Biden draws 4500 in Ohio. MSM: Crickets...

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 8:56 AM PDT

2008/09/19 · 08:56

I have enormous respect for Sen. Biden. I shared a diary about an Acela trip I took with him at this site when he was first selected by Sen. Obama as the Vice Presidential Candidate.

Diary of my Acela Ride with Sen. Biden.

I also know he can be an extremely effective, personal and wide ranging speaker. While this week has been an unmitigated disaster for many of my clients, I have taken a little time to keep up with how his tour of Ohio was being received.

Extremely well. Joe Biden is drawing crowds ranging from a few hundred, to over 4500. He is giving multiple stumps and interviews every day. And his speeches are hitting brilliant core points.

Jobs, Energy, Need for Financial Regulation, SE Asian Nuclear Proliferation, Russian Policy. High Speed Rail. And a loud, strong promise to get out of Iraq NOW. Below is an update and links.

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 1:45 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 13:45

It is well known some breeds of dog tend to vote Democratic.

Pit Bulls, despite a very heavy "Urban" demographic have a long association with the Grand Old Party.

While numerous journals here and elsewhere have documented Ms. Palin's insults to: Single Mother's, Community Organizers, History, Reality, Our Intelligence, Earmarkers, Non-Moose Killers, Non-Snowmobile-Racers, Non-Book-Burners, Non-End-Times-Are-Next-Weekers, People with Passports they have actually used, and voters who live in the lower 48...

I don't think anyone has covered this extremely exciting news:

Pit Bulls, insulted she would claim to have anything like their well earned toughness, are moving into D colum... Testimony Below:

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 5:54 AM PDT

2008/08/23 · 05:54

For 20 years I have riden the Train from Washington DC to points North, and vice versa of course.

Train Travel, unlike the automobile, is inherently social. In the bad old days, in the 80's I once needed 12 hours (and three different trains) to take one MetroLiner trip from NY to DC. There was an ice storm involved.

(Of note, it was Joe Biden and few other stalwart and forward thinking leaders in DC got Amtrak the money to upgrade the track and trains we now know as Acela, and his VP role is wonderful new for Train Lovers)

But this journal is a recollection of one train trip, in early 2002 when Joe Biden was my seat mate.

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Sunday January 06, 2008 · 6:52 PM PST

2008/01/06 · 18:52

Having sat through the GOP debates on ABC and now Fox, It occurs to me they could all just crib one speech and be done with it.

"If America's Americans be American in the tradition of America, then we can make Stable Change Together. As Ronald Reagan always said: It's Morning in America. It's still that Morning in America for American's who know that God has put us here in the Shining City on the Hill. We have so much we can do together on Taxes. So much we can do to solve our problems if we keep our American Optimism. We just need to buckle down and get to work with our rolled up sleeves on America's Challenges. We are winning in the world against Islamic Radicals. Our economy is strong. Our resolve is strong.

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Tuesday January 01, 2008 · 7:05 AM PST

2008/01/01 · 07:05

Shudder. Feel their pain. Please. It's the season of good cheer, new beginning and resolutions.

Feel the Pain of sane members of the GOP who will have to slog through the sleet, snow and rain this week to choose between Mr. Huckabee and Mr. Romney. It boggles the mind.

Remember the millions of moderately conservative members of the GOP? Remember them as you write. We want to gather them to us. They have to choice between Mr. Better Hair, and Mr. Better Jesus. They shudder.

After having taken a month off from dKos. I have been back reading journals here for the last week.

I have very few comments. I posted about a mid-day conversation about Bloomberg's likely run, but I have found it somewhat disturbing the number of truly vituperative postings exist between supporters of Mr. Edwards, Mr. Obama, and Ms. Clinton. Why? We have good choices to contrast with bad choices.

Stop it. Remember who we need to win over. Not each other. We need to win over them.

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Which non-GOP Candidate Appeals to Disaffected GOPs?

71 votes Vote Now!

Which non-GOP Candidate Appeals to Disaffected GOPs?

Mr. Edwards

23 votes

Mr. Obama

25 votes

Ms. Clinton

3 votes

Mr. Biden

2 votes

Mr. Richardson

2 votes

Mr. Bloomberg

9 votes

Mr. McCain (many GOPers consider him a D after his Kerry speculations)

6 votes

Other Candidate not included on this list

1 vote

Bloomberg's Platform. Buckle up Progressives?

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Sunday December 30, 2007 · 11:18 AM PST

2007/12/30 · 11:18

This is one of my "Just had lunch in DC" with a friend diaries.

Some here at dKos hate them. Others love them.

My friend has worked with, and known Bloomberg for over a decade.

Both when Bloomberg was a CEO and as Mayor

This is, a summary, of our lunch converstion together.

(Full Disclosure: I wanted Gore. I lean toward Edwards today. Just saying.)

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Thursday August 16, 2007 · 2:35 PM PDT

2007/08/16 · 14:35

I have been raging about our lives in Post Democracy America for a while.

The voting machines of ESS and formerly Diebold are designed to allow for numerous easy methods to steal elections.

Florida 2000, Georgia 2002, Ohio, PA, NM others in 2004 and many small races in 2006 all stolen.

The growing legal liability of it was always the achilles heal. You can steal an election but don't impact the stock price. Americas priorities.

I reported almost a year ago after attending a senior level meeting in which investment groups were pitched on buying out Diebold's voting business. The lawyers admitted to "unknown, but real risk" of suits.

Post from Last Year About Sale of Diebold Election Sys.

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The Unknown LLC will involve

27 votes Vote Now!

The Unknown LLC will involve

At least 3 members of BushCo.

