Wednesday's the big day. President Obama will be in town. There's a morning rally hosted by Todd Akin (R-MO). The President will speak at St Charles High School. And Claire McCaskill will host the President at a fundraiser. The St Louis Tea Party will be covering these events. GatewayPundit will have a lot of coverage. Dana's now on air from 2-4 CST, so you can listen to her or check DanaRadio.
My live coverage will be limited to tweeting. I should have some photos from the morning rally posted by noon on TwitPic.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) told Greta on Tuesday night that Obamacare is all about politics and has nothing to do with health care.
Rep. Paul Ryan:
“And, I really think it comes down to a political philosophy. And they believe in a political philosophy that is more like a cradle to grave, more of a social welfare state, kind of like you see in Europe versus the American ideal that we’ve known and loved and grown up with. And, so really what this is more about is ideology than health care policy. Because if this was about health care policy we could get a bi-partisan agreement tomorrow. It’s not about health care policy. They are trying to ram it through as fast as they can before their power slips away from them and that’s why they’re trying to create this brand new entitlement which really does have the government takeover 17% of our economy.”
Related… Vladimir Lenin: “Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.”
The Obama State Department apologized to Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for offending the dear tyrant with offensive language.
The BBC reported:
The US State Department has apologized for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s call for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland.
Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend.
Col Gaddafi had criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country.
Mr Crowley described it as “lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense.”
Libya and Switzerland are embroiled in a long-running diplomatic row.
“I regret that my comments have become an obstacle to further progress in our bilateral relationship,” Mr Crowley said.
Last week, Libya’s National Oil Corporation warned US oil firms of possible “repercussions” over Mr Crowley’s reaction. The Libyan ambassador to the US sought to clarify Col Gaddafi’s remarks saying the Libyan leader meant an economic boycott not “an armed attack”.
“I should have focused solely on our concern about the term jihad, which has since been clarified by the Libyan government,” Mr Crowley added.
“I understand my personal comments were perceived as a personal attack on the president,” he said.
Hat Tip Dan Friedman
Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi warned the Swiss in December that their minaret ban invited attacks by Al-Qaeda on Europe.
In September it was reported that the Obama Administration planned to give $400,000 in funding to a Libyan charity run by the Gadhafi family.
The Beacon has a second story out today, this one covering the McCaskill/Obama fundraiser scheduled for tomorrow. As fans and detractors of this blog know, I broke the story back on February 12th, and the story was confirmed on February 15th when McCaskill was asked about it on a call concerning Afghanistan.
My narrative also shaped the agenda, as McCaskill was forced to make some weak claim the fundraiser was both for her and for Robin Carnahan. Obama has been to St Louis three times since Carnahan announced for US Senate, but he has made no attempt to help her with fundraising. A fundraiser for McCaskill, who isn't running until 2012, is a slap in the face of Robin (and Russ), and attempts to say that DSCC funds raised in addition to the $4800 per person McCaskill limit is a joke.
What makes it even better is McCaskill was forced to repeat her fabrication at Democrat Days, and now we find out that Robin Carnahan isn't even going to be in town.
So we're supposed to believe:
The DSCC cares a whit about where McCaskill will urge "extra" money to go.
McCaskill felt the best way to raise money for Carnahan was to run it through the national committee.
Carnahan is supposed to be a beneficiary, but McCaskill's people and the White House didn't even bother to check Carnahan's calendar, seeing as she's out of town.
The DSCC, worried about losing as many as ten incumbent Senators, has the funds to hand to Carnahan, whose polls and fundraising have been on a steady decline for at least four months.
My only regret is that the event wasn't held at the Chaifetz arena, as I was originally told. I wonder if that venue was cancelled because they didn't think they could fill it, or if they were more worried about a strong Tea Party presence like his 100 days trip to Arnold. I sure would like to check the phone records for Chaifetz. I wonder if someone already has? {evil grin}
Some people have said that I've been too harsh on Claire. For me to say she's lying about the fundraiser is a pretty big charge. A Senator lying? Can the Republic long survive? In the interest of fairness, I've put together this handy-dandy chart of a possible way that Obama's visit to St Louis could benefit Robin Carnahan.
Don't every say we don't admit when we're wrong here at 24thstate.
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Three different events will take place tomorrow. Details from the St. Louis Tea Party website:
Representative Todd Akin will host (live via satellite) a Healthcare Forum at the St. Charles Convention Center beginning at 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday.
