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The Second American Revolution »

Thomas Paine himself rises from his grave to warn us and to implore us to use “Common Sense”:

The New DNC Looks Like… »

The old DNC – nothing new here. The GLBT community continues to be treated like the proverbial red-headed stepchild. I bring this up because of the following comment left at my blog the other day: Thank God I found your blog! I feel like I’ve been living a real life version of invasion of the [...]

Sleeper Cell: ACORN, Obama, and the Housing Crisis »

(Image from Audacity of Hypocrisy) Before ACORN became a household name, Larry Johnson and Eastan McNeal reported that the Obama campaign has been funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to a shady ACORN shell corporation called Citizens Services, Inc. New information, including the photo above, proves that Obama’s past denials of his relationship with ACORN [...]

Voting for the Republican side of the Democratic Party »

Apparently, our dear Hillary has created a grassroots movement to help back Obama. Sorry Hillary, no can do. (I refuse to include a link; as I see it, Hillary is acting under duress). I REALLY wanted to vote for the Democratic platform. Or at least the one that Hillary presented. (Susan UnPC wrote about the [...]

Platform Committee Meeting first post »

From my blog, Common Sense Gram. This is in the window at the Hotel More Pumas Pumas at the platform meeting So here we are at the Convention Center in Pittsburgh. I met up with these nice folks. I won’t give out their names, but if you are reading you can identify yourself in the [...]

Platform Committee on C-Span 1 Live [UPDATE: Proud Military Mom Calls Me] »

Deval Patrick is speaking now. The meeting is moving along. STAY TUNED FOR OUR AMENDMENTS TO BE INTRODUCED. (Not all were subitted by 5 p.m. Friday, as required, but many of the most important did. But I can’t say too much at the moment. Watch for more news on the amendments that YOU voted on.) [...]

I Own My Vote Virtual Democratic Platform Survey Results »

SAT A.M. UPDATE: THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE IS ON C-SPAN LIVE NOW. With thanks to all who participated, we are posting the results of those who voted in this I Own My Vote survey. I Own My Vote created a unique virtual platform meeting. I Own My Vote’s original goal was that over 1,000 people would [...]

Another Rift in the Democratic Party? »

On Tuesday, The Austin American-Statesman had an interesting article about a rift in the Democratic Party. Not the one you think. . . .an increasingly nasty lawsuit against the DNC, brought by Donald Hitchcock after he was fired as the party’s gay and lesbian outreach director, has exposed the rift between gays and one of [...]

The Democratic Platform “Draft” Is Published »

You, and 3,000 good Democrats, have all filled out the IOwnMyVote platform survey — and if you haven’t, please do it now. You have also received all of the details on the Platform meeting and the Howard Dean rally in Pittsburgh this Friday and Saturday. (If you want to go to Pittsburgh, e-mail Proud Military [...]

Make Your Voice Heard Through the “Virtual Platform Committee Meeting” »

  Make Your Voice Heard On The Platform Now! It is critically important that you, as a signatory to the I Own My Vote Pledge and a concerned Hillary supporter, participate in our Virtual Platform Committee Meeting. It will take less than five minutes of your time and could have real impact on the Party for [...]