ATTN: North Carolina: Cookouts for Change

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Friday September 12, 2008 · 9:51 AM PDT

2008/09/12 · 09:51

If you are in North Carolina and want to get off your butts in a state that is much closer than some polls have shown lately, go Saturday (September 13) to a Carolina Cookout for Change.

If you need an example of just what we fight here in Carteret County, and want to get pissed off enough to actually show up and support the Obama campaign, take a look at some recent editorial excerpts from our local Carteret County News Times:

(September 10, 2008) You need to face your enemy to defeat them. John McCain will face this threat and lead us on to victory."

At our peril, dozing liberals would sabotage America.

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Technically, It's in the Details

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Thursday June 12, 2008 · 10:31 PM PDT

2008/06/12 · 22:31

I've come to appreciate Obama's web team's success. The website design is clean, navigation simple and intuitive, and pages are balanced with white space and info. Even more, the tech team mirrors the proactive attention to detail that the more public campaign seeks to promote.

As if to mirror McCain's technical confounditude, the McCain tech team has shown it too can be behind the times, demonstrating the lack of attention to detail which causes the McCain campaign to appear inept, confused, deprecated, and not very user-friendly. I found a cannonical example of this a few hours ago.

As a bit of intro, a partner and I maintain an AOL Instant Messenger bot called ObamaBuddy (he's online 24/7, also in the AOL AIM Bot Gallery). Our way of helping elect Senator Obama in November, the unofficial bot has bits of information on the issues, polls, and a few links, and 'talks' to dozens of potential volunteers every day.

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 · 1:40 PM PDT

2008/03/19 · 13:40

I sit on the sidelines in politics. Not in my views, not in how I discuss politics with my friends and family: I'm a vocal commentator of our political times when I'm with those who value my opinion, and sometimes even with those who don't. I haven't posted a DKos diary in many, many months, greatly because I felt I had little new to offer the site that wasn't already better said by more critical thinkers, more prosaic authors. I'm a registered unaffiliated voter in NC who is very liberal on both social and international issues, but who has long been disgusted by the sly, wink-wink politics of the old-school Dems. I'll vote for them, but I don't have to like that they fall short of many of the ideals I hold dear.

No, I rail from the sidelines to my friends, my family, about the injustices, dirty practices, and radical unfairness, often driven by diaries I've read here, often supported by the endless and tireless fact checking and typically reasoned, passionate debates herein. I write LTEs, I contact my elected officials, I do the small things on the backend that you never see, and frankly, you never will. Until today, however, I had never given one cent to any politician. Ever.

islanddave

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Thursday October 19, 2006 · 5:48 PM PDT

2006/10/19 · 17:48

This diary is offered respectfully in response to ceratotherium's diary Why I am against impeachment. (ceratotherium's points are quoted) Read More

Touche, damn it

islanddave

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Thursday August 19, 2004 · 10:02 PM PDT

2004/08/19 · 22:02

From NYT:

DOHA (AFP) - Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani warned that Iran might launch a preemptive strike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities.

"We will not sit (with arms folded) to wait for what others will do to us. Some military commanders in Iran are convinced that preventive operations which the Americans talk about are not their monopoly," Shamkhani told Al-Jazeera TV when asked if Iran would respond to an American attack on its nuclear facilities.

"America is not the only one present in the region. We are also present, from Khost to Kandahar in Afghanistan; we are present in the Gulf and we can be present in Iraq..."

Bush flip-flops on new Intel Czar powers

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Monday August 16, 2004 · 12:02 PM PDT

2004/08/16 · 12:02

Via UPI:

By Shaun Waterman
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
Published 8/16/2004 10:44 AM

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush, in an apparent reversal, has decided that the new national intelligence director recommended by the Sept. 11 Commission should have the budgetary and hire-fire authority that the commission wanted, one of the ten commissioners told United Press International.

"I have very good reason to believe that is what the president intends," John Lehman, the Reagan-era Navy secretary said Sunday, confirming reports from a handful of journalists briefed Friday by a senior White House official. Lehman declined to elaborate on his reasons.

islanddave

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Thursday July 29, 2004 · 10:14 AM PDT

2004/07/29 · 10:14

Just got back from Morehead City where Bowles stopped this morning for about an hour. He talked about port security, a big issue in the NC down east and coastal areas. He also touched on the pathetic medicare bill, and advocated for health care for all citizens. Making it clear that he would be his own Senator, he made sure everyone understood that he would not simply vote for legislation because it was a Dem bill.
Check out a pic of me with Bowles here. (more here.)

