I guess the right wing blogs were just a wee bit embarrassed about their poor fundraising efforts during the last election cycle — that whole “right roots” thing was kind of humiliating. But just like the Little Engine that Could, they’ve decided to play a serious game of catch-up and now have some real cool tools for online fundraising.
From October 8:
Last night just after Midnight, we flipped the switches and dropped the firewall opening up Slatecard. Slatecard is a utility to support and enhance Republican activism.
The goal of Slatecard was always to be much more than just a top-down, ‘online shopping cart’ which would likely only be used the last few months of a campaign.
Instead, the Slatecard utility embraces effective Web 2.0 technologies and collaborative principles to provide a robust directory of candidate information which will not only be used by a financial donor, but by anyone looking for more information about a candidate’s online activity.
Slatecard will help bridge the chasm between modern online activists and Republican candidates by not only encouraging candidates to be more active online, but also increase support by placing a premium on the issues which cause supporters to give to a candidate.
Lordy me, I am here to tell you, I was verily quaking in my Uggs when I heard that. I’d always worried that if those boys gave off picking their faces and playing paintball, they could really put us Sex Crazed Vegetarian Pacifists to shame, what with all that luster they gain from master organizer John Hinderaker being on the board, not to mention the residual glory of a White House freeper weep & pee. All the star-maker machinery of Hollywood just cannot compete with the come-hither allure of that.
So how goes the fundraising juggernaut? Let’s look at the big winners, the fundraising totals for Slatecard’s “hot candidates“:
| Rudy Giuliani | 4 contributors | Amt. Raised | $530 |
| Mitt Romney | 5 contributors | Amt. Raised | $375 |
| Tom Tancredo | 1 contributors | Amt. Raised | $250 |
| Jim Ogonowski | 5 contributors | Amt. Raised | $171 |
You can just feel the waves of fear cresting over Act Blue, threatening to come down on the heads of the liberal blogosphere:
| Blue America ‘08 | 2,169 supporters | $154,665 |
| Blue Majority | 2,489 supporters | $149,373 |
Now far be it from me to taunt the poor lads about their…er…inadequate performance. I do feel some blogger-to-blogger loyalty. Hail fellow well met and all that.
No doubt, however, there are those who will.
Tisk-tisk.
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hey
HA!
xin loi
I let ‘em know downstairs…
freeper weep & pee
Jane, you are friggin awesome.
Fascists don’t need contributions from the blogs. They get all they need from their corporate masters. Sure we can laugh at their pathetic online efforts but can the left blogosphere keep up with corporate donations? $300,000 in progressive contributions isn’t bad but in the grand scheme of things it’s chump change.
Funny!! I had to do a double take on the Repub figures, because my mind played the old “they always win everything” card, so I read the first one as $530,000…and then I looked again…
Bwahahahahahaaa
Fascists don’t need contributions from the blogs. They get all they need from their corporate masters.
Unlike the dems huh?
Circle One: People who are comfortable performing financial transactions online.
Circle Two: People who do not believe in evolution.
At how many points do these circles overlap?
What a great idea. I hope they invest millions in enough server capacity to handle the onslaught. (What with the Web 2.0 and all.)
*splort*
Ish @ 10
That made me laugh.
LS @ 8
I did the exact same thing!
raven @ 9
No mention was made to party affiliation of the fascists!
(note to self – and others – do not under any circumstances do anything that irritates Ms Hamsher or gives her license for mockery and ridicule. Regret will follow shortly after.)
dakine01 @ 15
Ahem. Here, here.
Jane Hamsher @ 12
Cripes, $530 bucks won’t run the hairdryer on Rudy’s jet for five minutes.
Think I must have missed something. Who is Jim Ogonowski?
peanutbutter @ 13
I took those zeros out. They were distracting. I figured there were enough in the story already.
Ish @ 10
Circle Two: i doubt some of these folks have even evolved to Windows98.
Jane Hamsher @ 19
707
The Slatecard report they won’t show:
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 20
If they knew software evolved, they’d stop using it altogether.
Jane, that picture always makes me just squirm. Ugh.
Smug, stupid tools…
Mad Dogs @ 22
whwen do you think cheetos will start using those two in the pic in ads?
See, the “Repubs” aren’t really rich, only their masters are. You are a slave to that which you worship. Pathetic. When will they get off the Koolaid…..
