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Looks like Tim Wooldridge is desperate.

Is he going to accuse Halter of being a pimp next?

It is sad that Bill Halter is financing his campaign for Lt Governor by making profits from featuring teen pornography and illegal offshore gambling.

I'm still waiting for Wooldridge's response on whether he'll stay in the Democratic Party if he wins or loses. Also, who did he vote for in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
His responses to the family council questionaire require an answer to these questions.

So you guys are just printing the recycled Hathorn opposition research. Great work guys.

Wow. Looks like I have done more for economic growth than Bill Halter by sitting on my duff.

The way I see it I am about half a Billion dollars up on him, already.

Not what I expected from seeing his ads on TV, I thought he was a regular Bud Fox.

Tim Wooldridge makes me sick to my stomach. I don't believe a word of this crap. What a vile human being Tim has turned out to be.

Teen Porn, gambling and investor fraud. No wonder Halter has all this money to spend convincing everyone he's such a nice guy!

I always knew the guy was sleezy, but sheesh!

Here we go again with another stupid move by a democrat attacking a democrat. Just made up my mind I voted for martin now I must vote for Halter. Tim why would start this shit just keep talking about issues .

Bill Halter makes his money off teenage pornography...he might as well be from Boston...he can't win in Arkansas

Sexoffender.com I sware I saw Halter on there.

Hey lay off of Bill Halter, he is a "just" man.

He Just moved here.
He Just bought a home in the state.
He Just got married.
He Just resigned from Intermune.
He Just decided to switch races.

And we are Just getting to know him. Unfortunately I don't like what we are finding out.

Deafening silence:

Are you blind as well? People who know Tim well have already answered that question, and that's the best you're going to get on a blog. I might as well say I'm not going to pay attention to anything else until Bill Halter personally refutes these allegations. We'd both be waiting for a while, 'cause no candidate worth his salt sits around posting on the blog.

Well, about time someone called Halter out. With the shell game between the money swapping in the 7 Halter campaign accounts - and now this, that deep down gut feeling about Halter is confirmed.
Jezz, he's either the luckiest bastard when it comes to stocks, directorships and companies, or just another Ken Lay with poltical ambitions. And now we are getting a glimpse at the devil we don't know.
And NO, I'm not a Wooldridge staffer - Halter never, ever passed the smell test with me. Don't have to be part of any campaign to declare that.

Say what you want, but as a mother of two teenage daughters I am deeply disappointed that Mr. Halter would allow a company that he is leading to do business with purveyors of Smut and gambling.

I will not vote for anyone with that lacking of a moral code.

Halter pimps teenage gilrs and boys to fund his campaign!

Anonymous #1 of 5:01:

And you don't think that this is an issue democrats should know about? Do you think Holt is too stupid to realize what a gold mine it would be for him to have an opponent who has not only proposed funding education through gambling, but who has also made the majority of his money off of gambling and kiddie porn? Why not just hand Crazy Jim the Lite Gov-ship?

Leave his wife out of this...seriously.

And no liberties with what isn't true...as you can see, the truth about this guy Halter is worse than anything you could make up, anyway.

Seriously, his wife is innocent in all this.

ARK. BLOG I agree. Tim's supporters have been the slimiest -- and that's going some -- of this campaign season. Fine thing for a putative family values candidate. I'd think he'd want to weigh in on this crap and urge his people to stick to the facts. Talk about the businesses. Talk about hsi profits. Talk about where these businesses make money. But to the extent I'm able to keep up with the red-hots out there, I'm going to try to hold the discussion to that.

Porn and gambling have driven practically all the leading edge applications on the internet... no surprise that a company that makes technology that makes content delivery happen on the internet has had dealings with either... it's like saying Sony or BASF should be blamed for pornographic video tapes played in VCR's...

The question is; will the MSM (sorry Max) pick this up?

These are the sleaziest piles of crap I've ever seen on a blog. Shows you the stuff that Tim's supporters are made of. You guys make Karl Rove look like an altar boy.

akamai site:

www.alterboyz.com

Then deny it. Seriously...if it's bad, and true, then is that Tim's fault, or Halter's?

You have the facts in front of you. There are the source articles, with credits.

You are right about one thing...it's sleaze...but it's Halter who's sleazy!

If I'm wrong, show me the proof that none of this is true.

The d.foster, Moody crowd has gone way over the line with this one...the comments about Shanti are disgusting...how can a campaign make a play on internet porn out of desperation and then turn around and make such a nasty comment about the wife of a candidate

This is an issue! Halter made it one by touting his business experience all over television.

Now he has to sleep in the bed he has made.

To all of you weak stomached Lib-labs out there - Wake UP!

Primarys are for killing the weak and slow, to give yourself a chance to win in November.

Repeat this to yourself - It isn't negative if it is true.
It isn't negative if it is true.
It isn't negative if it is true.

Now, the truth is that Halter is an unsuccessful business man that has managed to make millions while his investors have lost hundreds of millions, while doing business with pornographers and gamblers. Bottom Line.

Max,

I really am a Wooldridge supporter, and I know he doesn't want anything but the truth being discussed.

I've talked to Tim....even today, and that's why I posted earlier.

He wants no part of anything other than the facts.

This I can promise you.

Tim, you just lost my vote! One less from the primary...there is no room in Arkansas politics for the likes of you and your sleazy staff!

Oh, and Max, this is not Wooldridge opening fire, it's Wooldridge returning fire for Halter's cowardly proxy attack through the NAACP.

These are such stretches. Tim Wooldridge is just like Mike Hathorn. Bill Halter better win this race - if for no other reason than to put an end to this type of attack politics

Making money off of teen porn and illegal gambling is repulsive. I now know why he wanted a lottery and casino gambling in the state of Arkansas. Halter wants to make Arkansas his own little "Sin Den!"

Guess tim learned nothing while watching Hathorn knock himself out of the primary with D. Fosters dirty tricks...you are what you associate with I guess.

I agree, after glancing though the websites provide...this stinks.
And I agree, this is not negative campaigning if it is true. And it appears there is a some merit to it.

Wooldridge, control your pit bulls. This smacks of Republican Rovian tactics. Spiting dirt will only get YOU dirty.

I'm going to get a Halter sign down at 3rd and Victory. Maybe I'll put some in my car windows.

The Shanti post was a fake. Halter's people just posted it so they could protest something being sleazy other than their candidate. It's called a Straw Man, and Bud's been setting them up and knocking them down this whole race.

You Halter people are just babies. Welcome to the Bigs... Mr. Big Shot board member....

Tim has made up my mind, for sure now. It's Halter at the ballot box.

This is obviously the peak of desperation! Arkansans are smart enough to k know last minute smear stuff when they see it. It is classic put out so much info in one press release it is difficult to answer and do it as close to the election day as possible

Bud, I'm in the office with you. Don't blame the Wooldridge folks for that fake blog.. We did hire two people just to do Blogging??? Didn't we Bud???

Just like the NAACP crap that was in the paper today. You get what you give.

Again, I repeat:

Which is worse, telling the truth about the source of the money Halter has been using to flood the airwaves, or using the NAACP to make a bill that had nothing to do with race sound like it was a license to lynch?

Max,

My question for you is??? Have you not allowed the slim to go on? I heard your the King of Slim.

They never bust the dealer. They always want the supplier and you're the kingpen.

Looks like Bill Halter is the Asa Hutchinson of the Democratic Party. Both have cashed in on their "public service." There's no way in hell I'd vote for either of them.

So now the Wooldridge staffers are trying to defend their sleazy actions. Watch out Preacher Tim...remember the passage "You reap what you sew"

Libdem-
Trouble is that Wooldridge's and Asa's politics are the same.

Bud,
To take one out of dorothy's book....
porno, investigations, and gambling - oh my...

I doubt that you will have the same success as she had by saying...
It will all go away if I say, "not true."
It will all go away if I say, "not true."
It will all go away if I say, "not true."

Libdem-
Trouble is that Wooldridge's and Asa's politics are the same.

Give me a break...no one is going to believe that crap about the Halter camp posting the Shanti thing themselves...Max caught you red handed now try to tell the truth if you can

I agree. The issue here is Mr. Halter and his professional conduct. Family is off limits.

Although, I stand by the statement issued above. The voters of Arkansas deserve to know the rest of the story that Bill Halter doesn't tell them in his ads.

I would like to strongly encourage all of Sen. Wooldrige's supporters to refrain from any further comments disparaging to Mrs. Patching-Halter.

D. Foster screws up every dirty trick he tries to pull. He almost had something he could sell untill he screwed it up with the Shanti post. True Democrats will say no to this crap on the 13th.

Nice try Bud with the Mrs. Halter post. You can try to spin and blame this on Dee. But, it's NOT TRUE....

It doesn't matter whether Bud Jackson or D. Foster made the Shanti post... it's irrelevant.

But it still doesn't get Halter off the hook.

Quit reading the posts. Start reading the facts. They are all up there in black and white.

If Max can tell us that post came from Wooldridge's camp, then I'll be greatly disappointed in Tim's staff, but just look at how it has side-tracked the debate on here. I still say it's a ploy by Bud "master-of-spin" Jackson or one of his paid blogger-monkeys. Muddle the issue, so you don't have to address the damning truth.

"Tim's supporters have been the slimiest"

Max,

I know you support Halter and I've been back and forth myself, but that's bullshit (Yeah, I said bullshit so you know I"m not a koolaid drinker). Halter's goons posted the thing about his wife to get everyone off track. I find it hard to believe you were either stupid enough to fall for it or stooped low enough to pretend you did.

One of the oldest tricks on this blog is to post something nasty and they claim how nasty that was that "someone else" posted.

Inktomi does allow teen porn on their system. Trust me, I've seen some of the disgusting crap. They also stream video of underage kids using their webcams to show off to other teens as well as pedophiles. This is a well know fact.

So one moran who posted an unkind thing will sway anyone from the truth? If you call yourself a Democrat, stick to the truth and do a little reading and make up your own mind about Halter and is questionable business dealings, you owe both candidates that.

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"Tim's supporters have been the slimiest"

Max,

I know you support Halter and I've been back and forth myself, but that's bullshit (Yeah, I said bullshit so you know I"m not a koolaid drinker). Halter's goons posted the thing about his wife to get everyone off track. I find it hard to believe you were either stupid enough to fall for it or stooped low enough to pretend you did.

One of the oldest tricks on this blog is to post something nasty and they claim how nasty that was that "someone else" posted.

Inktomi does allow teen porn on their system. Trust me, I've seen some of the disgusting crap. They also stream video of underage kids using their webcams to show off to other teens as well as pedophiles. This is a well know fact.

So one moran who posted an unkind thing will sway anyone from the truth? If you call yourself a Democrat, stick to the truth and do a little reading and make up your own mind about Halter and is questionable business dealings, you owe both candidates that.

So one moran who posted an unkind thing will sway anyone from the truth? If you call yourself a Democrat, stick to the truth and do a little reading and make up your own mind about Halter and is questionable business dealings, you owe both candidates that.

Gary Moody, you are dispicable! anyone can see through this. The attacks on Shanti was a part of the plan all along...this is not the first thread where you and your staff have attacked her. Now try to cover it up with a statement just doesnt pass the smell test. You and D. Foster will be out of work on June 14th when the voters say NO to your dirty tricks

I have to agree with the point made that if you source facts in regard to a public figure seeking political office, and such facts are credible, you cannot describe it as being negative. An informed electorate has the right to know about their elected officials. Mr. Halter is well schooled in Clinton politics, so expect a rapid response on the issues brought forward by the Wooldridge campaign.

Questions deserve answers.

All these Democrat Party mistakes is great for us...Jim Holt will stroll into office in November...you libdems should save what little money you have left and save it for Pryor Jr.s race in two years...cause he's a goner if he votes against full repeal of the Death Tax.

Drop the hysteria already. The poll numbers are out, Halter is still in the lead, and Woolridge has to throw a Hail Mary or go home next week. The question is whether voters will buy it or not, and whether it's enough to make them vote for a Republican in drag.

Whatever's wrong with Hathorn must be contagious. Hathorn fouls in his own tent and ruins his chances of making the runoff. Even his supporters were embarrassed. Now Hathorn endorses Wooldridge, and now Wooldridge slanders his own reputation.

I notice this thread is getting burried pretty fast for something posted at 5 pm. Couldn't be Max trying to cover for his boy Bill again, could it?

This stuff is put out by the same candidate that twice tried to bribng back public hangings, voted in favor of sleazy payday lenders, wants to pollute pulaski Cty drinking water, voted to increase taxes........ Who do I believe, Bill Halter...and the voters will too!

Wooldridge...never ! He spearheaded the sales tax increase two years ago...NEVER.....Holt all the way. Halter not a problem...We would welcome him to the correct party.

Ch 11 poll shows Halter 58-Wooldridge 34...Now we all know why this press release was issued

Max had it right again, Wooldridge is behind...way behind! This takes any credibility out of these attacks. Another desperate attempt to hold on by Wooldridge.

Marion's Mafia and the Dirty Tricks Crowd are really grasping at straws...it must really suck to have to resort to negative tactics to try to bounce back from a 25 Pt deficit

Channel 11 gives LR about 50% weight in the poll when it only represents 10%-15% of the actual vote.

Wait and see what happens when rural Arkansas learns about Bill Halter.

The company was also the recipient of unwanted publicity when it was disclosed by the Boston Globe that Akamai was using college servers to deliver content from teen-pornography web sites and help offshore gambling sites to speed content delivery. Few people had realized that Akamai's system of spreading Internet content to geographically advantageous servers relied on college servers as well as company-owned servers. Schools benefited from the relationship because they gained faster Internet access and paid less money for more bandwidth. At first Akamai downplayed the controversy, maintaining that pornography and gambling represented less than 1 percent of its revenues and that it was not going to renew contracts with online gaming companies and no longer sought new business from what a spokesperson referred to as "adult content sites." Within a couple days the Boston Globe reported that the objectionable material was no longer mirrored on the college servers it checked.

Yea right ...now try to discredit the poll...You are losing and desperate!

Word on the street is...
tiresomeness, unconcern, weariness, world-weariness, yawn

WORD!

I challenge one Halte supporter to prove a word of it isn't true.

No more name-calling...no more BS.

Prove it.

What did the KTHV poll have halter at before the 23rd election? That might indicate how accurate this one is?

READ THE EVIDENCE IT IS ALL THERE, HALTER FUNDED THIS CAMPAIGN WITH MONEY FROM TEEN PORN.

Ummm, KTHV's website has no such poll on it. Sources, please?

No poll on Ch. 11, but for parents worried about their kids accessing any of the content that Bill Halter has helped to place on the web, the following link might be useful.
http://www.kthv.com/life/community/internet_awareness/safety.asp

"Anyone Know"...43% with large undecided

I voted for Woolridge in the primary. I really voted for him as a vote cast against Halter.

Now that I have seen the crap that Woolridges camp is coming up with, I will now push my support to Halter.

This is the same reason I decided to vote for Suskie over McDaniel in the AG race. McDaniel made some negative comments to me about Suskie's 6 year old son, which turned me off on him.

I guess it is just more of the crap from the NE Arkansas mofia.

The source of the poll was the 6 pm broadcast...should be on the site in 30 minutes or so. Wonder if they released it early to the Wooldrige camp...to cause all this over reaction by Foster and Moody

Woolridge supporter no more:

Yeah right, you voted for Wooldridge in the primary. At least a few posts ago you had the decency to identify yourself as one of Mr. Halter's aforementioned monkey-bloggers. Quit trolling and refute the facts. Oh wait, you can't.

