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Why David Keene Threatened To Punch Me At WCPAC

John ZieglerI have a really hard time with people who claim to be crusaders for the conservative cause but who are really only in it for either personal and/or economic aggrandizement. In my media career I have found that vast majorities of the elite among conservative politicians and media stars fit into this pathetic category. One of the most aggravating aspects of the heat I have taken over the past year for my efforts to shine light on the injustice of the media coverage of the 2008 election is that I often get accused of being one of those who only craves personal attention and has less than pure motives (which considering I was a long time radio talk show host, a career infested with such scoundrels, I can actually begrudgingly understand).

To me, now more than ever, the conservative movement must purge itself of those in its “leadership” who are not worthy of the cause they claim to champion. Over the past year I have begun to suspect that David Keene, the head of the American Conservative Union and the Chairman of CPAC (the largest annual gathering of conservatives) may fit into this category.

I have spoken at the last three CPACs and it always seemed pretty obvious to me that the vast majority of speaking slots and agenda items were determined by factors that had nothing to do with relevance, talent, worthiness, or benefit to the movement. Instead it was clear that personal relationships and donations/sponsorships ruled the day. Human nature being what it is, I hardly found this surprising and mostly put it in the “annoying” category.

That began to change earlier this year when, because I was promoting my just released documentary “Media Malpractice,” I was a co-sponsor of CPAC. As part of that designation I flew from Los Angles to Washington twice to attend planning meetings (including once the day after my grandfather’s funeral). At both of these affairs I raised the issue of “sellouts” to the movement being given prime speaking roles and there seemed to be general agreement that this was a bad idea. At one meeting David Keene clearly indicated to the group that this would be taken care of. However, when the schedule came out, the names I had specifically mentioned had indeed been given plum roles and, while I can’t prove it, all signs point to economic reasons motivating these decisions to reward people who are clearly bad for the cause.

I will fully acknowledge that I felt badly mistreated by the selection process, but that did not influence my perception of that procedure, but rather only made it easier for to see and voice what I have witnessed about its obvious flaws. But the ultimate tipping point for me came a few months ago when David Keene made some statements about Sarah Palin after her resignation that sounded like they could have easily come from Keith Olbermann and not an extremely influential conservative leader.

Keene claimed she
was “whining” about media coverage, “bitter,” “resentful,” had “bailed out” on her governorship, and was not ready for the “major leagues.” He also mocked her inability to appear at this year’s CPAC (not that I am implying this had anything to do with his motivation!).

As someone who has dedicated their lives over the past year to trying to correct the historical record about Sarah Palin, almost nothing infuriates me more than having a “conservative’ buy into the media lies about her, especially when they don’t seem to know all the basic facts. But when that person is the head of the ACU and CPAC it is particularly maddening because Palin bashing from someone like that essentially provides cover for anyone else who wants to take an unfair shot at her. For all intents and purposes Keene was acting as an accomplice, after the fact, for a public lynching.

Then I learned of a couple of extreme ethical lapses by Keene in the realm of his personal political allegiances and his political lobbying firm.

Politico reported that it certainly appeared as if the ACU (through a letter from Keene deputy Dennis Whitfield, with whom I had met in 2008 about potentially funding part of “Media Malpractice”) was offering Federal Express Keene’s op-ed support on a legislative issue if they paid ACU a couple of million dollars.

I also became aware of a 2003 National Review article (subtitled, “The ACU Chairman Sells Out”) which focused on his support for then liberal Republican Arlen Specter who was long-time Keene “friend” and, coincidently I am sure, the head of a senate committee in front of which Keene’s lobbying firm regularly does business.

It also turns out that Keene gave Specter (now a key Democrat) $2,000 as late as the 2008 election cycle. For sake of complete disclosure, I have been very open about having given money to a Democratic friend currently in congress, but I am not the head of the American Conservative Union and I have been very clear that my “support” was not an attempt to back up my friend’s non-existent conservative credentials.

So, with this as the backdrop, I went to Western CPAC in Newport Beach this past weekend as a scheduled speaker and an exhibitor. I also went with the full intention of getting David Keene to address at least some of these issues.

It became clear to me that the best way to do this was, rather than going way off the topic of my speaking panel (I was there to talk about my arrest at USC’s Katie Couric journalism award ceremony) and making an unnecessary scene that probably wouldn’t even make sense, was to get an interview with David Keene. Keene agreed to do a sit-down interview and the guys from Orange County Films (who had videotaped the Couric episode) volunteered to shoot whatever happened that day.

Here is the three part video of what transpired, which was edited by Orange County Films.

The two men not clearly identified in this video are Jon Fleischman from flashreport.org and Gary Kreep who moderated the panel I was supposed to be on. Gary, I later found out, is a big-time “Birther.” So Birthers were more welcome to appear at WCPAC than people who ask David Keene tough questions in an interview to which he willing agreed!

For the record, contrary to what WCPAC claims here, I had absolutely no intention of “disrupting” the panel I was scheduled to be on. All I wanted to do was to get David Keene to explain himself, which I had already tried to do. I didn’t make the “scene,” David Keene did.

