Keep up the good work, Governor Dean!

This is a good start for the American public.
Question:
Why isn't Chalabi being dragged in handcuffs to testify before Congress and then sent to Jordan to face his trial?

Yesterday was a great day, but now is not the time to let our guard down.

Virginia has been a Republican stronghold for decades. Granted, they have chosen a Democrat a number of elections in a row, but for the most part, Virginia has been loyally Republican, especially in Presidental campaigns where it's been 40 years since a Democrat won the state. Yet, there's something very different about yesterday's election. Mark Warner, Virginia's outgoing Governor (the state's constitution limits everyone to one term) and expected 2008 Democratic Presidential hopeful, stumped for his Lt. Governor, Tim Kaine, and President George W. Bush made a last minute campaign cruise through Old Dominion to shore up support for Republican nominee Jerry Kilgore. This election marked the first time a popular Democratic governor essenentially went head-to-head with a Republican president for control of the Governor's mansion in Richmond . . . and the President lost. This is not a fact lost on Republican operatives nationwide. All along, there has been a "If we can't win *Virginia* . . ." mentality toward 2005's elections. Republicans turned Virginia into a bellweather for the nation's mood. A gauge by which to judge how the electorate really feels about President Bush. Republicans created this comparison and had their heads handed to them in the process.

None of this means it's time to back down. To say the Republican party is reeling with a Democratic party, left for dead by a number of so-called political experts, soaring like a Phoenix from the ashes is a bit of an exaggeration. To suggest yesterday's results has no impact nationwide is a bit naive. The truth lies somewhere in the middle, a place where a goto model has been created for Democrats and Republicans face an angry America pointing fingers and placing blame.

Time to run with it.

I'm thinking that the 2006 elections could be tampered with (again) if we do not have paper ballots for all elections in the future.
Since when do fascist governments just hand over their power peacefully?

On C-Span I heard a Lt. Gen. speak about his three sons. He said he advised them to serve early in their life for the purpose to receive the attitude of serving others. It reminded me of Clinton, he was exposed with the attitude of service at a very early age in his GrandFathers
store. Clinton's earlist rememberance was of opening up credit to the poor people of the neighborhood. Bush was never taught this. Even though his Dad had to serve because of the draft, the Bush son's were taught to avoid all except self serving activity. Clinton was taught to get his education early so he would be in a position to help others. Bush was taught to get on with his career in order to practice croniesm. Every Business deal I know about with Bush ended with his using people for wealthy gain. He manipulated the Stock while at Harkin and made a lot more than Martha Stewart has. He used eminent Domain to take an old couples horse farm close to the race tracks for his ball park.
That is a couple of examples of his self serving attitude. With the example set before him Clinton came out of his education with the tools he studied hard to learn about the Economy and Government. Clinton was loaded with a policy based on the Bible to prove to the rich and poor alike how to have a successful Foreign and Domestic policy. It provided everyone the oppertunity to take a step up the ladder of success. It was important to him to prove to the Republicans and the rich that" we all do better when we can all take a step up the ladder together."(Clintons Words)! So under Clinton's policies the rich got richer and the poor become better off as well as all classes in between. He had to suffer the possibility of a ruined career by refusing to budge on balancing the budget without cutting the necessary programs for the disadvantaged, seniors, and the poor. He was willing to ruin his career and fall on his face for the people. So the right thing prevailed and he was admired for his wise and loving ways. Since his policies were based on the Bible it will win everytime.
We can have that again if we vote in a President and Senators as well as Congressmen that believe in Clinton's Policies. Read the book "Mandate For Change", then vote in the people that say they will follow Clinton's policies.

I actually just as excited to see the Dover 8 get their comeuppance. This tells me that the evangelicals were not able to muster their usual GOTV efforts, and they lost all 8 seats on that school board. I was expecting a win in NJ, VA was a welcome surprize. I'll probably work for Hackett up in Ohio, I can't stand Harold Ford Jr. but I think he has large leads over his opponents according to the polls. Congrats to the troops on the ground in VA and NJ, and, lest I forget, the great job in Ca stopping this blatant power grab by the Governator. Kudos all around....

Just for general information: Obviously, yesterday's results were not to the Repugs liking. In a show of great childishness the Chicago Tribune, known to be a repug rag, published the election results on p. 7. No matter. They are losers and they want the world to know it.

Of all the victories, the one that is the best is the throwing out of the Dover school board that was on the road to turning America into a theocracy.

There is indeed hope that intelligent VOTING will win out over the idiocy of ID.

Way to go democrats, not make us proud.

I am ecstatic for Governors Elect Kaine and Corzine. However, I am not convinced their elections are not merely anomalies.

I am a lifelong Democrat, and thoroughly disgusted with the Bush Administration, the Republican-controlled Congress, and the hypocritical infusion of religion into government. But I have seen virtually no evidence that our party has even an agenda, much less the leadership needed to see it through.

As far as I know, I receive every emailing from Governor Dean and my Democratic Congress persons and local representatives. So far, I've seen nothing but fund raising. Where and how is this money being spent? Clearly not for developing strategies to defeat Republican candidates in 2006 or 2008.

Call me a skeptic, hell call me a cynic. I simply see nothing to assuage my concern that our party will make significant inroads against the radical Republican right and fundamentalist evangelicals in the foreseeable future. I hope to god I'm wrong. (Lower case incidents intentional.)

Skeptic,

First, go back out to Main blog page, and down to Nov. 1st, Howard Dean's Thread.

You have missed a lot of threads, by Howard and the DNC, talking about their new 50 State strategy. Remember last time, how the DNC and Kerry campaigns, only spent money, opened offices, and concentrated in only those States they thought they could win, or that had large Electoral votes. Well, this time Howard's plan is to open office in every state.

That is only one thing that is being done.

Here is another good link, on how the party will be rebuilt.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/REBUILDING_DEMOCRATS?SITE=LAMON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Things are being done, you're not paying attention.

Money is needed for the 50-State strategy. If you haven't signed up for Democracy Bonds, that's a way you can help. For as low as $10. per month.

Dear Skeptic:

I appreciate your concern. We have to be careful when criticizing the GOP to also state what we would do differently. We do have an agenda. If you don't know very much about Mark Warner, our current Governor in Virginia, I’d recommend you read some of his speeches. I believe he is much better at explaining the main points of our agenda than I am. But I’ll try to explain a few aspects of our agenda:

1) The annual budget deficit is well over 300 billion dollars. Every day, the federal government must borrow money to finance this debt. This increases the cost of borrowing which is a tax on home owners, individuals with credit card debt, individuals holding student loans, etc. Because it costs more for individuals with variable debt to repay their loans, they spend less. Increasing the cost of borrowing makes it less likely that individuals will start new business ventures, obtain an education, you name it. These two separate but related factors hurt the economy. To fix this, we want to do three things: 1) Close loopholes in the tax system that allow multinational corporations to circumvent our tax system by moving operations offshore via joint ventures and other corporate entities; 2) Roll back the GOP tax cuts for the wealthy; 3) Reduce pork, such as the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” being built in Alaska. Once we have the budget balanced, move to step two. Mark Warner fixed the fiscal mess in Virginia. He has been absolutely wonderful. We can do it at the federal level.

2) Each year we spend around 10% of our federal budget servicing the federal debt (Now over 8 TRILLION dollars). This money can’t be spent on education, healthcare or national security. Through rolling back the GOP sponsored tax-cuts we will pay down the debt and eliminate from the federal budget this annual 10% expenditure. This is an enormous expenditure. Freeing up this money will, over time, allow us to research and perfect alternative energy sources, stabilize Social Security, improve K-12 education, increase the availability of a college education, increase national security, and save medicare. Having an alternative energy source would be good for national security AND it’d be good for the economy. Having a more educated workforce is also good for the economy, because there a relationship between the amount of income a person earns and the amount of education a person has. Also, having a more educated workforce is good for families. This is because educated people tend to wait a little longer to get married and because of this, are more likely to only get married once. Also, educated people who wait until later in life to get married and have kids, are less likely to have unwanted pregnancies. We believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. In order to make it rare, we need to teach our kids about having safer sex. We also should tell them abstinence is the only perfect way to avoid contracting sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.

3) Rather than insulting our foreign neighbors and attacking countries, without direct provocation, before we have all the information, we only attack organizations, countries, and individuals who attack us. Once a country or organization attacks us, we retaliate against that specific country or organization. We’ll refocus the “war on terror” by setting a series of specific deadlines concerning troop levels in Iraq, training, etc. We’ll let Iraq know we’re not going to stay forever. They will have to be able to defend themselves some day. We’ll apologize to the world for attacking Iraq, and ask for their help and cooperation fixing the mess we created. Bush can’t do this. 1) He’s incapable of that level of self-examination and 2) The outside world hates him. We have to fix this and we can’t do it without the help of other countries. This is just a guess, but I bet in order to get them to help us, we’re going to have to admit we screwed up. This may not work. But it’s better than maintaining the same failed strategy. If setting a series of deadlines, apologizing and then asking for help doesn’t work, people who are a lot smarter than I am will hopefully come up with a better plan.

4) If we remain in power long enough to fix the budget and we manage to reduce the debt significantly, we can work on providing healthcare to all of our citizens. We’re the most wealthy nation in the world, and we should be able to overhaul our healthcare system and take care of the our citizens. Perhaps universal healthcare isn’t possible, but we should at least ensure we help poor children and those who cannot help themselves. Theoretically the combination federal/state governments through medicare/medicaid already take care of this, but an increasing number of people fall through the cracks.

This is my understanding of what our party’s agenda.

Posted by PH on November 9, 2005 at 04:52 PM

Vote by absentee ballot. Request it early, drop it off in person at your local board. Ta-Da! Paper audit trail.

Posted by Howard Dean on November 9, 2005 at 03:14 PM

and pick the candidates who you want to volunteer for now.

I have committed myself to Ted Strickland for OH governor & Zach Space for 18th Congressional.

Posted by Mack on November 9, 2005 at 05:28 PM

Mack,

He is going to have one hellofa Primary against Sherrod.

Sherrod has the tradionals. Hard cores.

This is my first post here.

I would like to ask, in all seriousness - after reading at least parts of what you will find among the links in the post below (a few of which are not currently accessible) - is not halting electoral fraud THE most important issue of all for the DNC to EFFECTIVELY address?

Here's what came to me recently via an email titled, ON VOTE COUNTING FRAUD:

1. 80% of all votes in America are counted by only two companies: Diebold and ES&S.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/042804Landes/042804landes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diebold

2. There is no federal agency with regulatory authority or oversight of the U.S. voting machine industry.

http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0916-04.htm
http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/042804Landes/042804landes.html

3. The vice-president of Diebold and the president of ES&S are brothers.

http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/private_company.html
http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/042804Landes/042804landes.html

4. The chairman and CEO of Diebold is a major Bush campaign organizer and donor who wrote in 2003 that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/28/sunday/main632436.shtml
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1647886

5. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel used to be chairman of ES&S. He became Senator based on votes counted by ES&S machines.

http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2004/03/03_200.html
http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/031004Fitrakis/ 031004fitrakis.html

6. Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, long-connected with the Bush family, was recently caught lying about his ownership of ES&S by the Senate Ethics Committee.

http://www.blackboxvoting.com/modules.php? name=News&file=article&sid=26
http://www.hillnews.com/news/012903/hagel.aspx
http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/000896.php

7. Senator Chuck Hagel was on a short list of George W. Bush's vice-presidential candidates.

http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_28/b3689130.htm
http://theindependent.com/stories/052700/new_hagel27.html

8. ES&S is the largest voting machine manufacturer in the U.S. and counts almost 60% of all U.S. votes.

http://www.essvote.com/HTML/about/about.html
http://www.onlinejournal.com/evoting/042804Landes/042804landes.html

9. Diebold's new touch screen voting machines have no paper trail of any votes. In other words, there is no way to verify that the data coming out of the machine is the same as what was legitimately put in by voters.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0225-05.htm
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/041020evotestates/pfindex.html

10. Diebold also makes ATMs, checkout scanners, and ticket machines, all of which log each transaction and can generate a paper trail.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0225-05.htm
http://www.diebold.com/solutions/default.htm

11. Diebold is based in Ohio.

http://www.diebold.com/aboutus/ataglance/default.htm

12. Diebold employed 5 convicted felons as consultants and developers to help write the central compiler computer code that counted 50% of the votes in 30 states.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,61640,00.html
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/10/301469.shtml

13. Jeff Dean was Senior Vice-President of Global Election Systems when it was bought by Diebold. Even though he had been convicted of 23 counts of felony theft in the first degree, Jeff Dean was retained as a consultant by Diebold and was largely responsible for programming the optical scanning software now used in most of the United States.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00191.htm
http://www.chuckherrin.com/HackthevoteFAQ.htm#how
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/bbv_chapter-8.pdf

14. Diebold consultant Jeff Dean was convicted of planting back doors in his software and using a "high degree of sophistication" to evade detection over a period of 2 years.

http://www.chuckherrin.com/HackthevoteFAQ.htm#how
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/bbv_chapter-8.pdf

15. None of the international election observers were allowed in the polls in Ohio.

http://www.globalexchange.org/update/press/2638.html
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/10/26/loc_elexoh.html

16. California banned the use of Diebold machines because the security was so bad. Despite Diebold's claims that the audit logs could not be hacked, a chimpanzee was able to do it! (See the movie here: http://blackboxvoting.org/baxter/baxterVPR.mov.)

http://wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,63298,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4874190

17. 30% of all U.S. votes are carried out on unverifiable touch screen voting machines with no paper trail.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/28/sunday/main632436.shtml

18. All -- not some -- but all the voting machine errors detected and reported in Florida went in favor of Bush or Republican candidates.

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65757,00.html
http://www.yuricareport.com/ElectionAftermath04/ThreeResearchStudiesBushIsOut.htm
http://www.rise4news.net/extravotes.html
http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=950
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00227.htm

19. The governor of the state of Florida, Jeb Bush, is the President's brother.

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/7628725.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10544-2004Oct29.html

20. Serious voting anomalies in Florida -- again always favoring Bush -- have been mathematically demonstrated and experts are recommending further investigation.

http://www.yuricareport.com/ElectionAftermath04/ThreeResearchStudiesBushIsOut.htm
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,97614,00.html
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/tens_of_thousands.html
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1106-30.htm
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2004/110904.html
http://uscountvotes.org/

NOTE: Please copy the above list and distribute freely!
LET THE FACTS BE KNOWN! Thank you!

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DECEMBER 2004 GALLUP POLLS
1 in 5 Americans believe the elections were fraudulent. That's over 41 Million Americans. You are NOT alone!
WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
Get educated. Tell your friends what's going on.
Go visit http://VelvetRevolution.US

In case no one's said it yet, thanks Howard. I'm looking at all the local races we won and I keep thinking that we wouldn't have done it without you.

Elections buoy Democrats; GOP downplays national implications

BY MARK SILVA AND JEFF ZELENY

Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON - With emphatic defeats for Republicans in two gubernatorial races and a hard-fought state constitutional contest this week, Democrats found new cause for optimism and incentives for fundraising Wednesday heading into the 2006 midterm congressional elections.

It may be premature to read too much into contests that kept Democrats in control of governor's offices in Virginia and New Jersey. But with President Bush's ratings sliding and Republicans rebuffed from Atlantic City to California Tuesday, Democrats claimed they were clearing a path for victory in next year's elections.

The White House and Republican Party downplayed off-year elections as local contests devoid of national implications. But they conceded an erosion in both the Republican base and the moderate voters the GOP has worked hard to attract.

"There is no question that we Republicans need to do better in the suburbs," said Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman. "We need to do better in the cities as well."

Democrats, meanwhile, read promising signs into the triumphs of their gubernatorial candidates - Tim Kaine in Virginia and Jon Corzine in New Jersey - as well as a repudiation of Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans for reforming government.

Kaine's victory in Virginia, for instance, was anchored by a strong suburban vote and capped with close margins of victory in the fast-growing "exurbs" where Republicans had done well in recent years.

Democrats hail poll victories as sign of turning political tide
By Holly Yeager
Published: November 10 2005 02:00 | Last updated: November 10 2005 02:00

Republicans scrambled yesterday to play down the significance of their losses in two closely watched elections for governor on Tuesday, attributing the results to local issues rather than the weakness of President George W. Bush.

But Democratic operatives hailed the victories of Jon Corzine in New Jersey and Tim Kaine in Virginia as proof that momentum was on their side in the lead-up to the 2006 mid-term elections.

Rahm Emanuel, who leads the Democrats' campaign committee in the House of Representatives, called the off-year election "the most significant test of the political environment since 2004", and said voters "resoundingly supported the new priorities of Democratic candidates over the status quo policies of President Bush and Republican leadership".

While Mr Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress have sagged in recent public opinion polls, Democrats have until now been unable to convert that sentiment into signs of support for Democratic candidates.

Chuck Todd, editor-in-chief of The Hotline, a Washington political newsletter, said neither Democratic candidate was perfect, yet "both won by bigger-than-expected margins". "The sole common denominator for both races was a negative image of the Republican party's leading man - Bush," Mr Todd said.

