TILTPAT-BIDHAT4 (041208, Evening)

“Things I‘d Like To Post About Today; But I Don’t Have Any Time ‘4‘”:

(items brought up during tonight’s TIB All-Stars Broadcast)

• The objectively unfit presidential candidate I refer to as BOOHOO (Barack O-bomba Overseas Hussein “Obambi” Obama) has stepped in it yet again. “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” Beyond the transparent elitism everyone is beating him up over — since when is Pennsylvania part of “the Midwest”? If George Bush had said this, he’d be ripped over being “geographically challenged” for weeks.
• Follow up: “Obama Concedes Remarks Were Ill Chosen.” AP writes all of four paragraphs that say nothing. That’s because anything beyond vague descriptions embarrasses Obama even more. Patrick Hynes piles on.
• Hillary: Gun grabber in 1999; gun-rights advocate in 2008.
• Why Bill Ayers matters.
• On Rev. Wright, Lanny Davis gets it (that’s a first). Reaction from the “old news” hacks has been harsh.
• Superdelegate Obama supporter pressured to step down for calling children climbing in trees “monkeys.” Apparently she isn’t going to.
• Judge dismisses core of Rather lawsuit (discussed on break).
• Jay Rockefeller’s out-of-control criticism of McCain (yes, followed by an apology).
• Colombian trade deal nixed by Nancy Pelosi-led Congress in the process throwing fast-tracking of agreements out the window. Editorialists right (IBDeditorials.com) and left (NY Times) are outraged, as we all should be. IBD is especially harsh: “Nancy Pelosi’s craven altering of House rules to kill off Colombia’s trade pact brings that danger to the Andes. If war breaks out, her name will be on it.”
• March Dann is in a heap of trouble. Ohio’s Old Media is playing defense.
• Patrick Poole reports on another Hamas supporter for Obama.
• MRC visit and Gala 2008 discussion.