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It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
and we've got a list for you today!
First, Bush speaks to the UN. Kofi also speaks. Kofi talks about human rights abuses and violations of international law. I don't think Mr. Bush was too happy with Kofi Annan. Unless that is the "I respect and admire you" look that has become so rare now days. Thank you, George W. Bush, for bringing back the "I respect and admire you" look to international diplomacy!
Democrats thinking about framing issues? We can't be serious! Oh, but we are serious.
TAPPED had this to say:
The Dems who've been working on this for months are apparently very, very interested in improving the party's effectiveness in framing issues and packaging positions in ways that resonate with voters. They've studied a lot of what Republicans have done over the last two decades and are making a conscious initial effort here to present a coherent, simple, bold agenda -- just six points, I hear -- that the caucus can get behind and promote and try to hammer into voters' minds (it's also a handy platform for congressional candidates to run on in November, just as Gingrich's army of GOP freshmen did with the Contract in 1994).
(link)
This article from USA Today managed to talk about the political issues of the six core positions, but of course, does not list them or discuss them. Good Lord!
More insanity? More problems with voting machines.
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Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots for hours Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.
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Of course, many of us, won't get the chance to vote anyway, so who cares if the machines are there or not? (article)
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Millions of U.S. citizens, including a disproportionate number of black voters, will be blocked from voting in the Nov. 2 presidential election because of legal barriers, faulty procedures or dirty tricks, according to civil rights and legal experts.
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Vicky Beasley, a field officer for People for the American Way, listed some of the ways voters have been "discouraged" from voting.
"In elections in Baltimore in 2002 and in Georgia last year, black voters were sent fliers saying anyone who hadn't paid utility bills or had outstanding parking tickets or were behind on their rent would be arrested at polling stations. It happens in every election cycle," she said.
First, Bush speaks to the UN. Kofi also speaks. Kofi talks about human rights abuses and violations of international law. I don't think Mr. Bush was too happy with Kofi Annan. Unless that is the "I respect and admire you" look that has become so rare now days. Thank you, George W. Bush, for bringing back the "I respect and admire you" look to international diplomacy!
Democrats thinking about framing issues? We can't be serious! Oh, but we are serious.
TAPPED had this to say:
The Dems who've been working on this for months are apparently very, very interested in improving the party's effectiveness in framing issues and packaging positions in ways that resonate with voters. They've studied a lot of what Republicans have done over the last two decades and are making a conscious initial effort here to present a coherent, simple, bold agenda -- just six points, I hear -- that the caucus can get behind and promote and try to hammer into voters' minds (it's also a handy platform for congressional candidates to run on in November, just as Gingrich's army of GOP freshmen did with the Contract in 1994).
(link)
This article from USA Today managed to talk about the political issues of the six core positions, but of course, does not list them or discuss them. Good Lord!
More insanity? More problems with voting machines.
----------------------------
Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots for hours Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.
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Of course, many of us, won't get the chance to vote anyway, so who cares if the machines are there or not? (article)
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Millions of U.S. citizens, including a disproportionate number of black voters, will be blocked from voting in the Nov. 2 presidential election because of legal barriers, faulty procedures or dirty tricks, according to civil rights and legal experts.
--snip--
Vicky Beasley, a field officer for People for the American Way, listed some of the ways voters have been "discouraged" from voting.
"In elections in Baltimore in 2002 and in Georgia last year, black voters were sent fliers saying anyone who hadn't paid utility bills or had outstanding parking tickets or were behind on their rent would be arrested at polling stations. It happens in every election cycle," she said.
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