How desperate are Jim Webb and the DNC?
- Posted by Beth on September 25th, 2006 filed in General, Journalism, Moonbats, Politics, Stupid, WTF
THIS Salon hit piece is the lowest of the low, the stupidest shi’ite I’ve seen in a long time. I am appalled. Furious.
Jim Webb, who, by the way, can kiss my ass, must be absolutely desperate. Same goes for the “progressive” (as if!) establishment–this must be their ploy to take George Allen out of the 2008 picture. Well, it seems to be working, at the moment anyway–have you seen all the pundits proclaiming the once-favored 2008 Allen run in its last throes or dead? I have, but I’m not worried. Remember, Howard Dean was once seen as a shoo-in, a certainty for the 2004 nomination. Slick Willie was often knocked down, only to come back and eventually win.
Thankfully, the Allen campaign has responded forcefully to it.
Let’s be clear: as with the previous rumors and lies pushed by the Webb campaign, this is categorically false. Rather than talking about the issues relevant to voters, the Webb campaign is pushing rumors and lies about Senator Allen and his family.
In the proximate case, we’ve got a story in which one named person claims three main things.
1. “He used the N-word on a regular basis back then.”
2. “Shelton also told Salon that the future senator gave him the nickname “Wizard,” because he shared a last name with [KKK imperial wizard] Robert Shelton…”
3. “Allen said he came to Virginia because he wanted to play football in a place where ‘blacks knew their place,’” said Dr. Ken Shelton, a white radiologist in North CarolinaFortunately, we have quite a lot of evidence that his story is categorically false — this Salon story is evidence of the Democratic Party growing comfortable with the alleged “Swiftboating” tactics they’d previously decried.
As far as the “N” bomb accusation goes, that’s just typical bullshi’ite political dirty tricks. It’s maddening that these smear merchants get away with it to the point that people on OUR side say “I don’t know” because of all the poo they fling. Don’t lose sight of that point that none of this has been raised before–it’s not like he couldn’t have been taken out with that when he ran for the Governorship or Senate before, IF IT WERE TRUE.
The Confederate flag thing is stupid, too. Not everyone who flies one (especially 30 years ago! It was still on state flags even a few years ago!) is a racist. The notion just plain pisses me off, as does the stupidity of some people who clearly don’t understand the first thing about Southerners’ respect for their own heritage–and it has absolutely nothing to do with racism at all. It’s not like people are proud of slavery–far from it. But of course, the illiberal elite would never know or understand it, and even if they did, they’d lie about it anyway.
The Democratic Party knows George Allen is a winner, and they know how he’s been compared favorably with their most-hated bogeymen, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. A victory for George Allen would be a huge defeat for the “progressive” (NOT) movement–much more so than a Rudy Giuliani or John McCain would, for example.
Make no mistake: you can expect to hear anything and everything the left can dream up between now and 2008. As for me, this Salon piece has pretty much ensured that I won’t believe anything they–his opponents–say about him. Webb, the DNC, and Salon have jumped the shark. But then, they obviously had nothing else they could do but make shi’ite up.
And yes, I just made another donation to the Allen campaign. Suck it up, leftards.
hosekuervo says:
Allen is done. He will probably eke out a small victory in November, but is finished as a national candidate. People might have not believed the N-word story except for his Macaca bit. Plus going on and on about ham sandwiches and pork chops, made him really look like an idiot. I was actually a fan of his initially but this guy has just self destructed over the last couple months. His Macaca moment - and his resulting assertion that it was a word he just made up - was incredibly stupid, so I can see where the comparisons to Reagan and W are right on the mark.
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Michael Sweeney says:
Welcome to the world of Clinton politics.
This crap started with that amoral POS. How anyone on the political Left can think that these sorts of tactics are good for anyone is beyond me. It is a knife that cuts both ways. It is also the sort of tactic that turns a “political” opponent into a lifelong enemy.
dingo says:
Beth, I would agree with you on the conferderate flag if he was from the south. If Allen was from Mississippi, that would be a viable defense. But he is not.
I have lived pretty much all around this country. When I lived in the south, displaying the confederate flag could mean one of two things. Southern pride, or racisim. Up north, and on the west coast, the confederate flag means only one thing. You are a racist.
As for the N-word. I don’t believe for a second that he has never said it. I don’t think I know a single person, racist or not who has never said it. And I certainly don’t know anyone who has Allen’s “questionable” background that have never said it. So he can quit the BS. We know he has used it. If he still believes in it, I have no idea, but at least he could be intullectually honest.
I said long before the “macaca” incident that this election cycle was going to ruin his presidential hopes. And if he really loves his party, he won’t even run. Nominating him would set back GOP inroads to minority groups by a least a decade.
Beth says:
But Dingo, we’re talking Virginia. To be sure, a lot of people here in Alabama say “Virginia isn’t the South,” but I lived there for seven years and I can tell you, Civil War history is a BIG thing there. They do re-enactments and stuff like that ALL the time, and not because they’re longing for the old days of slavery (as I’m sure you realize). In fact, I got bloody sick of it (Civil War history has never held my interest). I mean people are geeks for that shi’ite there. So needless to say, at least outside the Beltway, Confederate flags are a dime a dozen. Not hanging outside the house like you’d fly the US flag, of course, but they’re there. And I noticed this while even living in Northern Virginia/DC suburbs.
Re: saying “nigger”–if he had said it at some time, could he (or anyone) ever say so to the public? No way, nor could Joe Schmo. Sure, some people say it about individuals without making it a slur on all black people, and maybe he did say it that way. But the truth is, we won’t ever know for sure unless he says so, and nobody in their right mind would. I just don’t like how people can accuse someone of saying or doing something–anything–and it “sticks,” regardless of the lack of proof. That’s libelous, to me.