Howard Dean is not even DNC Chair yet and the Republicans are already warming up and getting ready to attack us. Early news stories are showing that the Republicans are building a massive file of derogatory comments and are just chomping at the bit to label Howard Dean as they see fit. We can't let that happen. For every Republican who wants to call us nasty names, there is a good Democrat who knows the real story.
Howard Dean's story is one that any Democrat can be proud of. He's been a county leader, a Governor and a national candidate. He could have given up after John Kerry won the presidential nomination; instead he started an organization, Democracy for America, which is helping to elect Democrats all over the country—maybe even in your state.
Many of you have asked us what you can do to help the Governor in his bid to become DNC Chair. The easiest thing to do is write a letter to the editor. You may already know Howard Dean's story, but there are hundreds of people who need to be convinced that he is the best thing for the Democratic National Committee. Let people know why you think he would make a good chairman and why the Democrats will not take the GOP smear tactics lying down.
Writing a letter is easy and doesn't take a lot of time. Yet, it can be a powerful tool in informing people what is at stake for the next four years.
Here are some general tips that will help give your letter a better chance of getting published:
Be Clear and Concise: Keep your letters brief, concise, and to the point. Check the letter guidelines in your local paper—most newspapers will not run letters that are longer than 200-250 words.
State Your Point Early: Be sure to state your main point in the subject line and in the first sentence of the letter.
Get Local: Any local angle will increase the impact of your letter and increase its chances for publication.
Smaller is Better: The bigger the circulation of the publication to which you are submitting, the more competition you face in having your letter selected. In general, small newspapers are more likely to print your letter.
Include Your Contact Information: Most newspapers will only print a letter to the editor after calling the author to verify his or her identity and address.
So please start writing! Get your friends to write too and let's get our message out there before the Republicans even have a chance to grab a pen and a piece of paper.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Monday, February 07, 2005
The true face of "compassionate conservatism"
President Bush has just submitted his 2006 budget to Congress. In his SOTU address he spoke of cutting the deficit in half while holding spending at home near level while allowing for his tax cuts to become permanent and allowing any and all money to be allocated to Iraq and Afghanistan. All that together, with a record $427 billion dollar federal deficit and possible TRILLIONS more to be added if Bush gets his way with privatized Social Security, and one might call all this wishful thinking "fuzzy math." From the Chicago Tribune, the following excerpts sum this effort up best.
"President Bush sent Congress a $2.57 trillion budget plan Monday that would boost spending on the military and homeland security but seeks spending cuts across a wide swath of other government programs. Bush's budget would reduce subsidies paid to farmers, cut health programs for poor people and veterans and trim spending on the environment and education."
"The budget -- the most austere of Bush's presidency -- would eliminate or vastly scale back 150 government programs. It will spark months of contentious debate in Congress, where lawmakers will fight to protect their favored programs.
House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy please of California called Bush's budget "a hoax on the American people. The two issues that dominated the president's State of the Union address -- Iraq and Social Security -- are nowhere to be found in this budget."
The spending document projects that the deficit will hit a record $427 billion this year, the third straight year that the red ink in dollar terms has set a record. Bush projects that the deficit will fall to $390 billion in 2006 and gradually decline to $233 billion in 2009 and $207 billion in 2010."
"Of 23 major government agencies, 12 would see their budget authority reduced next year, including cuts of 9.6 percent at Agriculture, 5.6 percent at the Environmental Protection Agency, 6.7 percent at Transportation and 11.5 percent at Housing and Urban Development."
So now that he has decided to cut funding for those who need the most help in America, where is Bush planning on increasing funds? I'll give you one guess....
"Bush's budget proposed increasing military spending by 4.8 percent to $419.3 billion in 2006. However, even with the increase a number of major weapons programs, including Bush's missile defense system and the B-2 stealth bomber, would see cuts from this year's levels.”
