Sunday, June 2, 2013

"I am as of this day joining Frederick Douglass as a Republican"

◼ LA State Sen. Guillory Leaves Dems “Party Of Disappointment”, To Become 1st Black Repub Senator Since Reconstruction - Lee Stranahan/Breitbart

In his speech at the @Large Conference in Baton Rouge, Guillory repeatedly referred to the Democrats as 'the party of disappointment." He brought up his growing disgust with Democrats over issues like abortion, Benghazi, and immigration.

He accused Democrats of advocating policies that encourage a high teen birthrate, a high unemployment rate, and a high incarceration rate in the black community. He told the audience of black conservatives and their supporters that black Americans need to lead "by not putting all our eggs into one basket."



◼ Guillory has a conservative voting record and has long been an ally of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, particularly on education and retirement issues. - News Ninja

◼ ELBERT GUILLORY, FREDERICK DOUGLASS REPUBLICAN - John Hayward/Human Events @Doc_o

Welcome to the Party, sir.
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@TheLeadCNN did I hear Stef. cutter right? She was meeting with IRS during campaign?


◼ Subpoena her: CNN’s Stephanie Cutter vouches for former IRS chief Doug Shulman

Get used to seeing a lot more of Stephanie Cutter, though, whom CNN has hired as its newest political commentator. Cutter previously was Barack Obama’s deputy campaign manager, so she has a lot of inside information about the president. She apparently knows a lot about former IRS commissioner Doug Shulman as well; enough, at least, to know his 150+ visits to the White House were anything but nefarious....







◼ Earlier:Former IRS commissioner Shulman’s wife works for liberal group fighting open campaign spending - DAILY CALLER

Shulman’s wife Susan L. Anderson is the senior program advisor for the Washington-based nonprofit organization Public Campaign, which claims that it “is laying the foundation for reform by working with a broad range of organizations, including local community groups, around the country that are fighting for change and national organizations whose members are not fairly represented under the current campaign finance system.”

Earlier this month, when news broke of the targeting scandal broke, Public Campaign president and CEO Nick Nyhart belittled the concerns of disenfranchised conservatives.

◼ BREAKING: WIFE OF FORMER IRS CHIEF CAMPAIGNED FOR OBAMA, QUESTIONED ROMNEY'S TAXES - Kerry Picket/Breitbart

...according to Anderson's Twitter feed, she worked on the Obama campaign:



During a Congressional hearing, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) questioned Shulman if he knew how Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had information in supporting a July 2012 claim that Romney had not paid taxes for the last ten years. Shulman appeared not to know how or why Senator Reid made such a claim.



◼ OCCUPY IRS: WIFE OF FORMER IRS COMMISSIONER JOINED OCCUPY WALL STREET - Kerry Pickett/Breitbart

Susan L. Anderson, wife of embattled former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, was a supporter of, and active participant in, the Occupy Wall Street movement, attending and promoting Occupy DC in Oct. 2011.

In the fall of 2011, during the height of the global Occupy protests, Anderson tweeted out to her followers:
Jobs on Main Street, not on K-ching Wall Street!#takeback11 #ows #occupydemocracyyfrog.com/o0crsizj
— Susan Anderson (@slandersonwdc) October 5, 2011

At Larry Lessig teach-in @ #occupydc. Will intro him tonight on his new book on how big $ threatens our #republic @ GW Law #OWS
— Susan Anderson (@slandersonwdc) October 18, 2011

DC, good morning!Come down to the Mall and tell your 99% story! twitter.com/slandersonwdc/…
— Susan Anderson (@slandersonwdc) December 6, 2011
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The Problem with Socks



by Barbara Bush (H/T: Mary)
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‘Make up your own mind’: Sharyl Attkisson teaches Astroturfing 101

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15 Years Ago Today: Drudge at the National Press Club...



◼ Matt Drudge: Speech to the National Press Club on Media and the Internet (Webmaster's note: This is well worth the time it takes to watch the whole thing.)

◼ Transcript

◼ NEWS SHARK 'DISRUPTED LIKE A NUCLEAR BOMB' - WND

It’s been almost two decades since Drudge crashed the news scene and turned the Old Media on its head – causing many mainstream newshounds to sneer at the thought of an amateur with wild instinct and an unpretentious news website threatening their media empire.

Drudge, occasionally dressed in only his underwear, rocked the news world from a small Hollywood apartment accompanied only by his black stray feline, aptly named “Cat.”
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Bill Clinton went ballistic and threatened retaliation. Obama backed down. He called his favorite journalist, Steve Kroft of “60 Minutes,” and offered an unprecedented “farewell interview” with departing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The result was a slobbering televised love-in — and an embarrassment to all concerned.


◼ Obama was pushed by Clintons into endorsement of Hillary in 2016: book - Edward Klein/New York Post

President Obama made a secret deal to support Hillary Clinton when she runs for president in 2016, campaign sources say, payback for the support her husband gave him in 2012.

Bill Clinton’s animosity toward Obama is legendary. A year before the last election, he was urging Hillary to challenge the sitting president for the nomination — a move she rejected.

According to two people who attended that meeting in Chappaqua, Bill Clinton then went on a rant against Obama.

“I’ve heard more from Bush, asking for my advice, than I’ve heard from Obama,” my sources quoted Clinton as saying. “I have no relationship with the president — none whatsoever. Obama doesn’t know how to be president. He doesn’t know how the world works. He’s incompetent. He’s an amateur!”

...While he was effective on the campaign trail, once in the Oval Office, he becomes a different person, one who derives no joy from the cut and thrust of day-to-day politics and who is inept in the arts of management and governance....

He may yet try to back out of his promise to Hillary Clinton. But as Obama’s presidency sinks deeper into scandal and inaction, the question is — will Clinton even still want his endorsement?

◼ Edward Klein’s “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House” Out this week, in paperback

◼ Earlier: The Steve Kroft Swoon: Was Obama/Hillary interview on ‘60 Minutes’ or ‘60 Shades of Gray’?



From Jay Leno:

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