I had no idea Uggs supported quaking….
Y’learn somethin’ every day around here.
Twain @ 18
Defeated in special election by Paul Tsongas’ widow Niki Tsongas for MA CD 5 last Tuesday.
His brother was on one of the 9/11 planes. retired military
Someone say SCVP?
Blergh, like that picture.
Made me start looking around for the bridge that has to be close by.
Twain @ 18
I think he just lost to Paul Tsongas’ widow Niki for Congress.
I love my Uggs.
I hope they take the Discover card.
dakine01 @ 15
there are all kinds of good reasons to follow this advice… like respect and solidarity…
but, unlike some we know in leadership positions, i don’t see jane making a habit of humiliating allies.
enemies, though, are another story entirely. *g*
selise @ 33
True Dat
Republicans can’t and don’t raise money from people at the grassroots level because they don’t represent people. They represent big corporations and big donors. Anything Republicans do to get the regular people to vote for them is done through trickery by dog whistle.
This report makes me think of the inflated book sales figures from so- called Conservative authors. If booger pickers are not willing to donate to their candidates online, they are certainly not going to be buying books from Amazon. B-sides, they aren’t very good at reading anyway.
Who does that with another dude’s tie, anyway?
tw3k @ 29
and we get to hang out at the beach too? that’s cool.
TeddySanFran @ 36
My guess is someone who really wants a drink so sucks it out of the other guy’s tie (after it dipped into the beer).
YMMV
UPDATE:
NEW “Hot candidates” total:
Um, the same.
Anyone notice there is only one comment to original post – haw!
Let’s play the add some punctuation game:
Zeroes zero out Jane zeroes in on zeroes zeroing out adding zeroes to what zeroes laid out
scribe @ 27
Uggs are all purpose sheepskin boots. Good for us rabid lamb types. Love em.
lemma @ 40
Huh?
Sparkatus @ 41
You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around…
I wonder if the Righty blogs by driving the majority of Americans perception of the GOP to the right of the Klan is actually hurting the GOP?
I wonder if by playing to the GOP blogger base the Presidential candidates have alienated themselves from the normal GOP voters.
Karl Rove should know better, GOP code words should be used to incite the base. Regular GOPers should never learn what the “Secret Masters” really stand for.
A poll asking everybody if they have read righty blogs and what did you think of them could prove this.
That’s what they’re all a-bout.
Ish @ 39
70 fuckin 7
They have teh most awesome fundraising skillz.
Mebbe they should give away a free trailer hitch ball with every donation.
raven @ 43
sorry – their launch post – Jane has it above from Oct. 8
OT, anyone having difficulty accessing Daily Kos?
Sparkatus @ 46
Curtsey, smile
Watertiger
BlueStateRedHead @ 50
Works fine here
Bustednuckles @ 48
I made a trailer hitch ball/firehouse joke about Malkin and got slapped!
A running tally on the act blue page of how we are doing vs the righty blogs could spur competion,contrabutions, or over confidence.
Maybe a running comparision of total Democrat vs GOP fundraising would be competitive or just humourous.
GOPers running scared and not donating could depress GOP voting numbers.
OT – from dave lindorff on senator dodd’s FISA immunity hold and filibuster threat:
In so doing, he gave the lie to the fraud that has been perpetrated by Pelosi and Reid that they and the Democrats are “powerless” to stop the war unless they have “60 votes” in the Senate.
-snip-
Dodd, however, is showing that they can prevent bad legislation by being the ones doing the filibustering, and that they then only need 41 votes–something they clearly could muster if the party’s leadership were behind it.
So Dodd is testing out this theory on the stinking betrayal of a bill the Democrats have come up with for the NSA. If he succeeds in blocking that bill, he will finally have to put his money where his mouth is, and anti-war bonifides by placing a similar hold on Bush’s new request for $46 billion more for the Iraq War.
That in turn would put the Democrats to the test. If, after running a campaign last fall promising they would end Bush’s war, and after failing miserably to do so for the past 10 months in power in Congress, they did not support a filibuster against further funding, they would stand exposed as the worst kind of charlatans and fraudsters.
Dodd, meanwhile, just two and a half months ahead of the start of the primary season, has a golden chance to vault himself to the head of the Democratic pack by making a genuine, concrete effort to end the war.
