Will somebody ask the DSCC to stop having Cleland send out Emails claiming that Chambliss legitimately beat him and that therefore we should donate money?
Can everyone focus on election protection in Georgia, for the purpose of getting the Democrats 60 seats and denying them any more excuses not to enact the will of the public?
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By David Swanson
The 60 vote filibuster-proof majority for the Democrats in the Senate looks like it will come down to a run-off Senate race in Georgia, barring the appointment of some Republican senators to plum jobs in Obamaland or finally giving DC voting representation. If the Democrats do not get that super majority, they will have an excuse for ignoring the public will — and you can bet your golden fiddle they’ll use it.
The Georgia senate seat is of course a seat that was stolen
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By David Swanson
(Gadget courtesy of Waldo Jaquith)
As of about 9 p.m. ET on Thursday, 316,476 votes had been counted in Virginia’s Fifth District congressional race between incumbent bigotted xenophobe Virgil Goode and challenger Tom Perriello, with 158,562 going to Perriello and 157,914 to Goode, for a difference of 648 votes or 0.2 percent of the total.
According to a report on Charlottesville’s NBC-29:
“There is no ‘automatic’
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By David Swanson
In Virginia’s undecided Fifth District congressional race, Tom Perriello is now up 814 votes with possibly more still to be added, and a recount likely. But most of the over 300,000 votes cast cannot be recounted, since they were made on electronic machines.
Good bye, Virgil Goode, You left us all worse off and more hateful. May you become a nicer person in a line of work where you don’t think bigotry is your key to success.
Welcome to Congress, Tom Perriello. May
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By David Swanson
Virginia and the rest of the old South always voted for Democrats for president when the Democratic party stood for racism, and for Republicans when the Republican party stood for racism, until tonight. Virginia just voted for a Democrat for president, while the Republican party still carries the banner of racism. In fact, the Republican candidates played up their racism more this year than in other recent elections. In addition, the Democratic candidate was black. It’s
By David Swanson
There is still hope that Virginia’s Fifth District can be rid of Virgil Goode, but the final count has him in the lead. A recount is possible, and if there is any basis for it, I hope that Democratic candidate Tom Perriello will request it. Even if he loses a recount, Perriello would earn our respect as someone who stands up to see that every vote is counted, rather than someone who runs in fear of being called names like “sore loser.”
The many complaints of
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By David Swanson
Having spent the past several years trying to end wars and militarism, I have just voted for a presidential candidate who seems intent on expanding them.
Having won the Democratic primary largely on the strength of his extremely limited and inconsistent opposition to the war on Iraq, Senator Barack Obama chose as his running mate Senator Joe Biden, a man who had led efforts in the U.S. Senate to support the invasion. Obama’s staff have told reporters that he is inclined
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By David Swanson
Unrequested and unwanted, this notorious fear and hate mongering DVD arrived today, October 23rd, in my mailbox in Charlottesville in the swing state of Virginia: http://obsessionthemovie.com
The DVD seeks to teach people that an entire religion, Islam, is aimed at terrorizing and killing them. The distributors of the DVD have clearly determined by some respectable and scholarly method that this information is most edifying for residents of swing states.
The DVD did not arrive inserted
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By David Swanson
If your television declares John McCain the president elect on the evening of November 4th, your television will be lying. You should immediately pick up your pre-packed bags and head straight to the White House in Washington, D.C., which we will surround and shut down until this attempt at a third illegitimate presidency is reversed.
A McCain “win” will not be illegitimate because I disagree with his policies, but because he himself has rendered it illegitimate.
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Host Val Kirkgaard, with guests David Swanson and Clint Curtis
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008, 12:00 Noon
Join our radio dialogue on Waking Up In America.
Val Kirkgaard, Ph.D. (hon), MFCT retired, welcomes two outstanding guests.
In September of 2000, Clint Curtis was first introduced to Tom Feeney the incoming Speaker of the Florida House. Clint was a programmer at a local computer company whose owner was an associate and confidant of Mr. Feeney. He expected that Mr Feeney
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