The NY Times picks up on the effort by lefty bloggers to manipulate Google and promote negative stories about Republicans in key races across the country:
If things go as planned for liberal bloggers in the next few weeks, searching Google for “Jon Kyl,” the Republican senator from Arizona now running for re-election, will produce high among the returns a link to an April 13 article from The Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly.
Mr. Kyl “has spent his time in Washington kowtowing to the Bush administration and the radical right,” the article suggests, “very often to the detriment of Arizonans.”
Searching Google for “Peter King,” the Republican congressman from Long Island, would bring up a link to a Newsday article headlined “King Endorses Ethnic Profiling.”
Fifty or so other Republican candidates have also been made targets in a sophisticated “Google bombing” campaign intended to game the search engine’s ranking algorithms. By flooding the Web with references to the candidates and repeatedly cross-linking to specific articles and sites on the Web, it is possible to take advantage of Google’s formula and force those articles to the top of the list of search results.
So far, so good - per this Google search, the targeted Jon Kyl story (at number six) is the first news story to appear. However, at number seven we see a TIME profile on Jon Kyl among America's Top Ten Senators, so it is not all gloom and doom for Kyl (not yet, anyway - it's when you are profiled among "America's Top One Hundred Senators" that you have a problem public relations opportunity.)
As for Peter King, good luck to the Google-bombers - apparently Peter King is a writer for Sports Illustrated, a saxophonist, a sculptor, and a database designer, not to mention a Congressman for Long Island.
The first news story is a Scarborough Country transcript which includes King defending Karl Rove in the Plame case. The second story is a defense of Peter King against slanted coverage from CNN, and opens as follows:
THE media is engaged in a jihad against Rep. Peter King - a jihad in defense of Islamist extremists.
I don't think that is the story the left is pushing.
MORE: On the Chris Shays front, the first news story is some Salon piece the ad for which I do not intend to endure. The second news story under "Chris Shays" is this WaPo piece headlined "Shays Urges Iraq Withdrawal".
Gasp--you mean the lefty bloggers arent as smart as they thought they were? Jeez, TM--you shouldnt be giving them hints--Let them run smack into the law of unintended consequences.
Posted by: rjarango | October 26, 2006 at 01:31 PM
“Peter King,” the Republican congressman from Long Island, would bring up a link to a Newsday article headlined “King Endorses Ethnic Profiling.”
That should help him pick up a few votes,it will only be negative re-inforcement to the liberal left.
Posted by: PeterUK | October 26, 2006 at 01:48 PM
Tom,
So far, so good - per this Google search,
Can you check your link? I'm not sure it is working.
Posted by: Sue | October 26, 2006 at 02:07 PM
Update SOS webpage
http://stopoctobersurprises.blogspot.com/2006/10/next.html
Drudge links to
A NY Times story
It identifies a spokesman for HRC as David Smith
http://www.hrc.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Press_Room/David_M_Smith.htm
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 26, 2006 at 02:40 PM
This will be just like everything else the nutroots deliver to the Democrats.
Let's see they got both Dean and Kerry
electedrejected as President.They'll get Lamont
electedrejected in CT.Bring it on Moonbats!
Posted by: Bob | October 26, 2006 at 03:08 PM
I posted this in the old thread, but can use all the prayers around.
Everyone say a couple of prayers -- the wildfire in Riverside County, CA, that has already killed firefighters and engulfed 400 homes, is bearing down on where my son works and coaches and is headed our way. The smoke is already so thick, I'm having trouble breathing inside my own home and it really stinks outside. The sky is thick like heavy fog. I don't think we will be at risk, but David's school is very much at risk right now. It is so windy though and this fire is moving so fast.
Posted by: Pal2Pal (Sara) | October 26, 2006 at 03:39 PM
Good luck Sara. I'm thinking of you, and watching it live on Fox. So sad about the firemen.
Posted by: Verner | October 26, 2006 at 03:44 PM
Sara, good luck. Prepare to evacuate--you knoe get everything ready just in case.
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 03:53 PM
Sara,
I'd grab all important docs (like insurance policies) and go for a drive. You know the Santa Ana winds are killers - don't wait.
