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Latest Articles: (s)Elections
Only Pawns in the Game
Post Date: 2007-12-18 20:20:24 by richard9151
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12/18/07 "ICH " -- -- You can demonize Bush and Cheney (rightfully) until hell freezes over--but it's not going to change anything. Keith Olbermann does it almost every night on his MSNBC television show, but it doesn't change anything. Trashing Bush and Cheney or Hillary or Obama might make a lot of people feel good, but it doesn't change anything. They're only pawns in the game. The real power resides in the corporate oligarchy that runs this country. It has a strangle hold on America. The only point of an election in our two party-one party system is to determine which one carries out the agenda. If we do something about that, we might be able to change ...
For Republicans, Falling in Love Is Hard to Do (NYT RON PAUL BLACKOUT)
Post Date: 2007-12-18 18:06:25 by aristeides
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For Republicans, Falling in Love Is Hard to Do By ADAM NAGOURNEY Published: December 16, 2007 HERE’S another way Republican voters tend to be different from Democratic voters: They like — no, love — their presidential candidates. Not always, of course. But from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush to Dwight Eisenhower, Republicans voters have displayed a zeal for their candidates that Democrats could only envy. Which is what makes this Republican presidential contest so striking. It is hard to think of another campaign when Republicans have seemed less excited about their choices. That was the unmistakable lesson of the rapid ascension in recent polls of Mike Huckabee, the ...
Huckabee: The GOP's Cynical Use of Religion Has Come Home to Roost
Post Date: 2007-12-17 23:23:16 by kiki
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With Mike Huckabee's continuing surge, the Republican Party now has an Iowa front-runner whose religious beliefs are virtually identical to those of George Bush. He's anti-choice, born-again, against gay-marriage, and gets political advice directly from God. So why is the Republican establishment suddenly in a state of near-apoplexy about Mike Huckabee? Shouldn't they be happy? They've been cultivating evangelicals and fundamentalists for 30 years. Now they finally have a candidate who's truly part of the movement. So what's the problem? Actually, that is the problem. The evangelical crowd was fine when it was just a resource to be cynically exploited every few ...
Operation Vote Count Watch for Ron Paul
Post Date: 2007-12-17 21:52:36 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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About This Video America needs honest citizens at all 210 NH voting places and all Iowa Caucuses gatherings to watch the actual vote count and double check what the media reports. Buchanan was votefrauded in 1996, don't let it happen to Ron Paul in 2008. Operation Vote Count Watch for Ron Paul Click for Full Text!
IOWA REP. STEVE KING ENDORSES FRED THOMPSON ("FINAL VICTORY" = "ENDSIEG")
Post Date: 2007-12-17 17:37:01 by aristeides
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IOWA REP. STEVE KING ENDORSES FRED THOMPSON Iowans have a profound opportunity and a great responsibility to make the first in the nation recommendation for president to the rest of America. Of 300 million Americans, one in 100 are Iowans. Of Iowans, only about one in 15 will attend either the Democrat or the Republican caucus. Your vote in the Iowa caucus will likely have 1500 times more impact than that of the average American. This is a profound responsibility. It is our duty to determine the most important issues and set criteria for how we make our decisions. Iowans have a unique and historic opportunity to see and hear, in person, each of the presidential candidates. As a ...
A Son’s Past Deeds Come Back To Bite Huckabee
Post Date: 2007-12-17 17:08:38 by robin
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A Son’s Past Deeds Come Back To Bite Huckabee Pulaski County Sheriff-AP Dogged: An incident involving his son David could hurt Huckabee By Michael Isikoff and Holly BaileyNEWSWEEKUpdated: 2:51 PM ET Dec 15, 2007 As Mike Huckabee gains in the polls, the former Arkansas governor is finding that his record in office is getting more scrutiny. One issue likely to get attention is his handling of a sensitive family matter: allegations that one of his sons was involved in the hanging of a stray dog at a Boy Scout camp in 1998. The incident led to the dismissal of David Huckabee, then 17, from his job as a counselor at Camp Pioneer in Hatfield, Ark. It also prompted the local prosecuting ...
