Showing posts with label Elrod. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elrod. Show all posts
Friday, March 7, 2008
Moonbat Hunter and Digital Soil Tiller on Another Unfiltered Rant!
This is the stuff of blogging legend! Coming on the heels of our hard-hitting group live blog coverage of the "Sooper Two's Day" Primaries in OH, TX, RI and VT, (Read our O-standing coverage here: http://whenthegoinggetsweirdthetoughturnpro.blogspot.com/2008/03/fnc-calls-vt-for-obama.html) The Digital Farmer blog gives us post-debate coverage of the CD 07 "Great Debate" on Thursday night.
This "summary of the debate between State Rep. Jon Elrod (R), City-County Councilor Andre Carson (D), and Sean Shepard (L) televised Thursday night on WNDY-23 and hosted by WISH-TV moonbat political reporter Jim Shella and Carson apologist and WTLC-AM talk show host Amos Brown" is full of great commentary in the finest tradition of "Gonzo Journalism"... here's an excerpt:
Andre Carson - Hey Andre - did you forget to shave this morning? Got a little of that Monroe “Sweet Pea” Gray fuzz going there. Grandma was a bold and courageous leader (who did absolutely nothing in Washington). I hate Bush. Bash Bush. Bash Bush. Bash Bush. I will vote to cut and run. Bring our troops home now. I will protect social security by raising your taxes. He has now said “Bold and Courageous” three times. We must fix our broken education system (who broke it? THE TEACHERS UNION that’s who!). I grew up in Indianapolis (no duh - so did Jon Elrod), I understand the concerns of the 7th District. He specifically thanks the Black Student Union for putting on this debate.
You really should be more kind to poor Sean. It's not his fault that the LPMC is irrelevant and unable to organize a pity party much less a political one:
Sean Shepard - I’m not a Democrat nor a Republican. It’s all their fault.
I was wondering how many representatives of the CBC and DCCC/DNC, Big Labor, and the Code Pinkies were packing the room? Bet you a steak sandwich at Murphy's that the Carson camp had the questions ahead of time ...
Read the whole rant here:
http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/03/06/7th-congressional-district-debate-on-wndy-23/
Check out the Digital Soil Tiller here:
http://www.digitalfarmers.org/
This "summary of the debate between State Rep. Jon Elrod (R), City-County Councilor Andre Carson (D), and Sean Shepard (L) televised Thursday night on WNDY-23 and hosted by WISH-TV moonbat political reporter Jim Shella and Carson apologist and WTLC-AM talk show host Amos Brown" is full of great commentary in the finest tradition of "Gonzo Journalism"... here's an excerpt:
Andre Carson - Hey Andre - did you forget to shave this morning? Got a little of that Monroe “Sweet Pea” Gray fuzz going there. Grandma was a bold and courageous leader (who did absolutely nothing in Washington). I hate Bush. Bash Bush. Bash Bush. Bash Bush. I will vote to cut and run. Bring our troops home now. I will protect social security by raising your taxes. He has now said “Bold and Courageous” three times. We must fix our broken education system (who broke it? THE TEACHERS UNION that’s who!). I grew up in Indianapolis (no duh - so did Jon Elrod), I understand the concerns of the 7th District. He specifically thanks the Black Student Union for putting on this debate.
You really should be more kind to poor Sean. It's not his fault that the LPMC is irrelevant and unable to organize a pity party much less a political one:
Sean Shepard - I’m not a Democrat nor a Republican. It’s all their fault.
I was wondering how many representatives of the CBC and DCCC/DNC, Big Labor, and the Code Pinkies were packing the room? Bet you a steak sandwich at Murphy's that the Carson camp had the questions ahead of time ...
Read the whole rant here:
http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/03/06/7th-congressional-district-debate-on-wndy-23/
Check out the Digital Soil Tiller here:
http://www.digitalfarmers.org/
From The "Pundit": What Goes Around, Comes Around.
This is too good not to share with our friends who might not be regular readers of the Hoosier Pundit (although, you should be):
Secret taping hurts Carson but bolsters Elrod
In response to Edwin Locke's Feb. 28 letter: The New England Patriots became the NFL's least-trusted football team in the 2007 season after they were caught secretly videotaping the New York Jets. Likewise, Andre Carson's campaign was involved in secretly videotaping Jon Elrod on the state legislative floor in early February.
