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Kay Hagan’s Hired Guns

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan has been busy the last week. Hagan has a reelection on the horizon in 2014 and it would seem she’s fairly concerned about it with the hiring of three new campaign staffers. One who ran the Tester campaign in Montana and two from Claire McCaskill in Missouri.

Last week it was Preston Elliott, who is all but a ghost on the web. What we do know about him is that he ran John Tester’s campaign in Montana. Even the announcement of his position with Tester was lacking of any real detail, although we know Elliott’s first move was to ask for money.

This week, it’s two finance related staffers who both worked for Claire McCaskill in Missouri. Hagan announced Erika Brees and John Coady, who rivals Elliott for lack of information found on him, will join her reelection campaign. These folks don’t leave much of an internet footprint and what is there is sanitized – likely by design to keep their candidate out front. Still, it would be nice to know something about them. Continue reading →

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The Morning Links (10/17/12)

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

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Obama Tweets Photo of Himself with Life-Size Obama Cardboard Cutout

Daily Fuel Gauge Report: What are Obama’s Policies Costing You Today?
Site of the Day: Breitbart

LL 1885′s Picks:

Mr. Liberty live blogged the Hofstra debate.

Boom!: Mitt Romney banner hung on Willis Tower in CHICAGO
Chart of the day: The Housing Bottom and the Unemployment Rate
Hope and change Poll: 47 Percent Of New Yorkers Are Worse Off Financially Than They Were 4 Years Ago
Pethokoukis: Joblessness data just don’t match up
Obamacare strikes gain: New limits on Flexible Spending Accounts coming Jan. 1
Out of control: EPA Offers New Round of ‘Environmental Justice’ Grants
Green Fail: Clean-energy Obama crony A123 announces debt default; Update: files for bankruptcy
Bailout Insanity: Obama: ‘We Got Back Every Dime’ of Bailout; CBO: Bailout Will Lose $24 Billion
Fast and Furious: First Defendant Sentenced to Less than Five Years in Prison Related: Justice seeks dismissal of Fast & Furious suit
Obama’s DoJ: Holder refuses to answer Congressional inquiry about evidence in scuttled prosecutions of jihadist groups, CAIR, ISNA, ICNA in America’s largest terrorism financing trial Related: Court throws out conviction of bin Laden driver
Another EO: Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions with respect to Iran
Vetting: Despite Obama’s 2008 claims, political relationship with Rev. Wright began as early as 1987

Must Reads Of The Day:

Benghazi-Gate: Falling On Her Sword Edition

Election 2012:

2012 Debate Schedule

Sounds Like Romney Has Run Big Organizations Before. Oh, He Has….
Poll: Romney Opens Large Lead In Rural Swing Counties
Romney hits 50%, leads by 4 in PPP/Daily Kos national poll
Catholic bishops: Biden’s debate remark on contraception mandate not true
Elizabeth Warren’s credit card fundraising problem

Election 2012 Videos

Let’s Talk About Women
Look America In The Eye
Chinese Motors

Foreign Affairs/The Religion of Peace:

Obama Admin Considers ‘October Surprise’ Libya Attack
Great News: Arms to Syrian Rebels Going Mainly to Jihadists
Gitmo war court back in session minus 3 defendants
Video: Israeli Flags Are Now “Incitement” in Dearbornistan
Muslims going after Swiss Airline for CROSS: Swiss Airline Advertising offends Muslims

Wait, what?:

Missed this one on 9/11: Police motorcyclist in presidential motorcade dies after Florida accident
Appeals court: Town can restrict funeral protests Related: WBC idiots fail in NC
FLOTUS DOES HENNY YOUNGMAN: Michelle Obama Says ‘We Are in the Midst of a Huge Recovery’
Homeland Security graduates first Corps of Homeland Youth ( Gee, may the odds be ever in your favor?)
The Last Radicals

The New Tone & New Media:

Rudy Giuliani Asks Soledad O’Brien ‘Am I Debating With the President’s Campaign?’
Bill Maher Heckled by ‘Tonight Show’ Crowd for Saying Conservatives Want to Kill People They Disagree With
O’Reilly Factor Crashes Obama’s Hollywood Fundraiser

Occupy Whatever:

#OWS Occupy Jew-Hatred
Face-off in NYC: Occupy vs Tea Party
Occupy Wal-Mart?

Laugh or Cry – The Videos of the Day:

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The Morning Links (10/10/12)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

Daily Fuel Gauge Report: What are Obama’s Policies Costing You Today?
Site of the Day:
LL 1885′s Picks:

BENGHAZI-GATE: CBS: State Department Told Benghazi Consulate ‘To Stop Even Asking For More Security’ Related: The White House Disinformation Campaign on Libya More: 36 Hours of Obama’s Foreign Policy
Your tax dollars: Obama Bypasses Congress, Orders DOJ to Buy Illinois Prison – For Gitmo Terrorists?
Funny Money: Campaign also accused of soliciting foreign donation in groundbreaking new Government Accountability Institute report
Where are the jobs?: Thar She Blows… Obama Torpedoes Flag Cruise Industry
National Healthcare: Obamacare Fines Start For Hospitals That Readmit Sick Patients
Bailout Fail: Plant that got $150M in taxpayer money to make Volt batteries furloughs workers Related: House Ways and Means Chairman says docs make clear Delphi pension decision included Obama officials
Newsalert: Flashback : State Senator Obama 2004 Radio Address Attacks Bush on Dismal Economy
Get off the bird and back away slowly: Sesame Street requests Obama campaign to take down Big Bird ad

Must Reads Of The Day:

You Didn’t Build That – Part Two

Election 2012:

2012 Debate Schedule

The Obama Campaign Processed This Donation Flashback: Obama Donations – Anyone, Anywhere
Obama Campaign Finance Fraud Story Drops: MSM AWOL
Bombshell: Obama.com Owned by Bundler in Shanghai with Business Ties to Chinese Government
Instapundit: CHANGE: Obama’s treatment of the elderly over the last 4 years.
Adorable pics: Romney makes impromptu stop at a school after kids wave, cheer outside
On the Campaign Trail: Romney in St. Petersburg
Romney-shirt girl to get support at Port Richmond rally
New civility: Obama supporters threaten to riot if Romney wins
Reports of Political Vandalism in Independence, MO – Shots Fired at 3 Homes with GOP Signs

Election 2012 Videos

Obama Voter Calls Romney Nigga! Spews hate.

