Action: Advocacy 101

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 7:28 PM PDT

2008/09/05 · 19:28

How often have you seen an advocate for progressive causes in a discussion or debate and thought to yourself "Please, just let tag me in, I would eat these guys lunch". You have a much better point to make, or have a construction that illustrates the point much more clearly and concisely.

I would be interested in compiling a searchable database, a Unified Messaging System(UMS), if you will, to address common themes that arise in the campaign and exploring avenues of thought that highlight our agenda by cataloging opinions, observations and assessments. A UMS would not to be intended to generate talking points but rather become as a broader framework for advancing our narrative.

A UMS would serve as a resource for individuals in the public eye or organizations that are not affiliated with the campaign but support progressive issues.

Over the jump:

MrDeadeye2U

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 8:50 PM PDT

2008/08/29 · 20:50

As I gather more information about the Sarah Palin "Trooper-Gate" chain of events, the more angry I get that she could actually be nominated for the office of VPOTUS.

The essentials are that before she was elected Governor her Sister went through a messy divorce resulting in accusations against her former Brother in Law, a State Trooper. These actions apparently resulted in disciplinary action against him in his employment.

After taking office Palin attempted to use her position as governor to have him removed from the Department, and failing that it is alleged that she fired the Public Safety Commissioner, Walt Monegan.

Jump for me.

MrDeadeye2U

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Tuesday August 12, 2008 · 4:44 PM PDT

2008/08/12 · 16:44

I read Arianna's Piece "Prepping to Make the Case that McCain Isn't "Ready to Lead" on National Security" on HuffPo.

He realizes that if his hold on national security were to be aggressively challenged, his lead on that issue would evaporate. So I'm sure he's thrilled to keep the fighting far away from the one thing that could put him in the White House: the idea that he's somehow better at dealing with national security.

McCain has shown time and time again over the last seven years that, far from being an expert when it comes to foreign policy, he is frequently --- and dangerously -- clueless.
. . .
So every day between now and November 4th voters should be reminded that:

McCain has been among the most ardent supporters of the war in Iraq -- the most disastrous foreign policy decision in American history.

. . .

She goes on to list several examples from the vast repertoire of McCluelessness, and while she got the premise right, she sadly misses the punchline.

Danger after the fold.

MrDeadeye2U

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 1:41 PM PDT

2008/08/01 · 13:41

Last evening I watched Roland Martin on CNN asserting, to some extent, that charges of racism against the McCain camp are without merit.

Roland Martin from CNN Transcript:
"And, so, I understand that point. The problem here is that he tried to link Bush and McCain specifically with those comments. Now, you might have bloggers, you might have conservative talk show hosts, you might have columnists who are making all kind of comments like that, who are raising these whole -- these various issues. Frankly, Obama made a mistake.

And that's why they did change their tune. They haven't even wanted to talk about it even further. And, so, when the candidate brings that up, you need to have facts to back it up, if you're going to link to it.

That's why the McCain comment was very specific. He said, we did none of this.

Obama's mistake was not saying the larger sort of arena people who might be supporting McCain, those folks may be making these kind of comments. That's a mistake he made. They must own up to the mistakes they made."

Jump for the Hook.

MrDeadeye2U

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Sunday July 27, 2008 · 10:55 PM PDT

2008/07/27 · 22:55

This is my first Diary so be gentle please. While I don't relish spinning out wild accusations this floored me. I hope 'tis not redundant as I performed a search and found nothing.

John McCain reversed his long held position supporting the moratorium on offshore drilling recently under what one might consider questionable circumstances. The following is from today's Washington Post.

Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling

McCain delivered the speech before heading to Texas for a series of fundraisers with energy industry executives, and the day after the speech he raised $1.3 million at a private luncheon and reception at the San Antonio Country Club, according to local news accounts.

"The timing was significant," said David Donnelly, the national campaigns director of the Public Campaign Action Fund, a nonpartisan campaign finance reform group that conducted the analysis of McCain's oil industry contributions. "This is a case study of how a candidate can change a policy position in the interest of raising money."

::Jump::

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Bush/McCain = National Security Disaster.

There is no Racism.

McCain Offshore Oil Payoffs?