It wouldn’t matter if he failed. If Sen. Dodd were to put a hold on funding for the war, and were then to stand in the well of the Senate and filibuster any effort to pass such a bill, forcing his Democratic colleagues to expose themselves finally as being either for ending the war or continuing it, he would be an instant star of the anti-war movement. The 80-90 percent of Democrats who are opposed to the war would stampede to his support. Obama and Clinton, who are in the Senate with Dodd, would be forced to decide whether they wanted to continue to play to the party’s right wing and its corporate funders, or whether they would cast their lot with the peace wing.
i needed something more to chear me up… and this worked for me. hope you-all find it hopeful too.
Photo explanation please.TeddySanFran @ 36
I think they qualify for the one brain between the two of them exemption.
Any word on whether or not Bush will be bringing his guitar to CA? His pickin’ and grinnin’ helped the people in New Orleans, after all.
never OT, Rudy. A flipflop that does Mitt one better by electing to become more Massachusettsian than before:
From the Boston Globe: Giuliani, Mr. Yankee, is rooting for the Red Sox in series
BOSTON — Rudy Giuliani, a big Yankee fan, said he will be backing the Boston Red Sox over the Colorado Rockies when the World Series begins tomorrow.
“I’m rooting for the Red Sox,” Giuliani said while wearing a red tie during a press conference in Boston’s financial district. “I am an American League fan.”
The former New York mayor said he wasn’t pandering to the local crowd either.”
Endless opportunities for mirth here.
Since Red Sox is a nation, I guess that makes Giuliani an illegal alien.
More seriously, if he thinks it’s going to get him seats in the owner’s box, he should think again. Last Presidential candidate invited there for game 6 was Sen. Dodd.
raven @ 54
Maybe I got away with it because I actually live in a trailer?
White trash an’ proud of it, son.
you can’t make this stuff up
CIA Terrorist Buster logo
from
Think Progress
Elliott @ 61
I love how the terrorist is stopped, but his weapon passes thru. Can’t piss off the arms dealers.
As pitiful as that list of “hot candidates” was, it’s got to hurt if you’re John McCain or Frederick of Hollywood, getting bumped off the list by the crazy cabdriver from “Taxi.”
Elliott @ 61
LOL
BlueStateRedHead @ 59
Um? Folks think Roody got boo’d at Yankee Stadium?
Elliott @ 61
Sing it with me now: “Bustin’ makes me feel good!”
Ish @ 63
Uh, that’s the Reverend Jim Ignatowski
Bustednuckles @ 60
Does livin in a GP medium count?
Elliott @ 61
I thought Osama Bin Ladin and other Arabs mainly wear white……/s
This is sooooo….sinister….it looks like a Gumby boogie man..These people are sick.
Don’t know what it is.
Elliott @ 61
homage to these guys?
(my apology if i’ve misused a film term)
Bustednuckles @ 70
The kind of tent I lived in for a year long ago and far away.
Selise @56 The Media today is harping on the Dems low popularity today. Dodd is the only one stepping up to address what us and the MSM think is the reason why the dems are unpopular rolling over on FISA, the war etc.
Plus they are comparing middle of the road Hilary to Rudy and the polls puts her in a close race with Rudy.
I do believe that other Dem candidates will do better against Rudy.
The Center has been discredited the DLC can force Hilary down our throats but then they will get all the blame if she loses, and consideing her polls against Rudy thats not impossible. Hilary can only win a big victory against a complete righty lunatic.
YEA! I can hear the air tankers!
thank you! thank you! thank you!
Why shore enuff!
OldCoastie @ 73
OMG, Yay!!!
LS @ 69
that’s exactly what it looks like!
there’s some real marketing possibilities here.
Dollsaction figures, playsets, Saturday morning cartoonsOldCoastie @ 74
Woo Hoo!
Exploding cars…
Mod Note: Let’s be specific that we are talking about an action toy. We don’t want to give the wrong impression to those more gullible.
Elliott @ 77
Hope their target identification is good.
The Orange County Fire Authority’s four helicopters have been joined by four air tankers this afternoon, the first time large-scale aircraft have been used to fight the fire since flames broke out Sunday. Fire officials began using planes to drop Foscheck, a flame-retardant, on the hills above Cook’s Corner, a tavern and resturant at the corner of Santiago Canyon Road and Live Oak Canyon Road. – 3:06 p.m.
