“It’s the people’s seat.”

About 24 hours ago, I uploaded a short video on YouTube of Massachusetts senate candidate Scott Brown, in which he declared to debate moderator David Gergen “With all due respect, it’s not the Kennedy’s seat, it’s not the Democrats’ seat, it’s the people’s seat.” At the time of this writing, just 24 hours later, that video has been viewed over 270,000 times.

Last night and today, the video was embedded or linked on countless blogs and was even featured on the Drudge Report. That moment of the debate was discussed by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show today and the video was embedded on his website.

Scott Brown was able to summarize a national zeitgeist in four simple words, “it’s the people’s seat.”

Those four words confirmed for many Americans, what they have felt for months. That our elected representatives have forgotten that their seats belong to us, not them. A mere 24 hours after Brown uttered these words, they have already become an auto-fill statement on Google.

That Scott Brown was able to articulate this so eloquently, proves that he has not forgotten what it means to serve the people and for that, he deserves the the trust of Massachusetts voters and Americans from every other state.

Scott Brown is what America needs more of in our elected officials. An understanding that they represent the will of the American people. As a libertarian and a resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I will cast my vote for Brown on January 19th for one simple reason.

I trust him.

Drudge has the flashing police light up at his site and the following text in the “above the headlines” spot:

“The President returned in a very high speed and dramatic motorcade to his vacation home. The pool bus got dropped at one stage. Now holding just inside secured residential zone on the bus. An ambulance just swept by with flashing lights. No further details available…”

UPDATE: More from Breitbart:

“White House aides said the speedy departure and return to the president’s home was not a matter of national security or because of a threat to Obama’s safety.”

“Obama was playing golf when reporters who travel with him were quickly assembled for a return to the first family’s neighborhood.”

“Journalists saw an ambulance speed past with its lights on, heading toward the end of Obama’s street. The ambulance would have passed through a security checkpoint at the end of the street.”

UPDATE: Drudge is now saying an Obama family friend was injured by a surfboard.

Nothing to see here folks.

Via Drudge Report.

CABLE NEWS RACE
NOV. 18, 2009

FOXNEWS HANNITY/PALIN 4,200,000
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,868,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,512,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,383,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,235,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,980,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,041,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,036,000
MSNBC MADDOW 957,000
CNN KING 835,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 625,000
CNN COOPER 611,000

Hang onto your hats, Sarah Palin fans. People Magazine is reporting that Governor Palin is “FINALLY” sitting down with Oprah Winfrey after “turning down” an opportunity to be on Oprah last fall. Why? Because she just wants to sell her book…

Their headline?

Sarah Palin “FINALLY” to Appear on Oprah

“Oh, what a difference a multimillion-dollar book deal makes.”

“About a year after Sarah Palin famously turned down a campaign season appearance with talk show host – and major Barack Obama supporter – Oprah Winfrey, the former GOP vice presidential candidate has agreed to take her turn on the couch.”

That’s funny.

The way I remember it,  Oprah REFUSED to have Sarah Palin on her show…

“Are you kidding me? The strongest and most popular voice for women in this country is refusing to interview the first woman nominated to be vice president in 24 years?”

Here’s a screen capture you can click to open, just in case the editors of People Magazine decide to scrub their site when they suddenly get over their collective amnesia…

Dear Editors of People Magazine: We’ll be watching closely for your reaction when President Obama “FINALLY” has the stones to sit down with Chris Wallace of FOX News.

Until then, you might want to start reading Drudge.

I’m just sayin’…

Cohort of Matt Drudge, founder of Breitbart.com, inventor of Big Hollywood, the man behind Big Government.com, enemy of corrupt community organizations and definer of the new media.

Andrew Breitbart. Libertarian Saint.

Video by Founding Bloggers.

Cable News ratings for mid-September, 2009 via Drudge Report. FOX News is killing all other networks.

CABLE NEWS RACE
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 4,039,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,451,000
FOXNEWS BECK 3,421,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,785,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,273,000
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 2,201,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,395,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,369,000
CNN KING 1,355,000
CNN COOPER 1,086,000

Meanwhile, NBC News is asking employees to accept buyouts as threats of massive layoffs loom:

“NBC Universal executives have approached a large number of employees across its news divisions and bureaus, announcing that the company is looking for unspecified number of staffers to take voluntary buyouts. In a series of meetings with human resource managers, staffers at NBC News and MSNBC were told that if targets weren’t met voluntarily, employment challenges lurked ahead.”

Isn’t it obvious to anyone with a brain that FOX News is doing real news while NBC, MSDNC, ABC and CBS have become utterly obsolete?

Note to the aforementioned “media” outlets: Confidence is a tough thing to get back once you’ve lost it and by the way… you have.

