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in: John McCain's Monday, Monday
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by: Redeye
in: A Town Hall Meeting
Connecting Progressive Voices in Alabama
Monday Monday, can't trust that day,
Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be ...
This is not a good Monday for John McCain.
His campaign is showing no sign of recovery in the polls, although I don't see how he can fall much further.
The Virginia Republican Party is warning that he's in trouble in that state, which hasn't gone blue in a presidential election since 1964.
McCain's involvement in the Keating Five Savings and Loan scandal in the 1980's is coming to the fore, just when he needs to convince people his hands are clean on the current economic mess. No, they are not. He was in bed with financial interests in those days and he's been a deregulator ever since.
During his first Senate term, Arizona senator McCain and four Democrats faced accusations of improperly intervening with federal regulators on behalf of former savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating in the 1980s savings-and-loan industry collapse. The five senators took contributions from the Arizona businessman and while the Senate Ethics Committee reprimanded McCain, it cleared him of wrongdoing.
The Senate Ethics Committee, chaired by the late Alabama Democrat Howell Heflin, ultimately found that McCain had ``exercised poor judgment.''The Los Angeles Times has posted a story on McCain's record as a Navy pilot. Up until now, most stories of John McCain's service career started at the moment he was captured by the Vietnamese. If that part of his career is relevant, why not examine the rest of his record, too? Well, mostly because only 19 pages of it has been made available, but the LAT has pieced some of it together.
John McCain was training in his AD-6 Skyraider on an overcast Texas morning in 1960 when he slammed into Corpus Christi Bay and sheared the skin off his plane's wings.
McCain recounted the accident decades later in his autobiography. "The engine quit while I was practicing landings," he wrote. But an investigation board at the Naval Aviation Safety Center found no evidence of engine failure.
The 23-year-old junior lieutenant wasn't paying attention and erred in using "a power setting too low to maintain level flight in a turn," investigators concluded.
The crash was one of three early in McCain's aviation career in which his flying skills and judgment were faulted or questioned by Navy officials.
In his most serious lapse, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over southern Spain about December 1961 and flew into electrical wires, causing a blackout, according to McCain's own account as well as those of naval officers and enlistees aboard the carrier Intrepid. In another incident, in 1965, McCain crashed a T-2 trainer jet in Virginia.
John McCain's campaign is unleashing a barrage of negative ads, attempting to turn the focus away from the real economic problems facing Americans today. As this ad illustrates, these are just the negative tactics John McCain has denounced in the past.
Transcript below the fold.
Jeff Sessions will be doing a meet and greet event today at Parker HQ in Huntsville.
Republican congressional candidate Wayne Parker will host U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions at a meet and greet today at the Parker campaign headquarters, 4851 Whitesburg Drive, Suite A2.
They mention a luncheon at 12:15, but it isn't clear if the event is open to the public or not. If any of y'all in southeast Huntsville (it's next to Publix) drop by, let us know if there's a crowd to see Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III. Last month it was Dick Cheney, this month Sessions. Apparently Peanut Parker didn't get the memo advising Republican candidates to focus on local issues and distance themselves from the national party.
Just saw this on the news tonight:
A "Town Hall Meeting" to be aired live Tuesday Morning:
To hear more from the candidates (state) join WSFA 12 News on October 7th at 10:00am for a special edition of Alabama Live. WSFA 12 News along with WVAS Radio, The Montgomery Advertiser, Leadership Montgomery and the Montgomery Election Center will bring you "Election 2008: A Town Hall Meeting." It will be a live newscast from from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
The event will feature 9 races, including congressional districts two and three. The 2-hour forum will focus on the keys issues surrounding this year's election.
Anyone have any idea if they are allowing people to be in the audience or whether it's just a small forum with TV Cameras and reporters?
On McCain's Negative Campaign, Or, Oh No You Didn't
by: fake consultant
Sun Oct 05, 2008 at 20:51:57 PM CDT
Obama has tried to stay above that sort of thing...and while Obama may be a better human being than that...I’m not.
We will divert away from the usual high minded conversation about issues today—and we will instead lay out a few unpleasant facts John McCain would rather you forget about.
Some of today’s discussion reveals McCain’s financial corruption...then there’s McCain giving “aid and comfort to the enemy” back in his Vietnam days...and for those who may have forgotten, a few words about ugly divorces and near-bigamy and the ending of McCain’s friendship with Ronald Reagan.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I sleep."
