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lib·er·al \ Lib"er*al\, Adj. 1. Favoring political and social
reforms tending towards democracy and personal freedoms
for the individual; advocating reform or progress in
education, religion, etc. 2. Not limited to or by established,
traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or
dogmas; not bigoted. 3. Open to new ideas for progress;
tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
4. Describing Democratic forms of government, as
distinguished from monarchies, aristocracies, oligarchies,
fascism, etc.
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reforms tending towards democracy and personal freedoms
for the individual; advocating reform or progress in
education, religion, etc. 2. Not limited to or by established,
traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or
dogmas; not bigoted. 3. Open to new ideas for progress;
tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
4. Describing Democratic forms of government, as
distinguished from monarchies, aristocracies, oligarchies,
fascism, etc.
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McCain “will make Cheney look like Gandhi”
says Pat Buchanan - a 'right wing' pundint
Right wing political pundint, Pat Buchanan made this prediction on
more than one occasion. But if you missed it, click on the picture
and listen for yourself. "McCain will make Cheney look like Ghandi"
said Buchanan. And "the only way to pull the Republican party
together to beat the Democrats in November is if Hillary Clinton is
the Democratic candidate." Buchanan knew that Hillary would have
been the easier candidate to beat, and that the republican party had
already spent millions on anti-Hillary ads and hate mail. They were
not prepared for Obama, and will only have platitudes and hate, no
facts or truths to fight Obama with.
says Pat Buchanan - a 'right wing' pundint
Right wing political pundint, Pat Buchanan made this prediction on
more than one occasion. But if you missed it, click on the picture
and listen for yourself. "McCain will make Cheney look like Ghandi"
said Buchanan. And "the only way to pull the Republican party
together to beat the Democrats in November is if Hillary Clinton is
the Democratic candidate." Buchanan knew that Hillary would have
been the easier candidate to beat, and that the republican party had
already spent millions on anti-Hillary ads and hate mail. They were
not prepared for Obama, and will only have platitudes and hate, no
facts or truths to fight Obama with.
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We found this great online store that sells political t-shirts,
buttons, bumper stickers, hats, posters and more. You'll also find
them at our state convention every year, cheerfully serving all the
delegates and democrats that attend. Check out their site for
some fresh new political items for your collection.
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buttons, bumper stickers, hats, posters and more. You'll also find
them at our state convention every year, cheerfully serving all the
delegates and democrats that attend. Check out their site for
some fresh new political items for your collection.
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The November presidential election is not going to be close.
Barack Obama is going to beat John McCain by 8 to 10
points in the national popular vote and win 300 to 350
electoral votes. Obama is going to wipe out McCain mano a
mano.
The Republican Party is led -- and branded -- by an
extraordinarily unpopular president, whose policies McCain
has staunchly defended and supported (95 percent voting
congruence in 2007). In the recent CBS News/NYTimes
poll, Bush is at 28 percent approval, 65 percent disapproval;
in the Hart/Newhouse poll, he is at 27 percent approval, 66
percent disapproval. While some presidents have fallen to
low levels in the past, what is truly remarkable about Bush is
how long-term and persistent voter disapproval of him has
been, and the depth of voter sentiment: A May 12
Washington Post/ABC poll showed only 15 percent of voters
"strongly approve," while 52 percent "strongly disapprove."
Voters think, correctly, that the country is on the wrong track.
In the Hart/Newhouse poll, 15 percent of voters said the
country was headed in the "right direction," while an
astounding 73 percent said "wrong direction." Remember,
these polls include all voters, not just Democrats. more...
Barack Obama is going to beat John McCain by 8 to 10
points in the national popular vote and win 300 to 350
electoral votes. Obama is going to wipe out McCain mano a
mano.
The Republican Party is led -- and branded -- by an
extraordinarily unpopular president, whose policies McCain
has staunchly defended and supported (95 percent voting
congruence in 2007). In the recent CBS News/NYTimes
poll, Bush is at 28 percent approval, 65 percent disapproval;
in the Hart/Newhouse poll, he is at 27 percent approval, 66
percent disapproval. While some presidents have fallen to
low levels in the past, what is truly remarkable about Bush is
how long-term and persistent voter disapproval of him has
been, and the depth of voter sentiment: A May 12
Washington Post/ABC poll showed only 15 percent of voters
"strongly approve," while 52 percent "strongly disapprove."
