Standing up for human rights at every chance should be an important part of our party and our country's foriegn policy. Our party cheapened itself and weakened what we stand for back in the ninties when MFN status for China was being debated. One of the things at stake in this election cycle is a chance to regain moral authority. Standing up to China and advocating for the people of Tibet is a way to do this. It is just one of many reasons we as a party need to break from the Clintons, for the good of our party, our country and the world.
Across the great divide below will be a links to news and previous diaries by others, a discussion of past events, a plenty of typos.
I was worried about a turn towards negative ads on the part of the Clinton campaign. Then I found this new ad of hers on You Tube. I've not seen it posted here, so I thought I'd share it. I have to say I like the one-on-one conversation she's having with the viewer.
While it isn't an ad about her policy objectives, it does deal head on with the idea of negative ads. I'm glad she's taking the time to, as she used to say, get the conversation started. It is well over due in my opinion.
Follow me across the great divide from Intro to Body for the vid.
I am really overjoyed about this. The death penalty as an issue has been important in my journey towards populist/radical progressive/green activism. I think many others have had similar journeys. That leads to the reason I feel this is worth of a diary entry and not just cause for my own private celebration.
I've been wanting to post blogs here at Daily Kos for some time. I blog elsewhere before I set myself up here at KOS, but never really put anything here.
I've gotten more confident in my writting though, and feel I should try to post here in the big leagues too. If anything I'll get more feedback and have more to think about. Yeah, that's what I need: more to read and to write.
This diary entry, as they're called here, is probably not the best way to start; but today is when I'm starting so this is what I'm starting with. This blog may not seem like it was written by a part-time peace activist, green-party supporter, Kucinich supporter, or a any other kind of lefty activist. I'm OK with that.
I figured I'd blog about the first presidential election I really remember, and the loser of that election Gerald Ford. After all he did just die, and even though he isn't "one of us", the Republicans really got a lot uglier after him than they ever were before him-- not counting Nixon.
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