Democrats Leading on 2 of the 3 major issues.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS POLL IS FROM WWW.CNN.COM/POLITICS amd was done by the Opinion Research Corporation on August 18-20, 2006.


A poll recently posted on www.cnn.com/POLITICS showed that Americans believe out of the three major issues, terrorism, the war in Iraq, and the economy those polled believed that Democrats would do a better job in Iraq and the economy. The President and the Republicans hoped that they could make Iraq an issue that worked in their favor for this up and coming election. However, as the Republicans are quickly finding out, they can't win in November. We the Democrats have finally succeeded in convincing Americans that we are better. This country is sick and tired of this President and his stay the course attitude. President Bush thinks that everything he does is right and everybody who disagrees with him is wrong. President Bush was quoted saying on Monday in a news conference, "There are a lot of people in the Democratic Party who believe that the best course of action is to leave Iraq before the job is done. Period. And they're wrong," Are we Mr. President? Figuring a vast majority of Americans believe your war was bullshit from the begining, are we all wrong or maybe it is you who is wrong? Oh, and look above Mr. P, and see for yourself, you are loosing on Iraq and so are the American troops. If you truly supported them you would change your course. We support them and want to bring them home soon. And on the economy, the President and his failed policy of tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent of Americans have made this economy fail time after time, and these polls show this.

(Thanks to www.cnn.com/POLITICS and the Opinion Research Corporation)

Lamont for U.S. Senate

Everybody has been watching the Connecticut senate race as Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) was defeated by challenger and anti-war candidate Ned Lamont for the Democratic nomination. I was a supporter of Mr. Lieberman in the primary because I feel I am more moderate, and think we should have conservative voices in the Democratic Party. However, since Lieberman was defeated by Ned Lamont, and he is the nominee, I support Mr. Lamont because I support the Democratic Party. Mr. Lamont is not a bad candidate and I believe in what he stands for. He stands for standing up to President Bush and changing course in Iraq by bringing the troops home. I do not believe in bringing the troops home right away, but I think having the debate makes it an issue, rather than something that this congress just ignores. We need to do something with Iraq rather than just stay the course. I think that Mr. Lamont could be a voice in this.
I do not respect Mr. Lieberman's decision to run as an "Independent Democrat." He should have respected Mr. Lamont's victory and dropped out. He is just trying to hang onto a broken campaign for Senate. Mr. Lamont won, get over it. Ned Lamont is a good man, with a good heart. I think Mr. Lieberman should be loyal to the democratic process and bow out of the race. Lieberman is on an ego trip that is fueled by his belief that people still believe in him. If his own party has said no, than what other support will he get? I respect Mr. Lieberman and think he should quit while he is ahead and leave as people should remember him as a good man and senator who stuck to his convictions. If he stays on with this race, he will be remembered as an egotistical sore looser.

In the Senate Race in Tennessee: Ford Leads Corker by 1% a Deadheat in a Southern State

Republicans should start worrying about 2006, why? Because in the state of Tennessee, Harold Ford, an African American Democratic Congressman, is leading Bob Corker, the Republican nominee by 1%. Ford who is a 5 term congressman who was first elected in 1996 at the age of 26. He entered the senate race behind everyone of his possible Republican challengers and was likely to lose. However, in a recent poll published by the DSCC, Ford lead Corker by 1%. Why, because Corker has become a part of the culture of corruption in the Republican Party. On the DSCC website posted Aug.22, 2006, they had this to say about Mr. Corker:


From www.dscc.org:

"Republican Bob Corker has earned his place in the Hall of Shame for placing his own financial interests before the interests of Tennessee while mayor of Chattanooga. Corker's real estate company took in a whopping $4.6 million "by selling the Wal-Mart land just weeks after Corker's public works administrator signed off on a construction easement."

The Memphis Commercial Appeal documents Corker's unethical behavior:

Once a place where neighborhood kids caught bugs and hikers admired birds and wildflowers, this wooded nature preserve along South Chickamauga Creek now is littered with trash and overgrown with weed-choked trails.

Looking around last week, activist Sandy Kurtz blamed two sources: Wal-Mart and Bob Corker, a self-made millionaire who until last year was Chattanooga's mayor.

