http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:30:47 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:30:47 [div class="excerpt"]Let me cut to the chase: If you want anything big to happen after January, you need to give President Barack Obama a big progressive majority. Period.

We need a more progressive Senate to fight for a better America. With your help, we can elect some more great progressives a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/22 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:39:14 Some folks are looking for the brand new NEXT BIG THING. A pol fresh out of the box, with no scuff marks yet and no visible defects. Oh but just wait til you've played with him a bit.

On the other hand, some of us have our Velveteen Rabbits. Their fur is a bit rubbed off in spots and they aren't... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/21 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:06:32 Don't let this happen to you.

I pledge that as we enter this highly partisan time of primaries and lining up behind potential candidates, that although I may express disagreement or displeasure at various candidates that are not mine, I will not bash. I will attempt, though I'm sure I will not ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/20 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:52:16 I didn't like Ronald Reagan. I had even less use for Nancy.

But the sight of her on his coffin, overcome and needing the kids to pry her off the thing, made me cry. Maybe it was because I'd just lost my dad a few months before. I dunno. A couple of my Republican friends looked over at me and said... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/19 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:39:39 I see one reference to Saddam having chemical weapons, and wanting to make more. I'm not sure 15 year old mustard gas counts as "having chemical weapons" at least not in the way Bush meant here, and especially since we're not even sure the stuff wasn't degraded beyond use.

Nevertheless, it was no... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/18 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:37:23 about how our media treats Democratic presidential candidates. See also the article about Gore's new film and how a certain NYT op/ed columnist is reacting to it.

http://www.dailyhowler.com/index.shtml

[b]FOSER GETS IT RIGHT:[/b] Good lord! Jamison Foser rocks the world in this report from Med... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/17 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:57:28 There is more than a dime's worth of difference.

And the Murtha plan had the troops stationed thus as well.

This is not the man I see. They are welcome to whatever delusion they see fit. But this is not the man I see. Not when it comes to the troops.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/16 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:15:06 If

1. Republicans often try to blame 9/11 on Bill Clinton, saying he didn't do enough to combat terrorism.

and

2. Republicans often also say that one can not criticize the president, censure him or otherwise not support him, lest you make the terrorists stronger.

then

3. Since the Rep... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/15 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:53:44 among other things...

You can read the article here:

http://www.ecnnews.com/cgi-bin/05/snstory.pl?-sec-News+1k589g0+fn-skerry-20060328-

But the interesting bit for me was a question on Iraq:

"Iraq: "I think we have to get out of Iraq as fast as we can. ... Our guys are in the middle of a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/13 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:10:42 (Erica's adventures in Campaign land continue -- August 2004)

Just for a bit of background, my local pub is Bush Country. I was
once told, when it became clear which side of the fence I was on,
to "get out of my bar." Another likes to point at me, tell me what
liberals like me believe, and the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/12 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:40:22 Like a little campaign chronicle. What do you guys think. Can I get away with these in GD? This one was called: Kerry Fair Report, part deux

----------------------
I went back to the State Fair today, to see how the Democrat
Party booth was doing and to see if I could help. It was Veteran
Day... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/11 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:35:01 I was just surfing around the old "Republicans for Kerry" yahoo group, looking for my old posts, when I happened upon my very first one. I hadn't found y'all yet. I still had my political training wheels on. I remember thinking how neat it was that a bunch of Republicans were putting their country o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/10 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:30:27 It took me an amazingly long time to understand that Bush and Co. were using 9/11 politically. I thought they were wrong-headed, misguided and incompetent, but wrapping my head 'round the idea that they would take one of the worst days in our collective memories and use it for their own ends took me... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/9 Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:56:25 Colin Powell did much to, if not convince me that we needed to go to Iraq, then at least convince me to hold my tongue until I saw what happened.

That was why, when I finally woke up politically I gravitated to Clark, though I really knew little about him. He said exactly what I had thought when ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/6 Sun, 12 Dec 2004 04:13:50 ... at the bar tonight. All I did was listen, but he kept telling me what angel eyes I had and what a good heart I had and how beautiful I was. He also talked about being a ticking time bomb, about trying to kill himself when he was 23, about how none of it will go away. I'm glad if I was able to he... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/7 Sat, 11 Dec 2004 04:00:06 He was already "Hanoi Johnny" as absurd as that was.

The scary thing is how many rank and file Republicans just fell into line with the far right talking points because they're, well, Republican and Bush is "their guy."

Bob Dole sold out a fellow veteran because Bush was "his guy."

I kept t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/5 Wed, 08 Dec 2004 05:08:46 Some of the more hardcore freeps I know think Bush is going to turn out to be the best president ever.

I think 9/11 did strange things to some people's psyches. I think being in the middle of a war resulted in the kneejerk "we can't change horses" response.

I get preached to an awful lot on th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/4 Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:31:18 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/Sweeney/electionday35.jpg

I continue to have political discussions with folks at church. Today, a dad whose politics I didn't know called Bush "Hitler." I guess that clears that up.

Another said that she felt our democracy was in danger.

Still another h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/2 Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:56:15 What a strange evolution I followed over the summer.

June - ABB

July - (reading up on ABB candidate) Hmm, not bad.

August - Thanks to smear vets, I discover his illustrious anti-war career, and get a foretaste of his debating skills. I start to develop something of a crush on our candidate,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/8 Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:01:31 I just mailed two packages for the aunt of a soldier in Iraq. It's part of my job. When I brought her the receipts, I wondered aloud if she could ask her nephew what they thought of Election 2004, whether they'd gotten a chance to vote, what the consensus in their area was, etc.

A sales manager w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/1 Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:01:05 I have no plans to be a fair weather friend.

Those of us who have come to respect the man do not appreciate watching our party eat its own.

No wonder we can find no consistency. We race from candidate to candidate, looking for the perfect one.

I dearly hope you end up having to eat your wor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/3 Sun, 07 Nov 2004 05:51:24 Day 1
Working the Campaign HQ front desk on Friday

I encountered mixed back of callers and visitors. One guy called and wanted to know if he came down to HQ if he could see the secret Democrat documents on the campaign. "What?" I replied. "The one's that show how you're gonna accuse people of ch... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LittleClarkie/14 Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:14:08