Voters think, correctly, that the country is on the wrong track.
In the Hart/Newhouse poll, 15 percent of voters said the
country was headed in the "right direction," while an
astounding 73 percent said "wrong direction." Remember,
these polls include all voters, not just Democrats. more...
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The Democratic energy package would have imposed a 25
percent tax on any "unreasonable" profits of the five largest U.S.
oil companies, which together made $36 billion during the first
three months of the year. It also would have given the
government more power to address oil market speculation,
opened the way for antitrust actions against countries belonging
to the OPEC oil cartel, and made energy price gouging a federal
crime.
Obama, in a statement, said Republicans had "turned a blind
eye to the plight of America's working families" by refusing to
take up the energy legislation. Obama has supported additional
taxes on the oil companies. McCain is opposed to such taxes
and has proposed across-the-aboard tax reductions for industry
as a way to help the economy. more here...
percent tax on any "unreasonable" profits of the five largest U.S.
oil companies, which together made $36 billion during the first
three months of the year. It also would have given the
government more power to address oil market speculation,
opened the way for antitrust actions against countries belonging
to the OPEC oil cartel, and made energy price gouging a federal
crime.
Obama, in a statement, said Republicans had "turned a blind
eye to the plight of America's working families" by refusing to
take up the energy legislation. Obama has supported additional
taxes on the oil companies. McCain is opposed to such taxes
and has proposed across-the-aboard tax reductions for industry
as a way to help the economy. more here...
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Mississippi, one of the nation's most conservative states, has not
elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century. It has voted
for Republican presidential candidates in the last seven elections.
But this year, there is a real chance that the state will send a
Democrat to the Senate.
That prospect is a window onto a remarkable political trend that
has been eclipsed by the fireworks surrounding the 2008
presidential contest: Democrats are running strong Senate
campaigns in states such as Mississippi, Alaska and North
Carolina that Republicans have long taken for granted.
The outlook for the GOP is so grim that party leaders have
readily conceded there is no chance they can regain control of
the Senate in 2008, even though Democrats' current majority is
slim, 51-49. Go to original
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elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century. It has voted
for Republican presidential candidates in the last seven elections.
But this year, there is a real chance that the state will send a
Democrat to the Senate.
That prospect is a window onto a remarkable political trend that
has been eclipsed by the fireworks surrounding the 2008
presidential contest: Democrats are running strong Senate
campaigns in states such as Mississippi, Alaska and North
Carolina that Republicans have long taken for granted.
The outlook for the GOP is so grim that party leaders have
readily conceded there is no chance they can regain control of
the Senate in 2008, even though Democrats' current majority is
slim, 51-49. Go to original
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| _______________________________________ What GOP Pundits Are Saying About Palin - (When They Think Their Microphones Are Off) |
| A NEW PRESIDENT FOR 'ONE' AMERICA |
It was a Speech to Nowhere when Palin said that "I told the
Congress 'Thanks but no thanks' on that Bridge to Nowhere,"
because that was a lie, and the worst kind of lie in American
politics, a blatant falsehood that showed utter contempt for the
American people that Palin pledged to serve, assuming we are
too stupid to look up or know that truth, that she pushed for
those funds in Congress and while she got great political mileage
out of announcing that she was killing the project, she still has
not returned the funds to American people.
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin also boasted
seconds before her lie of fighting against wasteful earmarks in
Congress, even though she pushed for and accepted $27 million
of such grants when she was mayor of Wasilla.
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin said that "we've
got lots" of oil and gas this country, and while one supposes that
all depends upon what you definition of the words "lots" is, the
production of oil in the United States has been irrevocably on
the decline since 1970, and with her words she showed this
nation that she and John McCain will perpetrate the dangerous
myths that began with Ronald Reagan at his acceptance speech
in 1980, that sunny optimism is the solution to all our energy
woes, and not a posture that put energy research on a war
footing, or requires moral leadership on conservation, mass
transit, or any other common sense answers whatsoever.
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin boasted that "I
stood up to the special interests, and the lobbyists, and the Big
Oil companies," and the audience cheered -- after eight brutal
years of the same crowd's cheering two oilmen in the White
House who fiddled while $4-a-gallon gas burned and while
American men and women died in a needless war fought on top
of an oilfield, and while lobbyist friends like Jack Abramoff and
Ralph Reed got rich at the same time.