"I used to bring kids with school groups out here and do environmental programs to highlight the value of wetlands," said Kurtz, an environmental educator. "It's grown up now because our volunteers can't get to it anymore.''

Kurtz and other activists unsuccessfully fought plans by Corker's private companies for a now-thriving Wal-Mart Supercenter, built in 2003 in this protected watershed. Now, three years later, the controversy is roiling again, just as Corker heads toward the home stretch in his bid for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat.

A lawsuit by Kurtz that Corker's lawyers had succeeded in getting dismissed has been reinstated, and, just last week, a judge issued an order that keeps private some records connected to the suit.

The controversy is spinning off new allegations.

A Nashville lawyer pursuing Kurtz's suit says he's bothered by records that show how a Corker real estate company collected $4.6 million by selling the Wal-Mart land just weeks after Corker's public works administrator signed off on a construction easement.

If Corker could not be trusted to put the citizens of Chattanooga above his own personal wealth, why should Tennesseans trust him now? This shady business deal could be especially harmful to Corker given his past ethical transgressions, which includes questionable personal loans and misleading political ads."

(Thank you to the DSCC)

Corker a former mayor of Chattanooga, TN, has made making lots of money more important than serving people as many Republicans have. He will join the likes of Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Tom Delay, and Bob Ney as the leaders of the culture of corruption.

Harold Ford will always put people first, and never be tempted by money and bribes. Ford should have been in the lead from the begining but now the people see why Ford should be senator. If you are tired of the culture of corruption, VOTE DEMOCRAT!

DCCC's Why A Democratic Majority?

This article is from the website of www.dccc.org:

"Why a Democratic Majority?
America Needs a New Direction

With a Democratic majority in Congress we can focus the agenda on the priorities that families care about most, like fighting for health care, working to lower gas prices, making education for our children affordable and a plan for success in Iraq and the broader war on terror. America needs a new direction. House Democrats will lead the way with a Democratic Majority.


With a Democratic Majority...
• With Democrats in charge, we will help lower gas prices and achieve energy independence, crack down on price gouging; eliminate billions in subsidies for oil and gas companies and use the savings to provide consumer relief and develop American alternatives, including biofuels; promote energy efficient technology.

• With Democrats in charge, we will fight to help working families by raising the minimum wage; and repealing tax giveaways that encourage companies to move jobs overseas.

• With Democrats in charge, we will cut college costs, make college tuition deductible from taxes; expand Pell grants and cut student loan costs.

• With Democrats in charge, we will ensure a dignified retirement for our seniors by preventing the privatization of Social Security; but instead expanding savings incentives and ensuring pension fairness.

• With Democrats in charge, we will extend health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans nationwide and fight for affordable prescription drugs, not multi-billion dollar giveaways to pharmaceutical companies and HMOs.

• With Democrats in charge, we will get our fiscal house in order. Under the Bush administration, we have gone from record surplusses to record deficits and it is time for fiscal priorities that don't include mortgaging our nation's financial future on the backs of future generations.

• With Democrats in charge, we will make stem cell research a priority so that we can give a fighting chance to millions of Americans looking for hope. We will overcome President Bush’s stifling limitations on progress and push for necessary cures.

• With Democrats in charge, we will finally enact the necessary reforms of the 9/11 Commission. The findings of the commission are vital to securing our ports, limiting the flow dangerous materials at home and abroad and winning the broader war on terror.

• With Democrats in charge, we will stop selling our natural resources to the highest special interest bidder and work to reverse the dangerous effects of global warming. We will promote alternative energy so that our future is in our own hands and so we can continue to lead the world in innovation and preservation."

Source: www.dccc.org

DSCC Race Map: Road to Victory!

