You won’t believe what the Democrats are up to

Fri, Sep 26, 2008 (2:01 a.m.)

I was privileged recently to have been invited to a supersecret meeting convened this week by Democratic strategists hoping to engineer the takeover of the state Senate. I secretly recorded the session, which was held in a conference room in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office:

Minority Leader Steven Horsford: “So how about those polls?”

Democratic Party Executive Director Travis Brock: “They are very encouraging. We are within the margin of error against both Bob Beers and Joe Heck. Those guys have to be petrified.”

Horsford (chuckles, and points to Allison Copening and Shirley Breeden): “I think we should start calling both of them Senator pretty soon.”

(Copening and Breeden are sitting in a corner, both wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan: “See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil.” Their mouths are covered with duct tape.)

Brock: “It’s looking more and more like McCain is tanking and our organization is going to make the difference. The Republicans can’t match us.”

Horsford: “So true. And I am so glad I signed on with Obama early on. He really is showing that he can transcend politics as usual and rise above all the crap. And can you believe that McCain was trying to duck that debate tonight? How can you not debate?”

Unidentified Horsford aide: “Um, boss, that rant about the presidential race is all well and good. But considering what we are doing to Heck and Beers in the mail and considering (gestures toward Breeden and Copening) we are not letting them debate, it might not be such a good message to put out in the public just now.”

Horsford: “Good point. But I can’t believe Heck and Beers’ whining about those mailers. Oh, boo hoo. Beers once made it seem like an opponent was an arsonist and Heck made Ann O’Connell out to be a taxer and spender. And we’re the liars?! Spare me.”

Brock: “Yeah, politics ain’t beanbag. So we accuse Beers of being in the pocket of a porn king and Heck of wanting women to get cervical cancer. As Al Davis used to say, “Just win, Baby.’ ”

Unidentified staffer: “But what about the media? Every time they write about the race they talk about how Allison and Shirley won’t debate and how we are distorting their records. Is it right?”

Horsford: “You know what’s not right? Another session with Bill Raggio running the Senate and blocking everything good that comes out of the Assembly. We need to do what we need to do to win. (Nods to Reid staffer.) Yes, I thought Harry’s idea to quietly support Sharron Angle in that primary against Bill was a little extreme. But I like that about Harry — he’s the Butch Cassidy of the Democratic Party: He’s always thinking.”

Brock: “Butch Cassidy! I like that, especially because there’s that scene where he says, ‘There are no rules’ and then he kicks the guy in the ... What a perfect analogy for what we are doing.”

Reid staffer: “Let’s be clear here. The senator may be afraid that Heck is going to run against him and he may fully support the notion that killing Heck and Beers now really hurts the Republicans. But he disavows all knowledge of the content of this campaign and does not know you are meeting in his office. OK?”

Horsford: “Of course. But did he have to call Heck? I know he loves to meddle, but we didn’t need that. Did he think Heck would believe him when he said he wasn’t involved? Did he think Heck wouldn’t run right to the media?”

(Reid staffer simply shakes head and sighs.)

Brock: “So, Steven, you think we can get away without doing any televised debates?”

(Copening and Breeden start to twitch.)

Horsford: “Oh, we might do one on public TV, but that’s Friday night and most people won’t see it. But that’s it. Period.”

(Copening and Breeden exhale under their duct tape.)

Unidentified Horsford staffer: “Just imagine: You are going to be majority leader — an African-American as the most powerful state lawmaker. I’d say that’s worth all of this, wouldn’t you?”

Horsford: “It’s all worth it if we can control the Legislature when (Gov. Jim) Gibbons tries to destroy the state next session. Only way we can stop him. I’d say that’s a greater good. Now I suppose we should take the duct tape off and let them have their lunch. Then it’s back to the undisclosed location for both of them. See you later. Need to go check in with Harry ... er, I mean, make a phone call.”

Recording ends.

Discussion: 8 comments so far…

By jfnance32

9/26/08 at 7:48 a.m.