It has been 41 years since I "took a walk" that mattered to anyone or anything, except me. Nonetheless, 41 years ago, I found myself on a two-lane highway between Montgomery and Selma, Alabama by a sheer accident of fate, and my own subborness. I'm not going to pretend to be something that I am not. I arrived on that stretch of asphalt not because I was that involved, nor concerned about "voting rights" for ALL Americans. I arrived there because I wanted to hear Peter, Paul and Mary sing. The caring came later.
My father had threatened me about going to the Third Selma March... the "march" that actually saw the people protesting for the right of American citizens to be allowed to vote actually got across the Edmund Pettis Bridge outside of Selma. My father told me, up front, "It you get involved in that stuff, I'm cutting off your tuition." There is somthing in me that just doesn't respond to ultimatiums, so I borrowed a wig, bought myself a pair of big sunglasses, and like the true REBEL I am, I hitched a ride over to Selma. At that point, my aim was, I confess, to actually hear Peter, Paul and Mary sing. That aim changed and matured after I got actually involved as just another body in "the March."
Did I ever achieve my goal of hearing Peter, Paul and Mary sing? No, I didn't. There's no sound equiptment, nor electricity, to enhance sound, in cow fields between Selma and Montgomery, and no, I wasn't close enough to the area, illuminated by car headlights, to hear them nor see them. I know they sang though. I heard the echoes of those close enough to them, who joined in their efforts by singing "If I had a Hammer" and "The Cruel War" and "There's a Man Going 'Round Taking Names." Most of us were "hummers" back then in the sixties, so those closest to the "stage" passed it on for those of us way back in the "cheap seats."
I never heard that "concert" Peter, Paul and Mary did that night. I never heard Dick Gregory's wit that same night, and I totally missed Harry Belefonte's performance. What I did do, however, was hang out with a group of nuns way out at the edge of that cow pasture. They bandaged my bleeding knee, and told me to "pray for" the woman who called me "White trash," spit on me, and shoved me down to the asphalt earlier in the day. No, I didn't accomplish my goal of hearing Peter, Paul and Mary sing...but I did get the wisdom of the Universe from some good Sisters of Charity that night...From them I learned to "Walk On" and I'm still walking on at age 69. I will walk to a voting place and vote for the only person I know can lead the march to Constitutional Rights for all Americans...Barak Obama. VOTE your beliefs. I surely will!
Jay Love and Mike Rogers: Iraq Invasion was a Good Decision
by: mooncat
Sun Oct 05, 2008 at 13:14:27 PM CDT
Knowing what we know now, was the decision to invade Iraq good judgement or a mistake? Josh Segall mentioned this Montgomery Advertiser story on the Progressive Electorate blogtalkradio show this morning. At the time I had not read it, but after the show I looked it up and my jaw hit the floor. The MA asked all 4 Congressional candidates in the AL-02 and AL-03 races this question:
In retrospect, should we ever have invaded Iraq? Do you believe there has been a connection drawn between Iraq and terrorist organizations including al-Qaida?
AL-02 Republican candidate Jay Love's response was bad enough, including just about every George W. Bush tough guy platitude (my bold) in the book:
Absolutely. When Saddam Hussein was in power, he was very much a destabilizing force in that part of the world. He has invaded other countries. He was supplying arms and allowing terrorists to operate out of his country. And I think on Sept. 11, 2001, everything changed for this country.
We can't sit back within our borders and think that the rest of the world is going to play nice and that we can sit back and monitor from this country. We have got to take the fight to them. I would much rather be fighting the terrorists in Iraq or Iran or wherever it might be than over here in this country.
I think that Saddam Hussein killed hundreds of thousands of his own people. What we are providing the Iraqi people, though, is an opportunity, and I think having a democracy in that portion of the Middle East where you have these fundamentalists, terrorists and Islamic extremists that it provides a good opportunity for Democracy to take hold in that part of the world.
But the real jaw dropper is incumbent Republican Mike Rogers' response:
Rogers: First question is yes absolutely, and the second question is certainly. Al-Qaida is in Iraq and has been.
In case you lost track of the question, let's do it this way:
Montgomery Advertiser: In retrospect, should we ever have invaded Iraq?
Mike Rogers (R, Another Planet): Yes, absolutely.
