Floyd brown says he'll stop toilet fishing

A Bible verse is taped to a whiteboard in Floyd Brown's office: That is why for Christ’s sake I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.

(Photo: Brown trolling for information).

This in a New York Times piece Saturday, "Ready to Attack Obama, if Some Money Arrives" by Michael Luo. 

Brown's plight, according to the story, is that the shit's in the pipe and ready to go, but he doesn't have the dough to get it on the air.

But now he's telling World Net Daily, "I will cease 527 activities if Obama accepts public financing."

"Sen. Obama's spokesperson Robert Gibbs said the only reason they won't limit themselves to public financing is because of my TV ads. I will agree to immediately cease all 527 activities if Obama will live up to his earlier commitments to accept public financing,"

We wouldn't counsel the Obama campaign to begin any anticipatory breath-holding activities.

(It's hilarious hearing these conservatives pleading for public campaign financing, an idea they've scoffed at as socialistic and unconstitutional, and European for years. Their principles have proved conditional since the financial Gucci is on the other foot).

Floyd Brown is the evangelical Tacoman (University Place, actually) notorious for smutz campaigns against Democrats, famously at his apex with the Willie Horton ads that helped beat Dukakis in 1988.

All Floyd Brown needs is $8 million. For Christ's sake.

“It’s all about reaching a tipping point,” Mr. Brown told The Times, “Swift Boats achieved the tipping point. I was part of a team that reached the tipping point in 1988. In 1992, we didn’t reach it. We might not this time. But that doesn’t mean we’re not going to try.”

Although GOP operatives whistle past the graveyard saying something will come up -- there's been no major independent financial effort come forth to help Olde John's campaign.

Obama’s announcement he'll accept no public financing, means he could have a tremendous financial advantage over McCain. It'll wield an enormous financial advantage over Mr. McCain in the fall. The Times quotes Republicans who say that will energize donors.

Enter Mr. Brown, who says it is his calling to tread where the campaign is unwilling to tread in finding malicious gossip on a Democratic nominee.

Several Republican strategists interviewed voiced skepticism about Mr. Brown’s chances of operating at anything other than the periphery of the general election this year, citing the amount of money needed, the difficulty of spreading a message that incites the grass roots and stricter regulation of independent groups.

“There’s a lot of people who are trying to catch lightning in a bottle, but there’s very few people who have,” said Chris LaCivita, a Republican strategist who helped organize the Swift Boat effort.

We've been writing about sewermeister and born-again loser Floyd Brown for years. We have been doing our best to cause "weakness, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties" to this vile human being.

Back oin the '90's, he had a talk show evenings on KVI, and now he often fills-in for Kirby Wilbur on Kirby & Co., an early morning talkshow around here (m-f, 5-9a). (Ol' Kirb has a taste for fill-ins with moral compasses that are notoriously askew. Filling in this week Wed-Fri was the disgraced neocon Rabbi Daniel Lapin, who was sullied in the Abramoff scandals).

The Times reminded us of Floyd's past fishing trips:

In 1992, CBS News reported that, while trying to substantiate a rumor of a romantic affair involving Bill Clinton, Mr. Brown hounded the family of a young woman who had committed suicide. Mr. Brown insisted to the network that he had a right to be aggressive in his research.

Luo writes that if doesn't Brown get his "tipping point" the millions of dollars that it took to pull off the Swift boat attacks he says he might be able to raise $8 million in time for the Fall. "That," writes Kuo, "would be hardly consequential, especially in the face of the expected advertising onslaught from Mr. Obama."

Comments

[joanie hussein]

Whether from the small minds on this board or the small minds in radio, all the right seems to have to offer this year is name calling: shit weasels in sandals; childish and meaningless playground talk: What's wrong Joanie, you forget to stock up on the wine coolers? and general stupid stuff: white males all have rings in their noses and are working on their knees on a plantation in Alabama".

And they aren't even original. They actually have to listen to someone who profits off the vacant space between their ears to come up with this stuff.

Amazing, isn't it?

[PugetSound]

Gee Joanie
Why do you duck the Duffman Challenge?
Seems like you're dissatisfied with the quality of the posters here.
Someone named Pudge is waiting for you.

[J.Hova]

The Duffman Challenge? I didn't know there was such an event named after a fool to show how dumbed down americans are.

[Nancy-poo]

Floyd Brown is a neighbor of mine, I was hoping to read some intelligent feedback and discussion of this article. Instead we just get a bunch of personal bickering.
What is interesting to me is that what the Republicans did in 2004 may not work this year. The difference is a lack of money. The Swift boat effort we now know took a lot of money and the work of a lot of professionals. It wasn't a grass roots effort as it posed. This year the money-boys don't think it is worth the effort, and the rest of us are on to the smear tactics anyway.

[joanie hussein]

Why don't the money boys think it is worth the effort?

And what is there to discuss?

And who are you referring to when you say "the rest of us" and smear tactics.

Actually, I'm not trying to be a "gotcha" or anything. I am curious. If you're not familiar with our blog, we've been there and done that so many times and it seems to serve little purpose. Sometimes new people make assumptions before reading.

I'd like to know what more there is to say about the tactics on the right. And I'd like to know if you think "not worth the effort" because Obama's a sure loser or a sure winner.

Those of us on the left realize the Swiftboat tactics were hardly grassroots and honest. But you'll never get the rightwingers to admit it. Their only source of information is Rush and Hannity, probably in that order.

So, what do you think?

I will say now and have posted previously several times that I think this country is tired of smear tactics and that Obama's natural integrity will win.

Also, Kerry's vulnerability to the lies was because of his anti-war efforts when he came back. That solidified a lot of Nam vets against him. It was too bad. It was unreasonable. But, the foundation for such vindictiveness was already there.

No so with Obama. Well, except for the fact he's black. And if you read some of the people on this blog, that seems to be enough to solidify a hate campaign. Will it happen?

[joanie hussein]

And what do you think of someone like Floyd Brown who profits from this kind of activity. Kind of like living next to the Bonanno Family?

[chucks]

Hey B'lam:
How'd you get Nate to shave for the picture? You must have some serious horsepower with ol' merci.

[joanie hussein]

Well, I see "nancy-poo" was really Floyd's pampered poodle passing by to drop a turd and keep on going.

[KS]

"And what do you think of someone like Floyd Brown who profits from this kind of activity. Kind of like living next to the Bonanno Family?"

I'd say he is the far right's counter against Media Matters, moveon.org and the Daily Kos against McCain, who all belong in the shitter - Joanie poo.

The hope and change promised is little more than sailboat fuel for the suckers who are enamered with Barry O. and PT Barnum would be proud of him.

[joanie hussein]

You know, klueless, you're worse than clueless. You're actually stupid.

[KS]

Ahhhh....Joanie Baloney - Does the truth strike a nerve ? Besides your smugness, you're eyes are brown.