Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Andrew Davey
OK, tomorrow is Mother’s Day. And while I’m not a mother myself, I love all the women in my life… Including my mom. And while we’re thinking about all the wonderful women in our lives, I have a simple request.
Can we all please give Hillary Clinton and the women supporting her some more respect? And can we please stop with the “Fatal Attraction” comparisons? I don’t care whether or not you support Hillary Clinton’s campaign, she’s a good Democrat who shouldn’t be trashed like this.
So please, next time you think of making some outlandish insult of Hillary Clinton… Think of your mom. Think of your sister. Think of your female coworker. Think of your female favorite next-door neighbor. And please, for Mother’s Day, don’t give into the Hillary-bashing.
Filed under: Election 2008, Presidential Election, Progressive Values, Liberals, Hillary, Local, Hillary Clinton, Democrats | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Chris Prevatt
Bill Clinton Switches to Obama
Latest Superdelegate Defection for Hillary
In what some Democratic Party insiders are calling a particularly ominous sign for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, former president Bill Clinton today became the latest superdelegate to switch from Sen. Clinton to her rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill).
The former president said that “sometimes, at the end of a race, you have to put an old horse down,” adding, “I’m not speaking metaphorically.”
More from Andy Borowitz at the
Borowitz Report.
Filed under: National, Election 2008, Presidential Election, Obama, Humor, Winning Elections, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Andy Borowitz | 24 Comments »
Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Andrew Davey
Congrats to
Ron Shepston! It looks to me like he got another big endorsement recently with
DFA-Orange County. Good for him, and hopefully this means OC progressives will get more active in taking back the 42nd.
Democracy for America-OC Endorses Shepston
Organization founded by Democratic Party Chairman Dean support Ron Shepston as their choice for the 42nd Congressional District.
Costa Mesa, CA – Democracy for America, Orange County (DFA-OC) endorsed Silverado Canyon resident Ron Shepston as the best candidate for the 42nd Congressional District, California, Wednesday evening. DFA-OC organizer, Susan Kopicki, also personally endorsed Shepston.
“I am especally thankful for the endorsement because of my firm belief in the power of the grassroots. Harnessing grassroots action is the center peice of my camapign - this is how we’ll take down Gary miller and turn the 42nd blue.” Read more »
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Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Andrew Davey
In case any of you missed it,
OCYD had its big endorsement meeting for the hotly contested primary race in the
42nd Congressional District on Thursday night. For once, both the Democratic candidates spoke directly to young Democrats in Orange County on the issues that young voters care about. It turned out to be quite an interesting night, and I think everyone was well-served by learning more about the two great candidates running to replace “Dirty Gary” Miller.
So why not follow me after the flip to find out what happened?
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Filed under: Young Democrats, Election 2008, Progressive Values, 42nd Congressional, Liberals, Winning Elections, Orange County News, Local, Democrats, Ron Sheptson, Orange County, Gary Miller, Ed Chau | 6 Comments »
Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Andrew Davey
Hey, everyone! I’m here at the opening celebration for
Debbie Cook’s campaign for Congress. We have folks from all over the 46th District show up to support our wonderful Democrat running to unseat Dana Rohrabacher and restore sane representation to the district.
We all had a long and busy day today walking the neighborhoods. Vern Nelson (yes, the famous & talented Vern from our favorite OJ site) and I walked a precinct near the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach. We walked the area, we registered new voters, we talked to them all about their great Mayor who happens to be running for Congress… And now that we’ve done all our work, we’re ready to party!
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Filed under: 46th Congressional, Election 2008, Progressive Values, Liberals, Winning Elections, Local, Debbie Cook, Democrats, Dana Rohrabacher | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Dan Chmielewski
IOKIYAR means “It’s OK if you’re a Republican” and in today’s edition, we focus on spousal tax returns of presidential candidates. Of course, Republicans went balistic when the Clinton’s released their tax returns to show they made millions since leaving the White House (like Capitalism is a bad thing). Not a lot of cackling on the other side of the aisle.
Cindy McCain, worth in the neighborhood of $100 million or more, said she would never release her tax returns. In the release of John McCain’s own returns, its pretty clear he hides of lot of his income in his wife’s holdings and doesn’t want her returns released to respect the privacy of the couple’s children. The McCain’s own eight homes during a time when many Americans are struggling to hold on to their only home.
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Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Chris Prevatt
From Newsweek: Clinton has started mentioning race more frequently. In an article published yesterday in USA Today, Clinton said she would have a larger group of voters to draw a winning coalition from because “Senator Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again.”
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Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Andrew Davey
Wow! Check this out! This just came from the
Democratic Party of OC into my inbox, and it’s something you DEFINITELY don’t want to ignore!
Dear Andrew,
The Governor is balancing the budget on the backs for working families!
With education cuts of $4.4 billion to cutting funding for Medicare - students, seniors and public employees are under attack. It’s time to unite and rally!
What: Orange County March & Rally to stop the Governor from balancing the budget on
OUR back!
Who: Concerned residents of Orange County and Public Employees.
When:
Thursday, May 15th - 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Where Plaza of the Flags - Civic Center, Santa Ana CA
For more information, please contact Tim Steed at
tsteed@oceamember.org.
I hope that you can attend!
In solidarity,
Melahat Rafiei, Executive Director
Democratic Party of Orange County
phone: 714-835-5158
Filed under: State, Democratic Party of Orange County, Unions, California Democratic Party, Liberals, California Government, California Budget, California GOP, Local, Economic Justice, Democrats | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Dan Chmielewski
With State Senate president calling off support the for recall of State Senator Jeff Dunham in the spirit of compromise to ask Republicans to pass a timely budget this year, there’s some chest thumping on the part of some Republicans that this was a sign that the Denham recall effort didn’t really have popular support.
It was fun to read Jon Fleischman’s whiny posts about how this recall was politically motivated and the LA Times reported Denham complained of a political witch hunt even though he contributed thousands of dollars to recall Gray Davis in 2003. No principles then I guess.
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Sean H. Mill
The Orange County Board of Supervisors has announced the names of the 9 finalists to replace Mike Carona as Sheriff according to the
Los Angeles Times.
They are:
Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters, Acting Sheriff Jack Anderson, former OCSD Lt. Bill Hunt, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Cmdr. Ralph Martin, Beau Babka, undersheriff of the Salt Lake County, Utah sheriff’s office, Glendale Police Chief Randy Adams, San Bernardino County Undersheriff Richard Beemer, Anaheim Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter, and Sandra Hutchens, retired division chief of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The BOS plans to make the final decision and appoint a new Sheriff in June.
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Dan Chmielewski
especially this
one.
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Andrew Davey
So how many of you voted at our
DFA Endorsement Meeting last Wednesday? If you were there, then this isn’t new news for you. But for all of you who couldn’t attend, I wanted to share the good news with all of you.
So anyways, please follow me after the flip to find out who your favorite local grassroots progressives are supporting…
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