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It’s been a busy week (but aren’t they all?) for local Democracy for America chapters and the Hedrick campaign. On Tuesday, word came from the west that Democracy for America-Orange County (DFA-OC) endorsed Bill in his quest for the Democratic nomination in the 44th Congressional District. Congratulations to Bill on winning this very important endorsement! Together with the endorsement of Democracy for Riverside, this means Bill has the support of both DFA groups in the 44th Congressional District.
Wednesday night, we had a combination January Democracy for Riverside (DFR) Meeting/Coffee for Bill Hedrick at Marci and James’ house. It was well attended by both DFR members and new faces from the surrounding neighborhood. Bill discussed some of the most important issues facing our district and, indeed, all Americans: the war in Iraq, the economy, and education. Everyone left the party impressed with Bill, and several people volunteered to hold events where they could introduce their friends to Bill.
On Friday, Bill officially kicked off his campaign at The Winery in the Canyon Crest Towne Center in Riverside. There was lovely vino, courtesy of Kevin and Carolyn Craig, appetizers, and of course, the man of the hour, Bill, his wife Beth, and their five children (or is it four of the five, with the fifth in Iraq?). Over one hundred supporters were in attendance, and everyone had a fine time. Bill made a passionate announcement speech, outlining the issues he will work on to improve the lives of the residents of California’s 44th Congressional District. There were many local luminaries in attendance, including our old friends Andy Melendrez, Riverside Ward 2 Councilman and Jose Medina, RCC Board of Trustees, both of whose campaigns DFR supported. It was a splendid kickoff to what promises to be an exciting and important race. Please join us for future events as DFR does its part to bring good, sober governance to our 44th Congressional District.
And don’t forget to vote for Bill Hedrick in the DFA All-Stars competition! Every vote for Bill for DFA All-Star moves Bill and our congressional district closer to the national spotlight. Go Bill!
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shout out to my young friend Orrin who worked for Obama here and is now in Orange County
take care of him, he's a good one
...and Chellie pingree, also.
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/
My car had the nerve to *die* on me yesterday (seriously crippled, anyways), so I can't join her down in Lincoln Cty. tomorrow.
Nuts.
Let's put a progressive feminist in 'da "House," folks.
A woman's uterus is safe & *private* w/Chellie (in addition to net neutrality, implementation of Maine's Clean Elections Act; and Maine's Rx Plus elderly prescription program (reimportation of Canadian meds).
http://tinyurl.com/33v7kj
http://maine.gov/dhhs/mainerx/index.htm
Chellie gets stuff *done* (even if it takes years to do so)!
fmi:
http://pingreeforcongress.com/
Chellie, re: Wexler & impeachment--in her virtual voice~
http://tinyurl.com/3d24aj
cC and Reed. I, too, am very uncomfortable with BO talking about RR. He knew exactly what and why he was doing it and that makes me nervous for his candidacy AND and gen'l. He may be riding the fence too high.
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Joan, I was never an official "crushie" altho I was invited to be one. I worked for Howard here in PDX and I briefly met him. Yes, I think he would have made a good prez.
That said, there isn't a man in the world who can make me teary eyed, or starry eyed or motivate me to push through crowds to get an autograph or handshake. Many years ago,maybe, but not anymore. I don't do rock star men, nor do I confuse men with god; nor do I look for saviors and messiahs anywhere. Men are men...many good, some not so good. I don't like to see women look at men as tho they're messiahs. They aren't. I'm not suggesting that any BO women supporters here look at BO that way. But I've seen clips of women whose faces looked almost enraptured in their adulation and exhuberance. I sense that emotion is over-taking some of these women.
Howard is a good man. BO is a good man.
A JE/BO ticket would be a GOOD choice. The *rock star* and the populist. :-)
Gore/Dean a better one IMO.
That said, there is one tango dancer/teacher in South America who tempts me to make a fool of myself, by asking him to dance, but I hold back. LOL
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Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator
Why would JE want to be a VP candidate? Been there, done that and didn't add much.
If I were any of the top three candidates, I would ask former Senator Bill Bradley. He talks like his mouth is full of cotton but he has a solid record.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bradle...
He supported Dean and supports BO.
putz is making a last-ditch effort to reward his friends.
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Bush calls for tax breaks to avoid recession
And Pelosi is making a last ditch effort to help him....
Pelosi: Democrats welcome Bush's economic stimulus package
Bradley and Obama are too close to offer any political dynamic or bring along another state. Obama needs to look for a green partner or a populist, and in his case probably a western one, but not one so tied to coal as Schweitzer. Clark is a populist with security creds for Obama and would bring along some ruffled Clinton types
Udall?
