GOP Official Accused of Using Database to Stalk Woman

By GottaLaff

Photo courtesy of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Another day, another Rushpublic Sexcapade:

Arizona Republican Party executive director Brett Mecum is the subject of a criminal complaint "alleging he used the Republican's voter database to stalk a young female graduate student," reports the Huffington Post.

According to the affidavit, Mecum "is using Voter Vault to stalk." Voter Vault is used by the Republican Party to micro-target the party's message and to canvas specific demographics.

Oh, but that's not the first time ol' Brett got into a little scrape. Let's take a trip in The Special Exclusive Handy Dandy Political Carnival WayBack Machine to springtime 2009:

The executive director of the Arizona Republican Party was charged with reckless driving and criminal speeding Wednesday after a photo radar camera caught him driving 109 mph on Loop 101.

Brett Mecum was arrested by Department of Public Safety officers around 10:30 a.m. at party headquarters in Phoenix in connection with an April 10 incident.

Stalking, reckless driving, criminal speeding... Yep, just another day in Rushpublic FamilyValuesLand.

Gawker Attempts to Ambush the Fox News "Ambusher"

By GottaLaff

Get out the popcorn. Get out the drinks. Get out the beanbag chair (wait, what?), because this will so be worth the junk food overload, drinking binge, and resulting hangover:

Gawker's John Cook is on a mission.

He's trying to get an interview with Fox News Channel producer Jesse Watters who is known for his ambush interviews for Bill O'Reilly's show.

Cook phoned Watters yesterday attempting to get an interview and was immediately transferred to FNC media relations who later, via email, denied the request.

We found it odd that Watters would refuse to talk to a reporter, given the lengths to which he goes to compel others speak to him.

So, Cook went all Jesse Watters and this morning began staking out his house to get the interview...

Shoe. Foot. Other.

Countdown- Bill O'Reilly stalks Amanda Terkel

Wish there was a way she could sue him.

GOP 'trackers' stalk Dems in hunt for 'macaca' moment

Yep, but as Dan points out, they're not just standing there, they're trying to instigate situations that would embarrass the politicians. Your modern GOP.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Carney was walking down a Capitol Hill street when suddenly — bam — an anonymous Republican with a video camera who'd been following him asked him a question that was intended to embarrass the Pennsylvania Democrat.

The interviewer asked first about a single provision in the massive economic stimulus bill, then asked if Carney was going to be "ready to vote tomorrow."

An irritated Carney answered: "Like I told you before, if I see the damn package, I'll have an answer."

(snip)

The National Republican Congressional Committee is sending out video "trackers" to ask provocative questions of Democratic members of Congress. The trackers, who are congressional committee staffers, were earlier reported by Congress Daily, a specialty publication distributed largely on Capitol Hill.

NRCC spokesman Paul Lindsay told McClatchy that Democratic complaints were "whining," adding that "The modern-day world of campaign politics demands that we track our opponents' steps and missteps. We have nothing to hide when it comes to asking tough questions, but it appears that Democrats do when it comes to answering them."