At Long Last the Republicans Face YouTube
28 November 2007 5:00 pm by Taylor Marsh
At Long Last the Republicans Face YouTube updated
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Geez, these white guys are so scared of YouTube, how can they ever protect us from the terrorists?
It will stream live on CNN.
The RNC YouTube page is classic, though
don’t feel obliged to give them traffic. Of course, Clinton is up front and center. The Republicans are
not only afraid of YouTube, but they’re deathly afraid of Hillary.
Instead you should check out the DNC’s
brand new Flipper TV. It’s footage straight from the campaign field on Mr.
9/11, Reborn (**cough**) Rebel John, Slick Mitt and Grandpa Fred. They’ve got a good start. Check
it out.
This should be fun tonight. You’ve got to wonder if there will be any question beyond those scary immigrants. Will Fred stay awake? Will Huckabee challenge Slick Mitt to a God-off? Wonder if Anderson Cooper will get in a question
about Rudy’s latest scandal? It would be a bit beyond the format.
Via Ben
Smith and Politico.com who broke the story and deserves a hat tip.
As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of
thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he
was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan
in the Hamptons, according to previously undisclosed government records.The documents, obtained by Politico under New York’s Freedom of Information
Law, show that the mayoral costs had nothing to do with the functions of the
little-known city offices that defrayed his tabs, including agencies responsible
for regulating loft apartments, aiding the disabled and providing lawyers
for indigent defendants.… The expenses first surfaced as Giuliani’s two terms as mayor of New York
drew to a close in 2001, when a city auditor stumbled across something unusual:
$34,000 worth of travel expenses buried in the accounts of the New York City
Loft Board.When the city’s fiscal monitor asked for an explanation, Giuliani’s aides
refused, citing “security,” said Jeff Simmons, a spokesman for the
city comptroller.But American Express bills and travel documents obtained by Politico suggest
another reason City Hall may have considered the documents sensitive: They
detail three summers of visits to Southampton, the Long Island town where
Nathan had an apartment.Auditors “were unable to verify that these expenses were for legitimate
or necessary purposes,” City Comptroller William Thompson wrote of the
expenses from fiscal year 2000, which covers parts of 1999 and 2000. … ..
Let the spin begin.
UPDATE II: This was a really scary debate. I’ve never seen a bunch of WHITE GUYS so set in the 20th century. The one moment that infuriated me the most was when the veteran Special Forces officer talked about don’t ask, don’t tell. Duncan Hunter had the unmitigated nerve to say that since the military is mostly conservative, keeping this policy is important for force cohesion. It compliments the conservative volunteers and their values, to paraphrase. I’ve never heard anything more insulting to our military. It was reprehensible. After that, once you start listening to them talking about illegal immigration you’ve really got to wonder where the Republican party goes from here. They have totally collapsed on their bigotry. Really remarkable performances, but not in a good way.
UPDATE: Anderson Cooper started it out by announcing there were 2,000 more YouTube’s submitted by Republicans than for the Democratic YouTube debate. That’s likely because they had months and months to do it, because the Republicans kept backing away from it. Cooper didn’t mention that, however.
