Rev. Irene Monroe
Given the history of the exploitation of African American women’s reproductive system for involuntary sterilization, medical experimentation, monetary compensation, and political gain, it’s difficulty for many of us in the black community to not see an anti-abortion ad campaign specifically targeting the African-American community in Georgia with a message of “Black Children are [...]
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Black Community’s Division on Abortion Ad Campaign
Posted on 06 March 2010 by Rev. Irene Monroe | Comments (0) | Tags: "Black Children Are An Endangered Species", African American community, Atlanta, billboard campaign, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Georgia, Georgia Right to Life, legalizing the sterilization of poor women, New Orleans Republican State Rep. John LaBruzzo, Operation Outrage, The Radiance Foundation
Toxic Spill on Aisle 3, Bring Chlorine
Posted on 13 November 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 000 vote lead disappear, 000 votes to count, 3, 90, Alaska, banana republic with nukes, Bring Chlorine, Caribou Barbie, Chambliss ran adverts equating Cleland with Osama bin L, Cleland a war hero left three limbs on the battlefield, convicted felon for a Senator, D-Max Cleland, Denis Campbell, election, fear fear fear…, federal convict Ted Stevens, fivethirtyeight.com, Garrison Keillor’s state, Georgia, get final vote count correct in 49 other state with 4/1, getting out of hand, GOP mantra, great election, he now trails by 3 VOTES!, incumbent Republican Senator, irregularities, Keith Olbermann, Lake Woebegone, mandatory recount under Minnesota law, Minnesota, miss the Alaskan count by 20 percentage points?, Nate Silver, peace-keeping forces, R-Norm Coleman, Rachel Maddow, replay the NBC Decision ’08 theme song and graphics, Republicans despatching 120 lawyers to recount sites, Sarah Palin, Saxby Chambliss, sitting governor is on the ballot as a Vice Presidentia, still parts of the gene pool in need of chlorination, Toxic Spill, über statistician, UN inspectors to Alaska Minnesota and Georgia, voter turnout actually go DOWN, why an 84-year old felon even won this election?
By Denis Campbell
It was a great election (duh-dum) wasn’t it? A new Democratic President (duh-dum), bigger majorities in the House and Senate (duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh… duhdadeeee) and nothing can go wrong… AEEIIIIIII!!!!! Apologies to John Williams, Peter Benchley and the cast of Jaws, what the heck is going on in the Senate?!?
OK, it was cute that both [...]
I Couldn’t Wait
Posted on 03 November 2008 by Dick Price | Comments (1) | Tags: 10 miles as the crow flies, against Prop 8, an hour in a huge, Asians, Bringing More of Us into the Tent, Bush-Cheney Administration, California Assembly race in Indio and Palm Springs, confined to surface streets, crowded with moms driving kids to Halloween parties, Dick Price, don’t have an excuse, Election Day, Essential Sea Change, Georgia, I couldn’t restrain myself, I Couldn’t Wait, I didn’t really mean to do it, I like bumping into our neighbors and silently congratu, I like voting at our local polling place here in Mount, I usually have more self-control, I voted Friday, ill-informed Sarah Palin, in roughly equal measure, Kevin de Leon for the Assembly, Latinos, led by ill-tempered John McCain, Los Alamitos, Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office in Norwalk, Los Angeles. African Americans, makeshift tent with hundreds of my fellow Angelenos, Manuel Perez, my number was finally called and I could mark my ballot, North Carolina, our new friends Cynthia Loo and Lori-Ann Jones for LA S, Please forgive me, prospect of another Republican administration, Something just came over me, The Nation, U.S. state of Georgia, Washington Post reports “record-breaking 2 million peop, Whites, Xavier Becerra for Congress
by Dick Price
I didn’t really mean to do it. I usually have more self-control. Something just came over me. I couldn’t restrain myself. Please forgive me.
I voted Friday.
I don’t have an excuse. I’ll be in town on Election Day and had planned to vote then like I always do. I’ve even taken off work Monday [...]
Bob Who? More Republican Unrest
Posted on 28 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: big government, Bob Barr, Congress, consumer advocate, Denis Campbel, Farewell Tour of America, Georgia, Libertarian Party, McCain, Ralph Nader, Straight Talk Express, third party
by Denis Campbell
Remember when Democrats worried about Ralph Nader’s presence on the ballot hurting Obama like he did to John Kerry and Al Gore? Now he and Libertarian Bob Barr are the nearly invisible third party candidates. Or are they? Third parties rarely get much support, but in tight elections, the 3% - 19% (the [...]
Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats
Posted on 15 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1/3 of the 100 member, 51 Senator majority coalition, 6-year termed Senate seats. up for re-election, 60, 7th 6-year term at age 85, Al Franken, Alaska, Alaska’s current Governor and Republican Vice President, Anchorage Mayor, Bill Clinton, Bruce Lundsford, caucus with the Democrats, colorado, constitutional tie-breaking vote for the Republicans, Democrat Jeff Merkley, Denis Campbell, equally critical to whoever becomes the new President, former KS Senate majority leader, George Bush, Georgia, Governor Barbour, Governor Bill Richardson, Governor Jeanne Shaheen, governor Ronnie Musgrove, huge repudiation defeat for Sarah Palin, important number, Jim Gilmore, Jim Jeffords of VT, Joe Lieberman of CT, John Sununu, Kentucky, long-time Republican Senator John Warner, Maine, Mark Begich, Mark Udall, Mark Warner, McCain, Mike Gravel in 1974, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mitch McConnell, Mo Udall, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Norm Coleman, North Carolina, obama, Oregon, Pete Domenici, race for control of both houses of the US Congress, required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters, Roger Wicker, Senate, Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats, Senator Elizabeth Dole, Senator Gordon Smith, son of the former Bush Sr. Chief of staff, state governorships, state Senator Kay Hagan, strained by Lieberman’s very public support of John McC, Susan Collins, Ted Stevens, Tom Udall, tough fight from Tom Allan, Trent Lott resigned suddenly, two Independent Senators, very angry, Vice President, Virginia, VP candidate Bob Dole, Wayne Allard
by Denis Campbell
While the Presidential contest gets the most press, the race for control of both houses of the US Congress and state governorships is equally critical to whoever becomes the new President. 60 in the Senate is such an important number because that is the number of votes required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters which [...]
300-Plus Electoral Votes is Possible for Obama
Posted on 04 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1-month left, 11 September 2001, 3-minure media cycle, 300-Plus Electoral Votes Possible for Obama, 325-213 to Obama, 50-statewide winner-takes-all contests, 538 electoral votes, 57-state and territory organisations, Alaska and the District of Columbia have 3 votes each, angry, Arkansas, attack the character of Obama, attacked when needed, attacking Obama’s inexperience is not working, base loves her, battlegrounds, buckets full of cash on hand, California biggest prize with 55, calm, candidate is running out of money, clinton, cold flop sweat, collected, colorado, community organiser, cool, daily national tracking polls mean little, deliberate, Democratic state governments, Denis Campbell, desperate old man, earn their 7-figure salaries peddling influence, everyone else is terrified, expect the 527 group ‘Swift Boat squads’ to throw every, failure will then have only one author John McCain, final EV prediction, first person to 270 wins, force him off issues-based solid ground, frenetic, gambling approach, George Bush beat John Kerry 286-252, Georgia, good job of anticipating attacks and swatting them asid, GOP stronghold since Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Ri, gravy train lobbyist staff will parachute to safety, green is purple, ground game, ground game of Senator Obama, gruelling Hillary Clinton primary experience, Hail Mary pass downfield, helping Obama, independent states, interesting contests, July and August his funds went to building the field or, keep your eyes closed… and picture Sarah Palin sitting, know exactly what to do to punch the ball into the end-, knows nothing trumps SPIN better than face-to-face answ, looked anything but Presidential in his choices, map’s mid-section was solid red in 2004, McCain, McCain has lost his cool, McCain operatives conceded Michigan, McCain/Republican SPIN doctors that worked so smoothly, Montana The ‘New West’, neither ‘trophy’ partner can dig him out of the hole, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, November 4th, obama, Obama could be headed to a landslide victory, Ohio and Florida, outspending Senator McCain 3:1 (see chart), played a solid if not boring game, played patient game, point fingers as the Clinton team did, pointed, popular governors, powerful jabs and combinations to the mid-section, president is in the air unable to land, pulling advertising and staff out, run from the room screaming, Sarah Palin is an unmitigated disaster as VP choice, softening him up, sound pathetic, South, South Carolina, support Obama over McCain by 61% - 30%, targeted add buys, trumping the kitchen sink, two controversial states from 2000 and 2004, tying McCain to Bush, Virginia, VP Cheney is in the secure bunker underneath the White, Wall Street Journal poll of “new” voters, will convince you they know it is, winning over mad-dog, you’re an idiot for not seeing it
by Denis Campbell
My EU media colleagues have a hard time understanding that daily national tracking polls mean little. On November 4th, voters will enter and cast ballots in 50-statewide winner-takes-all contests. There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs, this is how the race is decided and the first person to 270 votes wins. California [...]
