Kathryn Cramer's Blog

SHOCK: Michelle Malkin helps Bill Ayers sell books!

2008-11-13T14:12:25Z

God damn America . . .

and lets her readers know where to meet Ayers and where to buy his book and get it signed:

He'll be at Georgetown Law School on Monday and at a book-signing at Busboys & Poets at 14th and V St in Washington DC on Monday night at 6:30PM.

Is Malkin palling around?

(Crossposted from www.kathryncramer.com.)

Affidavit of Complaint against Daniel Cowart & Paul Schlesselman, Alleged Would-Be Obama Assassins

2008-10-27T21:36:37Z

Saw this go by from a TV station on Twitter's Election feed. Here is the Affidavit of Complaint: Cowart & Schlesselman are charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, conspiracy to steal firearms from an FFL's inventory, and threats against a major candidate for the office of President. They also had a female accomplice named Danni Stafford who allegedly drove them to a would-be robbery.

The alleged would-be assassins reportedly planned to wear white tuxes w/ top hats to the assassination.

The AP story on the assassination plot is here.

Apple donates $100K to Defeat Prop. 8 in CA

2008-10-24T22:30:29Z

Cult of Mac reports that Apple has donated $100K to Defeat Prop. 8:

Citing the vote as an issue of "a person's fundamental rights," Apple today made a $100,000 contribution to the NO on 8 campaign, an effort to defeat a measure on next Tuesday's ballot in California that would overturn the state's laws permitting same-sex couples to marry.

Apple's contribution and public stance supporting the No on 8 campaign is noteworthy not only because it is rare for the company to take a public position on political matters, but also because it helps combat the effects of millions of dollars that have been spent by out-of-state religious groups on TV advertisements threatening dire consequences if gays are allowed the right to marry. . . The Apple announcement came on the heels of similar public support for defeating the Proposition from Google. Sergey Brin, CEO of the Mountain View-based company wrote in the company blog, "we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument [but] we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality."

Sour Grapes at the McCain Blog

2008-10-24T21:37:32Z

Michael Goldfarb, on the official McCain Campaign blog, in a post entitled Junk, writes:

Just after the New York Times ended months of intense speculation by announcing its endorsement of Barack Obama, the company's corporate credit rating was lowered to 'junk' status -- an appropriate reflection of the paper's editorial judgment as well as the quality of its reporting.

Palin's non-answers to the Chicago Tribune on the shopping spree

2008-10-24T13:08:02Z

The Jill Zuckerman of the Chicago Tribune interviewed Palin:

Q: You're giving this policy speech tomorrow, but has this journey been worth it to you when you're getting nitpicked on wardrobe and polls

SP: "It is all worth it because we know we are on the right path here in providing Americans a choice on Nov. 4th. You can support a children that will do all that we can for children with special needs and we support policies that will create jobs and get the economy back on track. Of course it's worth it. But I'm glad you brought up the wardrobe.

"That whole thing is just, bad! Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are."

"The clothes that were loaned to us during the convention. And I don't think it was anywhere near...What did they say, Tracey? $150 grand? It wasn't anywhere near that. Those are not ours. We give those back, those go to charity or they'll be auctioned off or whatever. That's not even my property. So to be criticized for that, that is not who we are."

Q: So you're not carrying around cartons of brand new clothes that people have gone out and bought for you

SP: No, I think some of them were in the belly of the plane. No, yeah, that's not [how] we live.

So where are the followup questions?

"It wasn't anywhere near that. Those are not ours." Interesting lines. Was the $150,000 reported on RNC filings for clothing and accessories for people other than the Palin family? If so, why hasn't the RNC said that? Or is she saying that the RNC filing is mistaken? Or what? What is Palin saying?

Zuckerman allowed her an incomprehensible denial. She says they're storing a bunch of unworn brand new clothes in "the belly of the plane."

So what does Zuckerman say next?

Q: This must be painful for you.

Can I share some of that pain? The sweater I've got on has a hole in the elbow. Does this pain come with a stylist?

Empathy for someone who has just confessed to flying around in a plane stocked with unworn designer clothes is not the right response.

(Crossposted from KathrynCramer.com.)