Last minute Yes on 8 mailer implies Obama support for Prop 8

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 11:47 AM PDT

2008/11/01 · 11:47

The final days before the election bring out the nasty stuff that's hard to combat... because time is running out. Focus on the Family and Knights of Columbus and the rest of the Mormon-Church funds effort to change the California constutition goes there... and implies that Obama endorses a yes vote on Prop 8. These people are trying their darndest to change the California State Constitution; we must try our darndest to stop them!!

It leads off with: "I'm not in favor of gay marriage..." from Obama's Hardball interview on April 2, 2008.

Here's a scan of the front, go over the fold to see the back of the mailer (which arrived at the home of my S.O. yesterday).

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Friday August 15, 2008 · 3:27 PM PDT

2008/08/15 · 15:27

Cross-posted at Calitics

Beacon Media News, publishers of Sierra Madre Weekly, Monrovia Weekly, Pasadena Independent, and Arcadia Weekly, note the results of a Russ Warner-paid-for poll of the 26th district. The poll shows Dreier's vulnerability in the district.

Republican Congressman David Dreier falling below the crucial 50% support threshold for re-election. After voters hear biographical statements on both Warner and Dreier, the race pulls into a statistical tie.

The poll was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a respected national polling firm, with a sample size of 400 likely voters in California's 26th district.

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Thursday July 24, 2008 · 7:48 PM PDT

2008/07/24 · 19:48

Barack Obama began his speech saying he's an American citizen and a citizen of the world (his first applause line) The McCain camp highlighted that phrase in its dismissal of Obama. Too, the dismissal spreads through the Meme-o-sphere.

But John McCain himself has used the phrase "Citizen of the World" in a speech on May 27th of this year at the University of Denver. [source]

There is such a thing as good international citizenship, and America must be a good citizen of the world—leading the way to address the danger of global warming and preserve our environment, strengthening existing international institutions and helping to build new ones, and engaging the world in a broad dialogue on the threat of violent extremists, who would, if they could, use weapons of mass destruction to attack us and our allies.

Many past Presidents (and the current one, too!) used "citizen of the world" in their remarks. Here's a collection of them....

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Thursday July 03, 2008 · 7:01 PM PDT

2008/07/03 · 19:01

He couldn't wait more than a day to insult them. Just a day. A mere 24 hours. There was evening and there was morning, a Thurs day.

Who did McCain insult? Why, the faithful. The party faithful. The faith-full of the party. On the Wednes day, the news was revealed that a number of Christian Conservatives came out for McCain. Er, uh, I mean, they expressed their support for McCain's candidacy. They wavered, they weighed the choice, they prayed for guidance, and then they rose up with one accord to support John McCain.

How does McCain respond to their support? He makes changes to his campaign staff, and then he has the gall to speak of it as part of "a natural evolution." Evolution!

Oh, the insult of it all. Why could he not speak of his plans as something he intelligently designed? Why? Why?

Jay Rosen puts McClellan in 100-year perspective

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Friday May 30, 2008 · 7:55 PM PDT

2008/05/30 · 19:55

I never expected McClellan to write a book about being the jerk at the podium for Bush, or to make connections between his experience and the larger wreckage of the Bush presidency. But he's done just that.

At PressThink, Jay Rosen takes a long view of Scott McClellan: He notes with surprise that McClellan sees himself as Jay Rosen saw him at the time of his resignation (The Jerk at the Podium: Scott McClellan Steps Away). But Rosen examines the current furor through a hundred-year-long lens, going back to the beginning of the White House Press Corps under Teddy Roosevelt.

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 10:03 PM PDT

2008/04/13 · 22:03

This is the highlights of the Compassion Forum at Messiah College on Sunday, where Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama answered questions of faith and compassion.

This diary is a compilation of the comments denoting Who Said What. They're now gathered into one! conventient! location! They're the facts, ma'am... roughly paraphrased, type as fast as you can recitation of the facts. Commentary? snark? Praise? It's not here (that's what the comment section of this diary is for-- hee!)

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 5:34 PM PDT

2008/04/13 · 17:34

LIVE BLOG #2 from Messiah College [PA], it's Sunday Night w/ Hillary and Barack!!! The Compassion forum at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

* #1, the Mothership)

* This is thread #2 of the forum. ... And it's CLOSED.

