Flashback: Ben is a Racist

It started out with chain emails.

Then the Tennessee Republican Party did it. Which was repudiated. By Republicans.

(Republican) Gov. Phil Bredesen today called an anti-Sen. Barack Obama press release from the Tennessee Republican Party “offensive” and said it showed “prejudice.”

Now a respected national conservative talk show host has done it.

He [McCain] also said that it was not appropriate to invoke Mr. Obama’s middle name in the course of the campaign.

“I absolutely repudiate such comments,” [McCain] said. “It will never happen again.”

Via Raising Kaine, there is another blog posting about it.

Don't insult your intelligence or mine by pretending that John McCain's plan for this race doesn't rely on hundreds of Cunninghams -- large and small -- across the country, and the RNC and all the GOP third party groups, to be peddling this stuff nonstop for the next eight months because it's the only way John McCain have a real shot at contesting this race.

Ben Tribbett seems to fit perfectly into the "small Cunningham" description that the author is talking about, but I bet he never thought that group would include fellow "Democrats" as well.

Ben Tribbett has Problems

In what is sure to go down as one of the most idiotic moves since running his sorry ass down to the post office to "investigate" a Tom Davis appearance there, Ben "Not Larry Sabato" Tribbett has gone down to Richmond to stalk legislators hanging out in a hotel room. What exactly does he hope to accomplish? And updating his website to let everyone know there is not one, not two, but THREE, count them THREE newspapers outside that door in the morning....those are some mighty fine investigative skills. That must mean there is some real nefarious stuff going on in there. As one comment said:

Dude....are you mad that they won't let you in or are you mad that they're smoking?

Do you know which party started all this stuff?...I can tell you don't. I guess you've never been to Del. Vic Thomas' poker game in the Holiday Inn.

Also, I wouldn't try to get into the basement of the Commonwealth Club if I were you....they'll bounce you out onto Franklin Street.

There are probably 10 more of these kinds of "illegal" gatherings you can't get invited to.

Ben, people are laughing AT you, not with you.

More on THE Example of Ethical Blogging

And the comments keep on coming. This could go down as the best NLS post of all time.

• "I am on the panel as the example of ethical blogging."

  ROFLMAO!!

  Whatever helps you get through your day, sparky.

• Ben speaking on ethics is like Bill Clinton talking about marital fidelity.

• The editor of the National Enquirer will also be there to talk about ethics in journalism. Be sure you get your tickets now!!

• Be careful Ben, it sounds like a trap to me. It might be some kind of intervention.

  If they grab you and stick you in a white van, well, we'll miss ya, ole buddy.

And what will certainly be one of the best comments that has ever appeared on Ben Tribbett's blog:

• Let's see-

  The whole Kate & Phil divorce controversy as "news." That was weird.

  The "buying votes" scandal in Tidewater. Weird.

  Rushing down to the Post Office because Tom Davis was reportedly harassing postal workers about a flyer going out for JMDD. Weird. Calling for the Governor to intervene. Even weirder.

  The breathless large-point fonts and repetition of "scandal" and "resign" in many headlines. Weird.

  The fixation on personal score settling. Connolly, JMDD/Tom, Obama, Janet O., "South County Bitch", and what list would be complete without Dave Marsden? Again, a little weird.

  The letter to Senator-elect McEachin with Lowell. Weird.

  The whole "babes of the blogosphere" on-going theme. Weird.

  I'm sure they want Ben on the panel, but perhaps not for the reasons he is thinking....

Thank you, Interested Observer.

The Most Outrageous NLS Post EVER

Sorry for the downtime folks, but Ben hasn't said anything too crazy lately. But now, the most outrageous post ever. Ben "Not Larry Sabato" Tribbett says, and I quote:

I am on the panel as the example of ethical blogging.

Right. Here is just a few of the serial NLS commenters on this subject:

• If you live long enough, nothing surprises you anymore.

• You the example of ethical blogging? I can't stop laughing....

• You sure it isn't because they wanted an example of how not to be ethical .

• It's sorta like asking t to be the keynote speaker at this year's "Queers for Choice" extravganza.
  

• Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

If you read NLS for no other reason, do it for the entertainment of reading the thoughts of people who Ben thinks are his friends.

Ben Tribbett is a Hack, Part III

At 2:17 today, Ben Tribbett called Virginia for Barack Obama.

This means one of two things. Either a) he wants you to think he's soooooo smart and has all the inside information to be so bold as to call Virginia at 2 in the afternoon or b) he wants to depress turnout for Obama.

If it's option a? Good for Ben, he can read polls. Almost every poll says that Obama is up by nearly 20 points in Virginia. Real bold prediction there, Ben.