Edwards wouldn't have to look further than Obama. but such speculation is way premature,fun as it is
Obama needs to look for a green partner or a populist
Since he isn't one of them past or present, Obama would probably pick a DLCer in order to placate them. It may be Bayh whether he or Hillary prevails.
I am glad BO talked about RR. The Repub movement should be discussed. I am sure he is trying to woo moderate Repubs. When we can't have a discourse about how things got the way they are then we are in trouble.
It has been snowing over an inch per hour for the last five hours. Going down to near zero tonight with a chill factor of minus 10 or so. The weather forcast called for 1-3 inches but we passed that several ours ago. It is pure lake effect as the snow storms form just offshore from Holland move in. We are close to 60 miles from the lake so it normally isn't bad. We measure inches when the lakeside communities measure feet.
I'll fire up the old snow-blower about 6 in the morning.
As far as one candidate likes beer drinkers and the other like wine and cheese....
I like all of it and favor Leigenkuegals(sp) Sunset Wheat beer. I drink it as well as use it as a BBQ base for chickens. Wheat beer sweatens the meat up a little.
Phil Specht
Fri, 01/18/08
I think that Lieberman fellow won as many primaries as Edwards will win this year. But that Jackson dude won some states.
You really shouldn't wave your ignorance about global warming like a giant flag.
Scoop Jackson was a DINO long before the term even existed.
I am glad BO talked about RR.
Like I said in a previous thread, Obama knew exactly who he was targeting with his Reagan remark. It was no gaffe.
Why would JE want to be a VP candidate?
Because he would be next in line for the presidency and the heir apparent for the next
Dem nomination. He'd have to nuts to turn it down.
Saying he doesn't want it is what they all must do.
Must be something going around outside the dem. wing of the Dem Party.
Hillary lists Ronald Reagan as one of her favorite presidents. She adds HW Bush also.
You can't look too Republican. DU article.
You may want to head over to Daily Kos - Kos is on a rampage of sorts about the Obama/RR comments. Hillary named RR one of her fave presidents (LOL) and it's on her website.
Sitka - I know you could care less. ;-)
I hope JE and BO are making quiet deals between themselves.
Good luck to JE and BO tomorrow. May HC be beaten, at least by one of them.
23. I hope one of them (preferably Barack) beats Hillary as well but that Clinton machine will do what it takes to win. Scary that.
Why are BO and HC bringing up RR? He was a disaster. I understand BO's attempt to garner and rope in the repugs but even so....gives me the willies.
Time to hop on the JE bandwagon? Toot toot!
JE/BO or BO/JE sure sounds better than HC/??
mary - that's why we need to throw our support behind JE and bring him up to speed. I would contribute to BO if he were in JE's place. They both need to stay in.........
So with BO/JE ticket, Dems have two candidates who are not very knowledgeable about foreign affairs. Both do OK as domestic policy folks but each needs a VP with some foreign policy credits.
If anyone is interested BO will be on CSPAN2, giving a live speech from LasVegas.
Like Phil suggested...they probably need to go west to balance the ticket.
update: Setting the record straight. Kos has updated his Hillary's favorite presidents. She actually said she admired Reagan's skills.
She actually said she admired Reagan's skills.
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Mary,
I think you lived in Europe around that time.............most Europeans thought he was a bombastic clod.............I agreed.
PBS's _NOW_ is on (also streamed online in full)--mentions blogging/Netroots, vs. Clintonianism/DLC establishment, etc.
Featuring Donna Edwards, Deaniacs, & Lamont, etc.
http://tinyurl.com/2syuyl
Reagan was a master manipulator with a public that was buying what he was selling. That is kind of like admiring a mass murder for the skill displayed killing people.
My own theory is the public wants the next person to be opposite the person currently holding the office.
So since Bush is not very curious then the next person has to be curious and aware of the world around them.
The topic of working with others is needed as the current president pretty much does what he wants. So is understanding the world and recognize situations change around you where Bush is rigid.
I made a pretty good case for BO which is fine.
Ar good cases could be made for JE as well.
But HC is too much like Bush for my taste.
LOL...while waiting for Obama to take the stage, they're playing Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Coming"
LOL...while waiting for Obama to take the stage, they're playing Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Coming"
Must be two-fer Tuesday
Chitown's Staple Singers next....no rap in sight
Mike - I, too, think Reagan was a clod and horrible for the country - his policies that is. I think you're missing the greater point though. Obama is talking about transformational times.
I'm going to go have some ice cream with my son. It's his big treat since he's in the District Wrestling finals tomorrow. He's worked hard and is seeded at the very top and looking forward to taking the gold.
Nite all. Crossing fingers for an Obama gold medal tomorrow.
