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Latest Articles: (s)Elections
TEXAS CANDIDATE TAKES LOW-KEY APPROACH AT HOME
Post Date: 2007-07-18 11:57:56 by rowdee
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U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson, has earned both friends and enemies with his stance on U.S. involvement in foreign wars. Nick de la Torre: Chronicle In fact, in certain settings, Ron Paul won't even speak of the presidential race VICTORIA — When U.S. Rep. Ron Paul recently gave the keynote address at a ceremony presenting overdue medals to 24 veterans, he talked about patriotism, the country's debt owed to veterans, the need for a strong military and strong personal freedom. What he didn't mention was that he's running for president. Nobody else on the program said anything about his presidential campaign or even that he's also running for an 11th term ...
Mitt Romney Is a Creepy Fucker
Post Date: 2007-07-17 19:40:19 by Zipporah
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pt%27/mitt-romney-is-a-creepy-fucker-279432.php">Mitt This is actually weirder and creepier than any Mike Gravel video. Columbine = porn = shit in the ocean? Peggy Noonan?? And has Mitt always talked like Will Farrell’s impression of George W. Bush???
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Romney spent $300 on makeup 'consulting'
Post Date: 2007-07-17 19:31:28 by Zipporah
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What kinds of things do you think of when you hear "communications consulting"? Romney's makeup payment is just one example of the interesting nuggets that await those willing to dig through the thousands of entries in campaign finance reports. Photo by AP Speechwriting? Message strategy? Well, "communications consulting" is how presidential candidate Mitt Romney recorded $300 in payments to a California company that describes itself as "a mobile beauty team for hair, makeup and men's grooming and spa services." Romney spokesman Kevin Madden confirmed that the payments -- actually two separate $150 charges -- were for makeup, though he said the ...
Romney Spends It Faster Than He Gets It
Post Date: 2007-07-17 11:06:08 by Eoghan
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Mitt Romney's campaign found 9,732 ways to spend its money last quarter. From a $15 service fee for its travel agent to $300 for makeup work to $31,500 to rent the Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park for a celebratory barbecue, the Republican presidential contender was anything but fiscally conservative in spending money as fast as he raised it between April and June. Based on the report Romney filed with the Federal Election Commission over the weekend, his spending was so prolific he had to lend his committee $6.5 million during the quarter, allowing him to cover the difference between $20.5 million he spent and the $14 million he raised. That loan also means that, for all intents and ...
John Diaz: Straight-talkin' presidential candidate Ron Paul (Interviewed by the San Francisco editorial board) [audio!]
Post Date: 2007-07-16 19:44:25 by Arator
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Forget the "Straight Talk Express." Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a Texas congressman, is the real deal when it comes to politics-be-damned bluntness. During our editorial board's meeting with him today, he talked about how the Republican party has lost its way on issues such as individual liberties (he voted against the Patriot Act) and the U.S. role in the world (he voted against the resolution that led to the invasion of Iraq). "I'm astounded that more people aren't upset" at the Bush administration's spying on Americans and other loss of civil liberties since 9/11, he said. But before San Francisco "progressives" start ...
Hillary Has More Campaign Cash On Hand Than All GOP Candidates – Combined!
Post Date: 2007-07-16 18:39:48 by Zipporah
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Hillary Has More Campaign Cash On Hand Than All GOP Candidates – Combined!By T. W. Farnam | bio We've been digging through the campaign finance reports that the presidential candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission yesterday, and we've got some handy tables of the data for you after the jump. But first, we wanted to share a few interesting nuggets we discovered. Best one of all: Hillary Clinton has more cash on hand than all of the Republican candidates – combined. She has $45.2 million cash, while the entire Republican field has a total of only $37.9 million. Obama isn't far behind, with a total of $35.3 million. Here are a few more interesting numbers ...
McCain's Fall a Warning to All GOP Candidates: Support the War at Your Own Risk
Post Date: 2007-07-16 10:07:28 by robin
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John McCain's cratering campaign is an object lesson in how to kill a candidacy in three simple steps: 1) locate the biggest foreign policy disaster in U.S. history 2) embrace it 3) implode. (Bonus step: spend money like you are Paul Bremmer). McCain's fate should be a warning to all Republicans seeking office in 2008: continue to back the president's war policy at your own risk. McCain's fall has been precipitous -- tumbling from establishment GOP front-runner to single-digit also-ran. Through much of 2005 and 2006 he was widely regarded as the presumptive Republican nominee. Hypothetical 2008 matchups regularly had him beating presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary ...
Just Plain Wierd: Obama Girl vs. Ghouliani Girl (video)
Post Date: 2007-07-16 08:45:39 by Arator
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Poster Comment:I'm looking forward to the Obama Girl vs. Paul Girl video.