That’s right, more money for his war efforts. I'm not going to take the same road that Kerry did, I think the troops need all the resources they request and I hope Democrats in Congress go along with providing that.
First off, we have the GOP still preaching that they are fiscal conservatives while still perpetuation the lie that Democrats are "tax and spend." Well all the GOP does is cut taxes and then spend, sending America into record deficit spending. That doesn't sound like fiscal conservatives.
Second-off, taxes on Americans have actually gone up. Many would not realize this if they simply look at the Federal tax forms, but in reality, since all states are required by their constitutions not to run budget deficits and since thousands of local and municipal governments have to still meet their obligations, every state in the union has passed either tax or fee increases. Local school board districts have passed local property tax increases, like mine at home in Naperville, which in many cases wiped out any and all tax returns the Federal government gave. The insanity has to stop, Democrats have to use this budget at the noose we let the GOP hang themselves with. One more excerpt from the article in the Trib. Look at what is being cut so that Bush can still run around the world killing innocents and sending our men and women off to die for reasons still not yet known.
"About one-third of the programs being targeted for elimination are in the Education Department, including federal grant programs for local schools in such areas as vocational education, anti-drug efforts and Even Start, a $225 million literacy program.”
It makes me sick. We have to fight this. Get to work writing your letters to the editors and calling your representatives. We must get our side of the story out. It’s our duty as Democrats not to leave the most vunerable like young kids, drug addicts, economically challenged college students, and our honorable vets behind. Stand and fight.
"President Bush sent Congress a $2.57 trillion budget plan Monday that would boost spending on the military and homeland security but seeks spending cuts across a wide swath of other government programs. Bush's budget would reduce subsidies paid to farmers, cut health programs for poor people and veterans and trim spending on the environment and education."
"The budget -- the most austere of Bush's presidency -- would eliminate or vastly scale back 150 government programs. It will spark months of contentious debate in Congress, where lawmakers will fight to protect their favored programs.
House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy please of California called Bush's budget "a hoax on the American people. The two issues that dominated the president's State of the Union address -- Iraq and Social Security -- are nowhere to be found in this budget."
The spending document projects that the deficit will hit a record $427 billion this year, the third straight year that the red ink in dollar terms has set a record. Bush projects that the deficit will fall to $390 billion in 2006 and gradually decline to $233 billion in 2009 and $207 billion in 2010."
"Of 23 major government agencies, 12 would see their budget authority reduced next year, including cuts of 9.6 percent at Agriculture, 5.6 percent at the Environmental Protection Agency, 6.7 percent at Transportation and 11.5 percent at Housing and Urban Development."
So now that he has decided to cut funding for those who need the most help in America, where is Bush planning on increasing funds? I'll give you one guess....
"Bush's budget proposed increasing military spending by 4.8 percent to $419.3 billion in 2006. However, even with the increase a number of major weapons programs, including Bush's missile defense system and the B-2 stealth bomber, would see cuts from this year's levels.”
That’s right, more money for his war efforts. I'm not going to take the same road that Kerry did, I think the troops need all the resources they request and I hope Democrats in Congress go along with providing that.
First off, we have the GOP still preaching that they are fiscal conservatives while still perpetuation the lie that Democrats are "tax and spend." Well all the GOP does is cut taxes and then spend, sending America into record deficit spending. That doesn't sound like fiscal conservatives.
Second-off, taxes on Americans have actually gone up. Many would not realize this if they simply look at the Federal tax forms, but in reality, since all states are required by their constitutions not to run budget deficits and since thousands of local and municipal governments have to still meet their obligations, every state in the union has passed either tax or fee increases. Local school board districts have passed local property tax increases, like mine at home in Naperville, which in many cases wiped out any and all tax returns the Federal government gave. The insanity has to stop, Democrats have to use this budget at the noose we let the GOP hang themselves with. One more excerpt from the article in the Trib. Look at what is being cut so that Bush can still run around the world killing innocents and sending our men and women off to die for reasons still not yet known.
