Ned! Redhead/Christy! Jane! Kobe! FDL! FITZ!

Fitz! Ned!

GO NED!

And if you haven’t already . . . give give give! This election is VERY important to all of us!

Also ask your like-minded friends & relatives to donate. I find that most of them don’t even know about it, but are happy to donate once they understand what’s at stake!

Lamont!

Suck it Joe!

that’s MISTER Lamont ! teach it, Teach!

Actblue’s Firedoglake contribution page for Mr. Lamont http://www.actblue.com/page/firedoglake

Go NED!!!!

Teach JismJoe what democracy really is!!!!

to heck with Ned Neutrality – go Lamont!

I swear I need one of those play faster 1.2x buttons for radio.

If anyone’s having trouble accessing airamericaradio.com (I am), you can stream the show from several other station sites around the country. Let me know if you need a link.

http://www.chron.com/disp/stor…..28453.html

Short version: Delay can’t withdraw a judge says!

Ha, Delay manages to screw the party one last time!

-Greg

good thing i check this site every few hours for the latest. thanks for the heads up to listen to ned

Sam opened with the audio clip of Joenertia talking with O’Liley

choice.

now going on to Coulter and Hannity. An Malkin too. Great clips. tells the story so we don’t have to

Joe yukking it up with Hannity. Priceless.

re: BOXER, part 1 -

soon after I read here at FDL how clueless Boxer was at Yearly Kos (”why are you asking me about Joe Lieberman?”), I called her wash dc office, offering to fully brief a Boxer staffperson about the Lamont vs. Lieberman race, so Boxer would not be so clueless about such (I am from CT) -

well, first off, I had to press hard before I was even able to talk to a real staffperson, and when I finally got a live staffperson, that Boxer staffperson seemed uninterested in getting smart about the Lamont vs. Lieberman race for her boss -

I was able to tell this Boxer staffperson, “look, your boss is being trashed across the blogosphere something fierce as being clueless about the Lamont vs. Lieberman race, and I am calling you here to help your boss become informed on this subject” -

(continued; see BOXER, part 2)

check this site every few hours

heh, that’s a good one…good thing I leave this site to check in on work every now and then

re: BOXER, part 2 -

the Boxer staffperson replied that she just did not have the time to hear me out, but I was able to tell the Boxer staffperson to go read FireDogLake and see for herself -

so, I am telling this story so that you Californians out there will start banging on Boxer’s door.

My guess is that Boxer just does not care about knowing about the Lamont vs. Lieberman race and has told her staff that, so you Californians will just have to figure out some way to FORCE Boxer to do the right thing against her will.

good luck!

Listening to Sam Seder right now. He’s slamming Lieberman’s Plan B “take a taxi” response.

Jeez, now he’s playing a terrible song purportedly from Lieberman’s campaign…? “Go Joe, just like you did in ‘000″???

As Sam points out, “He LOST in 2000!”

lisa,

I can’t believe that song is real. If it is, then that puts Joe up there with Bill Shatner as the king of irony.

hartford_for_lamont: thanks for that report. We’re trying, but she seems to be willfully obtuse on this matter.

“Ned Lamont will be on Air American Radio, on the Al Franken Show — being hosted by the always amusing Sam Seder this week — at approximately 12:30 pm ET. You can listen live here.”

Not!

In case you missed from the earlier thread, great op-ed in Boston Glob today

Being Joe Lieberman

Joan Venocchi hits just about every point. Wonder if she has been reading us?

Amazing. Crazed summer business and I get to check in once or twice a day, just summertime lurking…and I get a Fitz. And a #ZERO Fitz! (Guess I should’a bought a lotto ticket today…)

Did y’all know we are idological purists?
Today’s LA Times breakfast edition says,

This page did not support the war, but it cannot cheer on liberal activists who run the risk of being guilty of the same sort of insistence on ideological purity that they deplore in Republicans.

http://www.latimes.com/news/op…..editorials

The LA Times editorial writers seem to be thinking out of the same box as Sen. Boxer—this Ned thing is all about our being pissed off about the war and we are ready and willing to destroy the Party to make our anti-war point, and don’t ya’ know, that’s just so trivial and short-sighted.

