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1. #1
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:17 pm, Jeddite said:

   For the lulz, indeed.

2. #2
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm, nyc123me said:

   “Oh, yeah, and they’re still blaming Sarah Palin for making herself a victim of the crime.”
   Oh, well that would kind of blow a hole in their smearing McCain for not having an email account then..

3. #3
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm, The Thrush said:

   If these political preditors are caught may they be prosecuted and jailed to the fullest!!

4. #4
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:21 pm, The Master said:

   I have no idea whether Kernell’s son had any involvement in this crime, but I’ll bet you dollars-to-donuts if he did the Dumocrats and their stooges in the media will circle the wagons around him claiming he’s “just a kid,” “family is off limits,” etc. Compare that with the near-pedophilic media feeding frenzy over Bristol Palin and her underage sister Willow.

5. #5
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:21 pm, Paul Revere said:

   OMG…a democrat operative’s son? TOO RICH!

6. #6
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:22 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

   If a Democrat’s kid did it he’ll get 30 days community service.

7. #7
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pm, Jeddite said:

   And a full-ride scholarship to UoT-K.

8. #8
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pm, Jim M. said:

   4 words of advice for that young man: soap on a rope.

9. #9
   On September 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pm, 24Klady said:

   Islamists blame rape victims too – AP is so inept, with some of their stories being questioned for authenticity. They are almost as factual as Dan Rather.

10. #10
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:24 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Well done and thanks to the commenter who emailed the details of the happenings at the /b/ site.

    Very nice.

11. #11
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:24 pm, Fineous Reese said:

    Technically, David Kernell’s actions are more akin to a cracker than a hacker but that would prove too amusing to the race baiters on the left, no?

12. #12
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:24 pm, Misscheryl said:

    5:22 pm, Goldwater Knight said:
    If a Democrat’s kid did it he’ll get 30 days working as a community service organizer.

    there, fixed.

13. #13
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:25 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    Good job Michelle!
    Good job all you techno Malkinites!

14. #14
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:25 pm, John Ansell said:

    University of Tennessee Hard-Knoxville

    His future.

15. #15
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:26 pm, redpeach said:

    all the libs in my office just shrugged their shoulders about this and made fun of her for having a yahoo account. which made me wonder why i even mentioned it, because i knew that is exactly what would happen. indifference and condescension – trademarks of the democratic party.

    if the tables were turned, these very o’bots would be going ballistic right now.

16. #16
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:26 pm, Misscheryl said:

    John Ansell said:
    University of Tennessee Hard-Knoxville
    His future.

    no, no, no, he has a bright future as a congressman.

17. #17
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:29 pm, John Ansell said:

    True Miss Cheryl, it should read Fort Knox.

18. #18
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:29 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    Remember the big deal made over contractors(?) looking into the passport files of…who was it, Hillary and maybe even BHO?

19. #19
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:34 pm, bloghooligan said:

    Hmm, the son of a DNC official to blame for hacking Palin’s acct.

    I could go into all the conspiracy theories that you know dems would had the son of a RNC official done the same, but I won’t. The fact that he found nothing and he’s going to jail is enough for me.

20. #20
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:35 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    This was an Id10t move, when I used to hack I would go through 5 servers at a minimum! Usually 15, but that was as far back as the ARPANET would trace back then

21. #21
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:35 pm, jencab said:

    I have a feeling the Obama campaign is behind this. They want to destroy Palin any way they can. Now the MSM is following suit by saying that Palin is the one doing “illegal activity” with her e-mail! How sick is the MSM and the liberals?!

22. #22
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:36 pm, Bucklee said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:24 pm, Fineous Reese said:
    Technically, David Kernell’s actions are more akin to a cracker than a hacker but that would prove too amusing to the race baiters on the left, no?

    Interesting that Representative Kernell’s personal website has a link to a blogger named leftwingcracker that is on blogspot. Hmmm…

23. #23
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, SixDegrees said:

    Oh, yeah, and they’re still blaming Sarah Palin for making herself a victim of the crime.

    Well, come on – what do you expect. I mean, she was wearing a short skirt, and the top of her blouse was unbuttoned; it was obvious what she wanted…

    Oh, wait. I thought we stopped having those Neanderthal thoughts several decades ago. I guess the Dems need some enlightenment.

24. #24
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:38 pm, swmbo said:

    pant pant pant, quick, somebody needs to hurry or the needed info will be up sandy bergers pantleg. Dems hide stuff in the oddest places.