I am sure that there will be those who will wrongly think that I did this for personal attention. Those that know anything about me understand this is not the case. I will gain absolutely nothing from this and will likely lose quite a bit. My only goal was to try to shine light on the issue of whether David Keene as individual should be a leader in the conservative movement as well as this broader issue of far too many members of the conservative establishment being motivated by the wrong factors.

One of the reasons that I did this was that I am well aware that I am the only one who would be willing and able (or stupid enough) to do something like this to expose apparent frauds like David Keene and CPAC. I am also very well aware that I will likely fail in this attempt for some accountability.

This will largely be because many “conservative” commentators (some of whom personally witnessed at least part of what happened), who in a semi-rational world would jump all over this story, I am sure will turn the other way so as to not jeopardize their relationship with CPAC and their precious speaking spots. Ironically, this reality is a large part of how this situation was created to begin with. The conservative media protects a guy like Keene out of fear and then he actually begins to rationalize that he has done nothing wrong because, after all, almost no one has called him on any of it and there have been no repercussions at all.

This entire episode has greatly furthered my already strongly held belief that the vast majority of the conservative “movement” is “led” by fakes, flakes, freaks, frauds, phonies and sell outs who are far more interested in protecting their own little thiefdoms than promoting the cause. That may not surprise veterans of the political process and human nature, but I would still like to believe that the principles of freedom, liberty, limited government, national security and the constitution deserve much better than that.

There are many reasons why conservatism finds itself clinging to a quickly dying minority in America, and this issue is right at the top of the list. If I have given up my career in the movement to spark a change, it will be well worth it. Regardless, I know that, while I am hardly perfect, I have fought a just fight and always did what I thought was right.

In 2008, John Ziegler wrote, directed and produced the documentary “Blocking the Path to 9/11″ and created www.HowObamaGotElected.com as a precursor to his next film, “Media Malpractice… How Obama Got Elected,” which came out in early 2009 and screened in over 20 theaters. A trailer video for that documentary has been viewed by at least 2.3 million people on You Tube.

UPDATE: John Ziegler Responds to His Critics

John Ziegler Arrested!

I went to USC to witness and ask questions about Katie Couric getting the Walter Cronkite journalism award for her interview of Sarah Palin. I intended to also give away copies of my film but I was literally prevented from doing so. I did not go there hoping for or expecting any sort of confrontation, especially with law enforcement. I am simply shocked and horrified by what happened here, as should every freedom loving American. I did absolutely nothing wrong and I was handcuffed, detained and literally abused by law enforcement at the event. The video below will speak for itself, but I will have plenty to say about this very disturbing episode.

View the video here >>

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John Ziegler Detained


Media Malpractice

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"I just viewed your film. "You Nailed It"!!! There were even parts you covered from the primaries; I did not know about. One example is although, I knew about the "Lobbyist Letter" of McCain's " disappointment to Obama. I had NO IDEA there were "interviews" to back it up!! You covered the following from the primaries PERFECTLY: *The Wright issue, Bill Clinton & the "Fairytale" comment, Donna Brazile "1st" to say Racism (Although, J.Jackson Jr & Roland Martin were contenders for that spot), Gerry Ferraro, Hillary's "response to the Muslim" question & how she was set up, The "With-Holding" of results from the IN county to "Down-Play" her win. The General Election Coverage was "Spot-On" too. GREAT JOB!! You managed to show-case what "we" witness. "Without Injection yourself" into it. Well done!!" ~Toni T. (PUMA)


"This is a very good DVD. A number of times while viewing it, I almost punched a hole in my monitor. How dare the media decide who the nation should vote for is a very scary situation that should never happen." ~Charlie B.


"I ordered "Media Malpractice" seconds after learning it was available and I was thrilled to find it had finally arrived in my mailbox yesterday. I'm glad the response has been positive. After watching it with some friends last night (one in particular who supports Obama), I want to congratulate you on your amazing research, hard work and dedication to this project. You definitely have a great voice, both audibly on the radio, but also a great voice for explaining the complex situation America finds itself in with an entertaining style. I hope this project rewards you enough so that you can continue to make documentaries like these last two." ~Mark M.


" I just received my copy of Media Malpractice and reviewed it today. OUTSTANDING!!!! You really nailed it. Keep up the good work." ~Ed S.


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Blocking The Path to 9/11

John Ziegler's 2010 Probabilities
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Top 10 Developments Of the First Week of the New John Ziegler Show

6/14/2009

It was an extremely eventful first week of the new John Ziegler Show on KGIL. Here are the top ten incredible developments in order of when they happened:

1. KFI's John Kobylt calls KGIL's owner to whine (while apparently stuttering and stammering) about John Ziegler telling the truth about him. 

2. KABC's Doug McIntyre writes John Ziegler three times (twice after telling him he would never write him again) to complain that their freindship didn't prevent Ziegler from calling him on his Obama sellout.

3. Governor Sarah Palin does an amazing 16 minute live interview in which she gives her first reaction to the David Letterman controversey.

4. John Ziegler goes on MSNBC to talk about the Palin interview and the Letterman flap and gets his mike turned off after calling MSNBC out on its bias.