Mr Todd said the defeats could force Mr Bush to recognise that he had become a liability for his party, perhaps prompting the president "to clean house, retool and attempt to re-convince the country that Republicans are competent enough to run the nation".

The most significant victory for Democrats came in Virginia, where Mr Kaine, the lieutenant-governor defeated Jerry Kilgore, a former attorney-general in the state, by a 52-46 per cent margin.

Mr Bush carried the state by nine percentage points in his re-election last year. But, wounded by recent public dissatisfaction with his handling of the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina, as well as the CIA leak case, he took a gamble in Virginia this week, making a last-minute appearance on behalf of Mr Kilgore.

Mr Kaine's win "takes on all the more significance given the fact that Republicans threw their best shots at him - including attacks on the death penalty, tax increases and immigration", Paul Harstad, a Democratic pollster, wrote in a memo to key Democrats yesterday.

The Virginia results showed a strengthening for Democrats in the Northern Virginia suburbs near Washington DC, and were likely to boost the appeal of Mark Warner, the outgoing Democratic governor, who is considering a presidential bid.

In New Jersey, Mr Corzine, a former Goldman Sachs chairman, defeated Douglas Forrester 53-44 per cent. While the state usually favours Democrats, the wide margin of Mr Corzine's victory came as setback for Republicans, who had seen reason for optimism there.

Gov. Dean,

ValScott raises a good point. However people have to be educated on this fact.

And thanks for the great leadership.

Any chance you can come to our Town - how about County??

The election day was a big day for us too. My husband was elected the Mayor of our town. It was an uphill battle to win because we defeated the old guard machine that has ruled forever here. We knew the press was controled by them so we went direct to the people to win. The most surprising thing to me was the meanest of their attacks. It is very hard to sit in a room while they attack your character with lies. We are getting better at trying to ignore this stuff. This is my first blog ever so there.

I'm thinking that the 2006 elections could be tampered with (again) if we do not have paper ballots for all elections in the future.
Since when do fascist governments just hand over their power peacefully?

Posted by PH on November 9, 2005 at 04:52 PM

Posted by PH on November 9, 2005 at 04:52 PM

Vote by absentee ballot. Request it early, drop it off in person at your local board. Ta-Da! Paper audit trail.

Posted by Howard Dean on November 9, 2005 at 03:14 PM

Are you seriously suggesting that EVERYONE who is faced with an electronic voting machine should vote by absentt ballot? This is beyond belief!
I am shocked that Howard Dean would suggest this as if it were the answer to the problem.
Dennis Kucinich's proposal(BELOW) is a very good idea and the Democratic Party should be backing this LOUDLY.

Electronic Voting
Democracy today is at risk by the very instrument that seeks to uphold it. Electronic voting machines with meager security and significant technical flaws threaten to undermine our voting rights and thus the reliability of the election process. Without federal review and software testing, these voting machines are being marketed by companies and bought by states at an alarming rate. We cannot wait for Congress to pass legislation to address this danger. We, the people, must take action NOW to ensure the accuracy and integrity of upcoming elections.

As citizens of the United States of America, we are fortunate to have a voting system that is designed to uphold democracy as the bedrock of our society. Although not flawless, this system serves to deliver our political representatives through a process aimed at creating a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. This type of government is essential to our democracy and, for the sake of the public interest, it must be preserved.

Election integrity cannot be assured without openness and transparency. Using electronic voting machines to conduct elections is dangerous to democracy because there is no way of ensuring their accuracy. It is imperative that there be a required voter-verified paper trail for every election so that any errors and irregularities caused by the voting machines can be discovered.

Unfortunately, there are no such requirements for the so-called "Direct Recording Electronic" machines currently being used in many communities and states. With the computer technology in use, there is constant risk of a program flaw -- or worse, tampering with the software, which could change votes and thus change the outcome of elections. Without a "voter verified audit trail," meaning a permanent record of each vote that the voter can check to verify that it represents his or her intent, these changes might never be detected.

Recent studies have reported numerous very serious technical flaws in electronic voting machines, including allowing a person to: vote more than once, see ballots that have been cast on a machine, change party affiliation on ballots, alter the counting of votes, modify, create or even delete votes inside the voting machines and interfere with audit logs and election results. Their analysis shows that the voting system is far below even the most minimal security standards, placing our future elections at risk to both insider and outsider attacks.