YES!!!!
raven @ 79
I tell ya’ something – targets would be hard to miss at this point… more trucks are finally arriving too…
Iraq v Turkey up on PBS NewsHour
MoveOn And Top Bloggers To Launch Campaign Pressuring Hillary And Obama To Back Dodd On FISA
Amplifying the good news…
UGGS Call!
Elliott @ 76
Oooo…the terrorist adventures of black terrorst boogeyman gumby…like…no black terrorist boogeyman gumbies in the bathrooms….no black terrorist boogeyman gumbies at the drinking fountains…no black terrorist boogeyman gumbies on the bus, no black terrorist boogeyman gumbies in the diner…..oh, yeah…lots of great cartoon material there to expose their despicable predjudice.
peanutbutter @ 80
Gotta give Arnold some kudos for this.
Elliott @ 77
MOre stuff you can’t make up:
Sensitivity training for Iraq Security Contractors: fromTalkingPoints
I live in Sox Nation and Rudy can damn well stay home!!!
What a tool.
the fire has jumped El Toro/Santiago Canyon road down by Portola Hills and heading into Trabuco Canyon – those planes are arriving at the last possible second… if the flames are allowed into Trabuco Canyon, this will be more of an endless hell than it already is…
MR. Bill @ 86
I get error 404…
oops I think you’ve got a bad link there MR. BILL
Mad Dogs @ 22
Christy got a hold of a super-duper-secret-Bush-Cheney-NSA surveillance pic of one of them about a year ago
zennurse @ 88
Rudy had been pulling for the Indians, so he could pander to a battleground state.
OldCoastie @ 88
Yikes!!
neokneme @ 83
look what teddy started!
… looks like some very smart people are thinking strategy. thanks jane!
WOW, they ARE fat and ugly! But that’s not why nobody likes them, it’s the stupid part that really frosts the donut (obviously they’ve eaten WAY to many of them!) I mean, I’m kinda fat and probably not the best lookin guy in the gene pool, but I’m kinda smart, not brilliant mind ya, but kinda. And I have this thingy, COMPASSION I think it’s called. Oh yeah, and EMPATHY. That and I listen and even if I’m NOT I TRY to look like I’m REALLY interested. Walla…chick magnet!!! Well maybe not “magnet”, but at least women like me.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/
try that, I probably got the tag wrong..
john in sacramento @ 92
707!
MR. Bill @ 97
I’m speechless
MR. Bill @ 96
Jeez, they got swatted on the behind with a feather….
BlueStateRedHead @ 50
It’s been slow all day for me.
Bustednuckles @ 70
A GP Medium is a military tent that sleeps about 40 (on cots). One of those long, rectangular ones with roll-up sides. You see them in all sorts of movies and background shots.
Elliott @ 61
The gingerbread man’s got a gun!
egregious @ 42
I know what Uggs are; I was just trying (unsuccessfully, it seems) to make a funny.
Margot @ 103
you can’t catch me I’m the gumbyboogie man!
Dodd transcript up
OK, zennurse, Beth Meacham, Muzzy — you’re all there.
Jane Hamsher @ 106
where is it?
selise @ 95
TSF- Local Hero!
Just wag your pinkie at them.
GP mediums available here. (They have a lot of stuff, but the online catalog is not always well organized. I see they’ve finally gotten the retort water listed under ‘water’, though.)
I didn’t even realize my question was asked, thanks Jane.
Where? On the post itself?
Elliott @ 99
Sensitivity training, Blackwater style: “Now, Arab cultures tend to have different standards for personal space than we do. So you’ll be shooting people at a much closer range than you’re accustomed to. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it.”
Per Jeralyn, Obama’s on board with the Dodd filibuster:
Aloha, Ya’ll! Here’s an update to the Faux Spew Text poll after the Repug Debate:
“In a post-debate interview, Paul had pointed out to Hannity that his performance in polls such as Fox’s might have something to do with what he calls a softening tone from leading Republican contenders, who he says aren’t “nearly as militant” as they were some months ago. Paul is the only GOP candidate calling for the immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
“So you think you’ve Ron Paulized them?” asked Hannity, referring to his own trademarked phrase, “Hannitized,” which he uses to describe a successful political conversion.
“Well, they have to to listen to these polls, don’t they?” said Paul of his primary rivals.
