The Right's Questionable Tactics

The right wing media has been beside themselves for the last couple of weeks.  What got their dander up is Ian Murphy had been traveling the state a few weeks ago to help encourage and reinvigorate recall volunteers in the last few weeks of the signature gathering phase.

Media Trackkkers did a story about Murphy.  Christian Schneider, paid propagandist, did a story.  (By the way, would some tell Schneider that Scott Walker did indeed meet with the Koch brothers?)  Sykes not only posted Schneider's article, but has been ranting about this and little else to his remaining 4.3 listeners.

Their collective faux outrage stems from the fact that Murphy wrote a piece years ago railing against the worst parts of war, things like what happened in Abu Graib.

But that is not what they are upset about.

What they are upset about is that Murphy is the guy who imitated David Koch last year in a phone call to Walker and showed Walker's true corrupt nature.

I don't know.  I could be quite wrong about this, but I wouldn't thing it's generally a good idea to keep drawing attention to the guy who naturally reminds everyone about that phone call and thus Walker's corruption.

But that stategy could explain why Walker's popularity numbers are so low and falling lower by the day. Maybe instead of criticizing these people, we should be thanking them for making our jobs that much easier.

Someone Check Their Campaign Finance Reports!

Reince Priebus, who stabbed his friend and mentor, Michael Steele, in the back to become head of the national GOP, gave his thanks to Charlie Sykes for all he's done for them:



Yet if you check Scott Walker's or Ron Johnson's campaign financial reports, you won't find one entry for Sykes' in-kind contributions.

Is it any wonder that people want to take back our airwaves?

Thank You Sir, May I Have Another One Sir

Almost as disturbing as Eliot Spitzer's episode of You, Me and Dupre is the weird and perverse glee in Rightworld over his comeuppance because now Wall Street is getting some kind of payback.

Oddly Tweedy over at Hardball made reference. Also oddly -- which is not unusual when you think of it -- so does Charlie Sykes. As usual, busy man that he is, Charlie lets the quotes do the talking for him:

Trading desks across the United States stopped on Wednesday to watch the resignation speech of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, fascinated by the downfall of the man who built a career on investigating Wall Street crimes.

You know Charlie approves because he cleverly refers to this as Spitzenfreud.

Of course we all feel for Spitzer's wife and family and the humiliation and shame they have to bear. Of all people Spitzer should have known what ensues during the investigation of prostitution rings because he led them. Unfortunately he got hung on his own arrogance. He in the end carried a major flaw.

But what sadly gets lost in all of this -- and sure will be if Charlie has anything to do about it -- is that with all the abuses tied in with people's life savings on Wall Street, it seemed that Eliot Spitzer was the one man who made the perpetrators realize and experience the consequences. You know, those outcomes that Charlie seems to feel only minorities and the poor should enjoy.

Spitzer was by no means Mr. Congeniality, but what endeared him to voters in New York and people beyond is he and his investigations gave us all some hope that there was at least one person who made sure the rules were enforced fairly. Rules that impacted mom and pop and you and me. And with so many of us depending upon our investments to retire on, Sptizer rendered a very important service.

Rules in fact that made sure people could trade with trust on Wall Street and the those who tried to get an unfair advantage and game the system would have to face the music. This was something certainly the Bush administration failed and refused to do.

When is Charlie's audience going to wake up to the realization that in his realm there are two sets of consequences. Once you reach a certain level -- and certainly have enough to contribute to the GOP -- then you have broken your bonds to the responsibilities borne by earthly mortals.