After 50 years of working for my party

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Saturday July 16, 2011 · 8:56 AM PDT

2011/07/16 · 08:56

I will no longer be working for any election.

I served my nation in the US Navy from my 17th birthday in 1955 until I was 21. I have always believed that our nation would always be the greatest place a person could live and if we had not lost our through our elected people in Washington selling us out it could have stayed that place I believed in.

I have worked to elect Democrats every election since JFK in 1960. Since LBJ I have seen nothing to indicate to me that the Democrats in the White House or the other Elected Officials in Washington really give a sh-t about the working man. Obama was the last one I walked the streets and worked the phones for and I will not do that again.

I am now 72 Yrs old and the wife and I have really been having to cut everything in order to get by and keep some kind of insurance coverage for her , she is 61, which is hard to do since she had breast cancer 7 years ago. Thank God, who I call my higher power, that she is cancer free so far although her cancer treatment has left her with a lot of other problems. Now we just have to pray that her health holds out for at least 5 years so that she can become vested and able to continue with the insurance with her new job.

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Monday November 10, 2008 · 6:01 PM PST

2008/11/10 · 18:01

Today our family lost a dear loved one and the loss will be felt by all of us for a very long time. He finally lost his battle with active aids after fighting it for an incredible eighteen years.

It was just over eighteen years ago that he was told his status had changed from positive to actual active aids. Bob (not his real name) was far more fortunate than most others during his struggle to live a meaningful life after being diagnosed with acute aids. I will try to explain a bit below.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 10:15 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 22:15

Actually at the risk of being labeled by some as anti American like they tried to do Michele Obama I can honestly say tonight that I am prouder of my country than I have ever been in my life.

Tonight we witnessed not a man who posed as some high prince or elitist, but instead an humble and somber man who knows the weight of the job he is about to assume. I saw a man who spoke out and offered compassion and hope to not only those who voted for him, but for those whose votes he did not win as well. I saw a man who says he will be a president for all of us those who supported him and those who did not and I believe him. That will be so refreshing after the past eight years of what this country has had. So many of us and in fact something near 50% have felt for the last eight years that we have been excluded for the most part.

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Sunday May 25, 2008 · 5:50 PM PDT

2008/05/25 · 17:50

All my life I have had one over riding dream. I have had that dream since I was seven years old. That means I have had it for sixty two years now. I plan to tell you what that dream is but first I probably should tell you a bit about why I have it and why I have held it so long.

We hear a lot about poverty from time to time, especially during the Presidential Primaries and General Campaigns. That is nothing new as I have heard the promises of really doing something about poverty from the time that JFK, who was the first presidential vote I ever cast, was campaigning for the President. Yet while both he and then LBJ tried to get some things done we have never really addressed the real poverty in our country.

Then Bobby Kennedy was seeking our highest office and not only I but many others saw in him something that gave us hope that we would finally see real progress toward a more equal opportunity for all in this country. We are all sadly aware that he was not allowed to live to even try to accomplish the task. So today we still have a lot of real poverty right here within the richest nation in the world. Some may say I am wrong, but I can assure you I know what poverty is and I have lived it.

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Sunday March 23, 2008 · 9:44 AM PDT

2008/03/23 · 09:44

My wife received one of these hate emails spreading false garbage about B Obama and though she does not tend to engage these people to call it what it is, I felt compelled to reply to this one myself.

This is a typical GOP email that a couple friends of ours always send us, I suppose hoping to persuade us to vote Republican.

Follow me below for the first email and the follow ups.

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What do you do when you receive GOP garbage emails?

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What do you do when you receive GOP garbage emails?

Just delete it and move on

22 votes

Ask them to please send more

12 votes

Take a 2by4 and kill my PC

4 votes

I reply debunking their garbage

35 votes

I don't bother reading that kind of email

6 votes

I reply back telling them to go F--k themselves

6 votes

It will be no one's fault but our own.

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Tuesday January 01, 2008 · 4:51 PM PST

2008/01/01 · 16:51

For weeks now we have seen diary after diary about the candidates and many of them consisted of little more than bashing the other supporters choice. Beyond that, in my opinion, this type of diary can reflect badly on the supporters of the candidate that is being promoted.

At this point I feel pretty strongly that we stand a very good chance of winning the White House in 2008. So I am not suggesting that the petty fighting over the candidates are going to cost us the election, but rather that it may very well cost us what most liberal Democrats claim to want.

For my reasons for that statement follow me below.

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Wednesday December 19, 2007 · 4:43 PM PST

2007/12/19 · 16:43

In an earlier diary
Brainstorming Thread it was mentioned in a comment by JamieG from Md that we should start a Dailykos 527 in order to help our candidates.

At first glance it hit me that it was too big a project, but I think that may have been because of my very limited finances so the thought just overwhelmed me. However I am sure that we have among us some who are far better off money wise that may find the idea to have some appeal.