The Dear Leader is scheduled to make a “special address” directly to America’s children on September 8th. Drudge Report posted a document today that suggests “activities” for teachers before/during/after the Dear Leader’s address.

As noted by Michelle Malkin, the “activities” have a rather “activist” slant to them…

During the Speech:

As the President speaks, teachers can ask students to write down key ideas or phrases that are important or personally meaningful. Students could use a note-taking graphic organizer such as a Cluster Web, or students could record their thoughts on sticky notes. Younger children can draw pictures and write as appropriate. As students listen to the speech, they could think about the following:

What is the President trying to tell me?

What is the President asking me to do?

What new ideas and actions is the President challenging me to think about?

Students can record important parts of the speech where the President is asking them to do something. Students might think about: What specific job is he asking me to do? Is he asking anything of anyone else? Teachers? Principals? Parents? The American people?

Students can record any questions they have while he is speaking and then discuss them after the speech. Younger children may need to dictate their questions.

After the Speech:

Teachers could ask students to share the ideas they recorded, exchange sticky notes or stick notes on a butcher paper poster in the classroom to discuss main ideas from the speech, i.e. citizenship, personal responsibility, civic duty.

Students could discuss their responses to the following questions:

What do you think the President wants us to do?

Does the speech make you want to do anything?

Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us?

Robert Stacy McCain weighs in with his usual humor:

“Why have my Mommy and Daddy started talking about home-schooling me this year?”

St. Louis Radio Talker Dana Loesch has suggested September 8th might be a good day to keep your kids home…

“Take a day of vacation. Go to the zoo. Anything that would save your offspring from what I will bluntly say is just the quasi-fellating the executive branch. That cackling over a bubbling cauldron you hear is the NEA rejoicing.”

“There is this mindset that those in Washington are the “elite,” that we should mind our Ps and Qs and blindly follow their directives. That’s not the manner of governance upon which this country was founded – it is quite the opposite; even the hobbyist Constitutional aficionado appreciates this.”

Of course, all of this reminds me of a really funny/creepy video put out last year by Iowahawk.

If you’ve never seen this, you’re missing out. Watch.

The two headlines below are both about healthcare and ran within 24 hours of each other. Compare and contrast them. You can click the images to enlarge them.

First, yesterday’s headline story on the Drudge Report.

Then, less than 24 hours later, this headline from the AP.

These headlines don’t really go together do they?

Funny that.

The Obama White House declared war on the Drudge Report this week over control of the ObamaCare message. Drudge linked videos that were very damaging to Obama because they show Obama, in his own words, declaring war on private health insurance.

The White House then scrambled to declare war on Drudge by releasing an anti-Drudge video and a campaign of “snitch on dissenters.” Politico reported yesterday:

“The White House on Tuesday posted a three-minute video punching back at an old clip of President Barack Obama that was featured on the Drudge Report with the headline “Uncovered Video: Obama Explains How His Health Care Plan Will ‘Eliminate’ Private Insurance.”

“The White House response features Linda Douglass, formerly an ABC News correspondent and now a White House official, showing Drudge’s homepage on the screen of her office computer.”

So how is the battle going? The Wall Street Journal reports today that it’s bad news for the Obama White House. The Drudge Report is winning. Big time.

“The Drudge Report linked to a YouTube video posted by Naked Emperor News. Titled “Shock Uncovered: Obama in His Own Words Saying His Health Care Plan Will Eliminate Private Insurance,” it includes clips of comments President Barack Obama has made, such as “I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health-care plan.”

“In response, the White House posted “The Truth About Health Care Insurance Reform,” also to YouTube. In it, Linda Douglass, communications director for the administration’s health-reform efforts, says, “There are a lot of very deceiving headlines out there right now,” then points on-screen to the Drudge link.”

“There are people out there with a computer and a lot of free time, and they take a phrase here and there. They simply cherry-pick and put it together and make it sound like he’s saying something he didn’t really say,” she says.”

“That video has only 329 views, though that count hasn’t budged in a few hours. The Naked Emperor video, in contrast, has been viewed more than 400,000 times since Sunday.”

In an ultimate irony, the White House dubbed their attack “Facts are Stubborn Things.”

They sure are, Obama. They sure are.

This is absolutely unreal. The following audio is Obama in 2004 complaining about rushed legislation from the Bush Administration. He also complains about the length of the legislation and that no one has read it.

This from the man who used fear politics to pass the Stimulus and is trying to rush through massive pieces of legislation every time the American people turn around, sometimes adding 300 pages to bills in the middle of the night.

UPDATE: Drudge has linked to NewsBusters.

Story. Not. Going. Away.