Posted by: Rick Ballard | October 26, 2006 at 03:56 PM
Thank you. I'm nervous. But, we Californians keep our emergency kits handy. Everyone knows to have a suitcase with all the essentials handy. I'm going out shortly to fill up my gas tank and get some cash out of the teller as a precaution and David and his ballplayers just got back from the field (San Jacinto) where they gathered up all their equipment and anything that was moveable has been secured. My son has the back of his truck loaded to the hilt with bats, balls, uniforms, even the bases off the field and all kinds of athletic equipment. They got flatbeds in to haul the bleechers out. I assume other departments are doing the same.
My home is about 12 miles due south of where the fire is right now. But when you hear Hwy. 79, think that 12 miles is straight down that highway as my home is about a block and a half east of the highway. The air quality is brutal. I just heard from a friend who lives in Hemet and she is having such breathing problems, she is packing up and going into San Diego to her daughter's to get away from it. Her son also lives in Hemet and raises snakes. He is getting out and having a terrible time getting his snakes moved. Yucky huh? My friend is really freaking out because they lost their home in the Tierrasanta fire of a couple of years ago and moved out to the Hemet area after that.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 04:16 PM
"Absolutely, we're winning" says Bush of the Iraq occupation.
Two questions: Who is we? What are they winning?
Posted by: rand | October 26, 2006 at 04:31 PM
Looks like the wheels are finally coming off Carter!
http://www.forward.com/articles/dems-repudiate-carter-book/>Dems Repudiate Carter Book
I guess they are starting to get tired of him too.... must be all the recent polling that's making them scared. Like Lieberman up by 18 points... I guess they need the Jewish vote more than they thought.
Posted by: Bob | October 26, 2006 at 04:41 PM
Maybe it's time to haul out the Convention Pics with Carter sharing guest of honor position with Michael Moore.
His sentiments have hardly been secret before. Cat had their tongues for so long?
PHEH
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 05:08 PM
Kansas City Election chief says ovr 40% of the 35,000 registration forms submitted by ACORN are forgeries, fraudulent and bogus. These are Dems trying to steal the Missouri election.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 06:37 PM
This is about the 5th or 6th time they've pulled this. It's time to start prosecuting ACORN and charging them for the extra work they caused the poll workers.
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 06:53 PM
I only heard the tail end of the report, but I think they said that someone has filed a formal complaint against ACORN.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 06:58 PM
I put a post up last night about GWB's oval office press conference that is detailed by Michael Barone. Who knew that it would generate a whole lot of interest by the Bush haters. Specter is holding his own against an onslaught of Bush haters, but seems to be the only voice of sanity. Amazing to me the vitriol and misinformation the other side has.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 07:02 PM
ACORN link - it's only 15,000 "errors" so far.
Extraneous,
Here is another polling example for you:
SUSA crosstabs 1,000 RV sample, 411 LV respondents - perfect response rate. NY-26 Reynolds +5. Remember - Reynolds was dead meat on Oct. 10, according to RT Strategies, he was -16. Then SUSA had him at +3 on a slightly overstated sample and now he's +5 on a correctly weighted sample. SUSA also had him at +2 on September 26 and -5 on October 4. Zogby had him at -15 on the fifth.
That's a real Foleycoaster ride and it's a perfect example of the nutroots (Gay Squad) in action. If they ever get the Ready, Aim, Fire sequence correct they still will miss the target. This was a Barone 'leans dem'. Mr. Barone is going to have to update his list.
Posted by: Rick Ballard | October 26, 2006 at 07:29 PM
Walton hears memory expert testimony. It sounds as if he heard some arguments on exclusion as well.
Posted by: Rick Ballard | October 26, 2006 at 08:00 PM
Isn't it time for the DOJ to prosecute and put some people in prison?
Am I not being disenfranchised when the dead and the illegal and the fictional and the felon vote?
Posted by: MarkD | October 26, 2006 at 08:22 PM
15,000 is more than the 40% of 35,000 I heard in the news brief.
Posted by: Pal2Pal (Sara) | October 26, 2006 at 08:30 PM
Yes, MarkD. I know some cases were brought last time around, and one state (Minn?) sued to make ACORN pay for the extra costs incurrred dealing with their mess.
Rick so the Elliott Ness with a law degree " got Loftus to acknowledge that a statement in one of her research papers was taken out of context and that a figure in one of her books was incorrect."
In the meantime he forgot that Armitage was the leaker.
Hope he enjoys this little victory.