5. Rush Limbaugh (on KFI among hundreds of other stations)  spent two full segments on Ziegler's MSNBC appearance, strongly praising him.

6. Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly does a live interview on the show.

7. Video of Ziegler's MSNBC appearence goes viral on the internet.

8. Snippets of Ziegler's Palin interview are used in newscasts nationwide as the Letterman controversey grows.

9. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough comes on the John Ziegler Show.

10. Governor Palin mentions her interview on the John Ziegler Show while live on the Today Show. 

 
Exclusive Sarah Palin Interview

1/6/2009

John Ziegler's Exclusive Interview With Sarah Palin

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If someone would have told me five months ago that in early January I would pay over $1,400 for an incredibly inconvenient plane ticket and $120 for a 3 am cab fare to get from sunny Los Angeles to Wasilla, Alaska, I would have told them there was a better chance that the Dow Jones would be below 9,000 and a gallon of gas would be less than two dollars.
 
If they would have told me that I would be glad I made the journey (even with a seven-hour, weather-aided, stop in Seattle), I would have told them Sarah Palin had a better chance to be John McCain’s running-mate. Of course, as well all now know, all that turned out to be true. And even though I still have the flu I got just before the trip, I am thrilled I got to experience -11 degrees in Alaska.
 
Obviously, I went there to interview Governor Palin for my forthcoming documentary on the media coverage of the 2008 election. My understanding is that the only reason that Governor Palin did this interview (while rejecting hundreds of other requests) is simply because she has a sincere devotion to setting the record straight on what really happened during the campaign and determining why the news coverage was as dangerously slanted as it so clearly was.
 
Largely because of absurd claims by Democrats that she was violating ethics rules by answering campaign questions on state grounds (one of several ways in which the Democrats there, who used to love her, are now totally invested in the “take Sarah Palin down” industry), we did the interview at the Palin home. At 9 am, without a security guard or handler within sight, Bristol Palin, eight days removed from giving birth, politely answered the door and Governor Palin, not yet fully put together, rushed out to tell me and our crew to make ourselves at home.
 
One of the things you quickly learn when you visit the Palins is that the legend that has been created around who they are and how they live is no myth. It appears to be absolutely real and everything about them seems 100% sincere. From the stuffed hunting trophies on the wall, to the Track’s military photo by the TV set, to Piper’s crayon school projects on the kitchen cabinets, everything is exactly as you imagine it might be.
 
What was particularly valuable about the perspective I had was that, I am not Charlie Gibson, Matt Lauer or Greta Van Susteren (who I understand now gets her mail delivered to the Palin home); the conductors of the three most prominent interviews done in the Wasilla house on the frozen lake at the end of the drive that has the sign “Palins” posted on a tree at the entrance. Unlike them, I am virtually unknown nationally and there was absolutely no reason for anything to be done differently as a “show” for us. We saw the genuine Sarah Palin and it is patently obvious that this is the only one that exists. She is the real deal.
 
As a former TV sportscaster and radio talk show host, I have interviewed a lot big-time “celebrities,” and I can honestly say that, even though you could argue that Sarah Palin was the most prominent I have ever spoken to one-on-one, she was also by far the nicest, most sincere and, seemingly, honest subject that I have ever questioned.
 
For context, I admit to being a fan of Sarah Palin from before she was ever named John McCain’s VP candidate. I attended her convention speech and consider it to be by far the finest that I have ever personally witnessed. But, being a world-class cynic, I also wondered if maybe there was at least some truth the to the negative media narrative that had been created about her. Maybe she really wasn’t that smart, maybe she was indeed a “diva” or a “wack job.” Well, if anything of those smears are remotely true, Palin should move here to LA permanently because she is a far better actor (not to mention better looking) than the vast majority of actresses in Hollywood.
 
Our interview started early and ended late (ask Barbara Walters how often that happens at this level). The Governor fully answered every question I asked, even though some of them brought up media episodes that clearly got her upset and, when the subject turned to her kids being targeted, even a little emotional. She then posed for pictures and signed autographs for the entire crew and casually discussed all sorts of topics, including how the local newspaper is absurdly still trailing the “story” that her youngest son is not really hers at all (this while Todd walked around with Trig on his back and Bristol cared for her newborn Tripp in a nearby bedroom; even Trig conspiracy theorist Andrew Sullivan would have had a hard time not seeing the insanity in his own delusions).  
 
The madness of the local paper's efforts to prove that Trig is not really Sarah’s baby was not all we learned in the post interview conversations. Conservatives will be thrilled to know that she immediately “got” and seemed to fully appreciate my joke that Pete Wilson (and not Arnold Schwarzenegger) would go down as the last Republican Governor in the history of California, If that wasn’t enough, when she looked at the back cover of my first film (“Blocking the Path to 9/11” www.blockingthepath.com) and saw the photo of one of the film’s targets, Keith Olbermann, she literally let out a groan and, pointing to his photogragh, declared, “THAT guy is so EVIL! What is wrong with him?”