But Hannity laughed off the unscientific text poll. “You’ve got all your supporters,” Hannity said, making a brushing-away motion with his hand.
“You mean your own poll isn’t any good?” asked Paul.
“No,” said Hannity. “It’s just a lot of fun.”
Bwhahaha… the Repugs are still in serious denial…
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/….._1022.html
Hey, can I bust in here with an OT flashback to the topic of Dodd’s guest spot this morning? A new citizen journalist, Beth Wellington, has put together a very nice summary of the FISA legislation fiasco. I found out about it through NewsTrust, which liked it enough to feature it in today’s news roundup, under the heading, The New Furor over FISA “Reform”. You can go there and write your own review, too.
I kinda wrote a little about it myself over on dailyKos, mainly to give a tip o’the hat to Sen. Dodd for showing true leadership on the FISA issue. I hope his passion for the Constitution starts a groundswell. Its about time. Its about our country. Its about our future.
Bob in HI
TeddySanFran @ 113
TSF, thanks for this update. It is a bit more specific than what I had read previously, which sounded more vague.
Bob in HI
TeddySanFran @ 113
“he would support a filibuster of it”
Uh, I have take a time out and figure out what this means… brb
bobschacht @ 116
Since everybody else is on board, it’s Hillary’s turn to speak up.
CTuttle @ 114
That was prize! Paul walked all over hannity.
Ummmm…thich icth not goodth Kuthinicth:
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/…..claine.php
Thought folks might like to have a list of Valerie’s radio, TV and personal appearances:
http://www.simonsays.com/conte…..all=search
She’s going to be 20 minutes away on Saturday but it’s a $300 conference and I can’t afford it. Only appearance in MA, I’m bummed.
ot as hell, but I have this stupid thing called a job and can’t get here all that much. My latest the the speaker:
Dear Madame Speaker
It is with the greatest respect that I feel the need to remind you that you work for me. You seem to have forgotten that fact. I repeat, you work for me.
I worked to elect a Democratic House so that you would be speaker. I volunteered, walked petitions and made phone calls. I signed up new voters to help elect a Democratic majority to the house. I helped make you the Speaker, you work for me. I am your employer.
You say that impeachment is off the table and I scream with rage. How many laws does the President have to break for impeachment to be back on the table?
You say that impeachment is off the table – how many laws does the Vice-President have to break to put it back on the table?
Bill Clinton was impeached, rightfully so, for perjury. He never committed treason, he never violated international law, he never broke US Treaties, he never committed War Crimes under the Geneva Conventions. Bush and Cheney have committed these acts, but Impeachment is off the table. I demand, Madame Speaker, that it be put on the table.
Respectfully,
William F Wroda II
scribe @ 101
40? Not the one I lived in.
Just saw a clip of a waterbomber working a fire in a CA valley/canyon(?), and it looks to me like a Canadian design. Are they bringing planes from Canada to help out? Or more accurately: is Canada sending planes south to help? I thought I had heard that the U.S. had not bought any of those because they were ‘too expensive’, but I could very well be wrong.
LS @ 120
As many Americans believe in UFOs as believe in the literal Bible. So Dennis’ vision might not be a bad thing. I’m sure Shirley MacLaine thought she was being helpful by mentioning it in her new book.
zennurse @ 121
Even my completely non-political friend, mentioned she heard about Valerie “Plane” on something and thought it was interesting. (rolls eyes)8~>
Anybody see the Dodd Transcript? I’ve hard refreshed, but it’s nowhere to be found.
behindthefall @ 124
P
Petro, working his magic….!
Would it work for everyone who is mad at Pelosi to send five bucks(or more) to Cindy Sheehan.
zennurse @ 121
Yeah, and she’s due up shortly on Rachel Maddow’s show… 8-)
http://www.airamerica.com/listen/
LS @ 120
Uh oh.
zennurse @ 126
Wouldn’t it be easier to listen to it?
Dodd
LS @ 120
Yeah but Shirly was great in The Trouble with Harry!
Fern @ 131
Oh Fuck. And they called Al Gore “Ozone man”..
Wil @ 122
Well said & hope and trust her response isn’t her usual form letter template. Keep us posted.
bustedknuckles — didn’t respond to your question about ‘which comment’ because I went out for a walk: windy, warm fall evening; saw a kingfisher working a stream; a deer stared at me and then went away, leaping unnecessarily high if all it wanted to do was clear the corn stubble — I think 8it was just full of beans: that kind of weather.