25. #25
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:39 pm, Misscheryl said:

    lgm with a Republican analogy in 3…2…1

26. #26
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, leepro said:

    Oh, great!

    Another effin’ democrap a$$hole from my neck o’ the woods!

    Sheesh!

    

27. #27
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, CoffeeGuzzler said:

    If this scuzball is caught, if he/she is white, paint black, give jessie a rusty knife and tell jj this person is bo then see if he really wants to cut his n**s off.

28. #28
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:42 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    The Dems are still trying to say that she was using the account to bypass the archiving requirement for Gov’t. But, if so she was breaking the separation of Church and State from what I have seen!

29. #29
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:42 pm, letget said:

    This guy will be on the Darwin awards for the year. You have the feds, SS, and numerous former hackers who are working for the feds. who know how to find these people, and the blogs who have gobs of people going to find this person. Just follow the money.
    L

30. #30
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, TypicalWhite said:

    Well, if this proves true, as a resident of the great state of Tennessee, I offer my apologies to the rest of the nation for our state having produced this failure of a human being.

    And I thought the most embarrassed I could be was back when the Tennessee Roadkill Bill was news. Sighhh.

    Oh well, Tennessee is totally going for McCain – not a chance for BO here – so that’s some recompense, anyway.

31. #31
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pm, wighttrasch said:

    At 20 years of age, he is not a child.

    The average age of a GI in the Vietnam was 19.

    He’s been able to drive since he was 16.

    He could vote at 18.

32. #32
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pm, leepro said:

    #22
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:36 pm, Bucklee said:

    Interesting that Representative Kernell’s personal website has a link to a blogger named leftwingcracker that is on blogspot. Hmmm…

    Maybe you should report that to FBI???

33. #33
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pm, sonofdy said:

    Hacker, cracker, it doesn’t matter. His new name is sally soft hands.

    I know, bad sonofdy…

34. #34
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:46 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pm, wighttrasch said:
    At 20 years of age, he is not a child.

    The average age of a GI in the Vietnam was 19.

    He’s been able to drive since he was 16.

    He could vote at 18.

    Dosen’t look like he will be voting in this election!

35. #35
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:46 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I have no idea whether Kernell’s son had any involvement in this crime, but I’ll bet you dollars-to-donuts if he did the Dumocrats and their stooges in the media will circle the wagons around him claiming he’s “just a kid,” “family is off limits,” etc.

    My guess, Palin will be the most forgiving person this kid may ever meet.

36. #36
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:46 pm, leepro said:

    Sorry. Meant to “quote.”
    

    #22
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:36 pm, Bucklee said:

    Interesting that Representative Kernell’s personal website has a link to a blogger named leftwingcracker that is on blogspot. Hmmm…

    Maybe you should report that to FBI???

37. #37
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:47 pm, Les in NC said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, TypicalWhite said:
    Well, if this proves true, as a resident of the great state of Tennessee, I offer my apologies to the rest of the nation for our state having produced this failure of a human being.

    Even if it doesn’t, I apologize for our congressman Walter Jones and promise to see he is looking for employment next year.

38. #38
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:49 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    Townhall update!

    Update: The Tennessean confirms Democratic State Rep. Mike Kernell’s 20-year old son David is in custody for the hacking.

39. #39
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:50 pm, Misscheryl said:

    YIPPEEEE —- Sic ‘em

40. #40
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Technically, this invasion appears is more “social engineering” rather than a “hack.” Yeah, this is a small point, but an important one.

    The kid may or may not be a computer guru but rather someone who knows how to Google for personal information.

    Tricking yahoo into resetting your password is an investigative feat and not a technical one.

    Time to review my account security.

41. #41
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    More from Townhall:

    David is currently a student at the University of Tennessee and appears to have authored this short-lived blog. Here is a portion of one of his three entries:

    i am not going to be a hipicrit here and say im “fair and balanced” like FOX news, it is imposible to do so, we are humans and are very falable, but less than perfect is better than nothing, its much like limits in calculus, you can get infintely close to the variable but it is impossible to reach it. Also, this is intertwined a bit with my expriences because most of our behaviors are formed by scociety and our experienes. My name is David KernellI am 15 a white cacasian male i live in memphis, TN. My favorite and only hobby is chess, more like an obsession. I am not afraid to say that i have acute depression and have been institutionalized twice, one at th age of 9 in Texas and one this past year. I have been strugleing with this for my entire life and have finally come to the conclusion that being stoic in most of life’s issues is of the untmost importance.

