Please Help Debunk the CRA Lies
In a campaign increasingly filled with ugliness, the worst thing I've seen happen is the false and racist campaign to blame the current financial crisis on poor people of colorthrough …
The Man Who Started the False Obama ‘Muslim' Rumors
The New York Times has a story about the guy who started the false rumors that Barack Obama is a Muslim:
St. Louis Daily Endorses Obama ... with Style
Perhaps egged on by the hate week that John McCain and Sarah Palin just put the country through, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch decided not to wait to publish its endorsement …
Please, McCain, Attack the 'Arab'
Since Gov. Sarah Palin started scaremongering against Barack Obama last weekend, John McCain's rallies are turning into surreal displays of bigotry. Today in Minnesota, finally, he tried to tamp down …
BREAKING: ‘Troopergate' Report Finds Palin Abused Power
The Anchorage Daily News just posted a PDF of the full report on Gov. Sarah Palin's "Troopergate" investigation. Read it here. The report says that the investigation found that Palin …
Millsaps Scholar-Athletes Have Highest 5-Year Graduation Rate
[Verbatim] JACKSON, Miss.Millsaps scholar-athletes have once again proved they have what it takes to win both on the field and in the classroom. Millsaps College recently won the David M. …
Barack the Vote on Facebook
FACEBOOK MEMBERS CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED RIGHT NOW:
This week we launched our innovative Get Out The Vote campaign which focuses on each of us getting the people we know to vote for Obama by Election Day. Today, …
Who Are ‘Generation We'?
Well, it's the "millennials," and this new book and Web site will tell you about it:
Obama ‘Pulling Away'; Leads Men, Women, Every Age Group, Even Over-65
Newsweek's new numbers are in, and show why the McCain campaign is acting so erratic and desperate:
Barbour Calls for ‘Conservative Spending' Due to Crisis
[Verbatim statement] (JACKSON, Mississippi) Governor Haley Barbour asked legislators and state agency directors to find ways to cut spending this year and in Fiscal Year 2010 as a result of …
Palin-McCain Spreading Hate in the Lower 48
And they need to reel it in. Fast. This is ugly, and dangerous. Watch this one, as Palin encourages more.
Bobby Kennedy Jr.: Media Must Cover Palin's Radical Ties
Kennedy complained today that the media, such as The New York Times, have not done front-page stories on Sarah Palin's close ties to the un-American Alaska Independence Party in the …
Hey McCain: Don't Insult a Man with a Facebook Page
Oliver Clark, the African American man that McCain insulted during the second debate, is striking back on his Facebook page, per MSNBC:
DOW Plunges 700 Points, Again
More bad news:
Stocks plunged in the final minutes of trading Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 675 points, or more than 7 percent, to their lowest level in five …
CNN: Obama Wins Debate 56-30 Over McCain
With three debates down, it would seem that Barack Oback and Joe Biden are working on a sweep. In addition, the CNN polls showed 59 percenet said Obama would handle …
Who Will Be Jackson's Next Mayor?
As national politics swirl, and the news that one of Frank Melton's bodyguards is turning on him comes in, thoughts are turning to the mayoral race ahead in Jackson. What …
UPDATED: Melton Bodyguard Wright Pleads Guilty, Resigns
Read: Adam Lynch's breaking Ridgeway coverage
OK, Class, What's Wrong With This Story?
This is the lead paragraph from a story in the Anchorage Daily News today about a state ethics investigation:
Debate Time: No Red Room Party Tonight; Next One, Though
Due to the schedule at Hal & Mal's tonight, we are not holding a debate party there, so you get to watch this one at home! We will have a …
McCain Attacks Open His and Palin's Closets to Scrutiny
The McCain-Palin campaign opened the floodgates when they told the media this weekend that they were about to start launching personal attacks against Barack Obama in order to "change the …
Unbelievable: Press Can't Interview Palin Supporters
Press kept under a watchful eye
The St. Petersburg Times in Florida reports:
GOP Senator's Wife and Ike's Granddaughter to Endorse Obama Tuesday
Nice. You start playing the race/terrorist card and look what happens. Associated Press:
Will New Palin ‘Racially Tinged' Attacks Backfire on McCain?
Bizarrely, the McCain campaign announced to media over the weekend that it was going to launch personal attacks on Barack Obama to try to turn attention away from the economy, …
Oops, Another Fake McCain-Palin Debate Ad Slips Through
It's hilarious, though.