How can the press let Tim Wooldridge say these things without questioning his motivation and his morality?

why are they taking his bait to broadcast Tim Wooldridge's slander attack?

How:

It's only slander if it's not true, which, unfortunately for Bill, this appears to be. You might try reading into it yourself--the links are all there.

Oh wait, you aren't interested in the facts, are you blogger-monkey?

"I mean, why make stuff up when the Truth is this bad? | June 6, 2006 06:27 PM"

I am not the same person that you referred to earlier. I think your attitude and lashing out like a child shows how weak and desparate you and the rest of Woolridges camp is. But thanks, as an undecided voter, you just gave me reason to vote against Woolridge. And...you will get your ass kicked in the run-off.

By the way, I am making a $1000 donation to Halter right now due to the crap that you Woolridge supporters are throwing on this blog after Woolridge sends out a press release with such slime.

When are you NE Arkansas idiots going to learn that you can't post crap like this and still maintain your credibility. You people are breaking up the Democrat party!

Negative campaigning is unfortunately a part of politics, BUT...to accuse someone of funding their "CAMPAIGN WITH MONEY FROM TEEN PORN" with absolutely no proof is a new low in Arkansas politics. There simply is not one fact that suggests such a thing! Now grow up Foster and Moody and try running on what your guy can accomplish instead of trying to win through desperate smears. Tm Wooldridge you owe Bill and Shanti an apology!

Wooldridge supporter no more - Since you feel so strongly why don't you sign your post.

Let's see, first Pritt, then Hathorne, Now Wooldridge...

Tsk, tsk....It's all over but the shouting. Halter will win easily in the run off!

Woolridge supporter...:

If it looks like a blogger-monkey, walks like a blogger-monkey, and hurls its own feces like a blogger-monkey...

Why don't you sign yours?

Oh, you don't need to. We all know you are a looooooser dumbass who is desparate!.

Get used to is son, Halter and Beebe will be on the ticket come November. Your candidate is done!

When Wooldridge loses, I predict he'll switch to the Repug Party. This move has been brewing for some time now. Public hangings, against hate-crime bills, in the pocket of big business and now this Rove-like slime-athon.
I predict it'll be a Holt-wooldridge slate in four years.

I love these "well I was going to vote for so-and-so but now that he's attacked his opponent, I'm not.

Are you people 5 year olds? Nobody is buying that crap. I'm sure Wooldridge will stop talking about Halter's dealing because someone claims they are no longer voting for him.

Discuss the facts or stop wasting our time. I'm sick of reading the 5 year old posts on here.

A Blogger-monkey flung:

"Oh, you don't need to. We all know you are a looooooser dumbass who is desparate!."

Darn, and I was almost scared you might actually have $1000 to give to California Bill. Seriously, you almost had me going.

Whats wrong "facts please"...upset cause no one is buying YOUR crap!

this kid named Max Deichler, the president of Hendrix YD's has been telling everyone that he is being paid by the Halter campaign.

He conveniently isn't on their finance report. Either he's lying or Halter has committed another ethics violation.

Also, I notice that all his staffers have gotten a pay ra....I mean deduction.

All of Halter's staffers have had their pay reduced.

Bunch of punks.

Runnoff:
Halter 56 percent
Wooly:44 percent

Did anyone think that these facts wouldn't come out if Halter made it out of the primary-runoff? Better now than then.
Holt is gonna paint Halter as the rich man standing at dusk with a trench coat flashing porn? I can hear it now. Do you want to elect a man who made millions by exposing (pardon the pun) your kids to pornography? Jim Holt will protect your kids. Vote for Jim Holt!
The facts are out and it is for us to do the reading and weigh who best can beat Holt. The very consevative Democrat Wooldridge or Halter?
Trust me, Holt is not stupid, he's one of the worst legislators we've ever had, an opportunist, he's a Shiite, and he is an unashamed flame thrower. And there is enough napalm in Halter's business dealing here that we could lose to Holt. If that doesn't send ice running through your veins nothing will.
Disclaimer: Not a Wooldridge staffer or connected to any campaign

Wait - you call Wooldridge a DINO? And I agree that some of his votes are suspect. But, hell these business shams and fronts of Halter's are from the Republican School of Business. No wonder ALL those Republicans who gave to Bush gave to Halter. And one last question, what is in it for THEM, a Republican never coughs up money unless there is something in it for them!
More questions than answers here.

You people are breaking up the Democrat party!

Posted by: Woolridge supporter no more
Thats their intentions harm the DPA. because the REG SIX PACK JOE VOTER is on to these losing DINO"S (DEMOCRATS IN NAME ONLY) its what happens when the DEMS let thses republican 's run the party. I'm voting for NEW Voices and reps in the Run-off and i'm anti- incubant . straight down the ticket...neighter one of these failures deserve my VOTE (ONLY MY CONTEMPT).

I did not vote for Senator Wooldridge in the primary, because I disagree with his record and positions on TIFs, Deltic Timber, women's rights, and economic development issues in general.

Until today, however, I thought he was a decent felow and had run an admirable campaign to make the runoff. I am disappointed in what he has done to himself and to the Democratic Party of Arkansas.

The party will recover after the run-off, but I think that Wooldridge, if remembered at all, will be remembered for a desparate campaign beneath the dignity of what Democrats deserve from those seeking statewide office.

You political people are nuts!

say it aint so bill, say it aint so!!!

Surely you people dont think this information came from the Hathorn campaign? If hathorn had had access to this, he would have used it in a heartbeat. And dont go thinking the broke Wooldridge campaign has a way to compile this information.
This stuff came from the Beebe campaign. They compled it before Halter switched races. Beebe has given it to Wooldridge since he did not need it. This makes it crystal clear who the General wants as his running mate.

I seem to remember one of the Wooldridge AT Blog patrollers accusing me of making shit up. Boy, do I feel like a rank armature. I was only hypothesizing to make a point about Wooldridge's conservative philosophy being a liability. I had no idea I was dealing with such consummate professionals at making shit up.

Think about it - that actually makes alot of sense. Beebe did spend alot of money on opposition research. I assumed it was all for Asa, but it stands to reason that they researched Halter as well.

I am sickened by Tim Wooldridge and his people. I am embarressed that he calls himself a Democrat and will gladly pay whatever fee is necessary to make him a Republican. I'll even pay for McDaniel since he is of the same sleezy politican school. I hope Halter mops up the floor with him next Tuesday.

Wooldridge must be desperate. To attack someone's wife is low, but then again he does drink the same water as McDaniel who attacks five year children. Of course it's not Central Arkansas water since he wants to pollute it.

At this point how can anyone know if this is fact or fiction? I see many posts here as if they know for a fact it is not true. How can that be known at this point, excpt by Halter himself? It seems to me this must play out over the next few days. Those cursing Wooldridge may be wrong but you may be right....to borrow from Billy Joel. But until then, it seems it is just alll wishful thinking to jump in as call someone a liar or a sleeze. If wooldridge is right, he saved us. If he is wrong...then he will get what he deserves.

This nation Arkansas, can't afford more lies. That's the crux of the matter
Voting against wooldridge twice. thats my two cents. see you at the ballot box :)

RE:

I am sickened by Tim Wooldridge and his people. I am embarressed that he calls himself a Democrat and will gladly pay whatever fee is necessary to make him a Republican. I'll even pay for McDaniel since he is of the same sleezy politican school. I hope Halter mops up the floor with him next Tuesday.

Posted by: Sickened

Voting against wooldridge twice. thats my two cents. see you at the ballot box . :)

This nation Arkansas, can't afford more lies. That's the crux of the matter
Voting against wooldridge twice. thats my two cents. see you at the ballot box :)

RE:

I am sickened by Tim Wooldridge and his people. I am embarressed that he calls himself a Democrat and will gladly pay whatever fee is necessary to make him a Republican. I'll even pay for McDaniel since he is of the same sleezy politican school. I hope Halter mops up the floor with him next Tuesday.