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Will the real Copening stand up?

Is she a extreme social liberal or is she a social conservative?

Copening has received a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood on a pro-abortion questionnaire. That means she has an extreme views on pro-abortion rights.

http://www.votingprochoice.org/atf/cf/%7......

Copening goes to a very conservative church since 1999 and even works in the operations ministry area. It says so on her campaign website.

It is one of those if you do not accept Christ then you are going to Hell conservative churches.

On the church's website, http://www.canyonridge.org/crccweb/defau......, it has tons of pro-life programs.

It says, "Share the love of Christ with clients as you provide accurate information about fetal development and abortion procedures".

It also says, "These are post-abortion counseling groups that take clients through a Bible study ".

It also offers, ""Volunteer to help or participate in various events through the year including the Sanctity of Human Life Baby Bottle Campaign, Walk for Life, Shareholders in Life Fundraising Banquet, and others"

It also says, "The church is also working with the Women's Resource Medical Centers of Southern Nevada (http://www.wrmcsn.org/) which exists to, "save the lives of unborn children by sharing the love of Jesus Christ"."

In an offical response the church has said it is pro-life and anti-gay marriage. Richard Zeiser (ran against Reid in the last Senate race) use to be the chief elder at the church and has lead the charge in the state for anti-gay marriage laws.

So either Copening is a fraud in her church and she hides her disgust at church's stand on pro-life and anti-gay marriage or she is fraud in the Democratic Party.
By Future2012

9/26/08 at 12:56 p.m.

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Travis Brock and Harry Reid are running the likes of Allison Copening and Shirley Breeden.

Allison Copening and Shirley Breeden are too embarrassed to show up and explain the Travis Brock and Harry Reid mailer which are paid for by Chancellor Jim Rogers.
By BasilG

9/27/08 at 3:51 p.m.

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I think Obama won the debate handily. I am an independent, but he has my vote now. He showed concern for working Americans, while McCain displayed only callous disregard for us. He never ever mentioned "working Americans" or the "middle class". He would only be good for multi-millionaires like himself, with 8 houses and 13 cars. Additionally, Obama is much, much smarter than him, and he has the right policies to get America out of recession, and out of the Iraq War (it costs us $10 billion per month, not to mention the dead and wounded).
By billm

9/27/08 at 9:45 p.m.

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hopefully no one invites this idiot ralston to any parties anytime soon w/o first having him frisked.apparently he went there because he has an agenda,like gee maybe he is a republican.real reporters don't need to SECRETLY record private conversations,they interview people,the sun should can this clown,he's not a journalist,he's a tabloid hack.
By tommy4usa

9/27/08 at 9:47 p.m.

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Questions for Sen. Obama

Here are some questions reporters should be asking Barack Obama:

Senator Obama: Lehman Brothers owes over $250 million to a bank owned in part by Nadhmi Auchi's holding company. Auchi was a key financial backer of Tony Rezko. Sources indicate you met Auchi twice when he visited Chicago in 2004. If elected, how will your relationship with Rezko and Auchi affect your policy towards Lehman Brothers?

Senator Obama: There are reports that Nadhmi Auchi was in 2004-2005 seeking US residency while appealing his French court conviction in the ELF-Aquitaine case. If elected, would you look favorably on a US residency application from Auchi?

Senator Obama: You stated that the Lehman bankruptcy shows that Americans cannot afford four more years of the Republicans' "failed philosophy". Can Americans afford a President whose home was purchased with the assistance of now-convicted-felon Tony Rezko, a man characterized as having "permanent indebtedness" to Nadhmi Auchi?

I'll add my own question:

If you are elected President, Sen. Obama, will he pardon Tony Rezko?
By tommy4usa

9/27/08 at 9:50 p.m.

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Obama told a newspaper he did not understand house buying

Thanks to the release of Barack Obama's income tax records, we are finally able to get some necessary perspective on the big favor Tony Rezko did for the Obamas in buying what has been termed in the press "the adjacent, undeveloped lot". It turns out this is a seriously misleading description.

