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By: Dave Harding, ProgressOhio
Posted Nov 21, 07:40 AM
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Supporting Democratic candidates for President who voted NO to authorize Iraq War.
It seems like this story got sucked up by a black hole in the euphoria of Obama's landslide victory:
Experts confounded: Turnout higher in Ohio in 2004
Friday, November 7, 2008 3:20 AM
By Mark Niquette
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Despite a record number of registered voters this year, intense interest in the presidential election and the historic outcome, Ohio's voter turnout was lower Tuesday than in 2004, unofficial statistics show.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is reporting 67 percent turnout, compared with 72 percent in 2004. She had been predicting 80 percent turnout this time.
The percentage could increase as provisional ballots, overseas ballots and other outstanding votes are included during the official canvass in the coming weeks.
But overall turnout still is expected to be lower than in 2004, leaving experts at a loss to explain it -- especially because the number of registered voters increased by 319,000 from four years ago.
"That's rather puzzling, given the activity level," said Paul Beck, a political-science professor at Ohio State University.
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/07/copy/turnout.ART_ART_11-07-08_A1_4GBQO6M.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
I skimmed the latest article by Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman and I didn't see where they directly confronted why turnout was down this year:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3294
To me, it just doesn't add up why turnout would be lower considering all the new voter registrations. Did an non-existent army of Bushies vote in 2004 under former SOS Ken Blackwell's watchful eye?
Experts confounded: Turnout higher in Ohio in 2004
Friday, November 7, 2008 3:20 AM
By Mark Niquette
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Despite a record number of registered voters this year, intense interest in the presidential election and the historic outcome, Ohio's voter turnout was lower Tuesday than in 2004, unofficial statistics show.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is reporting 67 percent turnout, compared with 72 percent in 2004. She had been predicting 80 percent turnout this time.
The percentage could increase as provisional ballots, overseas ballots and other outstanding votes are included during the official canvass in the coming weeks.
But overall turnout still is expected to be lower than in 2004, leaving experts at a loss to explain it -- especially because the number of registered voters increased by 319,000 from four years ago.
"That's rather puzzling, given the activity level," said Paul Beck, a political-science professor at Ohio State University.
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/07/copy/turnout.ART_ART_11-07-08_A1_4GBQO6M.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
I skimmed the latest article by Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman and I didn't see where they directly confronted why turnout was down this year:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3294
To me, it just doesn't add up why turnout would be lower considering all the new voter registrations. Did an non-existent army of Bushies vote in 2004 under former SOS Ken Blackwell's watchful eye?
The reason I gave was the Dispatch's unfair and unbalanced reporting about the election--favorable coverage for McCain and the Dispatch's hype about voter fraud and it's dismissal of the real threat of election fraud and voter suppression. Along with its unreasoned endorsement of Gramps McSame.
The telephone rep for the Dispatch offered me a Saturday and Sunday deal that was too hard to refuse---one year of weekend delivery for $1 per week.
The telephone rep for the Dispatch offered me a Saturday and Sunday deal that was too hard to refuse---one year of weekend delivery for $1 per week.
Buying ads on WVKO 1580 AM reveals to the Progressive community that a Democratic candidate understands the importance of Progressive Talk radio.
Thus, it is worrisome that I haven't heard ads from most candidates or Issues on Ohio's only Liberal Talk radio station. WVKO already promotes Progressive causes and candidates, so I am concerned that the Democratic campaigns may be taking the station for granted.
Candidate and Issue campaigns should contact Gary Richards at WVKO
(614) 469-1930 and show their support for Ohio's only 24/7/365 megaphone for Progressives.
Thus, it is worrisome that I haven't heard ads from most candidates or Issues on Ohio's only Liberal Talk radio station. WVKO already promotes Progressive causes and candidates, so I am concerned that the Democratic campaigns may be taking the station for granted.
Candidate and Issue campaigns should contact Gary Richards at WVKO
(614) 469-1930 and show their support for Ohio's only 24/7/365 megaphone for Progressives.
How predictable that the Dispatch would endorse Steve Stivers, a bank lobbyist for Congress. The Republican deregulation policies are working great.
