Republicans to air ad featuring Bin Laden

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Thursday October 19, 2006 · 3:09 PM PDT

2006/10/19 · 15:09

Well, they've realized that Bin Laden can't be depended on to release a video in time for the elections, so the Republicans decided to do it themselves.

http://news.yahoo.com/...

WASHINGTON - The Republican Party will begin airing a hard-hitting ad this weekend that warns of more cataclysmic terror attacks against the U.S. homeland.
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The ad portrays
Osama bin Laden and quotes his threats against America dating to February 1998. "These are the stakes," the ad concludes. "Vote November 7."
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The ad displays an array of quotes from bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, that include bin Laden's Dec. 26, 2001 vow that "what is yet to come will be even greater."

This ad should get a lot of attention and turn the discussion away from scandals for the rest of the campaign. I hope the DNC has their ad ready with Bush saying he doesn't spend a lot of time thinking about Bin Laden. And also an ad asking,"Do you feel safer now?"

This ad is so unbelievable. As suggested in the comments below, here is the link to the Youtube Democratic response ad. It's good: http://youtube.com/watch?v=TMjjPdESMIc

Cheney's killer rabbit

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Tuesday February 14, 2006 · 8:37 PM PST

2006/02/14 · 20:37

Several recent diaries have spoken to the metaphors evident in the Cheney shooting story and the behaviors of the administration. Count me among those who think that this episode has longer legs than what the media will give it the next couple weeks. Many people pay only passing attention to political news and vote with limited knowledge. But "Vice President Shoots Man" is an attention grabber and is allegorical to the administration in a way that makes me think of... Read More

Wes Clark responds to Bush on Fox

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Saturday November 12, 2005 · 8:34 AM PST

2005/11/12 · 08:34

At the Clark blog, Melange has transcribed Clark's November 12 remarks on Fox and Friends (I'm glad someone does this) regarding the Bushco pushback on pre-war intelligence. http://securingamerica.com/... Read More

My letter to Smith and Walden

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Tuesday January 25, 2005 · 6:42 PM PST

2005/01/25 · 18:42

To the best of my knowledge, the Republican Senator and Congressman from Oregon have not yet stated their positions on Social Security "reform". Many are holding their cards until Bush lays out the specifics, but you can be sure the arm twisting has already begun. So, I'm sending these off tomorrow.

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Saturday January 15, 2005 · 2:05 PM PST

2005/01/15 · 14:05

"The baby boomers are entering retirement age. There will be fewer workers in the future to fund benefits. The Social Security Trust Fund contains a bunch of IOU's. This is a crisis we must address with innovative measures."

This is the message Bush and company plan to put out there in massive dosages in the coming months. Our representatives will be under much pressure to agree to his plans. I have just set up a Yahoo group with the purpose of collecting the creativity and energies of many to write as many letters as possible to our representatives and convince them that there is overwhelming opposition to Bush's radical ideas. I will begin inviting people to join the group after our Counter Inaugural party next week and want to kick it off with a campaign opposing Social Security privatization.

What are your strong arguments against Social Security privatization? What points are central to your opposition? What letter would you write to a wavering Republican?

Bush to raise taxes on middle class?

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Saturday November 27, 2004 · 10:17 AM PST

2004/11/27 · 10:17

Bush's promised tax overhaul has caused much speculation about how he plans to go about it and who the winners and losers may be. Naturally, those of us in the middle or below should be suspicious. This article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/today/content/epaper/editions/today/news_146a9c8e15507108003d.html repeats theories that federal deductions for state and local taxes would be eliminated. Subscription required, so I'll post some highlights.
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Letters to the Editor in Oregonian

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Sunday October 03, 2004 · 8:30 AM PDT

2004/10/03 · 08:30

I wrote a letter to the editor in the Oregonian via the moveon.org website. This is what I wrote:

In their debate Thursday, John Kerry and George Bush revealed character traits that should guide voters in the upcoming election. John Kerry was critical of the President, but he was gracious and articulate. George Bush was resolute, but his anger at being disagreed with was disturbing. Strength is gathered from confronting dificulties adeptly, and challenges overcome with poise are inspiration to us all. We need a President who is open to differences of opinion and is willing to consider those differences as stepping stones to a smarter argument. Wisdom, as well as determination, are necessary to guide us to a more secure future. I will vote for John Kerry

Unfortunately, it hasn't been published, but, in today's paper they say that, in the past week, the paper has received 606 letters about the campaign. 505 were pro Kerry or anti Bush. 50 were pro Bush. The rest were noncommittal. Oregon stays blue.

BUSH IS A LIAR!

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Saturday September 04, 2004 · 9:40 AM PDT

2004/09/04 · 09:40

The Kerry bashing at the RNC was largely taking his votes out of context and manipulating them to create a weak on defense and flip flop image. The press is slowly coming around to acknowledge the b.s. http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/000889.asp But Kerry needs to put the discussion of Bush's veracity into focus with a speech that calls him out. Misleading America again! As with the SBVT issue, he seems to be waiting for the right time to respond. Labor Day weekend is probably not the time, but next week, with the Roy Barnes 60 Minutes interview coming, would be appropriate. Would it be too much to say, "Bush, you're a liar!" Maybe. But the Dubya image and reality are central to our fight.

Did Bush misrepresent the truth?

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Wednesday September 01, 2004 · 7:10 PM PDT

2004/09/01 · 19:10

On the thread about Bush's medals imbroglio http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/1/171947/8490
is a comment that alerts us that, perhaps, the more significant issue is that, on the Texas Air National Guard form is the question: Will you serve overseas? To which Bush crossed NO. A couple days ago, Bush, in his "Kerry served more heroically than I did" remarks he also said, I believe, that he would have gone if asked. If Roy Barnes is going to be on 60 Minutes with his story of how he assisted Bush into the Texas Air National Guard, perhaps this little misrepresentation would be fuel for the fire. With a little sleuthing, maybe we could assemble documentation and audio of Bush's continuing cowardice. Is it doable?

Karma gets another one

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Friday August 27, 2004 · 6:57 AM PDT

2004/08/27 · 06:57

Today's Oregonian reports that Alfred French, the Clackamas County prsoecutor who contributed false witness to the SBVT b.s., has been put on leave. Evidently, as a result of his actions, his boss became aware that he lied to him about an extramarital affair he had with a co-worker some time ago. HAHA.

A good day

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Tuesday August 24, 2004 · 8:29 PM PDT

2004/08/24 · 20:29

Kerry's speech at Cooper Union was excellent. Based on the reference to it in yesterday's NYT and Oliphant's remarks that phase 2 is coming, I expected a more direct challenge to Bush's complicity in SBVT crap. Maybe that's what I wanted. But Kerry delivered another speech that was full of succinct criticisms that, on whole, was optimistic and visionary.
Later today, at a Philadelphia fundraiser, Kerry framed his post war protest in a way that reaches across the divide that Viet Nam still creates.

At the fund-raiser, Kerry defended his anti-war activism as ``an act of conscience.''

``You can judge my character, incidentally, by that,'' Kerry said. ``Because when the time for moral crisis existed in this country, I wasn't taking care of myself, I was taking care of public policy. I was taking care of things that made a difference to the life of this nation. You may not have agreed with me, but I stood up and was counted and that's the kind of president I'm going to be.''

Entire story here:

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?oldflok=FF-APO-1131&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20040824%2F2 246887766.htm&sc=1131&flok=NW_5-L3

Jerry for Kerry

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Sunday August 01, 2004 · 1:14 PM PDT

2004/08/01 · 13:14

Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia!

Well, He's Gone, so there's no telling, but The Dead, on their current Wave That Flag summer tour, are routinely imploring their fans to vote to save our democracy. I read that Kerry has a picture of Jerry on his Senate office wall, and Phil and Friends did a fundraiser for him in the primaries, so one can only assume.

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