The Gipper was Mr Teflon where critisism just rolled off him. Whatever he did, the public supported him.
Bush reminds me of a walking, talking sewer. He just doesn't care about the suffering he causes. If no one likes it tuff, impeach me if you don't like it. By now, everyone has figured out that the Dem congress is made up of cowardly lap dogs. We have to change it in this election.
as I said in a recent thread, the rethugs are paying people to infiltrate blogs to disrupt conversation.
sitka is one of those.
so don't ingage with the troll
hateful and of no means to this blog.
he is of no means to our bfa.
you engage, you lose.
what a sad person he is.
but he knows that.
My bad--go back a couple of links (full stream):
"Democrats Divided 2008
With the primary season underway, America is focused on whether the next president will be Democrat or Republican. Meanwhile, within the Democratic Party another struggle is unfolding. NOW on PBS reports on a rift between progressives who believe the party has sold out its liberal values and centrists eager to capture a broad swath of the more conservative voters. It's a struggle that is taking place at all levels of government."
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http://tinyurl.com/ysj28p
bed time for me..gotta shovel snow early...we have about a foot of new snow on the ground. The weather map shows lake effect snow dieing out now. It won't get above freezing for at least two weeks.
We have a lot of deer and birds in the area. We feed apples and corn to the deer and put seeds, nuts and suet in the many bird feeders all over the place.
This evening, a nice 8 or 10 point buck came in the back. A real beauty.
Obama on CSPAN 1 now and I'm going to go watch.
mainefem -- NOW was good -- as you describe.
mary vb -- me too. Obama/Schweitzer 08 :~)
Nitie borgie.
linda b
Fri, 01/18/08
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as I said in a recent thread, the rethugs are paying people to infiltrate blogs to disrupt conversation.
sitka is one of those.
so don't ingage with the troll
hateful and of no means to this blog.
he is of no means to our bfa.
you engage, you lose.
what a sad person he is.
but he knows that.
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Oh my gosh ! Let me get on my tinfoil hat and declare "another conspiracy has inflitrated our progressive Garden of Eden -- our BFA blog !" Man your stations everyone ! Incoming fire !
If there's one Sitka, there's probably more to come !
In the 6 months or so I have been on this blog, sitka hasn't changed. So calling him a paid Repug disruptor is kind of silly. If remotely so, they aren't getting their monies worth as there are at least 600 posts per day. I skip over most of his posts anyway as they add little to the discussion. We know all the candidates have flaws. No revelation there. We will all have to work thru that one way or another.
OMG, I found it, I unearthed it -- the words Sitka and conspiracy all in the same document ! :
http://www.shophollandamerica.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=itemdetail&item_id_int=7929
The Woman Who Married a Bear by John StraleyPrice: $12.00
Sitka, Alaska, is a subarctic port surrounded by snow-dusted mountains.
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What he unearths is a virtual fairytale contrived to hide a primal conspiracy. Set against the modern Alaskan frontier
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PATIENTS ARRESTED FOR HEALTHCARE ADVOCACY!
Here’s an extraordinary image of an extraordinary moment: Steve Maviglio, the Deputy Chief of Staff to Fabian Nunez, the Speaker of the California Assembly, directing Capitol police to arrest an un-insured patient for trying to speak to the media about healthcare reform. That’s Maviglio on the far right.
Conversations with press like this happen every day, every hour in the Capitol; it’s why the building exists.
But I guess most conversations aren’t on the subject of the insurance industry’s number one priority—which is to pass an “individual mandate” law. And most conversations don’t happen as a gigantic fake healthcare reform bill seems to be careening to an ugly defeat.
Which is why most conversations don't end with patients being cited for a misdemeanor. ...read more: http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/blog...
Nurses Unveil New Advertising Campaign Against Schwarzenegger-Nunez “Individual Mandate” Plan ...listen: ftp://ftp.hsp-central.net/uploads/cna/cn...
Hi,
Yes, NOW was excellent. I hadn't thought that the Howard Dean Movement was essentially an anti-Clinton movement. I think that may be a bit of revisionist history. I thought it was first of all an anti-war movement and an anti=Bush movement. Still, a gratifying program.
Also Bill Moyers' Journal. Not to be missed. The author of The Fall of the House of Bush discusses how we've lost influence and power in the Middle East.
Then, Free Lunch, how rich people take advantage of the tax codes and laws to enrich themselves. We've enriched George W. Bush. The land for the stadium he and his partners built was declared eminent domain, sold for a fraction of the real value, and George and cronies pockedt $280 million. Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, all took money from the government legally. The author said, we have only one party in Washington, The Money Party.