OK, this is wacky. For two debates in a row, the McCain campaign has let an ad praising first McCain and and now Palin prematurely appear on a major news …
Libertarian Attacks Palin for Wanting to Expand Veep Role
[Verbatim from Libertarian candidate Bob Barr]
McCain Ticket Assumes Expanded Presidential Powers: Governor Palin looks forward to greater legislative power as Vice President
Project Vote Blasts GOP Attack on Montana Voters
[Verbatim statement]As reported yesterday in the online news outlet The Missoulian, the Republican Party of Montana is challenging the eligibility to vote of at least 6,000 residents of that statemostly …
JUST IN: House Passes Bailout Plan 263-171; Stocks Rally, Then Fall
See: JFP Business Blog
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Senate's bailout plan on the second try. Mississippi congressmen voted the same as they did Mondaywith the three Democrats opposing the bailout …
McCain Damage Control on Palin Bankruptcy Gaffe
ABC News is reporting that the campaign is frantically backtracking on her misstatement of the campaign's position on some protections for homeowners under foreclosuregiving them too much:
The ‘Ultimate Bridge to Nowhere'
In the veep debate, Gov. Sarah Palin dramatically mischaracterized John McCain's health-care plan, saying among other things that is "revenue-neutral." She set up one of Joe Biden's best moments in …
BAM! The JFP Biden-Palin Drinking Game
1. Biden looks at Palin like she's stupid.
In honor of the vice presidential debate tonight, the JFP staff put our heads together to create a drinking game. So print this out, study it a bit (debate practice?), …
Odds of V.P. Palin Becoming President
I just saw a report that 30 percent of vice presidents have become president. Gulp. This is what Roger Cohen of the New York Times says about the odds:
It's P-Day! Debate Party in the Red Room!
Here at the office, I'm referring to today as P-Day. Take that as you will. To celebrate it, we are gathering tonight to watch the vice presidential debate in the …
The Palins: What They Earn and Own
The Anchorage Daily News today reports on financial information about Sarah and Todd Palin that hasn't previously been disclosed, and prior to her federal tax records, which she has not …
Veep Debate: Possible Pitfalls for Both Sides
Interesting preview on the New York Times' Caucus blog. In part:
McCain Gives Up on Michigan
Politico just broke the news that John McCain is giving up on Michigan:
DNA Exonerates Sunflower County Man After 16 Years
[Verbatim from Innocence Project] Sixteen years after his arrest, all charges were dropped against Arthur Johnson today when it was revealed that the DNA testing that led to his release …
Senate Passes Bailout Plan 74-25; Wicker and Cochran Oppose
In start contrast to the House of Representatives Monday, a bipartisan majority of senators voted for a bailout plan tonight. Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker were among the …
AG Hood Warns Against Misleading Voter Registration Info
[Verbatim from AG Hood] Jackson, MS -- Phone calls to the Attorney General's Office suggest some mis-information may be circulating about the upcoming election and designated deadlines. Attorney General Jim …
Does Sarah Palin Know What Hamas Is?
I'd read the transcript of her answer to Katie Couric's Hamas question, but I hadn't seen the video. This is really disturbing. Watch for yourself.
Is Palin Causing McCain's Dramatic Poll Drops?
Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic says that's what the latest polls show:
Daily Journal: ‘Childers, Musgrove, Davis Talk About Crisis'
Patsy Brumfield of the Daily Journal talks to several of the state's congressionals and candidates for Congress about the financial crisis. (Interestingly, the paper's headline leaves out the name of …
Coca-Cola Providing Recycling at State Fair
[Verbatim] JACKSON, Oct. 1, 2008- Jackson Coca-Cola Bottling Company, in partnership with the Mississippi State Fair Commission, Hinds Community College and the Hinds County Sheriff's Office, announced today plans to …
Crye-Leike Realtors Achieves 100% in United Way Campaign
[Verbatim] RIDGELAND, MS., – Crye-Leike, Realtors congratulates it's sales associates and employees in Ridgeland Mississippi for their support of the 2008 United Way Campaign. Under the leadership of Broker Associate …
Alltell Arena Update Thursday and on WLEZ Wednesday
[Verbatim from Ben Allen of Downtown Jackson Partners] ARENA MEETING UPDATE
If you are receiving this email, you are one of 70 people confirmed for our Arena Meeting and Luncheon, Thursday October 2nd, at theTelCom Center. The time for lunch has …
Barr Praises House for Rejecting Wall Street Bailout
[Verbatim] Atlanta, GA – "Few people thought it could be done, but members of Congress listened to the people rather than the establishment to vote down the proposed $700 billion …
Hosemann Travels Abroad to Promote Military Voting
[Verbatim] Jackson, MSAt the request of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is one …
297,000-square-foot Distribution Facility Available in Baldwyn, Miss.
* 202,320 square feet -Distribution/Manufacturing
A 297,000-square-foot Distribution / Warehouse / Manufacturing facility is available 20 miles from new Toyota plant in Blue Springs, Miss.:
