Stanley Kurtz and WGN

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Thursday August 28, 2008 · 8:22 AM PDT

2008/08/28 · 08:22

Last night WGN radio station in Chicago had a 2 hour segment talking to Stanley Kurtz about the Annenberg initiative and Bill Ayers. A lot of us were appalled that WGN allowed this guy to spew his lies and hate.
But then things took a turn for the worse. Obama's campaign sent out an email encouraging us to let WGN know that the guy is a liar and we don't think he should be given airtime. And now Obama's campaign is being accused by WGN of trying to suppress free speech. I can't believe the number of callers on the show and commenters on the story on the Chicago Tribunewebsite who said they didn't believe Kurtz and previously liked Obama but were now turned off by the campaign's anti-free speech tactics.
Maybe I am more worried than I should be. But this could become big. It's in the Tribune and Drudge is now running with it.

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Wednesday August 27, 2008 · 11:43 AM PDT

2008/08/27 · 11:43

Another glimpse into the Bush White House is being offered by an unlikely source. Bob Ney is coming close to claiming that he was a political prisoner. Even more outrageous and alarming is his claim that the administration has been provoking Iran and going out of its way to avoid peace. See this article from TPM.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...

Thanks to the 22nd amendment we can have some hope that this sort of "bloodsport" politics will soon be over. But will McCain continue Bush's legacy? I'm not even that concerned about Ney in prison. What we need to know is if McCain is going to continue suppressing intelligence and avoiding diplomacy in an effort to provoke another war.

I think stuff like this could convince scores of conservatives to vote for Obama. Hopefully someone in the media can get McCain's response to the story on record and Obama can get a lot of play out of this.

good news in polling data

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 2:41 PM PDT

2008/08/21 · 14:41

Hopefully this diary will brighten someone's day. Maybe I am being too optimistic but that's always better than being too pessimistic. As long as it doesn't make anyone complacent!

So I've been following all the polling results on pollster.com and although Obama's numbers are down it is not nearly as dire as I was starting to think earlier this week. Let's review them together

ARG Florida: McCain 47 Obama 46
ARG N. Hampshire : Obama 46 McCain 45
Ras N. Mexico : Obama 48 McCain 44
Research 2000 Nevada: McCain 44 Obama 43 (EDIT: should be reversed)
MPR Minnesota: Obama 48 McCain 38 (let's hope McCain doesn't pick Pawlenty)
Ras Pennsylvania: Obama 48 McCain 45
InsiderAdvantage North Carolina: McCain 45 Obama 43

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Tuesday August 19, 2008 · 10:29 AM PDT

2008/08/19 · 10:29

It seems that every pundit on the planet has decided that Bayh, Biden or Kaine will be Obama's VP. Hillary Clinton's name is still bandied about a bit but that may just be wishful thinking. On the Republican side it seems like everyone has decided that either Pawlenty or Romney will be on the ticket. Let's recall the past few elections and see if they can give us some insight.

In 2004 Kerry picked Edward early (20 days before the convention). In 2000 Bush picked Cheney as an almost complete surprise. Cheney was the head of Bush's VP selection committee. Only in the final days before Bush's announcement did he become accepted as a potential pick. And Gore picked Lieberman. While Lieberman was mentioned in the conversation it seems that the last minute speculation focused around six including Lieberman. (http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/06/gore.bush.01/index.html) And Lieberman probably had the lowest odds even the day before the pick.

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Tuesday August 12, 2008 · 6:21 PM PDT

2008/08/12 · 18:21

This is my first diary so please bear with me.

Right now I am watching Verdict with Dan Abrams on MSNBC. I have never really liked Dan Abrams and have often felt like he is like a left-leaning version of Bill O'Reilly. He often resorts to personal attacks and poor logic to make a point. Further he seldom addresses substantive issues. His campaign coverage has been particularly awful in this respect.

But today I am finally fed up. Almost five days after John Edwards made his famous confession, Abrams still won't let go. He has spent the first 12 minutes of Verdict so far telling us all the things he thinks Edwards is lying about. In the process he is not only impugning Edwards but also Rielle Hunter and Elizabeth Edwards. All based on the account of some friend of Hunter. His behavior is despicable. Edwards is not our candidate nor is he an elected official. He made a mistake but ENOUGH ALREADY!

So I am writing this diary because we need to stop Abrams. Regardless of your feelings about Edwards I hope everyone can agree that this is excessive. Tell MSNBC to stop Dan Abrams. I'm not sure how to do this but we can all write a quick email to let them know how we feel
Write to letters@msnbc.com

Thanks!

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