People across Minnesota as well as the country are receiving dishonest attacks against Barack Obama and in some cases getting recorded messages on their voicemail and answering machines. Huffington Post, Politico, Talking Points Memo and other organizations are covering this and it is now hitting local blogs such as MNspeak.
The calls are nasty and the legality of the calls are being questioned.
Who’s behind these? FLS Connect. The same FLS that stands for Tony Feather, Jeff Larson and Tom Synhorst. Jeff Larson, being the same Jeff Larson that’s Norm Coleman’s buddy and landlord. The same friend that gives him the exorbitantly cheap rent, the same friend that paid his utilities, the same friend that has an FLS Connect office in the same basement as Coleman’s bedroom, the same friend that lobbied to bring the RNC to Saint Paul, the same friend’s wife that worked in Coleman’s office and the same friend that Coleman spent over a million on to help run his campaigns.
Now Minnesotans are receiving what are likely the most negative political phone calls they have ever received in their lives from whom is arguably Norm Coleman’s best friend.
Norm Coleman can’t be too happy this week. Again.
MNpublius will have more as this story develops.
UPDATE: Fox9: “Minn. DFL Says Norm Coleman Confidant is Behind ‘Malicious’ Phone Calls”
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Has the relationship to FLS been comfirmed?
If so, this info should be sent to Keith Olbermann.
Oh, I would buy cable just to be able to watch!
Interesting story. I don’t think you can have “exorbitantly” cheap rent.
What is nasty aboout getting the facts out?
What are you actually disputing?
Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. FACT. Spent miilions with him on a charity board over several years. Probably even more behind it, but the University won’t release the records.
His organization bombed the US Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge’s home, and killed Americans. FACT. Don’t even try to dispute this, or you end up looking like a troother.
Democrats will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they control Washington. FACT. This is why all of you are so excited and acting like giddy school girls
Barack Obama and his Democrat allies lack judgment to lead our country. FACT. Jack Murtha - the non existent Hadditha massacre. Dick Durbin - American soldiers are like the Nazis. Slurring our troops for political gain. BO - ” The surge is not working” The Marines are leaving in droves…..killings are down, casualties are down….having close ties to Tony Rezko….
Ok, and now let me get my head around your argument - it is ok to smear Coleman with the fact that people he works with are telling the truth, but it is NOT ok to attack Barack for the actions of the guy he worked with (Ayers) and for lying about it. PUH-LEASE.
FACT:
Really? is a right wing tool.
He is repeating the divisive talking points we are all so familiar that seek to win elections by dividing people over wedge issues that have NOTHING to do with the failure of supply side, trickle down economics.
FACT: Republicans have won election after election by attacking people they disagree with and exagerrating their positions, insulting them, and flat out lying about them, rather than on the non-character policy issues of the day.
FACT: Really? voted for the strong, bold, steady leadership of George W. Bush, and look what America got for it.
FACT: The Republican party, and people like Really? have no interest whatsoever in finding common ground. These types of Republicans have no interest in solving problems if the solution is not a wedge issue that can be exploited for politicl gain.
FACT: People like Really? seem to think that winning elections is the the only issue that matters. Nothing else even comes close in the minds these people.
FACT: Really? has a proven track record of troll behavior at MN Publius.
FACT: Really? represents the politics of the past perfectly.
Really? “Worked closely with Bill Ayers”…..so what if he did? Honestly. He worked on a project (The Annenberg Chicago Education Project) which was founded by Republican Annenberg who was an Ambassador under Richard Nixon (a Republican last I checked). There were many Republicans and Democrats on this Board of Directors. Why aren’t you out there screaming about these Republicans consorting with horrid people if it’s true? I see. Silence when you can’t stand the truth.
The Republican Party isn’t even trying to win this election on ideas any more. They might as well have never had a Platform… especially when it calls for less regulation of the financial markets, tax cuts for the rich only and a continuation of the disastrous Bush policies. All they have left is the the other guy is worse than our guy. Sad to see what the party of Eisenhower has sunk to…
Fact: Nitro was unable to articulate a reason why the phone calls were nasty. All he did was attack me and post a bunch of bullet points and called me names. (tool? so 1980’s BTW) So sad. But, since I like to play games as much as the next guy, here goes….
Fact: I have never seen so many Dem talking points regurgitated in one post before,
Fact: No attacks on American soil - W gets the credit. Look what the Spainish appeasers got.
Fact: Troll behavior? I have taken pains to point out facts that you seem to have missed (or conveniently ignored) I read this blog every 2 or 3 days, and usually post on weekends when I am not working my rear off so I have enough money left over for my own children after the Lefties try to steal all they can for someone of a different education level/socio-economic status/race/religion/ or work ethic than I.
Fact: The only common ground that I have with Lefties is that we both seem to claim ownership to the money in my wallet. McCain is losing on the common ground theory. BO is winning by attacking the rich and pointing out how (code word alert) “different” he is.
Fact: Nitro is a mind reader….so, go figure out what I am trying to say to you right now………………………Ok, Got it?
WESTMETRODEM - Aaron called the phone call nasty. I pointed out the FACT that the call told several TRUTHS. How is that NASTY? And why is it OK for Nitro to call me names for doing so?
Oh, and WMD,
None of the other people on the board are runnng for PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!