Then, Harvey J. Kaye, the author of Thomas Paine, talks of how Reagan and the Republicans co-opted Paine for their purposes and the Democrats were too timid to do anything. An example of propaganda that Reagan so effectively used.
Finally, I quoted the book about 2012, "the clothes have no emperor." Far cleverer than I am capabale of.
How do you know that Sitka is being paid by Republicans? If this is a fact, you should site your proof. If it's an accusation, I find that troubling.
Well, off. Thanks for the great discussions.
Pat in Colorado
Fri, 01/18/08
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How do you know that Sitka is being paid by Republicans? If this is a fact, you should site your proof. If it's an accusation, I find that troubling.
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Pat -
"If it's an accusation, I find that" hilarious.
Jeez, I was going to watch Comedy Central tonight but got on her instead. I got an instance laugh at linda b's warning to us all re: Sitka.
well, nite everyone (off to sleep with a smile on my face, thanks linda b for that)
good speech by Obama, not the same old stump speech and commenting on charges against him. He doesn't do "Washington Speak."
Hope is imagining what you want and working for what you believe.
You are right, rdorgan, I'm way too serious, always have been. I love people who make me laugh.
Quick postscript: Bill Clinton gave the rich a bigger tax cut than Bush did. Clinton's cut for the richest was 8 percent. Bush's 5 percent. That from Bill Moyers Journal.
typo - Jeez, I was going to watch Comedy Central tonight but got on her instead.
s/b - Jeez, I was going to watch Comedy Central tonight but got on here instead.
(boy, I must be tired after working my second jon today, cuz I'm typing so bad that I'm leaving off one "e" where I shouldn't be, oops-a-daisy, sorry, nite nite before I do any other typos)
Very nice speech, I agree Holly. Not scripted too much, candid remarks on what he's been experiencing on the campaign trail, personal stories.
I like how he doesn't get bogged down in all of the stuff being thrown his way and addresses it with short, thoughtful responses.
8pm PT
And whoever is choosing his music is doing a superb job.
Deaniacs ('04) were very anti-DLC (being incessantly smeared by the likes of Al From, Bruce Reed, & Will Marshall) etc., Pat.
That's why ActBlue (and other progressive blogs) are also listed on the page...anyone can "be" their own PAC now (since '04).
Just ask Donna Edwards about primarying (vs. Al Wynn, DLC-er)....
No need for "bats."
Go, Chellie!
http://actblue.com/page/mf
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thanks for the echo
boy I'm tired (after a long week, I can't wait for tomorrow's Nevada dem caucus results, sometime after 3pm EST ?)
52.
another typo - I got an instance laugh at
s/b - I got an instant laugh at
55.
my final correction for the night -
typo - second jon s/b - second job
typo -
sell the dead cat bounce and hang on, we went right through the support, while the President talked about a hundred and fifty billion infusion
"we need to get money in the hands of the consumers"(so they can get it into the hands of the chinese at walmart, so they continue to buy our debt)
how about accelerating just paying steelworkers to build bridges, and get infrastructure in the bargin?
paying people a fair wage would put money in the hands of the consumers too
so would a health care bill
22 below wind chill, the candidates are mightly glad the calendar was moved up
Printable version Bush feels political heat over economy By Daniel Lak BBC News
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kind of the last nail in the coffin
worst President ever
but you knew that
nite all
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mainefem
Fri, 01/18/08
Thanks
THE BUSH-PELOSI REBATES WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_dave_lin_080118_no_tax_rebate_s_goin.htm
By adding another $145 billion to the budget deficit, the government is contributing significantly to inflationary pressures, and when those gnomes in Zurich, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong see that, they’ll bid down the value of the dollar even more. Our once mighty currency, now worth only half a pound Sterling in Britain, or just over 100 Yen in Japan, is shrinking faster than the polar icecap. And that means that all the products we depend on—our tools, our dishware, our clothes, much of the food we eat, and of course our oil—will get more expensive.
So if for sake of argument and easy math, we’re making $100,000, that’s $50,000 being spent on imported stuff. Now here’s where things get a little speculative. But suppose that having the government add another $145 billion in red ink to the federal budget leads to an extra 3 percent decline in the value of the dollar against foreign currencies—a not unreasonable scenario. Why, that would mean that the $50,000 I spend on foreign goods in a year would cost me an extra $1500—just about the same amount as that $1600 Bush is proposing to lay on me.
But…that weakened dollar will continue into next year and beyond, while the $1600 rebate is a one-time thing.
So what do we get out of this rebate thing?
Worse than nothing.
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By Jo*in*Vermont on Jan 18, 2008 8:20 PM ESTnice post, Marci, thank you. and Howard Dean is first around these parts!