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We get David Archuleta and Jason Castro, Britain gets Paul Potts and Faryl Smith

GAWD. American Idol is simply the worst crap ever, especially this year.

How is it that Simon Cowell is on both American Idol and Britain’s Got Talent, and we end up with the lamest, most boring shit ever? David “Susan” Archuleta, Jason Poopy Castro, and David Cook and his Plastic Hair? (Syesha is nothing special either, although I voted ten times for her last night because of my violent hatred for the two Davids.)

Compare with this from Faryl Smith (only 12 years old!) on Britain’s Got Talent:

Screw you, American Idol. I am officially pissed.

To Chris & everyone from last night’s live-blog: Sorry I missed the live-blog; I was busy getting Jane’s website (Armies of Liberation) redone and wasn’t at a good stopping point. (Go look!) I still have some more finishing touches to do here and there, but it’s basically finished. :)

Anyway, I did watch/cringe during last night’s show, and I can only say this: WORST SEASON EVER. I hate everyone who voted for the two Davids almost as much as I hate everyone who kept Poopy around as long as he was. Syesha is boring as hell, but she’s nowhere near as bad as the others. Tonight will be a new low in vicious bile-spewing in our live-blog. Sixty Minute Hate.
TONIGHT, WE DINE IN HELL!

American Idol - Worst Season Ever

stein hoist Thanks to c.a. Marks for the Faryl Smith video! (via email)

Barack Obama’s Jedi Mind Tricks

Also commonly known as “groupthink” or “brainwashing.”

That’s funny, but the idea of Barack Obama as President isn’t funny. I got the following via email and it sums up neatly why Barack Obama is WRONG FOR AMERICA, and the agenda for which he’s using his “Jedi Mind Tricks.”

Policy wise, Obama will push us gleefully towards socialism, which cannot be good to the average blue collar worker, teacher or trucker, much less business owner or corporation. His policies will cause gas prices to skyrocket even higher and faster than they currently are. He is opposed to drilling for more oil. He is in favor of more regulation, and even thinks he is smart enough to determine the salaries of CEO’s.

On abortion he has a 100% National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) rating. He is in favor of partial birth abortion, supports transporting minors across state lines for abortions, and is against holding accountable doctors who fail to provide treatment for babies born live after botched abortions.

On taxes he wants to eliminate the Bush tax cuts and will be happy as a clam to raise them. He is so far out of touch with reality that he doesn’t even think “we the people” want our taxes reduced.

On crime, he is against stiffer penalties against gang members, supports needle exchanges and is soft on sex predators.

On health care, he is a Hillary clone, and wants to create universal health care, which is just another term for socialized medicine…which hasn’t worked anywhere its been tried.

On education he supports sex education for grade schoolers and thinks anyone with a B average or above should get free college.

On guns, Barack is so extreme he doesn’t even put his position up on his campaign website. He proclaims his support for the Second Amendment, but is working hard to turn America into a “gun free” zone, where self defense is outlawed. Naturally, he is against concealed weapons.

Most politicians would be sunk with friends like Barack’s.

His associations with his pals are amazing — Jeremiah Wright, his spiritual mentor thinks God should damn America. Weather Underground member Bill Ayers, now a college professor stomps on the American flag and declares he wished he would have set off more bombs.

Barack’s pal Frank Marshall Davis who he looked upon as “father” is an anti-Christian radical and member of the Communist Party USA, while his official campaign blogger’s work appeared in a socialist magazine and he had a communist flag at his home.

Tony Rezko, of course is still in trouble with the law. Code Pink founder Jodie Evans not only raised money for Barack, but also for Islamic radicals in Iraq.

Is this guy actually qualified to be President?

Of course not, in the traditional sense. He got educated, has no business experience, cut his teeth as a community activist, breezed through a stint in the Illinois state legislature, and spent two years as a U.S. Senator.