"About one-third of the programs being targeted for elimination are in the Education Department, including federal grant programs for local schools in such areas as vocational education, anti-drug efforts and Even Start, a $225 million literacy program.”
It makes me sick. We have to fight this. Get to work writing your letters to the editors and calling your representatives. We must get our side of the story out. It’s our duty as Democrats not to leave the most vunerable like young kids, drug addicts, economically challenged college students, and our honorable vets behind. Stand and fight.
Is this how the GOP "supports our troops?"
Pulled from www.dailykos.com, one of ISU Dems favorite political blogs.
Bush Aiming to Screw Veterans Yet Again
by DavidNYC
Sun Feb 6th, 2005 at 20:40:22 PST
The cynicism and duplicity of the Bush Administration rarely fazes me. But I continue to be amazed by the GOP's ability to claim they "support the troops" while consistenly trying to screw them. Today provides just the latest outrage:
President Bush's budget would more than double the co-payment charged to many veterans for prescription drugs and would require some to pay a new fee of $250 a year for the privilege of using government health care, administration officials said Sunday.
The proposals, they said, are in the $2.5 trillion budget that Mr. Bush plans to unveil on Monday. White House officials said the budget advanced his goal of cutting the deficit, which hit a record last year.
"We are being tight," Vice President Dick Cheney said on "Fox News Sunday." "This is the tightest budget that has been submitted since we got here."
Tight, ay? I suppose you come home from war with the health care coverage you've got, not the kind you wished you had. I'm all for reducing the deficit, but do I even need to point out that it's lunacy to do so on the backs of our veterans - many of whom have come home from war with horrible injuries and debilitating mental trauma?
Veterans groups attacked the proposals. Richard B. Fuller, legislative director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, said: "The proposed increase in health spending is not sufficient at a time when the number of patients is increasing and there has been a huge increase in health care costs. It will not cover the need. The enrollment fee is a health care tax, designed to raise revenue and to discourage people from enrolling."
Mr. Fuller added that the budget would force veterans hospitals and clinics to limit services. "We are already seeing an increase in waiting lists, even for some Iraq veterans," he said.
In Michigan, for example, thousands of veterans are on waiting lists for medical services, and some reservists returning from Iraq say they have been unable to obtain the care they were promised. A veterans clinic in Pontiac, Mich., put a limit on new enrollment. Cutbacks at a veterans hospital in Altoona, Pa., are forcing some veterans to seek treatment elsewhere.
What I want to know - when my anger cools a little bit - is how the hell we can reframe things, not merely for the benefit of our party, but truly for the sake of our troops and veterans. This is just the latest in a long series of affronts to the men and women in our armed forces. I am sick and tired of the GOP owning the "we support our troops" mantle. How can we wrest it from them?
Bush Aiming to Screw Veterans Yet Again
by DavidNYC
Sun Feb 6th, 2005 at 20:40:22 PST
The cynicism and duplicity of the Bush Administration rarely fazes me. But I continue to be amazed by the GOP's ability to claim they "support the troops" while consistenly trying to screw them. Today provides just the latest outrage:
President Bush's budget would more than double the co-payment charged to many veterans for prescription drugs and would require some to pay a new fee of $250 a year for the privilege of using government health care, administration officials said Sunday.
The proposals, they said, are in the $2.5 trillion budget that Mr. Bush plans to unveil on Monday. White House officials said the budget advanced his goal of cutting the deficit, which hit a record last year.
"We are being tight," Vice President Dick Cheney said on "Fox News Sunday." "This is the tightest budget that has been submitted since we got here."
Tight, ay? I suppose you come home from war with the health care coverage you've got, not the kind you wished you had. I'm all for reducing the deficit, but do I even need to point out that it's lunacy to do so on the backs of our veterans - many of whom have come home from war with horrible injuries and debilitating mental trauma?