Montgomery Advertiser: Do you believe there has been a connection drawn between Iraq and terrorist organizations including al-Qaida?
Mike Rogers (R, Cheney's World): Certainly. Al-Qaida is in Iraq and has been.
Jay Love didn't address the Al Qaeda in Iraq issue -- maybe he thought he was on shaky ground -- but Mike Rogers waded right in and said "Certainly. Al-Quaida is in Iraq and has been." That contradicts a Pentagon report which found there was no link between Iraq and Al Qaeda before the U.S. invasion.
The U.S. military's first and only study looking into ties between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda showed no connection between the two, according to a military report released by the Pentagon.
The report released by the Joint Forces Command five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq said it found no "smoking gun" after reviewing about 600,000 Iraqi documents captured in the invasion and looking at interviews of key Iraqi leadership held by the United States, Pentagon officials said.
The assessment of the al Qaeda connection and the insistence that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction were two primary elements in the Bush administration's arguments in favor of going to war with Iraq.
The Canadian Prime Minister just admitted that the Iraq invasion was a mistake, earlier this year Gallup found 63% of Americans believe it was a mistake, but these two Republicans think Iraq has worked out just fine and, given the opportunity, they would do it again. We can't afford to send men with such poor judgement, even in hindsight, to Congress, or in Rogers' case, back to Congress. You can read the thoughtful responses of Democrats Bobby Bright and Josh Segall at the Montgomery Advertiser link above.
A little early morning blues from Eddie Vetter and the boys....
Listen to Mooncat on the Progressive Electorate Blog Talk Radio show this Sunday from 11:00 to 1:00 Central Time. Don't worry Mooncat, you don't have to stay on the entire time. We are waiting on one more Congressional Candidate to confirm and we will let you know your exact slot.
We will be spending a good portion of the show on the Alabama Congressional Races and the Judicial Races.
For all listeners, please call in, the Call in Number is (718) 305-7327
Glenn Melancon of Sherman is the Democratic candidate in Texas' 4th Congressional District. The district includes Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Morris, Rains, Red River, Rockwall and Titus counties. He is running against Republican Ralph Hall who is the oldest member of the House of Representatives and just changed parties in 2004 at the age of 81.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost
Suddenly, the woods are lovely, aren't they? The polls resound with the promise of victiory in less than a month. As we expected, the debating season is just made for the candidates of our choice, as their native intelligence, thoughtfulness, and gravitas is on display for all serious voters to see. And the temptation is there to start the victory party. And yet the election season has this grave message for us :
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Just got back from the Madison Street Festival, and the number of people walking around with Obama stickers and yard signs seemed to FAR outnumber the McCain stickers, which surprised me since Pollster still has Alabama as pro-McCain as about any state in the union.
For a while, my wife and I wondered why there wasn't even a Republican booth there, but then we saw the booth. Reflecting what mooncat referenced in in this post ("Little movement. No hustle"), the Democratic booth was hopping, and the Republican booth looked like they just didn't have their heart in it.
Despite not having their heart in it, we finally figured out the Republicans' handout sticker of choice was a glittery "I heart Sarah" sticker that was hard to distinguish as a political sticker, and even harder for most straight guys (not that there's anything wrong with non-straight guys) to stick on their Auburn and Roll Tide T-shirts.
McCain Palin Redefines Winning as Not Losing as Bad as Bob Dole?
by: mooncat
Sat Oct 04, 2008 at 15:16:40 PM CDT
OK, we know McCain pulled out of Michigan last week -- even though nobody told Sarah Palin -- and we know some political pundits characterized the Palin pick as a sop to the base intended to salvage Congressional races. I will point you toward this (slightly snarky) piece at Open Left theorizing that the McCain's top people are now in damage control mode, trying to keep it fairly close despite lacking a real path to 270 electoral votes. Here are a few indications that McCain is in trouble:
With the party already struggling to generate enthusiasm for its brand, Republican strategists fear that an outpouring of public anger generated by Congress's struggle to pass a rescue package for the financial industry may contribute to a disaster at the polls for the GOP in November.
"The crisis has affected the entire ticket," said Jan van Lohuizen, a Republican consultant who handled the polling for President Bush's reelection campaign. "The worse the state's economy, the greater the impact."