Posted by: Sickened

Voting against wooldridge twice. thats my two cents. see you at the ballot box . :)

You sure can tell when the Halter camp is posting. No reason, just "no vote" horseshit.
I just don't get it. Here are the facts - painted to Wooldrige advantage, granted, but plenty of not such savvory meat here. And the reasons that we won't vote for Wooldridge? Cause some facts and questional business dealing surfaced? And when Holt starts hammering away at Halter, you gonna yell foul, I'm not voting for Holt because he went negative? What's up with that?
Again, READ and THINK and REASON, didn't your mama tell ya the truth hurts?
And for you Halter staffers, you're doing a fine job, ya need to ask the boss for a raise.

How low can Wooldridge and his people go? Using the way that he connected Halter to the inner workings of a company I am going to associate TW with every bad bill that came out of the ledge while he was in it. Heck, I know for a fact that he sponsored some of the bills himself.

I'm not sure I understand what people are wondering is true? Halter admits to being on all these boards, right? All these things about those companies are out in the public and have been. This is nothing new. It's just new that someone has brought it up. Everything is true and factual.

Now, did Halter know Iktomi was also in the porn business? Maybe not, but shouldn't he? It was all in the press. As someone in the business I remember it all well. It's on the internet. Just do a search abou it.

If anyone thinks Halter can beat Jim Holt after sitting on the board of a company that not only was hosting overseas gambling and porn businesses but also allowed teen porn, they are nuts.

When you sit on a companies board you have a responsiblity to that company. If you don't know they offer services to porn sites then you are not doing your job. Were all these board positions merely a way to make money? If not, then Halter should have known. Hell, I don't own their stock and even I knew it.

one more thing....this is not the first time this has been discussed....I'm quite sure someone has mentioned it on this blog before...the whole porn and iktomi thing was a huge story at one point. Most porn providers are small private companies. Most all of the large corporations refuse to host porn sites.

Sitting on a board of a company that markets porn is no where near as bad as Wooldridge's part in raising the state sales tax two years ago...Now THAT was disgusting...Wooldridge out then Holt 62% Halter38%

Ah a Republican rears their ugly head. 7/8th of a cent to fund the schools mandated by Lakeview. Wooldridge along with a huge majority of Dems voted for this increase.

Wow. I wonder if you could find another part-time job where people would fight like this to get hired?

Sure, just wait until Sept and Oct - State and House seats are up for grabs.

Yes, there is. As W's vacation schedule shows, the presidency is now a part-time position and creates more rancor than the race for Lt. Gov. of Arkansas

http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/managearticle.asp?c=540&a=1747

Akamai Pulls Sites Amid Dispute
Dec 07, 2002

Akamai Technologies has apparently begun to stop using server computers it has installed at universities and colleges to help deliver Web content from teenage porn and offshore gambling sites, three days after a Globe report disclosed the arrangement.

As of yesterday afternoon, Akamai units in data centers at the University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Babson College, Dartmouth College, and the University of Maine, and apparently at several other schools, were no longer being used to ''cache,'' or store, images and text from many the sites, according to business competitors of Akamai who monitor the publicly accessible devices.

The Web sites include one touting ''the Web's youngest teen girls'' in sex acts and offshore Web casino sites that Congress is trying to close amid FBI complaints they are vulnerable to being used for money laundering by terrorists and drug traffickers.

Lots of A-nonstaffers working tonight...as a-Nonstaffer, I'll say Halter is the guy. Wooldridge is a bit too, well, "front row pew sitter" for this ol' lib...

http://www.adrants.com/2002/12/bandwidth-management-company-serves-porn-.php

Bandwidth Management Company Serves Porn to Colleges
Colleges Shocked to Discover Akamai Servers on Campuses Helped Speed Porn, Gaming Sites

Akamai Technologies, the Cambridge Internet company, is using server computers installed on networks at university campuses to help deliver content for teen-pornography Web sites and offshore gambling sites whose legality is in question. Under a partnership intended to give schools faster, cheaper Net access while they defray some of Akamai's operating costs, Akamai has installed devices to speed delivery of Web sites to millions of Net users at schools including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Massachusetts, Babson College, Brown University, Dartmouth College, the University of Vermont, and Wesleyan.

While The Wall Street Journal quoted Akamai last month as saying it only ''had three clients who pay it to pass on ads for Internet gambling sites,'' Young this week confirmed the firm handles text and images for three casino sites that operate under multiple Web addresses. Young said Akamai has never processed gambling transactions, and is ''phasing out'' those contracts. Because the sites are based offshore in countries such as Antigua, to avoid questions about their legality in the United States, having Akamai deliver images from US servers may make them perform more quickly and smoothly for users here..

Colleen B. Wilcox, superintendent of the 250,000-student school district in Santa Clara County, Calif., which includes San Jose, said she was disturbed to learn from information developed by Akamai competitors that the Akamai server in her school's network has been handling porn and gambling sites, along with noncontroversial content.

Young said that those servers may have been in school networks instead of commercial data centers is ''splitting hairs.'' But, Wilcox said, ''The proportion of the porn to other content is irrelevant. We certainly don't want to do anything to enhance or promulgate their ability to promote these Web sites. We just could not in good conscience tolerate that."

Halter is using profits from illegal gambling and teen porn to campaign for Lt. Gov. This will drag the ticket down and Beebe better be worried if Halter is his running mate. Democrats Better Be Aware Jim Holt will be your next Lt Gov!!!!!

People aren't stupid, these 2002 articles are crap. Akamai is a huge company, when they realized their servers were being used against their policies, they pulled the sites immediately.

People aren't stupid, these 2002 articles are crap. Akamai is a huge company, when they realized their servers were being used against their policies, they pulled the sites immediately.

So your argument is they didn't know. You related to Kenny "boy" Lay?

Read the article Junior... Their spokesperson said they weren't renewing the contracts once they expired. They didn't immediately stop anything! They kept raking in the dough until the agreements ran out.

Bottom feeders...just like their boy Halter.

Children, Indeed.
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by poohbear_honeypot (9704) on Monday December 20, @07:54AM (#1459262)
It seems to me that often the battle cry "Protect the children" is really expressing the ideal "Protect everyone from what society says i should be afraid of". Most issues that revolve around censorship deal with taboos that simply don't make sense anymore. A taboo about sex made sense when sex directly lead to pregnancy. With education, it doesn't anymore. Rather than hiding, perhaps we should educate. Not everyone will make the right choice, but that is their right. To choose.

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Joseph Foley
Akamai Technologies

http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/20/1210201&tid=153

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-244795.html

Akamai provided a way to access porn sites even when porn filters tried to keep children from it.

Tim can't run on his record (public hanging, voting for Deltic Timber, against hate crime legislation, etc., etc), so he manufactures slime against Halter.
So sad, so sad!

"Akamai is an industry leader and the only company that expressly prohibits these practices in detail within their own "Acceptable Uses Policy"."

Yeah...NOW...but what about back in 2002? You going to let him get by with that Max? That repsonse is an insult to the press and the voters. Nobody is saying they allow that NOW...but they did in 2002 till they got caught.

Exactly, they got caught, didn't immediately stop the practice and then and only then did they insitute their "aaceptable uses policy". God Lord, they could of at least bailed on "these" contracts - but NO the Republican held company would never sacrifice profits for morality. The consumer and the investors got screwed - the only one's coming out smelling like roses are...you guessed it - the big shots.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/iraq/2003-04-04-akamai_x.htm

Akamai declines to assist Al-Jazerra Web site
The Associated Press
The Web site of Arab satellite news channel Al-Jazeera was refused assistance this week when it sought help from Akamai Technologies of Cambridge, Mass., in dealing with hacking attacks and massive interest from Web users.
Akamai rents out a network of 12,600 servers that help customer Web sites deal with unexpected traffic, hacker attacks and Internet bottlenecks.