Your comment about sanitary concerns.
behindthefall @ 124
LA County leases 2 each fire season from Canada.
katherine Graham Cracker @ 128
Link?
katherine Graham Cracker @ 129
start here
raven @ 131
Actually, I did listen, and thought the off-camera questions were very hard to hear. Would be nice to see what was asked.
MR. Bill @ 133
Where’s Jerry Brown?
tw3k @ 133
I love Shirley…I just don’t think it is helpful, but I guess that is the way she is and he is, and that is okay too, but it isn’t helpful in getting the public to take him seriously…not that I know or don’t know if UFO’s exist..that isn’t the point from my perspective…
Funnydiva2002 @ 139
Oh, ok, just tryin to help.
hey there diva!
behindthefall @ 135
Ahh yes, good advice, no?
LOL
raven @ 141
Our Secretary of State is busy prepping CA’s suit against the EPA.
OldCoastie @ 137
Money well spent, I would think. Always thought it was a good design, Canadians being extraordinarily good at planes which haul impossible loads in and out of impossibly small spaces.
Bustednuckles @ 145
Indeed.
raven @ 142
(((Raven)))
‘course you were! Didn’t mean to sound snotty. I should have taken a little more time with my comment. Sorry.
FunnyDiva
Funnydiva2002 @ 140
I just love to see my name in print. b-)
OldCoastie @ 137
OC- do you get Santa Ana’s where you are? Is soot descending and boring into every nook and cranny? And, can you even see the sun? Just trying to get a further pic of what it’s like for folks who are (just) 1.5 miles from a fire. Sounds awful.
Funnydiva2002 @ 148
Oh, not at all. We cool.
Laura Doty @ 146
Uhhh Laura, I believe Jerry Brown is our current Attorney General but its all good if the EPA is busted. ;~)
Behindthefall,
I used to tell my kids when they were growing up;
If you can’t be good, stay sanitary.
You should have seen the looks I got for that.
Priceless.
Valley Girl @ 150
We had huge fires in south Georgia this spring and the smoke was nasty 250 miles away. I talked to my brother in the Valley (San Fernando) and they were having a hard time breathing.
TeddySanFran @ 143
(looks around in confusion)
Huh? Who? Me?
Hey, there, TSF! Lovely snarky goodness coming from your keyboard lately.
FunnyD
Rahm doesn’t get it at all…he thinks W is vetoing because of money…W does not care about spending money at all..W does not care about children either or the welfar of the citizens; that is obvious. We are experiencing a coup, and these jokers are oblivious. W is just leading them by the nose…Dodd gets it. He said “enemies within”.
Grrrrrrrrr….so frigging frustrating….
Go Dodd, Go Stark, Go Leahy, Go Feingold, Go Biden!!! Go Kucinich and Gravel.
newspaperbrat @ 153
Oh goddess, thank you. I shouldn’t multitask so much. ONE of those jobs with two words and six syllables…. (at least I got EPA not APA or AMA or…ETA……
Gotta close the tired, healing eye, too much online today.
Jane, you are endlessly amazing. re: the multiblog approach to getting Obama and Hil to respond on Dodd, Some uninformed fool at TPM made some comment about “shouldn’t these blogs get people to call the Judiciary committee instead?” I politely informed him about some 800 numbers, actions, liveblogging and linked to Dodd today.
Grrrrr.
OT- but LS, did you catch my apology to you last eve? I misread, etc.
Another OT, relating to Constitutionalism:
John Nichols was on Bill Moyers’ Journal a month or so ago arguing that we are already IN a Constitutional crisis, and impeachment was meant as the tool to resolve it. Leaving aside for the moment Pelosi’s Diktat, there is agreement from a different quarter that we are indeed in a Constitutional crisis, but with a rather different take on the situation:
The article ends with these words:
This is interesting, in the light of Bush & Cheney’s assault on the Constitution. Most Democrats don’t even seem to know they’re in a fight. They seem to think that they have more important things to do. Only Chris Dodd and Russ Feingold seem to recognize what is at stake, along with organizations like the ACLU and CREW. I hope there are more out there. I would like to see a review by Christy, or Jeralyn, about these issues, and to whom we should be looking for leadership if not Dodd & Feingold.
