The Washington Post is reporting the first whispers of resignation – couched as ‘advice’ from Rep. Jackson’s ‘friends’ – and that’s only going to get worse for the Congressman.
…And I’m torn on what to write next. Do I really want to come up with a workable scenario where the Illinois Combine can legally switch out Rep. Jackson in time for the election? They might do it!
(Via Instapundit)
Moe Lane
PS: Brian Woodworth for Congress.
Well.
Damn.
Twenty-five years after one of the most celebrated graphic novels of all-time hit shelves, award winning and critically acclaimed author and screenwriter, Neil Gaiman, announces his return to THE SANDMAN. Gaiman made the surprise announcement, via video, at DC Entertainment’s Vertigo panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Karen Berger, Executive Editor of Vertigo, then revealed that Gaiman is paired with artist, JH Williams III (BATWOMAN) for the series, who appeared on stage to an already stunned and elated crowd. THE SANDMAN mini-series will be published by Vertigo in 2013.
I look forward to purchasing it.
Via @kevinbinversie.
Ever get the feeling that the current President didn’t really understand that EVERYTHING THAT OBAMA’S EVER SAID could come back to haunt him?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiLzhspzLdU&feature=youtu.be
Because they’re not really feeling the love.
The black leaders that attended the NAACP Convention here Thursday heaped praise on Vice President Joe Biden for a heated morning speech, but one question quietly pervaded the gathering: Where was President Obama?
Is this a serious question? – Because the serious answer is Doing something more important than stroking the egos of the representatives of a demographic that will be voting for him anyway. It’s not even a question of bad optics; it’s just that Obama’s not going to move the fundraising and/or support needle at the NAACP enough to be worth his while, and it’s not like the President’s really all that authentic an African-American in the first place. The man’s a urban liberal academic, folks. That’s pretty damned rabiblanco.
Moe Lane
PS: If the African-American community sincerely wants more attention from the Democratic party, though, there’s an easy solution: start voting Republican.
Aside from broiling them, or braising them in a mixture of olive/roasted pepper juice. The latter actually doesn’t sound too bad; but I’ve got two sets of boneless pork chops to cook, and obviously only one creative idea.
Suggestions (obviously) welcome. Assume that I have a mundane, but reasonably full, pantry.
How do we know this? Because they’re all FREAKING OUT about it today. Watch the speech, and see for yourself why:
Particularly the part of that speech that started at about 11:28 (this would be the part where Romney told the crowd that he was going to shut down Obamacare, and the crowd then proceeded to boo him for it). I’ll let the National Journal explain why this was actually an excellent moment for Romney (hint: it’s not because it was some sort of bizarre dog-whistle to racists): Continue reading The Left tacitly admits: Mitt Romney hit a home run at the NAACP on Wednesday.
There are a number of unkind things that I could say about Ms. Heitkamp’s appearance and manner in this video, but I shall refrain and merely note: this is not really a great way to present your message. From Revealing Politics:
You know, I saw a lot of Democratic candidates and legislators in 2010 hunker down and stolidly ignore questions and inquiries from folks with cameras. And I’d like to note that whichever consultants counseled said candidates and legislators to pursue that strategy should be fired, because as it turned out, so were a lot of the people that the consultants were so counseling. Because – as the above video shows – there’s no way to physically look good while running away.
Via @BenHowe.
Moe Lane
PS: Rick Berg for Senate.
…Which is, of course, a thoroughly nasty thing to say about the organization. Are there individuals in the NAACP who are racist? Without a doubt; some people plain just don’t like other people who don’t look like them. And there are going to be people out there who can hide attitudes like that under various guises (including, alas, the venerable Democratic trick of finding a convenient Republican/conservative target, and unleashing a full torrent of racialized/ethnicized/sexualized venom upon her [usually her]). But for MSNBC to argue that Mitt Romney went out to the NAACP to appeal to the racists in their ranks is just downright appalling… hold up, I’m getting a clarification over my ear mike.
:pause:
Ohhhhh. MSNBC is actually claiming that Romney spoke to the NAACP in order to appeal to white racists.
Continue reading #rsrh MSNBC calls NAACP a bunch of racists!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs2kFrGluKs
…You know, my memory of that video is a lot different than the actuality of it. Mind you, I was apparently twelve at the time.