    Link to the News story:

42. #42
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    Theres the link!

43. #43
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, uhangtight said:

    if true….wow, some young punk just ruined his life, oh yeah, right his daddy is a democrat politician that will be able to make this go away..

    i will add that caveat, if true. but somehow i think it will be found to be true. i would love to be a fly on that wall when daddy and son are alone. geesh..well i wonder how connected to obamitler’s campaign he might be, if at all? curiouser and curiouser..

44. #44
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Wait, a college kid wrote that? I hope daddy sues the school for his tuition money. The kid has obviously learned NOTHING.

45. #45
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm, wighttrasch said:

    “Hi everyone! I’m an idiot.”

46. #46
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, WarEagle82 said:
    Wait, a college kid wrote that? I hope daddy sues the school for his tuition money. The kid has obviously learned NOTHING.

    Posted when he was 15. Not sure I would have done better at that point in my life!

47. #47
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, sonofdy said:

    if true….wow, some young punk just ruined his life

    Over what? PDS. Thats it. Sad really. The country has lost an up and coming wal mart cashier, or maybe even stock boy.

48. #48
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Palin’s kid goes off to war and this kid is in and out of institutions and is obviously nearly illiterate despite the fact that he is in college.

    See the difference between liberals and conservatives?

49. #49
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:56 pm, Misscheryl said:

    ooohhh come on! Leave the poor boy alone! He’s depressed!

50. #50
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:57 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Looks like Rep Mike Kernell is also part of the Tennessee Democrats for Obama.

    Does this surprise anyone?

51. #51
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:57 pm, zorro said:

    Excellent work Michelle. This is the perfect example of how honest journalism benefits the country.

    The perpetrator, whoever he or she maybe, should have the book thrown at them. Now is the time to start making examples out of these cretins. These personal invasions must end; jail time will serve as a disincentive. Book him Danno.

52. #52
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:58 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    The anti-depressants made him do it!

53. #53
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:58 pm, sonofdy said:

    ooohhh come on! Leave the poor boy alone! He’s depressed!

    Hell he is about to become a hero to the left and bubbas favorite play thing!!! All in one day!!!

54. #54
    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:59 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Well, when I was 15 I was reading Plato and Tolstoy. And my 11 year-old writes better than that. My 13 year-old has won writting contests already.

    Who is going to suggest daddy needs to leave politics to take care of his children? Olbermann? Matthews? Anybody?

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, WarEagle82 said:
    Wait, a college kid wrote that? I hope daddy sues the school for his tuition money. The kid has obviously learned NOTHING.

    Posted when he was 15. Not sure I would have done better at that point in my life!

55. #55
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm, Poway said:

    This young man sounds like a Jim McDermott prodigy!

56. #56
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm, John Ansell said:

    It was Bush’s fault.

57. #57
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    WarEagle82:

    To quote Monty Python:

    I got better!

58. #58
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:03 pm, sonofdy said:

    In New Zealand, you are preparing to take the high school graduation tests at 16. There are 3 types of certificates.
    5th form – basic graduation (lower middle class) 16 yo
    6th form – technical college prep (upper middle class) 17 yo
    7th form – University prep 18 yo

    Thats right you can graduate at 16 and go on to be a minimum wage dude.

59. #59
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:04 pm, uhangtight said:

    The country has lost an up and coming wal mart cashier, or maybe even stock boy.

    That’s insult to wal-mart employees everywhere! I kinda doubt his daddy would let him be a wal-mart employee, after all those Dem’s just hate wal-mart. Nope, he was probably heading for lobbyist…now, just heading for bubba’s he/she-friend.

60. #60
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:05 pm, Lucifer Jones said:

    One political campaign hacks into another campaign’s e-mail to gain intelligence. Like burglary, excpet without operative posing as plumbers?

    Going back into memory banks. Running…Running… Running.

    Oh I know what this is! WATERGATE!

61. #61
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:05 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    No, daddy is a Democrat so his little boy will get a cushy job at Freddie Mac.

62. #62
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:05 pm, CyberCipher said:

    Update: The Tennessean confirms Democratic State Rep. Mike Kernell’s 20-year old son David is in custody for the hacking.

    We should send him to Afghanistan and offer him as trade bait to Al Qaeda.