Governor Mark Warner: My New Second Choice

As you all know 2008 is around the corner and I have made it quite clear that Senator Joe Biden (D-DE)is my top choice for president but I did also say that Russ Feingold was my second choice, I am here today to change my mind. For the last couple of months I have listened to the words, ideas, and story of Former Governor Mark Warner of Virginia. After learning about Gov. Warner I have found that besides Joe Biden, he would make a great president. But, why am I making a case for this guy if I support Biden? There are too slots on that ticket in '08 leading off the ticket should be Senator Biden and his running mate should be Governor Warner. I believe that Warner should run for president so he could raise his visibility amoung Americans. He is an experience person, former buisnessman, chair of the Virginia Dems, and the most popular governor in decades. He balanced the budget and put Virginia back on track. He served as chairman of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governor Assoc., and the Democratic Governors Assoc. He is popular in the south and could win Virgina. A Biden/Warner ticket with a good grassroots campaign could make us a treat in the south. Governor Warner is a good man with is a moderate. This ticket could be the Clinton/Gore of this decade. Lets support this ticket now.

Joe Biden's webstie-www.uniteourstates.com
Mark Warner's website-www.forwardtogetherpac.com

The Ever Growing Gap

There is a major gap in this country that by the day becomes more and more difficult to close. I am talking of course about the gap between the middle and upper classes. There is as Lou Dobbs would say, "A War on the Middle Class" as more jobs pay less, and the minimum wage is not enough to live on. Minimum wage jobs are enough to pay for the high cost of American living. Inflation and price gauging of the American public. We are allowing all Americans to be ripped off at the gas pump by Exxon Mobile and we will not even investigate them by their lack of business ethics. One example of the gap is this is less than 40 years ago; CEOs on average were paid an average of about 20-30 times the average worker. Today CEOs on average are paid 600 times the average worker. That is a big, big gap. The minimum wage is $5.15 an hour, and yearly that equals less that 11,000 dollars a year, which is worth less with inflation, and after taxes gives horrible living standards to minimum wage workers. By the way if you earn a minimum wage salary you are below the poverty line. What does this all mean? It means the middle class in eroding away into a new class that can't pay for it's self. We need to do something now and stop making the wealthy, the most powerful.

Get Your Priorities Straight

I love this country first off, and I can't stand this government sitting by and debating pointless issues. Last week the Senate debated a bill involving abortion, when there are a host of issues facing this country that are more dire than abortion, gay marriage, and flag burning. We need to get our priorities straight for example STOP DEBATING ISSUES THAT ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY SERIOUS!!! We need to focus first off on getting rid of the deficit, because when we do this everything becomes easier to fix. How do we get rid of the deficit, we get rid of tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent of Americans, and get rid of pork barrelling and wasteful spending. Second we need to focus on the growing gap between the middle class and the upper class. As the upper class becomes more influential in this country the more less powerful the middle class become. The middle class is the biggest part of this country and it is shrinking. The middle class's voice is becoming more and more distant and average Americans are becoming less involved in this government. Why? This government is not listening to us, they are listening to what the polls show them, that sensational issues such as gay marriage, abortion, and flag burning divide this nation into two wedges that drive this nation to hate each other. If we focus on things like making our economy stronger, we can make our country stronger. We also need to be focusing on education also. We need to focus on getting off foreign oil and having a better approach to this war and our foreign policy. We need to focus on a host of issues ranging from obessity, disease research, the environment, global warming to tax cuts for middle class Americans, helping the poor, and raising the minimum wage. Let's get our priorities straight and stop talking about non issues. Lets fix this nation before we start talking about other issues.

A Message for November

Recently I saw the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Fm.Gov. Howard Dean speak in Delaware and I would like to pass on his message. We need to build our Democratic base through working on local campaigns. A difference can be made through working for Democratic candidates throughout the country. We need to take back state houses throughtout this nation. A way we can build a base in the south is too invest a lot of time in local campaigns such as mayor, school board, city council, state house and senate, etc. With our weak base in the south this is extremely important for the Democratic Party, we haven't done enough locally therefore when it comes to the south we have been loosing. So if we simply tell it like it is, and relay a message of pro middle class, pro balanced budget, pro education, and pro end to the war in Iraq, we take back this country, one county at time. It is time we stop writing off states like Nebraska, Mississippi, Alabama, and Kansas, and start putting them on our radar screen. We need to bring people of all spectrums to our party so we can return to the days of JFK, FDR, Scoop Jackson, and Harry Truman, because that is the real Democratic Party, Pro People. We need to listen to our chairman and start getting active. Go to www.democrats.org, find your local Democratic Party website and get going!