“Qualification” when it comes to politics is different than the real world. Qualified to run for office merely means that you have connections, you have a fundraising base and you have supporters. That’s it. Many of us don’t, nor do we necessarily have the desire. But he does, and he has it all in a major way.

Is he actually ready to be Commander in Chief, to be the leader of the free world, to be the true hope of those living under oppression? Well, if you put it that way, the answer is no. His solution to Iran, radical Islam and the terrorists running rampant in Iraq and Afghanistan is to sit down and talk with them. He doesn’t get it. They are done talking.

Barack is a liberal forged from the same molten fire deep within the same mountain as Hillary Clinton. And since he is, and since she is so prominent, you’d think the Democrats would want a Hillary/Barack ticket, and not Barack at the top of the heap. After all, that would be the safest bet.

But no, Democrats are jumping ship on Hillary and swimming over to the S.S. Obama. Why? Almost nothing can explain it. . . except one thing.

And I am telling you it is not the obvious. It is not Barack’s message of Hope and Change that has struck a chord. No, just about every Democrat has been selling that same old swill for years.

Everyone knows that “Hope” to a Democrat means more money from you going to the government.

Everyone also knows that “Change” to a Democrat means jettisoning the Free Enterprise system and exchanging it for socialism.

Remember that.

(Cross-posted at McCain Blogs)

Another Obama supporter BUSTED electioneering

Remember this incident where an Obama supporter was videotaped electioneering inside the polling place?

They got another one.

Not that I’m surprised - everyone knows how this kind of thing has always been going on with the Democrats forever. It’s just sort of shocking to actually SEE it, especially with it being done so brazenly. Bitch can’t even pretend she didn’t know, because she hid when election officials came around, and got defensive with the people filming. Bitch.

I’m going to make sure I get placed in heavily Democratic precincts on election day when I volunteer to do poll-watching. I’ve always been sitting at the mind-numbingly boring ones where nothing is going on. Not any more.

Y’all might want to think about volunteering to poll-watch in your area, too, at least for a couple hours. There’s nothing to it, and someone’s got to keep these criminals from cheating like they always do. Apparently these jackasses that got caught on film are used to being “watched” by accomplices. Idiots. Stupid, clueless, bassackwards, dishonest, low-life idiots. You’ve gotta love that they’re caught on film, being shown to the world on YouTube. Finally.

(Cross-posted at McCain Blogs)

Mike Gravel and Obama Girl

And you thought Mike Gravel’s videos couldn’t get any more bizarre.

Obama on divisive politics: “We will end it by telling the truth”

During last night’s speech in North Carolina, Barack Obama said the following, referring to the divisive way the political game is played:

We will end it not by duplicating the same tactics and the same strategies as the other side, because that will lead us down the same path of polarization and of gridlock.

We will end it by telling the truth.

We will end it by telling the truth forcefully, repeatedly, confidently, and by trusting that the American people will embrace the need for change, even if it’s coming from an imperfect messenger, because that’s how we’ve — that’s — because that’s how we’ve always changed this country, not from the top down, but from the bottom up, when you, the American people, decide that the stakes are too high and the challenges are too great.

FAIL. You’ve been fact-checked, Barry.

You’re going to tell the truth, Barack? What, did you decide suddenly to turn over a new leaf?

See, he can keep repeating this lie and play divisive politics himself by painting all of his opponents as “fear mongers” and racists, but he’s not fooling me with his rhetorical gymnastics. Here’s how he rolls:

* Opponent points out his faults, whether it’s his far-left agenda, his lackluster Chicago Democrat political record (that shows nothing resembling “change,” “unity,” or “hope”), or his history of alliances with radical leftists.
* Obama says this is divisive, and a distraction from the issues.
* Obama lies about his opponent’s record and agenda.
* Obama surrogates pile on, calling opponents racists.
* Obama surrogates/supporters lie about and attack the other candidates, and repeat absurd and demonstrably false accusations about them. (AKA “libel.”)
* Opponents are called “divisive” for drawing attention to Obama’s actual history.
* Obama surrogates claim that it’s all a smokescreen for what’s really just fear of a black President.