Bob in HI
zennurse @ 149
An’ I like to read my fellow Pups’ names in print!
thanks for putting up the Sheehan link.
raven @ 143
I rolled a piece of typing paper into a cone, leaving an opening about the size of quarter at the tip; placed that opening over the chintzy little speaker down in the corner of my laptop and got useful amplification. Otherwise, would have been hard to hear both Dodd and the moderator. But I liked that microphone in front of Dodd (it WAS a microphone and not a fountain pen, wasn’t it?); stylish, and made the speaker look good. And what that is apropos of I have no idea!
raven @ 155
Then I can’t even imagine how bad it is for people in the SD area. I checked out a map earlier, and fires near the Valley are minor compared to SD. Where does brother live in the Valley?
Wrong thread, but I just finished up reading Jane’s post about Stark’s apology. BUSHIT! Hate to be a downer, but I’m done with the Dems, and I will be voting 3rd party (or not at all) down the line on every federal position on the ballot.
I’ve worked my ass off the last two election cycles moving typical Repub voters into the Dem voting block and this, THIS, is what Pelosi wastes her time and power on? Nancy, whatever happened to your promise to end the war? How’s that going you worthless hack?
I’m done being stabbed in the back, which means no more wasted time urging voters to vote for change when change never fucking happens! I wash my hands of thee.
/rant off.
ABC has slicks (Hueys” flying cranes and 130’s. Makes me feel at home!
LS @ 157
With all do respect – Fuck Stark – why did he apologize to that useless fuck in the WH and his family?
Bustednuckles @ 154
Wisdom, thy name is Dad.
For OKK (and any others having trouble contacting loved ones in South CA):
Ask around and see if you can get in contact with a ham radio operator in your area. They might be able to “talk” to someone in the SD/LA area who could possibly relay a message. A lot of times when power/phone lines are down, hams in the affected area are the only ones able to relay messages as they may have set up their rig to run off battery power.
You might get lucky and contact someone who lives a few blocks from your daughter and odds are they are more than willing to deliver a message and send a reply.
Stay safe CA pups.
Valley Girl @ 160
Yes I did Sweetie!! I was just so emotionally charged too, no problem at all. Disasters push my trauma button all too quickly, and I’m always working on it.
Valley Girl @ 164
Sherman Oaks. My sis is in Hawthorne.
rat bastahd @ 166
here’s one view of Pelosi
katherine Graham Cracker @ 163
Hoping to see her website develop a little more; Cindy blogs there quite often, but there doesn’t seem to be an actual campaign yet. I’m needing to make a decision soon, I guess, about what to do about supporting the current incumbent in her re-election bid, or Cindy.
Pet Stark waterboarded into apologizing by Pearls Pelosi…that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
Stockholm Syndrome is too alive and well in D.C.
Isn’t it interesting how many Repervs [perverting our Constitution and our civil liberties] luuuuuuvvvssss them some Swift-boating and Fair Gaming but they turn into whiny-ass titty babies when the shoe’s on the other tappin’ foot. Thought they were such macho tough guys. Words apparently are more than they can bear…
Wil @ 168
They threatened him. I agree that he should have fought back and stood his ground, because what he said was true; at least he got in the dig about being “insigificant”…his action was totally significant. Pelosi&co are the real culprits here.
raven @ 132
I just finished listening to him from this morning– just makes you feel warm all over, that guy.
Editorz Wanted upstairs
Teddy – don’t suppose any other candidate besides Cindy opposing Nancy Pelosi have emerged from her district? I greatly admire Cindy and still do not think she has any chance to even pressure Pelosi much less pull off an upset.
LS @ 176
It was the Boner that introduced the censure resolution, how is that a threat?
Dana Perino Press briefing:
Q Dana, back on the wildfires for a moment. Senator Barbara Boxer, this morning in a hearing, suggested that they’re limited in the amount of National Guard equipment available to them in California because of commitments in Iraq. Specifically she said, “Right now we are down 50 percent in terms of our National Guard equipment because they’re all in Iraq. The equipment — half of the equipment, so we really will need help.” Do you have a response to that?
MS. PERINO:So obviously this nation — we are a nation at war and when you are a nation at war you have to use assets that are available to you. And sometimes those come from the National
Guard.
