Joe Biden's Staff Lock Journalist in a Closet for Hours

Some say that Governor Palin has a contentious relationship with the press. She has had to issue statements on occasion, to correct the record concerning false information the media reported. Although journalists have spread countless distortions and contrived non-controversies against the governor, she has never reacted to them in the way the current Vice President did today. The British Daily Mail reported (emphasis mine):

As the unaware $500-a-head invitees dined on caprese crostini with oven-dried mozzarella and basil, rosemary flatbread with grapes honey and gorgonzola cheese, grilled chicken Caesar and garden vegetable wraps, veteran reporter Scott Powers was locked away.

The Orlando Sentinel reporter was ushered into the closet inside wealthy property developer Alan Ginsburg’s Winter Falls mansion, after being told that Joe Biden and Senator Bill Nelson had not yet arrived.

They were due to speak to the audience to raise money for the 2012 elections.

He was told he could only come out when the politicians were ready to give their speeches.

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After 90 minutes he was allowed out to hear Biden and Nelson speak for 35 minutes, before being taken back to the closet for the remainder of the event.

From inside his temporary prison Powers emailed his office from his cell phone: ‘Sounds like a nice party.

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But some guests were shocked by the Vice President’s staff.

One emailed the paper saying: ‘I was in attendance at the Fundraiser and enjoyed a nice lunch.

‘If I had known there was a reporter stuffed in the closet, I would have been compelled to stand up and demand answers.

‘I would also like to know if this is actually legal to treat people like caged animals. I’m disgusted by these actions.’

Florida state law says kidnapping entails ‘forcibly, secretly or by threat confining, abducting or imprisoning another person against her or his will and without lawful authority.’

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The incident is especially embarrassing for the administration because it comes at a time when the White House has been condemning the treatment of journalists trying to report in Libya.

Just ten days ago, President Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney told reporters: ‘journalists should be protected and allowed to do their work.’

The Vice President’s office did not respond to requests for comment.

I certainly hope Mr. Powers recovers from his ordeal covering the Democrat fundraiser.

Dems Continue Extreme Rhetoric to Campaign in Ohio

David Plouffe, Obama's political adviser, and the winner of the 2009 "Marketer of the Year" award for his role in the 2008 Presidential campaign, was in Ohio on Tuesday to campaign for Governor Ted Strickland. He continued with the same tone that I wrote about a few weeks ago after he appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press." Plouffe, obviously the White House attack poodle, spoke to a union hall and a "subdued" group of students at the University of Akron. Peter Hamby from CNN interviewed Plouffe during the course of the campaign stops. He writes:

David Plouffe, one of President Obama's top political advisers, said Tuesday that the Republican Party has been overwhelmed by a "Beck-Palin-Limbaugh wing" that will make it impossible for the GOP to nominate a viable general election candidate in 2012.

"If you are a moderate Republican thinking about running in a primary for any office in 2011 and 2012, you are going to have to think twice, because you are going to get the Mike Castle treatment,"

Any republican who takes David Plouffe's advice should be forced to go work the phones for the Mukowski campaign. The man obviously doesn't have the GOP's best interest in mind, so it may be a good idea to do the opposite of whatever he suggests. Hamby continues:

Plouffe insisted that the White House is not preoccupied with Sarah Palin, despite frequent references to her by the president and other top administration officials.

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"We don't spend much time thinking about her," he said. "I think that long term, the more sway and power she has in the Republican Party, the worse off the Republican Party will be."

"If the Republican Party believes that Sarah Palin is their savoir, more power to them," he added. "It will be a fascinating primary because no matter whether she runs or not, that Limbaugh-Palin-Beck wing of their party is going to be the most dominant factor in most primaries and caucuses. In Iowa, in South Carolina, in Nevada, so you are going to have to nominate someone that does well in that wing."

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When Plouffe said "we don't spend much time thinking about her," then couldn't stop talking about her, he shows his hand and destroys any credibility he may have had with an intelligent listener.

That said, repeating his theme from earlier this month, he goes out of his way to try to marginalize Governor Palin and other prominent voices within the conservative movement. So once again, I'll point out that the a majority of the American people actually agree with Governor Palin on the issues, while more often than not, Obama stands with a minority of Americans on things like health care and taxes.

Governor Strickland took part in some "extreme rhetoric" of his own along these stops. Hamby filed a separate report in which he wrote (emphasis mine):

Strickland deemed Ohio a "firewall" for President Obama's re-election hopes, and in Akron, he couldn't resist going on offense against several of the Republicans who might challenge the president in 2012.

"We are coming after you, Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty and all of the right-wing extremists," he said, somehow managing to energize a mostly empty room in the University of Akron student union. "We are coming after you in 2012, and we will re-elect Barack Obama to be a second-term president of the United States of America.

That was a pretty ironic thing to read having seen this clip earlier in the day of a Strickland supporter throwing hot coffee on a Republican staffer at a different event. The text posted with the video on Breitbart's site says:

A Republican staffer (and Iraq War vet) has hot coffee poured down his back by a Strickland supporter while trying to videotape Gov. Strickland's remarks at a campaign event. The assailant later returns to make an obscene gesture. Authorities are trying to identify the man in this video. If you can assist, contact the Scioto County Sheriff's Office at 740-355-8245.

Ted Strickland would like the American to believe that Governor Palin and other republicans are the extremists. David Plouffe would like Americans to believe that Governor Palin is out of mainstream, when a review of her positions says the opposite. So, I gather 'don't believe your lying eyes' is the campaign strategy the democrats settled on. Perhaps that was the same meeting they came up with the concept for their new logo.

Democrats Use Stevens Tragedy to Wish Death on Palin

STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING

In the wake of the passing of former Sen. Ted Stevens, the left displayed how far detached from civility they have become. We keep telling ourselves that we should expect the worst sort of behavior from them considering all they have already said and done. However, as decent people it is impossible to comprehend the levels they will sink, especially on days like this. Today, these people used the internet and the cover of sitting behind a computer monitor to not only wish death upon, but also direct loads of hatred with the usual venom toward Governor Palin. They are even trying to use these forums to intimidate her into not attending Senator Stevens funeral.

Twitter is a cesspool filled with haters who lash out against Governor Palin. Here are just some of the examples, these mighty proponents of "understanding" displayed on there, after news of Senator Stevens death became known.

Not to be left out, the lefty blogosphere decided to get in on the action...
I found these comments posted on Shannyn Moore's blog pertaining to the Stevens crash. Keep in mind that the "girl from Homer" monitors all of her comments. (I have highlighted the nasty comments in yellow)





The "Trig Truther" brigade at Gryphen's site couldn't control their thoughts on the matter either.


This is just a small sampling of the sort of hatred that the left and the Democrats dished out towards Governor Palin and her family in response to the nation losing one of it's most well-known senators. It is to their shame that nobody on their side has displayed the sort of leadership it would take to get that kind of hatred under control within their ranks. I do believe they are spiraling into a very dark place because nobody told them to STOP! Knock it off! No, nobody on their side calls them out at all. It is excepted behavior therefore they have allowed that hate to fester and grow.

This doesn't stop with Governor Palin, although I do believe she gets the worst of it. Many other Conservative leaders put up with this behavior from people who forgot how to just simply disagree. Well, if they won't call out their own side we will. It is our responsibility to call out any American who losses their grasp of humanity for the sake of power. KNOCK IT OFF!