Lieberman to endorse McCain
Post Date: 2007-12-17 01:52:21 by Zoroaster
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Lieberman to endorse McCain By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer 46 minutes ago MANCHESTER, N.H. - Sen. John McCain, trying to build momentum toward a reprise of his 2000 New Hampshire primary victory, is piling up high-profile endorsements, including one from another political maverick, Sen. Joseph Lieberman. The Connecticut senator, an independent who was the Democrats' 2000 vice presidential nominee, was scheduled to announce his support for McCain at a town hall meeting Monday morning in Hillsborough. A Lieberman adviser said the senator decided to back McCain despite being a Republican because he believes his colleague from Arizona "has the best chance of uniting ...
Huckabee's theology degree? Now says ain't necessarily so
Post Date: 2007-12-16 20:53:40 by robin
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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told the Christian Broadcasting Network he had a theology degree, he told voters in Iowa he had a theology degree, he repeated the claim in last month's CNN YouTube debate ... but, his campaign now says, it was not true. Huckabee's claim began unraveling following his offhanded comment about Mormonism in a New York Times interview last weekend. Reporter Zev Chafets wrote: "I asked Huckabee, who describes himself as the only Republican candidate with a degree in theology, if he considered Mormonism a cult or a religion. 'I think it's a religion,' he said. 'I really don't know much about it.' "I was ...
Joe Lieberman to Endorse John McCain for President
Post Date: 2007-12-16 17:55:11 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat who ran as an independent last election after losing his primary re-election, will endorse Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday. FOX News contributor Bill Kristol, who publishes The Weekly Standard and is a longtime McCain supporter, was first to break the news on his Web site. The McCain campaign told FOX News earlier that it was holding a "newsworthy" town hall meeting at 8 a.m. Monday but would not give details. On Sunday, the campaign said the meeting was to announce an endorsement, but did not say whose. However, a senior Lieberman aide told FOX News on Sunday that Lieberman was approached by McCain, a longtime ...
Romney: ‘Mike Huckabee Owes The President An Apology’
Post Date: 2007-12-16 15:54:36 by Zipporah
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In a Foreign Affairs article, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee sharply criticizes the Bush administration’s foreign policy, calling it indicative of an “arrogant bunker mentality“: American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, open up, and reach out. The Bush administration’s arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. My administration will recognize that the United States’ main fight today does not pit us against the world but pits the world against the terrorists. This criticism was too much for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who has been vociferously defending President Bush all weekend. Yesterday, ...
Mike Huckabee's Fair Tax Fallacies
Post Date: 2007-12-16 09:53:46 by Zipporah
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As Mike Huckabee travels the country trying to build on his momentum in the Republican presidential race, he claims he has a plan to ease the tax burden on all Americans and abolish the universally loathed IRS. Huckabee's IRS killer is the "fair tax," a policy idea originally thought up in the mid-1990s by the Texas-based Americans for Fair Taxation. The concept behind the fair tax is simple: abolish all federal income taxes and replace them with a national consumption (a.k.a. sales) tax that states will collect and forward to the federal government. According to Huckabee and other fair tax supporters, this setup would ensure a fair, progressive, and fiscally sustainable tax ...
The Register's caucus endorsements: McCain, Clinton
Post Date: 2007-12-15 22:04:09 by robin
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December 15, 2007 The Register's caucus endorsements: McCain, Clinton THE DES MOINES REGISTER The Des Moines Register’s editorial board has endorsed Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Iowa caucuses.The Register, Iowa’s statewide newspaper, calls McCain and Clinton the candidates it believes are most competent and ready to lead.Read the endorsements:Democrats: Hillary ClintonRepublicans: John McCain Watch the endorsement videos:Democrats: Hillary ClintonRepublicans: John McCain“With dissension at home and distrust abroad, as American troops continue to fight wars on two fronts, the times call for two essential qualities in the ...
Report: Ohio voting machines have 'critical flaws,' could undermine ’08 election
Post Date: 2007-12-15 21:53:13 by robin
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One of the most important swing states in America still can’t safeguard the vote. So says a new report, commissioned by Ohio’s top elections official, that found all five voting systems used in the Buckeye State to have “critical flaws” that could undermine the integrity of the 2008 general election. “It was worse than I anticipated,” Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said of the investigation. “I had hoped that perhaps one system would test superior to the others.” The $1.9 million federally financed study, conducted by corporate and academic teams in parallel assessments and released Friday, found that voting machines and central servers made ...