You tell me–who’s being divisive, if he and his supporters aren’t?

When IS he going to start telling the truth?

AI Execution. Please off them all

Well, after tonight, we have only 2 weeks and 4 shows to go. Wow, time flies fast. Here’s hoping that one of the dudes go. I’m not big on syesha, but at least she has a nice enough bahonkis to crush on for a while…

Stupid Gubmint: Use alternative fuels, get a tax fine!

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” –Ronald Reagan

Gaze at the stupidity of gubmint regulation.

Dave Eck, a Half Moon Bay mechanic, had attracted a media spotlight with his fleet of vehicles fueled by used fryer grease from a local chowder house. So when Sacramento called, he figured officials wanted advice on promoting alternative fuels.

Not at all. The government rang to notify Eck that he was a tax cheat. He was scolded for failing to get a “diesel fuel supplier’s license,” reporting quarterly how many gallons of grease he burns, and paying a tax on each gallon.

“All of a sudden they nailed me for a road tax,” said Eck, who drives a Hummer converted to run on vegetable oil. “I said, ‘Not a problem. I’ll do my part. But what do I get? At least let me into the carpool lane.’ ”

No such luck. The state offered Eck only a potentially large fine — and not just for failing to pay taxes. He can also get in trouble for carting kitchen grease away from eateries without a license from the state Meat and Poultry Inspection Branch.

Or for not having at least $1 million in liability insurance, in case he spills some of the stuff. Or for not getting permission from the state Air Resources Board to burn fat in the first place.

The regulations are so burdensome that even Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, trying to set an example for Californians by driving a Hummer that burns cooking oil he buys at Costco, had not complied. Schwarzenegger, who has said that the exhaust from his Hummer smells so much like French fries that his passengers get hunger pangs, was unaware that he was required to send Sacramento an 18-cent road tax for every gallon of kitchen oil he burned, according to spokesman Aaron McLear. After The Times raised the issue, McLear said the governor would pay the taxes he owed.

The governor’s staff says it is working on making it easier to drive using vegetable oil without being an outlaw.

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AI’s Final 4

Which of course is not nearly as exciting as say the NCAA’s final 4 or hockey’s final 4 or the national booger pickers final 4 or really, nearly any final 4 on the planet. But we have to be there as is our sentence. Come heckle with us…

Slurs from Clintonista Mickey Kantor in ‘92 about Indiana: Real or fake? Original clip from the War Room found: FAKE!

WOW. I just saw this at Rightwingsparkle.

Denials at the Politico:

I just spoke to D.A. Pennebaker, the director of “The War Room,” who said his film had been doctored to produce a widely-viewed YouTube clip.
[...]
“He does not say that. He does not say that,” said Pennebaker, after viewing the clip.

He said the initial expletive referred to the anticipated reaction in the Bush White House to the fact that Ross Perot’s polling numbers were holding strong.

“What he says is he’s surprised Perot’s numbers are holding,” said Pennebaker in a brief phone interview. “He says they must be shi**ing in the White House.”

The second expletive, he said, appeared to have been entirely fabricated, with new audio dubbed onto the original movie.

Ace said the whole film is available online, and I just found the clip from the original film. Look around 4:35.

I can’t tell what he’s saying in the alleged “special N-word” part (”How would you like to be a worthless white n****r”). You decide.

(Update to add this audio clip, via The Politico.)

(End update)

Kantor denies (obviously):

Kantor, on Friday, insisted that the latter part of his statement never took place and that it made no sense for him to use such language.

“Indiana was not even on our radar screen,” he said, “And I was talking about the polling and not the people… If you look at The War Room, this is not the way Carville or George interpreted my statement. This is frankly libelous.”

Kantor said he was in the process of contacting “the best” libel lawyers to approach YouTube.com about the process of removing the video from its site. He suggested that The Huffington Post, too, should not print even his defense, as it would be an advancement of a non-story.

