The Democrat Thread

[Balta1701]

Dynamics favor the insurgent in a runoff. Turnout usually drops by 20-30% and the people who come out aren't the people who are voting establishment.

 

Bill Halter will be the Dem nominee from Arkansas I think.

The good news, in my world? Blanche Lincoln's been pushing for harder and harder financial reform regulation ever since she got Halter challenging her, because he was hammering her on being in the pocket of Wall Street and that was her way out.

 

There have been more than whispers saying that once that election was over, her votes might completely shift on the Financial Reform bill, or that Harry Reid was keeping things on the floor and up in the air that made it look like she was fighting for a stronger bill, but then they might pull some of the strength back once that election was over.

 

Now, the cloture vote has been filed, and her seat is still up in the air. That primary challenge alone appears to have significantly strengthened the financial reform bill.

[BigSqwert]

What If They Gave a Terrorist Attack And Nobody Noticed?

 

Apparently there was a terrorist attack on American soil earlier this week. What’s more, though fortunately nobody was killed in the attack, unlike in the much-hyped Underpants Bomber or Times Square plots, the perpetrator actually managed to build a working bomb. But somehow this attack, despite its greater technical sophistication, hasn’t obtained nearly the same level of media attention. And I just can’t figure out why:

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It’s a huge mystery to me what could possibly account for the difference.

[mr_genius]

What If They Gave a Terrorist Attack And Nobody Noticed?

 

no one cares about muslim on muslim crime i guess

[mr_genius]

Oh yeah, Murtha's seat went to the DEM in the special election in 2008. This is the only district, by the way, that voted for Kerry in 2004 and McCain in 2008.

 

If anti-Democrat sentiment can't win a GOP seat in a GOP leaning district this year, maybe the anti-Democrat sentiment is a bit overstated.

 

the GOP still doesn't have a lot of public support. They think if they are just 'non-Democrats' they will win.

[Balta1701]

The good news, in my world? Blanche Lincoln's been pushing for harder and harder financial reform regulation ever since she got Halter challenging her, because he was hammering her on being in the pocket of Wall Street and that was her way out.

 

There have been more than whispers saying that once that election was over, her votes might completely shift on the Financial Reform bill, or that Harry Reid was keeping things on the floor and up in the air that made it look like she was fighting for a stronger bill, but then they might pull some of the strength back once that election was over.

 

Now, the cloture vote has been filed, and her seat is still up in the air. That primary challenge alone appears to have significantly strengthened the financial reform bill.

Ha, that didn't take long to have an effect at all.

[Balta1701]

As always, it's ok if you're a Republican.

ASSOCIATED PRESS (2/19/98): U.S. Rep. Lindsey Graham's military service record has been called into question because the Republican congressman, who never went overseas, calls himself as a Gulf War veteran.

 

Graham's Internet web site biography lists him as an Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm veteran, although he never got closer to the war than McEntire Air National Guard Base near Columbia [south Carolina] where he was a military lawyer.

 

Graham, who said Wednesday he never intended to mislead people, processed wills for soldiers deploying to the Gulf and helped their family members with legal issues.

 

[...]

 

In a statement released by his office Wednesday, Graham said, ''It makes me mad that some people would try to denigrate my military service record and that of thousands of others who served stateside during the war. I was called up and served on active duty ... I left my business, my home and friends to perform the duties I was trained for just as the veterans who served in past conflicts have done.''

 

The Hill quoted Angelo Perri, a retired Army colonel and Gulf War veteran, who said ''he's claiming to be somewhere he wasn't.''

 

Dickie Dickson of Belton served 22 years in the U.S. Navy, including time during the Gulf War when he taught firefighting to soldiers deploying overseas. He said he thinks Graham's claims can be misconstrued.

 

''I don't consider myself a Gulf War veteran because I wasn't over there,'' Dickson said.

 

Dave Autry, a Washington, D.C.-based spokesman for Disabled American Veterans, said Graham should refer to himself as a ''Gulf War-era veteran.”

Democrat makes a misleading statement about Vietnam war service? Could cost him the election. Republican makes misleading statemetn about his Gulf War service? Oh, he should just call himself a "Gulf War Era veteran".

[ChiSox_Sonix]

As always, it's ok if you're a Republican.

Democrat makes a misleading statement about Vietnam war service? Could cost him the election. Republican makes misleading statemetn about his Gulf War service? Oh, he should just call himself a "Gulf War Era veteran".

 

[lostfan]

Then the Dems need some more good candidates this fall.

He pretty much ran as a Republican didn't he?

[bmags]

So that's a diff. linsey graham no?

[Balta1701]

Rand has a dream. That 1 day sons of former slaves & slave owners 'll be able 2 sit down 2gether..as long as restaurant theyre in allows it

Twitlinnk

[BigSqwert]

CNN Headline: 'Miss USA: Muslim Trailblazer Or Hezbollah Spy?'

 

CNN.com published a story today on Rima Fakih, the Muslim Lebanese-American woman who was just crowned Miss USA, mentioning that some neocon bloggers (namely Debbie Schlussel) have called her a supporter of Hezbollah, which the U.S. classifies as a terrorist organization.