Vote of no confidence -- Ohio election process
Post Date: 2007-12-15 12:59:05 by DeaconBenjamin
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A long-awaited review of Ohio's election systems finds 'critical security failures.' The secretary of state wants to start over with new systems, a pricey option. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner called for a bipartisan panel to craft changes and the legislature to pass them by mid-April. Reacting to a study that concluded all voting systems used in Ohio have "critical security failures," Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner yesterday proposed changing how Ohioans vote, where they vote and how their votes are counted. Brunner wants the state to replace the electronic touch-screens used in 57 of Ohio's 88 counties, as well as the optical-scan systems used in ...
Huckacide - A shiny Christmas present for the Democrats
Post Date: 2007-12-14 14:23:29 by TwentyTwelve
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Huckacide A shiny Christmas present for the Democrats. By Rich Lowry The ghost of Howard Dean haunts the pundit class. As soon as a candidate of either party spikes up in the polls, he is compared with Dean, who had a spectacular boomlet in the second half of 2003 only to deflate as soon as people began to vote in early 2004. After many false prophecies, Dean circa 2008 has finally arrived. He is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Not because he will inevitably blow himself up in Iowa. But because, like Dean, his nomination would represent an act of suicide by his party. Like Dean, Huckabee is an under-vetted former governor who is manifestly unprepared to be president of the United ...
The Oprah Factor: A Big Boost for Obama (DICK MORRIS)
Post Date: 2007-12-13 16:55:38 by aristeides
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The Oprah Factor: A Big Boost for Obama A Commentary by Dick Morris Thursday, December 13, 2007 Views expressed in this column are those of the author, not those of Rasmussen Reports. The era of celebrity endorsements ended some time ago. We no longer buy the shaving cream that Derek Jeter tells us to use; nor do we vote as some Hollywood actor suggests. We have come to assume that political endorsements are often the product of partisan loyalty rather than any particular standard of merit and that commercial testimonials come only in exchange for cash. But Oprah’s endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is truly unique and will have a profound impact on the presidential ...
GOP Debate Consensus: Kiss My Ass, Alan
Post Date: 2007-12-13 16:43:57 by aristeides
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GOP Debate Consensus: Kiss My Ass, Alan By Jim David At the GOP debate in Iowa, Mitt Romney's performance was proof he belongs in a dinner theater production of The Music Man as the shyster Harold Hill, who convinces the Iowa yokels they need a marching band when he has no intention of providing the instruments. If he gets elected president I'm going to become a suicidal alcoholic. Mike Huckabee wants to be the pastor of the nation. He would be a great guy to get counseling from if I become a suicidal alcoholic. Fred Thompson is like your folksy farmer uncle who would sit you down and tell you a good ol' tale over a hot toddy. I can see him gathering the leaders of the world ...
The Iowa Debate (NRO'S ACCOUNT LEAVES RON PAUL TOTALLY OUT)
Post Date: 2007-12-12 17:27:38 by aristeides
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The Iowa Debate Romney: A strong performance. The risk for him was seeming small in fights with Huckabee. The format saved him from that. The emphasis on the economy, education and other domestic, non-hot button issues benefited him. He seemed in control, substantive and positive. If there was a winner, it was Romney. His strategic play in Iowa seems to be to poach on some of Huckabee's message, which is shrewd. He can't change any of his positions obviously, but he can direct his policies to public, and especially middle class, anxieties. He did that today, talking repeatedly about "middle class families." He has to do it every day from here until the caucuses. Fred: ...
Obama versus Clinton versus Plutocracy
Post Date: 2007-12-12 15:07:06 by statusquobuster
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Obama versus Clinton versus Plutocracy Joel S. Hirschhorn Here comes another inconvenient truth. Despite all the attention to Oprah for Obama and the pundit blabbering about the Democratic primary horse race the outcome has been predetermined. What people do not want to know is that power elites control what the Democratic ticket will be. When the primaries end the winner will be the reigning plutocracy. Rich and powerful elites want Hillary Clinton in the White House if the Democrats get their turn in the rigged two-party system. Just one big problem: The establishment plutocracy wants her more than most Americans trust or like her. No matter how much she spends and no matter how many ...