Are these people not paying any attention? I mean, one would assume that working in a newsroom they would have resources to, like, Internet tubes and such, and could do a *tiny* bit of research.

Ah, but that must be my idiological suicidal self…again.

Joe, on a dark stage, smoking a cigarette, talk/singing “Rocket Man” like Shatner did?

I’m contacting Boxer’s offices daily, I’m sure others are as well…

Lamont not on the air yet – he seems a bit delayed…

I didnt realize that Lamont offered to put a cap on fundraising/spending… ouch, Lieberman is really running out of excuses.

EPU’d from last thread – *ilson46201 at 77:

so the big question now is : will Tom Delay campaign or not?

Perhaps an even bigger question is whether he can run for that seat.

Seem to remember that he claims he is now living in Virginia. Gonna be hard-pressed to now say he is a Texas resident. *g*

That clip changed my life, punaise. I am an unapologetic Shatner fan, and LOVED TJ Hooker.

“I’m a Rock. Et. Man.”

“… that puts Joe up there with Bill Shatner as the king of irony.”

Naw, tommy 21, Ho,Jo wouldn’t know irony if it came up and pushed its snout into his lap. Much too brittle for that.

OfT
Analysis: Can Bush Bounce Back?
Washington Post associate editor Robert G. Kaiser will be online Thursday, July 6, at noon ET to answer questions and provide analysis on recent political news

RevDeb @ 24

Joan’s good as far as she goes, but there’s no mention of the NARAL/CT-NARAL battle over Joe’s rape victim comments (just go to the next hospital down the road for your Plan B).

If Boxer’s staff turns up here, that’s what I’m waiting to hear about from my Senator: how can she get behind someone who makes comments like that?

Mickey 23 -

You can stream from the Portland station: (hopefully tiny URL works here…)

http://tinyurl.com/f7wa8

Okay, lotus. How ’bout the King of Unintended Hilarity?

THERE ya go, tom-tom!

Shatner, HoJo, twins separated at birth?
Apologies to all Shatner fans.

Peterr

good point. Maybe we can get her to cover that on the next one. She’s always been good on choice. Time to contact her and thank her for what she wrote and add a few more hints for her “future consideration.”

Thanks

One last post then back to work…

Boxer is SO safe in CA. She is working, I think, to take a significant leadership role in the Party. My hunch is that the Lieberman support is a temp move to keep her power in the mainstream Party. If Ned wins, she jumps aboard the bus and we grumble but are glad to have her. If Joe wins, she collects her reward. I’m tired of this game!

“Boston Glob” best typo ever!, RevDeb…..and if it wasn’t a typo it’s damn cute! Speaking of the Glob did you guys see the Zengerle article there today? Nasty business. Atrios has a link on the front page. More Kos is King BS.

Ned to appear on Air America tomorrow (Fri).

Hello All

Christy:Parrafin wax bath works well for arthritis, very soothing.

My husband has left for Iraq.

I have no words.

I really hope Lamont hammers Lieberman on his refusal to support him if Lamont wins the primary. Aside from all their policy differences, that is a crucial point to highlight Joe’s total disregard for the voters of CT and the democratic process all around. Fingers crossed.

((((((((((((((HOPE)))))))))))))

We gotcha, dollin’.

HopeSpringsATurtle, you and your family are in our prayers, and our hearts!

Peace be upon you, Hope. Consider us a resource.

HopeSprings -

My thoughts are with you. sigh.

strength to Hope

It’s sorta funny that usually you see republicans turning on moderates and their radical fringe calling those members of congress traitors or turncoats or RINOs. It’s been sorta entertaining to see the same thing going on with the dems, ecspecially in relation to Liberman. The difference however is that the republicans didn’t turn on their own until after they had won the majority and had a full head of steam. Up until then, anyone was good enough as long as they were a republican and willing to caucus with the party. The dems on the otherhand seem to have organized the firing squad a bit early.

Yay! The *real* cool kids will be watching the Lamont/Lieberman debate. As opposed to the fake cool kids like Wankette.

