State Sen Dianne Wilkerson (D) Nabbed in Corruption Probe

Word from the Boston Pheonix, this morning:

This morning, Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested on charges of attempted extortion and wire fraud after an 18-month investigation by the FBI. The FBI alleges that Wilkerson took bribes from

The One sure has a way of making enemies.  First is was Joe the Plumber.   Then Barbara West.   Now CBS in Philly, video:

As Give em Hell Harry said, “If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitcher.”

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• Is there doubt in anyone’s mind that this incursion into personal freedom is going to happen, if/when Democrats get into power?  Of course, consider the

Joe the Plumber. You remember the story. Obama rolls up to his house one day. Joe plucks up his courage and asks a question of Barack Obama, the subject of which Mr. Obama would apparently rather not discuss. Result? 

Great news!

Since a week ago when I last posted on this topic, Books For Soldiers has been able to raise another $4,000! Thank you for all you’ve done so far, including passing this word along to others!

They still

Ya know, I can’t help thinking on Billy Beck as I read Mark Levin this morning:

I’ve been thinking this for a while so I might as well air it here. I honestly never thought we’d see such a thing

How woefully unprepared is Barack Obama to be President?   Republican administrations are expected to deal with old rude hags like Helen Thomas, and have.   On the other hand, the Obama campaign can not handle simple questions from a local reporterette,

The Puffington Post has their knickers in a twist over this quote by Michele Backmann

But guess what? Not all cultures are equal. Not all values are equal

Duh!

There is no evidence that all cultures are equal, none, nada,

From Investors’ Business Dailty:

IBD/TIPP Tracking Poll: Day Eleven
Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008

McCain has cut into Obama’s lead for a second day and is now just 1.1 points behind. The spread was 3.7 Wednesday and 6.0 Tuesday.

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• I mentioned last night about polling data… and they’ve been having a bit of a row over it on many of the blogs I’ve

In our long and storied history, the American voter has shunned electing sitting Senators directly to the presidency.   The last former Senator to serve was Richard Nixon, who gave us Watergate and paved the way for Jimmy Carter.   Before that

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• Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know, Colin Powell. All the rage over the weekend. I don’t think there’s much argument against the idea that there’s a

David’s quote of Ed Morressy seems to me quite on the money. Consider the operative phrase of Ed’s very first line: “Stench of Desperation”.

And what is driving this desperation, you may ask? Wasn’t Obama ahead? What explains this?
Well,

I don’t know if is the blond hair dye, or being a journwhorelist, however watch as Joe Wurzelbacher explains what socialism is to Diane Sawer, video:

Hat tip and moreL  Lori Byrd, Wizbang.

For all BO, and for that

Barack Obama’s list of known mentors now includes child rapists (“Uncle Frank” Marshall), racists (Rev. Jeremiah Wright) and terrorists (Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorn).

Confederate Yankee.

Should Barack Obama be seeking the presidency, or psychiatric theopy?  Throughout his life,