04 March 2005
LibDem Activists Start Anti-Thune Ad Group
Just heard a paid ad on KELO-am from something calling itself "Citizens for Campaign Accountability", billing itself as a "non-partisan group", noting also "Todd Epp" was their treasurer. Excuse me? Non-partisan? Todd Epp? Not in THIS universe! Epp has a long-time history as a libDem activist - which is fine, but he's FAR from non-partisan.
They were squawking about some sort of connection between Thune and the former Talon News reporter whose nom de plume was Jeff Gannon, stating that this is at variance with Thune's campaign theme of "South Dakota values". Are they upset with conservative Thune working with conservative media? Wow, THAT'S controversial! Or, are they inferring that Thune knew of and approved (and/or consiously ignored) some definite personal morality issues involving Gannon that have recently surfaced? Of course, Epp, exemplifying all too typical liberal weasel attitude has deniability, since this was left unsaid, at least overtly, although the inference is there (wink, wink).
Form all that I've been seeing in the MSM about Gannon, the real complaint seems to be that he was (shudder, tremble) a pro-Bush reporter! (Everyone in the MSM KNOWS that you can't ask friendly softball questions to a political figure unless your name is Matt Lauer, and you're talking to a lib - it's just not done!)
Two observations here: for sure we'll hear more of this garbage, and it is additional evidence that the Daschle Dems just can't bring themselves to accept their defeat in the last election. I saw Epps on the KELO-TV bit on blogging the other night, and he exuded a sense of self-righteous bitterness, that the world could be so unfair as to give ordinary people the means to rise up and strike at their betters, via blogging in that instance, or via an internet new site with a conservative point of view in the case of Talon.
Better call the waaaambulance! (waa-waa, waa-waa, waa-waa)
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They were squawking about some sort of connection between Thune and the former Talon News reporter whose nom de plume was Jeff Gannon, stating that this is at variance with Thune's campaign theme of "South Dakota values". Are they upset with conservative Thune working with conservative media? Wow, THAT'S controversial! Or, are they inferring that Thune knew of and approved (and/or consiously ignored) some definite personal morality issues involving Gannon that have recently surfaced? Of course, Epp, exemplifying all too typical liberal weasel attitude has deniability, since this was left unsaid, at least overtly, although the inference is there (wink, wink).
Form all that I've been seeing in the MSM about Gannon, the real complaint seems to be that he was (shudder, tremble) a pro-Bush reporter! (Everyone in the MSM KNOWS that you can't ask friendly softball questions to a political figure unless your name is Matt Lauer, and you're talking to a lib - it's just not done!)
Two observations here: for sure we'll hear more of this garbage, and it is additional evidence that the Daschle Dems just can't bring themselves to accept their defeat in the last election. I saw Epps on the KELO-TV bit on blogging the other night, and he exuded a sense of self-righteous bitterness, that the world could be so unfair as to give ordinary people the means to rise up and strike at their betters, via blogging in that instance, or via an internet new site with a conservative point of view in the case of Talon.
Better call the waaaambulance! (waa-waa, waa-waa, waa-waa)
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