Thompson Uses Loophole to Avoid Reporting Fundraising
Post Date: 2007-07-15 18:52:26 by Eoghan
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Opponents Claim Ex-Senator In Violation of Campaign Finance Reform Law Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., has avoided revealing his fundraising figures by exploiting a legal loophole whereby he says he is simply "testing the waters" for a campaign even as his supporters build an infrastructure for his all-but-official run. But supporters of campaign finance reform, as well as Thompson's opponents, say that he is violating at least the spirit of the law, despite his past support for openness in government and the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. With the help of a former FEC chairman on Thompson's payroll, the ex-Tennessee senator is evading, at least ...
Kucinich: Clinton, Edwards are rigging the '08 election
Post Date: 2007-07-15 09:54:50 by robin
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Enjoy this story? Get breaking politics headlines with RSS. It is a "conspiracy to rig the presidential election," says angered Democratic presidential contender and Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), after hearing a verbal exchange between Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) suggesting that future debates should include fewer candidates. Says Kucinich, "[I]n a democracy people get exposed to ideas and they make the decision for themselves." "Fox 'News,' who filed the report during Brit Hume's Special Report on Thursday, included sub-titles for the 'overheard' post-forum conversation between Clinton and Edwards," ...
Susie Flynn for President
Post Date: 2007-07-14 15:41:24 by kiki
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here's her website: http://www.electsusie.com/
Martin will appear at a Palestine Solidarity Group picnic in Chicago July 14th.
Post Date: 2007-07-13 21:28:28 by Dakmar
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SCHEDULE FOR JULY 14, 2007 (CHICAGO)(July 13, 2007) Chicago-based Internet journalist, broadcaster, media critic and Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will attend a picnic sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Group of Chicago on Saturday, June 14th at Montrose Beach. 'I am delighted to once again demonstrate my support for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and to join with my neighbors who believe in a peaceful solution to Middle East problems. I am committed to ending the occupation of Palestine. 'My voice is a very lonely voice in the Republican Party; indeed my voice is a lonely voice in American politics. Hate organizations such as AIPAC have sought to ...
Dog Finally Off Wash. State Voter Rolls
Post Date: 2007-07-13 16:43:34 by farmfriend
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Dog Finally Off Wash. State Voter Rolls SEATTLE - Duncan M. McDonald is finally off the voter rolls after the Australian shepherd-terrier mix was sent absentee ballots for three elections. King County Elections Director Sherril Huff said she canceled the voter registration Tuesday for the dog owned by Jane K. Balogh, 66, who registered her pet to protest a change in the law that she said made it too easy for non-citizens to cast ballots. Balogh put her phone bill in the dog's name, then used that as identification when she mailed in the registration form in April 2006. In November, she wrote "VOID" across Duncan's ballot and returned it with an image of a paw print on ...
THE REPUBLICAN RIDDLE: How Should the GOP Go on Iraq?
Post Date: 2007-07-12 06:32:38 by JCHarris
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THE REPUBLICAN RIDDLE How Should the GOP Go in '08--and in '07 on Iraq? Larry J. Sabato Director, U.Va. Center for Politics Over the decades the Republican Party has secured a reputation as the orderly bunch in our (mainly) two-party system. Its members like to have a designated successor in the White House wings, someone who has worked his way up and deserves the nod. Let the Democrats roam the countryside looking for an antiestablishment maverick, under whose standard they will probably lose. The GOP, the managerial party drawn disproportionately from the organized business class, has learned the importance of a tidy succession in the corporate board room. The king is dead; ...
Rudy does Nascar
Post Date: 2007-07-11 22:09:39 by kiki
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 8 — Standing before about 200,000 die-hard racing fans who had spent hours sweating, drinking and revving up for the Pepsi 400, Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor who is much more Brooklyn than bayou, acknowledged on Saturday what many could have guessed. “This is my first live Nascar event,” he told the crowd. When he was mayor, Mr. Giuliani was not shy about indulging in such New York treats as the opera or expensive Italian restaurants. But he now finds himself on different terrain as he runs for president, and so he has started educating himself on the sport that claims some 75 million fans who skew distinctly Republican. To that ...
Giuliani, the Likud Candidate?
Post Date: 2007-07-11 20:31:07 by Zipporah
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Giuliani, the Likud Candidate? Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani announced his foreign-policy advisory team Tuesday, and it looks from the membership as if he’s bidding for the Likud vote (for which he will no doubt receive tough competition from John McCain, Fred Thompson, and, eventually perhaps, Newt Gingrich).Heading the team is Charles Hill, a retired career foreign service officer who worked as former Secretary of State George Shultz’s executive officer during the Reagan administration and is currently a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Hill’s paper trail is confined almost exclusively to the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal where, among other ...
Rudy's 9/11 Failures of Leadership Exposed by Fire Fighters (International Association of Fire Fighters)
Post Date: 2007-07-11 18:49:05 by Zipporah
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Giuliani Bungled Preparation in Years After 1993 Attack on Trade Center. Critical failures by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani before, during and after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, raise serious questions about his ability to be commander-in-chief. In this thirteen minute documentary, fire fighters, fire officers and family members give dramatic testimony about Giuliani's leadership failures. Their dramatic stories tell how Giuliani failed to provide the FDNY with radios that worked, which led to the deaths of 121 fire fighters inside the World Trade Center's North Tower because they were unable to hear orders to evacuate. Fire fighters also point to ...
