This looks like a bunch of garbage all around. Rand Paul comes off looking like a racist, or a coward. The media performs the usual role of water carrier for the Left. And another Republican takes a hit from what is most likely a dishonest smear driven by a progressive blog. And the GOP establishment gets hit over the head with the clue bat once more, as they continue to lack an appreciation for how to fight this battle.
Here's the AP version. I won't link the progressive blog. And if my liberal trolls seed it in comments, they will be banned. The blog is celebrating their traffic surge just now. There is nothing formally linking the aide to the now defunct MySpace page in question, yet he resigns? Way to look guilty, if you aren't, you idiot. All because a commenter named "D" posted an image on a web page? This is insane.
Nice use of "linked," AP. You are now as guilty as the progressive blogs and just as pathetically disingenuous, even if not factually dishonest. But the Republicans deserve it after it going on for this many years, while they fritter away millions based upon suggestions from too many consultants without pertinent experience, or even a freaking clue in some cases.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A campaign aide to Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Rand Paul resigned Thursday after racist images linked to the staffer - including a lynching photo and epithet - appeared on a political blog.
Christopher Hightower stepped down abruptly as campaign coordinator after a Kentucky blog called Barefoot and Progressive showed the racist images that it says were posted on Hightower's MySpace page.
Hightower, who had been with Paul's campaign since its outset, adamantly denied any connection to the images, and the campaign said he didn't post them. The black-and-white image of a person dangling from a tree linked to Hightower was posted on the site by a commentator identified as only "D," according to the blog.
"I definitely deny anything that has anything to do with that," Hightower told The Associated Press in a phone interview before his resignation was announced. "It's not me. I'm definitely not a racist."
The campaign called the images "reprehensible" and said they "have no place in civil discourse."
F*ck the Assocaited Press ... all the way up, with a red hot poker!
http://anechoicroom.blogspot.com/2006/02/fck-associated-press_113992238045527733.html
Stopped at Orly's site yesterday. And ... was quite surprised. To be accosted by ... porn popups! Took out my phone, to give her a ring up. But, they didn't repeat (haven't checked today). Me, still gotta read that soytin book, by a soytin fewcharist ... bout virtual warfarin (that's been collectin dust). Obviously, her site was virus'd/hacked after a fashion. Ergo ... Boosh's fault!
Bottom line it for us elmo: people are starting to get pis't. There will be fallout. Won't be pretty (hint: pack welding goggles).
Posted by: Elmo | Friday, December 18, 2009 at 09:27 AM
"while they fritter away millions based upon suggestions from too many consultants without pertinent experience, or even a freaking clue in some cases."
Dan - you hit the nail on the head with this statement. If (you have not done so already) you want a glimpse into chaos casued by consultants who spend most of the day patting themselves on the back start on page 218 of Palin's book and by page 334 you will have answers to what millions of us asked during the campaign - WTF is McCain doing??
Posted by: x11b1p | Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:09 AM