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Problematic Prudence Predicted Four Years Ago
Four years ago this month, our sister site That’s My Congress predicted the unraveling of the Democratic control of Congress, even at the height of the Democrats’ return to power: “I read in the New York Times today that a …
John Conyers Responds to Patriot Act Reauthorization With… Nothing
When American liberals questioned the record of some candidates being selected (without primaries) by the Democratic Party back in 2006, do you remember what the response was? With a Democratic majority in Congress, just “imagine” the changes! In particular, Democratic …
Posted in Democrats, Election 2006, Homeland Insecurity, Legislation, Liberty, Politics
Tagged 2006, congress, hearings, house, imagine, john conyers, judiciary committee, patriot act, reauthorization
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Dave Sanders and the Politics of Fear
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The Democrats of Indiana’s 4th congressional district would do better to find a new candidate who is willing to confront the right wing obsession with terrorists head on than to give Dave Sanders a 3rd chance to peddle his vision of fear.
Posted in Democrats, Election 2006, Election 2010, Homeland Insecurity
Tagged bioterrorism, congress, dave sanders, fear, indiana, steve buyer
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Bush Used Government Resources for GOP Campaigns
The report provides evidence that, in 2006, the Bush Administration was converted into a Republican congressional campaign office, with public officials being used to prop up faltering Republican congressional candidates.
Posted in Election 2006, Ethics, George W. Bush, Politics
Tagged 2006, bush, campaign, congress, Ethics
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66 Pages of Facts About Mayor Sarah Palin
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A good place to start is the sixty six page summary of Sarah Palin’s time as mayor of Wasilla, created by Democrats in 2006. The summary is written by Democrats, but the information is from state and local newspapers and the public record.
Posted in Activism, Election 2006, Election 2008, Media, Politics
Tagged 2006, Alaska, journalism, journalists, mayor, palin, reporters, Sarah Palin, vet, vice president, wasilla
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Asked about FISA at Netroots Nation, Nancy Pelosi Beats About the Bush
When Nancy Pelosi appeared at the Netroots Nation conference today, people questioned her decision as Speaker of the House to let the H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act, come to the floor. Speaker Pelosi’s answers were anything but respectful to …
Posted in Democrats, Election 2004, Election 2006, Election 2008, George W. Bush, Homeland Insecurity, Legislation, Liberty, Media, Politics
Tagged bush, david kurtz, fisa, fisa amendments act, h.r. 6304, house, house of representatives, nancy pelosi, netroots, netroots nation, passive, passivity, pelosi, senate, speaker, speaker of the house, technology, tpm
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Habeas Corpus? No. Baseball Reform? Yes.
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When the Democrats in Congress are asked the question, Give me liberty or give me baseball? – they choose baseball.
Posted in Democrats, Election 2006, Legislation
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Even Minor FISA Amendments Act Amendment FAILS, Look for More
While primary elections splash their way across our television screens, the substantive train of legislative politics keeps right on chugging along in the background, taking this country to a dark destination. The FISA Amendments Act, a bill to institute six …
Ned Lamont Endorses Barack Obama
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It’s worth remembering that in the 2008 presidential election, Joseph Lieberman has endorsed a Republican candidate. It’s also worth remembering that in the 2006 election, Bill and Hillary Clinton supported Joseph Lieberman, with Bill Clinton jabbing Ned Lamont even after Lamont got the Democratic nomination.
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Not One Republican Voted Against Mukasey’s Torture Agenda
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Six Senate Democrats voted to confirm Mukasey and placed a stain on the reputation of the Democratic Party. Things are even worse for the Republican Party, however. Not one single Republican senator had the basic human decency to vote against the confirmation of Mukasey.
Posted in 2008 Reasons, Election 2006, Republicans
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Replace Jim Marshall With Robert Nowak
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Much of the damage that right wing congressional Democrats like Jim Marshall has done, Robert Nowak would work to undo. Whether you live in Georgia or not, if you’re one of the many Democrats who are angry at the failure of the Democrats in Congress to take a strong stand against the right wing’s agenda of authoritarian destruction, give your support to Robert Nowak, and help to turn your political party around.
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Alan Greenspan Says the Republicans Deserve To Lose
The Republican presidential candidates for the 2008 election are still promoting the same tired agenda that they did back in 2006. They are still choosing to trade principle for power. That’s why, by Alan Greenspan’s own accounting, the Republicans deserve to lose the White House in 2008.
Posted in 2008 Reasons, Election 2006, Republicans
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Democratic Majority Didn’t Get Rumsfeld Out of Office
Maybe Rumsfeld had been convinced by the clear prospect of a Democratic majority to resign, but it wasn’t the Democratic majority itself that forced Rumsfeld out of office. As much as some Democrats might wish it to be so, there was no threat of impeachment after the election by Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi had voluntarily given up that tool of political pressure against the President long before then.
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Were Democrats Elected To Expand Bush Spy Powers?
George W. Bush and his White House aides have already been caught breaking the law spying on law-abiding Americans’ private conversations without a warrant and without FISA court approval. They have been caught in hundreds of instances of abuse of the powers to spy that they have already been given under the Patriot Act, and been caught lying to Congress about those abuses. The Bush Adminstration has been caught spying on Americans citizens’ activities on the web, reading their emails, reading their letters, sending government agents to spy on peaceful, lawful anti-Republican political groups. Alberto Gonzales has even suggested that the Bush White House is engaging in additional, illegal spying activities against the American people, and refuses to tell Congress about them. What kind of fools are the Democrats in Congress to reward these abuses with even more spy powers for George W. Bush?
Posted in Activism, Democrats, Election 2006, George W. Bush, Liberty
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John Dingell Denies Fuel Efficiency Action
Thanks to John Dingell, we’re seeing the same delay and denial of action on fuel efficiency that we saw when Republicans controlled all the congressional committees. Dingell’s dodge is a great reminder that, when it comes to promoting fuel efficiency and protecting the environment, it’s not enough just to vote for a Democrat and assume that everything will turn out all right. You have to be sure to vote for a genuine progressive.
Posted in 2008 Reasons, Democrats, Election 2006, Environment, Legislation
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