No Democrat Presidential candidate spoke at the Democrat Leadership Council annual meeting this past weekend.
Every Democrat Presidential candidate but Biden will speak at this year’s Yearly Kos convention. Joe’s a decent guy and the only D not running on pure hatred.
The “Seven Dwarves” won’t be the only celebrities at HateCon ‘07. Real Sporer sources say Hugo Chavez and Jimmy Carter will share the “Fidel Castro”, the Kos award for individuals who have done the most to encourage anti American hate in the Western Hemisphere. Fidel’s age and infirmity will prevent him from personally presenting the award this year but rumor has it that Daniel Ortega will stand in for the special moment.
Every Democrat Presidential candidate but Biden will speak at this year’s Yearly Kos convention. Joe’s a decent guy and the only D not running on pure hatred.
The “Seven Dwarves” won’t be the only celebrities at HateCon ‘07. Real Sporer sources say Hugo Chavez and Jimmy Carter will share the “Fidel Castro”, the Kos award for individuals who have done the most to encourage anti American hate in the Western Hemisphere. Fidel’s age and infirmity will prevent him from personally presenting the award this year but rumor has it that Daniel Ortega will stand in for the special moment.
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What the hell are you talking about? Chavez, Carter, and Castro?
This would like writing a post asking when Brownback and Tancredo are going to be campaigning with David Duke or child-abuse advocate James Dobson?
If your goal is to advance the debate then posts like these completely fail. If your goal is to spout off insults and participate in name calling then you are doing a great job.
Republicans reject and abhor the hatred of David Duke. Republicans have ALWAYS disavowed David Duke.
You guys always embrace the haters.
Remember, you guys are not the content of character party. We are.
You may go back to your blog and play. Daily Kos is nothing but a bunch of haters and for you to try to justify your hatred by bringing up a nothing of a person who has no connection to republicans is damning proof of the accusation.
Did you mama let you justify your hatred just because Johnny Edwards next door spews hate?
Democrats advance their goals by rejoicing when the economy is bad, rejoicing when we are attacked by terrorists, rejoice when you prevent our government from protecting us. You rejoice at ALL bad news, because without hatred and bad news, you got nothing to sell.
Newspaper publisher and community activist Jonathan Narcisse announced today that he will run for the board of directors of the Des Moines Independent Community School District. Narcisse ran for the board in 2005 and lost. Phil Roeder will leave the board to become chief spokesman for the school district and Marc Ward is seeking re-election. The election will be September 11.
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously late last night to pass a bill inspired by an Iowa sailor killed in Iraq. Jaime Jaenke was killed in Iraq in 2006. She wanted her mother to receive a $100,000 benefit to raise her daughter, Kayla, in case of death, but under federal law, the benefit can only be paid to a surviving spouse or child. The bill passed by the Senate allows people in service to designate who will receive the death benefit. Iowa Congressman Tom Latham introduced the bill in the House of Representatives.
Don't forget their master - George Soros. He's the true puppet master of them all.
Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush campaigned against David Duke in his 15 minutes of fame.
Democrat leaders endorse and echo the hate filled paranoid conpiracy theories adavanced by the most irrational of the left.
Only Bill Clinton usually stayed positive and, strangely enough, was the only Democrat to win the the Big White House in the last generation.
Yasser Arafat was going to present but the AIDS got him.
Mr. Narcassist will make Nussle's race look like a close call.
One strategist, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Democrats had concluded Republicans "want to put some daylight between themselves and the president" and should not be allowed to do so "after voting in lockstep for the past four years."
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.
Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, one of the sponsors, said in an interview that he was hoping for a vote before Congress begins a vacation at week's end.
"The one thing that would actually advance the agenda would be to get a redeployment plan," said Abercrombie, a self-described progressive who has voted for far stronger legislation, including a fixed troop withdrawal deadline.
In a challenge to his own leadership, Abercrombie said, "I would hate to be in a situation where the Democratic Party was trying to explain that it wants to score political points rather than end the war."
By DAVID ESPO
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders are intent on sidetracking bipartisan attempts to change course in Iraq at least until fall, officials said Tuesday.
jonathon narcisse will not be a rubber stamper for sure. He will not just go along with the union like the board does now. he will challenge all of their paradigms and that will be good for everyone.
The schools lie about their results. He has proven it time and time again. he won't let them lie. He knows how bad the city schools have become as the union got stronger and the board became less and less effective over the last 20 years.
