Category Archives: Party News & Strategy

Democratic T-Shirt / Donation

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Ricky Shambles

Whatever you believe as a Democrat or Liberal, we need to not elect John McCain as a nation. Check out this link to make a last-minute June donation to the DNC and derail the RNC next November. Seriously. Now.

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Hallelujah! Rightwing Christians Turn Left

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Kate Chase

Personally, while I believe in a greater power, I really would hate to see God and Jesus (or Yahweh or Allah or Buddah or Shiva or Vishnu… you get the idea) bother Themselves with earthly politics but hey… let me … Continue reading →

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Watching The DNC Rules Committee At Work

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Kate Chase

I’m not certain quite the purpose for showing the inner workings of the Democrats’ Rules Committee as they wrestle with the issue of delegates and super delegates in contested states Florida and Michigan. On the one hand, I think it’s … Continue reading →

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McCain VP Possibility Charlie Crist, Gov of Florida, Has Sex Tape Surface

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Kate Chase

The more moral the Republican, the deeper the kink and the more likely (ick) there is video evidence. Jeb Bush, the president’s brother whom Crist replaced as the GOP governor of the state, was fortunately too fat to allow video … Continue reading →

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DNC: Will Democratic Race End Soon?

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Kate Chase

Well, this is the weekend the Rules Committee of the Democratic National Convention meets to hammer out what’s happening with delegates and super delegates, Florida and Michigan primary votes and what to do with them, et al. Both DNC chair … Continue reading →

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What The (Bleep) Is Wrong With Lieberman, Installment #9284

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Kate Chase

Now, to be fair, it’s never taken all that damned much to get Connecticut Senator (formerly Dem, now independently installed up the butt of the Bush/McCainies) Joe Lieberman to wander off the reservation. And whenever he wanders, it reminds you … Continue reading →

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Predictably McCain: On GI Bill, The More Wrong He Is, The More He Insists He’s Right

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Kate Chase

Has John McCain ever, EVER just admitted he was wrong? I mean, less than twenty plus years after the error, like in fighting Arizona making Martin Luther King Day a holiday. To choose the Memorial Day weekend to defend his … Continue reading →

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Your Take On HBO’s “Recount”?

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Kate Chase

Though I was nursing a miserable stomach flu that had me using my DVR to catch spots I missed in rushing to worship the porcelain goddess, I saw rapt through HBO’s “Recount”. As honest as it was (and I thought … Continue reading →

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Romney As McCain’s VP Choice?

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Kate Chase

While I think it’s a full-blooded guarantee that WHOEVER John McCain picks to run with him on the Republican presidential ticket for November’s election will be a 325% right winging whackjob with an agenda as big as his (or her, … Continue reading →

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Primary Predictions On Point

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Kate Chase

Just as predicted for Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in Kentucky and Oregon: * Hillary Clinton took Kentucky by a commanding lead (65% to 30%) * Barack Obama won Oregon which, while not anywhere near as dramatic as HRC’s win in Kentucky, … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Approves Of New Poll Tax

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Kate Chase

That’s exactly how the Times Argus of Vermont, hardly a liberal rag (believe me!), characterizes the U.S. Supreme Court’s rubberstamp of states who’ve decided to force voters to pay fees other than directly at the ballot to cast a vote. … Continue reading →

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Follow the Money – Campaign Finance March Edition

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Ralph Brauer

Has the playing field become so tilted that big money calls the shots while the average American is left out? March campaign data offer a mixed answer.

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Of Dems, Obama, And Telling Wright From Wrong

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Kate Chase

The Rev. Wright controversy, perhaps the first one with serious staying power beyond the too ridiculous madrassah militant story or the equally trumped up one about Barack’s Muslim credentials, seems in no threat of dying anytime too soon. Not when … Continue reading →

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Get Gore: For Someone Not in The Race, Al’s Getting A LOT Of Attention

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Kate Chase

Note this piece at Buzzflash in which Barack Obama comes out with suggestions there would be a place for former Clinton Vice President Al Gore to have some say if we get our nation’s first president of color in November. … Continue reading →

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Dems At Crossroads: Part 2, Hillary As NY Governor?

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Kate Chase

See my first Part here on why I don’t believe Hillary should be forced out. If you were in a rush to get home to finish taxes, get to your second (or third) job on time, or brainstorming how to … Continue reading →

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Sen. Carl Levin: Why Michigan Continues To Fight For Delegate Counts

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Kate Chase

Given that I’ve discussed the whole debacle of the disqualified primary votes in both Michigan and Florida – along with a really strange effort to try to convince disenfranchised Michigan Democrats to vote for John McCain, of all possible insanity … Continue reading →

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Joe Lieberman Plays Gracie Allen To McCain’s George Burns

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Kate Chase

OK, so this reference is too old even for me BUT… is anyone else tres nauseated by seeing Joe Lieberman ever there at Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s side through Europe and Israel? I think it’s of gravely questionable taste … Continue reading →

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Richardson Endorses Barack Obama

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Kate Chase

Former Democratic rival for the presidential primary for 2008, Bill Richardson, who happens to be the country’s sole Hispanic governor currently, has just come out endorsing Barack Obama. As a superdelegate himself as governor, Richardson’s endorsement is seen as a … Continue reading →

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State Department: Obama Confidential File Access “Not So Bad” Because Other Candidates Were Breached, Too!

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Kate Chase

The more last night’s breaking news of a minimum of three different times there were unauthorized accesses made to Democratic 2008 presidential hopeful Barack Obama federal-on-file passport records, the more the Republicans in charge of such agencies came out BRAGGING … Continue reading →

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Thoughts Vs Feelings From An Obama Supporter

Posted on March 5, 2008 by bhfrik

My heart and my head have been battling each other since it became apparent that Clinton was going to win both Ohio and Texas last night.

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