Carson's campaign used the videotape to question Elrod's judgment for signing campaign letters then turning them over to a legislative employee to put in the mail. It's easy to understand Elrod's mistake. Rarely, if ever, has an Indiana state representative run for Congress while the legislature was still in session. This year's session ends three days after the March 11 special election. Elrod was signing letters in a public place in clear public view, was honest about what happened and said he'd never do it again.
This videotaping incident actually reflects worse on Andre Carson, whose supporters were conspiring for political gain.
I want a congressman I can trust and Jon Elrod is a man who will always be upfront with the voters.
Bob Demaree
Indianapolis
Yeah, and the Giants were underdogs too, until the team with the video cameras went down to defeat.
Way to go, Scott. Even us non-football fans get it. This also begs the question: What was a democrat political operative doing conducting political activity in the Chambers?
Secret taping hurts Carson but bolsters Elrod
In response to Edwin Locke's Feb. 28 letter: The New England Patriots became the NFL's least-trusted football team in the 2007 season after they were caught secretly videotaping the New York Jets. Likewise, Andre Carson's campaign was involved in secretly videotaping Jon Elrod on the state legislative floor in early February.
Carson's campaign used the videotape to question Elrod's judgment for signing campaign letters then turning them over to a legislative employee to put in the mail. It's easy to understand Elrod's mistake. Rarely, if ever, has an Indiana state representative run for Congress while the legislature was still in session. This year's session ends three days after the March 11 special election. Elrod was signing letters in a public place in clear public view, was honest about what happened and said he'd never do it again.
This videotaping incident actually reflects worse on Andre Carson, whose supporters were conspiring for political gain.
I want a congressman I can trust and Jon Elrod is a man who will always be upfront with the voters.
Bob Demaree
Indianapolis
Yeah, and the Giants were underdogs too, until the team with the video cameras went down to defeat.
Way to go, Scott. Even us non-football fans get it. This also begs the question: What was a democrat political operative doing conducting political activity in the Chambers?
But Seriously, Can't We Talk About the Issues, Part Deux.
Here's one for the "what's good for one, should be good for another" file.
I wrote earlier about how I was impressed with Abdul Shabazz taking on the undercurrent of talk in the blogoshpere regarding CD 07 contestants Jon Elrod's marital status and Andre Carson's religious affiliations. " ... Class-up the debate by actually discussing issues? Novel idea ..." I wrote.
Like I said then, I don't know the guy. I don't listen to his radio program, no malice - the broadcast signal just doesn't reach out to my house and I can't pick it up at work either.
But I got this message from one of my devoted readers and I thought it deserved some comment. Apparently, she does listen to Abdul.
(Relevant portions reprinted with the permission of the author)
Normally, I don't bother responding to all the half-truths and lies that are spread around during election years as that is the way of politics but this one was so blatantly nasty, I felt I had to say something.
I am referring to Abdul (of Abdul in the Morning) and company's comments about Dan Burton and his new wife.
They made comments about Dan Burton marrying the nurse who took care of his dying wife, inferring she was carrying on with Dan, and how could he sit in judgment of someone else having done that.
I am going to tell you the true story and I should know because I am his daughter, Kelly.
I have known Dan for 44 years and would say that I know him better than any living person. My late mother was probably the only person who knew him better. My dad did marry the woman who took care of my mother during her illness. That part is true. Her name is Samia and she was not my mother's nurse. She was her physician. She is a very caring and very excellent board-certified internal medicine physician. My mother had stage four cancer and there was no cure. Samia helped make my mother's last days as comfortable as possible and was more than willing to spend extra time with her to listen when she needed to talk. Samia and my dad had NO personal relationship at that time. Samia was also my sister's physician. Three years or so after my mother passed, my sister went to the doctor and heard that Samia was now divorced. She had always liked Samia and told dad that "he should call her and ask her out." Dad took Danielle's advice and called her. They began dating and it eventually led to marriage. There was nothing illicit or improper about their relationship. It began well after my mother had passed away.
Abdul and company's implication that they carried on during my mother's illness is not only revolting but bad journalism. Abdul and others should stick to the issues instead of saying things that terribly hurt family members instead of the politician they are going after. Their comments were disrespectful of my mother and her memory and have no place on the radio or in politics.
Kelly (Burton) Smith
Fishers, Indiana.
That was painful for me to read. Sometimes, no, all the time, we need to remember that the things we say (especially on public airwaves) and write in these spaces have consequences.
