Grier Martin just called and said he is not running for US Senate, choosing instead to stay in the state House and, more important, to stay with his family. I'm terribly disappointed, but I also understand completely. I'm sure he'll stop by and give you the scoop himself.
In the meantime, I'm going to turn my attention and support to Jim Neal. I've been asking around about him and folks have nothing but good things to say, which is encouraging.
So there you have it. No primary, no diversions.
In 13 months, North Carolinians will have the chance to vote between a missing-in-action Bushbot named Biddy Dole and a solid progressive Democrat named Jim Neal.
Let's get crackin' folks.
Comments
Again, this makes me inclined to like him
as I love Edwards, and this begins to unravel what Jim Neal's economics are, but I would still like to hear it from the horses mouth, as this is perhaps THE issue for me. To my mind, all other issues revolve around this center.
CM
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The Great appear great because we are on our knees – Let Us Rise!
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The Great appear great because we are on our knees – Let Us Rise!
-- “Big Jim” Larkin
Understand
I'm interested in hearing more on the issues as well, but honestly, any friend of John Edwards, is a friend of mine!
I'm a big Edwards supporter. ;)
Hi Katy!
Your personal political party is going down in flames. That has to be somewhat disconcerting to you. We understand. Sometimes, when you are on the wrong side of most, if not all of the issues that are important to the citizens of our State, it can be disconcerting. That, Katy, is why we understand.
We have watched you and your ilk be wrong about most everything in the last few decades. It is not as though you have something important to say, either. It is more that you and those that share your questionable idealogy have said and done so many things that are unethical, to say the least, to those that truly care about the discourse in our country, that anything you say anymore is just wind passing our ears.
Now, Katie, you must understand the irrational part of your gloating response. You actually consider that thinking (likely a problem in the first place) that your shout out here is something to gloat about, that YOU personally will win something. Winning is everything, isn't it Katie?
Katie? Life is not like that.
See you in Raleigh, 2008.
Good luck to you and your progression of critical thinking. Hopefully in 2008 we can see eye to eye. If you grow.
North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!
North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!
BTW. This was supposed to be posted below. HI Katy! Look above
Please bare with me.
Just don't tell my significant other. ;-)
North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!
North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!
Jim Neal Comment
Liberal Friends,
I agree that Mrs. Dole has her work cut out for her in getting re-elected, and that we Republicans cannot take any candidate lightly. But Mr. Neal has "Chapel Hill liberal" written all over him and he could scare the heck out of the more conservative Democrats down east...the former "Jessecrats" who voted Democrat, except when it came to Senator Helms.
I'm one of the few registered Republicans that post to your blog, but it shows that I'm reading,as are many others. This blog says all the "wrong" things to someone like me, but it is inspiring and gives us on the right something to shoot for. Bravo.
True red,
Katy
Well, Thanks for sharing.
See, for me, having "Chapel Hill Liberal" written all over him is not a bad thing at all. It might actually be a good thing.
As for the Jessecrats - at least they knew Jesse was from NC.
By the way - Where does Liddy live?
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
I know, I know!!!
An undisclosed location, just like her buddy Dr. Evi - er ... Dick Cheney.
Did I win?
Person County Democrats
I actively oppose gerrymandering. Do you?
It's true.
Your party has become one of soundbytes, not one of logic and reason. They will hear Chapel Hill liberal and not bother to see that he is a very successful businessman, having lived the life that many of them probably wish they could live.
No, they'll only hear the talking points.
One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
Mental capacity of most Republicans
doesn't allow them to think beyond sound bites.
Oh...did I just drop an ad hom attack at the Repugs? Waaaah. They can just get the fuck over it.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
Katy, shoot for this:
If you truly are conservative, then you have a whole lot of issues with the Republican Party right now, whether you believe it or not. After years of their out-of-control spending in Congress partnered with a President who couldn't even spell the word "Veto" until very recently, our debt has soared to nine trillion dollars.
Is borrowing billions from Communist China conservative? Is spending half a trillion dollars to engineer a civil war conservative? Is allowing people to tap your phone without even checking with a judge conservative? Is casually dismissing habeas corpus conservative?
Just so you don't stress too much, those are rhetorical questions. I don't expect you to answer, but I do expect you to contemplate them.
What's good for the goose....
With great sadness I have to ask if you ALLOW the borrowing billions from Communist China, if you ALLOW the authorization of half a triilion dollars for the wars, if you ALLOW folks to tap your phone, torture prisoners, suspend habeas corpus, shred 4th amendment protections, ad nauseum than are you a Democrat?
Beating your head against the wall is not very productive - sometimes you just have to rebuild from the ground up but I'm really not encouraged by what's happened this year. By my estimation, the Democratic Party's tent is smaller, the flap firmly shut against change.
CitizenWill
there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right. MLK,Jr. to SCLC Leadership Class
CitizenWill
there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right. MLK,Jr. to SCLC Leadership Class
Ah, excuse me ...