If it's option b? Ben shows, yet again, that he is detached from reality and that he thinks his blog actually has influence over Election results. No one, besides the campaign insiders that read his tabloid for pure entertainment and the few people that actually take it seriously, read or even know that "Not Larry Sabato" actually exists. And those that read it already have their mind made up.

Ben is a hack, pure and simple. Oh, and don't forget douchebag. Because Ben is certainly that.

Ben Tribbett will be Speaking about Ethics

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Meanwhile, Ben says he's going to a fundraiser for Hillary. You would think that the most widely read blogger in the state who also happens to be a die-hard Hillary fan would get an invite to be on the list of 100-Member Virginia Committee, but no, looks like they don't want anything to do with him. Except of course take his donations. From an email tip:

Just a quick tip. I saw Hillary announced her top Virginia activists today. The Washington Post blog had it. Very interesting list. Ben isn't on it. However, Virginia politics luminaries such as aif Khan, a former member of the VCU student senate and J. Alden Leonard, a W&M Student Government representative made it. Ben's friends such as Leslie Byrne's husband and her former chief of staff made it. Even heretical democrats like George Burke and Johnny Joannou made it. People who's only affiliation listed is as YD officers made it. (And don't forget that Ben was a president of the Fairfax YDs). Even humiliated losers like Carlos Del Toro made it. But where's Ben? Does he have so little influence that he's not even more important than these jerk offs? Or is his blog so despicable that Hillary doesn't want to be associated with it? Or is Hillary just using him like a $5 whore?

Ben Tribbett is a Hack, Part II

A few weeks back I wrote a post showing how Ben has no idea what he's talking about. Oh I know, I didn't believe it either, but apparently it's true.

Ben seems to be the only one who doesn't realize that Hillary is in some major trouble. His obsession with Hillary Clinton continues with idiotic claims of a Hillary landslide victory on Tuesday. Even though Obama won the most delegates. Even though Hillary Clinton had to lend her campaign $5 million to even come close to what Obama got.

To sum it all up, check out Five reasons why Hillary should be worried, which completely blow any arguments of a "Hillary Landslide" out of the water.

And to top it all off, in a post worthy of "Irony is Dead, Part V", Ben Tribbett claims, yet again, to have a high accuracy rating.

Ben Tribbett has Inside Information

In an NLS Exclusive, in a BIG GIANT FONT, Ben had the inside information on a Hillary Clinton trip to Northern Virginia. How does Ben get all this information?

I can't even remember how many time he changed it, but I'll do my best to recreate it here.

Post 1: *NLS EXCLUSIVE* HILLARY IN NOVA ON WED
Post 2: *NLS EXCLUSIVE* HILLARY IN NOVA ON THURSDAY
Post 3: *NLS EXCLUSIVE* HILLARY AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ON THURSDAY
Post 4: *NLS EXCLUSIVE* HILLARY AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ON THURSDAY
Post 5: *NLS EXCLUSIVE* LOCATION TBD UPDATE: CHANGED TO GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. EVENT BEING MOVED. MORE SOON.

Wow, Ben has some really great sources. Keep up the great work!

Ben Tribbett is a Racist

Guest Post by Not Jasmine Byrne

Back in December, Bob Kerrey endorsed Hillary Clinton and said

"It's probably not something that appeals to him, but I like the fact that his name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his father was a Muslim and that his paternal grandmother is a Muslim," said Kerrey, a former governor and the current president of the New School in New York City. "There's a billion people on the planet that are Muslims, and I think that experience is a big deal."

Was it an accident or was he purposely trying to spread the rumor that Barack Obama is a muslim? Either way, it caused a big enough uproar that it elicited an apology from Kerrey. I guess he didn't want to be fired the way Billy Shaheen was.

Now, two times in three days Ben Tribbett has referred to Barack Obama as "Hussein". Of course, Tribbett doesn't feel bad about doing this, because this is just what Republicans are saying. Just like he didn't feel bad about calling a School Board member the "South County Bitch" because he didn't actually give her that name.

Bullshit. Tribbett is purposely perpetuating these rumors and trying to equate Barack Obama with Saddam Hussein. In other words, Tribbett wants the readers of his blog to be well aware that Barack Obama's middle name is the same as Saddam Hussein, so Obama is no better than an evil dictator who gassed thousands of Kurds. This is using someone's race and ethnicity against them and it's no better than calling him the n-word. Furthermore, from a comment the other day:

Is he aware that there are millions of Arab American Democrats? Some of them named Hussein? Or do his Republican bosses at New Media Strategies not care?

Ben is a fanatical supporter of Leslie Byrne. It's almost scary how far up her ass he is. But do we really want a Congresswoman representing Virginia's 11th District who has probably been in hundreds of pornographic movies? I mean, Jasmine Byrne has been in hundreds of adult movies, so I'm sure Leslie has as well. That's all we need...Leslie Byrne using the Capitol as her own personal movie set.