Veterans groups attacked the proposals. Richard B. Fuller, legislative director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, said: "The proposed increase in health spending is not sufficient at a time when the number of patients is increasing and there has been a huge increase in health care costs. It will not cover the need. The enrollment fee is a health care tax, designed to raise revenue and to discourage people from enrolling."
Mr. Fuller added that the budget would force veterans hospitals and clinics to limit services. "We are already seeing an increase in waiting lists, even for some Iraq veterans," he said.
In Michigan, for example, thousands of veterans are on waiting lists for medical services, and some reservists returning from Iraq say they have been unable to obtain the care they were promised. A veterans clinic in Pontiac, Mich., put a limit on new enrollment. Cutbacks at a veterans hospital in Altoona, Pa., are forcing some veterans to seek treatment elsewhere.
What I want to know - when my anger cools a little bit - is how the hell we can reframe things, not merely for the benefit of our party, but truly for the sake of our troops and veterans. This is just the latest in a long series of affronts to the men and women in our armed forces. I am sick and tired of the GOP owning the "we support our troops" mantle. How can we wrest it from them?
Dean is the next DNC Chair
Dean is the new DNC Chair.
ISU College Democrats had previously endorsed Simon Rosenberg, the chair of the New Democratic Network, in an effort to influence the race for DNC chair. Now that Simon has dropped out of the race that almost secures Dean's nomination as Party chair. ISU Democrats congraduate Gov. Dean for his election and we look forward to working with him to rebuild and nuture the grassroots of our great Party. Below is a post from www.archpundit.com, about Dean's election. Worth a read.
It's being reported that Dean has the public endorsements he needs tow in the race and Simon Rosenberg officially withdrew. Ryan Lizza at the New Republic writes a great article that summarizes the race. (have to be a subscriber)
The strange thing is that the three candidates I was okay with were the three finalists. I'm not convinced Dean is the best solution simply because of the baggage he carries as Howard Dean. My biggest concern was that the State Chairs would extract too much and not seek to reform their own parties which is desperately needed because the desperate need is to build a farm team up from the bottom that is strong and less centered on incumbency in DC--a necessarily safe seat leaning view.
Dean may now be in the position of Gingrich who fought Bob Michel's tendency towards compromise and getting what you can out of DC into full partisan warfare that brought the Republicans the Majority in both Houses.
Dean is in a position to build a true opposition party that isn't worried about nibbling at the edges of legilslation, but providing a clear coherent attack on the ruling party's agenda and thus an agenda to win, not just avoid losing more.
Gingrich was often seen as too ideological and too far right by many of the establishment Republicans during the late 1980s and early 1990s. But he won and he won not by compromise or moving to the middle, but by selling the ideas he liked that worked in the middle. By crafting a clear and coherent message on which to build his movement, he was able to define it in the middle even if overall he wasn't. He took those ideas that were to the center of the public---term limits and balanced budgets and sold those while playing to his base on other issues. Gingrich then went too far and was stopped, but even then, his party still controls Congress. The parallels to the corruption in the Democratic Party in the 1990s with the lingering effects of Jim Wright and Rosty are very close to the problems we see developing around DeLay.
Dean, by laying claim to reform, can do the same now, though he needs to be able to convince the Washington players to go along.
ISU College Democrats had previously endorsed Simon Rosenberg, the chair of the New Democratic Network, in an effort to influence the race for DNC chair. Now that Simon has dropped out of the race that almost secures Dean's nomination as Party chair. ISU Democrats congraduate Gov. Dean for his election and we look forward to working with him to rebuild and nuture the grassroots of our great Party. Below is a post from www.archpundit.com, about Dean's election. Worth a read.
It's being reported that Dean has the public endorsements he needs tow in the race and Simon Rosenberg officially withdrew. Ryan Lizza at the New Republic writes a great article that summarizes the race. (have to be a subscriber)
The strange thing is that the three candidates I was okay with were the three finalists. I'm not convinced Dean is the best solution simply because of the baggage he carries as Howard Dean. My biggest concern was that the State Chairs would extract too much and not seek to reform their own parties which is desperately needed because the desperate need is to build a farm team up from the bottom that is strong and less centered on incumbency in DC--a necessarily safe seat leaning view.
