My son is 35 years old and works for an investment firm.
Brian sent me this e-mail this morning. It brought tears to my eyes. At the bottom of his message he said Happy Father's day dad you taught me not to keep my mouth shut. The e-mail was a reply to a scurrilous Obama e mail titled "Just in case you are thinking of voting for Obama! Double the number of taxes"
Here is his response:
Last nite the 3rd Distric Democrats held their annual dinner. Over 300 good Dems were in attendance. Michael Montagano our candidate for Congress simply wowed the crowd. Michael is our kind of Democrat. Michael is supported by ACTBLUE and has raised over $15K on the site, overall Micheal has raised in excess of $325K. I will attempt to summarize his speech and stand on the issues beneath the fold.
With the the victory of Bill Foster in IL-14 it is time for us to all get on the phone and call the Blue Dog Democrats to remind them how real courage is rewarded.
In 2004 Bush won IL-14 with 56% per cent of the vote. Yet.
If you are sued for credit card debt it is important that you answer the complaint. Don't allow a default judgment. You just may win the suit. Here is how.
If we nominate HRC and she wins say goodbye to Howard Dean. Say goodbye to the 50 state strategy. I want to support Hillary. If she will not guarantee that Howard Dean will remain as head of DNC, put it in writing and sign it in blood then I cannot vote for her. No ifs and s or buts , a full pledge of support without equivocating.
The small town of Rome City Indiana, population 1600, held a town election, for town manager and town council at large, this past November. Deep in the heart of Republican territory the Democrats managed to put forth just two candidates for town council out of a possible three that could be voted for and elected. The Democrats had no candidate for town manager. Lo and behold the election was close, the Democratic candidates lost by just 17 and 28 votes.
Last week DE jr (NASCAR)lost the number 8 in a battle with his step mom Theresa. When she started taking abuse from the fans he was the first to defend her saying look she is a NASCAR owner and she was married to my dad she doesn't need this bullcrap.
People its time to stop saying if Hillary gets the nomination I am not voting for her. If you are a Democrat can you mean it? Its one thing to not have Hillary on your list of Democrats to support in the primary but it is totally riduculous to say you will not vote for HRC in the general election.
Since I work at home I often have Imus on in the morning. Today was great. In an interview with Howard Fineman the topic quickly turned to Elizabeth and John Edwards. Both Imus and Fineman talked about the strength of the Edwards and their love for one another.
Is it time for us as Kossacks to identify the state where we live? Should sub groups be formed by states such as Indiana Kos or California Kos? It seems by doing this we could network much better and make a bigger impact at both the federal and the state level. I for one would like to know how many Kossaks are from Indiana and how we could meet up to discuss Indiana politics or county or local politics. Could such a project be organized inside DK where individual state diaries could be posted for the benefit of kossacks from that particular state?
You don't dump 75K into a safe district in the last week if your over 50% The Vet Vote ads could really help in this district with Hayhurst a MD and Veteran while Souder was a Conscietous Objector. There is a wave building.
Here is the press release. Everybody keep fighting. The ground war is just starting for real.
HAYHURST'S UNEXPECTED STRENGTH FORCES NRCC TO LAUNCH LAST DITCH "BUY A DISTRICT" STRATEGY
Republican's October Spending Spree Dumps Over $300,000 into Perennially Safe IN-3
Take a look at a Zogby poll question about Democratic Dem candidates. Does it seem to slant things against Russ Feingold or is it just my imagination? It seems Evan Bayh gets a real break here. It is not hard to recognize who these candidates are. It would be interesting to know who commissioned this poll. Does any body else feel this was a knock on Feingold. Also notice the knock on Edwards a malpractice attorney. Hillary a polarizing figure. Why don't they just name the candidate, anybody that follows politics knows who they are. Or is this a way to determine in a suttle manner how to submarine certain candidates by comparing these figures with other poll results? oh well enjoy and give your comments.
Olberman said tonite that to the average citizen the failure of Ailto to recuse himself was serious and looked like a throat cutter. That it not only brought up questions as to whether Ailto should serve on Scotus but whether he should serve on any court.
Everybody has been speculating, wondering, pontificating and just sheer BS ing on who should be our Nominee in 2008.
Isn't it time we started a grass roots movement to have Harry Reid be our Nominee.
I have wondered what you people do with all of the info you get here at Daily Kos and how you use it. I store it inside my head until my brain explodes usually about every 3rd day. But I also try to send it around the world. I use it to bolster my arguments in conversations, for speeches, letters to the editor and TV shows. I edit the info to fit the situation. Yes I rip you great diary writers off and use your words of wisdom to educate the masses. Before I can convert people I must educate people in many instances.
Was reading another diary and was suprised to see a 64 year old, 67 year old and 74 year old comment. I am 57. Then I got to thinking how many young people do we attract here at DKOS. Our county Dem Party meetings are well attended but 80% of the people are over 50 years old. Which makes me wonder where are we going to get the recruits for the future.
Senator Schumer makes a good point about the Democrats keeping their powder dry for
O'Connor's replacement on the Supreme Court. He believes a yes vote would be a vote that shows reasonableness. I must respectfully disagree with Senator Schumer on voting YES. I say if you cannot vote NO then vote PRESENT. In light of the hearings that is the vote that shows reasonableness.
It is readily apparent that Justice Roberts is in conflict with the judical code of ethics. The question remains should he have recused himself or at least notified the attorneys arguing the case and ask them to sign a wavier allowing him to hear the case.
If you look at Justice Scalia's conduct of going duck hunting with Cheney then his conduct probably passes muster. However I think that any one with the least amount of ethics, morality and a smidgen of a conscious would consider this conduct a violation of Cannon 2 of the code of conduct for US Judges which states:
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