Abdul, if you ever read this, please accept it in the spirit intended. I believe you should be consistent at least. If keeping people's personal lives out of the discussion is important in the CD 07 race, it should be important in all the races. Trashing a family member that you apparently do not know is beneath a credible commentator, blogger, and political activist, like yourself.
Nobody loves to poke fun at politics more than I do. Even the "hard and fast rule" about not taking cheap personal shots at individuals on these pages gets pushed to the very edge almost daily. But I hope we all remember where that line is and can keep from crossing it.
Read Abdul's article on CD 07 race here:
http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/03/7th_district_silliness.html
Josh Gillespie at Hoosier Access weighs in here:
http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/03/04/youre-kidding-right/
I wrote earlier about how I was impressed with Abdul Shabazz taking on the undercurrent of talk in the blogoshpere regarding CD 07 contestants Jon Elrod's marital status and Andre Carson's religious affiliations. " ... Class-up the debate by actually discussing issues? Novel idea ..." I wrote.
Like I said then, I don't know the guy. I don't listen to his radio program, no malice - the broadcast signal just doesn't reach out to my house and I can't pick it up at work either.
But I got this message from one of my devoted readers and I thought it deserved some comment. Apparently, she does listen to Abdul.
(Relevant portions reprinted with the permission of the author)
Normally, I don't bother responding to all the half-truths and lies that are spread around during election years as that is the way of politics but this one was so blatantly nasty, I felt I had to say something.
I am referring to Abdul (of Abdul in the Morning) and company's comments about Dan Burton and his new wife.
They made comments about Dan Burton marrying the nurse who took care of his dying wife, inferring she was carrying on with Dan, and how could he sit in judgment of someone else having done that.
I am going to tell you the true story and I should know because I am his daughter, Kelly.
I have known Dan for 44 years and would say that I know him better than any living person. My late mother was probably the only person who knew him better. My dad did marry the woman who took care of my mother during her illness. That part is true. Her name is Samia and she was not my mother's nurse. She was her physician. She is a very caring and very excellent board-certified internal medicine physician. My mother had stage four cancer and there was no cure. Samia helped make my mother's last days as comfortable as possible and was more than willing to spend extra time with her to listen when she needed to talk. Samia and my dad had NO personal relationship at that time. Samia was also my sister's physician. Three years or so after my mother passed, my sister went to the doctor and heard that Samia was now divorced. She had always liked Samia and told dad that "he should call her and ask her out." Dad took Danielle's advice and called her. They began dating and it eventually led to marriage. There was nothing illicit or improper about their relationship. It began well after my mother had passed away.
Abdul and company's implication that they carried on during my mother's illness is not only revolting but bad journalism. Abdul and others should stick to the issues instead of saying things that terribly hurt family members instead of the politician they are going after. Their comments were disrespectful of my mother and her memory and have no place on the radio or in politics.
Kelly (Burton) Smith
Fishers, Indiana.
That was painful for me to read. Sometimes, no, all the time, we need to remember that the things we say (especially on public airwaves) and write in these spaces have consequences.
Abdul, if you ever read this, please accept it in the spirit intended. I believe you should be consistent at least. If keeping people's personal lives out of the discussion is important in the CD 07 race, it should be important in all the races. Trashing a family member that you apparently do not know is beneath a credible commentator, blogger, and political activist, like yourself.
Nobody loves to poke fun at politics more than I do. Even the "hard and fast rule" about not taking cheap personal shots at individuals on these pages gets pushed to the very edge almost daily. But I hope we all remember where that line is and can keep from crossing it.
Read Abdul's article on CD 07 race here:
http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/03/7th_district_silliness.html
Josh Gillespie at Hoosier Access weighs in here:
http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2008/03/04/youre-kidding-right/
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
It Appears That We've Developed a Decidedly Libertarian Readership
I noticed that our new poll question has taken a decided turn toward Libertarian Candidate Sean Shepard ... with only three days left, Mr. Shepard has a commanding (dare I say it, a spanking) lead over Republican Jon Elrod and Democrat Andre Carson. At the time of this post Shepard was way out front with 69% of the vote. Elrod was second with 23%. Andre Carson had 7%.
Does this mean that the LP crowd has found a home among our merry band of flacks - or did someone stumble on the poll and tell all their friends? No one knows, but I'm sure that the Shepard Camapign will not be touting this poll on the campaign trail ...