Virtual candle, no, make that a real candle with prayers for safety and love, for you and your husband, HopeSpringsATurtle.

Rosalind at 41 — Just got an e-mail from Josh at Air America telling me the same thing. They must have announced it as the e-mail was going out. Sorry to get everyone all excited and then find out it was a wrong date announcement — Josh said the internet tubes must have gotten things all gummed up. lol

Wonder if Bernie Taupin regrets this Rocket Man now?

Definitely Joe-nertia’s doppelganger.

Hope, we’re here for you and are keeping you and your husband in our prayers.

Hope at 42 — Hugs to you, and many thoughts for safety for your sweetheart. Here’s hoping he returns to you safely, the sooner, the better.

CHS, actually I’m glad he’s hard at debate-prep today. They’ll have even more to talk about on AAR tomorrow.

Hope – have had you in my thoughts ever since you told us about your husband being deployed; will keep both of you in my prayers.

We’re here for ya – whatever it takes and whatever you need!

Are CT primaries open elections? Meaning, can anyone vote in the Dem primary, or only registered Democrats? Does anyone know?

more Boxer -

it seems to me that Boxer must be somehow publically shamed around joe’s “rape gurney” statements, as jane H calls them –

perhaps some made-for-media event held outside boxer’s local CA office, like some street theater thing calling attention to joe’s rape gurney” statements and boxer’s support for joe, perhaps emulating a hospital ER setting, etc.

I used to live in CA, and I KNOW that you have plenty of people in CA who would love to do such!

Christy -

Sam’s been announcing Ned’s imminent appearance (by phone) this morning. Weird. They must’ve made a quick change due to Ned’s crazy schedule today!

“Boxer is SO safe in CA.”
First, I absolutely deplore Boxer’s support of HoJo. It is wrong, and she has to change her position and demand that HoJo commit to supporting the winner of the primary.
With that said, I think anyone who is seen as a “leading liberal,” is at risk from national neocons. They hammered Daschle and they will always target the most liberal Democrats as a way of influencing the entire party. DiFi and Schumer’s passivity has made Boxer a lot more susceptible to fear of this imho.
Regardless, we have to call, fax, email her, and get her to pull her HoJo support. If Democratic candiates are not tied to their primaries, the Democratic party ceases to exist. HoJo just told all the registered Dems who are paying for the CT primary to go “dick cheney” themselves. If HoJo can get away with it, other incumbents will want to do the same.

Rayne,

That clip is the definition of genius. Taupin should be ashamed, if only for his pompous introduction and those unforgivable shades. Hello, Bernie? ELO called and they want their sunglasses back.

Oh HopeSprings…I don’t have adequate words for you now, as if there ever would be.

We’re with you in spirit; feel free to dump whenever you need to do so. I know that my blog friends helped a lot when our family member was there, made the frustration easier to bear.

Take good care of yourself and let us know if there is anything at all we can do for you, your family and your spouse.

I wrote the LA Times and pointed out that their editorial is missing a few points: voting with the GOoPers, the ‘Plan B’ thing, the sore loser statements on the primary. Maybe they’ll notice things, maybe they won’t.

Update…

Those who would support the Democratic nominee

Hillary Clinton
Howard Dean
Russ Feingold
Al Gore
John Kerry
Bob Menendez
Tom Vilsack

Those who would support a Lieberman independent bid

Ben Nelson
Ken Salazar

http://www.dailykos.com/

“it seems to me that Boxer must be somehow publically shamed around joe’s “rape gurney” statements, as jane H calls them”

You may be correct.
IMO, however, it will be easier for Boxer and other Dems to withdraw their support for HoJo if they do it based on his decision to invoke “Plan B.”