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The St. Louis Tea Party Coalition and many other groups will be at the Renaissance Grand Hotel at 800 Washington Ave. We’ll be there, beginning at 5:00 p.m.
Words of note from Bill Hennessy:
With the eyes of America on St. Louis, we grassroots conservatives will, again, display behavior that our parents and our children will be proud of. We will not bait those who disagree with us, and we will not respond to their taunts. We will, as always, support the St. Louis Police Department and other law enforcement officers who are risking their lives to protect the President and us. They will, I am confident, treat us all fairly. And we should all return the favor.
Please Join Us
First Event: Rep. Todd Akin has done a great job putting together a rally at the St. Charles Convention Center starting at 9:45 a.m. This rally will include some of Congress’s staunches defenders of freedom via satellite, and many Missouri conservative leaders will be speaking locally. RiteOn.org has a great story on this event.
Second Event: President Obama will be at St. Charles High School at 3:30 p.m. I do not know if anyone’s put together a demonstration, so if you know of one, please put the details in the comments.
Grand Finale: The Renaissance Hotel downtown. 5:00 to about 7:00 p.m. For those who’ve responded to the call for volunteers, Thank you. I tried to reply to everyone who’s emailed that they’ll be there, but I just ran out of time. We also want as many people as possible with signs to demonstrate our values and dreams for keeping America great, prosperous, and free. So grab your signs and Gadsden Flags. I have not received instructions on locations from the St. Louis Police Department, but please assemble in the area they designate. The other side will also have a designated protest area. We don’t want another incident like Carnahan’s town hall in August.
Thank you. Let’s make March 10, 2010, a great day for St. Louis, for mid-America, and for freedom.
More info on tomorrow’s show, including a full recap of the day’s events up to show time.
Filed under: Healthcare, tea party
I was reading the Beacon about Robin Carnahan's new "aggressive" campaign. She actually claims she's been campaigning hard, but the press just hasn't been paying attention.
Carnahan disputes that narrative, saying in an interview that she has been campaigning in communities around the state for months, but that the public and the press often haven't been paying attention.
Who does she plan to win over with that? So the public was uninterested and the press was just plain lazy?
Of note at the bottom of the article is a bit about a possible Republican "tracker" getting the boot and being forced to leave, despite paying for a ticket.
The crowd cheered when one of the Democrat Days organizers, Joe Frese, announced that the audience had helped him spot the Republican "tracker" who was in the back of the ballroom videotaping Carnahan's remarks for his GOP employers.
I find that fascinating. Robin Carnahan is willing to have a tracker thrown out of a function he paid to attend, but how does she feel about trackers in the Secretary of State's office?
On filing day, as political hopefuls stood in line at the Missouri Secretary of State office, the Democratic tracker for the Robin Carnahan for Senate campaign stood in the office trying to record the private conversations of Roy Blunt. As the line was long, this was several hours of videotaping. Annoying? yes. Surprising? No.
What makes this newsworthy is the intervention of Laura Egerdal, the Director of Communication for the Secretary of State. Egerdal was seen and overheard instructing the tracker on what they could do, assuring him he had a right to be in the office, and to be videotaping Blunt.
It's not surprising to see Carnahan lackeys meshing their official state duties with campaign work. Hopefully this will be the last election we have to read about it.
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You can’t make this stuff up.
A Quincy, Il, woman got an earful from a Democrat alderman last night. Carol Mullins simply asked that the Quincy Board of Aldermen to begin its public sessions with The Pledge of Allegiance.
Steve Duesterhaus (D-2nd Ward) would have none of it. The full story and video on Quincy News.
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Tea party protest on Wednesday is 5:00 downtown (800 Washington Ave.). This is where the national media will be. Downtown's images will move America. How we turn out for this event will determine how the 2010 protest and election season starts. All eyes are on St. Louis. LET'S NOT DISAPPOINT.
9:45 a.m. Congressman Akin's rally at St. Charles Convention Center
5:00 p.m. Muster for the street theatre protest in lot at 9th between Lucas and Delmar
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.: Traditional street protest of this President, the Carnies, and Claire.
7:00 p.m.: Get out of there. Leave in groups of three or more. Do not be the last one. Be aware of your surroundings and who's near you.
All Time: Obey the police and Secret Service. Have a trusted buddy with you. Keep an eye on your camcorder. Do not bring valuables. Avoid direct confrontations with the other side.
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