GOP Presidential Debate Live 2pm est - CNN, MSNBC - Last GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses...` [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-12-12 13:53:08 by Brian S
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The debate will be the last time the GOP presidential hopefuls will appear on the same stage just three weeks before the crucial Iowa caucuses, January 3. "This is the last chance Republicans will get to review the merchandise before they close the sale for the holidays," CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider said. The debate is sponsored by The Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television and will be shown live on CNN at 2 p.m. ET. In addition to Huckabee and Romney, the debate also will include former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, Rep. Duncan ...
Kucinich Left Out Of Iowa Presidential Debate
Post Date: 2007-12-12 13:29:41 by aristeides
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Kucinich Left Out Of Iowa Presidential Debate Dennis Kucinich has been excluded from Thursday's Democratic debate. In a press release, the Kucinich campaign fumed: "The highest polling Democratic Presidential candidate among the Party's progressive, grassroots, activist base, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, has been excluded from the Des Moines Register-sponsored Presidential debate here on Thursday because his Iowa field director operates from a home office rather than a rented storefront." In a statement included in the Kucinich release, the Register said it "was our determination that a person working out of his home did not meet our criteria for a campaign ...
National Caucus Results - Ron Paul, 50% GOP, 62.5% Open
Post Date: 2007-12-12 11:34:38 by hondo68
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December 7th National Caucus Results Barack Obama Wins Democrat Caucuses; Ron Paul Dominates Both GOP And "Open" Caucuses On December 7, 2007 across the country, Democrat, Republican and Open Caucus groups formed independently and Caucused on National Caucus Day. The First National Presidential Caucus is now history and the results are in. Results were tallied from 19 Caucus groups (Republican, Democrat, and Open) that met on Friday, December 7th, 2007 in Dallas, TX (2D); Sarcoxie, MO (O); Boise, ID (R); Needham, MA (D); Carthage, MO (O); Manhattan, KS (D & R); Pineville, MO (O); Richmond, MO (O); Costa Mesa, CA (O); Springfield MO (R); Winston-Salem, NC (O); Overland Park, ...
Huckabee's Momentum At Stake as Scrutiny Rises
Post Date: 2007-12-11 20:21:49 by TwentyTwelve
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Wall Street Journal Article Huckabee's Momentum At Stake as Scrutiny Rises By LAURA MECKLER December 10, 2007; Page A10 GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Hundreds of Republicans arriving to hear Mike Huckabee speak this weekend were greeted by a man in prison stripes with a rubber mask and this sign: "Hey Mike, Thanks for the Pardon." It was a reference to a convicted rapist who was paroled (not pardoned) when Mr. Huckabee was Arkansas governor, and who went on to murder a woman. It also was an indicator of how the Republicans' hot new presidential prospect faces tougher scrutiny of both his record and his views. [Mike Huckabee] As the crowd left the rally, many found fliers on ...
Poll: Economy Outpaces War On List Of Voters' Worries
Post Date: 2007-12-11 19:52:40 by Brian S
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DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- The 2004 election was about terrorism. The 2006 election was about Iraq. As the stock market continues to suffer losses, the economy is now the top issue in the presidential race. What's the big issue going to be for 2008? Remember "the economy, stupid"? That was in 1992 -- the last time the U.S. had an economic election. Another Bush, another Clinton, and that year the nation experienced an economic downturn. Now, for the first time in more than four years, a majority of Americans, 57 percent, believe the nation is in a recession, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Tuesday. The poll's margin of error on that ...
Minuteman Project Founder Gilchrist Endorses Mike Huckabee [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-12-11 18:07:12 by hondo68
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WASHINGTON — Minuteman Project Jim Gilchrist on Tuesday endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Noting that he might not agree 100 percent on immigration with Huckabee, the firebrand illegal immigration opponent said Huckabee's recently released immigration plan won him over. "The governor has a plan and I appreciate his plan. That's why I'm supporting him. He's one of the few who's actually brought forth a plan and gone public with it. It shows to me that he's willing to engage in the tough love necessary to fix this problem," Gilchrist said. Gilchrist, whose organization is separate from the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, has ...
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