Beyond the great interview for the film (from which there is still plenty of tremendous stuff yet to come), the most important part of my visit to the Palin house is that there is a big difference between thinking that something is true and knowing for sure that it is. I now know that Sarah Palin is exactly who I thought she was.

I also know now, with morally certitude, that the media assassination of her, her character and her family was one of the greatest public injustices of our time and I am totally justified in devoting my life to correcting the historical record in my forthcoming film “Media Malpractice…How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Smeared” ( www.HowObamaGotElected.com )

 
O.J. Finally Cracks and the Goldmans Finally Get Their Day

12/5/2008

Over 14 years after he brutally killed two people, O.J. Simpson finally faced some real punishment today as he was sentenced for the armed robbery and kidnapping that came directly out of his attempts to avoid paying the Goldman family the judgment against him for killing their son & brother.

Simpson spoke to the court and, clearly frightened, nearly broke down as he please for the judge to go easy on him. Fortunately, this judge was no Ito (why is it that they only people who have any balls anymore are women?) and she would have no of it; reading Simpson the riot act while sentencing to a stiff prison sentence that finally means the end of his days of golf and casual sex. Hopefully it means that Simpson will die in prison.

As for the Goldmans, they finally got some sense of justice. Make NO MISTAKE, this was THEIR victory even though most people don't think that this episode had anything to do with them. It most certainly did! Simpson was forced into making the mistakes he made in Las Vegas as a direct result of their relentless pressure of justice for him. It was only because they never gave up the fight and never backed off the promise they made to Ron that Simpson was ever caught in the mistake that finally took away his freedom. 

The Goldmans finally made that point in dramatic fashion (as JZ has been trying to get his friend Kim to do for over a year now!) today after the verdict.

The two videos below do not make up for the pain and suffering that the injustice that this case has caused, but they sure are nice to watch. The first is Simpson groveling. The second is the Goldmans finally taking in a true victory.

  

 
New www.HowObamaGotElected.com Poll Provokes Wave Of Coverage/Criticism

12/3/2008

A new poll commissioned by www.howobamagotelected.com for John Ziegler's forthcoming documentary "Media Malpractice... How Obama Got Elected" was released today and the results are provoking lots of discussion.

The poll was done after "popular demand" following the release two weeks ago of a Zogby poll that, for reasons that had nothing to do with bias, included only Obama voters. This new poll, done by Wilson Research Strategies was commissioned after Zogby caved to the left-wing pressure and refused to duplicate the first poll.

The results, which can be found at www.howobamagotelected.com basically show that McCain voters were better at answering simple questions about the campaign (like which party controls congress) than Obama voters, and there appears to be a direct link between the media outlets that voters were exposed to, what they knew (or thought they knew) about the campaign, and, ultimately for whom they voted.

Here are some of the more interesting articles written about this poll.

John Ziegler's op-ed as well as video of his appearance last night is here.

A WND article on the reaction to the polls is here

The Wall Street Journal (whose reporter, in an interview with John Ziegler actually questioned whether Democrats really controlled congress!!) did its best to try and minimize the results of the poll because the poll apparently failed to end world hunger and solve the financial crisis, here

Hot Air's Ed Morrissey writes about Ziegler's "vindication"  here

Front Page Magazine interviews John Ziegler here

The Philadelphia Bulletin put this story on its front page.

Alan Colmes lies about Ziegler's beliefs regarding Obama's religion and insults all Muslims, here

AOL did a poll on Ziegler's poll here

Below are two great videos of interviews done with Ziegler today. The first is with Hot Air's Ed Morrissey.

The second video is a live head-to-head match up with Nate Silver the total fraud who started the criticism of Zogby poll by incorrectly calling it a "push poll." Listen as Ziegler confronts him on that and many other issues . It gets rather heated. This site is guessing that Silver does not post the interview on his blog, lest his blind followers see the light and see that he is indeed full of crap.

 
John Ziegler Makes Statement on Zogby Poll Decision

11/20/2008

It was revealed today on the Rush Limbaugh Show that the Zogby polling company has rejected John Ziegler's attempt to commission a poll of McCain voters to follow up on the poll of Obama voters that created so much controversy this week.

John Ziegler originally did not seek to poll McCain voters because he is doing a documentary on the media's impact the election and since Obama won, which stories "broke through" to McCain voters is of no direct relevance to the project. However, after challenging the left (on TV)to commission the same poll of McCain voters (no one took him up on it) and having Bill O'Reilly urge him to do so on his radio program, Ziegler asked the Zogby people if they would do the exact same poll as they did last week. Today they told him that they would refuse to do so.

Here is a Politico article that has been linked (in red) on Drudge and which includes extensive quotes from Ziegler.

Ziegler believes that there is little if any doubt that the Zogby company has been frightened into submission by that left-wing nuts that rule much of the internet media. In his most recent statement ,Zogby has made several comments that are both apparently factually inaccurate as well as in direct contradiction to his original statement in which he totally stood by the poll (as opposed to the "half-Obama" throwing under the bus that he is currently performing on his own poll) .

It is rather obvious to Ziegler that Zogby fears that if he were to do the same poll of McCain voters that the results would show a MASSIVE divide in the level of knowledge of THESE issues/questions in comparsion with Obama voters, and that this would lead to even GREATER attacks on him in the Obama-loving media. It is important to point out that NONE of this was the intent of poll.