... The generic ballot test -- a traditional measure of broad voter attitudes -- has also moved decisively in Democrats' direction in recent days. The latest NBC-Wall Street Journal and Associated Press polls showed voters favoring a generic Democratic candidate for Congress over a generic Republican by 13 points, while a recent Time magazine poll gave Democrats a 46 percent to 36 percent edge.
Let’s be clear. We've observed no comparison between these ground campaigns. To begin with, there’s a 4-1 ratio of offices in most states. We walk into McCain offices to find them closed, empty, one person, two people, sometimes three people making calls. Many times one person is calling while the other small clutch of volunteers are chatting amongst themselves. In one state, McCain’s state field director sat in one of these offices and, sotto voce, complained to us that only one man was making calls while the others were talking to each other about how much they didn't like Obama, which was true. But the field director made no effort to change this. This was the state field director.
... The McCain offices are also calm, sedate. Little movement. No hustle. In the Obama offices, it's a whirlwind. People move. It's a dynamic bustle. You can feel it in our photos.
All in all, it's shaping up to be a difficult year for Republicans, as the McCain/Palin ticket's troubles trickle down to Congressional races like the ones in Alabama's 2nd, 3rd and 5th districts.
About a week ago we had a warm discussion here of the differences between the Blue Dogs in Congress, the New Democrats and the Progressives and where they fit ideologically in the Democratic Party. The recent House votes on the Bailout Bill paint an interesting picture. Matt Stoller at Open Left has been tallying up the caucus votes.
For the vote last Monday, which failed, here is how the caucus members voted:
Blue Dogs: 59.57% yes
New Democrats: 62.71% yes
Progressives: 47.76% yes
Congressional Black Caucus: 46.15% yes
Now, for the vote yesterday, which passed, here's the picture:
CBC 69.7% (30-8)
New Democrats 79.3% (46-12)
Blue Dogs 63.8% (30-17)
Progressive Caucus 69.4% (50-17)
Obviously, some arm twisting went on between Monday and Friday, but the New Democrats were leading supporters of the bill all the way. The Blue Dogs showed the least movement between Monday and Friday.
Josh Segall Liveblogging at Blue America -- 1 pm Today!
by: mooncat
Sat Oct 04, 2008 at 11:09:59 AM CDT
I just found out Josh Segall will be doing the Blue America liveblog today at 1 pm Central Time. I received a message saying they would love to have the Left in Alabama folks join in that conversation. Here's what you need to do:
You need to register (if you haven't already) and make sure you're logged in before 1 pm.
At 1 pm the introduction will appear at the top of the front page on Firedoglake. Click on the title, which is blue, and that will take you to the post where you can observe and respond to comments.
To reply to any individual comment, click on 'Reply' next to that person's comment and then a new comment box will appear that links your remarks to theirs.
Y'all please join in Josh's conversation. He's a progressive Alabama candidate working hard in a tough but winnable race.
The DCCC released yet another ad in AL-02 this week, again mentioning that Subway Jay (h/t BenGoshi) did not provide health insurance for most of his employees. Health care, gas prices, taxes -- bread and butter economic issues -- that's where this race is being fought.
Transcript:
So much for standing up and fighting for what's right. Jay Love is a millionaire businessman who didn't provide health care to 80% of his own employees.
And on taxes, Jay Love voted for the largest tax increase in Alabama history, a 470 million dollar property tax increase. And with gas prices soaring, he even voted for a sales tax increase on cars.
Jay Love. Not the man he says he is.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.
SwingState Project is keeping a record of independent expenditures and this is how it looks in AL-02:
I'm very interested to see the upcoming FEC reports. That huge discrepancy between Bright and Love on independent expenditures tells me Jay Love will need to put a ton of his own money into this race to stay close.
Kim Drake for Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
by: robertsullivan1973
Fri Oct 03, 2008 at 22:20:31 PM CDT
With a month to go before the election, we are not taking anything for granted and that includes you and your support.
The campaign to elect Kim Drake, of the Cullman Drake Law Firm, to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals is reaching out to you, the voter.
William Thompson, Kim’s opponent, is a Republican product of Karl Rove and his dirty tricks, which have manipulated Alabama elections for 16 years. If Alabama is to replace this Rove flunky with a mother and business woman who represents the best of Alabama and truly believes in our values, then we need your support.
Urge your friends and families to support Kim Drake on Election Day. If you can, lend your financial support to the campaign.
Thank you. Please, do not hesitate to contact us.
