Joe the Plutocrat

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 7:22 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 19:22

plu'to·crat' (plōō'tə-krāt') n., One who exercises power by virtue of wealth. A member of the plutocracy.

plu·toc·ra·cy (plōō-tŏk'rə-sē) n., 1. Government by the wealthy. 2. A wealthy class that controls a government. 3. A government or state in which the wealthy rule.

Is the Republican Party really the party of Joe the Plumber? Really? Since when are the Republicans on the side of working class people? Since the year 2000, the gap is not only growing between the rich and the poor, but the gap is also growing between the rich and the middle-class. When adjusted for inflation, the median household income of the average Joe out there is lower today than it was in the year 2000. In the year 2000, 57% of companies with fewer than 10 employees offered health benefits. Today, only 45% of those same-sized companies do so.

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 5:33 AM PDT

2008/10/19 · 05:33

This is scary stuff! Here in Caledonia, Wisconsin (near Racine) one of our volunteers was physically assaulted by an angry man. 58 year-old Nancy Takehara of Chicago told the story:

"The next thing I know he’s telling us we’re not his people, we’re probably with ACORN, and he started screaming and raving," Takehara said. "He grabbed me by the back of the neck. I thought he was going to rip my hair out of my head. He was pounding on my head and screaming. The man terrified me."

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 5:15 PM PDT

2008/10/10 · 17:15

Cross-posted at http://RFDBlog.com

The McCain campaign has just launched a new campaign with two goals:

They want to "turn the page" from the subject of the economy. To do this, they are creating a Boogey Man out of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN.
At the same time they are trying to justify why they will not accept the results of the election if Barack Obama wins.

The Creation of a Boogey Man: ACORN

Here’s the story. According to a Washington Post article,

"On the way into the event [in Waukesha, WI], the Republican Party of Wisconsin handed out fliers reading ‘Your Vote Is Being Stolen,’ an anti-ACORN leaflet that concluded, ‘Why is vote fraud allowed? Vote fraud is allowed since it
benefits Democrats.’"

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 4:49 AM PDT

2008/10/08 · 04:49

Was it just me, or did John McCain seem dismissive when he called Barack Obama "that one"?

If I had to choose between John McCain and Barack Obama, I would choose THAT one. When it comes to Barack Obama:

That one will get us out of Iraq with honor.
That one will raise our standing in the world.
That one will end corporate welfare and tax cuts for the Exxon Mobil’s of the world.
That one will focus on helping the middle class deal with their every day problems.
That one will deal directly with our healthcare crisis.
That one will focus on green energy, creating five million new jobs.
That one will restore civil liberties after the dark days of extraordinary rendition, suspension of habeas corpus and Guantanamo Bay.
That one will restore dignity and honor to the White House after eight years of heartbreak.

Maybe John McCain is right. Barack Obama is the one. That’s the one for me.

What the World Needs Now

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 5:45 AM PDT

2008/09/26 · 05:45

What do you think the world needs right now? Love sweet love? George Bush says that what the world needs now is $700 billion welfare for Wall Street. Let’s face it. We all know that if the economy suffers, we will all suffer. However, we also know that if Wall Street falls and there are bargains to be had, someone will scoop them up and we will all survive to see another day. That includes my miserable little 401K.

But, if we decided not to spend $700 billion on the bailout, what would you use the money for?

Well, Malaria No More could use $10 per mosquito net to protect families from malaria. If we bought one million nets, that still leaves $699,990,000,000 for Wall Street. Malaria causes around 350 to 500 million illnesses and more than one million deaths annually. Malaria is particularly devastating in Africa, where it kills an African child every 30 seconds. Maybe we could redirect just less than two-tenths of one percent to do something about malaria.

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 11:41 AM PDT

2008/09/23 · 11:41

When Fox news, the official news agency of the GOP, has something bad to say about Sarah Palin, THAT's news. Dog bites owner...repeatedly.

http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/...

Here's a quote:

It is traditional for the press traveling with a candidate to have some relationship with the candidate and special access because of all the hours logged on the plane and on the campaign trail. But, Palin still has not come back to answer any questions or talk to her press corps. The only time the press has met the Alaska governor is on her first solo flight three weeks ago and it was off the record. We shook hands with Palin and she was quickly ushered back to the front of the plane behind a gray curtain where she has remained for the three and a half weeks she has been a candidate.

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 4:32 AM PDT

2008/09/15 · 04:32

Here's another good article. Someone else probably wrote about this already, but I couldn't find it. (I could use your help on how I can verify whether or not a topic has been taken).

The article focuses on McSame's use of outrage to grab the daily line on the news.

"The McCain campaign baited the outrage hook, and the Obama campaign and the national media bit," says Todd Harris, a Republican political consultant who worked for McCain in 2000 and Fred Thompson in 2008. "Hats off to the McCain guys for completely throwing Obama off."

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 8:38 AM PDT

2008/09/14 · 08:38

Have you seen Sherry Whitstine's blog? I Googled it after reading the article in the times. See http://syrin.vox.com/

She seems to be a conservative Christian, but she sure doesn't like Governor Palin.

Here’s a nice little article about the role that Gov. Palin’s husband played as "first dude." http://syrin.vox.com/...

I haven’t read enough to know if Ms. Whitstine is a nut job who lost the beauty queen contest or if she really knows what she is talking about, but her blog could be something fun to explore.

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Sunday February 17, 2008 · 8:59 AM PST

2008/02/17 · 08:59

Dear Daily Kos World,

I was wrong. You are right.

I didn’t get it. I have spent the last few years thinking that the left-wing of the Democratic Party is unnecessarily harsh. I considered most progressive bloggers to be screeching shrews living in a liberal bubble. I thought they were uncompromising zealots with little regard for the concessions necessary for politics. Terms like DINO (Democrat in Name Only) seemed shrill. After all, wasn’t it better to have a "moderate" Democrat than almost any Republican?

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Wednesday February 06, 2008 · 6:38 AM PST

2008/02/06 · 06:38

Evidently, CIA director Michael Hayden decided that Super Tuesday was a good day to bury bad news, and he wasn’t far from wrong. Yesterday Director Hayden admitted that the US Government has used waterboarding on at least 3 people. This is the first such clear admission by the Bush Administration.

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Friday January 04, 2008 · 9:57 PM PST

2008/01/04 · 21:57

There were a couple of surprising (to me) quotes in the newspapers today. An article in The Wall Street Journalquoted Hillary Clinton’s press secretary, Jay Carlson as saying:

"Iowa is so small, it’s like a mayor’s race in a medium-sized city. It wouldn’t be wise to put too much emphasis on it."

The same article quotes Clinton chief strategist Mark Penn:

"The worst thing would be to over count Iowa and its importance. Iowa doesn’t have a record of picking presidents."

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Wednesday January 02, 2008 · 9:00 PM PST

2008/01/02 · 21:00

Davenport, IA – How would a President Obama handle an international crisis? One may hope to gain a glimpse as Senator Obama responds to the situation in Kenya. Hundreds of Kenyans have been killed after a disputed election, including approximately 50 who died when a church was burned with refuge-seekers inside. Much of the fighting has fallen along ethnic lines, reminiscent of the genocide which occurred in Rwanda, sparking fears of further violence.

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Kursing Kos

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Clinton Spits on Iowa on the Way out of Town

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