In a prepared statement, Akamai said it "worked briefly this week with Al-Jazeera to understand the issues they are having distributing their Web sites," but decided not to continue the relationship.

Akamai would not comment Friday on why it broke off the collaboration.

"We think it's political pressure," said Nabil Hegazi, deputy managing editor of Al-Jazeera's English-language Web site.

While Aljazeera worked to alleviate these problems, many of their Western partners dropped out of the venture - some claim due to political pressure from the U.S. government and some American citizens. DataPipe gave notice as the Web site's host. Later, U.S.- based Akamai Technologies (www.akamai.com), a company that claims its serves can stand up to unprecedented traffic, signed on to host the English site - but promptly pulled out of the deal for unspecified reasons.

All accusations aside, this race should boil down to one thing: Who is best for the State of Arkansas.

On the one hand, we have a candidate (Halter) who left the state many years ago only to return to run for a constitutional office. We really know nothing about him. While I don't care one way or the other on a lottery, here comes this guy that hasn't been here in forever and wants to run on the platform of pushing a lottery. He has no knowledge of the state's budget, the legislature (except what he might have learned many years ago in Civics class) and, in short is unfamiliar with the wants, needs and demands of the Arkansas people.

On the other hand, we have a candidate (Wooldridge) who is intimately familiar with the workings of our government. Sure, I differ in many ways with him on political philosophy (I'm a liberal and he is a staunch conservative) but at least I know him and what he stands for. I can look at his voting record and learn something of him (yes, the hanging bill was a little off the path, but remember, he filed it at the request of a constituent who wanted only to get a debate going on the loss of the deterrent effect of the death penalty due to delays by multiple appeals). He has lived here, worked here, raised a family here and governed here.

Being a liberal, I still wouldn't vote to elect an unknown liberal over a conservative that I know. I can deal with what I know. It's what I don't know that is hard to deal with.

I have been involved in Arkansas politics since 1970 when Dale Bumpers ran for governor. How times have changed! I have known Bill Halter since his days at Catholic High School and I know his family as well. I am appalled by the remarks made by Tim Wooldridge regarding Bill Halter's business affiliations. This is the mark of a desperate man. I am really not sure why Tim Wooldridge is running as a Democrat since his voting record has definite Republican leanings. I think Mr. Wooldridge should check out his own staff before he starts sniping at Bill Halter. Tim has some people of questionable character in his employ. I have every confidence in the Arkansas voter to see through this nasty attack and give Mike Beebe a person he can be proud of as running mate. That man is clearly Bill Halter.

I have been involved in Arkansas politics since 1970 when Dale Bumpers ran for governor. How times have changed! I have known Bill Halter since his days at Catholic High School and I know his family as well. I am appalled by the remarks made by Tim Wooldridge regarding Bill Halter's business affiliations. This is the mark of a desperate man. I am really not sure why Tim Wooldridge is running as a Democrat since his voting record has definite Republican leanings. I think Mr. Wooldridge should check out his own staff before he starts sniping at Bill Halter. Tim has some people of questionable character in his employ. I have every confidence in the Arkansas voter to see through this nasty attack and give Mike Beebe a person he can be proud of as running mate. That man is clearly Bill Halter.

I have been involved in Arkansas politics since 1970 when Dale Bumpers ran for governor. How times have changed! I have known Bill Halter since his days at Catholic High School and I know his family as well. I am appalled by the remarks made by Tim Wooldridge regarding Bill Halter's business affiliations. This is the mark of a desperate man. I am really not sure why Tim Wooldridge is running as a Democrat since his voting record has definite Republican leanings. I think Mr. Wooldridge should check out his own staff before he starts sniping at Bill Halter. Tim has some people of questionable character in his employ. I have every confidence in the Arkansas voter to see through this nasty attack and give Mike Beebe a person he can be proud of as running mate. That man is clearly Bill Halter.

The only thing dirty is the porn.

Fed Up...I'm sure Wooldridge does have a questionable character or two on staff...as does Halter.

But none of them are on the ballot - Halter and Woodridge are.

I've asked for days...please tell me the difference in the things Tim Wooldridge believes and those of Marion Berry, Mike Ross, Blanche Lincoln or Mark Pryor.

If you think Beebe is proud to have Halter, why do you think Woodridge got the information? Hmmm??

It's not because he had the money for research.

You guys just don't get it, do you. They all promised to play nice to get Halter out of the Governor's race...but the chickens are coming home to roost.

Beebe wants Halter like he wants an STD.

Teen Porn, Gambling, and now this same company Akamai Technologies has admittedly work with Al-Jazeera!

In a prepared statement, Akamai said it "worked briefly this week with Al-Jazeera to understand the issues they are having distributing their Web sites, This was posted on April the 4th 2003 - USA Today

Al-Jazeera is the station that showed the gruesome beheading of Nick Berg (the American businessman working in Iraq) Also Al-Jazeera is the mouthpiece for Osama bin Laden and all of his terrorist videos to be broadcast throughout the world. Bill Halter should be ashamed of himself. This is repugnant!!!!

I've actually worked for both of these campaigns for a short term, but in the end I'm sadly disappointed in both candidates. This current display just adds insult to injury; I don't think either of these guys will be a good candidate and I am questionable about their ability to take on Holt. I'm not saying they can't win, but we need a mandate here -- not a narrow margin.

I'm sick over this race. Since when has being Lite Guv meant anything, anyway? 3 examples of becoming Full Guv in the entire state's history, and nothing too great came from any of them.

Things are going to start changing in the next few years. My generation is getting tired of these kind of candidates.

What a totally lame response to the claims made and documented by the Wooldridge campaign. Your standard, sorry we won't answer any questions regarding specefics, this is just a desperate attack...blah, blah, blah. Halter states, "these accusations are false..." tell us how and why they are.
Thanks Tim, Arkansas appreciates getting to know the real Bill Halter.

"Our exclusive Survey Arkansas poll shows, if the election were Tuesday the 6th, Halter would have 59 percent of the vote and Wooldridge would have 34 percent."

This (the latest Channel 11 poll) is the reason why Tim Wooldridge has unleased the dogs of dirt (D. Foster & Gary Moody) on Bill Halter. Wooldridge knows he hasn't proposed one idea of substance during this campaign, so he's slinging mud in a desperate, flailing attempt to resurrect his dying political career.

Very disappointing, Sen. Wooldridge. This is so beneath you. Whatever the result on June 13, your reputation has been forever besmirched. Shame on you.

You are exactly right the THV Survey is so reliable, what were the numbers the day before the primary. I think it was......
40% Halter
20% Hathorn
9% Martin
17% Wooldridge
13% Undecided
(by the way if you add the numbers up it equals only 99%)

and the outcome of the Primary was

39.99% Halter
24.94% Hathorn
8.78 Martin
26.28% Wooldridge

So Hathorn jumps almost 5 points and Wooldridge jumps 9 points with in twenty-four hours. This poll is a joke and everyone knows that you can not accurately poll a state run-off race!

could Bill Halter's support from the unions come from the fact that he's tied to the gambling industry and is trying to get the lottery approved??

the unions are trying to get gambling in arkansas in the form of Michael Wasserman?

do the people of arkansas want us living in a den of sin??

You know what? You can take your moral code and stick it far up your arse because I don't care about a moral code. There's not a moral code now, and there's never going to BE a moral code. What is POSSIBLE is SOMEONE that has influence and smarts can get elected and maybe pull up this sorry ass state (yes, sorry people, this state sucks and you ALL KNOW IT).

Not only that, but do you really think I'm going to buy the claim that a guy that we ALL know voted for Bush BOTH TIMES has any kind of moral code? Right. Exactly. Thanks for playing guys.

By the way, from a woman watcher, you boys have gone the wrong route with all the negativity. I'm seriously offended by this Wooldridge support, and I'm seriously offended that Democrats would have the GALL to campaign for someone that thinks they can tell me what to do with my own body. Thanks for the big FUCK YOU. You can all go write "moral code" on a sharp stick and sit on it and spin. Traitors.