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 08:31 PM
http://jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=5307
And
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Harman_Intelligence.html
Posted by: topsecretk9 | October 26, 2006 at 08:31 PM
That Kansas City election guy said that many of the registrations turned in have the same handwriting and are outright forgeries. It is a nightmare for them to sort out, since some of the registrations are probably valid, they can't just throw out the whole batch.
Posted by: Pal2Pal (Sara) | October 26, 2006 at 08:32 PM
Hey, Gary Maxwell, Rick Ballard, PUK, what are the odds of the TX CD 22 for Nick and Shelley?
Posted by: lurker | October 26, 2006 at 08:33 PM
Clarice
It appears that it took hours to get those damning admissions...do you think the head shaking was because it was absurdly long?
Posted by: topsecretk9 | October 26, 2006 at 08:34 PM
Waxman shouldn't pick on DoJ. The AIPAC allegations are silly. They were first made public by The Nation via Time online and surely came from Soroites who are battling AIPAC.
Rather like the Foley folly began with someone from HRC.
How long do they think they can play this disinformation game and get away with it?
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 08:35 PM
Fire update - 4 firefighters dead, a 5th in critical condition and on life support. Homeowners and campers are trapped inside the fire ring and perimeters have been set up to try to keep them safe. There is no road access to get them out because of the fire. The smoke is black now and it seems like midnight at my house it is so dark and thick. The winds are fierce and blowing embers up to a mile ahead of the fire keeping it moving at a furious pace. Hundreds being evacuated.
This is a back country area with winding two lane highways into the mountains. Hundreds of homes threatened. Only 10% contained since 1:30 AM when the fire was deliberately set. Federal murder charges pending against the disgusting person(s) who did this. Santa Ana winds causing havoc in fighting the fire. They've named the fire the Esperanzo Fire.
Posted by: Pal2Pal (Sara) | October 26, 2006 at 08:40 PM
Lurker,
TX-22 will send Sekula-Gibbs to Congress. Probably not until '08 though. Lampson is the classic one termer.
Posted by: Rick Ballard | October 26, 2006 at 08:44 PM
The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat has endorsed Murtha. If this pisses you off as much as it does me, how 'bout sending an email to: cminemyer@tribdem.com. He is the editor.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 08:51 PM
Sara,
I am not familiar with that paper. Is there a particular reason it pisses you off that this newspaper endorsed Murtha?
Posted by: Sue | October 26, 2006 at 08:56 PM
Yes, it is the hometown paper for the PA 12th and should know better by now. They've all but ignored Diana Irey's campaign. They are in Murtha's payoff pocket.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 09:01 PM
ts thanks for the JTA cite. I sent in a blog on that piece of Waxman nonsense.
As for why the audience was shaking its heads--it's AP. We can't be sure there even was anyone on the audience.
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 09:03 PM
I wrote to Minemeyer back in May to give him a heads up that Irey's campaign was a serious challenge and that she had the support of the Vets. He responded that a few disgruntled Vets didn't impress him. Veterans groups have raised 10s of thousands for Irey with contributions coming in from around the world.
If you really want to know about John Murtha, see: youdon'tknowjack.com and murthamustgo.com
If you haven't been keeping up, I think you'll be shocked to see what this man is really all about. Or look in The Squiggler's Murtha category. I don't cover everything, just highlights every so often.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 09:06 PM
sara:
I am worried for you. Evacuate now and get to safety soon.
Irey will hopefully beat Murtha whose behavior this year has been deplorable. I hope the voters have taken notice.
It looks at this point that we in Ohio are set to get a dem governor. I'm still voting for Blackwell because he is the far better candidate.Too bad our large Cleveland and Cuyahoga county doesn't realize that better education is only possible with a repub. Our charter school survived a challenge in the courts and won. It will be close with DeWine and Brown.
Posted by: maryrose | October 26, 2006 at 09:16 PM
Hold off on deluging Minemeyer until I check something out. Just had a response and he says they have not endorsed anyone yet and that it must be the Tribune Review, a paper I've never heard of. Let me check my original source before getting the guy all hot and bothered.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 09:16 PM
Maryrose, we are still pretty safe from fire, but I'm having a heck of a time breathing. My son took my car to work because he loaded his truck with stuff from the athletic dept. when they evacuated it. He said he just walked outside and my car is covered with fine black soot that is blowing down from the fire. I'm staying indoors with the house closed up tight. I've been to the store for supplies. Gotta have my Diet Coke, ya' know. But, the fire is still several miles from me. My friends up in the Hemet area are not so lucky. They have been evacuated. Fortunately, my girlfriend has grown children down in San Diego, but I have her two cats here since her grandson is allergic. My kitties aren't too happy with the invasion. I may be in more danger from a cat fight than the actual fire.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 09:22 PM
Allen just released sections of a novel Webb wrote.