John Ziegler's statement on all of the attacks on this project (ever-evolving with developments), can be read here.

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John Ziegler Releases Statement On Reaction To www.HowObamaGotElected.com

11/18/2008

In light of the massive of reaction to the release of www.howobamagotelected.com and the accompanying Zogby poll, John Ziegler has released this statement

Below is video of the "B-cast" on which Ziegler appeared today to explain much of the story behind all of this.

 

 
John Ziegler Releases New Obama Voter Video/Website/Poll On "Hannity and Colmes"

11/18/2008

As part of his forthcoming documentary, "Media Malpractice... How Obama Got Elected," John Ziegler released a new web video along with the findings of a nationwide Zogby poll of Obama voters he commisioned. Ziegler appeared on Fox News Channel's "Hannity and Colmes" to give them the exclusive story before Zogby's official release tomorrow.. 

The purpose of the video/poll was to examine the impact of the news media on what Obama voters knew (or thought they knew) about the campaign.

All of the shocking results can be found at www.HowObamaGotElected.com

The Youtube version of the video and Ziegler's appearance on Fox News are below. Please feel free to spread the videos as much as you can!

 

 
John Ziegler's Final Election Predictions

11/3/2008

In 2004 my day before the election predictions were arguable the best in the nation (right down to predicting John Edwards would come out and try to lay the groundwork for Florida recount part 2, though I got the time of his address wrong by a couple of hours). Here are my predictions for 2008..

Like 2004, the exit polls are going to be gruesome for the Republican side. Then, I think very early on it will look like McCain is holding his own and maybe even going to pull off a miracle.

Unfortunately, I still think the very best that John McCain can do is lose 278-260 in the Electoral College and, because he is being forced to defend such a large map with such limited resources, just a few votes going the other way could alter the final EC significantly. I think it is possible that Obama wins an EC  blowout as large as 364-174 without winning the popular vote by that large a margin. There will be a LOT of very close states, but even if McCain runs the table it is almost impossible (without Pennsylvania or at least Virginia, both of which are VERY long shots)  to see how McCain gets to 270.

As for the actual result, I am guessing 291-247, but that is very much on the optimistic side. As for popular vote, I say it will be 51.7 to 47.1.

May Tiger help us all.

 
"Blocking the Path to 9/11" now available on Amazon.com

10/14/2008

John Ziegler's film, "Blocking the Path to 9/11" is now available on Amazon.com

The DVD can be purchased at a discount here

The Hollywood Reporter did a front page article on the film here

Daily Variety has come out witha laughably biased review of the film, which can be read here.

This website is considering revealing the bizarre e-mail exchange that John Ziegler had with the person who wrote the review.

Below is a video just released on YouTube of the September 11th double screening of the film in Orange County.The video was put together by orangecountyfilms.net

 

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McCain Waves Flag of Surrender

10/10/2008

John McCain waved the flag (not white, that might be racist) of surrender today. Just a day after being dramatically urged to finally tell the truth about Barack Obama, McCain told supporters that Obama is a good man of whom we should not be scared. He was jeered by the crowd and rightfully so. He might as well have conceded the election without even a proper fight.  

Incredibly Barack Obama is going to become President without even having to face a real campaign even though he "faced" Hillary Clinton and John McCain who are known for their alleged toughness. The War Hero has lost his nerve and the country will suffer because of it.

Below is a video of some of the key moments at today's event.

 

 
McCain Campaign Takes Gloves Off Just After the Fight is Over

10/6/2008

The John McCain Presidential Campaign has finally decided to tell (most of) the truth about Barack Obama's radical ties and the Democrat's culpability in the current financial crisis. Unfortunately, they have decided to do so at exactly the worst possible moment.

Now that Obama has been accepted by at least half the nation as a plausible/credible Presidential candidate and the the McCain campaign is finally far enough behind in the polls to look desperate, the long overdo attacks will be easily dismissed by the pro-Obama news media as a way of changing the subject from the "really important story" of the economy (I am sure that if similar charges were leveled by Obama against a McCain team that was winning, that the media wouldn't see them as quite the same "distraction").

As for the Palin-led attacks on Obama's relationship with domestic terrorist Bil Ayers, they are (despite the best efforts of the media to disparage them) dead on. However, the association that they should be concentrating on is the one between Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright . Unfortunately, McCain is afraid of being called a racist (despite Obama HIMSELF having called the issue "legitimate") and considering the bizarre fact that Palin has already been called racist by the Associated Press for talking about the Messiah's relationship with a white man, his fears are well founded, if also cowardly.

The bottom line is that if you are going to go after a guy's nuts (assuming Obama has any to begin with) you do so at the beginning so that he is neutered enough to never reach the 50% level. Hillary didn't learn this lesson and niether did McCain. This is what the Republican Convention should have been for, if McCain hadn't been pretending to be so concenred about a hurricane that neverly really happened.