“I don’t need to be defended,” he wrote. “When you write it, what you are doing is extended the libel.”

While Kantor said he had no idea who was behind the video or what intent he or she might have, he offered that political motives were at play.

Ya think?

I have to say, it seems pretty damn implausible that Kantor would say “worthless white n****rs” or refer to voters as “shit” with a camera in front of his face. Sounds like a fake story to me.
It’ll be fun finding out who in the Obama cult cooked up this scheme.

UPDATE: Well, you can see the original video has been taken down already. Second thoughts after a threat of a libel lawsuit? ~~Heh. Here’s what the person who posted it (indy007q) says, though:~~

According to this video Bill Clinton Campaign Chairman and Hillary Clinton ‘08 Advisor Mickey Kantor tells George Stephanapoulos and James Carville: “Look at Indiana…it doesn’t matter if we win. Those people are shit. How would you like to be a worthless white ni**er?”

But over HuffPo, Sam Stein, who initially broke this story, now says that Kantor’s racial slur is a hoax. Kantor has yet to deny calling Indianans “shit,” however.

UPDATE: At Politico, Ben Smith just talked to D.A. Pennebaker, who directed “The War Room.” Pennebaker said that the “shit” expletive referred to the Bush reaction in the White House.

“What he says is he’s surprised Perot’s numbers are holding,” said Pennebaker in a brief phone interview. “He says they must be shi**ing in the White House.”

Pennebaker said the racial slur was entirely fabricated.

No comment on the racial slur from indy007q? And he’s still going with Kantor calling Indianans (and not the pollsters or the Bush ‘41 people) “shit?” What chutzpah.

Sorry, that’s NOT from indy007q; that’s just some guy who posted it at his “blog” at Bravenewfilms. Apparently HE believes it, though. Idiot. I’m getting sloppy with this shit, moving too fast.

The mystery: who is indy007q?

Activate the Internet Hate Machine!

Feel like slapping around a real world-class internetard asshat? Remember the Nazi Kier O’Neil? Er, I mean the guy Kier O’Neil, who is unemployed and looking for work?

Have at him.

I wouldn’t normally put out a call like this, but this Kier O’Neil nazi deserves the full Internet Hate Machine treatment. I banned him from here as soon as he attempted to leave his hate-filled fistfuls of poo here. Kier O’Neil has his own website on which he can spout his nonsense.

P.S. Good luck with the job search, Nazi Kier O’Neil. LOL.

Miley Cyrus and Vanity Fair, from the mom of a Miley/Hannah Montana fan (UPDATED)

Y’all know I have a daughter of the Hannah Montana-fan age. I sort of feel obligated to say something because I am so absolutely disgusted, but I almost feel talked out on the subject, at least with my daughter. I’ve certainly spent more time thinking about it than I’d expect, but nobody ever said parenting a young girl nowadays was easy, I guess. I just needed to talk about it with my daughter before I wrote about this episode here.

The short version: If you read Vanity Fair now, after this, you are actively part of the problem.

But that’s not all I can say. Not by a longshot. I’m not going to post the pictures here; they’re everywhere else anyway. I will not put a child in provocative poses on display for pedophiles to ogle. I’m kind of annoyed that everyone expressing outrage is doing it, but I guess people figure it’s everywhere else already, so whatever. I’m just not going to.

So okay, what the hell were her parents thinking? Is Billy Ray Achy-Breaky-One-Hit-Wonder Cyrus worried that his cash cow daughter has peaked? Is he afraid she’ll end up “washed up” at 16? What in God’s name do her parents think these pictures appeal to, in Vanity Fair magazine? It’s not like nine year-olds read it - hell, as the parent of a nine year-old, even I don’t read it. I loathe their Hollywood-NYC celebrity voyeur/porn mentality, their libertine hedonism, and their liberal politics. And Annie Leibovitz? Seriously? Does that idiot father of hers not know the style of photography she does? Oh wait, of course he does. Even Miley Cyrus knew, at 15.