Henry at 49 — it’s funny, I thought that initially, but the more I dug into all of Lieberman’s background, his lack of oversight on Enron for example when it could have done a lot of good for all those people who have no returement now; or his history of voting with Republicans to throw procedural votes and then claiming to be all progressive by ultimately voting another way on the final vote after the damage was already done (the Alito cloture vote was the closer for me on that one); his comments on the morning after pill; his constant sucking up to big business; his lecture to all progressives who criticize the President’s ignorant policies on Iraq to shut up and salute, no matter the damage; his willful ignorance about what people in his own state want; his prideful actions in splitting his own party by announcing his gaming the system by both running in the primary and setting himself up as an independent whether or not Democratic voters want him…well, I could go on, but the bottom line is, Joe Lieberman left the Democratic Party a long time ago. Joe Lieberman represents his own interests first, and everyone else and everything else can get in line behind him.

And that is just wrong.

Thanks Coz for your 10:06.

Add Mark Pryor to that second list, Coz. (See my 22 on Spew Warning.)

HopeSpringsATurtle,
I offer you hugs and if you ever need an ear, you know where to come. Email me if you like at lanya47 at y a h00 com

hoosierville 40

It was not a typo, it was intentional. That’s what we call her around here.

Peterr 33

Just sent an e-mail to Joan V. thanking her and sending her on the trail of the anti-choice acts of Joenertia. Included 4 links to some choice FDL stories including NARAL et all locals endorsing Ned. We’ll see if I hear back.

Hope,

My prayers go with you and hubby.

OT but not really – if anyone wants the real skinny on the Mexican elections (and Latin American corruption generally) always check our Al Giordano’s reporting at NarcoNews first:

http://www.narconews.com/Issue42/article1962.html

Hmmm. Joan Vennochi has not been known for being especially sympathetic to libs like us…could it be that she’s one more that Holy Joe has rubbed the wrong way, along the way? Probably a pretty long list, at that.

“Are CT primaries open elections?”

nope; only registered Dems can vote in the lamont vs. lieberman primary, which is why joe is so scared of such -

paging darkblack, our resident graphic wizard: how about doctoring up a shot of “The Kiss” to be Joe giving himself a big smooch in a mirror? I’ll work on a caption.

Hopie, are you still here?

Thanks…you guys are the ‘cool kidz’. All will be well, I’m pretty bucked-up, although I still haven’t slept yet. I’m as high-strung as a poodle (no offense Kobi). Thanks everyone for all you do.

a clearly irritated Snowballs on NK– “it’s like you people want to see diplomacy done with an egg timer”

No jackass, the administration for which you are a willing mouthpiece and tooool never did diplomacy AT ALL.

Hope, we have been looking for you. We are all with you today.

Hope– hugs and hope to you and yours!

“Just sent an e-mail to Joan V. thanking her and sending her on the trail of the anti-choice acts of Joenertia”
Great idea!
So rare, I actually read something in the TM that I can actually thank them for writing.
Joan Vennochi’s e-mail address is
vennochi at globe dot com

Here, hold our hands, Hope. We’ll get you through this day and all the ones to come until he’s back.

What can I pour ya?

EPU’d

Hi everyone,
I have to pass by the comments coz I’m busy this morning BUT
I just got off the phone with 2 staffers at Senator Gordon Smith’s office in Washington (Sen Smith is Repub, I’ll be polite coz he’s not a total ass, from Oregon). The vote on this was last week, was a TIE vote and Smith voted supposedly voted against Ted Stevens’ position (how do I find out?). There’s alot of semantics involved in this issue so we need to get straight before calling and pegging the 2008 Pres race to net neutrality! Smith’s staffers said he voted against NN coz he didn’t want the “company involved” ???? Yeah, I said, “What?”. Then it was not regulating the Internet–keeping it just the way it is–by not voting for regulation. Is this right? It’s one of those double negative worded amendments?
I feel like I walked into the room marked GIRLS and started looking for the urinal, ya know? This stuff is getting hard to keep getting correct even though FDL and the rest of the blogworld try their damndest. Sometimes there is no time and brainspace left on this end of the CRT.
Dan
Beaverton

I’ll have a shot of whatever you’ve got Lotus.

Leave the bottle. ; )

Is it my imagination or is snowballs getting more sarcastic and mean spirited and cheneyesque? learning real good from the masters of evil.

tommy yum 30

That clip changed my life…

I worry about you, tommy

Christy @ 67

Amen!