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin had the nerve to
talk at length about John McCain's "torturous interrogations" in
the very same speech when she all but condoned the
continuation of similar, abhorrent practices that have been
directed for eight years by our own U.S. leaders, when she
stated that Democrats are "worried that someone won't read
them [terrorism suspects] their rights."
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin belittled
"community organizers" -- thousands of Americans who work
long hours for little pay in some of the toughest neighborhoods,
trying to assist the American Dream that even the poorest
among us can pull themselves out of the muck with a helping
hand. Palin and other GOP speakers have turned a noble job
into a dirty word tonight -- shame on you!
But more than anything else, it was a Speech to Nowhere
because for all the acclaim, the great bulk of it was devoted to
one thing, and that is the one thing that millions of Americans are
talking about in 2008 when we talk about "change" -- to the
ugliest kind of "pit bull" politics, to use Palin's words, that tear
down the other side with cheap ad hominem attacks,
surrounded by a cloud of half-truths (uh, those "Greek
columns"...did you actually even watch Obama's speech?
Because there weren't any) and ridiculous innuendo about
"parting the waters" which means nothing but fires up a big
hockey rink full of Dittoheads. These kind of vicious attacks --
without having the grace to acknowledge that, despite some real
differences on issues with Obama, that he has already
accomplished something impressive that says something positive
about America and the progress we've made -- were utterly
lacking in class. And this is what Tom Brokaw considers
"winning" -- have we really sunk that low as a nation?. The
people of America want and deserve a real debate, now trash
talk from the basketball point guard who was once called
"Sarah Barracuda."
_ I hope America wakes up tomorrow and realizes that Sarah
Palin's words were rousing -- and completely empty, that they
offered no road map (let alone bridge) for America other than
more of the bogus partisan name-calling that has gotten us into
the mess that we're in now.
Actually, let me rephrase that.
I hope America wakes up tomorrow.
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Congress 'Thanks but no thanks' on that Bridge to Nowhere,"
because that was a lie, and the worst kind of lie in American
politics, a blatant falsehood that showed utter contempt for the
American people that Palin pledged to serve, assuming we are
too stupid to look up or know that truth, that she pushed for
those funds in Congress and while she got great political mileage
out of announcing that she was killing the project, she still has
not returned the funds to American people.
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin also boasted
seconds before her lie of fighting against wasteful earmarks in
Congress, even though she pushed for and accepted $27 million
of such grants when she was mayor of Wasilla.
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin said that "we've
got lots" of oil and gas this country, and while one supposes that
all depends upon what you definition of the words "lots" is, the
production of oil in the United States has been irrevocably on
the decline since 1970, and with her words she showed this
nation that she and John McCain will perpetrate the dangerous
myths that began with Ronald Reagan at his acceptance speech
in 1980, that sunny optimism is the solution to all our energy
woes, and not a posture that put energy research on a war
footing, or requires moral leadership on conservation, mass
transit, or any other common sense answers whatsoever.
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin boasted that "I
stood up to the special interests, and the lobbyists, and the Big
Oil companies," and the audience cheered -- after eight brutal
years of the same crowd's cheering two oilmen in the White
House who fiddled while $4-a-gallon gas burned and while
American men and women died in a needless war fought on top
of an oilfield, and while lobbyist friends like Jack Abramoff and
Ralph Reed got rich at the same time.
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin had the nerve to
talk at length about John McCain's "torturous interrogations" in
the very same speech when she all but condoned the
continuation of similar, abhorrent practices that have been
directed for eight years by our own U.S. leaders, when she
stated that Democrats are "worried that someone won't read
them [terrorism suspects] their rights."
It was a Speech to Nowhere because Palin belittled
"community organizers" -- thousands of Americans who work
long hours for little pay in some of the toughest neighborhoods,
trying to assist the American Dream that even the poorest
among us can pull themselves out of the muck with a helping
hand. Palin and other GOP speakers have turned a noble job
into a dirty word tonight -- shame on you!
But more than anything else, it was a Speech to Nowhere
because for all the acclaim, the great bulk of it was devoted to
one thing, and that is the one thing that millions of Americans are
talking about in 2008 when we talk about "change" -- to the
ugliest kind of "pit bull" politics, to use Palin's words, that tear
down the other side with cheap ad hominem attacks,
surrounded by a cloud of half-truths (uh, those "Greek
columns"...did you actually even watch Obama's speech?