I know that even with my limited amount of funds I would be willing to contribute what I could. I would find that much more appealing than giving my funds to a committee that does not really vet the candidate to see what kind of Democrat they really are.

Remember that many great things started off small.

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Could we create our own DailyKos 527?

Would it be a good idea and would you participate?

11 votes

It is a good idea but sorry I can not participate

3 votes

Not sure but I think I like the idea

4 votes

A stupid idea.

7 votes

Now you have completely lost your marbles.

4 votes

Serious thinking regarding the candidates

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Tuesday December 18, 2007 · 9:52 AM PST

2007/12/18 · 09:52

It is getting time that we need to do some serious thinking regarding the candidates. We can come here day after day and bash the ones we do not agree with or we can stop and think in a rational way about just who would best serve the goals of the Democratic party.

It does not matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican, this election is a very critical one as far as what our country will be like and what our kids and grandchildren will face in the rest of this century and beyond. We are at a place where we can choose either more of the same corporate growth and CEO wealth over food and groceries for those who are not in the upper earning groups. We can choose an America that is a good neighbor to the world and build a better relationship globally which would do far more to combat poverty and hopelessness which would do more to contain terrorism than all the wars the Neocons would wage.

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What Democratic candidate can best serve all our citizens and our Democratic goals?

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What Democratic candidate can best serve all our citizens and our Democratic goals?

Hillary Clinton

4 votes

Joes Biden

0 votes

Bill Richardson

0 votes

John Edwards

22 votes

Dennis Kucinich

10 votes

Chris Dodd

4 votes

Barack Obama

13 votes

Mike Gravel

1 vote

None of the above

2 votes

My open letter to the Honorable John Conyers

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Wednesday December 05, 2007 · 7:17 AM PST

2007/12/05 · 07:17

I have reached the point that I am almost completely disgusted with the lack of backbone or courage of our national elected officials.

Today after reading an email I received from Mr. Conyers relating to the FISA bill before the congress I have decided that it is time that they understand that just talking tough is not enough. We have now had more than a year of the so called tough talk and no productive action to bring any part of the wrongs to account. Every day that passes this administration compounds the damage they have already done to our nations security and values and it is time for those charged with protecting our nation to do their job and start truly protecting it politics be damned.

It is no longer acceptable to hide behind all the excuses put forth for not taking concrete actions to stop the unlawful acts and contempt for our constitution from this administration.

We do have an impeachment option built into out system for dealing with those who would seek to destroy our nation and it's standing from within.
No one has the right to place impeachment off the table in the face of the acts of the current administration.

Today I sent the Honorable Mr. Conyers the following letter which is copied in full below the fold.

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Friday September 28, 2007 · 7:31 PM PDT

2007/09/28 · 19:31

It is strange the things that a person thinks of during a crisis situation or at least to me it was.

Yesterday morning A heavy pain in my chest woke me up from my sleep at about 6:00 AM. Since I have a history of an over active stomach, I first though it was the simple indigestion and took a couple anti acid tablets.

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Saturday July 14, 2007 · 12:05 PM PDT

2007/07/14 · 12:05

I have had it with politicians who do not care for our constitution and country enough to put it above political ambitions.

I am well aware that there have been many diaries written here already in regards to impeachment, with comments both for and against our elected officials starting impeachment hearings. I am sure that there are those here even who are wishing that the calls demanding that our leaders start proceedings or hearings to determine if impeachment is warranted, would just die out or go away. I believe that the demand for it is here to stay and that it will only grow stronger.

I for one have reached the decision with myself that I will not give another dime to nor support in any way any official or candidate that does not start talking of holding this administration to account. There are more reasons for proceeding to impeachment hearings on both Cheney and Bush than is needed or required to make it a matter of up most importance.

Follow me below to see who is speaking our for impeachment now.

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 8:51 PM PST

2006/11/08 · 20:51

I just read the very well written FP post by Georgia10 entitled newbie and was struck by the number of members here who responded that are in their twenties or so.

I have to admit that I had never thought of what it must feel like to someone of that age seeing this victory after the long dark spell that we have been going through. I am sure that it could even feel a bit like shock at first. However as it settles in and one can understand that this truly is the start of the long journey back down the road of sanity for our country if we can keep our eyes on the proper goals and hold true to them, then it is easy to envision the great things our nation can accomplish.

Please follow me below the jump for a few thoughts that my 68 years of living in this crazy world of ours has left in this muddled brain of mine. Read More

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After 50 years of working for my party

To all those living with AIDs and all those who have passed

As an old white dude I have something to say.

It is not wrong to hang onto a dream.

My reply to GOP garbage hate mail

It will be no one's fault but our own.

Why not a Daily Kos 527?

Serious thinking regarding the candidates

My open letter to the Honorable John Conyers

Things I thought about while having my heart attack.

OK I have had it with politicians who do not

Message to Georgia10 and other "newbies"