Folks, get this clear. The "Obama-with-Hitler Mustache" signs were sponsored by the LarouchePAC - which had a number of its members in force at the Gary Peters event tonight. I'll have handouts and visual evidence online shortly.
Yes, read that headline right. Lyndon LaRouche has run for the Democratic Party presidential nomimation 6-7 times since 1976. And even though he opposes Obama and the Obama health proposal - its as much of a grudge-match as anything. Does that make the Democratic Party or honest Democrats responsible for Larouche's antics or the signs picturing Obama as Hitler? Absolutely not.
OaklandPolitics.com takes the rare editorial opportunity to officially condemn the LarouchePAC, the signs of Obama with a mustache, and those who oppose Obama or health care reform with the strange and odd tactics of comparing him to history's worst criminal and mass-murderer. Even if there were some tiny grain of truth in the Larouche claims or that he has somehow, like a broken clock is twice a day, ended up on the correct conclusion for this issue --- the comparison fails in magnitude because of the degree of Hitler's crimes against humanity. An honest or even somewhat dishonest policy difference doesn't make you or your opponent Adolph Hitler.
But we also take the opportunity to here to condemn anyone who tries to use the Larouche extremists to paint-by-associational-guilt "right-wingers" or "Republicans" as extremists or even the loose coalitions of anti-federalization-of-health-care individuals as responsible for Larouche's nutdom. Individuals are responsible for their views and actions, but if groups were responsible Larouche is far more tied to the Democratic Party than Republicans as the good summary of Larouche on Wikipedia demonstrates. His own supporter - whom I'll YouTube in a moment - fashions him to be the next "Franklin Roosevelt" (I don't think he got the question that I asked about whether FDR would have supported federal health care or not, but ...) and Larouche himself is a former Trotskey-ite. Again, the irony of the debate and media coverage that ignores these details (rather than completely ignoring Larouche) and reports only that anti-health-care protesters are making Nazi linkages.
Original video of Saturday, August 22, 2009 interview of L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County Executive, on his recent endorsement of Paul Welday in the 9th Congressional District race against Gary Peters, his history of reform in health and other cost containment as Oakland County Executive, and other thoughts.
Brooks is always fun and this is a nice short interview. Wish he would have run for Governor, but we have the Bouchard interview below too.
Another video for The Oakland Right cable access show has been uploaded. It's embedded below.
County Commissioner Jim Runestad interviewed by The Oakland Right host Jim Thienel about the E-Verify program. E-verify is a program that could be used as a means to combat illegal immigration. Discussion goes onto other issues including friend of the court issues and Oakland county issues.
Gary Peters' decided to Photoshop/Airbrush out the "Polo" logo on his shirt in his literature. Not that I have anything against Photoshop, but using it to deceive, rather than enhance (lighting techniques, cropping, etc. all seem reasonable), is at least questionable ethically (while there is no rulebook in political literature design, common sense should apply). The "Polo" brand carries with it a somewhat "elitist" image which doesn't with the common-guy image Gary might prefer.
The funnier thing is that they did it to one of the pictures on the same piece of literature but forgot to do it to the other picture with the same shirt.
Several Town Hall Meetings and other events for Mitt, Rudy, Huck and McCain are scheduled in the next few days. Town Hall Meetings are great because they focus the race on the issues. There is always the possibility for an unscripted remark or some new information or opinion to be expressed that will influence the course of the campaign. Don't forget to vote this Tuesday, January 15th! These events are all in or around Oakland county so come on out! You might not get another chance for another four or eight years!
> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:32:07 -0400 > From: mail@ronpaul2008.com > Subject: Michigan Volunteers: Important Announcement > Please know that as of today, Mr. Paul Garfield is no longer the Michigan State Coordinator for the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee, nor is he affiliated with the campaign. > We will be appointing a new State Coordinator, as well as putting together a leadership steering committee. > If you have recommendations for these positions, please send them to Debbie Hopper at dhopper@ronpaul2008.com. > Leslei Roszman at lfortier1@twmi.r.com has kindly volunteered to be an interim point person for communication. > The conference call scheduled for tonight at 9:00 PM is cancelled. > Thank you for your work for Liberty and Dr. Ron Paul. > Lew Moore > National Campaign Manager > Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee
Rochester Hills and Auburn Hills will lose several hundred jobs from the Volkswagen America Headquarters as they relocate to Virginia, as this Detroit News piece reports.
"We are not moving because of Michigan," Jacoby said in a Detroit News interview here. "We are a marketing company. We are a sales company and we need to be in the heart of our customers and that drove us to this decision."
Since their "customers" are producers, that's essentially saying that their leaving because everybody else has left. It is "because of Michigan," just in a different way than Jacoby intended.
