There’s a Democratic-sponsored attack ad that is somewhat unfair to Ridley Park native, University of Pennsylvania graduate, and Army veteran of both Iraq and Bosnia that makes somewhat unfair and groundless criticism of 26-year old baby-faced Miccarelli.
The ad, which I’ve only seen aired once on local (Delco) cable-TV hits Miccarelli for inaction regarding actions, both Congressional and Presidential that had effect on Delaware County. The ad knocks Miccarelli for not taking action, either by advocating as leader of the College Republicans or as a campaign aid to intervene. Of course, this is unfair. In 2004, Miccarelli, although already a veteran, was merely 23, and serving on a variety of campaigns. Although he made have had access to a handful of political decisionmakers, the influence of Miccarelli was essentially no more than that of the average Delco constituent. Furthermore, the need to burnish his political resume and cultivate ideological bonafides means that he in no way could deviate from the company line.
Can’t help but wonder why Pat Meehan’s sudden resignation, news that Vince Fumo isn’t resigning, and yet more alleged shenanigans regarding Curt Weldon have all crossed through my feed reader today? Maybe there’s some meat to allegations of political prosecution at the urging of the Bush White House? You may recall that the FBI had to run the investigation against Weldon as the Delco GOP (and Meehan) had no interest in investigating their own, having focused their attention on Philadelphia Democrats (rightfully so). Or is the former Arlen Specter aide (or his sidekick) planning on running against Joe Sestak?
Over the last two decades, social scientists have repeatedly suggested that good things tend to happen in societies where people tend to trust each other
Mukasey blubbers about how a missed phone call from a 9/11 Hijacker, if intercepted, could have stopped 9/11. Hamilton refutes this by essentially saying this is important, yet was not shared with the 9/11 Commission, implying one of three things:
Mukasey was making it up for dramatic appeal.
He was repeating something heard elsewhere, believing it to be true.
Somehow, something quite important was suppressed from the 9/11 Commision.
My, my, my… Curt must have been up to something very bad for a vast left-wing conspiracy GOP-led US Department of Justice to still be pursuing the influence-peddling case so long after he has been out of office. The Delaware County Times leads with it in the header in print, with more coverage in both Harpers and on ABC News as well as context and perspective from TPMMuckraker.
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