Foreign Affairs/The Religion of Peace:

American Muslim Gets Life Sentence in Iraq Terror Case
Hugo Chavez Wins By Embracing Mitt Romney’s 47% Dependency Formula
South Africa Shows Europe How Anti-Austerity Protests Are Done

Wait, what?:

Two teens shot, 1 killed near school in Grand Crossing
Gun microstamping could close American factories
Jerry Sandusky sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison on 45 counts of child molestation
Arrest made in Mexico in 2010 death of David Hartley of Greeley
Wayne Allyn Root Claims Obama Used the IRS to Punish Him
School Lets Dems Register Students to Vote, But Not GOP
Watch The Hope & The Change online | Free | Hulu

The New Tone & New Media:

MSNBC: Was Ambassador Stevens Responsible For His Own Death?
New York Times Staffers To Walk Out Over Contract Negotiations
AP Picks Most Unflattering Romney-With-Kids Shot They Can Find?
New York Times Union Walkout
IWW Union Intimidation Tactics

Occupy Whatever:

“We Gotta Get Past Capital and Private Property”
Occupy Charlotte member arrested uptown

Laugh or Cry – The Videos of the Day:

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The Morning Links (10/8/12)

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

Daily Fuel Gauge Report: What are Obama’s Policies Costing You Today?
Site of the Day: ZeroHedge
LL 1885′s Picks:

HMM: The Israeli air force shot down a drone in the southern part of the country near Gaza.
Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri: Bin Laden Emerged From The Muslim Brotherhood
Email Shows State Department Rejecting Request of Security Team at US Embassy in Libya
US top security official in Libya says “unbelievable” that State Dept decreased security despite requests
Obama Appoints Wife Of Univsion Owner To UN Diplomatic Post
September Jobs Report Miracle
Oil falls as US job growth fails to impress
On This Day In History, Gas Prices Have Never Been Higher (Again)
Obama: ‘Social Security is Structurally Sound;’ Trustees: ‘Unfunded Obligation … Is $8.6T’
OBAMACARE FUN FACT #2: TRAINING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR “DIVERSITY”
Report: National magazine preparing “blockbuster” scandal story on Obama campaign donations

Must Reads Of The Day:

What You Saw In Denver…
This Just In: “5 Boys” Now Deemed Racist
Smirk
Obama: “Uh”

Election 2012:

2012 Debate Schedule

Windfall: Obama Raises $181 Million, Only Around 2% of Donations Reportable
REPORT: Obama Camp. Threatens NAACP Official
Obama Supporters: President Should Have Teleprompter At Debates
Instapundit: INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Obama’s Re-Election Case Rests On 5 Phony Claims.
Ohio: Voting three days before election reinstated but not required
Obama Collapse in Illinois: Tied in District He Won by 23 Points in ’08
Pace of early voting in NC ahead of 2008
Ohio shocker: GOP closes early voting gap, boosting Romney
Rasmussen Electoral Votes: Obama 271, Romney 267
Wasserman Schultz Violates Election Law
Oregon investigating statewide robocalls claiming voters may be inactive

Election 2012 Videos

Fact Checkers v. Obama: Debate Edition
The Dinner Table
Melanie
Can We Believe Him? Facts Are Clear
Joe Biden: yes we do want to raises taxes by a trillion!
President Obama Contradicts His Own Campaign On Veracity Of $5 Trillion Tax Cut

Foreign Affairs/The Religion of Peace:

Egypt: Christian Children Arrested
Meanwhile, In Bahrain…
U.S. imposes sanctions on two Lebanese charities that fundraise for Hamas
5 Terrorism Suspects Extradited From UK to US
Muslim youth in France riot over projection of Islamic calligraphy
Texas: Muslim held after weapons, fake military ID’s found in car
#Savage Muslim Family in Arizona Pleads Guilty to Honor Beating

Wait, what?:

California Gas
Another California City Set to go Belly Up
ExxonMobil returns fire at Obama
Soldier in viral video of Afghanistan firefight is from Fort Carson
Man Tells Obama His Business Has Been Going ‘Terrible Since You Got Here’
George Zimmerman to sue NBC over editing of his 911 tape
Wake school board scraps draft assignment plan after firing Tata

The New Tone & New Media:

PJTV – ObamaPhones, Welfare Reform & Benghazi: What’s the State of the Presidential Race?
You shouldn’t make a movie that offends Not All Muslims (unless it helps Obama get reelected)
Big Bird Richer Than Mitt Romney
Buzzfeed “Reporter’s” Tweet: Romney Vehicle Passes Hill Flying Confederate Flag
Bill Maher Rips Obama’s Debate Performance: ‘Looked Like He Took My Million And Spent It All On Weed’
11 other ways Obama sees Racism

Occupy Whatever:

Anarcho-Laziness: Scenes from Occupy LA’s one-year anniversary rally
Occupy Portland faithful hit the streets of downtown for anniversary march

Laugh or Cry – The Videos of the Day: Continue reading →

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