He gets my vote. He's serious and we could use some seriousness from the school board.
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would possibly send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists, an attempt to show strength when his chief rival has described his foreign policy skills as naive.
The Illinois senator warned Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf that he must do more to shut down terrorist operations in his country and evict foreign fighters under an Obama presidency, or Pakistan will risk a U.S. troop invasion and losing hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid.
"Let me make this clear," Obama said in a speech prepared for delivery at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
"There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al-Qaida leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will."
The excerpts were provided by the Obama campaign in advance of the speech.
Obama said that as commander in chief he would remove troops from Iraq and putting them "on the right battlefield in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
He said he would send at least two more brigades to Afghanistan and increase nonmilitary aid to the country by $1 billion.
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
7 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists even without local permission if warranted — an attempt to show strength when his chief rival has described his foreign policy skills as naive.
"Let me make this clear," Obama said in a speech prepared for delivery at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans.
They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al-Qaida leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will."
Musharraf has been a key ally of Washington in fighting terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but has faced accusations from some quarters in Pakistan of being too closely tied to America.
The Bush administration has supported Musharraf and stressed the need to cooperate with Pakistan, but lately administration officials have suggested the possibility of military strikes to deal with al-Qaida and its leader, Osama bin Laden.
Analysts say an invasion could risk destabilizing Pakistan, breeding more militancy and undermining Musharraf. The Pakistani Foreign Office, protective of its national sovereignty, has warned that U.S. military action would violate international law and be deeply resented.
A military invasion could be risky, given Pakistan's hostile terrain and the suspicion of its warrior-minded tribesmen against uninvited outsiders.
so, I don't get it. Are you against the war or not? You want to bring the troops home as fast as you can run with your little tails behind you, yet you intend go to war with pakistan????
Are the troops coming home or not! What is your position? We are all confused?
By JAKE TAPPER
Aug. 1, 2007
In a strikingly bold speech about terrorism scheduled for this morning, Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will call not only for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, but a redeployment of troops into Afghanistan and even Pakistan — with or without the permission of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
.... More from Tapper:
In many ways, the speech is counterintuitive; Obama, one of the more liberal candidates in the race, is proposing a geopolitical posture that is more aggressive than that of President Bush.
MORE: The shift from Iraq to Afghanistan and possibly even Pakistan is one of five elements he plans to call for in his speech.
The other four are:
improving diplomacy for the purpose of counterterrorism and counterproliferation;
(BUSH IS USING DIPLOMACY IN PAKISTAN NOW. WHAT IS DIFFERENT?)
creating a $5 billion Shared Security Partnership Program that he will say will "forge an international intelligence and law enforcement infrastructure to take down terrorist networks around the globe;
(SOUNDS LIKE A MILITARY FORCE. THIS IS WHAT THE MILITARY IS DOING NOW. WHAT IS DIFFERENT?)
restoring our values;
(GEE, WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE VALUES ARE? RUNNING AWAY AFRAID???? PLEASE TELL US WHAT "OUR" VALUES ARE.)
and securing a more resilient homeland."
(HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN TODAY UNDER BUSH? WHAT DOES "RESILIANT" MEAN? THAT'S A GOBBLEDYGOOK WORD THAT MEANS WHATEVER ANYONE WANTS IT TO MEAN. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ATTACKED SINCE 9-11. SEEMS PRETTY RESILIANT ALREADY).
Obama fired back, saying "If anything is irresponsible and naive, it was authorizing George Bush to send 160,000 young American men and women into Iraq apparently without knowing how they were going to get out."
Additionally Obama will call for at least two additional brigades to redeploy to Afghanistan to re-enforce U.S. counterterrorism operations and support NATO's efforts against the Taliban.
...Obama, whose father was Muslim, makes clear that he does not share the views of Democrats who downplay the risk of Islamist terrorism.
In language rare for a Democratic presidential candidate, Obama will talk about Muslims who seek to create a repressive caliphate.
"To defeat this enemy, we must understand who we are fighting against, and what we are fighting for."
The number of U.S. citizens who moved to Canada last year hit a 30-year high, with a 20 percent increase over the previous year and almost double the number who moved in 2000.
One recent immigrant is Tom Kertes, a 34-year-old labor organizer who moved from Seattle to Toronto in April.
Kertes attributes his motivation to President Bush's opposition to gay marriage, and the tactics employed during the war on terror since 9/11.
a 34 year old probably has 60's generation hippies as parents.
