Greenpeace USA co-founder, Jon Hinck, Launches First Web Ad in Maine Senate Race

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Wednesday January 04, 2012 · 6:49 AM PST

2012/01/04 · 06:49

Democratic State Representative Jon Hinck, a co-founder of Greenpeace USA, Launches First Web Ad of 2012 Maine Senate Race against Olympia Snowe

On Wednesday, as the Maine Legislature returns to work for the 2012 session, Representative Jon Hinck (D-Portland) is also launching the first web advertisement of his 2012 campaign against Olympia Snowe. Entitled “Red, White and You,” the ad contrasts Olympia Snowe’s special interest donors with Hinck’s extensive background as advocate, teacher, attorney, and legislator. The ad features corporate logos of a several of Snowe’s major campaign donors over a map of the United States while a voiceover states that, “the first step in making people’s voices heard starts in Maine, and Hinck is no stranger to fighting back against powerful special interests.”

Cross-posted at Dirigo Blue

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 5:53 AM PST

2008/11/20 · 05:53

Representative-Elect Sean Flaherty is a 23 year-old Democrat from Scarborough, Maine. He defeated a well known and highly respected Incumbent by a vote margin of 56%-44% in a town where Republicans outnumber Democrats by more than 6%. Although the history isn’t complete, Flaherty is believed to be the first ever Democrat to represent District 127 in the Maine State House, and credits Facebook and the internet as key tools in his campaign strategy.

I gave the nominating speech for Sen. Barack Obama for President at my town’s Democratic Caucus, and although I didn’t know it at the time, it was the event that has inevitably changed my life in so many ways. Although I was living and working in Washington, DC, I had kept my voter registration for five years at my home in Scarborough, ME. When it came time to vote in the Primaries, I didn’t want to simply vote absentee at the caucus, I wanted to be there. And after offering myself to the Obama for Maine campaign, I was asked to give the speech on behalf of Senator Obama.

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 8:17 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 08:17

In a Presidential Campaign shocker, GOP Nominee John McCain has announced that he is adding a second Vice Presidential Nominee.

"My friends, in these times of economic crisis at home and war against Islamic Fundamental Extreme Radical Scary Evil-Doers across our globe, it has become clear to me that the job of Vice President is too big for one man, one woman, or even a Pit Bull crossed with a Barracuda," McCain told reporters in New York Thursday, "As a result, my friends, I've ask General Colin Powell to join our ticket for change, I mean, reform, because he brings the necessary experience to reform Wershinton."

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Monday May 12, 2008 · 7:44 AM PDT

2008/05/12 · 07:44

The Mainer who should be Senator show real party leadership:

PORTLAND - Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Allen today pledged his support to Senator Barack Obama. Allen made his announcement during a 10:30 a.m. press conference at his campaign headquarters here.

Allen said he believes that both Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton are "supremely qualified to be president."

BUT

"Most of the primary voters across the nation have now spoken. It is time to bring a graceful end to the primary campaign. We now need to unify the Democratic Party and focus on electing Senator Obama and a working majority in the United States Senate. That is how we can change the direction of the country.

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 · 7:39 AM PDT

2008/03/12 · 07:39

CNN
and others reporting

ALBANY, New York (CNN) -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer will resign Wednesday, his aides said, as the New York governor faces allegations -- but no charges -- that he is tied to an international high-dollar prostitution ring ensnared in a federal probe.

Spitzer is scheduled to announce his resignation at 11:30 a.m. ET, a source close to the governor said.

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Friday February 29, 2008 · 8:16 AM PST

2008/02/29 · 08:16

Do you know if your household products are defective and could cause injury to you or your family? Are your medicines doing more harm than good? Are the toys you are buying safe?

Under current law, many defective and hazardous consumer products are still on store shelves, in medicine cabinets, and around the houses of millions of Americans – and you’d never know they are dangerous.

Don’t Americans have the right to know that the products they purchase won’t hurt themselves and their families?

Help Shed Some Light On This Issue for Congress, follow me on the flip ...

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Thursday February 07, 2008 · 11:36 AM PST

2008/02/07 · 11:36

This could be huge:

From The Washington Note

A well-placed spouse of a Clinton campaign insider just told me that a rumor is spreading like wild fire in Hillaryland that Al Gore is going to endorse Barack Obama.

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Tuesday February 05, 2008 · 11:26 AM PST

2008/02/05 · 11:26

Ok folks, here is your chance to shine in front of the thousands of Kossacks. No money on the line ... just pride and bragging rights!

Simply cut and paste the list below into a comment, write in who you think is going to win the popular vote in each state, and POST.

I'll calculate the results tomorrow and post the winners!

But, to make this even more legit ... go ahead and hit the Rec Button on the right there. Go ahead ... right now, clickity click ... great.

Thanks for playing! And Good Luck.

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Wednesday January 30, 2008 · 8:28 AM PST

2008/01/30 · 08:28

Obama made a great statement thanking John Edwards for his hard work.

For me, as a former Edwards supporter and recent Obama convert, this only solidifies my own support for Sen. Obama and the class he shows in his released statement below.

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Tuesday January 29, 2008 · 11:32 AM PST

2008/01/29 · 11:32

I know it's easy to bash Hillary Clinton on Dialy Kos, as so many of us are supporters of Obama and Edwards. But this diary isn't simply intended to repeat what we already think.
It is intended to predict that what you are going to see in days to come, thanks to Ted Kennedy, is more Democrats finding it easy to refuse Hillary Clinton and move away from Bill's legacy.

Let's say Al Gore had rightfully taken his place behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office on January 20, 2008. Would we all still love Bill Clinton?

Probably not.

The reality is that Clinton wasn't much of a Democrat. He governed to the center, sold out the traditional democrat bases, and moved the Democratic Party into a period of pro-Corporations in order to fundraise.

Simply stated, the Clintons worked to make the Democratic Party, more like the Republican Party.

The greater reality is, a lot of people remember that. And a lot of people don't want to see it happen again. But up until lately, people have been terrified to cross the Clintons, especially because Hillary, for a long time, looked all but certain to be the front runner for the nomination.

Ted Kennedy may have opened the flood gates of Anti-Clintonism.

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Monday January 28, 2008 · 8:57 AM PST

2008/01/28 · 08:57

The past few days have been very difficult on this JRE supporter. Over the last year, he’s been singing my tune. Fight the corporations, fight the special interests, fight the powers that be. Fight, Fight, Fight!

And all the while I’ve been right there along side you. I believed in your message, and I believe in your tactics, I believed in your brand of politics.

I donated money that I couldn’t afford to donate. I talked about your campaign to coworkers, family, and friends. I urged them to pick up our banner to fight the corrupt culture of Washington and defeat the special interests in the name of the common good.

But I lost that fight.

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Tuesday January 15, 2008 · 2:22 PM PST

2008/01/15 · 14:22

The FDA sides with PHARMA over patients.

Let me rephrase that .... FDA isn't just siding with PHARMA over patients ... it is going behind Congress' back, usurping Congressional power, in order to do it!

The old saying goes, "Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made."

Well, it's official: making laws is much more disgusting than making sausages.

Why you may ask? Because the Unelected Bush-Appointed Bureaucrats in the FDA are taking it upon themselves to rewrite the laws after Congressional intent was made LOUD and CLEAR when they passed them!

Essentially unelected bureaucrats are saying "Thanks but no thanks" to Congress's law regarding who should held accountable for drug label warnings.

It's the Bush Administration's way of shielding PHARMA and the drug companies that they represent from any accountability whatsoever.

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