In any event, this has been the most popular poll so far garnering nearly two times the votes of our previous poll in which former POTUS and GOP Icon, Ronald Reagan narrowly defeated GOP Kingmaker and the MSM's new favorite slime target, Bob Grand for "My Favorite GOPer".
Three more days to vote ... this is your opportunity to be a political flack from the comfort of your neighborhood Starbucks! Email all your friends, post to your Facebook feed, Tweet it to the world ... GOTV for the candidate of your choice! Fellow Moonbat Hunters, Boxtoppers, and WPers it's your turn to show the world what you can do! Break out the triple expresso Venti Latte with three pumps of Vanilla and start shilling for your guy ... only 72 hours left!
Complete Election Results and Analysis on Friday ... stay tuned.
Does this mean that the LP crowd has found a home among our merry band of flacks - or did someone stumble on the poll and tell all their friends? No one knows, but I'm sure that the Shepard Camapign will not be touting this poll on the campaign trail ...
In any event, this has been the most popular poll so far garnering nearly two times the votes of our previous poll in which former POTUS and GOP Icon, Ronald Reagan narrowly defeated GOP Kingmaker and the MSM's new favorite slime target, Bob Grand for "My Favorite GOPer".
Three more days to vote ... this is your opportunity to be a political flack from the comfort of your neighborhood Starbucks! Email all your friends, post to your Facebook feed, Tweet it to the world ... GOTV for the candidate of your choice! Fellow Moonbat Hunters, Boxtoppers, and WPers it's your turn to show the world what you can do! Break out the triple expresso Venti Latte with three pumps of Vanilla and start shilling for your guy ... only 72 hours left!
Complete Election Results and Analysis on Friday ... stay tuned.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Weird Pro's Hit the Internet Radiowaves
Today, "Weird Pro" contributors Jacob Perry and I, along with the Digital Farmer, aka Sir Hailstone, Mike Jezierski, had the opportunity to interview State Rep. and 7th CD Republican candidate Jon Elrod, Congressman Dan Burton and Libertarian 7th CD candidate Sean Shepard during podcast recordings for Hoosier Access. Below are pictures from today's interviews.
Congressman Burton and Mike Jezierski.
Fellow "Weird Pro" Rick Wilson also attended today's festivities.
Jacob Perry listens intently to a question Mike asks LP Candidate Sean Shepard.
Congressman Burton and Mike Jezierski.
Fellow "Weird Pro" Rick Wilson also attended today's festivities.
Jacob Perry listens intently to a question Mike asks LP Candidate Sean Shepard.Wednesday, February 6, 2008
NEW WP Poll on CD 07 Special Election now up
OK Fellow Flacks and Dumpster Divers,
Here's your chance to be a real insider and vote early in the CD 07 Special Election. Cast your vote on the the outside possibility that it will really matter.
Ballot position was determined by blindfolding Gonzo and making him do a shot and identify the contents. Each shot had a particular candidates name randomly attached and the first one Gonzo got right was the first ballot position, second the second, and so on ... (we won't tell you how many shots it took to get the ballot, but we will tell you that Gonzo didn't make it to work this morning.) We realize this is more complicated than just pulling a name out of a hat, but that's not nearly as much fun as watching Gonzo do shots.
So Vote Early, Vote Often ... NOT! This ain't Chicago, baby. You get locked out after casting your vote (unless you have like 10 different logins or computers with like, multiple IP addresses).
Spread the word! this is your chance to do some virtual grassroots stuff from the comfort of your neighborhood Starbucks. Email the URL to all your friends. C'mon, you know you want to.
Here's your chance to be a real insider and vote early in the CD 07 Special Election. Cast your vote on the the outside possibility that it will really matter.
Ballot position was determined by blindfolding Gonzo and making him do a shot and identify the contents. Each shot had a particular candidates name randomly attached and the first one Gonzo got right was the first ballot position, second the second, and so on ... (we won't tell you how many shots it took to get the ballot, but we will tell you that Gonzo didn't make it to work this morning.) We realize this is more complicated than just pulling a name out of a hat, but that's not nearly as much fun as watching Gonzo do shots.
So Vote Early, Vote Often ... NOT! This ain't Chicago, baby. You get locked out after casting your vote (unless you have like 10 different logins or computers with like, multiple IP addresses).
Spread the word! this is your chance to do some virtual grassroots stuff from the comfort of your neighborhood Starbucks. Email the URL to all your friends. C'mon, you know you want to.
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