Q But does it raise questions, though, about having these National Guard pieces of equipment elsewhere, outside of the state of California, where it was obviously intended to be used?
MS. PERINO: When we are a nation at war there are priorities that you have to make sure that the National Guard units that are serving — that live in California, but are serving right now in Iraq, you want to make sure that they have the equipment that they need in order to protect themselves. And so you have to weigh those priorities. But I think that there are ways that we can make sure that California has what it needs
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news…..023-8.html
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – More than half a million people were ordered to evacuate across California on Tuesday as wildfires raged for a third day
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20…..FDEnAXIr0F
Q Well, when you send Secretary Chertoff out or Director Paulison or you take a minute to show us 280,000 bottles of water, is that designed to make sure folks know that the administration won’t repeat its own mistakes?
MS. PERINO: I would say that it’s not designed to do anything for me to show you that; it’s to alert people to what the federal government is doing in order to help the people of southern California.
Over 500,000 evacuees and FEMA sends 280,000 bottles of water…..
newspaperbrat @ 179
Cindy is running as an independent, not a Democrat, a Green, or a GOP. I wonder if she can build an anti-war coalition here in EssEff: Send Nancy A Message. Her campaign should be built around that single issue: Tell Nancy Outta Iraq.
No Dem will oppose Nancy in the primary, and I’m not sure the Greens or the GOP will run anyone in the general. Cindy could accumulate a considerable protest vote if she gets money to get her message out.
Given Pelosi’s stellar performance just this week, I wonder if the Sheehan campaign might just take off.
And each person will need at least five liters each day.
Fucking FEMA – hope this absurd failure gets the “heat” it deserves.
Oh – and the evacuations – now almost. 350,000 homes. With an average of 2.7 residents/home.
One-third of San Diego County.
Heck of a job, Bushies.
RockPaperScizzors @ 181
Wil @ 180
See the Update here
California is a catastrophic disaster and the football stadium is being transformed into guest house for fire
evacuees“refugees.”http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/…..index.html
kirk murphy @ 183
I’ve seen this photo before and it amuses me for its sheer gayness. Nothing wrong with being gay. But these two… oh boy, it’ll be decades of being in the closet, with wives and children, before they realize what is plainly obvious. Especially the fat frat boy on the right.
Heh heh heh . . . them ReThugs would have to PAY for that good of a spanky in most cases.
Nice work, Mz. Hamsher!!!
larue @ 187
Hey Larue, in case you didn’t notice, one of your comments from earlier today was removed from the thread.
We never, ever, publish home addresses of anyone…friend or foe. It makes no difference that the information can be found elsewhere in the blogosphere. We don’t allow it directly in the comments or by linking to others who do. We simply do not do it here.
And before you delete that website from your favorites list, you might want to know your link was to a completely different person who just happens to have the same first name.
selise @ 56
I suddenly find myself smiling, humming, and skipping thru mud puddles!!
That was some good info, thanks SO much for sharing . . . man I like that analysis . . can we ask Dodd to do to War Funding as he is doing to FISA? Or are they tied to same piece of legislation? Thought they was dif . .
LS @ 100
Umm . . . I don’t think they was swatting that feather . . . stuffing it, maybe . . quill end first to get thru the diaper . . . of course.
OR SO I’VE HEARD!
*G*
(whew)
RBG @ 188
Hmm . . catch me off list in my email addy if you have time, I’d like to make this right and right now I’m not sure of what’s wrong.
Thanks.
larue @ 191
You submitted a comment that included a specific residential address and included a link to a website that profiled its residents.
You also alluded to a person profiled at that website and mistakenly suggested he was someone well known to the progressive blogosphere.
They may have the same first name, but they are completely different people.
Seems pretty simple to me.
TeddySanFran @ 113
That’s good, but Obama is still a tool for Clinton. If it comes to it, the second Edwards leaves the race Obama will also drop out and hand his endorsement to Clinton. He’s only in the race to split the more Progressive vote, so Edwards can’t win. Obama has absolutely NO chance of winning.
The race is between Clinton and Edwards. Simple as that.
John Edwards for President — He isn’t Hillary.
Who are the two goopers in that photo?
TeddySanFran @ 62
Did Michael Hayden draw this?
The “terrorist” actually looks more like a Mexican Lucha Libre Wrestler!