    My collie says:

    There, there CC. We should be gracious about this whole thing. Perhaps we could offer to take him back if and only if he manages to hack his way into Osama Bin Laden’s email account.

63. #63
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:09 pm, beenthere said:

    The greatest weakness of the Left is their unrelieved arrogance and contempt for their enemies. The good news in this is that it shows the Right can move very quickly against cyber-attackers, which I rather suspect must come as a remarkable surprise to the Left, who are always supremely confident that conservatives can barely make it to the logging in stage of their home woodshed PC.

    “Good work!” indeed to the emerging MM network.

64. #64
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:13 pm, Dandapani said:

    Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark…

65. #65
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:21 pm, love2rumba said:

    If this had happened 30 years ago, this would be the equivalent of the Watergate (break-in), but now that it is Democrats that are doing it…the Demcrats barely care

66. #66
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:22 pm, RogerCfromSD said:

    It is rather unfortunate that the kid is illiterate and depressed.

    I hope he gets whatever help he needs to manage his depression.

    What he did was despicable and dumb. And, he will pay for it. However, I suspect that Gov. Palin will not seek full prosecution. I wouldn’t, even if he had trashed my family.

    Somewhere along the line, we all have to take a look at the current political situation and say: “I will NOT become a vindictive person just because I belong to Party X or Party Y. And, I will NOT hold a kid responsible for his parents’ equally unfortunate choice of world views.

    At least, that is what I would hope Republicans would do.

67. #67
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pm, Regulus said:

    That’s according to a description of events posted on a blog site run by conservative syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin…

    Applause goes to you, Michelle. Somehow, had you not bird-dogged this story, I suspect that the investigative gears would be turning a lot more slowly.

    Start limbering up for a victory lap; I suspect you’ll be taking one soon…

68. #68
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:30 pm, rambler said:

    When are our overindulged youth going to realize that there are consequences to their actions. Don’t parents teach their children anything anymore except how to be spoiled brats.

69. #69
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:33 pm, henryinga said:

    Thanks, Mrs. Malkin for posting this story for us to read, and stay informed. Since he’s a son of a Democrat who’s working to elect Barack HUSSEIN Obama, I doubt we’ll hear any more about it after this week.
    You do a great job, M’am.

70. #70
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:40 pm, Lindsay said:

    The son of state Rep. Mike Kernell has been contacted by authorities in connection with a probe into the hacking of the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Kernell confirmed on Thursday.

    It will be interesting to see how the biased media plays this, if true. A great example of fine young Democrats.

    Icing. On. Cake.

71. #71
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:43 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Oh, I see a Noble Peace Prize in this kids future.

72. #72
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:45 pm, SBKen said:

    Note at the end how they identified Michelle as a “conservative” columnist. Would they call a liberal a “liberal” columnist?

73. #73
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm, guitarplayer said:

    David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

    I wonder what his major is. Computer science maybe?

74. #74
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm, John Ansell said:

    Good Catch SBKen. No they wouldn’t mention a liberal. They did that the other day with O’Reilly calling him a Conservative and the liberal was just mentioned by name.

75. #75
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:50 pm, 4USA said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, TypicalWhite said:

    Well, if this proves true, as a resident of the great state of Tennessee, I offer my apologies to the rest of the nation for our state having produced this failure of a human being.

    And I thought the most embarrassed I could be was back when the Tennessee Roadkill Bill was news. Sighhh.

    Oh well, Tennessee is totally going for McCain – not a chance for BO here – so that’s some recompense, anyway.

    Too late. We’ll never forgive you for Algore the Insane.

    I guess the misguided, depressed, and illiterate, demoncrat (oops, redundant)must have heard about McCain’s problems with the internet and surmised that they were talking about us all!

    Hopefully, Palin won’t have a say regarding his punishment. This, after all, is a new frontier and the proper precedent must be set. He should get 5 years in a Federal Pen. At the least, he should carry a felony conviction for the rest of his life. Right now, he’s too stupid to know how that’s the kiss of death.

76. #76
    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:52 pm, brooklyn red said:

    Lindsay …It will be interesting to see how the biased media plays this, if true.

    Plays what?

77. #77
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:03 pm, Reg.conservative said:

    Interesting that Representative Kernell’s personal website has a link to a blogger named leftwingcracker that is on blogspot. Hmmm…

    That link does not work.