Joe’s comments about circulating petitions as “insurance” (his word) only prove the point. The only insurance he’s interested in is his own unemployment insurance.

What is idealogical purity supposed to mean? What IF my only objection to Lieberputz is about the war? That is not a trivial disagreement in my book. But as Christy cites above, there is a whole truckload of ways to disagree with Joe. How about just a little bit of reseach?

Hope 42

I’ve been thinking about you so much these past few days. I can’t even imagine the pain you must feel.

Someday, will you tell us about the path that led your husband to Iraq? They must need thousands of doctors and nurses, and I’ve wondered where and how they are getting them.

Bless your dear husband for the lives he is going to save.

Well, hon, it’s one of them hot hazy afternoons, so here’s you a good big frosty pitcherful of Midori Daiquiris.

Cheers!

(clink)

meta 88 – tube-fulls, not truckloads

“ideological purity” = defending the Constitution

ideological putty = John Yoo

hickory daquiri, Doc

curve666, The Supreme Court last year said that the Internet isn’t like telephones, which are forced to treat all calls with equal priority and clarity. In order to keep the Internet the way it is (equal for all) a separate Net Neutrality bill must be passed.

The Stevens bill does not restore Net Neutrality because the Snowe-Dorgan amendment was voted down in committee (11-11 tie).

Stevens says Net Neutrality is “regulation” because it is a mandate from the government, but all it really means is everything should be equal… not “regulated” by the telecoms.

Christy — excellent work, you and Duncan both, on yesterday’s interview with Brian Lehrer. You guys are great at ham-and-egging, hope you’ll both get more chances to tag team on issues.

Amazes me how such lucid, cogent, calm intellect doesnt get broader airtime over blabbering idiots like O’Reilly and Limpbaugh. I understand why as a culture we moved towards “X-TREME! SPORTS!” and everything else “X-TREME!”, but did we have to move to “X-TREME!” idiocy in programming, too?

Or at least “X-TREME!” intellect, if we had to choose something over the top.

Hope,
I’ll keep him close in my heart. I have a candle in the window for my niece’s husband who is starting his second tour this month. I’ll put another out tonight. They’ll stay lit until they’re both home.

punaise, thanks – I’ve got to get with this tuber lingo.

Hope… support, prayers and gratitude for you and your husband.

You all may already know this – the debate between good (Lamont) and evil* (Ho Jo – props to whomever) will be televised LIVE on MSNBC tonight I believe.

_______________________________
the real kind of evil, not the good evil that I represent.

Our prayers go out to Hope as well.

As for Ned
Anti-War is too narrow a description for this candidate
He stands for much more.
And Joe stands for more than Pro-War
He stands for Alito and Roberts.

The next SCOTUS confirmation is CRUCIAL.
It is the reason I am contributing to the campaign of a multi-millionaire.

however, it will be easier for Boxer and other Dems to withdraw their support for HoJo if they do it based on his decision to invoke Plan B.

I just think that where joe is concerned, boxer has lost all of her concern for truth & justice & fairplay, and you CA types are just gonna have to somehow drag her kicking & screaming against her will to the bar of truth.

if boxer wanted to do the right thing here, she would not even be coming to my state of CT to campaign for joe.

boxer knows full well what joe’s sins are, and she just doesn’t care.

what boxer does NOT know is the power of the blogosphere, and she must be made to feel the sting of such somehow.

Rayne at 97 — Aw, thanks! Being in an interview with Duncan is so great, because he tees everything up perfectly and I just have to finish it. Really, being on the radio with him is a pleasure. As was discussing real issues instead of just being asked to do sound bites, which is what most of the talking head shows seem to be about in between commercial breaks.

Dover, thanks a lot for the clarification.
OfT, from MEDIA MATTERS: “Will the media outlets who host Coulter ask about recent charges of plagiarism?”