Bowles was full of energy, (Bowles blog here) and was much more charismatic than I remember him from his last campaign run. Instead of a stiff bureaucrat, he came off as an intelligent and genuine person, and was gracious enough to talk to everyone who had a word for him. He emphasized that he was quite happy to have a good lead in this race, but wanted to instill a sense of continued purpose in GOTV efforts for November.

Follow-up on Farrell's ACT ad

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Wednesday July 28, 2004 · 2:35 PM PDT

2004/07/28 · 14:35

If you didn't catch cvcobb01's diary entry, check it out for Will Ferrell's ACT ad, doing his perfected Bush impression.

That brings me to an important prediction. Following the success of anti-Bush movie F9-11, I foresee a Bush satire movie starting in 2005 regardless of who wins the race. Think of "That's My Bush" with humor. Ferrell would obviously play Bush, what about the rest of the team?

Flip-flopping: Demand it! w/ poll

islanddave

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Wednesday July 28, 2004 · 1:42 PM PDT

2004/07/28 · 13:42

I'm listening to Randi Rhodes interview George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic nominee for President, and he threw out an excellent sound bite. Discussing the moronic assertion that Kerry, or any politician for that matter, is somehow less qualified to be in public service simply due to changing positions on issues, McGovern offered that this instead demonstrated a positive trait.

"I'm wiser today than I was yesterday" is the statement McGovern says Kerry and others are making when they choose to change a stance on an issue. I must agree, and in fact, this is what I have been arguing for years.

Dynamic, not static, is our world. Read More

NC Sen Candidate Bowles/Eaton for Congress info

islanddave

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Monday July 26, 2004 · 12:57 PM PDT

2004/07/26 · 12:57

The Bowles for Senate campaign will be stopping in Morehead City on Thursday. The bus will be showing up to support local Congressional candidate Roger Eaton, the Democratic challenger to Freedom Fries Jones.

The rally will take place at 8AM on the 29th of July at the Dem County HQ (3025 Bridges Street). If anyone can attend, PLEASE do so. Roger needs your support, as does Bowles. We cannot lose a Dem seat in the Senate this year (Bowles is running for Edward's seat), and Eaton needs significant Dem interest to make his race a tight one.

Besides, there will be a free continental breakfast. Free food : good. Come out an support both campaigns on Thursday, and get everyone you know to come with you. Read More

One Fucked Up Election Year.

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Thursday July 22, 2004 · 7:51 PM PDT

2004/07/22 · 19:51

Man, can it get any wierder?

Vernon Robinson won the GOP primary in the NC-6, but didn't get enough votes to win outright, and thus will face a run-off against Virginia Foxx in August. Robinson, if you aren't familiar with his campaign, is the campaigner behind this racist ad. (You may need to open link in a new window to get it to work) Robinson's been officially endorsed by Jesse Helms. His agenda is that of the right-wing neo-cons.

Did I remind you that Vernon Robinson is black? Read More

Post NC primary ...er... post. w/ Poll

islanddave

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Thursday July 22, 2004 · 2:05 PM PDT

2004/07/22 · 14:05

It was certainly a hot one passing out fliers on Tuesday. Roger Eaton's brochures are well-designed, and for a change, actually spell out information useful for voters. The slick design is eye-catching, and I noted quite a few people actually stopping to read them details.

At the Emerald Isle spot, I probably only saw a total of 150 people, and managed to get fliers in the hands of 75-100. This, in a district which has about 2000 registered voters. Of course, many of these likely have more than one home, and stay away from the Island during the hot months and tourist season.

I spoke to a couple of die-hard Republicans who will be voting Kerry this year if he can present a reasonable argument. Even if he does not, these people asserted, Bush would not get their votes. The war in Iraq, in particular, was a subject of heated discourse. I listened as one Korean Vet railed against what he called the "murder" of our service members in the name of a personal grudge match between Bush and Saddam. On man told me he had voted Republican in every election over his lifetime (probably about 50-55 yo), but would never vote for Bush. In fact, he is so disgusted with Republicans that he declared he would not vote for a single Republican this year. I talked to him for a long period of time about Roger's campaign against Wacky Walter Jones, and pointed out Roger's strong belief in protecting our military, and seeing them rewarded at a level which better represents the depth of sacrifice these people make. Concurrent receipts, I told him, is a big issue for Eaton, and expect him to push his support for improving the lives of our military men and women in every way possible.
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