 

The headline: "Miss USA: Muslim Trailblazer Or Hezbollah Spy?"

 

Some of the user comments are hilarious. Including:

 

Wolf Blitzer: Neocon Israeli Apologist or Goat f***ing Child Molester?

[CanOfCorn]

CNN Headline: 'Miss USA: Muslim Trailblazer Or Hezbollah Spy?'

 

 

 

Some of the user comments are hilarious. Including:

 

Love it...cuz the way to infiltrate the country is to be Miss USA.

 

Hezbollah: "We get the crown, we get the country!"

[Steve9347]

Hezbollah: "We get the crown, we get the country!"

Well played.

[Heads22]

Now all I can think of is...

 

"In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the womens..."

[MiddleCoastBias]

As a Field Organizer on Blanche Lincoln's campaign currently, it's interesting to see the take people have on this election back in Chicago. I probably should have thought to share here earlier and not AFTER the May 18th primary. Oh well, still have June 8th. As you can imagine, the campaign was a bit surprised when we only carried the popular vote by 2%, seeing that we were polling with an average of 12% lead. But the thing is that everyone down here hates Halter as much as Blanche; the third candidate (DC Morrison) received a shocking 14% of the vote but only because people are so anti-establishment right now.

 

As we approach this 3-week runoff, I predict we'll carry it by 6 points (biased opinion, yes). The Senate Dems said that they would not pass her financial reform because it had too many holes, and that they could delay shooting it down until after the primary but they wouldn't be able to delay until after a run-off (and obviously losing that piece of legislation in the face of the Democrats would hurt us). Yesterday they passed it. Should see a big bump. And people are beginning to understand the importance of her positions in the Senate and their importance for this state. I predict victory on June 8th.

 

That being said, I can't wait until November 2nd so I can get back to Chicago and see a building over 5 stories tall.

[bmags]

I'm sorry, but you want me to be sympathetic to one of the most unapologetic corporate shills in the senate. I will not be. She is a terrible person. She is a terrible senator. She is seriously a terrible senator. And she she makes political cynics like me a little bit happy when a primary on the left makes her actually interested in her job rather than just taking a corporate PR form on how to vote.

[Balta1701]

Those Texas history book requirements are finally official.

I'm a big fan of how they added a nice set of compliments for Jefferson Davis and compare him to Lincoln as a great leader. And Y'all said texas wasn't part of the south. Why else would they praise him?

[bmags]

f***ing hell.

[Balta1701]

f***ing hell.

Like it or not, either check the textbooks of the district your kid goes to or pay for a private school. Just no way around it any more. Texas doesn't think this country has enough Rand Paul's.

 

With any luck, there'll be enough sane people in Texas to toss out half of the school board members there in elections later this year. Somehow though I doubts it.

[bmags]

Like it or not, either check the textbooks of the district your kid goes to or pay for a private school. Just no way around it any more. Texas doesn't think this country has enough Rand Paul's.

 

With any luck, there'll be enough sane people in Texas to toss out half of the school board members there in elections later this year. Somehow though I doubts it.

 

Arne Duncan said those worries about it being a national textbook were overstated.

[NorthSideSox72]

Like it or not, either check the textbooks of the district your kid goes to or pay for a private school. Just no way around it any more. Texas doesn't think this country has enough Rand Paul's.

 

With any luck, there'll be enough sane people in Texas to toss out half of the school board members there in elections later this year. Somehow though I doubts it.

I read about this yesterday, and they said that two of the seats on that board will turn over to less conservative people in a period of a few months. So don't be surprised if these things get changed again.

 

I read a long list of some of the changes they put in, and honestly, those people should be embarrased. This is again, what I have said before, there is a certain portion of the right (specifically the religious/social conservatives) who are not just ignorant and hateful... they EMBRACE ignorance and hate, as if they were good things. Its disgusting.

 

[kapkomet]

I read about this yesterday, and they said that two of the seats on that board will turn over to less conservative people in a period of a few months. So don't be surprised if these things get changed again.

 

I read a long list of some of the changes they put in, and honestly, those people should be embarrased. This is again, what I have said before, there is a certain portion of the right (specifically the religious/social conservatives) who are not just ignorant and hateful... they EMBRACE ignorance and hate, as if they were good things. Its disgusting.

 

 

Yup! Yup! We are a bunch of ignorant, hate, racist motherf***ers. Way to label 20,000,000 people with one fell swoop.

[Balta1701]

Yup! Yup! We are a bunch of ignorant, hate, racist motherf***ers. Way to label 20,000,000 people with one fell swoop.

Nice of you to volunteer that you're one of the extremists he's referring to. Go Jefferson Davis!

[Rex Kickass]

Yup! Yup! We are a bunch of ignorant, hate, racist motherf***ers. Way to label 20,000,000 people with one fell swoop.

 

To be fair Kap, there are plenty of Texans who don't embrace ignorance and hatred. It's just a shame they can't seem to get elected in that state.

[CrimsonWeltall]

Someone has to stand up to the experts!