Rather than merely purchasing a separate lot, Rezko appears to have purchased the yard of the Obama manse, and allowed them to live in the house+yard property, amounting to a gift (or loan, if you will) of considerable value.

The Obamas' tax returns from 2000-2005 had personal information blanked out, but strangely enough, the 2006 Form 1040 left in the home address.

The feds allege that Mr. Rezko was able to steer state contracts and policy decisions, such as authorization to build hospitals in specific locations, because he was so close to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (for whom he was a top fundraiser) and because he was willing to share the graft with his cronies

wonder if obama got Auchi his travel visa in echange for

$1.600,000 million home
$625,000 empty lot
$700,000 for rezko's wife
$575,000 rezkos atty.
$3.500,000 millon from Iraqi billionare Auchi

thats the CHICAGO WAY

BAIL OUTS?

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Lehman Brothers: Obama's Rezko-Auchi conflict of interest

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama was quick to blame the bankruptcy of Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers on Republicans' "failed philosophy". Obama's September 15 comments were repeated throughout the media--yet reporters have not noted Obama's glaring conflict of interest-the Lehman debt owed to a bank owned by the financier who loaned millions of dollars to Tony Rezko.

Jockeying among the other debtors seeking repayment under Chapter 11 bankruptcy rules is BNP Paribas, a large French bank whose largest single private shareholder is Nadhmi Auchi's General Mediterranean Holdings (GMH). BNP Paribas is owed $250 million by Lehman.

Nadhmi Auchi is an Iraqi whose Baathist ties go back to 1959. A formerly high-ranking official in Iraq's Oil Ministry, Auchi left Iraq at the end of the 1970s. His wealth then grew exponentially as a procurer of arms for Saddam Hussein's government during the Iran-Iraq war. He is now one of the richest men in Britain. Saddam Hussein in 1995 selected BNP, which later merged with Paribas, as the sole conduit bank handling Oil-for-Food transactions. This Clinton-era arrangement was changed in 2001 by the incoming Bush administration.

Auchi was also a key financial backer for Chicago political fixer and dual US-Syrian citizen Tony Rezko. This writer explained the complex web of relationships in an August 24 article titled, "Iraqi Billionaire Threatens Reporters Investigating Rezko Affair":

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By tommy4usa

9/27/08 at 10:07 p.m.

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Alexander Votes Against $56 Billion in Unnecessary Spending and a Ban on Western Oil Exploration
Says Reid Spending Package Won't Stimulate the Economy and Reverses Victory on Oil Exploration

September 26th, 2008 - WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement following his vote against the Reid Stimulus package:

"This bill is a grab bag of spending in the last week of session when we should be focused on the most serious issues facing the country," Alexander said. "The American people won a huge victory this week when Congress lifted federal limits on oil exploration in Western states, and now the Majority Leader is trying to reverse that victory by reinstating the ban and preventing us from finding more American energy. At a time when our economy is struggling and we are trying to decrease our dependence on foreign oil, the worst thing we could do would be to pass this bill increasing spending and decreasing our ability to find more American energy."

The bill would spend $56.2 billion and reinstate a ban on oil shale development in Western states. Experts predict developing oil shale could increase domestic oil production by 2 million barrels per day.

Reid should retire after he asks sen.Dodd to step down ,the top watch dog group,Chairman of the Senate banking committee

Reid stands for High Gas Prices for all of Nevada
By nevdem

10/1/08 at 9:49 p.m.

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Dear billm,

I am no fan of the NSDP "professional" staff, as any who have read my responses to various political blogs around the state could tell you. Nor am I quick to defend Mr. Ralston. But SERIOUSLY! This is called parody, you dunder-head! Just in case you missed the point, there was no meeting, and there was no "secret taping!" DUH!!

It is IMAGINARY!

Boy, oh boy, Republics are dumber than I thought.