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October 2010

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2010 14 Comments

David Brock, the founder of Media Matters, has a really important demand which requires everyone's immediate attention:Media Matters' Brock challenges Palin to release tapes"Sarah Palin has made serious accusations of journalistic malfeasance. Either Palin accurately described the tapes, or she did not. America's news consumers...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2010 4 Comments

If Sharron Angle had the money and the campaign staff in June that she had in October, this would not have been a close race.But she can't change the past, so her closing argument to the voters is to change the future.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYh5sXSaQOg?fs=1]--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2010 4 Comments

Greg Sargent, who for months has used his megaphone at The Washington Post to twist and turn almost every statement by Sharron Angle into a supposed call for violence or some other thing it was not, now demands Context! for the audio recording in which a CBS...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2010 3 Comments

Update 1:30 p.m. - Test over. Everything seemed to work well.  See you Tuesday.Just testing out the new version of Cover-It-Live software in preparation for Tuesday's Live Event.  The event will be turned live in the morning (probably around 9 a.m. E.S.T.) and remain open until...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2010 4 Comments

Spotted this morning in Ithaca, on a Prius with Connecticut New Jersey plates.  Mere faded glory, or a failed attempt to remove a failure?--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2010 4 Comments

The MoveOn.org provocation against Rand Paul, has inspired an anti-Joe Miller CBS news station in Alaska.The CBS station inadverently left a voice message disclosing its pre-planned coverage of a Miller appearance in the hopes of obtaining footage either of "child molesters" in the crowd or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2010 9 Comments

Ithaca Falls and Fall Creek, a short walk from my house, on a typical gray Ithaca day.  Not to worry, the Sun will come out in, oh, about six months.--------------------------------------------Related Post:My HometownFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2010 0 Comments

As my readers know, we have been on a New York Time's cone of silence watch as relates to allegations by an upstate reporter (corroborated at least in part by others) that Congressman Maurice Hinchey assaulted the reporter after the reporter asked tough questions regarding...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2010 5 Comments

What kind of person posts a tweet like this?The same kind of person responsible for running (and still defending) the Christine O'Donnell "one night stand" story.  There is a sickness in our media, and Gawker is one of its primary homes.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Feministe: O'Donnell Getting What She Deserves...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2010 6 Comments

There is a key difference between Republican and Democratic attacks ads this year.  As I previously noted, Republican attacks focus mainly on policy, such as Obamacare, stimulus, and national deficits and debt.  That's not to say that there are not individual ads which may get personal,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2010 5 Comments

When I saw the headline Meek: I Turned Down Crist Cross, I thought it was a play on words reflecting that Charlie Crist was double-crossing his political opponents.But no, Charlie Crist actually offered Kendrick Meek Crist's sister's cross if Meek would drop out of the Senate race, as reported...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2010 8 Comments

Nevada reporter Jon Ralston, who accused me of being a "disgrace to [his] alma mater" because I pointed out his pro-Harry Reid tilt, finally has made the big time by starring [at 0:14] in Harry Reid's most outlandish commercial yet (as to which even Greg Sargent expresses...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2010 3 Comments

A reader's very own truck, from near Ithaca no less:--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Bumper Stickers - The SeriesFollow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2010 6 Comments

"Jill" at Feministe was one of the first to jump on the bandwagon mocking Christine O'Donnell's sexuality (or actually, lack thereof), as I documented in my first post on the subject in September, Rachel Maddow Sexualizes Christine O'Donnell. I'll give her one thing, Jill is not jumping...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2010 4 Comments

A new poll released in my home district (RI-01) confirms what I have been telling you for weeks, this race is winnable for Republican John Loughlin.  As reported by The Providence Journal:For much of the campaign season, Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline has raised much...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2010 6 Comments

I'm not buying all the phony expressions of outrage from left-bloggers and pundits over the Gawker article about Christine O'Donnell.From the moment she won the primary, O'Donnell was sexualized by the left with the excuse being O'Donnell's 1996 video regarding masturbation.  That 14-year old tape has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2010 0 Comments

Democrats across the country have been engaged in various deceptive actions to siphon votes from conservative Republican candidates.In New Jersey, a Democratic candidate helped a phony Tea Party candidate get on the ballot, and the Democratic Party has a nationwide "divide and conquer" strategy of lending support...

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