]

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Blog Time Vs. Real-World Time

John Podhoretz notices Mainstream Media Time versus Blog Time:
Those of you on Mainstream Media Time believe the American people are fed up with Republicans, that GOP voters are depressed and won’t turn out and Democrats are loaded for bear and will go to the polls even if five feet of snow fall on Election Day.
Your […]

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Falk-Van Hollen Debate

Upon arrival former U.S. Attorney JB Van Hollen worked the room greeting people and shaking hands. Kathleen Falk arrived and proceded promptly to the debate stage to receive instructions on the debate format.
In the debate Falk was the one more on the defensive. A few times she brought up issues Van Hollen mentioned earlier in […]

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Will be at Falk-Van Hollen Debate

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TAM will be on the scene in Madison at the State Bar Association for the Kathleen Falk-JB Van Hollen Attorney General debate. Don’t expect any liveblogging, but I’ll give you a report later tonight/early tomorrow morning.
It’s a debate that isn’t on a Friday night. So if you don’t want to bother with Game 4 of […]

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Conference Call with RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman

In a weblogger conference call with RNC chairman Ken Mehlman he felt confident the Republicans would hold both houses of Congress. He admitted his party has endured a “very challenging year,” but the distinctions between the Republicans and Democrats are “stark.” Mehlman mentioned taxes, Democrats don’t want the Bush tax cuts to continue if Rep. […]

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Voter Supression Charge Started

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Cries of voter supression have hit Georgia:
Wow! The Democrats have now fired off the first substantial use of the race card this year in Georgia. This flyer, click it for a larger view, came to us from a source who says former Georgia Secretary of State candidate Angela Moore is behind these. Miss. Moore fancies […]

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Rush Limbaugh Had Reason to Question Michael J. Fox

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Rush Limbaugh is taking heat for criticizing Michael J. Fox’s pro-embryonic stem commericals. A Washington Post writer wrote,
Possibly worse than making fun of someone’s disability is saying that it’s imaginary. That is not to mock someone’s body, but to challenge a person’s guts, integrity, sanity.
The quasi-op-ed quotes Fox’s political advisor John Rogers,
“It’s a shameless statement. […]

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Michael J. Fox Endorses Doyle

No wonder Gov. Doyle had to make stem cells the subject of his closing statement in last week’s debate. He knew Michael J. Fox was doing an ad for him.

Doyle must have been bummed when the keystone to his campaign, (other than claiming Mark Green is some wacked-out extremist) embryonic stem cell research, didn’t garner […]

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Chevy’s “Our Country” Ad

Chevy is selling their Silverado truck with an ad featuring a John Mellencamp song and historic footage including the Vietnam war and Hurricane Katrina:
This group clearly does not include Carie Lemack, a co-founder of Families of September 11, an organization formed by relatives of those who died in the terror attacks. Lemack, whose mother, Judy […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #187

Milwaukee again has a Christmas tree.
Talk radio yappers display the general electoral concern among the Right.
White Katrina victims were more likely to fight their insurance companies than blacks.
Rush Limbaugh is taking flack for criticizing Michael J. Fox.

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