And Your Little Dog Too at 89

My guy went into the Air Force pre-911 so they would pay for med school. He’s not very “Air Force”. We used to get in terrific battles about his ‘military bearing’ as I am ex-USAF, first as enlisted , then as an officer (prior enlisted make the best officers, its believed).
He had to ‘payback-in-service’ med school, residency and fellowship. His commitment is up in 2012. His deployment is a TDY and its not for long, 2 months. He will fly to Iraq every other day, then back to Germany with his CCAT team (Critical Care Air Transport). I’m going to Germany in a month to see him, so it could be worse. I’m most concerned about his emotional health while there but I trust it will be okay. Thanks again for all of your kindness. I found FDL just in time, see how lucky I am?

click to contribute to Mr. Lamont http://www.actblue.com/page/firedoglake

barf– Monica Crowley back on msnbc.

she reports on their stoopid poll: 67% think we should strike NK pre-emptively– (nice job war mongering, fear mongering, hate mongering CM– too bad they cannot point out the failure of the administration here). Now Walid Pharisee (terrorism anal-cyst) is on talking about the new AQ tape; wonder if he’ll talk about the shut down of alec station… nah.

Hope, ditto what everyone else has said above.

Dover Bitch – One of the best (or worst) Orwellianisms that we can fight is the repug claim, whereever and whenever, that something is “government regulation” is bad, bad, bad.

The fact is that government action OR INACTION are both forms of government regulation. If the gov’t can says you can do something, it is regulation, and if the gov’t says you can’t do something it is regulation. Either way it is a government mandate

The ONLY issue is WHAT regulation you want the government to enforce.

Don’t let Steven’s or anyone else define the terms of the debate. He is as for government regulation as you or I, he just wants it in a different way. If he wants gov’t to regulate in favor of telco’s over consumers, than that is how the debate should be framed.

And yes, the terms of the “debate” of what is or is not government regulation has long bothered me – seriously, since college as a poly sci student.

D.C.’s Political Report’s Ratings: D.C.’s Political Report has reviewed and updated its ratings of all statewide and congressional elections. A review is available at http://www.DCPoliticalReport.com/Predictions.html. Although the political climate is looking better for Democrats, their prospects of taking control of Congress appear to be slim. In order to win control of the House and Senate, Democrats would have to win 70% of the five-star House contests and 100% of the five-star Senate contests. D.C.’s Political Report is current predicting that Democrats will pick up six congressional seats (seven if you include Vermont’s independent seat), four Senate seats and a net gain of six governor’s mansions.

(DC’s Political Report)

Thanks rw at 10:38.

Hope, sounds like you snagged you a real-life Hawkeye Pierce, huh? Good choice.

I’m really disappointed with Boxer, however the shine started to dull when she voted for the Patroit Act, discourgaed Cindy Sheehan from running against DiFi, with what I read about her comments at YearlyKos, and now this seals her fate with me.

I know Cindy didn’t stand a chance, however it seems that the same concept of protecting the incumbent no matter what, was at work there also.

All year, talk about the Democrats’ chances of taking the Senate has focused on the five most endangered Republican incumbents.

They are, roughly in order of vulnerability, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Conrad Burns of Montana, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, Mike DeWine of Ohio, and Jim Talent of Missouri. The discussions then turn to the second tier of vulnerable Republicans, speculating whether Democrats can perhaps pick up a sixth seat (the most likely prospect is the open seat in Tennessee that Majority Leader Bill Frist is vacating) and whether they will be able to hold on to all of their own Senate seats. The open seat in Minnesota and Maria Cantwell’s seat in Washington state are the Democrats’ biggest vulnerabilities.

According to this line of thinking, Senate seats elsewhere are unlikely to change party — even though Democrats are fielding strong challengers to Arizona’s Jon Kyl and Virginia’s George Allen, and even though the races for the Democratic open seat in Maryland, the independent open seat in Vermont, and the seats of Democratic incumbents Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are theoretically competitive.

But that overall picture is changing a bit. The Arizona race between Kyl and wealthy real estate developer Jim Pederson has become as competitive as the Tennessee contest. In other words, for Democrats to gain the six Senate seats they need to seize control (provided they can hold all of their own turf), they must beat all of the Big Five vulnerable Republicans, plus win in either Arizona or Tennessee.