See the issue more clearly now?
Really?
Thank you for re-enforcing all of my points. You are truly a political dinosaur.
Troll behavior?…You define it, Really?….You own it, and wear it, perfectly.
You are nothing new, just an old, washed up, right wing talking point repeater in your last throes who seems to think winning elections is the only issue that really matters.
This is about YOU being right, isn’t it, a selfish hubris driven talking point attack. Your poor little ego cannot admit the mistakes and failures of your ideology, and all you have is a WEAK guilt by association attack on Barack Obama to try to sell.
If your ideology was actually a proven success, you wouldn’t have to resort to being an ideological car salesman, would you?
The party of “Personal Responsibility” cannot admit their failure either, just like you.
Well guess what, Really?….your party is losing because of pepole LIKE YOU. If you don’t see that, well keep on commenting pal. You’re drowning your party in a bathtub, and that’s fine with me.
really?
Distinguished republicans like Colin Powell disagree with you completely. You should be ashamed.
Lojasmo,
I am a conservative, not a Republican. I really don’t care what Colin Powell has to say. “Distinguished?” HAHAHAHA. Only in the liberal press.
Nitro,
Wow, you are one angry little man. You are one prodigous spewer of copious amounts of hateful, bigoted, venom.
Once again, you have not argued the intial post - you are just attacking me, the same Modus Operandi that you accuse me (and all Repuublicans) of. Again, why is it OK for Aaron to attack Coleman for the truthful and legal actions of an acquaintance while it is not OK to attack Obama for the illegal, deceitbful, and murderous actions of hiw own acquainteances?
Let me ask you a question that might actually cause you to sit down and think. Or, it may just casue the demtalkpoint.exe file to begin running in your brain.
Q. Articulately describe FIVE key Obama programs that you support, their cost to the taxpayers, their benfit to America, and WHY you personally support them? There are a few caveats - you cannot use the words lied, died, change, failed, or Bush. Proceed.
Who died and made you God? Sheesh what a self important gasbag! Your not a conservative you are a putz. Spouts talking points and spin and then orders others to make their case like he is Judge, jury and High Executioner. Vote for whoever, from your tone Bob Barr sounds about right, nobody cares what you think.
If you do not think Powell is “distinguished” you have no idea of the meaning of the word. I’m no fan of his but I certainly am not going to dismiss the man with your style of baseless ego. Should I assume you have an actual distinguished background since you dismiss the man so?
Talk to me after November about how right your BS is. America is going to reject you and your bankrupt philosophy of greed. I suppose I’ll prepare to react the same way Conservatives did in 2000 and 2004.
Why should I waste my time arguing with a troll? You have your mind made up, pally.
I’m not here to convince people like you of anything.
A post like that would be extremely long, detailed, and quite frankly the information is easy to find. Why should I waste my time with trolls like yourself? If you are interested, go look for yourself. Don’t bait me into an argument of talking points with your well trained fallicious argument techniques. Its fruitless.
Just go to Barack’s website if you want to see ALOT MORE THAN FIVE key Obama programs that I support. A lot of people do just that every day, and Barack’s pulling away in the polls. Did you notice the polls, pally? Did you see the fundraising numbers?
Trickle down economics has failed, pally, as if you haven’t noticed. The “party of personal responsibility” has failed. “Ownership Society” has failed.
Your “guilt by association” weak attack on Barack is failing. McCains campaign is failing. MDE is failing and flailing. You, Really? are failing.
There I wasted 5 more minutes of my time with a troll. Wish I could get that back.
Really:
I didn’t call you a republican. I save that for the most egregious of trolls. You don’t rank.
Strange, though, that your “moderate maverick” guy can’t close the deal against a tax-raising, terrorist-coddling, liberal, pro-abortion Muslim.
Must suck to be you.
hilarious thread there… It has never felt better to be a liberal progressive! These repugnants eat their own. They have truely earned their fate.
@ Zach
Yes, yes, and yes.
The final question of my original post was…….
Why is it ok for Aaron to smear Coleman with the legal actions of his acquaintenaces and not OK to link Barack Obama with the numerous and heinous crimes of his acquaintances?
Many posts, lots of name calling, and no-one here has answered the question. Says a lot, doesn’t it?
Mostly that people don’t want to waste time with childish bullshit. Are you responsible for what people did when you were 8, after meeting them 20 years later? In America if a person is found by a court not guilty, because all evidence was tainted by crimes from the prosecutors and police, can you still argue they are guilty of those crimes? Are you responsible for your relationships between adults that are recent and ongoing?
Must be cold sleeping under that bridge…
Amusinc opined “Are you responsible for what people did when you were 8, after meeting them 20 years later?
No. But I certainly would be responsible for promoting Ayers book when I was 37 by being quoted in the Chicago Tribune as saying his book was a….
“searing and timely account of the juvenile court system, and the courageous individuals who rescue hope from despair.”
Knock off the “he was only 8” already. You look foolish. http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/20/obama-praised-searing-timely-book-ayers/
Really?
Bill Ayers was never convicted of any crime. Unlike G. Gordon Liddy, who has contributed thousands of dollars to McCain.
“I’m proud of you, I’m proud of your family,” he (McCain) gushed. “It’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.”
You “really?” suck at this, really?