As for finally trying to set the record straight on the Democrat's role in the sub-prime mortgage mess, McCain is being played a little bit like a comic book superhero by the villains who use his better nature against him. McCain couldn't tell the truth about this at the first debate because if he did so he would likely blow up the very fragile "deal" for the so-called "bailout" bill. This delay in telling the truth (for what McCain thought was for the good of the country) allowed the news media, Nancy Pelosi (who was not restricted in her words by such quaint notions of what was best for the nation) and perceptions about Republican Wall Street fat cats to cement the notion that Republicans (and even more tragically) and McCain himself were somehow to blame. Once the perception has been created it is almost impossible to reverse, especially when you are down in the polls and have the media dead set against. you. This will be a classic case of too little, too late.

The first video is classic Palin on the Ayers issue. The second is McCain going to town on the real causes of the economic crisis. As great as they are, they will likely only make for nice items in the museum for losers. Governor Palin and her family (as well as true conservatives everywhere) deserve better than this.

 
FINALLY!!! AFTER 13 YEARS SOME JUSTICE FOR O.J. SIMPSON!!

10/3/2008

Thirteen years to day after having been wrongly acquitted for two murders he clearly committed, O.J. Simpson was finally convicted on all twelve counts in an armed robbery that occurred in Las Vegas last September.

Despite the fact that the judge in the case kept out a lot of the most damaging and important evidence for fear of influencing the jury with elements of the double murder case, the jury was able to figure it all out in just thirteen hours of deliberation before coming back with convictions on all counts.

Though this case could be seen as rather complicated, the jury was able to see the simple fact that O.J. Simpson clearly took property (much of which was never his) with the use of force and wielded guns. While Simpson finally going to prison for a fourth-rate burglary is the modern equivalent of getting Al Capone for tax evasion, the verdict is just and finally brings some closure and healing to to a  cultural wound that has been festering for thirteen years.

Personally, the best part of all of this is how and why it happened (and not just because I played a small role in the falling dominoes, which I will be writing about in more detail shortly). This case happened as a DIRECT result of Kim and Fred Goldman keeping their promise to the deceased Ron Goldman that they would never give up pursuing justice for Simpson. Because they kept up the pressure (even when 99% of others would have long ago given up)  on the killer, he was forced to deal with the dregs of humanity and take risks that would eventually catch up with him. For those who believe "what comes around , goes around" this situation is a case study. But it never would have happened had Kim and Fred given up.

I know from speaking to Kim that they are both thrilled with the verdict. I told her that she and her father should be very proud of how they have kept their promise to Ron to never stop pursuing justice, and that our nation owes them a debt of gratitude.

Nothing will ever erase the evil that Simpson created the night of the murders, during the trials and in the numerous controversies that came out of them, but the fact that it appears that Simpson will never play golf again and will likely die in prison, gives me some hope that there is still SOME justice in the world.  

 View the moment of sweet justice below.


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House Rejects "Wall Street Bailout Plan"

9/29/2008

Some random thoughts on the “shocking” 228-205 defeat for the misnamed “Wall Street Bailout” plan:
 

-- Thanks to extreme media bias, general public ignorance (stupidity) and Republican cowardice (caused mostly by the first two factors) the vast majority of Americans have no idea how we got here and are blaming all the wrong people. The root of this problem came from too much government-directed socialism and reverse racism in the home mortgage industry. There are no two people more to blame for this than Democratic members of Congress Barney Frank and Maxine Waters (watch the second video below to see why).

--  While I think that the plan is based in the repugnant belief that government is the answer to everything and pushing us far faster than we were already headed down the road to total socialism, I wish it would have passed because I think we are headed that way regardless of what we do and that we might as well go as gently as possible with no deep depression 

-- While Nancy Pelosi’s speech on the floor before the vote was totally wrong and inappropriate and in a just world would mean the end of her Speakership, the notion that this caused Republicans to vote against the bill is both overrated and irrelevant.

---  However, while many have understandably mocked the notion that Republicans voted against the bill because they had their feelings hurt, I would ask you to put yourself in the position of a Republican member who hates the bill but has decided it is in the short-term best interest of the nation. You go down to the floor to eat your “crap sandwich” and Nancy Pelosi, whose party you are certain was responsible for the mess and who is doing NOTHING to pressure any of the 95 members of HER caucus (including some of her top leadership and closest allies) who voted against the bill to change their minds, decides that she is going to rub your face in it by blaming you for the crisis. Would you still be able to cast that vote?

--  The most important and underrated fact of the day is that those 95 Democrats voted against the bill with ABSOLUTELY ZERO pressure from Pelosi or the party, and yet they have the gall to blame Republicans (who had a third of its members vote against their principles and for the bill) for the loss. I urge you to listen to the radio interview with Karl Rove on this topic that is linked below. The facts here are devastating; unfortunately facts don’t seem to matter any more.