Highlight from Drudge:
"WEBB NOVEL: 'The man grabbed his young son in his arms, turned him upside down, and put the boy's penis in his mouth'..." "
All that's going on the world and the election has come down to salacious IMs and novels..PHEH
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 09:28 PM
Via Sweetness and Light:
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 09:29 PM
Was Libby's defense team asleep? Did they not participate in this hearing? Sounds like it was entirely one sided. What am I missing here?
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 09:33 PM
MaryRose,
The RNC has canceled advertising for DeWine for next week. Keating 5 McCain's 'Gang of Seven' has lost one of its sharpshooters - and Chafee ain't lookin' any too healthy either.
I don't know that Kean is any improvement over DeWine (he would be over Chafee) but it looks like Kean will get some dough.
One smooth move has put the DeWine family out of politics. I wonder if Mike is going to send a Thank You card to Big John?
Posted by: Rick Ballard | October 26, 2006 at 09:36 PM
Sara, this is a pretrial hearing. Defense counsel just made a pro forma presentation to establish her qualifications as an expert--probably took minutes and an argument why they thought she should be permitted to testify .
The rest of the time was Fitz doing a dog and pony show to try to persuade the judge that she shouldn't be allowed in as an expert.
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 09:39 PM
Blogger behind StopSexPred identified, supposedly.
Posted by: anon | October 26, 2006 at 09:45 PM
TX-22 will send Sekula-Gibbs to Congress. Probably not until '08 though.
What he said.
If this were a fair fight, Nick Lampson or any other Democrat would not be calling this district his. But the ballot says DeLay and she must run as a write in candidate. She will still get 35 to 40 % and together with the contrary vote that say the hell with it I still want DeLay they will exceed Lampson I predict. But a plurality is all he needs and this one time he will get it.
Posted by: Gary Maxwell | October 26, 2006 at 09:55 PM
Seems like either Smithers or Gibbs needs to drop out of that race.
Posted by: anon | October 26, 2006 at 10:07 PM
name did not match zack
but sos blog links the radar online and says he will comment later
not confirming or denying yet
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 26, 2006 at 10:09 PM
SOS is being annoying. Wish he'd stop playing games and get on with it.
Posted by: anon | October 26, 2006 at 10:17 PM
Webb's novel excerpts go beyond icky. I liked this guy back when he was Secy of the Navy. He is the first one I ever heard talk about getting rid of our large standing army and replacing it with smaller, more mobile, special forces or specially trained units. I had no idea he was a raging sexist pig.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 26, 2006 at 10:26 PM
They promised this same sort of stuff with the TV domudrama "The Path to 9/11" but it came to nothing. These people are nothing.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob g’goo goo g’joob.
Goo goo g’joob g’goo goo g’joob g’goo.
Posted by: Neo | October 26, 2006 at 10:34 PM
There was a Lane Hudson fron SC who was a delegate to the 2004 Dem convention. Don't know if it was the same person, but if it was he can't be brushed off as just some kid who wandered in off the street and did bad things.
Posted by: anon | October 26, 2006 at 10:52 PM
--ts thanks for the JTA cite. I sent in a blog on that piece of Waxman nonsense.--
Clarice...I took that Waxman Florida and Jewish and maybe felt pressured to defend her -- as a side note
Posted by: topsecretk9 | October 26, 2006 at 11:14 PM
I take it that he's stupid or thinks his constituency is.
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 11:23 PM
So who is this Lane Hudson character ?
Posted by: Neo | October 26, 2006 at 11:26 PM
All that whining about the votes not being counted it making it hard for the Dems to get Black voters to the polls. (HEH)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/27/us/politic href=s/27race.html?ex=1162526400&en=332fb0cdd69b1e61&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS>Jujitsu
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 11:36 PM
Neo
The radar online article is about all there is except for one cached HRC event calendar entry that reflect to gotv events in Michigan
I have not got email back from sos blogger since the one non confirming email right after the news broke
His blog says he will respond about LH later
So I am being stonewalled at this point
I also found one yahoo chatroom about the michigan vote effort
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 26, 2006 at 11:36 PM
"So who is this Lane Hudson character ?"
