A final appeal to john mccain

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 4:07 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 16:07

Dear John,

I liked you. I really did. I can remember a time when you were the best of the Republican party, offering a voice of reason in an otherwise unreasonable party. When others in your party applauded the bigot Falwell, you told him to go to hell.

I can see why voters in New Hampshire liked you. Your story was an American story: you fought for your country in war, you were injured, you ran for office back home, got involved in a scandal and seemingly learned from your mistake – becoming an advocate for ethics and reform. You embraced openness and honesty (or "straight talk," as you liked to call it), and were rewarded for it. You earned yourself a strong run for the White House, and came tantalizingly close to winning your party’s nomination in 2000. To have lost, then, must have been painful. You lost to someone who didn’t serve his country as you did. You lost to someone who dragged you and your family through mud. You must have been disgusted.

Cody Jones

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Thursday August 07, 2008 · 9:16 PM PDT

2008/08/07 · 21:16

While some are still talking about it, it seems that Hillary Clinton's chances of becoming VP are pretty slim -- about 8%, to be exact. It's still possible she might be chosen, but let's go with the odds for a moment and assume that she is not. How might she improve her image, build herself a lasting legacy, and remind the droves of Democrats like us of why we so admired her in the first place?

I have a suggestion, which would be very simple in theory, but in practice would require a good deal of sacrifice on Sen. Clinton's part: Hillary should come out and publicly endorse the idea of a female Vice President, and ask that Obama take herself out of consideration.

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84 votes Vote Now!

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It's a good idea!

57 votes

You're crazy

27 votes

Sam Nunn Hearts Rainbows

Cody Jones

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Wednesday July 16, 2008 · 6:03 PM PDT

2008/07/16 · 18:03

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.

I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I hope it's just a really, very,
extremely strange coincidence. Or a bad camera angle/lighting. But today, I saw what might be the biggest pander ever, to the point it's almost comical. Sam Nunn, the VP hopeful with the anti-gay track record, went into a press conference wearing a rainbow tie. Yes, rainbow, as in the full-on bright red, yellow, green, and purple kind of rainbow. I took the below screenshot from CNN.

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Nunn is

79 votes Vote Now!

Nunn is

pandering to LGBT groups

11 votes

Simply oblivious/clueless

68 votes

FoxNews Exec Accidentally Outs OReilly Producer as France-Lover

Cody Jones

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Thursday July 10, 2008 · 3:41 PM PDT

2008/07/10 · 15:41

Ooh, the juicy details. It seems that within the Jesse Jackson nonstory, an interesting mini story has developed about Bill O'Reilly. I was just reading the LA Times #1 viewed story, about how the media "almost" missed being able to cover the Jesse Jackson nonstory, because his comments were ignored until a fox news transcriber-technician happened across them.

The comments went unnoticed in the control room, Bill Shine, Fox News' senior vice president for programming, said Thursday.

The scathing remarks first came to the attention of an employee working the overnight shift Sunday, who transcribed the tape as part of training for the network's ongoing digital conversion. Otherwise, "it potentially would have not been discovered," Shine said.

But it was the next sentence in the LA Times piece that made me lol for a solid few minutes.

Cody Jones

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Thursday May 22, 2008 · 6:35 PM PDT

2008/05/22 · 18:35

Here in the Great (and likely key piece of Obama's electoral victory map)State of Colorado , Gay rights groups are facing a new challenge, and they need your help. First, the background: the democratically-controlled congress has recently passed Senate Bill 200. The Denver Post is reporting that:

Senate Bill 200 would ban discrimination based on a person's religious beliefs or sexual orientation — including transgendered people — in places of public accommodation, housing practices, family planning services and 20 other public spheres.

Our governor, Bill Ritter, has exactly 2 weeks, until June 5th, to sign or veto the bill. So far, so good. The problem? As you know,our state is also the home of the uber conservative Focus on the Family, and they are fighting this hard, with hate-based scare-tactics, of course. Their tactic, if you can believe this, has been to claim that this bill will open Colorado public restrooms to sexual predators. Sorta reminiscent of the bogus arguments against the old ERA. Anyways, I honestly can't find the proper analogy to replicate how revolting this campaign is, so please see below the fold to see the actual ad that Focus on the Family is running here in Colorado:

Cody Jones

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Sunday March 02, 2008 · 11:41 AM PST

2008/03/02 · 11:41

As I think is true for many readers here, I am incredibly impressed with Sen. Obama's position on the war in Iraq. While not an absolute dealbreaker for me, strong opposition to the republican's war in Iraq was a major consideration for me. This led me to support Obama last year.

Because the current administration has been so so blatantly dishonest, and Barack seemed so willing to tell the truth, to tell it honestly, I valued his candor.

Because it seemed to me that, in clear contrast to so many politicians on both sides of the aisle, he had "gotten it right" when others did not, I valued his foresight and judgment.

Because I believed, as Barack said, that our problems are too great to be worried about the smallness of our politics, I valued his willingness to pursue bipartisanship.

Unfortunately, these same characteristics are the reason Sen. Obama won't end the war right away. Allow me to explain...

Cody Jones

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Tuesday February 26, 2008 · 10:28 AM PST

2008/02/26 · 10:28

Given the attention that polling error has received this cycle, I thought it might be useful to compare Sen. Clinton and Obama's actual votes against their polling averages.

My guess before running the numbers was that Sen. Clinton faced a much stiffer ceiling and floor than Sen. Obama, whereas his numbers would be more fluid.

Considering that the following could be seen as a report card of sorts for both the candidates and polling organizations, I'd like to point out that prognosticators of any breed face a difficult task. When it comes to weather forecasts, movie reviews, and yes, political polling, it seems the public often ascribes a generic distrust of results, because they remember the one time polling was off by 20 points and not the 19 times it was right on the mark. Below for charts...

Cody Jones

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Sunday February 10, 2008 · 12:06 PM PST

2008/02/10 · 12:06

To the Obama supporters on this site:

This is my first diary, so let me begin by stating I am an Obama supporter myself. I am writing this because I believe the Obama camp has a problem that we, the netroots in particular, can help solve.

What is the problem? Read below the fold to find out.

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A final appeal to john mccain

Shameless Sebelius Plugging and How Hillary Clinton Can Shape Her Legacy

Sam Nunn Hearts Rainbows

FoxNews Exec Accidentally Outs OReilly Producer as France-Lover

Ad: If you aren't straight, you are a sexual predator.

Obama Won't End the War (Right away)

Polling Reality

The Maine Expectations Game