--  The most bizarre moment I saw today (even more so than Barney Frank being lavishly praised by Speaker Pelosi at the same press conference) came from Democratic South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn. At a press conference of Democratic “leaders” Clyburn had the audacity to claim that “67% of Republicans put their own political ideology over the best interest of our nation.” This of course begs the question; if Republicans who voted against the bill were putting “political ideology” over the best interest of the country, what exactly did the 95 Democrats (including 20 members of Clyburn’s own Black Caucus) put ahead of the United States? Naked cowardice? Clyburn then put the laughable cherry on this insane sundae by immediately calling for an end to “partisanship” (i.e. calling for a total and complete Republican surrender) in the process. You can read more about the Pelosi/Clyburn scam here.

--  Incredibly, all of this has made Barack Obama, who has been the biggest coward of all in this process (he didn’t call a single Democratic congressman to urge passage of the bill he said he sort of supported and was kind of nessesary for thegood of the country!) and has shown no signs at all of being willing or able to handle any of the issues in the crisis, a virtual lock to win the election and oversee the cementing of the feet of our economy into permanent and real socialism.   

 
And today is only Monday!
 
Make sure to check out the Karl Rove interview below.  The now infamous 2004 "Smoking Gun" congressional hearing is below that.

 
"Blocking the Path to 9/11" Wins Best Documentary at the Valley Film Festival

9/27/2008

Tonight, John Ziegler's film (which he wrote/ directed/ produced and narrated), "Blocking the Path to 9/11" won the Best Documentary award at the Valley Film Festival in North Hollywood.

Since, like most film festivals in the LA area, the Valley Film Festival is hardly known for its political conservatism, Ziegler was surprised that the film was even accepted into the festival and shocked that it actually won the award for best documentary against some good competition. Photos of Zig accepting the award and with the film's star Cyrus Nowrasteh answering questions, are below.

In addition to winning the award for best documentary, here is a sampling of other praise for the film:

Joel Surnow, the creator of the smash hit TV show "24," said, "Terrific film.  Great job. This movie needs to be seen."

Academy Award nominated actor Gary Sinise said, "I thought it was very well put together. Hard hitting. Pulls no punches and informative. Lots of information that the general public would have no way of knowing. You have done a terrific job and I am glad that you have liberals in there talking about it as well."

Famed film Director Ron Maxwell ("Gettysburg" and "Gods and Generals") wrote to say, "You guys did a terrific job with the film. It was riveting. A case study in cowardice and courage."

Acclaimed writer David Horowitz said, "I thought it was excellent, first rate. It was a very difficult story to tell and you did a superlative job. I actually have not a single critical comment to make. I wouldn't change anything."

Academy Award Nominated writer Lionel Chetwynd wrote to say that, "I was thoroughly engrossed.  I think you touch on a lot of new ground here.  You did a good job.  Well done."

 

 

 
Mike Gallagher Radio Show Broadcasts "Blocking the Path to 9/11"

9/11/2008

In an extraordinary development, the nationally syndicated Mike Gallagher Radio Show commemorated 9/11 by using their entire broadcast to playing John Ziegler's film "Blocking the Path to 9/11" 

On tomorrow's show, Mike is scheduled to interview many of the primary players in "Blocking the Path," including John Ziegler.

John Ziegler has written this column for Fox and Realclearpolitics.com about the film for the 9/11 anniversary.

Ziegler also did an interview with FrontPage magazine that can be read here.

The Media Research Center did  the first of several scheduled stories about the film, which can be read here. Their second is here.

Fox News did an extensive article on the film's revelations here

The WashingtonTimes and realclearpolitics.com ran a column that praises the film at the end here

The New York Post ran a story in their famous Page Six column here.

 
Zig is Lone Voice of Dissent at Republican Convention

9/5/2008

John Ziegler attended the Republican National Convention as part of the official California delegation and to screen his new film there.

While there, Ziegler was one of the very few who were brave (stupid?) enough to speak the truth about the absurdity of canceling one full day of the convention because of what turned out to be a rather minor hurricane that Monday.

Ziegler did numerous interviews that appeared in several  major newspapers.

He also did many national television interviews on the subject that aired on CNN, NBC and ABC.

But without a doubt, the interview that got the most reaction was the one that appeared as part of a rather funny (and far more accurate than they realize)  piece that the Daily Show did on the cancellation of the first day of the convention.

The snippet with John Ziegler which caused the Daily Show crowd to groan and boo comes in at about the 53 second mark in the video below.

 
Trailer and Clip For John Ziegler's Movie Released

8/27/2008

Here are two videos from John Ziegler's new film "Blocking the Path to 9/11."

The first is the film's trailer.

The second is a clip from the film itself that deals with Barack Obama's view of handling terrorism.

 
John Ziegler's Film Premieres To Packed House/Standing Ovation

8/16/2008

John Ziegler's first film, "Blocking the Path to 9/11"  premiered Friday night at the Skirball Center to a packed house and a standing ovation.

The top video is of Ziegler introducing the film. The second video is the crowd reaction to the end of the film.

Here is an article that ran in the LA Times on the day of the premiere.

Here is an article on Politico that mentions the premiere

Here is a review of the film

 
"Post-Racial" Candidate Plays Racial Victim/Card

8/2/2008

I am not sure what is the most amazing part of the latest attempt by the Messiah to insert race where it isn't and shouldn't be.

Is it that he made even more explicit/absurd/outrageous comments a couple of weeks ago and that hardly anyone even noticed?