Lane Hudson of SC is referenced in a 2003 Kerry speech as, "...former Governor Jim Hodges of South Carolina, and his staffer Lane Hudson...".
A Lane Hudson was also listed as staff in this report from the 2001-2002 Congress.
Lane Hudson is evidently on staff with HRC, or at least has an email address through them and organizes event(s) for them. Per Radar, this connection may now be defunct.
If I read the abstract on this (now expired) link, Lane Hudson of SC is 27 and in real estate.
I don't know if this is the same Lane Hudson that is affiliated with HRC and hosted at least 2 HRC events in Michigan this week. If SC Hudson is a former staffer of the Dem governor, that would seem to indicate a possibility that he was also a Democrat Senate staffer in 2001-2002 and a Democrat delegate in 2004.
Is it possible that the "leaked emails" routed not through a former page but a Democratic staffer / operative who may also be a gay activist working for HRC?
Posted by: Dave in W-S | October 26, 2006 at 11:43 PM
Oops...Link for the 2001-2002 Staff reference. You have to do a search and find,; it's buried in a list.
Posted by: Dave in W-S | October 26, 2006 at 11:45 PM
There is a Lane Hudson who was a delegate to the 2004 Dem convention, from SC. Highly likely that is the same guy, since our Lane was also from SC.
Posted by: anon | October 26, 2006 at 11:58 PM
The article referenced says he was on Sen. Fritz Hollings staff and Gov. Hodges staff. He is no novice.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 27, 2006 at 12:01 AM
Lane Hudson of SC was evidently involved in Dem fund raising at least as far back as 1999. Link
And yes, he was a delegate to the 2004 Democratic convention. Link
Voila! Here's his picture!. Confirmed DC and Charleston, SC linkage.
Posted by: Dave in W-S | October 27, 2006 at 12:03 AM
This may be him:
http://www.friendster.com/lanehudson
And here's more:
a Lane Hudson connected to an organization called Earth Force. Earth Force has some interesting members. One held a fellowship with The Heinz Endowments’ Education and Environment Programs, helping them determine their grantmaking approach to environmental education. And on the Board of Directors is someone who worked for CBS and ABC
http://www.earthforce.org/section/aboutef/board/
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:tZG9n-u_MgUJ:www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lowcountry/lccommunity_board/+Lane+Hudson&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=44&client=firefox-a>earth Force
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 12:05 AM
Michigan is a ways from SC. I wonder who paid Lanes bills to go there and work on GOTV.
Posted by: anon | October 27, 2006 at 12:07 AM
HRC apparently..
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 12:09 AM
Wow! You guys are so good.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 27, 2006 at 12:09 AM
clarice
someone who worked for CBS and ABC? I followed the link but didn't see that.
Posted by: anon | October 27, 2006 at 12:11 AM
National Bd.
http://www.earthforce.org/section/aboutef/board/
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 12:16 AM
His Friendster profile is passworded, but there is a search record with a couple of confirming details.
Per his Friendster profile, he accessed within the last 24 hours (if I interpret that entry correctly), so maybe he tried to lock down his trail once he got canned.
This guy jumps around. In the Fall, 2003 issue of a College of Charleston magazine, Link, He gets a 2-line alum entry:
Posted by: Dave in W-S | October 27, 2006 at 12:20 AM
Clarice
His age is supposed to be around 25 so the picture of him looks about that range maybe
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 27, 2006 at 12:23 AM
Episcopal is a decent private prep school in Alexandria Va.
The job he held is an entry level position generally held by college grads with good social skills and ties to givers and parents. It's not a job for stars and geniuses.
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 12:31 AM
Clarice -- when I quoted the S&L snip from the article on Libby memory expert, I neglected to include S&L's suggestion, which makes me laugh.
The suggestion: call Fitz to the stand and start by pointing out that Mr. Fitzgerald forgot who leaked Plames name originally.
Brilliant move, if you ask me.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 27, 2006 at 12:33 AM
I think Steve GIlbert is very funny.
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 12:34 AM
Right now we are seeing that a contract gotv worker is supposed to have been passed emails in some way that if he screws up can be backtracked to heavy hitters that gave him access.