The greatest generation gave birth to the least generation and now the least generation has bred another generation of anti-american long-haired hippy freak pot smoking draft dodgers.
Thank GOD for the Disco generation. They will save us all from the Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll generation.
Daily Kos diarist Mike Stark took the Daily Kos/Bill O'Reilly feud to another level 7/31 posting pictures of his trip to O'Reilly's house where he confronted O'Reilly in his driveway while he retrieved his morning paper, delivered copies of O'Reilly's sexual harrassment lawsuit to all his neighbors, and plastered O'Reilly's neighborhood with signs with statements like "Bill O'Reilly: PERVERT."
Stark explains his actions: "After O'Reilly provided an "accountability moment" to the JetBlue CEO at his home, I decided to provide O'Reilly with his own accountability moment at his home."
Later Stark pitches: "One last thing. This project cost me a weeks time and hundreds of dollars.
If you're inclined to support good behaviour, I've got a PayPal link up at CallingAllWingnuts.com. See y'all at YearlyKos!!"
There has been no official reaction from DailyKos' founder Markos Moulitsas or any of the editorial dKos staff, and community response has been mixed (one poll diary showed 40% of Kossacks thought Stark's actions were "a good idea" while 60% thought it was "a bad idea").
...as Liberal Oasis, Bill Scher points out, they (daily kos) have clearly made positive contributions to Dems.
That said there are certain elements in the community that we believe should worry Dems.
Mike Stark and his 7/31 incident at O'Reilly's home ought to keep netroots leaders up at night.
Stark's actions are not just comments in some diary. Stark has an established history of intentionally provoking physical confrontations.
He is the same blogger that was involved in an altercation with ex-Sen. George Allen's '06 campaign staff.
Many in the Daily Kos community seem to believe they can distance themselves from Stark by simply pointing out he doesn't 'officially' represent the site.
This distinction is not gonna fly in mainstream public opinion, nor should it.
Stark receives both community affirmation and financial support from Daily Kos' commenters.
But for the community, he would not be acting out in this way.
Unless Stark is reigned in his antics will continue during the general election season and now is the time for the netroots to decide if he is really an asset or not.
This occurred on 10-31-06
...Nobody likes to see a man tackled at a campaign event just as, we hope, nobody likes to see candidates asked if they ever spit on their first wife.
But unless campaigns begin to change the way they relate to their blogger supporters, we should only expect to see more incidents like the one witnessed in Charlottesville, VA on 10/31.
Daily Kos diarist Mike Stark made no secret about his desire to cause disruptions at Sen. George Allen (R-VA) events.
He had done so in the past.
In a previous era, Stark might have been told by local Dems that his behavior was not helpful, but today Stark finds glowing support for his activities in blogging communities.
Unless campaigns take a more active role in policing supporters' behavior, lawn-sign stealing will soon look quaint by comparison.
Community sentiments supporting Stark include:
Bravo, Mike!Anybody who traffics in the "politics of personal destruction" ought to get a generous helping of his own dish served up to him.
If O'Reilly thinks we're a hate site, he ain't seen nothing yet.
Mike Stark did a hilarious act that showed someone how it feels to be confronted like he enjoys doing to many other people.
I would have been proud to be affiliated with an act like that.
Keep up the good, and sometimes funny, work, Mike.
I sent $100 to you and I've got value from it every time you've posted something to make me laugh since then. I'd rather fund you than any politician any day.
Crooks and LiarsSilentPatriot: "It's about time someone pulled this crap on O'Reilly."
You are relentless. And that's why we all love you so much.
I've read all the concerns from other members commenting here about us sinking to his level, and this situation is different. It's one thing if an honorable opponent states his case and you disagree with it and counter with your own. But nothing about Billo is honorable.
Listen up people and yes I will take a tone with you if you don't mind. Where have you been for the last seven years?
Maybe you haven't figured it out yet but this is a fight to the death.
U.S. consumer confidence rose to a nearly six year high in July as consumers perceived improvements in business conditions and the labor market, Reuters reported.
The Conference Board, a nonprofit organization that conducts business management research, said its index of consumer sentiment rose to 112.6 in July, its highest reading since August 2001 and above an upwardly revised 105.3 in June.
"An improvement in business conditions and the job market has lifted consumers' spirits in July," said Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center, in a press release.