Robert Sullivan
Campaign Manager,
Drake for Alabama Civil Appeals
robertsullivan1973@yahoo.com
Kim Drake for Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
drake4justice.com
Kim Drake for Court of Civil Appeals
P.O. Box 457
Cullman, AL 35056
Office: 256-739-9445
Cell: 334-220-4117
"Hold firmly without waivering to the hope we confess" h/t Oliver Willis
Folks may remember that in 2002 Mike Rogers, east Alabama’s illustrious current congressman, ran an ad famously saying “Call Joe Turnham and tell him he’s too liberal for Alabama”. Even with all of Roger’s negative and malicious ads, Joe Turnham was still gaining in the polls. Sadly as we all remember, the DCCC pulled Joe’s funding about 14 days before Election Day. That whole race is an open wound for us all.
Well now it looks like Rogers decided to rub salt in the wound or at least someone with a lot of campaign cash has. As the old saying goes, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Robo calls have been sent out all over Rogers' home county. The goal of the call is fear mongering. Which party is known for doing this? Oh, right those neocons.
It turns out that apparently one Robo Call states that the listener should call Josh Segall. Now ain’t that the damnest thing. This whole tactic sounds awfully familiar. Oh, right it happened in 2002.
The Segall Campaign is not about fear mongering. The Segall campaign is about East Alabamians having a voice in Washington, making sure jobs aren’t being shipped overseas, and that our Veterans are put first for a change.
We can’t let history repeat itself, not this time, the stakes are too high. Gas is skyrocketing, we’re in a war with no end in sight, and our basic infrastructure needs serious work. So let’s turn this around, call Mike Rogers office and tell him a few things: Tell him to stop shipping our jobs overseas, tell him to make sure our Veterans have everything they need, and tell him to put East Alabama first for a change.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge in my health, education and welfare.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of foreign relations.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of the economy.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of appointing the director of FEMA.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of the military.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of the FDA.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of appointing Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of the Justice Department.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of the FBI and the CIA.
I don't want Joe Six Pack dealing with foreign leaders on behalf of the United States of America.
I don't want Joe Six Pack in charge of negoiating free trade agreements.
By Golly, we already know happens when F students and Bullies elect a C student as President. We don't need Joe Six Pack for an encore gosh darn it!
I want intelligent, thought, people of goodwill and with good judgment in charge.
Eight is Enough!
On The View From Egypt, Part One, Or, How Professionals Rig Elections
by: fake consultant
Thu Oct 02, 2008 at 23:58:44 PM CDT
It has been but a few hours since Sarah Palin took the stage to have a conversation with Joe Biden, and of course the Nation has a ton of questions.
What will happen now?
How will we view all this in a few days?
How will it affect McCain and Obama?
I don’t know...and I’m not even going to try to figure it out right this minute.
Instead, we’re going to take a trip halfway across the world to a country that has been essential to understanding the Middle Eastern story, has been at the center of international conflicts time and time again...and has lessons to teach us that, if we learn them well, could make us a much smarter “Foreign Policy Nation” than we are today.
The country? Egypt.
So grab your virtual passport...and after we arrive, there are a few people I want you to meet.
Capital Survey Research Poll - Rogers Lead Shrinks Substantially (AL-03)
by: gradyw
Thu Oct 02, 2008 at 16:49:31 PM CDT
*Reminder - Josh Segall will also be a guest on The Progressive Electorate Blog Talk Radio Show This Sunday
A Capital Survey Research (Gerald Johnson) poll has Mike Rogers leading Josh Segall 44.9 % to 36.4 %. 18.7% of people polled remain undecided. The polling sample was 471 people taken Sep.30-Oct. 1, 2008
with a margin error of +/-4.5%.
The August poll taken by Capital Survey Research showed Rogers leading 54% to 32.5 % for Segall with only 13.6% undecided.
Segall has improved by 4 points while Rogers has dropped 9 points. We have 5% more undecided from the August poll
A number of thoughts stick out including:
1. Mike Rogers is well under 50%, a clear sign that an incumbent is in trouble.
2. The Bubba Ads did not help Mike Rogers polling numbers.
3. More voters are undecided after seeing ads from both candidates.
4. Rogers went from a substantial 22% lead to a 9%. Segall cutting Rogers lead in more than half is another sure sign that Rogers is in trouble.
5. A serious gas shortage has been reported in the Talladega to Anniston areas. That does not bode well for Rogers.
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