Please, Call Congressman Zach Space and urge him to bring up and vote YES on the Rove Contempt Citation:
D.C. phone 1-202-225-2065
District phone 1-330-364-4300
In July, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Karl Rove, demanding his testimony about his own role in the politicization of the Department of Justice and politically motivated prosecutions of Democratic leaders. Karl Rove refused to even show up for the hearing, claiming that Congress has no power to compel senior White House officials to testify. That's outrageous.
Now that a U.S. District Judge has ruled that White House aides like Rove can't claim immunity in order to refuse to testify before Congress, there's no room for Karl Rove to hide any longer -- but our time is running out. If Congress adjourns at the end of September and nothing's been done, all of our effort goes down the drain. So now we must pull out the stops and turn up the heat.
Please urge the full House to vote Karl Rove in contempt, forcing him to show up and testify!
www.contemptforrove.com
D.C. phone 1-202-225-2065
District phone 1-330-364-4300
In July, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Karl Rove, demanding his testimony about his own role in the politicization of the Department of Justice and politically motivated prosecutions of Democratic leaders. Karl Rove refused to even show up for the hearing, claiming that Congress has no power to compel senior White House officials to testify. That's outrageous.
Now that a U.S. District Judge has ruled that White House aides like Rove can't claim immunity in order to refuse to testify before Congress, there's no room for Karl Rove to hide any longer -- but our time is running out. If Congress adjourns at the end of September and nothing's been done, all of our effort goes down the drain. So now we must pull out the stops and turn up the heat.
Please urge the full House to vote Karl Rove in contempt, forcing him to show up and testify!
www.contemptforrove.com
Somebody quick--please ask Pastor John Hagee what he thinks God is telling us by the fact that hurricanes will open and close the scheduled days of the GOP Convention.
Does the the McBush supporting Pastor think that maybe God is telling us to do something about global climate change now that even President Bush, John McCain and the CEO of Exxon admit that it's real and human caused?
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/23/hagee-katrina-mccain/
Does the the McBush supporting Pastor think that maybe God is telling us to do something about global climate change now that even President Bush, John McCain and the CEO of Exxon admit that it's real and human caused?
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/23/hagee-katrina-mccain/
McCain has used remarks by Hillary Clinton to question Obama's ability to be president in a campaign ad. It's time for the Obama campaign or a 527 to produce ads utilizing some of these comments and stories about McCain mostly from Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate:
"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Republican Senator Thad Cochran said about McCain. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."
McCain "often insults people and flies off the handle," the New York Times reported.
The Arizona Republic was writing about his "volcanic temper" the last time he ran for president, in 1999.
His former colleague in the Senate, Republican Bob Smith, says McCain is a nutter: "I have witnessed incidents where he has used profanity at colleagues and exploded at colleagues … He would disagree about something and then explode. It was incidents of irrational behavior. We've all had incidents where we have gotten angry, but I've never seen anyone act like that."
Former Congressman John LeBoutillier, another Republican, says this: "I think he is mentally unstable and not fit to be president."
Basically everyone on Capitol Hill has been the victim of McCain's sociopathic tirades, and many have the apology letters from McCain to prove it.
When two Arizona medical doctors met with McCain to discuss a local endangered squirrel, "He slammed his fists on his desk, scattering papers across the room …. He jumped up and down, screaming obscenities at us for at least 10 minutes. He shook his fists as if he was going to slug us."
Says another Republican senator Pete Domenici, "I Didn't Want This Guy Anywhere Near A Trigger."
A furious McCain regularly throws F-bombs at his colleagues for no apparent reason.
In 1995, at the Capitol, McCain had a "scuffle" with 92-year-old Republican Senator Strom Thurmond. That's right, McCain tried to beat up the one person who was even older than McCain himself.
"It was election night 1986, and John McCain had just been elected to the U.S. Senate for the first time. Even so, he was not in a good mood. McCain was yelling at the top of his lungs and poking the chest of a young Republican volunteer who had set up a lectern that was too tall for the 5-foot-9 politician to be seen to advantage, according to a witness to the outburst."
http://wonkette.com/375248/meet-president-mcnasty
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1961581/posts
"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Republican Senator Thad Cochran said about McCain. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."
McCain "often insults people and flies off the handle," the New York Times reported.
The Arizona Republic was writing about his "volcanic temper" the last time he ran for president, in 1999.
His former colleague in the Senate, Republican Bob Smith, says McCain is a nutter: "I have witnessed incidents where he has used profanity at colleagues and exploded at colleagues … He would disagree about something and then explode. It was incidents of irrational behavior. We've all had incidents where we have gotten angry, but I've never seen anyone act like that."
Former Congressman John LeBoutillier, another Republican, says this: "I think he is mentally unstable and not fit to be president."
Basically everyone on Capitol Hill has been the victim of McCain's sociopathic tirades, and many have the apology letters from McCain to prove it.
When two Arizona medical doctors met with McCain to discuss a local endangered squirrel, "He slammed his fists on his desk, scattering papers across the room …. He jumped up and down, screaming obscenities at us for at least 10 minutes. He shook his fists as if he was going to slug us."
Says another Republican senator Pete Domenici, "I Didn't Want This Guy Anywhere Near A Trigger."
A furious McCain regularly throws F-bombs at his colleagues for no apparent reason.
In 1995, at the Capitol, McCain had a "scuffle" with 92-year-old Republican Senator Strom Thurmond. That's right, McCain tried to beat up the one person who was even older than McCain himself.
"It was election night 1986, and John McCain had just been elected to the U.S. Senate for the first time. Even so, he was not in a good mood. McCain was yelling at the top of his lungs and poking the chest of a young Republican volunteer who had set up a lectern that was too tall for the 5-foot-9 politician to be seen to advantage, according to a witness to the outburst."
http://wonkette.com/375248/meet-president-mcnasty
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1961581/posts
The images and sounds of the DNC are being brought to you by Roger Ailes and Fox News. Microphones can be rigged to make eruptions of applause to sound like four people clappping (remember Howard Dean's scream).
Breakaway shots of delegates can be selected to catch people yawning. And, I think subtle racism is a play. The convention is being shown to resemble the makeup of Obama's ex-church. Images are being selected to show people who are black as being enthusiastic and whites as being disinterested.
And, where are all the hottie blondes in the crowd that Fox News loves? I guess they have to be dead.
Why in the world did Howard Dean sign off to allowing Faux News as providing pool coverage?
Breakaway shots of delegates can be selected to catch people yawning. And, I think subtle racism is a play. The convention is being shown to resemble the makeup of Obama's ex-church. Images are being selected to show people who are black as being enthusiastic and whites as being disinterested.
And, where are all the hottie blondes in the crowd that Fox News loves? I guess they have to be dead.
Why in the world did Howard Dean sign off to allowing Faux News as providing pool coverage?
I'm befuddled how any Hillary Clinton supporter can seriously consider voting for John McCain. I hesitate re-telling a joke McNasty said about Chelsea Clinton about ten years ago, but here it is:
"Janet Reno is Chelsea Clinton's Father."
My theory is that there's a handful of true Democrats who have not unified behind Obama and 99% of the supposed disgruntled Hillary supporters are really Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" army. These people never planned to vote Democratic in the general election anyway.
"Janet Reno is Chelsea Clinton's Father."
My theory is that there's a handful of true Democrats who have not unified behind Obama and 99% of the supposed disgruntled Hillary supporters are really Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" army. These people never planned to vote Democratic in the general election anyway.
Today's front page of the Dispatch has a photo of Armstong listening to John McCain at the podium.
http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/25/mccain25.ART_ART_07-25-08_A1_39AREHR.html?sid=101
It's my understanding that in the speech that McCain accuses Barack Obama of being a traitor---that he'd prefer to lose the Iraq War in order to win the presidency.
McCain was at Armstrong's convention to fight cancer.
Does anyone know if Armstrong is a McSame supporter?
http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/07/25/mccain25.ART_ART_07-25-08_A1_39AREHR.html?sid=101
It's my understanding that in the speech that McCain accuses Barack Obama of being a traitor---that he'd prefer to lose the Iraq War in order to win the presidency.
McCain was at Armstrong's convention to fight cancer.
Does anyone know if Armstrong is a McSame supporter?
I started a "Sherrod Brown for V.P." group at Obama's website and I welcome others to join the group. I hope this url gets you there:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/SherrodBrownforVP
It's disheartening to me to hear that Evan Bayh and Sam Nunn are top contenders as reported by the media. Bayh is a triangulating DLCer and Sam Nunn is a conservative.
Now is the time for progressives to try to influence the Obama campaign to embrace the Zeitgeist.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/SherrodBrownforVP
It's disheartening to me to hear that Evan Bayh and Sam Nunn are top contenders as reported by the media. Bayh is a triangulating DLCer and Sam Nunn is a conservative.
Now is the time for progressives to try to influence the Obama campaign to embrace the Zeitgeist.
Democrats and progressives need to obliterate the phoney talking points originating from Newt Gingerich. The media is all too willing to confuse the issues. Air America Host Thom Hartmann and Congressman Peter DeFazio slay Republican talking points. I recommmend reading the transcripts of the following interview:
Thom Hartmann interviews Congressman Peter DeFazio, 18 June 2008
After months of negotiations behind closed doors, a supposed compromise has been reached on an extremely controversial bill that would grant immunity for spying on Americans by Telecom companies.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the bill as soon as Friday. Because of the thin party margins and unanimous Republican support in Congress, it will only take a handful of Democratic votes to pass the legislation. The Senate will take up the bill next week as early as Tuesday.
Will Rep. Space vote on the side of President Bush and Telecoms or on the side of protecting the Constitution?
Call him toll-free at 1-800-828-0498 and voice your opinion.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the bill as soon as Friday. Because of the thin party margins and unanimous Republican support in Congress, it will only take a handful of Democratic votes to pass the legislation. The Senate will take up the bill next week as early as Tuesday.
Will Rep. Space vote on the side of President Bush and Telecoms or on the side of protecting the Constitution?
Call him toll-free at 1-800-828-0498 and voice your opinion.
Sherrod is an economic populist whose message plays well particularly in the Midwest. Brown would fill the V.P. role well on the campaign trail acting as a bull-dog. In 2004, John Edwards campaigned as VP with a message of hope. Vice Presidents are most effective when not being afraid to throw mud at the opposition.
McSame is likely to choose Romney who made hundreds of million$ buying companies and outsourcing jobs. Brown would hold up very well against Romney in all ways.
Senator Barbara Boxer and Wes Clark ought to be considered too.
McSame is likely to choose Romney who made hundreds of million$ buying companies and outsourcing jobs. Brown would hold up very well against Romney in all ways.
Senator Barbara Boxer and Wes Clark ought to be considered too.
Welcome to Columbus and a hat tip for helping to organize the Justice Revival this week which is focused on issues of poverty.
You stated that the "highest levels" of the U.S. govenment have instituted a torture program during a recent local public radio program. You also said that you oppose torture and the organization that you lead, Sojourners, is a sponsor of NRCAT, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
However, it was disappointing that you did not mention that the Constitution is worth being defended by holding elected and appointed officials accountable for implementing torture policies. Rev. Wallis, do you believe we are a nation of laws or a nation of persons? It's true that the current administration is scheduled to leave office in less than a year. But, what will be the message to future administrations if those who have implemented torture policies are given "get-out-of-jail-free" cards?
Read More »President Bush and the failure of Reaganomics will ruin the "Republican" brand name for at least a generation. So now is the time for progressives to join the Democratic Party and start showing up.
Monied interests will be increasingly crossing over to the Democratic Party as they see the writing on the wall. True change will come from progressives joining at the local level and becoming active.
I became a member of the Franlin County Democratic Party today and plan to start showing up.
Discard the notion that Gov. Strickland delivered Ohio for Sen. Clinton. The numbers are showing that enough Republicans and Independents heeded the advice of wingnuts on the radio and requested Democratic ballots to vote for Clinton. Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman lay it out at the Free Press website .
I think Ohio should change the rules for voting in primaries. Party affiliation changes should be banned during the month before a primary election. Clear Channel wingnuts in Cleveland suggested that Republicans and Independents request Democratic ballots in order to vote against Dennis Kucinich. Fortunately, it didn't work in this case.
No hypocrisy here---there have been instances when Dem voters have meddled in Republican primaries too and that is just as wrong.
Bravo Big D!