I would reasonably expect them to be dealt with by someone with more of a successful track record
Does a couple of prior staff positions with now a demotion to a contract worker fit that picture.
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 27, 2006 at 12:43 AM
1999 - Dem party fundraising activities in Charleston
2001 - Graduates College of Charleston
2001-2002 - Democratic staffer, US Senate (Who's staff?)
2003 - Staffer for Governor Jim Hodges, SC and fundraiser for private school in VA
2004 - One of SC delegates to Dem national convention
2005 -
2006 - HRC organizer and recruiter
His title:
Posted by: Dave in W-S | October 27, 2006 at 12:43 AM
according to the Radar article Sen Fritz Holland
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 27, 2006 at 12:45 AM
Hmm...Maybe I shouldn't have posted that cell. It was cut and paste from the HRC site, but it's a DC number, not a Michigan one, so maybe it's personal. TM, if you're monitoring, please evaluate and take appropriate action.
Posted by: Dave in W-S | October 27, 2006 at 12:46 AM
For the second time, Lane Hudson is listed as being on SENATOR FRITZ HOLLINGS (D) South Carolina staff as well as Gov. Hodges staff.
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 27, 2006 at 12:53 AM
Dave, that is a DC prefix--
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 12:59 AM
It kind of looks from the timing, like Hudson got on Hollings' staff just in time for him to retire, then shifted over to former Gov. Hodges staff. I'm curious what he did/does for Hodges, who runs what appears to be a large political consulting firm with several branches around SC and one in Raleigh. I haven't found any mention of Hudson, other than the convention between '03 and present. It's possible that he drifted away from the mainstream political and into gay life, then back to activism. Or maybe this HRC thing is a consulting job. I don't know how those things work, but there are enough connections going here that I think the term professional operator is appropriate.
I'll be curious to see what y'all come up with between now and morning. Have a good night.
Posted by: Dave in W-S | October 27, 2006 at 01:02 AM
Clarice,
Yes, I noticed the 202 area code. That's what made me think it was a personal cell. Of course, if it wasn't, does that mean he was assigned by the national HRC office and not hired by the local organization? Don't know their structure at all and am too tired to dig. Not sure whether it means anything.
Posted by: Dave in W-S | October 27, 2006 at 01:06 AM
I;m reasonably certain from his background he was hired here.
Here are the corporate sponsors of HRC.
http://www.hrc.org/Content/NavigationMenu/HRC/Get_Involved/HRC_Sponsors/Corporate_Sponsors/National_Corporate_Sponsors.htm
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 01:19 AM
It looks like Lane Hudson was the host for the HRC Austin Spooktacular Ball in Austin TX, but not any more.
Posted by: Neo | October 27, 2006 at 01:24 AM
Maybe one of our Texans can volunteer and pick up the slack.
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 01:26 AM
He was scheduled in Carolina around the Charleston area for several different "Meet up for Edwards" events
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 27, 2006 at 01:29 AM
How does he connect to the IMs and emails? Or should I say, who connects him to them?
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 27, 2006 at 01:31 AM
From senate staffer to governor staffer to convention delegate to GOTV worker
Doesn't sound like a viable career path to me
Was he less than competent and downgraded
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 27, 2006 at 01:31 AM
Where does it show his Austin hosting? I only see Kalamazoo and Detroit. I wonder if he did those.
Posted by: MayBee | October 27, 2006 at 01:32 AM
The HRC folks have scrubbed their site of Lane Hudson. Some volunteer Luncheon that he hosted on Oct 5th now doesn't have his name any more.
Posted by: Neo | October 27, 2006 at 01:34 AM
He should be at the one in Detroit tonight, no?
Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Detroit
Posted by: MayBee | October 27, 2006 at 01:36 AM
Sara
The two likely paths of how the mails got out of republican custody are as follows
Alexander staff consulted with his fired staff about what to do with them protocol wise, since they were relative new and Katrina was upon them
Otherwise Trandahl had to give them to the HRC since he was a board member
Alexanders chief of staff and Trandahl are the only two people who had copies of the emails
Everyone else only discussed the content, they did not even view the actual emails
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 27, 2006 at 01:37 AM
He's still http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/actioncenter/event-calendar.tcl>here:
Posted by: MayBee | October 27, 2006 at 01:38 AM
I believe he set up the Stopsexpredators site to float the email story for Mahoney to use in his campaign. The media had the information . So did the FBI. None felt it was actionable and so another way had to be found to get the story out.
