You can’t spell coincidence without the c-o-n

Now all I need is a shill…

When reading about the Hillary4Evah loons who are descending upon Denver:

Clinton issued a statement Saturday praising Obama’s decision and calling Biden "an exceptionally strong, experienced leader and devoted public servant."

Some of her supporters were less charitable.

"It’s a total diss to Sen. Clinton, in my opinion," said Diane Mantouvalos, co-founder of the Just Say No Deal Coalition. "It just speaks volumes about how Barack Obama doesn’t stand for anything."

Mantouvalos, of Miami, is part of an Internet movement of Clinton supporters who refuse to back Obama, regardless of pleas from Clinton herself. Mantouvalos is in Denver, where the Democratic National Convention is scheduled to start Monday, stoking anti-Obama sentiment.

She said the selection of a Washington insider undermines Obama’s call for change.

"It was a desperate move," Mantouvalos said.

I began to wonder about  two of the highest profile "PUMAS": self-promoting nitwit Diane Mantouvalos and regular American Just Like You and Me Christi Adkins, only to find that both are affiliated with public relations firms. In Mantouvalos’ case her own, Andonia Public Relations and in Adkin’s case, her husbands(warning; sound) who also personally broadcasts on a Jeebus station.

As The Strange Death of Liberal America notes:

Christi Adkins lists herself as RN, Cht, the Cht being certified hypno-therapist. I don’t know why the GOP is always seeking out women who are blond to dish out the dirt, but Adkins is built in the mold of Ann Coulter and rapidly learning to drop Coulter-like phrases to draw attention. Yet where Coulter has some legitimate credentials, Adkins is another story.

How a nurse with no political qualifications and no real position in the Clinton campaign should suddenly be viewed as the spokesperson for the Hillary Trojans shows the power of the American media, the willingness of other media outlets to not question their colleagues, and the real danger behind Faux News.

I suspect that Adkins answered what amounted to a Faux casting call for a pro-McCain, former Clinton supporter who could appear on their interview shows. A pundit would not have worked in this role, nor a high level staffer; rather what they needed was an “average American” Clinton supporter. Being white and blond would add the right racial contrast to Obama–the same one McCain sought to exploit with his weird ad featuring Paris Hilton.

Prior to working with Clintons4McCain, Adkins was involved in one of those weight-loss schemes you see on infomercials. Nothing in her resume other than being a hypnotist suggests she has any expertise in weight loss or has participated in weight loss research. In fact, nothing in her resume suggests she has any expertise in anything.

Wow. What are the odds of that? I bet the billing hours go through the roof this week…

More here and here and more Mantouvalos video here.