2 votes

At least 2 ordained evangelical ministers

0 votes

At least 1 previous board member of a anti-abortion terror cell

0 votes

At least 50% of the money coming from Texas

0 votes

Continuing to hire pathological liars to claim there is no problem

8 votes

At least 3 members of Romney 08

1 vote

All of the above.

16 votes

Dick: A John, and keeping up with Newt?

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Monday July 23, 2007 · 2:05 PM PDT

2007/07/23 · 14:05

A few weeks ago, I shared a widely circulated DC rumor: Dick Cheney was a client of the DC Madam.

Dick "John" Cheney on her List Too?

This rumor has taken two forms in DC: One form denotes Dick as a Sex-Work client himself.
The second form denotes him as a Buyer of Sex-Work as gifts for visiting business men. And my source was a GOP attorney who does damage control spin for such subjects. He believed Cheney would need spin.

So, in light of the stunning idiocy the nation faced when the GOP Noise Machine spent north of a Million dollars in private investigations and $13,000,000.00+ in Ken Starr staff time to finally uncover President Clinton had a Blow Job, I thought perhaps investing a little of my time would be worthwhile.

Story below:

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Vitters...

39 votes Vote Now!

Vitters...

End of the DC Madam Story...full stop...

2 votes

A Great American.

1 vote

Act 1 of 5 Act Play.

22 votes

Cheney's Wing Man.

2 votes

Cheney made him do it.

3 votes

Will be an angel next to Cheney.

5 votes

At least he never wanted the spanking.

4 votes

Dick "John" Cheney on her list too?

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Tuesday July 10, 2007 · 7:31 AM PDT

2007/07/10 · 07:31

Just came in from Coffee at the Caribou Coffee at 16th and L in DC.

Ran into one of my old cronies.

DC Madamm talk is all the conversation in DC.

Brace Yourself.

I was just told Dick Cheney, while CEO of Halliburton, used her services regularly, they are trying to spin up a message to explain that members of his staff, in his offices, used this service to entertain foreign clients.

Apparently several of his ex-staff at Halliburton are already being besieged by calls.

Make of it what you will. I think I would be happier knowing the Dick can dance like a John.

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Friday July 06, 2007 · 1:11 PM PDT

2007/07/06 · 13:11

A few weeks ago I posted a meditation considering the Washington Times 'Scoop' or 'Plant' on Bloomberg's intended game plan for Presidency.

One of the most interesting elements of the Bloomberg story was a quote about McCain's campaign. "A smoking bi-plane spiralling down."

McCain the Smoking BiPlane, Bloomberg the Gun.

I have a huge respect for Mike Bloomberg. I have done work for Bloomberg Information Networks. And while I live in DC, I am from NYC where most of my family still live. Mike has earned the respect of members of my family ranging from Army Grunts to Union FireFighters to Hourly Workers to Salary Workers.

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112 votes Show Results

Bloomberg.

112 votes Vote Now!

Bloomberg.

Crazy idea, but possible

12 votes

Never happen.

16 votes

The McCain thing is happenstance

6 votes

More Progressive than Hillary

17 votes

Beware Short-Statured Billionaires Running for President

38 votes

Rice-A-Romney is still the Ticket to beat

3 votes

Washington Post as the Source? Are you nuts KSP?

4 votes

Romney's Five Sons might have to serve in Iraq to pay the Bills?

3 votes

Why not, it was once America damn it!

13 votes

Pro-US Iraqis...are there any left?

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Monday June 04, 2007 · 8:57 AM PDT

2007/06/04 · 08:57

At one time, a surge of information came out about the many pro-American Iraqi's Blogging about life in Bahgdad.

Mr. Bush even threw out some examples.

One of the most curious of these, ITM or Iraq, The Model became a source of great speculation.

In 2005 ITM was "bought" or "hired" by a funding group clearly happy with an endlessly pro-American, pro-Democracy voices which made up a part of ITM. After the purchase, one of the ITM founders left, claiming his brothers had sold out the blog to be a propoganda tool of the US.

This weekend I revisited this issue with two Vets just back from Bahgdad.

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Tuesday May 15, 2007 · 5:55 AM PDT

2007/05/15 · 05:55

On my walk to work I pass several street corners fortified with Newspaper Boxes. I love them. I know they are in many ways relics of a bygone age of media, but I always enjoy seeing the layout of what is "fronted" and "above the fold" Today the New York Times image of the a minibus engulfed in flames with a Palistinian Man (clad in an LA Rams Team Shirt) in the foreground was definitely the most arresting.

But what stopped me was the face of Mike Bloomberg fronting from the Washington Times. "Bloomberg Poised to Run" Now, you, have to take account that about half the time Rev. Moon's Paper of Record always has some agenda utterly unknown to non-Moonies. I think reading his paper must speak to the Crypto-Fascists-Buddist in all of us.

But then sometimes, the Washington Times runs with a "sort of pretty well sourced" story that turns out to be dead right a week later.

I didn't buy the paper, but just read the article online at the office. I suspect this is one of those pretty well sourced stories. And if it comes out true, has huge implications.

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Mike Bloomberg VP Choice.

51 votes Vote Now!

Mike Bloomberg VP Choice.

H. Clinton

1 vote

Edwards

1 vote

McCain

0 votes

Hagel

20 votes

B. Clinton

1 vote

Obama

7 votes

P. Fitzgerald

2 votes

Rev. Moon

1 vote

Sitting Woman Dem Gov. of Southern or Western State

8 votes

Sitting Male Gov. of a Southern State

4 votes

TBD

6 votes

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