Dean may now be in the position of Gingrich who fought Bob Michel's tendency towards compromise and getting what you can out of DC into full partisan warfare that brought the Republicans the Majority in both Houses.
Dean is in a position to build a true opposition party that isn't worried about nibbling at the edges of legilslation, but providing a clear coherent attack on the ruling party's agenda and thus an agenda to win, not just avoid losing more.
Gingrich was often seen as too ideological and too far right by many of the establishment Republicans during the late 1980s and early 1990s. But he won and he won not by compromise or moving to the middle, but by selling the ideas he liked that worked in the middle. By crafting a clear and coherent message on which to build his movement, he was able to define it in the middle even if overall he wasn't. He took those ideas that were to the center of the public---term limits and balanced budgets and sold those while playing to his base on other issues. Gingrich then went too far and was stopped, but even then, his party still controls Congress. The parallels to the corruption in the Democratic Party in the 1990s with the lingering effects of Jim Wright and Rosty are very close to the problems we see developing around DeLay.
Dean, by laying claim to reform, can do the same now, though he needs to be able to convince the Washington players to go along.
Weller is still an ass
So Iraqis Deserve Elections--How about Guatemalans?
Jerry Weller, or El Geraldo as others have put it, was part of the Purple Finger Caucuse the other evening. (Meaning he and other GOP Reps. dyed their fingers to show "solidarity" with Iraqis who voted in their national election. The connection was amusing at best.)
Yep, the same El Geraldo who married the daughter of one Rios Montt, former dictator and serial human rights violator in Guatemala. That daughter is a chief political ally of the General's as well, not just a pretty little thing in the corner.
If El Geraldo is so concerned with human rights and democracy can we expect a member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the International Affairs Committee to take a strong stand on Rios Montt's extradition to Spain? After all, the rule of law is vital to democracy and Rios Montt is accused of a rather serious crime. in that case as well as in others.
Maybe Jeff can tell us how El Geraldo can both celebrate his solidarity with Iraqis when he got married at a lavish affair where his now father-in-law particpated despite his father-in-laws efforts to deny the right to vote to Guatemalans?
Doesn't that seem a bit hypocritical? And doesn't it suggest that Weller is less concerned about freedom and more about scoring political points?
Jerry Weller, or El Geraldo as others have put it, was part of the Purple Finger Caucuse the other evening. (Meaning he and other GOP Reps. dyed their fingers to show "solidarity" with Iraqis who voted in their national election. The connection was amusing at best.)
Yep, the same El Geraldo who married the daughter of one Rios Montt, former dictator and serial human rights violator in Guatemala. That daughter is a chief political ally of the General's as well, not just a pretty little thing in the corner.
If El Geraldo is so concerned with human rights and democracy can we expect a member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the International Affairs Committee to take a strong stand on Rios Montt's extradition to Spain? After all, the rule of law is vital to democracy and Rios Montt is accused of a rather serious crime. in that case as well as in others.
Maybe Jeff can tell us how El Geraldo can both celebrate his solidarity with Iraqis when he got married at a lavish affair where his now father-in-law particpated despite his father-in-laws efforts to deny the right to vote to Guatemalans?
Doesn't that seem a bit hypocritical? And doesn't it suggest that Weller is less concerned about freedom and more about scoring political points?
Friday, February 04, 2005
Crazy GOP
To all of those following the escapades of the ISU College Republicans and the College Republicans National Committee, you should see what the Marquette College Republicans have tried to do...
Reuters has reported the following...
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The students were selling bracelets bearing the motto "1 Shot 1 Kill No Remorse I Decide."
