Why, Luda, Why? Because it is F *** NG RELEVANT - and the AP says that it really does not affect the vote, period

.................................... .. Barack and buddy Ludacris

'the hat tip' goes to 'YOU DAMN RIGHT' WHY LUDA, WHY?? Aug 1, 2008
"Damn, somebody always has to mess something up when things just seem to be going great! Rapper Ludacris “outrageously offensived” Hilary Clinton, John McCain, and your President (He’s not mine) Bush. His new song which is support to Barack Obama."

the HighVizPR (abbebuckpr) take: (texting) AND HE IS NOW DEEMED THE MOST FAMOUS MAN IN THE WORLD! SO DAMN BIG! I CAN'T STAND THE VISIBILITY - MC CAIN REINFORCES IT WITH AD STARRING PARIS HILTON -- - BLINDING WHITE HOT, THAT SPOTLIGHT - OH, DID I DARE SAY WHITE??????? WAS THAT NEGA-TIVE?! IT'S LUD-A-CRIS! AND HE (LUDACRIS) JUST LATCHING ON TO THOSE COAT-TAILS, BABAY!

AP: Ludacris' song unlikely to alienate voters... *

watch and read and LEARN.

Ludacris says that "The World is ready for change because Obama is here."

He certainly is.

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*to Hilary ---the rap: "move bitch, get out the way!"

Gov. Bill Richardson, LA TIMES: 'you don't transfer loyalty to a dynasty.'

CAMPAIGN '08
Why Gov. Bill Richardson didn't endorse Clinton
Photo: Shari Vialpando / Associated Press

Gov. Bill Richardson, shown here in New Mexico on Tuesday, has drawn criticism from supporters of Bill and Hillary Clinton for endorsing Sen. Barack Obama. "I was loyal," Richardson says. "But I don't think that loyalty is transferable to his wife.... You don't transfer loyalty to a dynasty."

The New Mexico governor says he was dismayed by pressure from the Clinton camp, and impressed by Obama's optimism. Besides, 'you don't transfer loyalty to a dynasty.'

By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-richardson12apr12,0,1175443.story?track=mostviewed-storylevel

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Sen. Fred Thompson reporting back for duty - Show biz wants you!

((( - He gave it his best shot, even with burps like Bob Dole's campaign advisor at the helm -- BUT PLEASE GO BACK TO L & O - MY SHOW IS DYING -- )))

Arts, Briefly
Fred Thompson Seeks Make-Believe Roles

Compiled by Lawrence Van Gelder
Published: March 26, 2008
Fred Thompson, eliminated from the long-running reality show that is the campaign for United States presidency, is returning to the make-believe of acting, Reuters reported. Mr. Thompson, 65, a former United States senator from Tennessee and recently the fictional New York district attorney Arthur Branch on the television crime drama “Law & Order,” has signed an agreement to be represented as an actor by the William Morris Agency. Mr. Thompson has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including “Die Hard 2” and “In the Line of Fire.” His quest for the Republican presidential nomination attracted little support and he abandoned the race in January.

and I will keep wearing FRED ''08 buttons and the sticker remains on my beat-up (yes!) 2007 honda civic.

----and note to Fred Grandy of WMAL 630, DC Metro, yes, Gopher, he endorsed John Maverock-McCain for the sake of (his) party unity.

Thank you, Fred, Jeri,

Abbe B.

www.highviz.net

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Fred D. Thompson Watch Day #3 - Why Fred Thompson? (----asks a little ol' Democrat like me!)

WHY THE HECK NOT? He is now ahead of Mitt "Mormon" Romney in the polls (check 'em!)and hasn't even 'committed' yet!

Why Fred Thompson?
by Robert Novak (More by this author)
Posted: 05/31/2007

Fred Thompson sat at the end of a long table in The Monocle restaurant on Capitol Hill Tuesday night for dinner with some 20 fellow conservatives, mostly journalists. He sent two signals. First, he sounded like a man who has decided to run for president. Second, his candidacy will be something different from other Republicans, in both substance and style.

This was one of the irregular sessions of the Saturday Evening Club, which is not a club and never meets on Saturday. The name was purloined from H.L. Mencken's Baltimore discussion club by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., editor-in-chief of The American Spectator. Tyrrell arranges and presides over these events, always featuring a guest newsmaker -- usually a Republican presidential hopeful over the past two years. Former Sen. Thompson was the most intriguing of them because he has become a leading prospect for president even though he has not announced his candidacy and has no real campaign.

Thompson's performance Tuesday night, with his remarks off the record, helped show why many Republican insiders are ready to support him. Thompson is winning straw polls at Republican conferences and running well in polls mainly because of dissatisfaction, for varying reasons, with the three leading GOP candidates -- Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney. But Thompson at the dinner table confirmed the widespread perception inside the party of his potential to be an extraordinary candidate.

Thompson disappointed in his first speech as a prospective candidate, addressing the Lincoln Club of Orange County, Calif., on May 4. Discarding a speech he had written himself, Thompson ad-libbed from handwritten notes, a performance that placed him in the usual run of Republican after-dinner speakers. This was not the second coming of Reagan that Californians envisioned. Was all the excitement about Thompson merely engendered by his television role as the formidable Manhattan district attorney on "Law and Order"?

