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The Washington Post headline:

Disclosure About Obama’s Aunt May Have Broken Federal Law

And disclosing Joe the Plumber’s personal information is, it would seem, nothing to worry about…

…then why is there a strong change that Massachusetts might repeal their State income tax?

For one weekend this summer, Massachusetts enjoyed a sales-tax holiday. Instead of driving across the border to sales-tax-free New Hampshire, residents could shop at home without paying sales tax, if only temporarily. But the sales-tax holiday was just a precursor to what could be a much more hopeful development: the potential repeal of the state’s income tax this November.

Thanks to the tenacity of Carla Howell of the Committee for Small Government, voters may be able to eliminate Massachusetts’s income levy through Question 1 of a ballot referendum. In 2002, a similar ballot question asking for the repeal of the income tax earned 45 percent support. Today, with jobs and residents fleeing the economically limping Bay State, the political climate for eliminating the income tax is even more hospitable. Backers also hope that the repeal would force Massachusetts to practice tough fiscal discipline—the income tax constitutes more than 40 percent of state revenue.

If this passes it will be a signal that a conservative economic message can prevail everywhere…and thus no matter what the result on Tuesday, we conservatives are on the right path.

Geesh!

Admittedly, this may be a Jewish thing, but aren’t you frightened of people tattoo-ing numbers on your forearm to memorialize your service to “The One”?

Kook Left Website

It’s creepy, and it shows no knowledge of or respect for the Holocaust. No wisdom. No memory. No historical perspective.

God save us from these people. They’re crazy.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad…

By Mark Steyn:

…if Aunt Zeituni had settled in Wasilla — say, in lodgings across the way from Bristol Palin’s boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend’s uncle’s sled dog’s veterinarian’s ammunition dealer — the fact that she’s an “illegal immigrant” might have come out a lot sooner, even if only from the Atlantic Monthly investigative unit driving by and asking her whether Joe the Plumber had ever serviced Trig’s real mother’s double-wide.

On the other hand, what could be more American than an Undocumented First Family? If I’d known it was this easy, I’d have run myself.

I was away for much of the summer and, when I returned, the entire campaign felt like an absurd satire I wasn’t quite up to speed on. But truly, in a world in which the many illegal foreign contributions to the leading candidate’s unprecedented fundraising include his own deportation-ordered aunt, satire is dead.

And Victor Davis Hanson:

I don’t think in my lifetime I have ever witnessed quite a campaign in which the wife of the Presidential candidate has been sequestered lest she voice yet another sweeping generalization that can be rightfully interpreted as denigrating both the American system at large or the values of other Americans; or in which the Vice Presidential candidate has been sequestered from press questioning lest he once again in an interview or an impromptu says something that either is so bizarre that it makes no sense at all or serves as a good argument not to vote for his running mate; or in which the Presidential nominee himself knows that if he stays on the teleprompter he has a good chance of winning, but if he wades in to banter wtih the crowd there is equally a good chance that he may say something so disturbing that the entire facade that he has so carefully constructed simply collapses.

In sum, the voters suspect that there is something wrong with these faux-wizardly images on the campaign stump, but on the rare occasions they hear or see a gimpse of something real behind them that understandably makes them uneasy, they are sort of given the message “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.”

Personally, I think the mask is off and right now we’re in a race between the Truth and Obama; and if by November 4th Truth is ahead, then Obama loses.

As usual, its not the crime but the cover up – and now we’ll want to know what Obama knew and when he knew it:

Vanessa Niekamp said that when she was asked to run a child-support check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher on Oct. 16, she thought it routine. A supervisor told her the man had contacted the state agency about his case.

Niekamp didn’t know she just had checked on “Joe the Plumber,” who was elevated the night before to presidential politics prominence as Republican John McCain’s example in a debate of an average American.

The senior manager would not learn about “Joe” for another week, when she said her boss informed her and directed her to write an e-mail stating her computer check was a legitimate inquiry.

The reason Niekamp said she was given for checking if there was a child-support case on Wurzelbacher does not match the reason given by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Director Helen Jones-Kelley said her agency checks people who are “thrust into the public spotlight,” amid suggestions they may have come into money, to see if they owe support or are receiving undeserved public assistance.

Niekamp told The Dispatch she is unfamiliar with the practice of checking on the newly famous. “I’ve never done that before, I don’t know of anybody in my office who does that and I don’t remember anyone ever doing that,” she said today.

Democrat Gov. Ted Strickland and Jones-Kelley, both supporters of Democrat Barack Obama, have denied political motives in checking on Wurzelbacher.

Which is, of course, a monumentally stupid lie – the cat is out of the bag, Strickland, and you’d better fess up, ’cause Obama might not be in a position to help you come January, and you don’t want to be left holding the bag in a federal case.

As a preview of Obama’s practices should he win on Tuesday, this is invaluable – but as an event, in and of itself, this is a crime for which everyone involved should spend a considerable amount of time in jail over. This is the worst sort of corruption – the use of government authority to slander a private citizen. Keep in mind that all Joe did was ask Obama a question – and in return for this, he’s being raked over the coals and having his personal life poked in to by Democratic party hacks.

