« Rail: It's for Ugly, Unfun Stuff Too | Main | The Pakistan Situation » Videos21 Apr 2008 02:43 pm I don't think this has any relevance to the Democratic primary, but how is it that this didn't kill Ed Rendell when he ran for governor: Meanwhile, cartoon Ron Paul battles imperialism: That last video is making me look forward to a future of all-CGI campaigning. Then we can make up presidents with appealing biographies. Comments (32)
Oh my! I think it is high time that Hillary Clinton needs to explain herself as to why she would have a 20 year friendship with a man, Rendell, who is in league with Farrakhan. 
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA Reject and Denouce!!!1!1!!!eleven!!111 Someone got PWNED!
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA Reject and Denouce!!!1!1!!!eleven!!111 Someone got PWNED!
“with Farrakhan, a lot of [her] Jewish support will dry up quicker than a snowball in hell.” - Rev. Wright This is at total ROFLMAO moment. I think I have even gone ROFLCOPTER!
Appealing biographies ... and MASSIVE, superhero-esque physiques.
The Farrakhan praising Rendell's escutcheon is that he's um, a Jew. No strain, no pain. Tomorrow, if Ed Koch said we all need to take a second look at Reverend Wright and stop condemning him wholesale, the reaction would be "Bravo, Mr. Mayor!" If, on the other hand, Tom Daschle said it - he'd be pilloried as a craven fool.
I had not seen this before. Interesting, given that Rendell is Jewish and has been financed by some very wealthy Jewish billionaires here in Philly. I had the impression that there was bad blood between Farrakhan and the leaders of some Jewish groups, although I have not researched the matter in detail. Anyone here know the story?--beyond what's in the Wiki article -- and how this video would affect it?
but how is it that this didn't kill Ed Rendell when he ran for governor He ran against a freakin' ex-football star who didn't know s*** about s***, but wanted to be governor even though he hadn't even voted in many of the previous elections. Swann was a GOP desperation celebrity candidate. He was a joke.
Its ok for people who are Jewish to praise Farrakhan and the NOI, but not ok for Black people to do so...
Appealing biographies? Like without DUI arrests, challenging your father to a fist fight or using cocaine. Didn't we just have a fictional biography like that?
My gf's father is convinced that "Fast Eddie" Rendell will kill Hillary's chances in the primary. Womanizing is the specific charge. Looks like it's not shaping up that way, though. I'm new to the state so I don't know much about him, but he seems pleasantly unhinged in TV interviews -- always a plus for state-level politicians in my book.
I had been thinking that Rendell might have been a good VP for Obama. It would unify the party and Pennsylvania is the most likely state to be the one that Obama needs for 270. Maybe that's not a good idea, and maybe it still is.
I find it funny that Armbinder has yet to post on this. When "bittergate" broke, he had like 10 posts up in 10 minutes on it. If there was ever any reason to believe that Clinton had a shred of credibility left, this ends it all. I'd love to hear her say the word Farrakhan one more time. The problem that Obama has is that he cannot attack Rendell in PA for a Dem primary. He cannot attack Bill Clinton in a Dem primary. And now that Hillary is trying to feminize him, a long established Republican dirty trick, he cannot respond by calling her an evil, manipulative b*&^%. Furthermore, what is most comical is that the Obama has taken the strategy that they will not attack unless attacked. And the funniest thing I have seen in my lifetime was Garin on Russert saying that Obama's whole basis of his campaign was an attack on Clinton. Why? Because of the framing of the outsider v. insider was inherently negative against Clinton. He did not use those exact words, but his point was clear.
This is a tape concerning violence in the Phila. neighborhood of Grays Ferry, once a working class Irish neighborhood. While never a beautiful place, it was relativley safe until the neighborhood turned. Unlike most other ethnic whites in Phila, Grays Ferry Irish refused to leave enmasse for the 'burbs, some did not have the money, others were stubborn. All are tough. The ethnic whites were being murdered and beaten by the blacks, this is acceptable to everyone. However, one night, a group of whites beat, not murdered, some black kids. Faster than you can say shakedown, Farrakan and Sharpton were marching through the neighborhood. This is Fast Eddie Rendell's attempt, while Mayor of Phila, to end the episode and hope that Farrakan and Sharpton leave town.
Irish in Philadelphia have not been fairing well with the black community lately. Maybe it started on 12/9/81 when Mumia Abu Jamal killed Police Officer Danny Faulkner. On 11/08/07, Officer Chuck Cassidy was killed by a young black while disrupting a robbery of a Dunkin Donut. Just last month, an off duty Starbucks manager named Sean Conroy 36, was killed by 3 truant black students from Simon Gratz High on a subway platform at 13th and Market. That's Center City, it's supposed to be safe there. Farrakan and Sharpton failed to protest in the streeets of Philadelphia for the lives of Faulkner, Casssidy, or Conroy.