He stuck to his prepared cards for his second speech, at a Republican state party function in Stamford, Conn., last week, and it was a considerable improvement. It sounded more like an off-the-record conversation he had with me in Orange County, Calif., before his speech there, and his Saturday Evening Club conversation.The Connecticut Republicans, down to one seat in Congress after 2006 election losses, cheered when Thompson told them: "I think the biggest problem we have today is what I believe is the disconnect between Washington, D.C., and the people of the United States. People are looking around at the pork barrel spending and the petty politics, the backbiting. The fighting over all things, large or small, is creating a cynicism among our people." That cynicism, Thompson contends, mandates a different kind of campaign for 2008.

Thompson implied at Stamford that Republicans, along with Democrats, are responsible for making Americans cynical. While so far not spelling this out publicly, he deplores ethical abuses, profligate spending and incompetent management of the Iraq war. He becomes incandescent when considering abysmal CIA and Justice Department performance under the Bush administration. He is enraged by Justice's actions in decisions leading to Scooter Libby's prison sentence.In his Senate voting record and his public utterances, Thompson is more conservative than Giuliani, McCain or Romney. He takes a hard line on the war against terror (referring in Connecticut to the danger of "suicidal maniacs" crossing open borders) and worries about immigration policy creating a permanent American underclass. His one deviation from the conservative line has been support for the McCain-Feingold campaign reform, much of which he now considers overtaken by current fundraising practices and perhaps irrelevant. Overall, his tone, in a soft Tennessee drawl, is less harsh than that of other Republican candidates -- a real-life version of the avuncular fictional D.A. he plays on TV.

Beyond ideology, Thompson envisions a 21st-century campaign, utilizing the Internet more and spending less money than his opponents. When speaking to a friendly audience or ruminating off the record, the 6-foot-7 actor-politician does not look or sound like the GOP's announced candidates for president. His challenge will be to convey that impression when he appears with opponents on the same stage in the immediate future.

Mr. Novak is a syndicated columnist and editor of the Evans-Novak Political Report, a political newsletter he founded in 1967 with Rowland Evans. Click here to get a free subscription.

Whew! One more year for Bobby Gorem, L & O CI and the Mothership -- WHOOPEE !

NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC Universal and producer Dick Wolf *struck a last-minute deal Sunday to keep "Law & Order" and its two spinoffs on the air, although "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" episodes will first be seen on the USA cable network.
The deal ensures an 18th season of "Law & Order" on NBC. That's second only to "Gunsmoke," which aired from 1955 to 1975 and was the longest-running network drama series on TV.

NBC announces its fall television schedule on Monday, opening a week where all the broadcasters outline next season's plans to advertisers in New York.

NBC had essentially concluded it had room for only two of Wolf's series on next year's schedule. "Law & Order: SVU" has the highest ratings of the three, so that was safe. After some brief conversations about shifting "Law & Order" to Time Warner Inc.'s TNT, the decision was made to keep "Criminal Intent" for USA, said Jeff Zucker, chairman of NBC Universal.

NBC and USA are corporate cousins within NBC Universal, and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" reruns make up some of its most popular programming. Now USA will be able to premiere a full season's worth of 22 episodes of what had been an established network series, a first for the business. The series is entering its seventh season.

"This was a strategic decision by us," Zucker said. "We are really taking USA to a new stratosphere."

It's not clear when "Criminal Intent" episodes will air on NBC; they will likely be used to fill a hole when a new fall drama fails.

"Law & Order" sank sharply in the ratings this year, although that was partly expected with a move to Fridays, one of the least-watched nights on television. While it will be back for an 18th season, NBC executives declined Sunday to say whether it will start in the fall or midseason.

The deal also forces Wolf to cut production costs for the series and hit new financial targets, although they weren't publicly outlined. Wolf said this wouldn't result in any significant cast changes or be visible to viewers.

"Nobody was casting aspersions on the creative process," he said. "It was just costing too much for the realities of how the business has evolved."

NBC has suffered in the ratings this season, particularly this spring, with only "Heroes" emerging as a new hit. At the same time, USA is a very profitable operation.

NBC said the status of Fred Thompson, who plays District Attorney Arthur Branch on "Law & Order" and is considered a potential GOP presidential candidate, had nothing to do with the discussions. [YEAH. RIGHT. SURE.] Thompson is under option for another season of ripped-from-the-headlines [political!] crime drama, but Wolf said Sunday he knew nothing of the actor-politician's plans.

"I haven't talked to him for the last two weeks," he said. "So your guess is as good as mine.

"Keeping "Law & Order" on the air long enough to eclipse the "Gunsmoke" record is his "ultimate dream," Wolf said.

"Creatively, the show is still firing on all cylinders and I have no doubt the show's quality can and will continue for years to come," he said.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

*Story Highlights• All three "Law & Order" shows will stay on air• "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" will air first on USA• Flagship "Law & Order" to start its 18th season ((((YES!!))))

FRED DALTON THOMPSON! You are becoming an ALSO-RAN!

http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/373628,CST-EDT-novak07.article

Robert Novak is miffed (a clean word)

And what if L & O is NOT renewed? Fred, do you hear us? I watched your speech "live" on C-Span and fell asleep.....waiting for the announcement that....never...happened

Heaven help us all. I will vote for ______________ , but my [heart] is with Mike Huckabee, whom I would like to work for someday.

Abbe B., who shed 140 lbs the huckabee way, damnit

http://mikehuckabeepresident2008.blogspot.com/2006/06/mike-huckabee-inspiration-to-others.html

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