Is it that Obama called the McCain campaign racist with less than zero evidence and the news media declared itself unsure if Obama really "played the race card" and blamed McCain for taking the "low road" when he simply defended himself from the worst charge a white man can face in modern America?

Is it that Obama's campaign laughably tried to claim that the Messiah wasn't REALLY talking about race when he suggested (three times in a day!) that Republicans would remind voters he doesn't look like all the other Presidents on our currency, and not being called on that? 

Is it that much of the Messiah's entire campaign is built on the totally fraudulent notion that he is "above race," when his career and and candidacy has been built entirely around carefully (and brilliantly) using his race to his advantage?

Or is it that this guy is still favored to be our next President?

Its a tough call. Watch the clips and decide for yourself. The first is the most recent race statement. The second is from the first episode a few weeks ago and is even more unfreakingbelieveable because it includes CNN "news" people falling all over themselves to congratulate Obama on blatantly playing the race card

 

 
The False Messiah Reveals His True Self Yet Again

7/30/2008

Those of us (sadly only about 25% of the adult population) who have been paying close attention to the real Barack Obama have almost become numb to the level of insanity and stupidity that the Chosen One spews on a consistent basis and yet, thanks to the love-struck news media, avoids criticism with shocking regularity.

However, today's candidate in what will inevitably be a very difficult Top Ten (Top 25?) list of "Most absurd things Obama has said and almost no one noticed" to pare down, was still startling because of the importance of the issue and the ease with which the average American idiot should be able to understand it.

The issue is the gasoline crunch and Obama's brilliant idea to fix it. The Messiah has discovered that if we all just pumped up our tires and got our cars tuned up more often we wouldn't have to drill for oil. The truly remarkable thing is that he really meant it.

Also, amazing is that this is the same guy who lamely claims drilling is a bad idea because it won't impact the price of gas today. Even if we accept that potentially faulty premise, that logic is much like parents deciding not to save for their child's college education because it won't help them pay for the European vacation this summer.

Sadly, though predictably, thanks to being once again given cover by Matt "I'm so far in the tank for Obama I can't see the surface" Drudge (who briefly linked to the Obama statement and then quickly took it down), the news media has almost totally ignored what easily could have been a game changer, or even ender, for the Messiah.

Watch the video below and be amazed.

 

 
Best weapon against Obama: How about fellow Liberals?

6/9/2008

My greatest fear in this election is that Republicans are so afraid of being called racists that they run a wimpy campaign. While McCain's aversion to using the Reverend Wright issue (which should be a game ender), indicates those fears are warranted, this Internet ad from the Republican Party gives us some hope that the forces of evil will not be able to continue with a completely free pass.

In this video is one of the most important (and by far the most underrated) statements of the campaign was when Hillary literally "endorsed" John McCain over Obama at least four times in one week. I have always felt that, if used properly, this statement is devastating to Obama and probably required him to keep Hillary off the ticket, which gives McCain an opening with the white female vote..

 
THIS is the guy were supposed to be so frightened of:

6/11/2008

The level of fraud that is Barark Obama may have no bounds. One of the many areas where the myth does not meet reality is that he is somehow extremely intelligent and an amazing speaker. Sure, with a huge crowd of people ready to faint at the mere mention of "hope" and "change," and a TelePrompTer filled with a speech someone else wrote (and is often plagiarized) he is awesome, but strip him of those props and he is quite ordinary.

Witness these two clips (especially the second one where the Messiah gets totally lost on Iraq) and ask yourself if this is a guy that can really continue to con the American people (even with the media's help) for the next five months.

BTW, I spoke to an Obama supporting friend of mine in North Carolina today and he was talking to be about the damage McCain's Vietnam torture had taken on his "cognitive abilities." I asked him if he was referring to times like when McCain had boasted on the campaign trail that he had visited "57 states" and "only had one more to go." He laughed and said that he had not heard about that, but indicated that he was not surprised that such a thing would come out of McCain's mouth. When I let him know that it was Obama and not McCain who had made such a remarkable gaffe, it seemed to have lost most of its significance.

The Obama Kool Aid is strong indeed.

 
Hillary Concedes, But Why?

6/15/2008

I never thought I would see the day when I felt sorry for Hillary Clinton, but that day has come. Even though she has won just as many votes, won more states and delegates over the last three months, and is clearly the stronger general election candidate, she was forced to get out of the race well before history would ordinarily dictate she should. But of course, when the Messiah, Barack Obama is involved, history, as well as logic and facts, seem to be rendered meaningless.

Hillary was forced by the media to give in, lest she make life even more uncomfortable for their Chosen One. The media's love for Obama is so great that it (much to my shock) even transcended what has normally been their carnal desire for some sort of contested convention. In 1976, 1980 and 1984 there were candidates who were much further behind than Hillary is and who felt zero media pressure to concede all the way to the convention. But Obama is crippled and, like a fight promoter who owns their boxer's next bout, the news media needed to call the fight so that their guy didn't get even more bruised than he already is.

Still, there is discontent in the Democratic party. Note the boos in the video when Obama's name is mentioned.

 

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