The Ron Paul video's surprisingly good.
I expected the Ron Paul video to be terrible. It was outstanding. Maybe Matt was joking, but I honestly wonder whether this could be (part of) the future of campaign advertising. I can imagine targeting this at a Daily Show audience and it being highly effective. Not to mention if this was actually shown on TV, there would likely be a lot of free media.
It seems the CGI Paul knows better than the meatspace Paul to lay off the gold-standard/abolish-the-federal-govt schtick and keep to the anti-war stuff that resonates.
I, for one, welcome our CGI overlords. That was the craziest ad I've ever seen. Has there ever been a 3rd party candidate who wasn't actually running? It's like a write-in candidacy on crack. I mean, Bart Simpson always got votes--now it appears he may be campaigning in the future. This is acceptable because it's a nobody candidate and it's obviously 100% fake. But at what point will it be totally OK to "clean up" crowds and images and candidates? How much of this is SOP only we're not so aware of it? Are we all Stalin now, doctoring photos for politics?
He may be a clown, but that Ron Paul ad is incredible!
Swann... was a joke True, but Rendell ran his first campaign against two-term attorney general and 22-year state legislator Michael Fisher, and in the primary against current Senator Bob Casey Jr. So it's not like he was unopposed. I don't remember hearing word one about Farrakhan at the time; I think Fisher was too conservative to have a real shot in the general, and it probably didn't help that after the GOP stiffed the moderate pro-choice Republican Barbara Hafer for the nomination she endorsed Rendell.
Swann... was a joke True, but Rendell ran his first campaign against two-term attorney general and 22-year state legislator Michael Fisher, and in the primary against current Senator Bob Casey Jr. So it's not like he was unopposed. I don't remember hearing word one about Farrakhan at the time; I think Fisher was too conservative to have a real shot in the general, and it probably didn't help that after the GOP stiffed the moderate pro-choice Republican Barbara Hafer for the nomination she endorsed Rendell.
We need to get this video to Keith Olbermann before 8pm tonight...That's less than two hours....
I for one welcome Ron Paul as the next President of Azeroth. He is the only candidate who can truly bring orcs and humans, dwarves and trolls, together for the betterment of all of World of Warcraft.
That was a pretty damn good Ron Paul video. Seriously, nice work guys.
Why not just go straight for the CGI candidate? I'll dust off my 1988 "Max Headroom for President" buttons.
Don't forget, Rendell lost 57 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania. He won the state because he won Philadelphia County and those surrounding by such large margins. So the white rural vote of PA didn't abandon Rendell over this video; but they were never really his to lose.
I think the main reason this didn't destroy his campaign is because he isn't black.
I hope Hillary doesn't see it. She'd whip up an ad of Osama breaking into houses in Indianapolis while a nuke goes off over a Scranton elementary school.
Philadelphia Mayor Joins Farrakhan to Calm Ethnic Tensions By MICHAEL JANOFSKY In a long church rally today, called to promote racial reconciliation after several recent high-profile crimes, Mayor Edward G. Rendell joined Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader, in challenging residents of Philadelphia and the nation to put aside ethnic differences. Mr. Rendell became one of the few big-city mayors ever to share a podium with Mr. Farrakhan, a circumstance that was all the more unusual because Mr. Rendell is Jewish and Mr. Farrakhan is widely regarded as anti-Semitic. Representatives from the city's leading Jewish and Roman Catholic organizations were invited to participate in the rally, but all declined. As the keynote speaker before an enthusiastic audience of more than 3,000 at the Tindley Temple United Methodist Church, h Mr. Farrakhan praised Mayor Rendell, a popular Democrat, for ''his courage and strength to rise above emotion and differences that might be between us or our communities.'' Mr. Farrakhan added: ''I believe, Mayor Rendell, that history will applaud your efforts.'' Mr. Rendell, whose speech preceded Mr. Farrakhan's, commended the Nation of Islam for its emphasis on family values and self-sufficiency. He told the audience that many people had warned him against ''sharing a platform'' with a figure as controversial as Mr. Farrakhan. But, he said, the incidents that prompted the rally -- the attack on a black woman, her son and nephew by a group of white men in February, and the fatal shooting of a white teen-ager by two black men in a robbery in the same neighborhood a month later -- have taken a toll on the city. ''The real risk would be not to be willing to talk about our differences,'' he said. ---
I've always thought that if the Republicans had run Jeff Piccola instead of Mike Fisher, they would have had an outside shot at beating Rendell. Fisher had no chance.
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Can we get a "denounce and reject" notice on that Rendell speech from the Hillary campaign?
Posted by Helter | April 21, 2008 2:59 PM