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No wonder I can never find any matching socks!

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Audacity of Hypocrisy: Gustav vs. Katrina

Townhall's Matt Lewis (hat tip: Jerry):

Flash back to 2005 when President Bush was criticized for not visiting New Orleans until after the hurricane:

"And now the best he can do is look out the window of his plane at the hurricane. His government says he'd like to visit — maybe even tomorrow — but the White House wants to make sure the president doesn't impede the rescue effort."

...compare to Obama today:

"But I don’t want to be a distraction, what I’m going to do is focus on what needs to happen after the hurricane strikes and to monitor it over the next 48 hours to make sure we are doing everything we can."

Any questions?

Annenberg Files reveal Obama, Ayers worked closely

No wonder his long directorship of the Annenberg Challenge was curiously missing from Barack Obama's official biography.

During the April 16 2008 Democratic Debate ABC's George Stephanopoulous asked Obama why his campaign had said the candidate was "friendly" with terrorist and communist William Ayers. The candidate replied, "George, but this is an example of what I'm talking about. This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis... And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense, George.

Unfortunately for Barack Obama, the just-released document entitled Chicago Annenberg Challenge: Assessment of the First Three Years provides the backdrop of a history in which Obama and Ayers are explicitly named as the leaders of a failed, ideologically-driven nine-figure giveaway.

"Anne Hallett, Warren Chapman, and Bill Ayers [were] all founding members of the Chicago Challenge..." (page 5)

[Ayers said]: "When Annenberg announced that was gonna give out half a billion dollars, I heard it on the radio at six in the morning. At seven in the morning, I had talked to Anne and Warren, and the three of us met for lunch... We began to plot a strategy... [to see whether] we could get some of that money to Chicago..." (page 11)


"The [group] that brought the grant to Chicago... created an organization that was also novel... A Board of Directors [including Barack Obama] ...was responsible for fiscal operations, developing a procedure for securing matching funds and making grants... ...More unusual was the body that came to be known as the Chicago School Reform Collaborative [including Bill Ayers], made up of members of the original Working Group..."


"The final, accepted proposal to the Annenberg Goundation lists the wide range of Collaborative responsibilities... a letter dated before the proposal from two of the founders, Anne Hallett and Bill Ayers, simply says, "The Collaborative will be the operational policy and planning group." (page 54)

For Barack Obama to claim that Ayers was simply "a guy who lives in my neighborhood" rather than a close colleague and ideological cousin is outrageous. Further, it is devastating evidence that Obama represents "more-of-the-same" political sleaze... and anything but "change".

Hat tips: Steve Diamond's Global Labor Blog and Larwyn. Special thanks to: Stanley Kurtz. Linked by: Jawa Report and Minority Report. Thanks!

Line o' the day: Unanimous Winner

Commenter Jane at Just One Minute:

"What kind of mother raises a daughter that gets pregnant at 17 outside of wedlock?"

"The kind of mother that raised Barack Obama?"

Runner-up goes to Mike Huckabee: "You know Sarah Palin got more votes as a mayor in Alaska than Joe Biden did for President."

Update: The Stuffington Roast's Lee Stranahan backhands the Kos whackjobs:

That diary got 'rec'd' -- voted as one of the 'Best Of' on DailyKos. The diary is uncited, breathless, and spins a story that's totally far-fetched. Without going through the whole hot mess point by point, I'll mention that no doctors, nurses, hospital workers or other patients have come forward to say anything was amiss. Plus, there's this picture.

The irony for me, of course, is that despite making over fifty short political videos with a clear progressive point of view, I was banned on DailyKos for saying that it seemed reasonable that John Edwards was seen at the Beverly Hilton late at night.

Why does the Kos inevitably lead to 108-degree flu-symptom crazy? One might simply ask why a bear craps in the woods. Or why Michael Moore always buys two first-class seats for air travel.

Hat tip: Larwyn

Check out the flags in Palin's office!

That's gonna tick off some moonbats.

Spotted in Alaska Pod Show's Hike of the Week.

Update: Jammie Wearing Fool:

The loonies are out trolling the Internet. Found this one earlier... Interesting search phrase, huh?

sarah palin is mossad jew bolshevik

Linked by: Ace of Spades, Gateway Pundit (who survived a sack of concrete thrown on his bus by far-left anarchists as he headed for the RNC) and American Thinker. Thanks!

Ayers, Obama and the CAC Records: Not Just "A guy who lives in my neighborhood"

The Democratic Presidential Debate, April 16, 2008:

STEPHANOPOULOS: ...on this issue, general theme of patriotism, in your relationships. A gentleman named William Ayers. He was part of the Weather Underground in the 1970s. They bombed the Pentagon, the Capitol, and other buildings. He's never apologized for that.

And, in fact, on 9/11, he was quoted in the New York Times saying, "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough." An early organizing meeting for your State Senate campaign was held at his house and your campaign has said you are "friendly."

Can you explain that relationship for the voters and explain to Democrats why it won't be a problem?

OBAMA: George, but this is an example of what I'm talking about. This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.

And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense, George.

The just-released Chicago Annenberg Challenge 1996 Annual Report (PDF):

Page 12: 7 directors including Barack Obama

Page 13: Leaders of the School Reform Collaborative: William Ayers

The just-released Chicago Annenberg Challenge 1999 Annual Report (PDF):

Page 15: 10 directors including Barack Obama

Page 16: Leaders of the School Reform Collaborative: William Ayers

Under the watch of Ayers and Obama, the CAC accepted grant requests from:

* Chicago Forum for School Change
* ACORN
* Metro Area Council of Black Churches

And during this time, the CAC declined grant requests from:

* Chicago Algebra Project
* Loyola University School of Education
* Argonne National Laboratory

Put simply, Ayers and Obama not only directed the operations of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge together, they utterly wasted between $110 and $160 million. Improved student achievement? Well, no. But...

The Challenge allowed Barack Obama and Bill Ayers to work together, no doubt closely, in the heat of political battle to help disburse more than $100 million to allies, particularly in the LSCs, in the Chicago School system.

Under the circumstances, it seems more than a bit disingenuous of Senator Obama to dismiss Bill Ayers as “some guy who lives in my neighborhood.”

That's putting it kindly. By any reasonable estimation, it's an outright lie.

Kind of like the Senator's initial attempt to convince folks that, although he sat in the pews for 18 years, he heard absolutely none of Jeremiah Wright's virulently racist sermons.

Hat tips: Steve Diamond's Global Labor Blog and Larwyn! Special thanks to: Stanley Kurtz. Linked by: The Astute Bloggers. Thanks!