BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE
Oh, no! That’s almost as bad as one of my clients giving me one of those plastic hummingbirds that would tip over and take a drink. Anyone remember those, lol?
You got to be kidding me?
Not a word about Obambi’s house purchase scam but Palin got an “awesome facial”?
Do these idiots at AP and Yahoo think that a single vote will switch because of this story?
I should not ask....see tag line...again.
BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE
What an absolute joke the media has become. While the nation looks to the likes of Barney Frank, who admitted he had a prostitution service run out of his apartment, to craft a plan to get us out of this financial mess, the media is worried that Palin might have accepted a gift of fresh salmon from a merchant.
Is there a phrase that means the opposite of: “Damning with faint praise”? Because that would be what this article is. Like the big ‘story’ the media made over Quayle’s ‘potatoe’, this is only going to make people think, “Is this all there is?” She must be squeaky clean if the media, whom we all know are digging as hard as they can, can only come up with a free facial.
She got a facial
Obama got a house loan
Gee, when will they do a story on this, since the markets seem to be more important than gifts:
Bush signs housing rescue law
President enacts controversial measure that aims to help borrowers, bolster the housing market and provide a fail-safe for Fannie and Freddie. July 30, 2008
http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/30/news/economy/housing_bill_Bush/index.htm
Didn’t hear about that yet right? 300B btw.
How we got here, send it out:
Vid of Fannie hearing 2004
http://www.texasrainmaker.com/2008/09/27/throw-the-bums-out/
O.K., now let’s talk about all the nice deals that Obama got from his Chicago buddies. Oh wait!
This would be a good story too:
September 24, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama
Johnson to lead Obama briefing
Former Fannie Mae chairman Jim Johnson was dumped from Obama’s vice presidential search team, but he’s still playing a behind-the-scenes role on the campaign.
Former Senator Tom Daschle, a top Obama backer, emailed a select list this afternoon that he and Johnson would be leading a briefing intended largely for Clinton’s campaign brain trust next month.
“Jim Johnson and I have scheduled another informal breakfast discussion and update on the campaign early next month,” he wrote to a list including Senator John Kerry, James Carville, and Richard Holbrooke, as well as Clinton’s former top campaign aides, including Howard Wolfson, Geoff Garin, and Harold Ickes.
Johnson’s involvement comes at a moment when political association with the failed mortgage giants is particularly toxic. He was already the subject of a McCain ad attacking Obama.
The October third breakfast is also a mark of the continuing effort to bring the ex-Clintonites into the Obama fold.
NOTE: These are regular briefings, as Marc Ambinder has reported, though Johnson hasn’t previously been cast in a leading role.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Johnson_to_lead_Obama_briefing.html
The Ambinder link as referenced above:
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/every_few_weeks_former_sen.php
Flowers, a facial, and even a salmon.
That’s it, I’m voting for O/B
It really is high time that we stop referring to AP as a faceless oracle and start focusing on the people running it.
This is the AP political editor Donna Cassata, a mouthpiece for the DNC and one of the socialists top propagandists.
If the GOP and the right had any brains, an aggressive attempt would be made to destroy this vermin as an example of what happens when you play dirty.
Not holding my breath, Putin and Chavez know how to handle a hostile press,the Republicans don't have a clue.
Hugh mole hill.
The AP (backed by Obama, wanna bet?) can only find THIS on Sarah Palin?
She comes out looking better than Dodd, Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Frank, Kennedy, Kerry, etc, ad vomitum.
How is Teddy, by the way?
Somehow I don’t think Sarah getting a free facial, flowers, and a salmon and going to cause the taxpayer anything like the 700 billion fallout from the First Bank of Obama, Fannie and Freddie.
It’s ok to post stories from the A.P. now?
This pisses me off.
This will never see the light of day.
I am starting to get frustrated. There is SO much out there that would prevent Obama from winning this election, but the McCain campaign has barely touched any of it.
Where is the official, McCain endorsed advertisement using Barack’s words about Rev. Wright being his mentor, the smiling picture of Barack with Rev. Wright, concluding with the chilling audio of the good Reverand screaming “G** Damn America!”
Where is the official, McCain endorsed ad quoting Obama’s chilling words about the infant born alive act after he heard testimony from a nurse whgo would comfort the dying children in the hospital dumpster room?
Where is the official, McCain endorsed ad spelling out the Ayers connections, and then explaining exactly who Ayers is.
These better be ready to be rolled out very soon, before people cement their voting preferences.
This is not the time to make lame ads about pork barrell spending, or the nuances of the bailout, or even the nuances of military strategy. This is the time to hammer this man for his sordid past and associations. NOW. If it doesn’t happen, it is political malpractice of the highest order.
Hellsbells I know lots of people who got free facials—gets you in to buy! Have they investigated how much toilet paper her family uses though...inquiring minds want to know. Dummies!
Even salmon! Wow, in Alaska it must have had a market value of ten bucks.
This reporter is an unmitigated idiot. Our politicians in Washington take gifts like this too. Anything of trivial value (i.e. worth less than fifty bucks) is generally considered OK to accept.
Simple reality is that people like to give gifts. Maybe not to asshat reporters but to politicans who they like, yes. It's human nature whether this creep can deal with it or not.