Dear Bag: Den of sin? What, are you oen of those Church of Christ freaks too? I'm seriously moving to Canada, all you freaking freaks are scaring the shit out of me with your religious psychosis.

I can't believe it has come to this. Seymour Hersh was right. We have been taken over by a cult.

Porn smorn... I am the type that thinks that everything has a place in society if used appropriately.

What bothers me most as a working man is that little rich boy, Bill Halter was able to make almost 400,000 dollars in ONE day with an insider stock trade.

It would take me, and the average Arkansan, over 10 YEARS to make that kind of money. I am disgusted that we live in a society where we give special priviledges to rich white guys and let the working joes shoulder the burden.

Mr. Halter - we have a lot of hungry and needy in our state. If you were any kind of man of decency you would spend your easily gained riches helping them - not running "hey Coach" ads and hiring low-lifes like Fredrick Freeman to badger me into voting for you.

Go make your millions and leave my government alone, you've done enough harm already.

It's really hard to sort through all the bullshit on this forum.

"It's really hard to sort through all the B.S. in this life." J.D..

Grin and bare it Bucko. Like my Grammy use to say, "it's a great day for the race. The human race". Glenna Gertrude McGoey

Sorry for the last 3 misquoted words. But the message was maybe enhanced?

To "So what" (I've asked for days...please tell me the difference in the things Tim Wooldridge believes and those of Marion Berry, Mike Ross, Blanche Lincoln or Mark Pryor.)

HANGINGS IN THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE. GET IT? HANGINGS IN THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE!

Which of those other candidates (Ross, Berry, Lincoln or Pryor) is against the death penalty?

All BS aside, it still boils down to one major difference in these candidates:

A lifetime of living and serving in Arkansas where your life has been open to almost daily scrutiny.

Returning to the state after a 20 year absence to run for office when we know nothing about you.

Like what he believes or not (and I probably disagree with him more than I agree) Wooldridge knows our state, its needs and its people. Halter is a stranger to us. In the late 1860's, we would have called him a carpetbagger.

Pavel:

What is a "rank armature"???

Hey Max, a reporter buddy of mine told me that Gary Moody has already sent out a response shooting holes all through Bud Jackson's pathetic smoke screen. Where's the Update on here?

ARK. BLOG We've posted everything we've received. And we still wait by the phone awaiting answers to our questions of 1) will Wooldridge vow to stay in the Democratic Party, regardless of the outcome of this election and 2) how often has he voted for Republicans for president.

The "Vote for me because I've lived in Arkansas all my life" pitch is soooo lame. Try that on the Repubs this fall when they're choosing between Asa and Beebe.

Hi, tina. I was using the word rank in the sense of utter or total.

Ah, now I see the problem, tina. I misspelled amateur. That's what I get for being too hasty. My old eyes don't work too well when I'm on a computer that doesn't allow me to easily magnify the text.

Max, you truly are a pathetic journalist.

Your lack of objectivity makes me sick. Instead of slobbing all over Halter and going to eat lunch with him. Why don't you call up Tim Wooldridge like you are proposing earlier and find out like a respectable journalist would.

you are lazy

To Whoever Was Bitching About Halter And $400,000:

This is such a typical response from someone that doesn't know any better. Are you jealous? Or would you like to learn for yourself how to do business and investing and make that kind of money? Because maybe if you had had a better education in AR you might have been able to do something like that, too.

Here's a thought: Maybe if you dumb Arkansans would elect people that know what they are doing and can change the course of things here (education, economy) instead of the typical person who is a product of all that is wrong with Arkansas (just because you "know" him) then maybe Arkansas could begin to compete with other states and actually have Joe Shmoe making $400,000 deals.

Ron Oliver has told me a story about how he tried to get Bill Halter to run for Governor in 2002 against Mike Huckabee but Halter wouldn't do it.

Now I see why. Bill Halter was too busy losing money while being on the board of pharmaceudical companies and then making millions off their stock.

Come on Bill, answer this question:

Why couldsn't you have moved back then and at least helped with Jimmie lou's campaign? Arkansas not good enough for you back then?

No one from Wooldridge's campaign will call Max with any additional information because that would allow Max to ask those two questions their running away from as fast as they can.
So Tim, will you bolt the party?
And WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR IN THE 2000 AND 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.

Max is lazy and fat

Warrick is too busy getting a manicure and having his eyebrows waxed to make the phone call

Are you serious that you have to have those two questions answered? Why not beg the difference with having Halter answer whether he'll actually stay in the state if elected (or even better, if not)? What about what would he do to raise money (aside from a freaking lottery) to actually accomplish his "platform?" I've got some questions regarding BOTH of these candidates that need to be answered, but I feel you should, too!

From the positions they've taken, Halter is a Democrat and Wooldridge is a Holt-lite. I believe Tim should answer those questions. I want to know if I would be voting for a Democrat or a potential Repug.
Come on Tim, answer them!

Tim Wooldridge dresses in women's lacy panties, puts clothespins on his nipples, and smears peanut butter on his testicles for his "dog's benefit." He's privately a sick and twisted pervert. He also privately thinks that piano music should be allowed in church service. PROVE THAT I'M WRONG!!!

this is what you get when you have Bill Halter paying a combined 400 dollars to his YD president staffers.

I'm disgusted by these Halter supporters.

I think the second question is very relevant and fair. If a person claims to be a Democrat, then shouldn't they vote for Democrats? A true Democrat would NEVER vote for George W. Bush. Their core philosophies are diametrically opposed. If Wooldridge did vote for Dubya, then he has some explaining to do.

Good Lord, over a hundred posts about a race for lt. governor of Arkansas? Put your energy and efforts toward resolving the real problems of the world. The lt. gov.'s job is not that important.

Who knows who voted for who....but what we DO KNOW is that Halter hung around to be W's Acting SS Director, a position Clinton would never give him.

That's why so many Repub's gave him money to run his campaign, first against Beebe and now Wooldridge.

Halter's highest ranking position in government was in W's administration, not Clinton's.

Besides...Clinton told a friend here in Arkansas that Halter was "delusional"....I'm not kidding....he used the word "delusional"!!! hahahaha

If I were in this LG runoff, I'd spend all 100% of my time trying to get my supporters to the polls. I wouldnt spend one ounce of 10 mins on press releases, negative antics, replying to negative antics, etc. This goes for both candidates. Either of them had enough votes in the primary to win the runoff if each of those same voters would get back out. It will just depend who focuses on what the real task is. The one issue in a runoff is nothing but TURNOUT.

Desperation makes people do crazy, stupid things. In the waining hours on a campaign, we are witness to a candidate who has spent a lifetime as a neo conservative Democrat getting bitch slapped into place by a younger, harder working Democrat. Instead of running on his record, Wooly feels forced to lash out at his opponent, grasping at straws.

But these actions are not simply acts of a man at the end of his rope, they reveal another aspect of this personality. Negative campaigning is easy and those who use it are lazy. So I ask Arkansas: Do you really want a lazy neo-con as your Lt. Gov?

As opposed to a greedy, ex-W administration official who got rich off of internet pornography.

So, yes Bud...actually we do.

Teen Porn profits funding a campaign!!!!

Just a thought, but assuming Akamai was engaged in moral wrongdoing, didn't the corporate policy change after Halter was added to the board? Just a guess, but maybe it was Halter's influences that brought about that change. In which case, he used a position of power to change wrong to right.

Err nice try and I would say you had something there if they had changed their policies BEFORE they got busted by the media.

But they didn't... they stopped because of media driven public backlash that they were afraid would cost them money if they continued the practice.

You are full of crap. Back up your assertations and Name:

The date the policy was changed; and
The date the media coverage commenced.

The answer is, you don't have a clue, you are just recklessly spewing garbage b/c you are a former Hathorn, now Wooly staffer who hasn't done his research.