Gawker, certainly no blog championing the rights of children or sexual modesty, calls out Leibovitz and Vanity Fair, and this is a whole lot of what I fear as well:

There’s a technique called “grooming” that pedophiles use on their victims (yes, we just learned about it today, thank you). One definition says “Grooming behavior is intended to make the victim or potential victim or victim’s guardians feel comfortable with the molester and even interested in interacting with him.” And here’s a characteristic of a regressed child molester: “They place pseudo-adult status on their victims and then view them as they would their peers.”

Isn’t that what it’s really about? Appealing to child predators? Weren’t we JUST talking about a legal case in Texas where girls this age are being married off and having children with much older men? That’s objectionable, but not this?

Gawker goes after Leibovitz here, too:

Yes, a free press extends into the celebrity arena, and yes, we’re all for openness in reporting, obviously. But Leibovitz, who has earned over the course of her career the right to call the shots on the photos that fill our country’s glossiest magazine pages, has lost her perspective. It’s a matter of very simple decency, and one doesn’t have to be a prude, or a conservative, or even someone frustrated with the sheer vapid nature of these things, to steer clear of sexualizing children for the sake of selling more magazines.

E X A C T L Y.

The kid is 15 years old. What’s she going to do with her consenting parents there, and Annie Leibovitz the renowned photographer? Resist? Not bloody likely.

Annie took, like, a beautiful shot, and I thought it was really cool. That’s what she wanted me to do, and you can’t say no to Annie.

God, I hate these vultures’ guts.

You know, it’s been like a death watch of sorts, just waiting, hoping this sweet girl wouldn’t have a Britney-Jamie Lynn-Lindsay moment, like they all do. I know that’s awful, just waiting for it to happen, praying she would be different. Certainly, this isn’t a Britney-Lindsay (or God knows, Jamie Lynn) moment, but it’s a warning shot of sorts. Billy Ray Cyrus has let the world know that it’s okay to think of his 15 year-old daughter as a sexual object, with a greedy assist from Leibovitz and Vanity Fair, all to happy to get the big star and the publicity that attends her. Controversy and moral/ethical considerations be damned, it’s about money.

Now of course, Miley’s put out a statement expressing regret, although I doubt she thought to do that all on her own. I’m not one to talk about a “bonfire” of Hannah Montana crap, but I don’t know where to go next with my daughter’s favorite actress/singer. Even I like Miley, and I’m certainly no fan of bubblegum pop at all. I don’t fault her; I fault all the so-called adults around her who should damn well know better. Fifteen year-olds, even millionaire stars like Miley Cyrus, simply do not know what the sexualization of kids is about or what it does to them.

Please, Miley, show all of us–mothers, daughters, and dads, too–that we are worrying for no reason in your case. Our daughters are crazy about you, and we need you (and your young celebrity peers) to be worthy of their adoration. Make this really be “a mistake.” Please.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: My friend Bill emailed me this; please read it.

Here’s a site that will interest you:

http://www.minorcon.org/miley1.html

You probably didn’t watch the Donna Reed show, but it was a big TV Family show. Paul Petersen played the son. His site is mainly aimed at current, and former child stars. Some of the stories will break your heart:

http://www.minorcon.org/toc.html

Bill followed that up with a link to help support the fight against child exploitation in pop culture. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I wish the major gossip sites like Gawker, TMZ, etc. would make this organization known to their readers as well.

My friends, it is no longer a question of IF we’ll make things better for professional children, but WHEN. We remain committed to our intervention and support mission as well, acting through several vehicles. We are tied to many delivery systems for help in substance abuse and treatment, we continue to offer financial aid and no-cost counseling and mentoring programs. We continue to serve on the Young Performers Committee (now starting our 7th year) and attend the continuing Orientation Meetings for young performers and their parents held every 3rd Tuesday of the month at Screen Actors Guild headquarters in Los Angeles.