I am strong supporter and co-sponsor of H.R. 2239, otherwise known as the "Voter Confidence and Increased Accountability Act of 2003." If enacted, this bill would:

Require all voting machines to produce a voter-verified paper record for use in manual audits and recounts.
Ban the use of undisclosed software and wireless communications devices in voting systems.
Have required all voting systems to meet these requirements in time for the general election in November 2004.
Require that electronic voting systems be provided for persons with disabilities by January 1, 2006.
Require mandatory surprise recounts in 0.5% of domestic jurisdictions and 0.5% of overseas jurisdictions.
We have already seen the consequences of inaccurate vote keeping in Florida during the 2000 Presidential Elections where over 280,000 ballots were uncounted, leaving the sum of disenfranchised Floridians far greater than the 537-vote margin by which the state was won. Thousands of nationally and internationally renowned computer scientists consider a voter-verified paper trail to be a critical safeguard for the accuracy, integrity, and security of computer-assisted elections. Many of them can also list dozens of plausible ways for computerized voting machines to be compromised.

While there is certainly room for improvement in voting technology, electronic voting machines are not the answer. I believe that election reform is an issue that deserves close attention, but we must also guard against changes that inadvertently create even worse problems. Unless we are using auditable voting equipment, public confidence in our elections will be eroded and the results of any election will remain open to question

It appears to me that Republicans will not look past the corruption of the Bush administration leading up to the outing of Valerie Plame. By the time that Bush took office in 2000-2001, they had already planned an attack on america that would have the effect of Pearl Harbor. Once 9-11 took place everything fell into a planned sequance of events. Six weeks after the 9-11 attacks came the Patriot Act, which was everything but patriotic. According to rules of the Patriot Act( which I think took longer than 6 weeks to write it out ), the constitution was going to be replaced by their New World Order. According to the NWO, dictatorship wasn't very far behind. According to my research on the NWO, slavery would again be in effect, but this time it would be the commoners serving the wealthy. This leads us back to Prescott Bush, the grandfather of George W. and father of George H.W. Bush. Back in 1930's, Prescott Bush owned several companies which provided funds that helped Adolf Hitlers rise to power in the 1930's. From then until now, there has remained a connection through industries and banks that link the Bush family into the same causes and effects of the war on terror. I firmly believe that following this strategy would overwhelm the corporate corruption that is in our White House today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1312540,00.html

Is anyone else worried about our CIA's Moral? We have heard they are living the CIA by droves. Can you wonder why? How would you feel if you knew your President and his cronies in his Administration would expose you in a second if it played into their political gain? So what harm can it do and look at what the Bush Administration can gain? To answer your question, it ruins your careers, it puts your life and your contacts life in danger. So they leave while they are on top and still undercover. What hurts me is that noone in the Republican Party seems to care that our President has ruined so many careers and so many of our Government Departments. There is trouble on every hand and seems to be getting worse every day. This Bush Administration has destroyed so many people and useful Government Organizations. Why are the Republicans willing to support the President's activities no matter who it destroys?

It's GREAT to see Governor Dean on this blog.

Down with the DLC. Clinton helped some, but he is DLC and Senator Clinton is DLC. The DLC nearly sunk the Democratic Party and the United States. All people are not President Clinton but President Clinton should never have signed NAFTA. He certainly wasn't thinking about the Political Left when he did that.

Now the Political Left has Governor Dean who is busy saving the Democratic Party from what President Clinton did to destroy the Democratic Party as a party. President Clinton tried to get rid of the LEFT and only have the RIGHT. We the people do not need the DLC that corrupted the Democratic Party. ALL Senators and Representatives that are planning to represent the Political LEFT need to pull out of the Democratic Leadership Council, DLC. All we the people of the Political LEFT need to lead the Democratic Party is Governor Dean. Harry Reid has all he can handle leading Congress.

The DLC has revised some of their strategy and are doing wonderful things for our Leaders. They are working hard. As far as I can see in reading their strategy they are going by what is the right thing. Some people have trouble seeing anyone that makes one mistake as changing and improving. Most people know if you aren't changing and improving you are going backwards rather than standing still. We don't need any Democrats that can't see how successful Clinton made every Department of our Government with his policies. Unless the USA is willing to see truth as truth our Nation would be doomed like Rome ended. Let us look for people to vote for that believes in Pago, honesty to the people and other Nations and TUFF ON DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR EVERY CLASS AND NATION.