Interesting blog post at DFA....sometimes things are just as they seem.

[madfloridian]

Sometimes not. Who knows. I agree with the poster that some of the things are just way over the line. The full page ads saying that Dean had turned the DNC into the Boston tea party...done by the Denver Group. It is a real group, just like PUMA...we can pretend they are not existing, I guess. They may or may not be Democrats, they could be Republicans, no way to know.

People notice.

Am I Paranoid?

In the past week the following things have happened:

1.) Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz; co chair of the Clinton campaign, made derogatory comments about Obama not reaching out to Clinton supporters. Her comments were pretty strong against Obama.

2.) Bill Clinton said that Obama had to kiss his ass.

3.) Hillary, in an appearance with Obama, gave a backhanded compliment saying the Democratic party is like a disfunctional family.

4.) Jesse Jackson, who has forty years of experience and should know better, was caught saying things into an open mic.

5.) The New Yorker cover appears. I heard on the radio today that the publisher of the New Yorker is a friend of Harold Eckies. (Ickes)

6.) Hillary sends out a letter to donars asking that in lieu of a refund, that they rollover their contribution to 2012. Apparently she wants Obama to pay off her current debt and she wants to keep her own $ for the future.

7.) Full page ads are run in newspapers saying that Howard Dean has turned the DNC into the Boston Tea Party.

There is more at at the link

Meanwhile Dean is working his butt off traveling the country for the nominee.

[hfojvt]

1. given the other six, how can anyone disagree with #3?

I still think that Jesse's comment is gonna help with some white voters.

[XemaSab]

2. So you think Obama could win white votes

if he's seen in an open spat with Jesse Jackson? :shrug:

Interesting theory...

[NYC_SKP]

3. I'm with you...too tired to type much but K and R... nt

[JI7]

4. do you have a link to # 2

[hfojvt]

5. first google result

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2211812/Bill-Clinton-says-Barack-Obama-must-'kiss-my-ass'-for-his-support.html

[JI7]

6. that isn't a credible source

[intheflow]

11. It is a credible source.

But just to make you happy, here's another source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/29/bill-clinton-says-obama-m_n_109866.html

[fasttense]

7. How was the Boston Tea Party a bad thing?

It put the monolithic corporation and monopoly the West India Tea company on notice that the American colonies were not simply tools of the English corporations. It was a defining event in America's European history and set the stage for the revolutionary war.

If they are trying to smear Dean with it, they aren't doing such a great job.

[DrDan]

10. I don't get why that is a bad thing also

Dean used the same comparison during the Kerry election.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/09/24/dean_stumps_in_kerrys_stronghold?mode=PF

[snot]

8. K&R'd.

[aquart]

9. Still working your asses off to bring those Hillary votes home, eh?

I'm going to say this again because the concept has been mislaid: WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM SOMEONE, THAT'S WHO YOU SUCK UP TO, NOT WHO YOU ATTACK.

I see plenty of attack. Zero sucking up. And then Quinnipiac says ONE-FIFTH of Hillary votes still aren't on board. So the brilliant solution is to post this Hillary hit piece? GENIUS! If you want McCain.

You won. Have the courtesy to show some graciousness.