Let me get this straight, Wooldridge votes for Bush - a man who has driven several businesses right into the ground. Now he turns around and claims that Halter won't be a good Lt. Gov. because he sat on the board of some floundering companies.

Is that right, Tim? Business records don't matter for the office of President, but they do for Lt. Gov. of Arkansas?

Republicans for Voldemort

I like the newest Halter endorsement by the Arkansas Times. Good choice, Max. Wooldridge is a neo-con running as a Democrat.

This quote from Gambline Magazine should put your questions to rest:

"Akamai Technologies has apparently begun to stop using server computers it has installed at universities and colleges to help deliver Web content from teenage porn and offshore gambling sites, three days after a Globe report disclosed the arrangement" (Emphasis Mine)

You can read the whole article at http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/managearticle.asp?c=540&a=1747

But, long story short, they quit because they got busted, and they didn't even quit immediately, but rather continued to reap profits from these dispicable activities until the natural end of the contracts.

If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be amusing. People taking a moral high ground on the rather obvious character assination of Bill Halter by Tim Wooldridge. How low can you go? No wonder Arkansas can only move backward or stay status quo. Thank God for Mississippi. If any voter believes this smear campaign has any validity, perhaps we should make every person who registers to vote take an IQ test. Give it up. At least Halter has the vision to move this state out of the bottom percentages in education and standard of living.Here is an interesting fact for you to ponder, if this BS that is being put out about Halter is true, then why is it that the Arkansas Democrat Gazette who endorsed Wooldridge buried this story on the back page 10B of the Arkansas section? Could it be that this has caused them some embarassment as well?

If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be amusing. People taking a moral high ground on the rather obvious character assination of Bill Halter by Tim Wooldridge. How low can you go? No wonder Arkansas can only move backward or stay status quo. Thank God for Mississippi. If any voter believes this smear campaign has any validity, perhaps we should make every person who registers to vote take an IQ test. Give it up. At least Halter has the vision to move this state out of the bottom percentages in education and standard of living.Here is an interesting fact for you to ponder, if this BS that is being put out about Halter is true, then why is it that the Arkansas Democrat Gazette who endorsed Wooldridge buried this story on the back page 10B of the Arkansas section? Could it be that this has caused them some embarassment as well?

If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be amusing. People taking a moral high ground on the rather obvious character assination of Bill Halter by Tim Wooldridge. How low can you go? No wonder Arkansas can only move backward or stay status quo. Thank God for Mississippi. If any voter believes this smear campaign has any validity, perhaps we should make every person who registers to vote take an IQ test. Give it up. At least Halter has the vision to move this state out of the bottom percentages in education and standard of living.Here is an interesting fact for you to ponder, if this BS that is being put out about Halter is true, then why is it that the Arkansas Democrat Gazette who endorsed Wooldridge buried this story on the back page 10B of the Arkansas section? Could it be that this has caused them some embarassment as well?

If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be amusing. People taking a moral high ground on the rather obvious character assination of Bill Halter by Tim Wooldridge. How low can you go? No wonder Arkansas can only move backward or stay status quo. Thank God for Mississippi. If any voter believes this smear campaign has any validity, perhaps we should make every person who registers to vote take an IQ test. Give it up. At least Halter has the vision to move this state out of the bottom percentages in education and standard of living.Here is an interesting fact for you to ponder, if this BS that is being put out about Halter is true, then why is it that the Arkansas Democrat Gazette who endorsed Wooldridge buried this story on the back page 10B of the Arkansas section? Could it be that this has caused them some embarassment as well?

The really big question is this: Will this blog top the 200-comment mark? And is it a record yet?

SSDD

The editorial page staff endorsed Wooldridge, the news staff makes decisions about where to put stories. These are two seperate entities and on most papers (including the Dem-Gaz) they often have widely differing points of view and agendas.

And if you want to talk about placement=validity, then why did Channel 11 lead with the story last night at 10?

Nice try, blogger-monkey.

Hey SSDD,

Just how is the Lite Guv supposed to do all these wonderful things for Arkansas? It can't. This is just campaign rhetoric of the most empty variety. Whoever wins will baby-sit the senate, cut a few ribbons and very little else. Unless, of course Jim Holt wins, in which case he will hold Mike Beebe hostage.

Ok, folks, put the Kool-Aid down and repeat after me:

It's not "negative" if it's the truth

It's not "character assassination" if it's the truth

It's not a "smear" if it's the truth

Thank you, class dismissed.

Come on people...let's see this for what it is! Wooldridge, Hathorn, Pritt and Martin have all had this info for 12 weeks now. Beebe had it even before that. If Tim was so set on letting the voters know about this crap, then why didnt he do it 12, 10, 8, 6...2 weeks ago. This is rediculous!

Those who read this blog with any regularity at all have been seeing the posts and know the Wooldridge camp have been alluding to this for some time. Anybody with an IQ above 2 will have the intelligence to know this really is a last minute smear tactic from a campaign that is 25 pts behind in the polls. If you doubt that then take one more look at the Wooldridge staffers and others pushing his candidacy....Berry, Willett, Moody, Pritt, Hathorn, Foster!

I haven't allways agreed with Bud Jackson but let's face it, this time he is right on Target....Desperate, misleading last minute attacks!

Repeat after me...

Wooldridge is sleazy...

Wooldridge is sleazy...

Wooldridge is sleazy...

Wooldridge is sleazy...

Wooldridge is sleazy...

Wooldridge is sleazy...

Dear Slave To The Boss:

Actually, "delusional" would be a homophobic James Dobson loving wanna be lyncher running as a democrat. But you already know that, don't you. It's OK, we forgive you, we know you need the paycheck since Hathorn lost. I would watch out for all the women you're pissing off though, whooee. Aint lookin too pretty, boys!

In the end, Halter might just win this one with 60 percent. Rational voters know an act of desperation when they see one (see Hathorn, Mike).

Dear Gary,

I will take a crook any day over a self-righteous bible-thumping hypocrite. Crooks have sense. Religious psychos don't.

God forbid these guys (Wooldrdge and company) win! Arkansas will become the sleaziest campaign state in the country! Never, ever, ever, will we be fortunate enough to attract quality candidates for office, and Arkansas will move to 50th in evrything!

We gotta say NO to this horrible, nasty campaigning from the likes of Foster, Moody,Hathorn, Pritt , Berry and Yes, Tim Wooldridge!

Show these guys that Arkansas voters will not tolerate this type of behavior from those seeking Elected office! Vote Against Tim Wooldridge

I've got it from a good source that Wooldridge WILL BOLT the Democratic Party after he loses the runoff and support Holt in the general election.
Makes sense, since he voted for George W. in 2000 and 2004

I agree with "one who cares". Arkansans can not afford to have these kind of people involved in State gov't.

We would become the laughing stock of the country!

It's interesting that so many people went into the voting booth with Wooldridge to see how he voted. The first time I was allowed to vote, I voted for Richard Nixon. I haven't voted for a Republican since. But, I had to hold my nose to vote for John Kerry - in my opinion, one of the worst Democratic nominees in my 30+ years of following politics. Bush is turning out to be the worst president of my lifetime, barely edging out Jimmy Carter. Against Kerry, while I wish he had won and we would be better off if he did, I won't hold anyone accountable for either not voting or voting the other way.

I just saw the Halter attack ad against Wooldridge. I guess that he is willing to attack unlike what he said when he exited the Governor?s race.

Not that I am saying I believe any of the companies that Halter is connected with is involved with pornography, I'd just like to point out that many old line US companies derive part of their profits from pornography.

General Motors and AT&T, and Hilton Hotels just to name three are own companies that deliver porn content to certain markets. Are you Bible thumpers going to quit driving Chevolets, using your telephone and staying in hotels and motels that have pay-per-view in-room movies?

I think everyone who has never rented, bought or watched pornography should by all means vote for Wooldridge. I'm sure those 12 votes will put him over the top.