But Cantwell is beginning to look more vulnerable than she’d been expected to be. Holding her seat may be more difficult for Democrats than holding their open seat in Minnesota, where Rep. Mark Kennedy is carrying the GOP banner and Hennepin County (Minneapolis) Attorney Amy Klobuchar is the Democratic nominee.

Although a few other Senate contests feature credible challengers, these nine races (seven of them for seats now held by the GOP) are the most likely to produce party switches. And the bulk of the action, money, and attention will be focused there.

(From Cook’s Political Report- now up)

EPU 110, I’m with you 100% on that.

Stevens’ original bill would have interfered with sports franchises and their exclusive deals with cable channels. Not that I care too much about that, but why is it OK to regulate their business and not other businesses?

Plus, there are at least a billion examples of regulation making things better for everybody. It’s so easy to refute that argument, and yet very few politicians ever try.

in Indiana, Republican Dick Lugar is running for his 6th term unopposed ! Not even a token Democratic sacrificial lamb on the ballot against him …

OT, but not intended as a hijacking:

I spoke with you all earlier in the Spring about planning a trip to DC in September. Well, the announcement is out at Camp Democracy .

As Rep. Kucinich put it, “The American people will become the Troops Out Now Coalition.” Join In!!
peace,
jim

Raw Story has Kerry’s letter to Negroponte demanding that Alec Station “be reconstituted immediately.”

Hope – I add my thoughts and prayers for you and your loved one. In a recent family turmoil, when I could not sleep, someone was here and I would confide my worries. The comfort I felt was amazing, coming through those ‘tubes’ don’tyouknow.

Hugs to you and please find some time to be in a peaceful place for an hour or two. Total quiet gives the mind a rest. It also helps the heart and spirit.

punaise: I worry about you, tommy

Awwww. You’re sweet.

I’ll try to keep my brain lid on a little tighter next time. Don’t want people to worry.

tommy – LOL, we’re all just looking out for each other

new thread

http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..rrot-time/

Looks like Ned will be on tomorrow (Friday)

No problemo! I will simply exercise my powers to make it Friday. Kazaam! Hey, it almost worked yesterday.

Hope–we’re thinking about you specially today. Hang in there and keep us posted.

Hope -
A Guardian Angel has been requested for your husband.

HopeSaT –

Your husband sounds like a terrific doctor and wonderful human being; both of you are in our prayers . . .

ideological purity? What crap.

The op piece completely ignores the existing problem with politics on both sides of the divide – that the system of lobbyists, fundraising, PACs earmarks, party machine backing, etc. and the costs of a campaign make it so difficult to challenge an incumbent in the primary that even an incumbent who takes positions that his constituents do not support – over and over – gets elected.

No one is forcing ideological purity – there is, instead, a movement on to make a dent in systemd so that a challenger against an incumbent has the ability to get their name and message out.

Let’s say, for example, that Joe was, as his consituents are, pro-Peace. Let’s say that in a broadly anti-war state, the “netroots” came to the aid of a pro-war, keep the taxi waiting at the ER exit, candidate.

What would the result have been? A Dem incumbent – representing his constituents interests v. a netroots candidate cramming the war down their unwilling throat?

Laughable.

Lamont hasn’t gotten support because of ideological purity. He has received support because people are fed up with a system that promotes anti-constituent incumbents and netroots are giving them a choice.

>>>>>>>>
OT – Laura Rozen’s pieces on the SISMI arrests – good stuff.

Our Dear Hope Springs a Turtle,
I will concentrate on that wonderful, loony image of your ‘name’ that you’ve created for us, and it will be a powerful prayer for you and yours–ours.

Hope/Turtle – sending protective light to your husband and anti-loneliness vibes to you from the (way too hot) west coast. I had female relatives in the service, too. My cousin, Mitzi the Marine, was a drill sargeant and my aunt was a Navy ob/gyn. My grandma was a WAVE nurse.
Blessings on you and your little husband too. (sorry, just finished watching Wiz of OZ with the kids).

This just received from B. Boxer to donate to her PAC for 2006 dems. LIEBERMAN IS NOT ON THE LIST. NEITHER IS LAMONT????????

