Desperate Burton Launches TV Ad Campaign!

Tuesday, Dan Burton began running television re-election ads in Indiana's 5th Congressional district. A FULL SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION... A sign of strength you say? Not hardly. Burton's cash on hand number of around $440,000 on September 30 was only $200,000 more than his closest challenger, former State Legislator Luke Messer.

A desperate early television buy like this one, not to mention Burton's horrific fixed cost burn rate (hey, it's expensive to keep all your "friends" employed!), will vaporize that small money lead in no time...

We don't know how big the TV buy is yet (we're looking into that), but the campaign's decision to go up this early hints at the fact that they have polled and found out what the rest of the world already knew... Dan Burton is big trouble!

The silver lining for the Burton Campaign? At least they didn't spend much in production making the ad. This thing is Fugly!

Read more...

POLITICO: Sarah & Mitch or Sarah & Pence?

Andy Barr from POLITICO was in Noblesville last night? Really?

Here's a link to his article by the way...

I love some of his journalistic fancy terms...

"Just over a year after drawing a crowd of roughly 20,000 to a campaign event here, Sarah Palin returned Thursday evening to another warm welcome in this central Indiana city nestled in one of the most Republican counties in America."

For the record, it was over 24,000. I was there...

He described Hamilton County as "rock-ribbed Republican". Wow. Not quite sure what "rocked-ribbed" means... but it sounds cool (I think...).

But here's something interesting from the article:

Steve Duhamella said (he and his wife) is “hoping and praying” that Palin runs for president, but compared her decision to that of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, who is rumored to be considering a 2012 run, but has offered very few thoughts on the subject.

“She’s a lot like Mitch Daniels,” said Steve. “I’d actually love to see them team up in 2012.”

Wow. There's a ticket. But wait... there's more.

When Lisa Pin walked up to get her book signed by Palin wearing a campaign shirt for GOP Rep. Mike Pence, who represents a neighboring congressional district, she asked Palin for her opinion of the conservative Indiana congressman.

The former Alaska governor didn’t disappoint.

“She said whenever she sees him speaking, she stops to listen,” Pin said.

Pin responded by proposing that Palin team up with Pence for a presidential run in 2012.

So Sarah shows some love to Mike Pence as well?

Mark my words Indiana: Sarah Palin will not be a Presidential Candidate in 2012. If you wanted to run, you would need to be in Iowa and New Hampshire now setting up shop.

Sarah Palin isn't there.

Yes, she wants to be a player in the national political arena. Yes, she wants to help lead the GOP. But running for President...?

Sorry to disappoint Noblesville... I just don't see it happening.

Read more...

Global Warming = AIDS. Maybe I'd Better Buy That Prius After All...

Um, What??? Oh wait, well if the UN says it's true...

That's what Good Morning America News is reporting...

I'll save you the read, Suneeta Mukherjee, representative of the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA), gives us a very simple eight step sequence:

1. Hummer could possibly cause
2. Global Warming which could possibly cause
3. All the fish in the ocean die which would probably cause
4. Fewer fisherman which might cause
5. Fisherman's wives have to work which might lead to
6. Wives become prostitutes which might lead to
7. Unprotected sex with johns which might eventually lead to
8. Increased transmission of AIDS whew!

Well of course. Please let this be a warning to us all.

And remember, if you've noticed your unemployed spouse or housewife/husband losing brain cells lately -- Check the TV. They could be watching Good Morning America...

Tip of the hat to Drudge.
GMANEWS.tv isn't on my regular reading list.

Read more...

Senator's Wife Arrested for DUI

Senator Dick Lugar's wife, Charlene "Char" Lugar, has been charged with driving under the influence following an automobile collision.

Apparently Lugar's wife struck a parked car in McLean, Virginia last night near the couple's suburban D.C. home. Nobody was injured in the accident.

Fox59 is reporting it was a hit and run. Charlene Lugar has been charged with that as well.

Sen. Lugar's office released this statement to Roll Call:

"At about 6:30 p.m. last evening, November 18, Mrs. Lugar had a traffic accident in our McLean, Virginia neighborhood. A charge has been filed and a court appearance is scheduled for January. No other persons were in her car or the unattended car she hit. Thankfully, no one was injured. We are deeply sorry and embarrassed that this accident has occurred.”

Charlene Lugar has been released from the county's detention facility, according to his office. She will have to make a court appearance in January 2010.

Read more...

PAC's, hypocrisy and the 5th

Some interesting information has been brought to the attention of this blog about PAC's, PAC money, hypocrisy and a 5th Congressional challenger.

Details are forthcoming... and should be very interesting and informative.

Stay tuned.

Read more...