* Go to #3

* and to #4

Hillary Clinton is going first, and Barack Obama will go second. the duration is 90 minutes and it's being carried on CNN and on CNN.com.

Website for the Compassion Forum

Cnn.Com live streaming

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Friday April 11, 2008 · 6:00 PM PDT

2008/04/11 · 18:00

DailyKos diarist tbrucegodfrey is ahead of her time. By 9 days. Her April 2 diary is a perfect pre-sponse to news of Trent Lott's first time riding the Metro Subway, now that he's a Man Of The People, um, I mean, Man of the Lobbyists.

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After 30 years of taxpayer funded "free" lunches and car & driver, Lott is undergoing cataclysmic changes in his new life as a DC Lobbyist. WaPo's Mary Ann Slaker:

Lott took his first Metro ride ever last weekend, when thousands of tourists were in town enjoying the annual Cherry Blossom Festival[....] Lott really had no idea how to even go about taking public transportation.

He passes #1 of tbrucegofrey's 12-step program for new Metro riders. It's funny, though, when you read #8 and #10...

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Saturday February 02, 2008 · 12:23 AM PST

2008/02/02 · 00:23

La Opinión, Los Angeles's Spanish language newspaper, just posted their editorial with endorsements:

The English language page says, "The Democratic choice is Barack Obama" ~~(I don't know if they have permalinks to their editorial pages, so that link may expire.)~~(links now go to permalinked pages) Leer en español.

The Democratic Party arrives at the California primary with a historic choice between two extraordinary candidates. We believe that of the two, Senator Barack Obama represents fundamental change in a campaign in which "change" has become a central theme. Obama’s approach to immigration and his inspiring vision are what the country need to break through the current feeling of political malaise.

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Thursday January 24, 2008 · 4:28 PM PST

2008/01/24 · 16:28

I read the news of those in the senate who have no problem granting telcos retroactive immunity, and I decided to make a new "national" flag. One I'd like to burn.

How do we create a lapel pin out of this flag? Or use the flag as part of the message to the Capitulating Senators?

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Thursday August 30, 2007 · 5:37 PM PDT

2007/08/30 · 17:37

[cross posted at 2020 Hindsight]

It's fully voluntary, you're not being coerced, but you'll be jobless if you don't comply

That's the upshot from NASA Administrator Mike Griffin to staff members of Jet Propulsion Laboratory about a new badge requirement where all employees, for the sake of national security, must submit themselves to extensive! background checks.

It's called HSPD12 -- homeland security presidential directive #12, and there's a web site put together by those employees who are fighting the process. What about lab custodial staff? Lowly administration? Yep, they gotta do it, too.

Today a group of employees announced that they're filing a suit against NASA and Caltech to stop the process. Press release announcing the suit, Pasadena Star News story.

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Saturday August 18, 2007 · 11:24 AM PDT

2007/08/18 · 11:24

[cross-posted at 2020 Hindsight and in an open thread at FireDogLake]

Over morning coffee, I heard a ho-hum story that fits right with the Minneapolis bridge collapse and problem of aging infrastructure. My boyfriend read to me portions of an article from the Sierra Club newspaper: What are sinkholes and why do they happen?

The answer (it's old sewer pipes!) has the same root cause as collapsing bridges-- Aging infrastructure, dude! Oh, and there's a "how the media covers these events" angle, too.

So join me on this riveting recitation of the otherwise hum-drum. It's far more relevant than you think. And it's mud-slinging! Full of sh*t, too. But only peripherally. Mostly what I recall from the article. I should get a reading comprehension prize.

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Last minute Yes on 8 mailer implies Obama support for Prop 8

CA-26: New Poll shows Dreier (R) below majority support

"Citizen of the World" used by Plethora of Past Presidents

McCain throws the religious right under the bus

Jay Rosen puts McClellan in 100-year perspective

Compassion Forum LIVEBLOG Recap: What Hillary & Obama said

LIVEBLOG #2 Clinton-Obama Faith Forum

Trent Lott's First Time (riding the subway), tbrucegodfrey's Metro-tips diary needs to be reprised!

BREAKING! L.A.'s La Opinión endorses Barack Obama

FISA, AT&T: Here's a flag (US of AT&T) I'd like to burn

It's fully voluntary, not coerced, but you'll lose your job

Why oh why should I care about sinkholes? (hint: bridges)