Is Axelrod Developing A History Of Strange Coincidences?

So I assume the Obama campaign's position is, they had nothing to do with the anti-Palin ad?

Just like they had nothing to do with the 1984 anti-Hillary ad, - wiki - ultimately discovered to have come from a company actually on the Obama campaign? Boy this Axelrod sure is one lucky dude when it comes to other, or affiliated PR companies going rogue in a manner that helps his candidate. Hmm.

But the lingering lesson of the Edwards campaign may be that presidential campaigns are wide open and unpredictable things, dozens of different actors pouring their political convictions into a single vessel, with convictions of his own, and they can slip out of the media consultant’s control. In early March, for instance, a minute-long commercial appeared on YouTube attacking Hillary Clinton as a drone out of “1984,” showing her speaking on a giant screen in front of a group of zombielike followers — mimicking the famous Apple commercial — and purporting to come from the Obama campaign. Close to two million people watched the ad in two weeks, and it moved the Obama message in ways Axelrod hadn’t planned. (It later emerged that the ad’s creator worked for a company that contracted for the Obama campaign, though the campaign itself wasn’t involved.) The spot made Axelrod cranky. “I didn’t think much of it,” he told me.

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[SacTownMan]

The Jawa, Ace, Dan story about Axelrod and the Anti-Palin ad uncovers more and more of the Chicago slime machine at work.

Welcome to the big leagues, where lying and cheating are second nature and Xerxes is right in the middle of it all.

[SacTownMan]

I was helping my youngest with his math homework tonight, fractions.

You know the concept of "lowest common denominators". It simply reminded me that in this Anti-Palin case all signs keep pointing to Axelrod.

You know Dan that it is all just a weird un-related coincidence though.

Yea trolls I know, I know, nothing to see here move along!!

[templar knight]

I'm afraid that the Chicago "slime and crime" machine has other surprises for us as well, but if anyone thinks turning the light on these cockroaches will have any effect, they're wrong. The nutroot minions love this stuff. And the regular hard-working guy and gal don't have time to keep up with it. With the old media in the pocket of Obama, it will be difficult, but not impossible to fight the smears.

In an interview on Bill O'Rielly last night, the Newsweek editor defended his magazine's neutrality. He said having 8 liberal writers to 3 conservative was all about getting diverse ideas out there. It seems the liberal view is just much more diverse to him. LOL. The liberal rag got called out for what it is, and it's revenues are down 30%. Let's hope the rag fails soon.

[WileECoyote]

The more they attack Sarah with "fringe" stuff while the Demos themselves have much dirtier laundry, the more they alienate, and motivate the "middle" of the the female voters to vote McCain/Palin. The liberal females were always going Demo no matter what, just like the conservative right females were always staying with Palin. Its the middle that matters and the more they do this crap the more they push them toward Palin rather than away from her. So keep it up AxleFace and company.

[Totally Heterosexual Conservative]

I love that you idiots are spending your time running around proving that David Axelrod once spoke to someone who put up an anti-Palin spot on YouTube (and then proceed to harass the fella who produced the video). This is almost as pathetic as the Michelle Obama "whitey" tape, the fake Obama birth certificate, and inspecting the Frosts' counter tops. The good news is that while you all are playing investigatory journalists, the country is faced on actual issues, you know, the ones the McMaverick team keep lying about or ignoring all together.

Have fun. Check the kerning on that video, patriots!

[RBecker]

... yet another coincidence ... in 2006, former Chicago Tribune employee and Obama for Senate campaign advisor David Axelrod rights an opinion piece for the newspaper and has "hourly" discussions with Tribune staff. At the same time, the Tribune takes the unprecedented step of to release the divorce records of Obama's senate opponent Jack Ryan. Another coincidence, hmm. This one very underreported. Much more here ...

http://theobamamonitor.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Rusty Shackleford was on the radio last night and he will be on with Andrea Shea King tonight at 9 PM Eastern.