Whine Fest at Kamp Kratovil

Tough times tend to show the stuff a man is made of.  For Democrat congressional candidate Frank Kratovil, a lack of character becomes more and more apparent as Election Day becomes a stone’s throw away.

Electoral politics is a rough and tumble business.  Some of us may not like it, but that’s simply the way it is.  There is also a purpose to the seeming melee of campaign season.  How does candidate X react to pressure?  How does candidate Y face a series of blistering attacks?

Whether you agree with him or not, Maryland Sen. Andy Harris takes a licking and keeps on ticking.  He’s straight about where he stands on issues.  He doesn’t waffle.

As Harris stated at their last debate just a few days ago, “I’m a right of center guy, I’m a conservative guy”.  Harris has stood firm in his support of lower taxes and a pro-economic growth policies.

Kratovil claims to be “independent”.  Yet, mail is going out to households (those self-identified as liberal or “progressive”) throughout the First District asking recipients to:

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The Choice Is Really Pretty Simple

He may be cute, articulate, and charismatic but the ONE obviously isn’t the one for President.

With all that is going on in the world today, do we really want someone in the White House who ADMITS that he needs on the job training?

TUESDAY YOU GET TO DECIDE!

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Queen Anne’s Democrats – With Help of Media – Run False Ad

Just the other night, at the last debate of this congressional election, Queen Anne’s County States Attorney Frank Kratovil closed his remarks by calling an ad for Andy Harris “a lie”.  Fair enough, even liberals like Frank have a right to their opinion.  Yet, Kratovil’s OWN Democrat Central Committee has run an ad that is not only misleading, they lie about who paid for the ad.

The Kent Island Bay Times published an ad yesterday, claiming to be published by “Republicans for Obama, Eastern Shore“.  The ad states that it was paid for by:

QA Cty Central Committee, Nancy Hagman, Treasurer

Any normal reader would infer that this ad was paid for by the Queen Anne’s County REPUBLICAN Central Committee.  It clearly says that this ad is from REPUBLICANS for Obama.  They would be wrong.  Nancy Hagman is the Treasurer of the QA County DEMOCRAT Central Committee.

Who would know?  Do you know who the Treasurer of your county central committee is?  Only political junkies know who the members of their local central committees are.  The rest of us are more concerned about our jobs, mortgages and how to pay for the kids’ college.

Chesapeake Publishing owns the Kent Island Bay Times.  When the error was pointed out to them, they refused to run a letter from the QA County Republican Central Committee explaining the error.

Should we believe that this was just “an innocent mistake”?  Not when the publisher refuses to print a response by the injured party.

It is unfortunate when the media conspires with their leftist friends to decieve the public they claim to serve.  Should we be surprised?  I wonder if Frank Kratovil will call this a lie as well.

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Frank Kratovil – A Tough Prosectuor Who Takes Money From Defense Attorneys

Frank Kratovil has based his campaign on two tag lines:

• Tough Prosecutor

• Independent

Given Kratovil’s stands for socialized medicine, supporting Barack Obama’s “spread the wealth” economic policies, allegiance to Big Labor and the fact that such “independent” stalwarts as Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank are contributing to his campaign we know how “independent” Frank Kratovil would be if elected to Congress.

How tough a prosecutor is he?

He’s certainly not very tough on child molesters.  Robert Wayne Dwyer was charged with 17 counts of child sexual offenses.  Kratovil declined to prosecute 15 of those counts (Case No. 17K07006775) and Dwyer is now free and able to troll for more victims.

How about burglars?

Donna Ann Jones was charged with 14 counts of burglary (Case No. 0M00014525).  Jones’ lawyer, Richard M. Karceski donated to Kratovil’s campaign in December, 2007.  In February, 2008 Kratovil dropped 12 of those counts and Jones received a slap on the wrist.  Since then, Karceski donated again to Kratovil’s campaign … and Jones has violated her parole.

Kratovil has taken over $100,000 from criminal defense attorneys.  Many of these attorneys have cases against Kratovil’s office in Queen Anne’s County.

When Kratovil was asked asked about his prosecutorial record at a recent debate, Kratovil’s supporters simply shouted down Maryland Sen. Andy Harris and Kratovil dodged the question.

“Is this the kind of politics we want to continue folks?”

Yes Frank.  That’s what elections are about; the opportunity to ask questions of candidates and expect answers.

Are you going to answer the question Frank?  The voters of Maryland’s First District deserve an answer.

We want to thank “ShoreIndie” for kindly posting this video on YouTube.  While he, like his pal Frank Kratovil, may want to sweep this under the rug by claiming that it’s “baseless”, the record speaks for itself.

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We Love Kratovil – The Hypocrisy of Maryland’s “Independent” Blogosphere

Liberals believe in something.  Unfortunately, the policies that they believe in have proved a failure.  That said, at least self-identified liberals (or “progressives”) are willing to stand up for what they believe in.

