Quote of the Day: Barack Obama
“It’s like these guys take pride in being ignorant.”
– Sen. Barack Obama, discussing his energy plan and today’s modern GOP.
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Aug 5, 2008 by Joshua Skaroff in
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A Very Inconvenient Truth
As the November General Election rapidly approaches, politicians on both sides of the aisle scramble to select key issues to connect with voters: National Security, the war in Iraq, and illegal immigration generally top the list. But it was just earlier this summer that an issue reached the front lines, only to be buried beneath death tolls and border walls.
Energy. This is an issue that Democrats have yet to fully understand the power of. Wielded correctly it could be the unifying issue that carries them to victory in 2006.
A New York Times article today outlined the potential resurgence for nuclear power plants to once again dot the American landscape. A cleaner, considerably cheaper alternative to coal or oil, nuclear power is just an example of alternative energies.
Wind power has been embraced by the Democratic Gubernatorial candidates in Massachusetts, much to the dismay of wealthy Cape Coders who fear the large turbines will disrupt their view of the ocean.
Lower gasoline prices make for a good gimmick as well. Recently Col. Mike Weaver, running for Congres in the Kentucky 2nd district, held an event at a gas station offering gas for $1.20, the price it cost when his Republican opponent took office in 1994. A powerful reminder of how little Republicans have done to free us from our dependency on oil.
If the Democrats are to take the commanding control our country so desparately needs, they will need unity on the energy crisis. Have we already forgotten what we’ve learned from Al Gore?
Aug 23, 2006 by Guest Contributor in
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GOP: Out Of Touch With America
Republican Party leaders Karl Rove and George W. Bush plan to run an identical campaign to that of 2002 and 2004. They plan to lie. They plan to drive home themes that are just crazy and untrue. They plan to use THE SAME social wedge issues to divide America and pin people against each other.
You can see it coming and if the Democrats don’t stand up now and fight, they risk being labeled by the Republican slime machine. Once that happens, it a game of catch-up all the way to November.
The New York Daily News ran a story today on the GOP’s strategies and themes for the 2006 election. It makes my stomach turn.
Ignoring criticisms that Iraq is not going well, the middle class is not cashing in on a growing economy and gas prices are out of control, Bush is telling candidates, “When we see problems, we solve them. The Democrats are good talkers; we’re good doers.”
But at the urging of political wise man Karl Rove, Republicans are being foremost advised to paint Democrats as “cut and run” on Iraq.
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Rove laid out the November line earlier this month at a speech to New Hampshire Republicans: “Like too many Democrats, it strikes me they are ready to give the green light to go to war, but when it gets tough and when it gets difficult, they fall back on that party’s old pattern of cutting and running.”
A week later, Bush put it in his own words: “It is important to have members of the United States Congress who will not wave the white flag of surrender in this war on terror.”
Bush and Rove’s campaign themes include:
-Tax cuts: Make them permanent and prosperity will follow.
-Seal the border: A guest worker program isn’t amnesty.
-Medicare: Democrats talk about it; the GOP reformed it.
-Energy: It’s time to just say no to Mideast oil.
-God and family: Increase faith-based programs and confirm conservative judges who promote family values.
-Blame the media: They hate us anyway, and now their leaks are damaging national security.
Elections are about debate and about differences. I am looking forward to a very spirited and aggressive debate as we heads towards 2006. We know that if this election is a debate on the issues, Democrats will win. If this election is a referendum on the Republican Party and the White House’s leadership, Democrats will win, hands down!
Rove, Bush and Mehlman are everything wrong with this country. They use dirty and despicable tactics and they will stop at nothing to win. I just hope the Democratic leadership is reading this. Fight back now! Call a spade a spade. Don’t let these guys score again on the same old tired play!
Jun 27, 2006 by Peter Slutsky in
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Open Letter To Congress On Energy
I came across a petition that is being circulated by Environmental Working Group (EWG). EWG is a very interesting organization and they are doing some unique online activism around the issue of energy and the USA’s addiction to fossil fuels. Check out their new website, sign their open letter to Congress and forward the petition onto your friends.
I filled up my 2000 Honda Civic last night: $34.
That is too much. American needs leadership on the issue of energy; Bush and his oil executive buddies just ain’t cuttin’ it!
May 3, 2006 by Peter Slutsky in
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Bold new ideas…FINALLY!
George W. Bush has a bold new idea which we’ll hear all about tonight in his State of the Union address. Apparently, George Bush believes:
“America is addicted to oil” and must “break its dependence on foreign suppliers in unstable parts of the world.”
If this is the bold new initiative that George Bush thinks will win back the support of the American people, then he really is on coke. I mean, this Administration insults the American people’s intelligence with every ridiculous statement that Bush makes. But this bothers me more than most. How can Bush pretend to pawn this idea off as “bold” or “new” when Democrats and really all sensible people in the U.S. have been saying this for literally decades.
An excerpt from a John Kerry speech in 2003:
“We only have 3% of the world’s oil reserves. There is no physical way for the US to drill its way out of this problem. We have to invent our way out of this problem. The sooner that we commit America to the science & discovery of renewable alternatives, the better off America will be, the better our health will be, the more effective our economy would be, the better our national security will be, and the better world citizen we will be. We need to commit ourselves to energy independence now.”
I will be interested to see what other ideas Bush tries to pass off as his own now that all the ideas he really wanted to put into place (e.g. social security reform) are dead in the water.
Bush, you have the nations attention tonight but please know that you will not be given a free pass for lying in front of our faces. This isn’t just a camera lens you’re staring into- it’s directly into the eyes of American people, your bosses, and you will continue to be judged for your corrupt and ineffective Presidency.
Jan 31, 2006 by Matthew Slutsky in
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