Its really important – from NRO’s The Corner:

My son started boot camp for the USMC two weeks ago. He is putting is butt on the line for you and defend the Constitution of the US and defend it from all enemies. He is not asking for your support. He is going into special operations and is willing to die to protect you. A completely incompetent Commander in Chief could put my son in serious jeopardy. American might be resilient, but my son would be put at risk.

As long as you feel absolutely confident that the man you’re voting for is the best person to command the men and women of our armed forces, then you’re doing your duty as a citizen.

Obama is out there trying to buy the election – and not with the small donations of average Americans, but with the criminal donations from who knows where:

Barack Obama refuses to release the names of the 2 million-plus people who have given his campaign less than $200. According to campaign officials, it would be too difficult and time-consuming to extract this information from its database.

So how come we were able to do it in a couple hours? Not literally—we don’t have access to the campaign’s list of donors—but we created a database of similar size and format in a Web-ready file and posted it online. (You can view a sample text version of it here. The full version is 824 MB.)

But before we get into the technical details (though, if you’re with the Obama campaign and want to skip ahead, please do), it’s worth dwelling on the reasons for the Obama campaign’s reluctance to disclose this information. It can’t be legal: No law prevents Obama from releasing these names.

Politically, there would be several advantages in releasing the names. Obama has campaigned (effectively) on a platform of making government more transparent, citing his efforts to do so in Chicago and Washington as signature achievements. He has also disclosed the bundlers who raise large amounts of money for his campaign. Finally, making the list public would rebut McCain’s broad and unsubstantiated claims that the list (and the huge sums of money it represents) is shot through with fraud.

Which is why, of course, Obama won’t do it – his fundraising is shot through with fraud. So much so that in my opinion the Justice Department should initiate a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization investigation into the Obama campaign. Certainly if Obama wins next week, we have to know how many criminal donations there have been and what role Obama played in setting up and maintaining this criminal conspiracy against the American electorate – because after Obama gets in, such investigations not only won’t happen, but anyone who brings such things up will be punished by Obama and his minions for daring to question The One.

Our liberal friends have been screaming for 8 years about imaginary threats to their freedom – but if Obama does manage to corruptly obtain the White House and remains un-challenged on it, then there will be no reason for him not to use the same tactics once in office…including the intimidation of media we’ve already seen in this campaign.

From Drudge:

ZOGBY SATURDAY: Republican John McCain has pulled back within the margin of error… The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama 48% to 47% in Friday, one day, polling. He is beginning to cut into Obama’s lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all.. 

Obviously, the quick rebuttal is that national polls don’t matter… state polls do. Fair enough. But one cannot deny the obvious trend in McCain’s favor over the past week. This means that with the election a few days away that momentum is on his side. This makes a good case for him to carry the last minute undecided voters who could decide the election.

Geesh:

EL PASO — A man who jumped 60 feet to his death from the Spaghetti Bowl on Thursday left a note with a message for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.

A note to “Obama” was found in the man’s car, which was parked on the top ramp of the Spaghetti Bowl.

Officials offered no further explanation nor interpreted the note’s meaning…

…Police confirmed that the man left behind a note that read, “Obama take care of my family.”

Just want to confirm something – you lefties out there, you do realize that Obama is just a man, right? I mean, even if he’s fabulously better than McCain, he’s just a man and prey to all of man’s weaknesses – you do realize that, don’t you?

Just want to be sure about this sort of thing…

With ACORN and other Obama groups planning to defraud our electorate, we must stay vigilant and ensure that the vote is as clean as possible:

Today, the McCain-Palin campaign launched the Honest and Open Election hotline to help citizens learn the location of their polling place, as well as report any instances of irregularities at the polls, including voter fraud, intimidation, violence and electioneering. The hotline can be accessed via phone at: 866-976-VOTE.

“With November 4th quickly approaching, our Honest and Open Election hotline will serve as an informative guide for all Americans participating in the electoral process,” said McCain-Palin National Political Director Mike DuHaime. “The hotline will allow us to learn about and take steps toward remedying any voter irregularities at polling places across the country. While we are hopeful that Election Day will be free of any wrongdoing, allies of the Democrat Party, such as ACORN, have shown a willingness to commit fraud in both this election cycle and in 2004. Given the tightness of the polls, all examples of fraud must be addressed to preserve the integrity of the election.”

In 2004, multiple forms of voter fraud occurred, including voter intimidation, fraudulent registrations, multiple ballots cast and votes bought for money. Already during the 2008 election cycle, a dead woman in Missouri cast an absentee ballot, individuals were arrested for voting twice in Florida and people in Ohio registered and voted on the same day.

Write that number down and carry it with you when you go to vote – if you suspect anything, call it in and allow the experts to determine if its fair or foul. Don’t get into arguments about it at the polling place – but report what you see. Our right to vote is vital and we must prevent people from diluting our votes with bogus ballots.