[USML Announce] Hey Cub Fans!

Blocker, Mark B. mblocker at Sidley.com
Thu May 17 15:35:52 EDT 2012


Hey Shabel-buddah:  Why are you circulating this?  I thought we did away
with political missives on the USML mail list.  There are only two
acceptable subjects for emails:  Baseball and Packer/Bears football.

 

From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On
Behalf Of Doug Shabelman
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:32 PM
To: USML Announcements
Subject: [USML Announce] Hey Cub Fans!

 

A conservative super PAC is considering an advertising plan to attack
President Obama's ties to Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright  Jr.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/politics/gop-super-pac-weighs-hard
-line-attack-on-obama.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all> , his
controversial former spiritual adviser, and "do what John McCain would
not let us do" during the 2008 presidential campaign.

The Chicago Cubs owner, billionaire Joe Ricketts, commissioned the $10
million plan, know as "The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts
Plan to End His Spending for Good
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/17/us/politics/super-pac-sto
ryboard.html> ." The strategy is one of several being considered by the
Ending Spending Action Fund super PAC.

According to a copy of the plan obtained by the New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/politics/gop-super-pac-weighs-hard
-line-attack-on-obama.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all> , the group
wants to expose the ties between President Obama--who is referred to as
a "metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln"--and Wright's "black liberation
theology."

"The world is about to see Jeremiah Wright and understand his influence
on Barack Obama for the first time in a big, attention-arresting way,"
the 54-page proposal says, according to the Times.

The proposed assault, including television commercials and full-page
newspaper ads featuring Wright, along with "aerial banners" in the sky,
would be timed to the Democratic National Convention in September.

Ricketts' plan includes "preparations for how to respond to the charges
of race-baiting," according to the paper and goes as far as to suggest
the hiring of an "extremely literate conservative African-American"
spokesman.

It also refers to an apparent ad featuring Wright that was produced for
McCain's 2008 campaign but never aired. "If the nation had seen that
ad," Ricketts writes, "they'd never have elected Barack Obama."

"Joe Ricketts is prepared to spend significant resources in the 2012
election in both the presidential race and congressional races," Brian
Baker, the super PAC's president, told the Times. "He is very concerned
about the future direction of the country and plans to take a stand."

On Thursday, Mitt Romney's campaign urged the super PAC to avoid
pursuing a racially charged campaign, while criticizing the Obama camp's
reported rhetoric.

"Unlike the Obama campaign, Gov. Romney is running a campaign based on
jobs and the economy, and we encourage everyone else to do the same,"
Matt Rhoades, Mitt Romney's campaign manager, said in a statement to
Yahoo News. "President Obama's team said they would 'kill Romney,' and,
just last week, David Axelrod referred to individuals opposing the
president as 'contract killers.' It's clear President Obama's team is
running a campaign of character assassination. We repudiate any efforts
on our side to do so."

UPDATE, 12:32 p.m. ET: Baker released the following statement from
Ricketts, saying he rejects the proposal:

Joe Ricketts is a registered independent, a fiscal conservative, and an
outspoken critic of the Obama Administration, but he is neither the
author nor the funder of the so-called "Ricketts Plan" to defeat Mr.
Obama that The New York Times wrote about this morning. Not only was
this plan merely a proposal--one of several submitted to the Ending
Spending Action Fund by third-party vendors--but it reflects an approach
to politics that Mr. Ricketts rejects and it was never a plan to be
accepted but only a suggestion for a direction to take. Mr. Ricketts
intends to work hard to help elect a President this fall who shares his
commitment to economic responsibility, but his efforts are and will
continue to be focused entirely on questions of fiscal policy, not
attacks that seek to divide us socially or culturally.

Holly Bailey contributed to this report.

 

 

From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On
Behalf Of Brad Jansen
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:06 AM
To: USML Announcements
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Berliners See Red Over Eric

 

Mr. Blocker, I returned your call the same day you left your message:
May 15. You obviously had left for the day.

 

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at sidley.com>
wrote:

	So the answer is no?

	 

	Give me a call, I have some guys who are $15 also!

	 

	Oh wait, I did call you a couple times this week to make a deal,
but I guess my phone doesn't ring as well as others....

	 

	From: announce-bounces at usml.net
[mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Brad Jansen
	Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:40 AM 

	
	To: USML Announcements
	Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Berliners See Red Over Eric

	 

	Hey, if Jeffrey keeps trading me guys like Trout....

	On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Blocker, Mark B.
<mblocker at sidley.com> wrote:

	Brad:  Is there a term limit on your presidency of the Berliners
Fan Club?  Just curious...

	 

	From: announce-bounces at usml.net
[mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Brad Jansen
	Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:56 AM
	To: USML Announcements
	Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Berliners See Red Over Eric

	 

	Mark:

	   If that happens, the Mighty Moustakas moves to first and Wil
Myers (who is seeing time again at 3B) will get called up and likely
lead the Berliners to the Damon. Myers is the best minor leaguer
available on anyone's team other than mine.

	Brad 

	On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Blocker, Mark B.
<mblocker at sidley.com> wrote:

	From Rotoworld, Buyer Beware:

	 

	Eric Hosmer went 0-for-7 in Wednesday's 15-inning loss to the
Orioles.

	Hosmer's latest brutal night makes him just 9-for-59 in the
month of May, and leaves him with a borderline unfathomable
.174/.237/.319 triple slash. We still expect Hosmer to ultimately make
himself useful in mixed leagues this season, but there's no reason for
him to be in your starting lineup outside of deeper AL-only leagues for
the time being. If he continues to struggle to this magnitude, it's not
inconceivable that Kansas City may send him to Triple-A to iron out his
swing.

	 

	 

	From: announce-bounces at usml.net
[mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Brad Jansen
	Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:49 AM
	To: USML Announcements
	Subject: [USML Announce] Berliners See Red Over Eric

	 

	ITEM

	Eric Hosmer
<http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hosmeer01.shtml?utm_source=
direct&utm_medium=linker&utm_campaign=Linker>  is vastly underwhelming
in his sophomore season.Over 34 games, he has a .174/.243/.326 line in
144 plate appearances. In a season where very little has gone right,
Hosmer is a big part of the "gone wrong" column.

	LOSERS

	Berliners. With Swisher falling back to earth, Doumit sidelined
and Upton underperforming, Hosmer now offers only faint hope for team
desparately thirsting for power production as hopes to capture Damon
START TO DRY UP.

	WINNER

	Adams Family Values. Berliners' raging desire for Chris Davis
only grows deeper with each Hosmer o'fer as AFV SMELLS BLOOD IN THE
WATER.

	 

	
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