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Hillary Backers Want Convention Vote »

Brenda Krause is tired of fearmongering among the Democrats. She said this about unity in the party: “I’m not going to be coerced into something I don’t believe in,” said Krause, who lives in Colorado Springs and owns a real estate office. “That makes me less unified. If they let me have my voice, I’ll [...]

Are Superdelegates For Sale? »

Video created by GeekLove in collaboration with Dr. Lynette Long and RealDemocratsUSA. In a few weeks the historic 2008 Democratic Party Presidential Primary between an African American Man and a White Woman will end.  The two candidates competed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam.  At the end [...]

My Capitol Visit and Up-Close Observations During FISA Votes »

I was in our nation’s capitol from July 3 – 10. Among the highlights of my week-long visit was coffee at the Mayflower Hotel with NQ’s Larry Johnson. It was even more fun conversing with him than reading his blog posts. Another highlight was watching the FISA votes from the Senate visitors’ gallery at the [...]

Let’s Not Forget Why We’re Here, Okay? »

cross-posted from Lady Boomer NYC [for your reading pleasure, click to play music] Remember what this election was supposed to be? This was the shoo-in year for the Democrats. This was the year that they couldn’t make a mistake. Why, with a disastrous war that most Americans think is wrong, that is robbing our economy [...]

Obama’s High-Water Mark »

Last week marked the 145th anniversary of Pickett’s Charge during the battle at Gettysburg, a watershed moment in the Civil War. It also may be remembered in the future as the week the Barack Obama campaign launched its version of Pickett’s Charge. Like General Pickett, he failed to take the center and ruined his Army [...]

Post-Run Interview with Hillary »

John Heilemann interviews Hillary Clinton for an article in the NY Magazine. It is quite interesting, offering some new perspective and some post mortem thoughts not found elsewhere (yet). I think what Heilemann says here will gradually appear elsewhere. He says that by losing, Hillary has at least gained something: stature and respect. I think [...]

Michelle Obama Off Tape »

by Bud White and Medusa I will “use all of my present and future resources to benefit [the Black]community first and foremost Regardless of the circumstances underwhich I interact with whites…it often seems as if, to them, I will always be black first there is a distinctive Black culture different from White culture. [A] Black [...]

The Three Acts of a Stolen Nomination »

The Obamabots are in a panic. Even though he has claimed the nomination still we Hillary supporters have not seen the light. They are in shock that we are not swarming with the masses to the selected one. On Wednesday, I wrote a defiant post declaring that I would never vote for Obama. An Obamabot, [...]

The New Culture War, part 1 »

After Hillary suspended her campaign and called on her supporters to back Obama, a dear friend and active supporter of Obama, sent me an article to read and asked me to tell her what I thought about it. My friend, a long time feminist, has contributed to women’s issues for decades and her support of [...]

After the RBC Theft, No Other Outcome is Acceptable »

COMMENTS are now closed. Go to Thread 2 to continue this discussion. CNN reports that Hillary swept Puerto Rico in a win that contradicts previous voting patterns in this primary: Clinton won 70 percent of the male vote, 65 percent of voters under 30, 70 percent of voters who attended college, and 66 percent of voters [...]

Carville Hints the Fight Could Go On »

On ABC News with Diane Sawyer, James Carville gave a preview of the next few days and maybe weeks regarding the Democratic nominating process. He also stresses what he sees as the Obama campaign’s heavy-handed flogging of the South Dakota / RFK kerfluffle. While many have said that the nominating process will not run past [...]

The Neo-Liberal War on Blue-Collar Whites and the Breakup of the Democratic Party »

Dorothea LANGE, “Migrant Mother,” 1936 A friend paraphrases a famous story to illustrate why she may vote Republican for the first time in 40 years: in the late 1960s, when the feminist movement was still thought of as a novelty, a boorish male reporter asked the heterosexual Gloria Steinem if she was a lesbian. Steinem [...]

Appeasement at Tehran? »

The post below was written by Mary Jo Kopechne, PhD, with assistance from Bud White: Upon being discharged from the Navy, John F. Kennedy worked briefly for the Hearst newspapers covering the newly formed United Nations. He wrote to a friend from San Francisco: When I think of all those gallant acts that I have [...]

“The festering is over, this is a declared war.” (Video Update.) »

Yesterday three top Florida Democrats filed suit in Federal Court to force the DNC to seat the delegates from Florida at the National Convention — no compromise, no half-way BS. Steve Geller, the Florida Senate Minority Leader, is an undeclared superdelegate and he is joined in the lawsuit by two other plaintiffs — one is [...]

DEMOCRATS: Wake the F–K UP! You’ve got a BACKLASH on your hands »

HE CANNOT WIN IN NOVEMBER! As Larry wrote, only slightly tongue-in-cheek about the Obama campaign’s dilemma, “If we would just figure out a way to get rid of those damn middle aged, non-college educated, cash strapped white bitches, then we would appreciate the utopia Obama is offering.” Thing is, this lower-class white bitch (okay, sorry, [...]