The number of postings on this blog post vs. the number of postings on the election recount go along way toward defining what is wrong with this country, our elections and the state of the union in general.

Why? Because noone gives a tinker's damn if the votes count as long as they can 'go through' the motions and bash or support their candidate. Even Mike Huckabee said the election problems were 'unacceptable' and that he was surprised no one was kicking up more of a fuss about it.

That's it in a nutshell.

A friend out West sums it up well:

"What's the most distressing about all of this is that the disasters occur, they are reported in the news, the election officials somehow manage to figure out who won anyway, and then we move on -- accepting the elected candidates as validly elected. When is that going to end????!!!!" DUH!

They can't seem to catch on ... Yeah, of course, hand-counting isn't accurate. But machine counting is worse.

I am sad that Mike didn't win, but in a way, I'm glad he didn't because his loss has shown his and his campaign employees' true character. They care more about their bitterness than about their democratic principles. They care more about their pride than about the state they are affecting by helping a person like Wooldridge win a public office. They care more about Bill Halter than they do Arkansas, and I find the irony in that statement hilarious.

What do I mean by that? They are so concerned with Halter, so incredibly pissed off at him, that they care more about beating him than they do about democrats and Arkansas. So if this was the underlying character of Hathorn and his people, well, I'm glad he didn't win. Time to grow up and quit being a cry baby.

I just saw Halter's new ad which raises serious questions about Ti m Wooldridge. I say it is about time! Wooldridge has been unfairly making Halter his punching bag when he himself deserves to be outted. It is nice to know that when push comes to shove Halter is not afraid to put his foot down and say enough is enough.

Halter went this entire campaign by staying positive until wooldridge went off the deep end. i praise Halter for staying positive for so long.

halter's new tv ad shows that wooldridge opposed tax relief for arkansas soldiers coming home from iraq. i think wooldridge was the only senator to oppose tax relief for our veterans and their families.

am i the only one who finds that reprehensible? and it is no surprise that wooldridge has not mentioned this vote while campaigning. what else has he not shared with us?

even jim holt would have supported our troops. and that vote alone makes wooldridge unable to beat holt.

i work for a candidate not in the lt. gov.'s race and i want to use this opportunity to relieve myself of something i have been dying to say:

for a couple of months i lost years of my life as mike hathorn's campaign staff (d. foster, gary moody and company) polluted this blog with innuendo, lies and slanderous accusations.

then the halter campaign beat them like a drum, as they deserved.

now i have had another three weeks almost of having to endure wooldridge's newest campaign staff... d. foster, gary moody do for wooldridge what they did for hathorn: spread lies, innuendo and false accusations.

next week, tim wooldridge will lose just like mike hathorn.

and no one will be happier than i will be to know that Bud Jackson and the Halter Campaign put an end to ... d. foster and gary moody whose behavior was appalling.

as far as i am concerned Bud Jackson did a public service for all of us Democrats. by squashing those pissants who drive democratic candidate off of cliffs.

and the same goes for gary harpole who has also driven another democrat off the cliff.

I was about to go vote for Wooldrige today because I thought Halter just didn't have the balls to be in politics!

Now, I have to vote for Halter! Finally he is calling Tim out on his attrocious public record. Votes against our veterans, his attempt to skirt Social security, that awful hanging bill.

Way to go Halter, now that I know that your willing to fight against what is sooo wrong with our state and country, YOU HAVE EARNED MY VOTE!

Rumor is that Foster and Moody have contacted Woody Anderson in an attempt to continue with their sleazy campaign strategies.

Word of advice Woody, don't fall for it! You see what they have done to Hathorn and Wooldridge!

The facts are that a vote for Wooldridge is no different than a vote for the Repubs. I am so sick of this idea circulating that the only chance the Dems have against Holt is Wooldridge. Are they going to try to out-conservative each other because we clearly know who would win that battle, although it would probably only be the number of children he has fathered. BTW how much is the the tax credit per child? Back to the matter at hand - voters in this state need a clear choice in November. The only candidate who can deliver that choice is Halter. Case closed.

I for one am incensed by the tactics Moody and Foster have used in this LG race. As a life-long democrat who contributes albeit, relatively small amounts to Dem candidates and the party, I will never again give to a candidate who affiliates in any way with either of these two slimeballs. Democratic activists should unite to run these guys out of Ark politics.

...and Mike Hathorn, you will be receiveing a letter asking you to return my contribution to your campaign! You have turned away from every value you once held. Your disgusting behavior driven by ego and anger is a disgrace! Turning your back on those who have long supported you is a mistake you will come to regret.

How ironic is it that the same PAID bloggers curse Wooldridge and his staff for being sleazy, and priase Halter's negative attack ad as courageous.

I also find the personal Venom towards foster and moody to be a little over the top to come from anyone other than Halter's staff. Careful guys, staff aren't public figures, and your malicious lies could find you in a courtroom, all it would take is a simple IP trace.

I find it amusing that the crew who spewed the attack on Halter that apparently led to the most malicious attack ever on a candidates wife would threaten a law suit.

Why is it that everytime someone expresses an anti-wooldridge opinion on this blog they suddenly become "paid bloggers', blogger-monkeys etc.

Max said it best..."Tim's supporters have been the slimiest -- and that's going some -- of this campaign season. Fine thing for a putative family values candidate."-

Should Mike just make the check payable to "pissed off"...or do you have a name, blogger-monkey?

Hilarious.

I'm not a paid blogger, I'm a pissed off democratic woman that stands with many, many other democratic women in Little Rock and around AR that have Tim Wooldridge on our sh*t list.

And frankly, I'm not worried about his staff, because his staff knows this, they just need a paycheck.

I don't understand why Tim replaced Dan Noble with Gary Moody. I mean, Dan got you in the run-off! He ran your campaign successfully and you reward him with a demotion and put in charge the looser's campaign manager?!?

Excellent column today by Meredith Oakley which shows that Wooldridge DID push the hanging bill back in '95. As Oakley points out, Tim's "memory is rather muddled."

Key excerpt:

When the topic is broached today, Wooldridge claims that he introduced the bill " only to elevate the discussion on the need to provide protection for our citizens. "
The story in 1995 was a bit different. Let me quote from one news account.
" A Paragould Democrat wants to bring back hangings on courthouse lawns.
" The deterrent of something like this would be tremendous, " said Rep. Tymothe Wooldridge. He filed a bill Wednesday to move the idea along. . . . People are frustrated with the justice system, Wooldridge said. "
And another: " Rep. Tim Wooldridge, D-Paragould, could see the locomotive 's headlights last week, signaling the impending defeat of his controversial proposal to change Arkansas ' method of execution. . . . In a last-minute attempt to get the measure out of committee and to the House floor, he amended his bill to make hanging simply an option for a jury rather than the only form of execution. . . . Wooldridge believes public hangings could serve as a deterrent. "
Please note that no corrections or retractions related to those two stories ever ran. One can assume that this is because Wooldridge never sought any.
Having lived to tell the tale, I know something of the impetuosity of youth, but Wooldridge 's advocacy of the hanging bill can hardly be put down to that. He even said at the time that he ' d stewed over it for two years before introducing it. There ' s no doubt that he now wishes he ' d emptied that pot instead of dishing up its contents.
Wooldridge isn' t the first lawmaker to be worn down by a persistent constituent and he won ' t be the last, but in the final wash it was his decision to take up the legislation and run with it. All he needs to say now is that he was wrong, or just misguided, or that he has since changed his mind.
Just please spare us this talk about trying to elevate the discussion when the only thing that got elevated was one politician 's public profile.

full column at
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/157115/

Mr. Halter's biggest 'tell-tale"
sign is that he just swiched parties....which means to me that the (R's) have just planted him and are no doubt financing him.
His incompetent business experiences make me think that he took lessons from the Bush on how to make money while the taxpayers pick up the losses and stockholders get screwed.

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