Democratic Challenger

GOP Incumbent
Jim Pederson (AZ) vs. Jon Kyl

Jean Hay Bright (ME)
vs. Olympia Snowe
Amy Klobuchar (MN) Open Seat (Mark Dayton)
Erik Fleming (MS) vs. Trent Lott
Claire McCaskill (MO) vs. Jim Talent
Jon Tester (MT) vs. Conrad Burns
Jack Carter (NV) vs. John Ensign
Sherrod Brown (OH) vs. Mike DeWine
Bob Casey (PA) vs. Rick Santorum
Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) vs. Lincoln Chafee
Harold Ford (TN) Open Seat (Bill Frist)
Barbara Ann Radnofsky (TX) vs. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Pete Ashdown (UT) vs. Orrin Hatch
Bernie Sanders (VT) Open Seat (Jim Jeffords)
Jim Webb (VA) vs. George Felix Allen
Dale Groutage (WY) vs. Craig Thomas

hey, RW Cole at 115:

what about cruella harris in florida ???

we don’t have a chance to pick up that senate seat ???

harris fired or lost FIVE campaign chairmen in six months

so democrats don’t have a chance against a candidate whose message is “watch me crash and burn” ???

freepatriot at 132 — we already hold that seat with Nelson. I think RW was talking about seats currently held by Republicans…

Any Eddie from Ohio fans here? I just met one of them.

well Okay then

I wondered how the worst campaign EVER failed to make the list

freepatriot at 135 — yes, she pretty much sucks rocks at campaigning, doesn’t she? When your campaign manager goes on Hardball to denounce you as an idiot, you are really the bottom of the barrel for your party…hehehehehe Karma is a bitch.

Hope,
We are delighted to have you among us. Please grab on and hold tight to whatever helps you through this and know that we are with you and your husband.

Blessings.

30 tommy yum says: July 6th, 2006 at 9:46 am

That clip changed my life, punaise. I am an unapologetic Shatner fan, and LOVED TJ Hooker.

“I’m a Rock. Et. Man.”

Guys, have you seen the clip of hte Family Guy’s dog Brian doing ‘Rocket Man?’ Exactly as Shatner did it. Too funny.

Hope S. Turtle – we are hugging you. and a big kiss too.

Barbara Boxer’s Pac for change is asking:

Who’s Your Next Choice?

for her support for their senate run. Ned Lamont is not on the list, but I think it would be fun to send emails demanding he be on the list, and that she support the winner of the primary in CT.

poll page

email: info@pacforachange.com

Hartford for Lamont at 75:

I also thought that only registered Democrats could vote in the primary, but there’s a loophole. I was just at Lamont’s Norwalk office and one of the volunteers told me that anyone who is unaffiliated (and there are alot) can register up to a day before the primary. . .if they just want to vote for Lamont but don’t want to be permanently registered as a Democrat – they can “unregister” after the primary. For some reason alot of people don’t want to be registered in either party.

hey Babs, my next choice is the person who opposes you in your next primary run

what goes around comes around

if sore loserman loses, finding a democrat to replace boxer is the next item on my agenda

Ned, just remember this tonite:

You are debating a has-been who is several years past his sell-by date.

You represent the wave of the future.

well, I could go on, but the bottom line is, Joe Lieberman left the Democratic Party a long time ago. Joe Lieberman represents his own interests first, and everyone else and everything else can get in line behind him.

It’s also true of a few RINO’s out there. What the difference is, is that a lot of them haven’t hung around for as long as liberman since the stretches of republican control are relatively recent. Think about the railing against Spector or Snow or any moderate republican and you have to realize that the attacks on them from the hard right didn’t start until a majority had been assured and pretty cemented. For the hard left to take out joe when senate/house capture isn’t even certain just seems like a circular firing squad to me.

For July 4th, I made this flash game where uncle Sam is seen throwing knives at Joe Lieberman called Back Stabbing Lieberman. Check it out at my site here: http://zenwire.com/flashmedia-lieberman.php. There are also other games there: bush rampage, bush-rice-terror, bush shootout, dancing bush and Blair and other political games as well. Feel free to comment for I plan to make more.