Most all of the above occurred while the GOP was in rather strong control of both houses and the White House. Not until this year have Dems been able to influence much of anything. Also, much of that was done in the time just after 9-11, which many people seem to forget, was a pretty hairy time. Especially for a minority party trying to balance civil rights with keeping airplanes from slamming into buildings. What were the Dems supposed to do, pull a Guy Fawkes?? Please.
Person County Democrats
I actively oppose gerrymandering. Do you?
Sometimes you wonder
Actually - I wonder what would have happened if more Dems said no to the Patriot Act. If more of them said - No, you can't have the power to go to war.
And mostly, I wonder - What Would Wellstone Do?
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
You would have to bring out the big guns!
Invoking Paul brought a tear to my eye.
First, the Dems run the show now - well, they are supposed to at least. Taking impeachment off the table! Voting more funds for Irag and Afghanistan! EXPANDING WIRETAPS?
As far as the past, yes - the Dems acted as if they had little to no control but there are always options - even if it meant wholesale revolt on the floor of Congress and infinite filibusters. Do you not think what has happened in the last 6 years rises to a level requiring the greatest of efforts to reverse?
How wretched does it have to get to move forward?
CitizenWill
there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right. MLK,Jr. to SCLC Leadership Class
CitizenWill
there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right. MLK,Jr. to SCLC Leadership Class
Wellstone is THE hero we should be looking at.
And apparently it has to get more wretched than it is.
Make no mistake, I think we've made some moves forward since 2006. A higher minimum wage was approved; that's a big deal, but it's not high enough. Now - if they can't get the S-CHIP veto overturned, I will be in despair.
I look forward to a veto proof majority - AND a progressive Democrat in the Whitehouse as of Jan. 2009. and work as hard as I can to make that happen.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
Two more civil liberty heroes
Patriot Act 98 to 1 (RUSS FEINGOLD)
Points to ponder
Hello Liberal friends,
I'm not saying I don't have issues with my PARTY. Political parties have been losing strength for many years. The Bush administration has certainly angered many of us on the right by giving away the farm on Illegal Immegration/Amnesty. He lost the support of his base after that.
However, judging from what is available, I do think it the GOP is the best of the bunch. I don't judge an entire party based on one person. He is not what our movement is about, so don't be fooled.
I'm a conservative first, wife, mother, and Republican later. Always. I am a John Locke classical liberal. I'd vote for a conservative Democrat any day over a moderate or liberal Republican! There are plenty of those RINOs in our party and if you Dems would put up a conservative, like in the old days, I would be voting your way.
However, your party left people like me behind.
On communism, remember that it was your president that normalized relations with the oppressive communists in Vietnam. You guys wanted to cut and run in that war, and we did. See what was left?
People in my own family died trying to escape rather than being trapped behind the bamboo curtain. (I married into a Vietnamese family.) Those that were born after, are trapped there and live a very sad existence. They live in Saigon and we communicate using Yahoo IM. It's terrible that we cannot speak freely. If my husband's cousin told me how she really felt about the commies, she'd "disappear".
Why does your party not discuss the horrible things going on there, instead of constantly beating up on our country? Why can't we just built up the USA instead of trying to tear it down.
IMHO, chance are, we'll have a Democrat administration in Jan 09 to "fix" things. You'll have your chance. You'll get your four or eight years and the American people will soon tire of you, just like the always do with any political party. Things run in a cycle. Dems for awhile, then things turn over to the GOP. Then back, and so on.
What I fear is that your next president will show us what socialism really is.
True Red,
Katy
http://www.katysconservativecorner.typepad.com
conservative versus liberal
The thing your party did, which has ripped this country to pieces, is to make conservative and liberal all-encompassing labels. Once upon a time there were "people". These "people" were sometimes fiscal conservatives but social liberals. Or, they might have been fiscal liberals and social conservatives. But, they were "people". Your party has fought hard to make conservative mean one thing and one thing only, and to alienate all those who don't fall in line with every conservative policy.
By doing so, you've made our country and our world a worse place to live - all for the sake of power. No longer can someone be moral in the eyes of the Republican party if they are fiscally conservative but socially liberal.
For that, I damn every person who still affiliates themselves with this party.
One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
History is an Art, not a Science,
because people choose to record what they think is relevant.
At least this:
is a refreshing change from "Democrats got us into the war, and Republicans got us out", but it's just as wrong.
The behavior and (failed) initiatives by Nixon when he was Ike's VP helped set the stage for civil war in Vietnam, so it's purely irony that he was the one who had to "cut and run" when it became evident that killing a million Vietnamese brought us no closer to victory than we had been from day one.
The only way the U.S.A. can be "built up" is through the recovery of our integrity, fairness and respect for others. We are not an empire, and we need to stop acting like one. We are one nation amongst many, and being a leader is more than just being able to bomb the crap out of someone or throw money at them.
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