78. #78
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:05 pm, Mrs. Happy Housewife said:

    Everyone raised cain about Bristol Palin being pregnant. Between this hacker and the drug and human smuggling son of a FL Congressman, looks like Sarah Palin is still the better parent.

79. #79
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:17 pm, teachem2 said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, leepro said:
    Oh, great!

    Another effin’ democrap a$$hole from my neck o’ the woods!

    Sheesh!

    Those were my exact thoughts when I heard this on Fleming’s show today. I knew Michelle would be all over it too. When you get right down to it, we’re completely surrounded by Dems here.

    TypicalWhite, it’s nice to hear someone comment about the rest of the great state of TN. Memphis is the liberal sinkhole of the state, so it’s sometimes hard to remember that there are other conservatives out there.

    Even though nothing has been nailed down yet about this state senator’s son, I’m totally unsurprised. After the past several years of Operation Tennessee Waltz and all the corruption and other nonsense that I’ve seen, it’s just par for the course.

80. #80
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:19 pm, teachem2 said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm, guitarplayer said:

    David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

    I wonder what his major is. Computer science maybe?

    If so, he should choose another line of work. He’s obviously not got the talent to pull it off.

81. #81
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm, BruceB said:

    Ok can’t let some punk 20 yr old take the credit for something I did. GS and BO paid me 25 grand to do it and AP and ABC paid me another 10 grand to sit on the story.

82. #82
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:27 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    Over 300 million people in this country, and the domestic terrorist hacker may have a direct link be directly related to the man who may become our next President a Democratic state Congressman. What a shocker.

83. #83
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:31 pm, txvet2 said:

    Much as I’d like to see his index fingers cut off so he can’t type, I don’t see any way that this guy will get more than a few days probation, and then only if he’s dumb enough to take a plea.

84. #84
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm, TexasEngineer said:

    Bright side if we are REALLY lucky…maybe he’ll get to share a cell with Charlie Rangel!!

    That would be better than Rochelle… The 6’8″, 300 lb sweetheart of a cell mate who asks little rubico if he wants to be the husband or the wife.

85. #85
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:43 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Would they call a liberal a “liberal” columnist?

    No, the “liberal” is a given unless otherwise noted.

    And only slightly OT – concerning McCain and email:

    “In 2000, Forbes magazine called him the ‘Senate’s savviest technologist,’” Goldberg wrote. “That same year, Slate’s Jacob Weisberg gushed that McCain was the most ‘cybersavvy’ of all the presidential candidates that year, a crop that included none other than Al Gore. Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Weisberg explained, ‘forced him to learn about the Internet early on, and young Web entrepreneurs such as Jerry Yang and Jeff Bezos fascinate him.’”

86. #86
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:45 pm, TypicalWhite said:

    4USA said: Too late. We’ll never forgive you for Algore the Insane.
    Oh, yeah. I tend to forget about The Gorebot because he’s so completely un-Tennessee.

    Look on the bright side – we gave y’all Aretha Franklin, Morgan Freeman, and Dolly Parton!!

87. #87
    On September 18th, 2008 at 7:46 pm, FamilyMan said:

    AlohaGuy said; My guess, Palin will be the most forgiving person this kid may ever meet.

    I know in my heart it’s the right thing to do, but forgiveness is one of the main reasons conservatives have problems with their message.
    In my perfect world Sarah would go up to that kid and slap him on national TV.

88. #88
    On September 18th, 2008 at 8:01 pm, a crapweasel said:

    Prettyboy is going to get Shawshanked in prison. I hope it was worth it!

89. #89
    On September 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm, almeehan said:

    Am I still not posting?

90. #90
    On September 18th, 2008 at 8:29 pm, BruinEric said:

    The Tennessean article linked has changed significantly. This is now the article:

    (begin quote)

    State rep confirms that son is subject of Palin e-mail chatter

    By THEO EMERY • Staff Writer • September 18, 2008

    State Rep. Mike Kernell confirmed Thursday that his son, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville student, is at the center of heated Internet discussion into the hacking of the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

    Kernell, a Memphis Democrat, confirmed that it is his 20-year-old son, David, who is being widely named on Internet blogs and chatrooms in connection with an unfolding story about Palin’s hacked e-mail accounts.
    Advertisement

    The FBI and the Secret Service started a formal investigation on Wednesday into the hacking.

    David Kernell is a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Mike Kernell said he spoke to his son on Thursday, as he does on a regular basis.

