Malkin proves once again to be a Hack

Malkin hacks out another post. This time it involves New Orleans being rejected as a site for a presidential  debate. What bothers me is that on one level Malkin doesn't now what she is talking about and on another level won't admit what a teenager could figure out....New Orleans would be the last city in America that a Republican would want to have stand in, to debate and defend Republican domestic policy.  Malkin claims that NOLA Democrats are "really really mad," ignoring the non partisan groan and anger coming out of  New Orleanians upon realizing the negative impact of the national publicity  likely to result from the debate commission's claim that supposedly New Orleans is not ready to play host. I guess it is just too much reality for Malkin that regardless of political party a New Orleanian would not be happy with such news. But Behold this from Malkin:

New Orleans Democrats are really, really mad that their city wasn’t chosen. They’re accusing the panel of politics for not wanting to turn the debate forum into a politicized, Katrina-focused indulgence. Me, me, me, me, me, me, me:

New Orleans took offense at its omission, with a leader of one Louisiana advocacy group saying she had been told that the city had not recovered sufficiently from Hurricane Katrina to act as host of such an event. New Orleans was one of 16 finalists and has attracted major conventions since the hurricane devastated much of the city more than two years ago.

Where in that above paragraph from the NYT article titled "Panel Picks 4 Debate Sites, Angering Excluded New Orleans" does it say Democrats? Malkin must be assuming that "New Orleans" and  "leader of one Louisiana advocacy group" = Democrats. Let's look at that because it really bugs me when one acribes something to individuals or groups without facts to support such.

The "leader" and "group" cited would be Anne Milling founder of the  Women of the Storm. It was Women of the Storm, "in concert with Dillard, Loyola, Tulane and Xavier universities" that lead the effort to bring a presidential debate to New Orleans. 

Let's look at Women of the Storm. I have followed press accounts of the group and their work since its inception post Katrina because it is an extraordinary group. Malkin obviously has not. It is specifically a "non-partisan, non-political group" founded to "educate the elected leadership of this country about the urgent needs of the areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita."  Members are "culturally, socially and economically diverse." Many are also from the upper crust of New Orleans society. For example go  read this Times Picayune article about the 6 women who comprise the "core leadership." These are women who are leaders in the community and beyond as  illustrated in a portion from that article which involved the networking efforts of one of the core, Peggy Laborde and another member with ties to none other than Laura Bush...

In classic networking fashion, Laborde this week was in the process of orchestrating an audience with Laura Bush's chief of staff, relying on connections through Adriel "Sparky" Arceneaux, a member of Women of the Storm, who Milling said is a former roommate of the president's wife.

I would submit Malkin has no idea who the members of that advocay group are. Rest assured they are not the dirty f&*%ing hippies of NOLA but rather many would be considered the finest example of Southern genteel womanhood.

And what of Anne Milling who was a driving force behind  the effort to bring the debate to New Orleans? Who dared speak the obvious that politics trumped morals in the commission's decision because as she stated... "Supposedly, many people said that they would not be comfortable coming here”?  Is she a Me, me, me, me, me, me, me Democrat as  Malkin would have you believe?  Well it is impossible to tell from press accounts as Milling and the group have been rigorous in maintaining they are non partisan. That really is the point here but to put a finer point on that.... searches of the Federal Election Commission doesn't yield anything to confirm Malkin's claim.  Anne Milling contributed  $1000 to Mary Ladrieu in 2002 and 2007 but also contributed $1000 to George W Bush for President in 1999. Milling is married to King Milling who is the president of Whitney National Bank. Mr Milling contributed to Republicans Robert Smith (2002), Bobby Jindal (2004 & 2005) and to the  Republican  Party of Louisiana (2003) He made no (which I could find) contributions to Democrats.

Perhaps Malkin should have dug deeper by driving past the Uptown homes of the members of Women of the Storm to decipher their political affiliation prior to writing her post. Of course she could still do so. Michelle go to New  Orleans!

But beware Michelle residency may trump politics on this one. You may just find that New Orleanians believe their beloved city deserves to be rebuilt, deserves to host a presidential debate, deserves an honest answer when rejected, deserves to question such rejection regardless of membership of political party and most decidedly would take umbrage with undeserved claims the city is not ready for a debate.

Finally Malkin goes on to quote Landrieu and Blanco. Landrieu was not really really mad but "disappointed" at the apparent lack of impartiality by the debate commission. The Blanco quote states there would be "no better way to help" the city's recovery through tourism than by hosting a debate. Where is the really really mad in that? But even here Malkin screws up by innaccurately referring to Blanco as the "former" governor of Louisiana. A commenter pointed out that Blanco is indeed the present Governor necessitating Malkin to add the correction of "soon-to-be" former Governor.

Hack.

Comments

[Silver Owl]

Malkin is the type of person that can and does pull things out of her ass merely to have something to bitch about.

[mothra]

I cannot put into words how much I detest Michelle Malkin. Neither can I describe how irritated I am that she gets published.

Hack is too good a word to describe her.

[GentillyGirl]

People actually read Malkin's syphilis-fueleed drivel? (And I thought that was an Urban Myth.)

She (or it... depends on the photos) should just crawl back under the slimy rock whence her genetically impaired species originated and die.

[Adrastos]

Great post, Scout. The Millings are as Republican as you can get.

[lb0313]

What a shame this post is going to get lost in the dozens of posts the 'A' blogs are doing on this.

Oh, wait...

[Maitri]

Hmmmm ... looks like an unconscious acceptance of Republican blame on the part of Malkin. Also, many Women Of The Storm are very conservative.

[Jude]

No, no.

She probably did look up Women of the Storm, and saw that they described themselves as "non-partisan." Then, in what passes for her brain, she connected that statement with the fact that Glenn "Instacracker" Reynolds also describes himself as non-partisan. Therefore, non-partisan=partisan! And, since they dared say that they want national attention focused on New Orleans, something no Bush supporter would ever say, they must be leftist partisans! DEMONcrats! Traitors!

See how easy that is?

Now I'm gonna go puke.

[Jeremy]

You rock, Scout!

[lb0313]

I heard on the radio Mitch Ladrieu is doing something or other to get an apology for saying we can't handle a f'n debate. I'm sure that will get lots of coverage.

[So_Cal_Jason]

The Malkin Math is pretty simple actually.

If you draw attention to something Michelle would rather forget; you = enemy = Democrat.

QED

[The Kenosha Kid]

What Jeremy said.

[pansypoo]

well, if she thinks we are the enemy, then make that war so and we take the bitch down.