Consumers were more upbeat about the job market, the Conference Board said. Consumers surveyed who said jobs were "plentiful" rose to 30.5 percent in July from 27.6 percent in June. Those who said jobs were "hard to get" declined to 18.4 percent from 20.5 percent.
Consumers' expectations for the inflation rate 12 months from now slipped to 5.1 percent in July from a revised 5.4 percent in June.
Kertes, who moved with his partner, is happy in his new home. "Canada is a really nice country. My mother is thinking about it.
My stepfather has diabetes and has health issues. So, he'd be taken care of for free if he moved up here."
Does this 34 year old, who purports to be an adult, think this is "free?" Who pays the doctors? who pays for the insulin? Who pays for the hospital stays? Who pays the nurses and the lab technicians?
Do they volunteer at no pay? Just how is it it would be free?
How does canada do this for free?
Not that Kertes doesn't get homesick every once in a while. "I have no intention of giving up my citizenship. I have an American flag at home on the wall — I didn't have that in Seattle. All of a sudden, I'm a nationalist. On the Fourth of July, I really missed being home."
Who is the retard that keeps breaking up columns and articles and posting them on here?
8/1/07, 6:35 pm EST
Edwards: “Giuliani is Bush on Steroids”
Just got back from an Edwards event in San Francisco. He threw out a lot of red meat — in particular savaging the big oil, drug, and insurance companies — and these deep blue Americans loved every minute of it.
But Edwards saved his biggest bomb for the mini presser afterward, where he responded to Giuliani’s jibe that he and Obama and Hillary, “do not understand a capitalistic economy.”
“What Giuliani is, is George Bush on steroids.” Edwards said.
“Giuliani, Romney and the rest of the Republicans running for the nomination are going to give the country four more years of crony capitalism, which is exactly what we have now.
We have insurance companies and drug companies and oil companies running this government. They need to be stopped. And Giuliani just wants to empower them.”
Them’s fightin’ words. Maybe Edwards sees the value in starting a ’spat’ of his own.
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insurance companies, oil companies and every other publicly traded company is funding my retirement....NOT SOCIAL SECURITY. I do not need the government to house me as long as they are profitable. This is the retirement plan I can depend on, not the one that Johnny promotes.
did he know that the federal employees retirement is also funded by profit making companies? who will pay the taxes if we nationalize them all as government workers?
the economy is booming beyond belief and john is just pissed that there aren't more poor people.
O.Kay Henderson at Radio Iowa has a great blog. She's always informative with a bit of humor usually thrown in. Here's an excerpt describing the differences in the D and R caucus procedures.
Most people don't realize that r's and d's do it very differently.
It's a very interesting and invigorating process for both sides.
Primaries are cold and ininteresting. caucuses are real live grassroots politics. The caucus process requires candidates to really campaign. it's good for america on both sides of the aisle.
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....But caucusing as a Republican and as a Democrat in Iowa are vastly different experiences.
On the Republican side, you get a slip of paper on which to write the name of your favorite candidate. You toss it into a basket or box, and it gets counted.
On the Democratic side, you have to get out of your chair, walk over to the corner of the room designated for the candidate of your choice, and then engage in a bit of mathematics while the grown-ups running the precinct caucus decide if your candidate is "viable" (meaning the candidate has at least 15 percent support in that neighborhood meeting).
If not, you have to align with another candidate -- walk over to another grouping. It's all in the open. Everyone literally knows where you stand.
Poll from daily kos about the level of agreement the hyper libs have with obamas speech about invading pakistan.
As regards the "Comprehensive Strategy"...
I strongly support what Senator Obama said about going after bin Laden, et al.
44% 360 votes
I somewhat support what Senator Obama said about going after bin Laden, et al.
11% 95 votes
I'm still pondering what Senator Obama said about going after bin Laden, et al.
10% 86 votes
I somewhat oppose what Senator Obama said about going after bin Laden, et al.
6% 50 votes
I strongly oppose what Senator Obama said about going after bin Laden, et al.
10% 84 votes
I haven't read what Senator Obama said yet
11% 96 votes
I don't care what Senator Obama said, foreign policy isn't important to me
0% 8 votes
Other
2% 22 votes
801 votes
Obama: Going after the terrorists that may actually have had a hand in 9/11.
W: Going after imaginary immediate threats in Iraq and creating a huge problem and terrorist incubator in the process.
Obama is anti-Iraq War. Even in his now famous anti-Iraq speech in the fall of 2002, he specifically said he's not against all wars. Just stupid wars.
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