Even if it's an anti-Obama column. Krugman makes persuasive arguements about why an Obama presidency could be a disappointment from the perspective of progressives. I'll still take my chances that Obama is creating a social movement. It's a good sign if the Dispatch editors are nervous about Obama.
Dispatch readers would have benefited from Krugman's columns about how the Bush tax cuts (which are skewed to the top 2%) would cause the national debt to explode. Or his columns about how Reaganomics and Crony Capitalism are devastating democracy and the middle class.
Or his columns about how the corporate media served as lapdogs for the Neocons to confuse Osama and Sadam to sell the Iraq War.
When will the Dispatch realize that they'll sell more newspapers when America restores the New Deal and protects its industrial base with tariffs to bring back good-paying manufacturing jobs?
Even if it's an anti-Obama column. Krugman makes persuasive arguements about why an Obama presidency could be a disappointment from the perspective of progressives. I'll still take my chances that Obama is creating a social movement. It's a good sign if the Dispatch editors are nervous about Obama.
Dispatch readers would have benefited from Krugman's columns about how the Bush tax cuts (which are skewed to the top 2%) would cause the national debt to explode. Or his columns about how Reaganomics and Crony Capitalism are devastating democracy and the middle class.
Or his columns about how the corporate media served as lapdogs for the Neocons to confuse Osama and Sadam to sell the Iraq War.
When will the Dispatch realize that they'll sell more newspapers when America restores the New Deal and protects its industrial base with tariffs to bring back good-paying manufacturing jobs?
Former Edwards supporter here who's leaning Obama but very disappointed that the corporate media, tycoons and the voters of only four small states narrowed the field to two choices.
I'm at Whetstone Library in Columbus the other day and a man asks the librarian if Obama has a campaign office across the street. The librarian doesn't know so I make the mistake of saying yes. The elderly man asks me why anyone would support Obama. I say there's really only two choices but he's capable blah, blah...
The man then says that he plans to get an Barack Hussein Obama yard sign so he can doctor it up to read, "Don't vote for the Muslim." And that Obama's father and stepfather were Muslims and Obama is one too and his mom was an atheist and he went to a madrassa in Indonesia, etc.
I let the guy know that the Constitution states that there should be no religious test for political office but Obama has attended a Christian church for twenty some years and is a Baptized Christian and he should respect that. The guy rejects the fact that Obama is Baptized.
That opened up a can of worms about the website and pastor of Obama's church. Apparently this guy is not bothered by American-Irish people parading through the closed streets of cities across America in a few weeks waving Irish flags. Or by the fact that almost every ethnic group clings to ethnic traditions. Read More »
I'm at Whetstone Library in Columbus the other day and a man asks the librarian if Obama has a campaign office across the street. The librarian doesn't know so I make the mistake of saying yes. The elderly man asks me why anyone would support Obama. I say there's really only two choices but he's capable blah, blah...
The man then says that he plans to get an Barack Hussein Obama yard sign so he can doctor it up to read, "Don't vote for the Muslim." And that Obama's father and stepfather were Muslims and Obama is one too and his mom was an atheist and he went to a madrassa in Indonesia, etc.
I let the guy know that the Constitution states that there should be no religious test for political office but Obama has attended a Christian church for twenty some years and is a Baptized Christian and he should respect that. The guy rejects the fact that Obama is Baptized.
That opened up a can of worms about the website and pastor of Obama's church. Apparently this guy is not bothered by American-Irish people parading through the closed streets of cities across America in a few weeks waving Irish flags. Or by the fact that almost every ethnic group clings to ethnic traditions. Read More »
Reverand Tim Ahrens of First Congregational Church UCC is scheduled to be a guest of Welton Gaddy's Air America Radio show, "State of Belief." The show is a production of The Interfaith Alliance Foundation and AAR.
"State of Belief" can be heard in Columbus on 1580 WVKO-AM every
Saturday, 10-11 AM and is replayed Sundays, 7-8 PM.
Please pass this info along to people who you think might be
interested.
I highly recommend "State of Belief" if you've never listened in.
"State of Belief" can be heard in Columbus on 1580 WVKO-AM every
Saturday, 10-11 AM and is replayed Sundays, 7-8 PM.
Please pass this info along to people who you think might be
interested.
I highly recommend "State of Belief" if you've never listened in.
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