The College of Charleston anticipates a large attendance at today’s “ROCK ME LIKE A HERMAN CAIN: SOUTH CAIN-OLINA PRIMARY RALLY” at the College’s Cistern Yard today. The standing only event will open its gates at noon for the lucky first 3,500 people to arrive for the 1 PM rally. George Street will be closed from 11 – 2 PM.
Colbert and Cain will emerge from Cain’s bus and come through Porter’s Lodge into the Cistern Yard where they will speak from a stage over the cistern. The rally will include the College of Charleston cheerleaders, dance team, pep band, and renowned gospel choir, which is comprised of 150 voices.
Crowd lining up at the event (11:12 AM):
Question: Is the Secret Service now providing protection for Colbert? Check out this photo from today’s event. See the ear piece?
The Charleston newspapers have given prominent coverage to the event:
Comment at Charleston City Paper:
“This morning, Steven Colbert has come out in favor of Ron Paul.”
Right! LOL!
Doc
Does South Carolina allow crossover voting in primaries? (Pardon me if this has been answered in another article.)
Yes, open primary …. Doc has already pledged his support to “Cain” 😉
I had suggested an O/U of 10% for Herman Colbert in tomorrow’s voting, but then was reminded it was open. And he is polling at 18%! So now I’m sticking it at 20%. I’d still be surprised at 10%. If he gets near 20%, or (heehee!) more thans 20%(!), it’ll be a huge slap in the face to the parties and process status quo.
Well, I’m not sure how many partisan comedy fans will be voting tomorrow. However, you have to remember that Herman Cain will get some votes just because his name is on the ballot. If Cain gets 10% I would consider it significant. Any more than that, a mandate.
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An excellent suggestion for a new requirement in our Presidential Beauty Pageant! How many votes would mangling the anthem cost a candidate? No pressure.
Doc, that’s not Secret Service protection. The photo you posted showing earpieces is the back of Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist’s heads during the normal broadcast of Morning Joe on MSNBC this morning, on which Colbert was a guest.
I can assure you that Scarborough and Geist wear an earpiece every single broadcast. 😉
Off-topic, but… chek out Oily Taint’s latest post.
http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/?p=30563
Paul, Orly’s site generally can be expected to be full of malware and viruses. Folks should know that before clicking your link.
If this is about her Opposition to Motion To Quash, this link is safe: http://www.scribd.com/doc/78812960/Georgia-Farrar-v-Obama-Taitz-Opposition-to-Motion-to-Quash-Subpoenas
Paul, wait, I think this is what you meant to highlight instead (safe link) http://www.thefogbow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332035#p332035
And this should probably all be on a different thread. 😉
Hmmm….Mr. Malihi has seriously renovated his signature 😉 And shouldn’t there be a cover page or a heading of some kind? How about a date?
COLBERT FOR PRES!!!!
Isn’t this a rather serious turn of events . . . a sitting President being compelled to attend a ballot hearing for a primary that is run by a political party? Frankly, I’m amazed.
Ah, sorry guys
Would be breaking news …. if it were real! Even if real, it seems to be saying, I see no reason to quash the subpoena. Not the same as issue a court order to compel anyone or anything! A negative does not ipso facto imply a positive.
J. Potter:
Thanks for your reply, but I remain confused. I look forward to learning more about this in the days ahead.
Did Colbert really get Cain to go along with this? How?
You’re right Potter. That signature does seem awfully different from the ones on the subpoenas.
But maybe that’s Judge Malihi’s *angry* signature? Just judging from the reaction over at FB and NBC, it seems like the real deal.
You didn’t type that up and send it to Orly, did you?
As much fun as that would be, I have a limited imagination, and am reluctant to play with reality … thanks for giving me that kind of credit, tho!
Again, if real … so? It had been widely quoted Obama was not required to appear, she is serving a do-it-yourself subpoena. If real, Malihi declined to quash because Jablonski didn’t have a good reason to supply. Not quashing and enforcing are two different things entirely. If he intends to put teeth in her subpoena, whouldn’t he next issue an order to compel? Will he ultimately find the President in contempt for not showing? Seriously, if there was a story here, it would be HUGE. Not a peep from the media.
In my last post, I should have used “If consequential…” rather than, “If real …”. Assuming forgery, with a solid compelling reason is bad form. There lies birtherism! The apparent source, Orly, is a pretty darn good reason, but ya never know.
I concur. That is pretty much my assessment of the situation, based on what is known so far too.
I guess . . . you’re talking to someone who doesn’t have a good grasp of legal terms and procedures. When I read that the judge refused to quash, I assumed that the Pres. would be compelled to attend. Maybe you can see how easy it is for someone outside the legal profession to be led astray by ignorance. I include Orly Taitz in that group.
Arthur, IANAL either, so I can only go by what little familiarity I have gleaned from listening to lawyers explain these types of things over time and try to match that up with what I read in the judge’s orders.
I will defer to actual lawyers to weigh in on this and openly classify my opinion as just speculation based on a limited understanding of the issue.
I agree with everything else you said and yes, I can see where a lot of this stuff can cause confusion. However, there is a big difference between how folks like us react to this info and the blind, overblown “matter-of-fact” claims made by Birthers, when faced by matters outside of our personal expertise.
We are simply able to be honest about when we are only speculating and our egos are secure enough to admit when something is beyond our knowledge or where we are simply unsure. We are able to convey this intent easily in our words.
However, Birthers and others who are proudly ignorant simply talk out of their @ss all the time about stuff they don’t know about and don’t know how to ask questions instead of make uneducated blowhard pronouncements…