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Democratic SoS Candidate Offers Services to Republican Party
Thu Apr 20, 2006 at 04:40:07 PM PDT
In Colorado, wingnut candidate for Governor Marc Holtzman is engaged in a war with stealth wingnut candidate Bob Beauprez. They have at times accused each other of stealing Rolodexes, misusing email lists, and betraying the GOP. Beauprez threatened to drop out of three-way debates (with Democratic candidate and frontrunner
Bill Ritter) because of Holtzman's unfair attacks.
And now Marc Holtzman has threatened to drop out of the Republican Assembly process because he is concerned about "fraud and manipulation" in the GOP delegate voting process.
Didn't know irony could get that thick, did ya?
Well if that wasn't enough to make you laugh, let me share with you this brilliant press release that Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Ken Gordon just sent out:
An Exceedingly Maudlin Treatise
Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 04:55:05 PM PDT
Or: A Simple Desultory Phillipic, 2005.
Gentlefolk, let it herewith be known that in this virtual place I am knowingly and with forethought breaking all conventions of diary etiquette by posting what can only be called the most navel-gazing and self-referential waste of words you are likely to read here today.
It's my birthday. And all that entails.
Firefox not welcome at the DNC?
Mon Mar 07, 2005 at 11:52:31 AM PDT
In light of two recent Daily Kos stories (
1,
2) placing Kossacks firmly in the vanguard of Open Source technology, I'm curious if others have the same problems I do accessing the
DNC website with the Mozilla project's
Firefox browser.
Pat Waak: Huge Grassroots Win for Colorado
Sun Mar 06, 2005 at 07:15:43 AM PDT
Salazar: "We Need to Stand as a Party United"
Thu Feb 03, 2005 at 03:45:28 PM PDT
I just received this from the Colorado Democratic Party. Chris Gates is no prize, either, but like Salazar, he'll be hard to challenge.
The following letter is from U.S. Senator Ken Salazar:
February 1, 2005
Dear Friend,
Results matter. For the first time in over a decade, we have re-established a foothold in the Rocky Mountain West to build upon not only in Colorado but to serve as a model for the rest of the West, and indeed the country.
Shout out to Wellington Webb
Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 01:04:07 PM PDT
I would like to thank our Wellington Webb, the former mayor of Denver, Vice Chair of the DNC, and a great voice in Colorado and in national Democratic politics.
It is truly unfortunate that Webb did not get more attention in the DNC race than he did. I am strongly for Dean, but I would have liked to see a race with Webb near the finish. Wellington Webb is one of the few folks who really "get it," and would have been a charismatic and bold face for our Party.
Dean to Legions: No Letters!
Fri Jan 14, 2005 at 08:55:29 AM PDT
Since many here are in support of Howard Dean's candidacy for DNC chair, I thought I would briefly report his advice in last night's conference call as to how we can help him gain support. If you back another candidate, I would imagine this advice is still relevant.
Mosh on iTunes now
Fri Oct 29, 2004 at 04:50:08 PM PDT
Eminem's excellent hip-hop anthem
Mosh is now available at the iTunes music store for $0.99. It comes in "explicit" and "clean" versions if you for some reason don't like to hear the words "Fuck Bush." (Me, I never get tired of that in any context.)
Also, the video that launched a revolution is available there in the videos section. Two sizes: small and really huge. Niiice.
Got your black hoodie yet? Go visit MoshTheVote if you don't know what I'm babbling about.
Volunteering choice: Ohio or Pennsylvania?
Fri Oct 22, 2004 at 09:39:43 AM PDT
I have friends who are eager to head out of state to volunteer with GOTV efforts where it would be most useful next week.
My understanding was that if Kerry wins Ohio, it becomes extremely difficult for Bush to prevail no matter how other swing states go. But they are interested in traveling Pennsylvania, obviously another crucial battleground.
O learned Kossacks, where would you allocate these resources in order to help John Kerry most strategically?
Tell Them About Tucker
Fri Jul 16, 2004 at 04:14:26 PM PDT
My apologies for re-re-posting this, but if you were not aware of a particular slur that CNN Crossfire host Tucker Carlson has been spreading for years now, you will be hopping mad after you read
this and
this.
Briefly, a five-year old girl, Valerie Lakey, was dragged to the bottom of a swimming pool and literally disemboweled while her father flailed helplessly. She lives, but will require feeding machinery for the rest of her life. The problem arose from a faulty drain made by the Sta-Rite corporation of Wisconsin. Several other children were harmed by the same mechanism, which could have been made safe by a cheap manufacturing change.
What I'd Like To Know
Fri Jul 09, 2004 at 12:41:01 PM PDT
is why was today's Nader vs. Dean debate relegated to a hasty diary entry?
With all the glee Kos and others take in bringing Nader down, I'd think this event would merit mention in the main column. Dean did an admirable job of dissecting Ralph's reasons for running, and it was an open and content-rich hour of debate. Dean is the reason a lot of people are here, but is no longer mentioned by those who run this blog.
Not drunken, not illiterate GWB?
Mon Mar 15, 2004 at 02:56:38 PM PDT
Anyone read
this NYT article about "Bush Time?"
The teetotaling president retires around 9 p.m., even when he has guests, and takes to bed a giant briefing book to read as preparation for the following day.
Given that we know the daily briefing paper was already too daunting for GWB (he has an even shorter summary actually read to him), how is this credible? A man whose favorite book was "The Very Hungry Caterpillar?"
And while the article indulges Kerry's wonderings about how the President can use his time so...creatively, why was the above-quoted sentence necessary? Did they have to repeat "teetotaling?" I would hope it is assumed both that we know Bush is a born-again ex-alcoholic, and that any Leader of the Free World is not up late doing shots every night.
Finally, I don't think it is credible that GWB hunkers down with a "giant briefing book" to bone up each evening. He aggressively avoids reading in all other contexts. The NYT would have been more correct to note that its only possible purpose could have been as a soporific.