Nick J. Daggers
Communications Director
ISU College Dems
communications@isudems.com
www.isudems.com
Reuters has reported the following...
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The students were selling bracelets bearing the motto "1 Shot 1 Kill No Remorse I Decide."
"Clearly the rhetoric of that organization raised some questions and we had some strong objections as a Jesuit university," Marquette University school spokeswoman Brigid O'Brien said on Thursday.
The students, representing a group called College Republicans, originally got permission to set up a table at the student union to raise money for U.S. troops in Iraq.
But they chose to promote a group called Adopt a Sniper, which says on its Web site it supports snipers deployed by the United States armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group says it "helps real snipers get the real gear they need to help keep us safe."
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I think we all agree that we all need to support our troops, however we must do it with tact and dignity. The ISU College Dems are very supportive of our troops and plan on doing a drive to support them in March...
Until Next Time...
Nick J. Daggers
Communications Director
ISU College Dems
communications@isudems.com
www.isudems.com
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
State of the Union Live Blogging
Well its 8:17 and I just thought I should watch the monkey dance and share my thoughts with you...
-Nick
8:18 Here we go again with the hydrogen car...
8:20 Does anyone else think it would be awesome if Teddy Kennedy and Denny Hastert sumo wrestled on the floor of the House?
8:21 Watch I am convinced that everytime he says "nucular" they all clap...
8:22 He is serious, he really wants to kill Social Security. As Democrats and as Americans we should recgonize how great of a program it is and the awesome responsibilty that the US Congress has to preserve it. Of course benefits were lower then...ITS CALLED INFLATION!
8:22 HOLY SHIT! He said "mislead" just like he mislead the American people on Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?
8:24 GO DEMS!!! Did you hear that I think I heard some boos...Wait if you listen you can hear a gentle whisper from the cloak room..."OBAMA, OBAMA, OBAMA..."
8:26 Right there he said "Former President Clinton" every Dem should of started cheering.
8:27 Wow, I know Social Security is important but I have how long until I collect, ok next topic...
8:28 OH GOD! He said "voluntary personal retirement account." "A better deal" what he is selling me a used car or something.
8:29 Man and I thought I was bored, Cheney looks really bored.
8:30 Why don' the Republicans just stand during the whole speech and well the Dems...Seriously I would of just gone to Hawk and Dove and watched it on CSPAN
8:32 OH, SNAP...Dude "PRO-LIFE" meanings helping the living not just the unborn...
8:33 "EFFICAL" I think thats a new one...
8:34 Name one person he has nominated to the bench that makes sense?
8:34 10-1 this three initiative is cut by Republicans. Good idea, but he won't follow through. I got he is going to take the gang bangers and put them in the Army so he can invade another country...
8:36 Laura gets a standing ovation, I think that she looks like one of those pastel M&Ms...
8:36 Wouldn't be awesome if Obama got to give the SOTU instead of Dubya.
8:38 Wait, he wants to use DNA sampling for criminals. This is new in Texas he just gave them all the chair.
8:39 I have this theory, I want to walk in a room and just say "make our homeland safer" and see if I get a standing ovation. It works for George.
8:40 Al-Qaedea, wheres Bin-Laden? Way to go Dubya you got the wrong guy maybe we should DNA test Saddam?
8:41 WOW! I think John Kerry just stood up and applauded
8:42 "The peace we seek" let me assure everyone, George W. does not seek Peace...
8:45 Well this is it, luckily for me I get to leave now...I have a meeting and unfortuanetly will not be able to hear the rest of this stirring address, instead I will listen to Barack Obama's DNC Keynote on my iPod...
Yes, there is hope for our future, it is in our hearts and our minds. We will make a difference we will change the world, because our cause is just and our goals mighty...
-Nick
8:18 Here we go again with the hydrogen car...
8:20 Does anyone else think it would be awesome if Teddy Kennedy and Denny Hastert sumo wrestled on the floor of the House?