If they handed it to Mahoney he'd be asked where he got it and the game would be over.
The Lucy Rameriz technique in Rathergate didn't work (the unknoen cut out).
So he (and whoever he was working for) hit upon setting up a fake blog site.
If had hardly any posts and virtually no readers, but we are supposed to believe that Mahoney came upon it on his own, spotted it, demanded an investigation and voila--Brian Ross had a hook.
As for the IM's I think the expages were indiscrete and Ross came to learn of those..Someone sent him that the next day. And, no, I do not think that was coincidental either..it was all planned.Who gathered and sent him that, I don't know, but I'd bet by bottom dollar Ross knew before he published the first story that the others would be in his hands right afterward. (They were not sent by the ex-pages who had been the correspondents IIRC, but by an as yet still unnamed person.)
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 01:41 AM
I'm still not sold on Trandahl deliberately being involved.
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 01:42 AM
Guys, I know all the background, I have already stated that after all the sleuthing, you are going to come back to where I started, Trandahl. He links all players in one way or another. But, my question is, how does Lane Hudson link to all these others. If he has only been with HRC a month, he isn't really a player in the background of the case. So, why him, who are his friends?
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 27, 2006 at 01:45 AM
Hello All! I'm so sorry to mass email you twice in the space of a couple of hours, but I have more news to report!
After a long, exhaustive job search in our Nation's Capital, I have finally been offered and accepted a job. On Monday, I will start as a Regional Field Organizer with the Human Rights Campaign. As a Regional Field Organizer, i will help HRC target voters and increase turnout in targeted State Legislative races, Congressional races, US Senate races, and Gubernatorial races in about 10 States.
Help me mine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WI_Victory_04_Milwaukee/msearch?query=Lane+Hudson&submit=Search&charset=ISO-8859-1>this
Sept 7, 2006
It will be a challenging and exhilirating 61 days! Please forgive me if I am not in touch very often until after the election, as I will be travelling nearly the entire time. Thanks for all of the well wishes during my job hunt. I'm very happy with how things turned out.
Fondly,
Lane
Posted by: MayBee | October 27, 2006 at 01:46 AM
Basically this guy is almost a ghost on the net
Except for friendster no other old or forgotten about profiles hanging around at other sites, a plain vanilia,
No comments on hacker boards , rock groupie sites, haven't even picked up anything from gay publications commenting on who was who at social events etc
No links to other aliases from the 5 email address I now have for him.
So not a kos kid or Dummie type of activist.
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 27, 2006 at 01:49 AM
Sorry, I messed up my post above. That link is to a board he posted on, and his post is kind of on either side of my link. He announces his job at HRC on Sept 7. Looks like he worked for a Wisconsin campaign at some point before that.
Posted by: MayBee | October 27, 2006 at 01:57 AM
If he is from Virginia and attended a private school, who are his parents?
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 27, 2006 at 01:58 AM
His college in Charleston isn't exactly major league and yet he starts his politcal life on a Senators staff. He must be connected somewhere. Who are Momma and Poppa?
Posted by: Sara (Squiggler) | October 27, 2006 at 02:00 AM
I'm still not sold on Trandahl deliberately being involved.
Posted by: clarice | October 26, 2006 at 10:42 PM
I'm not convinced on it either, I am trying to find data which sheds light.
As to his reasons the only thing I can come up with he was in a power position in the Congress, he was not happy with the behavior of some of the pages, he basically lost his job because either he blew up finally over Foley or was shoved aside because of hiding his knowledge of Foleys repeat acting up.
At the time of the dismissal all can agree the emails themselves were not throw people over the side type of content.
If anyone believed the emails were a problem, they had enough time as a party to line up someone to run in Foleys place and let him retire as he half wanted to.
Too many reaches here I agree for Trandahl to throw the whole Rep party under the bus.
When I consider all the other parallel attacks by CREW other than the emails occuring at the same time, the chance of all those coming togeter at one time is to believe in the perfect storm.
Not buying it.
Posted by: SlimGuy | October 27, 2006 at 02:01 AM
The phone no is from HRC I think--He announces that new no on Sept 7 , the same day he announced his new job.
Sara, he WORKED at that school. There is no indication he attended it.
It looks like it was for a short time between other jobs.
Posted by: clarice | October 27, 2006 at 02:02 AM