The GOP Barracuda Theme Song
Posted on 04 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 62-days, 9-week sprint to the finish, a verb and 9-11) Giuliani, ability, Barracuda Theme Song, Clinton-supporting Nevada women, CNN, Country first, crowd pleaser, democrats, Dick Cheney, diversity challenged, electoral count predictor, energised, Excel Centre, focus group, George Bush, Georgia, Governor Sarah Palin, gun-toting, hardly convinced that she was qualified to be vice pres, Hillary Clinton supporting women, hint of culture war, hitwoman, hockey Mom, Huckabee, it was snippy, Joe Biden, language and terror focus, left over from 2004, lily-white, McCain, Mitt Romney, moose hunting, Nevada, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, obama, Once she started mudslinging I thought it's the same ol, overly harsh "sarcasm" pervading her address, poise, pure red meat GOP partisanship, Republican, Republican National Convention, Republicans looked to redirect the anger with base-plea, Republicans seem to have lost the plot, right wing, Rudy (a noun, she's a good speaker, she's using McCain, the economy, The HUffington Post, tomorrow, two dozen women were reportedly between 30 and 60 years, Undecided, vintage 1992, warm-up act, Washington, weak supporters of Barack Obama, webcast live to reporters, were not as impressed, witness protection program, won over rabid faithful
Country first, ha(!), this was pure red meat GOP partisanship at its best as hitwoman Governor Sarah Palin gave a speech thin on specifics but loaded in every sense of the word with snarky attacks on Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
In the diversity challenged (read lily-white) Excel Centre, the red meat thrown up by Huckabee, [...]
OK Condi I’ve Had It
Posted on 14 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Administration, brought the best of both worlds, cash, Citgo, Condi, Condoleza Rice, enjoy Paris, ex-KGB officer as President, Georgia, in its final throes, Iraq, McCain, named a tanker after you, need them to keep the American borrow and spend economy, neglected, NSC advisor, oil resources, Putin, rattling sabres with Iran, real estate in London, Russia will somehow be isolated, SecState, shooting war with Russia over Ossetia, sniffing your own press releases, Stanford, Stick to the piano, take on Russia, Vladimir Putin
You’ve flown around under the radar landing top job after top job (Citgo (who named a tanker after you), Stanford, NSC advisor, and now State) and all one ever hears or sees is an empty dress suit. Your fairy tale assertion that Russia will somehow be isolated because of Georgia is another indication you are [...]
The Radioactive City Convention Hall
Posted on 14 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: 1 in 5, 80 lies in the first 36 pages, Broward County Florida, Bush, Bush/Cheney, Cheney, Chuck Hagel from Nebraska, clinton, democrats, Denver, Dr. John Corsi, eight Republican US Senators, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, Georgia, Gordon Smith of Oregon, John Kerry, Kansas City, Kansas side, key foreign policy advisor, Larry Craig of Idaho, lobbyed by the government of Georgia, Maine’s Susan Collins, McCain, meddling, MediaMatters.org, Minneapolis, Missouri, not attending their party’s convention, not understanding the conflict, politics of destruction, President Saakashvili, Radioactive Convention Hall, Randy Scheunemann, Republican, Republican Convention, Rocky Mountain high, Russia, Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, skip the festivities, smear book, St. Paul, support of US troops, Swift Boat, Ted Stevens of Arkansas, UN Security Council, Wayne Allard of Colorado, Welcome to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International A, Welcome to Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airpo
While the Democrats have planned a Rocky Mountain high for Denver (that is if the Clinton’s stop thinking everything is always about them and come back to the reality of planet earth), those heading to the Republican convention in Minneapolis (or is it St. Paul?) have been jumping ship like proverbial rats.
Senator Pat Roberts of [...]
Georgia on My Mind
Posted on 12 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Afghanistan, Asian farewell tour, assert authority, Big Dog, Bushm, complete Russian control of Georgia, did it anyways, flick him like an insect, game over before started, Georgia, Georgian troops are outnumbered, human rights, Iraq, lame duck, message received, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, NATO, Olympic Opening ceremonies, Ossetia bombed back to the stone age, place the horse’s head in the film producer’s bed, President Mikheil Saakashvili, President Saakashvili, problem solved, Putin, reminder who really was in charge, Russians, Sean Connery “Untouchables” approach, seeking sanctions at the UN, shaky peace, shut up, slaughter, Tbilisi, The Godfather behaviour, the troubles, they put one of yours in the hospital you put one of th, Tom Hagen to kill the stallion, unwise to invade Georgia, US, vex his Chinese hosts, Vito Corleone, when elephants fight ants get killed, White House lawn
Memo to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili: just because Mr. Putin looks comfortable sitting and waving at the Olympic Opening ceremonies, don’t assume he is not paying attention. Whatever you do sir, don’t mess with the Big Dog.
Your attempt to assert authority over your own land thinking the bored guy sitting next to him wondering when [...]
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