8:21 Watch I am convinced that everytime he says "nucular" they all clap...
8:22 He is serious, he really wants to kill Social Security. As Democrats and as Americans we should recgonize how great of a program it is and the awesome responsibilty that the US Congress has to preserve it. Of course benefits were lower then...ITS CALLED INFLATION!
8:22 HOLY SHIT! He said "mislead" just like he mislead the American people on Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?
8:24 GO DEMS!!! Did you hear that I think I heard some boos...Wait if you listen you can hear a gentle whisper from the cloak room..."OBAMA, OBAMA, OBAMA..."
8:26 Right there he said "Former President Clinton" every Dem should of started cheering.
8:27 Wow, I know Social Security is important but I have how long until I collect, ok next topic...
8:28 OH GOD! He said "voluntary personal retirement account." "A better deal" what he is selling me a used car or something.
8:29 Man and I thought I was bored, Cheney looks really bored.
8:30 Why don' the Republicans just stand during the whole speech and well the Dems...Seriously I would of just gone to Hawk and Dove and watched it on CSPAN
8:32 OH, SNAP...Dude "PRO-LIFE" meanings helping the living not just the unborn...
8:33 "EFFICAL" I think thats a new one...
8:34 Name one person he has nominated to the bench that makes sense?
8:34 10-1 this three initiative is cut by Republicans. Good idea, but he won't follow through. I got he is going to take the gang bangers and put them in the Army so he can invade another country...
8:36 Laura gets a standing ovation, I think that she looks like one of those pastel M&Ms...
8:36 Wouldn't be awesome if Obama got to give the SOTU instead of Dubya.
8:38 Wait, he wants to use DNA sampling for criminals. This is new in Texas he just gave them all the chair.
8:39 I have this theory, I want to walk in a room and just say "make our homeland safer" and see if I get a standing ovation. It works for George.
8:40 Al-Qaedea, wheres Bin-Laden? Way to go Dubya you got the wrong guy maybe we should DNA test Saddam?
8:41 WOW! I think John Kerry just stood up and applauded
8:42 "The peace we seek" let me assure everyone, George W. does not seek Peace...
8:45 Well this is it, luckily for me I get to leave now...I have a meeting and unfortuanetly will not be able to hear the rest of this stirring address, instead I will listen to Barack Obama's DNC Keynote on my iPod...
Yes, there is hope for our future, it is in our hearts and our minds. We will make a difference we will change the world, because our cause is just and our goals mighty...
Illinois State University College Republicans Continue Dirty Tricks
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Nick Daggers
For Immediate Release Phone: 815-953-4810
February 2, 2005 www.isudems.com
Illinois State University College Republicans Continue Dirty Tricks
Normal, Ill. – Last week the Daily Vidette ran an article regarding the unethical fundraising practices by the College Republicans National Committee (CRNC). That story was written in response to an article appearing in the December 26, 2004 edition of the Washington Post.
The Illinois State University College Republicans denied having any connection to the fundraising scandal and the CRNC. “Local College Republican chapters such as ISU’s do not answer to the national organization,” said ISU College Republican President Jim Regan.
Today at Winterfest the College Republicans where working on behalf of the CRNC, which they claimed to have no affiliation with. There they were actively passing out literature which was “paid for by the College Republican National Committee.”
"I am very disappointed that the Illinois State University College Republicans would not admit to possessing materials paid for by the CRNC and the fact that they would not comment on this scandal is very disheartening,” said ISU College Dems President Logan Faron.
The ISU College Dems are a registered student organization at Illinois State University. The primary goal of the ISU College Dems is to help elect democrats to office at all levels of government and to raise civic participation among the 20,000 students of Illinois State University and the surrounding community.
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Stories on GOP Fundraising Scandal
This is the Washington Post piece from December 26 regarding the national fundraising scandal...
This is a Daily Vidette Story from last week discussing the scandal...
This is a Daily Vidette Story from last week discussing the scandal...
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