Texan Ron Paul plans presidential run paired with re-election to U.S. House (Austin American Statesman)
Post Date: 2007-07-11 13:43:55 by christine
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Paul foresees troops coming home, government shrinking, civil liberties being restored. By W. Gardner Selby AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, July 10, 2007 VICTORIA — When U.S. Rep. Ron Paul paused to honor veterans with a medal ceremony in Southeast Texas, constituents instantly applauded mentions of his latest grandchild and his 50th wedding anniversary. They were politely quiet, though, when he spoke against undeclared wars abroad and expanded spying at home. "This is a great country, and we don't want to lose it," he said. "That's why we have to keep our eye on the real issue, and that's the preservation of liberty." Paul, a specialist ...
Free Ron Paul Bumper Stickers
Post Date: 2007-07-11 13:05:55 by wbales
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Three “Ron Paul -- President ‘08” Bumper Stickers FREE (when supplies become available--soon, your envelope shall also contain a pocket sized Ron Paul informational card). --send name & address on a postcard or in envelope to: Ron Paul ‘08 P.O. Box 15774 Asheville, NC 28813 --requests shall be for this use only and shredded after mailing envelope is written --do not send money; go to http://www.ronpaul2008.com/ and contribute there --offer good while supplies last --offer sponsored by the Asheville Meetup in association with the Austin Meetup. If you are not already a member of a local Ron Paul Meetup, please join. If there is no Meetup in your area, start one: ...
MCCAIN CAMPAIGN SUFFERS KEY SHAKEUPS
Post Date: 2007-07-10 11:53:27 by rowdee
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WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain's campaign manager and chief strategist are gone from their leadership roles, a major staff shake-up for the struggling Republican presidential candidate who is all but broke and trails in opinion polls. In statements, Terry Nelson, a veteran of President Bush's successful 2004 re-election effort, said he resigned as campaign manager effective immediately and John Weaver said he stepped down from his post of chief strategist on Tuesday. But other officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid discussing private conversations, said Nelson was fired. Two officials said Rick Davis, a longtime aide to McCain, will take over the campaign. ...
Presidential Poll
Post Date: 2007-07-10 09:33:33 by Lod
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You have to register to vote, but right now, Ron Paul's leading everyone with 37.99% of the vote.
Devvy Kidd: Christian Democrats And The '08 Vote
Post Date: 2007-07-10 05:41:48 by robin
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"Everybody in politics lies, but [the Clintons] do it with such ease, it's troubling." David Geffen, media mogul There is always a great deal of political fodder regarding the "Evangelical Right" and it's power to bring in the votes for pseudo conservative politicians, incumbents or candidates alike on the GOP side. What about Americans who identify themselves as Christians and vote Democrat? A Christian is defined as pertaining to, or derived from Jesus Christ or His teachings: a Christian faith; of pertaining to, believing in or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians know that Jesus of Nazareth is the son of the only true ...
Who Is Ron Paul?
Post Date: 2007-07-09 23:31:45 by Critter
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Oklahomans are still seven months away from casting a presidential ballot, but campaign signs are already starting to pop up. The News On 6’s Ashli Sims reports you might be surprised to see whose name is on the sign. Hillary, Obama, Giuliani, McCain, they may be the media darlings, but some of the first political signs to spring up in Tulsa don't belong to any of them. The man who seems to be winning the grassroots race in Green Country so far is Republican long-shot Ron Paul. "Once I did the research I found out that was the guy I could really relate to," Ron Paul supporter Sid Burgess said. Haskell resident Sid Burgess says he didn't even know who Ron Paul was ...
ABC Bias Controversy Re Ron Paul Interview
Post Date: 2007-07-09 22:20:54 by robin
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ABC Bias Controversy Re Ron Paul InterviewMonday, July 09, 2007 - >http://FreeMarketNews.com News AnalysisDuring his recent interview with Ron Paul (R-Tex), ABC's This Week host, George Stephanopoulos, told Ron Paul that he would wager his "every cent" that the GOP presidential candidate would not become president. Ron Paul answered, "The odds are great. The odds are difficult, and I know that. But I would say that what has happened so far is about 100 times greater than I anticipated. And we don’t know the future."Such comments from representatives of the mainstream press - minimizing Ron Paul's campaign - have once again created controversy, as can be ...
Ron Paul supporter nearly arrested while campaigning on Independence Day
Post Date: 2007-07-09 11:59:08 by Brian S
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A supporter of presidential candidate Ron Paul was threatened with arrest in Orlando last week for handing out campaign literature at an Independence Day celebration, an Orlando Sentinel blog reported. Paul's Orlando campaign coordinator Nick Egoroff, who was dressed like George Washington, told the Sentinel that police threatened to arrest him and other campaign volunteers because they were handing out fliers without paying $1,500 to rent a booth at the city's fireworks festival. After Egoroff contacted the Sentinel, Orlando officials tried to write off the whole thing as a misunderstanding, but he said he feared arrest until a TV reporter began filming police harassing the ...
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