    Kernell otherwise declined to comment, or discuss his son’s whereabouts.

    (end quote)

91. #91
    On September 18th, 2008 at 8:35 pm, RetFireman said:

    And the Obama Campaign is still incredibly silent on this entire affair.

    Sometimes the quietest really are the ones screaming the loudest.

92. #92
    On September 18th, 2008 at 10:11 pm, Kevin K. said:

    On September 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    Posted when he was 15. Not sure I would have done better at that point in my life!

    I hope I would have written better: I would at least have been able to capitalize and spell properly in something seen by everyone. (Nowadays I blame spelling errors on my astigmatism. ) Not unlike WarEagle82 (#54), I was reading Steinbeck and Dostoevsky about age 15–by my own choice, not for school.

93. #93
    On September 18th, 2008 at 11:07 pm, powerpro said:

    Is the Obama campaign’s David Plouffe connected to alleged hacker David Kernell?

    This website may have evidence of a connection between David Plouffe of the Obama campaign and alleged hacker of Sarah Palin’s emails David Kernell, son of Tennessee Democratic Representative Mike Kernell:

    There is an apparent connection between David Kernell and David Plouffe. If you do a Technorati search for “david kernell” (http://www.technorati.com/search/%22david+kernell%22?authority=a4&language=en) and then click on Videos about David Kernell, the first video you see if of David Plouffe (Campaign manager for Obaman). He probably did the video for Plouffe.

    This is not a casual connection.

    Best regards,

    Dave Kittley
    bdk@srcaccess.net

    
    http://www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress/?p=1210

94. #94
    On September 18th, 2008 at 11:13 pm, Valiant said:

    The power of the blogosphere is amazing. I am still awed by the prowess of the reader who unearthed all this.

    According to Ace, David Kernell has been institutionalized twice meaning he will walk on this one.

95. #95
    On September 19th, 2008 at 12:19 am, Goldwater Knight said:

    I had a gut feeling this will fizzle.

96. #96
    On September 19th, 2008 at 12:20 am, Member-VRWC said:

    The crapweasel said

    I am not afraid to say that i have acute depression and have been institutionalized

    Already this asshat has learned the liberal mantra of playing the victim.

    Question for the crapweasel:

    How depresssed are you going to be in your new institution when your supervisors wear guns and badges instead of white coats?

97. #97
    On September 19th, 2008 at 12:45 am, nativeaz08 said:

    If Obama’s camp is involved, I say, “Thow the book at them.” If it is a 20 year old kid, let’s give him 5 years community service. Don’t throw me under the bus. It’s the “mom” in me …

98. #98
    On September 19th, 2008 at 1:30 am, RetFireman said:

    I know in my heart it’s the right thing to do, but forgiveness is one of the main reasons conservatives have problems with their message.

    Don’t make the mistake of confusing forgiveness with absolution.

    People should be forgiven. However, that does not absolve them of what they have done, nor should they not be punished.

    She should forgive him. However, he should still be punished, as should everyone else committing these heinous acts of rumor-mongering, libel and slander, to the fullest extent of the law.

99. #99
    On September 19th, 2008 at 1:45 am, RetFireman said:

    No one should be surprised in the least that the MSM is making this out to be all GOVERNOR Palin’s fault.

    After all, it is the Liberal’s way with any victim of a crime. They are constantly claiming victimhood for the perpetrator, making it always seem like it is the victim who is to blame.

    From a break-in of someone’s house:
    “They should have had better locks/burglar alarm/less items of value. They were just asking for trouble”

    To a mugging on the street, ‘What were they doing in that part of town/should not have dressed that way/should not have carried that much money/jewelry”

    To murder: “Well, you can’t blame the guy. He was abused as a child/was called names in school/is confused about sexuality and was made to feel that way because of archaic Conservatives and their beliefs”

    So now, they are harping on GOVERNOR Palin for using the same e-mail that MILLIONS of others use, including countless people who mock her now.

    Never put the blame for a crime on the actual person who committed it. It is never their fault. Blame the victim for being too stupid to not have prevented it in the first place.

    This is why our prisons are full beyond capacity with innocent men and women.

    Don’t think so? just ask them, they will tell you just how innocent they are. It should be the victims in there, not the criminals.

100. #100
     On September 19th, 2008 at 1:47 am, RetFireman said:

     Ooops. Wrong thread. Hard to keep up.