Legislation is working its way through the process in KANSAS and NORTH CAROLINA, plus Iowa, Arizona, and Texas. We will have an up-date on those endeavors shortly. House Bill 2838, just so you’ll know, passed out of the Kansas Assembly 122-0 in late-March.

We’re on a roll.

Let me close this report by asking for your financial support. A Minor Consideration is no longer a small concern. Our interests are global. I would not have to ask if our mission had remained just caring for former kid stars down on their luck. We are into Prevention now. Our initial charter and mission statement remains in place. It’s the work that has changed. We are using the tools of the electronic generation to make contributions a bit easier for you. Your financial assistance is vital. We take no fees for any of our services. No one has yet to draw a salary. As our record of accomplishments grows you can be sure that we’ll put your money to good use.

Please go read A Minor Consideration.

Lest you think we forgot about Miz Porky–er, I mean Hillary…

I guess since Hillary hasn’t been able to keep up with Barack Obama in the fundraising game, she’s looking for money to hold her Senate seat. Lots of it, in fact.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year.

*gulp* What the hell? $2.3 Billion? With a B? Wow. I guess since it’s too late for the New York primary, she’s just covering her bases. Hey, how’s she going to run in 2012 if she can’t keep her seat in New York? A girl’s gotta do what she’s gotta do, and what’s $2.3 billion between friends? Errr….oh yeah. Triple what everyone else asked for.

Allah adds:

This would have been a sweet talking point during the general election; too bad she had to go and tank on us in the primary. No matter. Obama’s nicely compromised on this subject as well: $98 million in special earmarks for FY2008 compared to a big fat doughnut for McCain.

Got that? A big fat doughnut. None of that drunken sailor spending for McCain, which should make even the most anti-Mac conservatives happy as well, at least. (”Should,” but I usually choose not to read the often-deranged chatter in the Hot Air comments.)

Maybe Hillary’s buying everyone in New York State their own flak vests and helmets to protect them from sniper fire. Probably a fleet of armored personnel carriers, too.

Jeremiah Wright digs in his heels at the National Press Club (Video added)

Just watched Jeremiah Wright speak at the National Press Club. What can I say? This is like watching a train wreck.

In short, what he said:
1) nobody complaining knows anything,
2) nobody listened to his sermons,
3) if you knew ANYTHING, you’d know he’s absolutely right about everything he’s said,
4) it’s all in the Bible, and
5) if you disapprove of him, you’re dissing his mama and you’re attacking the black church.

You really have to see it for yourself–the obnoxious arrogance, the broad brush with which he paints ALL black churchgoers and ALL people who disagree with his point of view, and especially the way he weaseled around the questions he was asked about Obama. Oh, and he got in his chickenhawk slam as well, when a question was asked about his patriotism. “I was in the Marine Corps, unlike Cheney” (paraphrased). Yeah, and Timothy McVeigh, John Allen Muhammad, and Lee Harvey Oswald were in the military, too. I’m sick of hearing about Wright’s Marine Corps service; it doesn’t absolve him of all sins or even prove that he loves this country. Clearly he does not love this country.

I’ve got news: this isn’t about attacking the black church. This isn’t about attacking blacks. Not all blacks agree with you, Jeremiah Wright, and not all defend your political statements or your theology. He’s got a lot of nerve–or maybe it’s just delusion. I suspect he’s more accustomed to interaction in an echo chamber.

I didn’t bother writing about the ridiculous appearance at the NAACP, but Ed Morrisey did. I was appalled at what he was saying then, but at least he wasn’t as combative - presumably because he was in an echo chamber. But this appearance at the National Press Club was just crazed. I can’t decide if I’m pissed or if I want to just laugh because he’s just provided a ton of fodder for the 527s supporting Hillary and McCain. I guess I feel both. Obama’s in deep doo-doo if Wright keeps this up - Juan Williams has said it’s almost as if Wright doesn’t want Obama to be President. I think he’s wrong; I think Wright actually believes people will identify with what he says. Either way, this is like watching a train wreck.