Because there weren't any) and ridiculous innuendo about
"parting the waters" which means nothing but fires up a big
hockey rink full of Dittoheads. These kind of vicious attacks --
without having the grace to acknowledge that, despite some real
differences on issues with Obama, that he has already
accomplished something impressive that says something positive
about America and the progress we've made -- were utterly
lacking in class. And this is what Tom Brokaw considers
"winning" -- have we really sunk that low as a nation?. The
people of America want and deserve a real debate, now trash
talk from the basketball point guard who was once called
"Sarah Barracuda."
_ I hope America wakes up tomorrow and realizes that Sarah
Palin's words were rousing -- and completely empty, that they
offered no road map (let alone bridge) for America other than
more of the bogus partisan name-calling that has gotten us into
the mess that we're in now.
Actually, let me rephrase that.
I hope America wakes up tomorrow.
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| This was a Speech to Nowhere! |
| Abramoff Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Corruption |
The sentence handed out by U.S. District Judge Ellen S.
Huvelle comes nearly three years after Abramoff pleaded guilty
to charges of tax evasion, fraud and conspiracy for plying
public officials with gifts in exchange for official actions.
It means that Abramoff likely will remain in prison until 2012,
regardless of whether his sentence in a separate Florida fraud
and conspiracy case is reduced. Huvelle said she wrestled with
the appropriate sentence for Abramoff because he has
cooperated extensively with authorities but committed "serious
offenses."
The Department of Justice so far has secured 12 convictions
or guilty pleas from public officials and lobbyists related to the
Abramoff investigation. Among those who have pleaded guilty
to corruption-related charges are former congressman Robert
W. Ney (R-Ohio), who was released from federal prison last
month; Tony Rudy, a deputy chief of staff to former House
Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas); and J. Steven Griles,
a former deputy secretary at the Department of Interior.
Prosecutors said in court documents that Abramoff is
cooperating in several ongoing investigations they declined to
specify. DeLay and retiring Rep. John T. Doolittle
(R-Calif.) are two people who remain under scrutiny.
At the height of his influence, Abramoff moved easily in the
corridors of Washington power, from Capitol Hill to the White
House, where he was photographed with President Bush.
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Huvelle comes nearly three years after Abramoff pleaded guilty
to charges of tax evasion, fraud and conspiracy for plying
public officials with gifts in exchange for official actions.
It means that Abramoff likely will remain in prison until 2012,
regardless of whether his sentence in a separate Florida fraud
and conspiracy case is reduced. Huvelle said she wrestled with
the appropriate sentence for Abramoff because he has
cooperated extensively with authorities but committed "serious
offenses."
The Department of Justice so far has secured 12 convictions
or guilty pleas from public officials and lobbyists related to the
Abramoff investigation. Among those who have pleaded guilty
to corruption-related charges are former congressman Robert
W. Ney (R-Ohio), who was released from federal prison last
month; Tony Rudy, a deputy chief of staff to former House
Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas); and J. Steven Griles,
a former deputy secretary at the Department of Interior.
Prosecutors said in court documents that Abramoff is
cooperating in several ongoing investigations they declined to
specify. DeLay and retiring Rep. John T. Doolittle
(R-Calif.) are two people who remain under scrutiny.
At the height of his influence, Abramoff moved easily in the
corridors of Washington power, from Capitol Hill to the White
House, where he was photographed with President Bush.
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George W. Bush, or Republican Congressmembers like Dan
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Democrats in California are ready to make history this November
in one of the most important and exciting presidential elections of
our lifetimes. While we will be working hard to elect Barack
Obama, we also have important work to do here in California.
The enthusiasm generated by this year’s presidential campaign has
the potential to create a surge that will yield gains in both
Congress and in critical State races, resulting in a strong
Democratic governing majority. In addition, there will be several
exceptionally important issues that will be addressed by ballot
propositions in November.
You can help in this election, together we can win.
YES WE CAN! Contact Us here...
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in one of the most important and exciting presidential elections of
our lifetimes. While we will be working hard to elect Barack
Obama, we also have important work to do here in California.
The enthusiasm generated by this year’s presidential campaign has
the potential to create a surge that will yield gains in both
Congress and in critical State races, resulting in a strong
Democratic governing majority. In addition, there will be several
exceptionally important issues that will be addressed by ballot
propositions in November.
You can help in this election, together we can win.
YES WE CAN! Contact Us here...
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