However, liberal Democrats can’t get elected by admitting what they believe in, so they claim to be “independent” or “moderate”.  Some members of the blogosphere have decided to take a page from the Barack Obama / Frank Kratovil playbook and claim to be promoting “a different kind of politics” while in reality peddling the same old socialist solutions.  ShoreIndie has become the Maryland blogosphere’s leader in this re-packaged hypocrisy.

ShoreIndie attacks conservative candidates for myriad sins and claims that they practice deceptive advertising.  Fair enough.  Unfortunately, ShoreIndie is incapable of distinguishing statements of fact from opinion.  He doesn’t even appear capable of distinguishing a baseless opinion from an informed one.  Of course his pals, like liberal congressional candidate Frank Kratovil, NEVER say anything that isn’t gospel.

Case in point – a series of videos ShoreIndie posted on YouTube of the first Salisbury debate between Andy Harris and Frank Kratovil.  It’s important to remember that ShoreIndie did not post these until last week, long after the debate occurred.  Therefore, he is unable to claim that he is unaware of subsequent statements of, or actions by Kratovil.

We’re using his video on “the Bailout” as an example.
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Salisbury Fire Department – A Real Need or More Toys for the Boys?

At tonight’s Salisbury Council meeting expect Mayor Barrie Tilghman’s lapdog majority to approve several items with respect to the Salisbury Fire Department.  One of these is the declaration of surplus of surplus of three trucks.  One truck is eight years old, the other six.  While I was unable to find details in the council’s briefing book, it is also reported that these two trucks are not even paid for.

Why does the SFD need to replace these trucks and spend over $2.6 million on new equipment?  According to Chief David See, the trucks are having repair issues.  Could be.  However, we have seen the leadership of the SFD be less than honest about purchasing new equipment in the past.  Of course, this is OK because “they need their toys” according to Councilman Gary Comegys.

There’s one problem in their explanation.  According to Chief See, the truck’s manufacturer – American LaFrance – “recently declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy” and this caused a delay in getting parts.  It is true that American LaFrance, formerly a unit of Freightliner, did enter Chapter 11 – last January.  What Chief See neglects to inform council is that the company emerged from Chapter 11 last July and by all reports is operating smoothly.
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Politically Based Attack a Hoax

Yesterday we told you of a McCain-Palin volunteer who claimed to have
been robbed and then disfigured when the robber saw that she had a
McCain bumper sticker.  Last night it was reported by Pittsburgh police
that it was a hoax.

According to police, the young woman confessed to the hoax.  We can’t comprehend what would motivate a person to do something like this.  It is our hope that she is punished to the fullest extent of the law.

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Margaret Thatcher’s Birthday

Today is the 87th birthday of the Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS; first woman Prime Minister of HM United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; co-architect of the renewal of the UK and British conservatism; hero of the Cold War.

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Volunteer Disfigured Because of Support for McCain

Is this what America has come to?  John McCain has been pilloried in the MSM for remarks supposedly made by some supporters at rallies.  Barack Obama has publicly called on his supporters to “get in their face“:

I want you to argue with them and get in their face,” he said.

Well, at least one Obama-supporting thug has taken the “ONE” a little too seriously.

Ashley Todd, a 20 year old McCain volunteer from Texas was viciously attacked in Pittsburgh.  While the initial attack was simple robbery, the Obama thug became incensed at the McCain bumper sticker on her car:

Todd handed the man $60 she had in her pocket and stepped away from him, investigators said. The man then noticed the bumper sticker on the woman’s car, which was parked in front of the ATM. The man became very angry, made comments to Todd about John McCain and punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, police said.

“He continued to kick and punch her repeatedly and said he would teach her a lesson for supporting John McCain,” said police Chief Nate Harper.

The man then carved the “B” into Todd’s right cheek.

I wonder what the “B” stands for?

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Are We Next in the Destruction of Personal Liberty?

The United Kingdom, birthplace of John Locke and Edmund Burke, mother of constitutional democracy is poised to make yet another stab at the heart of individual freedom.  According to the Times, PM Gordon Brown’s government will introduce legislation that, among other things, requires identification to purchase a cell phone.

Those of us in America may look quizzically across the Atlantic and say “So what?”.  A database of over 72 million cell phone users in the UK could well be a useful tool against terrorism.  Yes it could, but at what cost?

As I have noted multiple times since the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001 – if we are willing to give up our personal liberty in an attempt to fight terrorism, the terrorists have won.  It seems that the terrorists are fast winning in the UK.

Personally, I don’t worry myself with the network of closed circuit cameras that are present on every street corner of London and every other British urban center.  I’m not overly concerned with their growing use here in the US.  We have no expectation of privacy in public spaces.

Does our fear mean that we should give up basic privacy such as what goods we purchase and what books we choose to read at the library?  I think not.  To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, those of us willing to sacrifice liberty for the sake of security deserve neither.

Unfortunately, the Thatcherite Tory party has gone the way of the Reagan Republicans.  Because of this lamentable fact, the world’s two pillars of freedom are in jeopardy – from ourselves.

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