You just know Hillary Clinton is ecstatic right now. At the very least, Wright just handed her Indiana on a silver platter.

More later, maybe; I’m just reacting right now. I just can’t believe how offensive this guy is. I think I need to distract myself from this before I end up wanting to schedule a botox injection to erase the angry frown on my face.

UPDATE: Added link to ABC’s Political Punch above. ~~I’ll add video when I find it.~~

UPDATE 2: Via the HuffPo (I won’t even look at the comments - I’m annoyed enough already). This is only ten minutes of it, though, and it doesn’t have the worst of it, but it’s a decent clip of his extended rant.

Another update: C-SPAN has the full video (.rm format, bleccch).

Think I was kidding about Paultards hijacking the Convention? See Nevada.

Thankfully, the Paultard push to take over the North Carolina delegation failed. But listen up: these people DO NOT CARE about the will of the voters. They’re already creating havoc, this time in Nevada.

After a super-majority of Ron Paul supporters captured control of the Republican state convention Saturday, state party officials abruptly canceled the event without electing delegates to the national convention.

Early in the day, state delegates supporting Paul’s continued pursuit of the Republican nomination voted through a rules change that forced the state party to abandon its preset ballot of potential national convention delegates and open up the race to the rest of the state delegates.

The vote followed a rousing speech by Paul of Texas, who said his presidential campaign will continue as long as he has support.

But as the convention continued into the evening, chairman Bob Beers said the party’s contract for the hall at the Peppermill Resort Casino had expired and the event would be rescheduled.

“Due to a rules change that left us on an overtime basis, we will recess the convention until a date that we are going to announce next week,” Beers told a shocked crowd, which stood silent for a few seconds before erupting in boos.

As Beers was escorted out of the building, a short-lived effort to rescue the convention was launched by party activist Mike Weber. Although several hundred Paul supporters stayed, they weren’t strong enough to make a quorum to continue the convention.

Throughout the confusion, hecklers battled for the attention of delegates who supported U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

Look, I appreciate the Paultards’ organizational ability - I wish “we” were better at it ourselves. But this is ridiculous - Ron Paul was on the ballot and the VOTERS DECIDED. John McCain is the choice of the majority of Republicans, and that is the party for which we have chosen a nominee. Not The Ron Paul Party.

Paul, who came in second in the Nevada caucuses, actively worked to ensure his supporters attended both the county and state conventions.

His contingent came to the state convention prepared for battle. They had a row of printers to print ballots for their supporters to the national convention. They set up a communications network using text messages to cell phones to make sure everyone voted correctly on motions that would benefit their effort. And they scoured the rules for opportunities to level the playing field.

“On the one side you have a candidate with principles, on the other side you have Tammany Hall,” said Kelly Edinger, a Reno Paul supporter. “I’m in it for Ron Paul. I still believe he can win.“

Do you really want crazed, delusional hooligans raising hell at the convention?

If you care about this, get active. If not, be prepared for the National Convention to be overrun with anarchists. We have our nominee and that isn’t going to change, but they will do everything they can to hijack, subvert, and disrupt the formal nomination process at the convention. Keep your eye on your state’s delegation, because things could get stupid really fast.

Patrick Ruffini knows what can happen.

But by far the biggest impact delegates can have is through floor demonstrations. In some ways, their reactions to the speeches set the tone for the convention, amplifying messages from the stage. Remember how Pat Buchanan enraptured the floor at the 1992 convention but lost the country? Or how the Texas delegates turned their backs on gay Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe in 2000? Now, imagine, Paul loyalists get 20-30% of the seats on the floor in St. Paul, controlling delegations like Missouri, with a significant presence in Minnesota, with closest promixity to the stage. Can the speakers safely voice a pro-victory message in Iraq without a significant amount of boos and catcalls? How will this look on television? And don’t forget, national conventions are also heaven for reporters trolling for off-message quotes from delegates.

It’s our own fault, y’all.

