When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
There's a pretty good analysis of the California governor-recall campaign at the Village Voice by Rick Perlstein, The Fringe on Top
Also read James Ridgeway's article, What Presidential Race in the Voice
Another article by Ridgeway tracks Kathleen Harris, former Election official in Florida who is now a congresswoman. At a town meetig where she was to speak, she had her staff confiscate flyers that tracked her voting record so elderly people could less easily question her on medicare legislation. She claimed that ethics laws barred the literature from the room.
So, would you rather believe this Bush flunkie is incredibly ignorant (confusing the town meeting with a polling place?) or an extremely cynical liar?
Those Bush people will stop at nothing. We are right to question the national use of electronic voting machines (to change the subject a bit). They can way too easily be rigged by the Bushies, and they will clearly do whatever it takes to keep and increase their grasp of power.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Arnold, the pig
There's a pretty good analysis of the California governor-recall campaign at the Village Voice by Rick Perlstein, The Fringe on Top
Also read James Ridgeway's article, What Presidential Race in the Voice
The recall is going to overshadow the 2004 presidential race in every regard for the next several months at least, Steve Weiss of the Center for Responsive Politics told the Voice on Monday. This could affect the efforts of the Democratic presidential candidates to fundraise and even to generate attention in general.
Is this all a Karl Rove plot? In April Rove met with Schwarzenegger, who was considering running for governor in 2006. But maybe Rove had other ideas.
I think we, as Democrats, are going to have a very difficult time defeating Arnold, San Francisco mayor Willie Brown told CNN last week. The Republican Party and the White House are literally orchestrating now this whole thing. They understand that in 2004, they need to destabilize California. . . . They don't think they'll win it, but with Arnold at the helm they're in a position to do incredible damage. This is an opportunity for them, not unlike what they were attempting to do in Texas, not unlike what they did in Florida when they first got the presidency. So don't misread this.
Another article by Ridgeway tracks Kathleen Harris, former Election official in Florida who is now a congresswoman. At a town meetig where she was to speak, she had her staff confiscate flyers that tracked her voting record so elderly people could less easily question her on medicare legislation. She claimed that ethics laws barred the literature from the room.
So, would you rather believe this Bush flunkie is incredibly ignorant (confusing the town meeting with a polling place?) or an extremely cynical liar?
Those Bush people will stop at nothing. We are right to question the national use of electronic voting machines (to change the subject a bit). They can way too easily be rigged by the Bushies, and they will clearly do whatever it takes to keep and increase their grasp of power.
Palema
7:04 AM
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