Wyandotte County Democrats

Join me at the next Coffee with Cleaver

Congressman Cleaver invites you to come hear the latest
news from DC and to share your thoughts and concerns.

July 12, 2008
8-10 a.m.
Sugar Creek
Ernie's Steakhouse & Kross Lounge
605 N. Sterling
Sugar Creek, MO 64054

But reality begs to differ.

The quotes, via Think Progress:

- Seeking to explain his shift on economic issues, McCain claimed: “I didn’t pay nearly the attention to those issues in the past. I was probably a ’supply-sider’ based on the fact that I really didn’t jump into the issue.” [January 2000]

He's been denying the existence of these repeated quotes for a while now. Remember this reply from the GOP debate? But obviously, he knows he said it repeatedly; even if he had forgotten, he's had the quotes read to him.

Chat away...

• Here's a great, fun find by the Minnesota Independent. You'll not only want to check out their article about the Obama support in... Obama, Japan. But also, as they note, there's more at this photo album.
• Abramoff to cooperate "with a criminal probe in Guam."
• Heh.

Chat away...

Apparently John McCain was met with lots of opposition when he visited Ohio. You mean they don't like that he not only says jobs won't come back, but also opposed training for new ones?

Senator Barack Obama continues to show strong support from the Hispanic community across the country, according to the latest polls.

The latest numbers from Florida show Senator Obama holding a two-point lead over McCain, and maintaining a fourteen point lead in Florida's Hispanic community, 51 percent to 37 percent. [PDF with the cross-tabs available here.] Public Policy Polling found an eleven-point lead for Senator Obama with Hispanics in Virginia roughly two weeks ago. [PDF]

Nationally, Senator Obama holds significant leads in several polls in recent weeks. Gallup showed the presumptive Democratic nominee with a commanding lead on John McCain, 62 percent to 29 percent. In mid-June, the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found Senator Obama leading 62 percent to 28 percent. Last week, the Latino Decisions Poll found Hispanics backing Senator Obama over John McCain by 37 points, 60 percent to 23 percent.

Hispanics voters want change this November and know they won't get it from the candidate who walks in lockstep with George W. Bush.

Thanks for giving me a reason to post this photo of you and Mr. 23%. Appreciate it.

Best,
Matt Ortega

And CREW has filed an ethics complaint in response. From TPM Muckraker:

Apparently the scenario didn't pass the smell test with the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, who have filed just an ethics complaint.

Just who is this political operative? Well, his company "is a go-to shop for the Republicans nationwide for fund raising and providing 'robo-calls.'"

According to new numbers released by Gallup, one of the most respected polling firms in the country, more than two-thirds of Americans are "concerned" that John McCain will continue the policies of George W. Bush. Nearly half of those polled were "very concerned."

Two-thirds of independents, a key swing group, stated they were "concerned" that John McCain was "too similar" to George Bush. Nearly half, 47 percent, of all independents said they were "very concerned."

And why wouldn't they be concerned? John McCain is in lockstep with George Bush on tax cuts for the rich, an open-ended presence in Iraq, recycled Bush's healthcare plan, privatizing Social Security, and with nearly 8 in 10 Americans saying they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.

President Bush and John McCain teamed up to try to defeat the 21st Century GI Bill, which doubles college benefits for troops and veterans. In the end, it still passed, was signed into law yesterday, and now both are trying to take credit for the very bill that they worked so hard to defeat.

Jim Webb was on Countdown yesterday to discuss the bill:

On the attempt to block the bill:

Chat away...

• A great new video from the Ohio Democratic Party, giving Ohioans a voice and allowing them to respond to McCain's views on jobs. Check it out.
• It must be web video day here at the Democratic Party, because we've got another one for you. This one holds McCain accountable for pushing Bush's failed Social Security scheme. He might not call it privatization anymore, now that it's an election year, but that wasn't always the case.
• And faced with bad polling, the White House invents their own way to judge public opinion.

Chat away...

Senator Barack Obama launched his second television advertisement of the general election entitled, "Dignity."

The ad will air in eighteen states: Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Virginia.

I suppose the upside to McCain's non-stop flip-flopping on immigration is that it makes for good web videos. He almost makes it too easy:

In an appearance on CNN Late Edition yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) admitted that "the numbers make it impossible" for Republicans to recapture the Senate this November.

Mitch McConnell explained that Republicans cannot win -- but it is not admitting defeat! According to the NRSC, the 2008 elections are in a netherworld between a word and it's antonym.

The price of a barrel of oil isn't the only thing that's at record high prices:

Gas prices have risen 2.9% in the last month and are almost 38% higher than where they were a year ago.
[...]
Last week, AAA reported that it expects the number of Americans traveling during the Fourth of July holiday travel period to decline 1.3% to 40.45 million drivers versus 41 million last year.

Yet John McCain seems more outraged over being asked a tough question from a voter about high gas prices than the cost itself.

I'd like to invite you to my 3rd annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament and Community Fair JEFF SMITH 3on 3, on July 19th at Fairground Park. Please read about the success of the event from last year 3 on 3 Recap or 2008 Legislative report page 6.

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From our own Cass County Democrat Youth of the Year (2007), Zack Werkowitch:
BODY OF WAR
Screening in KC
We have scheduled a screening for BODY OF WAR here in KC at the Screenland next week.
This film by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro tells the story of Tomas Young, a soldier from KC who was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004 on his 5th day of duty.
Tomas has been battling complications and is currently hospitalized at St Luke's.
This will be the only chance to see the movie in KC before the DVD comes out.
The movie will be shown at the Screenland, 1656 Washington:

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From our own Cass County Democrat Youth of the Year (2007), Zack Werkowitch.
BODY OF WAR
Screening in KC
We have scheduled a screening for BODY OF WAR here in KC at the Screenland next week.
This film by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro tells the story of Tomas Young, a soldier from KC who was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004 on his 5th day of duty.
Tomas has been battling complications and is currently hospitalized at St Luke's.
This will be the only chance to see the movie in KC before the DVD comes out.
The movie will be shown at the Screenland, 1656 Washington:

read more

From our own Cass County Democrat Youth of the Year (2007), Zack Werkowitch
BODY OF WAR
Screening in KC
We have scheduled a screening for BODY OF WAR here in KC at the Screenland next week.
This film by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro tells the story of Tomas Young, a soldier from KC who was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004 on his 5th day of duty.
Tomas has been battling complications and is currently hospitalized at St Luke's.
This will be the only chance to see the movie in KC before the DVD comes out.
The movie will be shown at the Screenland, 1656 Washington:
Monday June 30 at 7 pm

read more