I can’t fault them, can you? Dodging on loyalty oaths aside, all they are doing is Grassroots Organizing 101. Even the social conservatives who traditionally filled this role have punted, drifting into lifestyle-based forms of self-identification. What is remarkable is that this is being pulled off by an historically smaller and smaller base of people using the Internet. All because the regular Republican organization across the country is demoralized, demobilized, and eviscerated.

Read the whole thing. Get off your butts and take back the party. Quit complaining about how it’s too “RINO” if you aren’t willing to do something. If you don’t take back the GOP, real RINOs will.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again until it sinks in: when you disengage and do nothing, you GET nothing. That goes for your level of support for John McCain, too - if you do nothing but hold your nose and vote, how on earth are you ever going to have your voices heard? People have complained for years about the influence of the “Religious Right” on the party (whether you agree with that or not), but they’re organized and at least until now, have reliably made their views relevant by donating, organizing, and activism - at a level disproportionate to their numbers. And now we have the paleolibertarian truthiness wing of conservatism speaking up. If they were to get behind McCain, they’d have a voice in a McCain administration too (of course, they won’t get behind him, because just like RP, they’re ineffectual absolutists). We of the “Silent Majority” can afford to be silent no more, not in the age of the internet and instant communications.

Pinging Nice Deb and This Ain’t Hell so they get this update to their posts.

stein hoist Thanks to my friend Ralph, for the tip on the news from Nevada.

Paultards trying to subvert the National Convention for their guy

I saw this at Digg (where else?) last week, but ignored it after burying it. It seems, though, that Paultards are quite serious about hijacking the Republican Convention. If you don’t want to see the “plan” at the Paultards’ blogs, read it here. Snip:

*The Strategy:*

The strategy therefore must be to get as many Ron Paul delegates selected to represent their states at the National Convention.

That means our delegates need to stay low-key.

Resolutions are a dead giveaway, especially when they are fought over things like opposition to the war, or abolishing the Federal Reserve and the IRS, all signature issues of Ron Paul.

So, the best plan is to shut up, move along, do what you have to do to get selected, sign the pledge to “support” McCain (it doesn’t say you promise not to abstain!) and just get in short of outright lying, of course.

If there are any ethical concerns about this supposed “stealth tactic,” think about what ethical concerns you may have if you allow McCain to become president by your inaction. [Continue reading...]

Ethics? We don’t need no stinkin’ ethics! It’s REVOLUTION! Forget about the sheeple’s votes, this is a coup!
/vomiting

At least one person is fighting back. Heather Johnson of Moms4Mitt.com:

I am a Mitt fan and have a blog for his support. But I have also pledged on my blog my support for McCain as a our GOP nominee. I am trying to do my part in stopping these Ron Paul fans from overtaking the convention with their agenda nonsense and just get McCain officially nominated.

Heather is trying to just GET to the convention, but she needs help (financially) getting there. If you can drop a few shekels her way, you’ll be doing your part to shut up these asshat Paultards. Make no mistake, they are extremely well-organized (online activity and caucus results should tell you that much) and you can be sure they’ll make their presence known at the National Convention. Unless you want to see the GOP have an even more f’d up convention than it looks like the Dems will have, the Paultard kiddies must be stopped.

Ron Paul has even given tacit support to this idea (or that’s how it’ll be read by his fanatic supporters), while leaving his options open for a third party run:

“I’ll be very cautious about what I do,” he said, noting his effort to encourage his supporters to get involved with their local Republican committee.

And you know Ron Paul–he’s a stickler for the last letter of the Constitution. If it can be interpreted to allow this “loophole” that can get him nominated–or at the very least, create chaos–it’s A-OK. He’ll say this is exactly what the Constitution was designed for. (Nevermind the votes for the candidates–the votes for delegates matter more? LOL.)

Please help Heather out - I absolutely vouch for her honesty and ethics 100%. She needs help getting to the Convention, and we need to put the final nail in the Paultard coffin of crazy once and for all.

Ron Paul Revolution = OVER