No surprise there! It's amazing how republicans can so easily dismiss their ethics and brag so much about it.Does that mean perdue will get a presidential medal for thievery? How can a parent vote republican without giving their kids permission to lie,cheat, and steal?It's a lovely new generation coming up.

I don't understand why he's so proud of it. Any hood could make that kind of money in a month with the right underworld connections. He's setting his standards pretty low, don't you think? I bet he goes through that amount in no time.

Well, at least the feds now know he's probably obtained other "contributions" in other underhanded ways and didn't declare it as income to the IRS. Real smooth Sonny. If not you, your wife and family will get caught laundering your ill gotten gains and end up like George Ryan.

Why do facts like this make me weary of these conmen and thieves? Yet another crime.

Rick Santorum seems to think he'll get reelected on the basis of the great job he and his Renegade Republican Party have done(!) on terrorism.

But I came to make a comment about Rick
Santorum's Democratic counterpart: Diane Feinstein.

Yes, fear mongering, terrorist-under-the-bed Rick Santorum has a counterpart in the Democratic Party: Diane Feinstein. I say she earns her Fear-Mongering Award with her new legislation attempting to remove the freedom of speech of animal protection and animal rights activists. She calls them "eco-terrorists". Why I can't figure, except that she got to squeeze in the "terrorist" word, didn't she?

To think, in my whole life I don't remember anyone in the KKK or other hate organizations getting in trouble for talking up their hate in all kinds of racist and bigotted language. Yet now I hear that Feinstein doesn't want anybody out there talking in favor of the rights of ALL animals to live their lives without torture. Speak that way and Feinstein will have you thrown in jail.

This proves she is a corporatist. The Corporations know if ALL animals have rights, then workers would say, "Hey, what about us workers?!" Or women might say, "Why are we still waiting for equal pay and protection under the law?" Or the American citizenry robbed of their votes might ask "Why?" Maybe we'd all ask "Let's solve poverty by recognizing economic rights, like the right to a living wage."

Senator Feinstein seems to want to hold the line of rights someplace else further down the food chain, but ceertainly not inclusively as liberals and progressives might -- including everybody. Of course, she's not as bad as our UnPresident Bush who desires our rights to end whenever and wherever he uses his Unitary Executive powers (for example if you're black in Florida or Ohio in 2004.)

It isn't hard to see that we all suffer when Bush takes rights away with his Patriot Act and his New Anti-Justice Tribunal. But it might be harder to see how Feinstein hurts the cause of human rights. Feinstein isn't inclusive enough by my book. Because we all benefit when we raise the bar on rights, when we raise the bar on compassion and understanding the other. Acknowledging the rights of ALL animals will increase the awareness of the human animal's rights and the awareness that they must be acknowledged and fulfilled by law.

Nora,

As a Native So.Californian,who knows a tad bit about the reason behind Sen.Feinstein's bill,I think it's important for me to point out that you are mistaken on her position.You seem to be confusing animal rights groups with these people who the bill targets.I'm uncertain if you are aware of this,but the senator isn't talking about the tree hugging, wildlife protecting activists who occasionally throw red paint at models who wear fur.She's talking about the fools who brake the law to prove the same point.The ones who literally go out and plant small bombs inside of a business or set an establishment on fire,or break in and vandalize the place.That's who she's talking about.That's who she's callng terrorists.She's not talking about PITA and Green Peace perse,but just those idiots who have taken their stand too far to the point they put lives in danger just like the fools who go around trying to kill Abortion Doctors and blow up clinics.If some of them have infiltrated PITA and Green Peace,and you know something,I would urge you to protect the integrity of these groups by turning those individuals in.

BTW, The Klu Klux Klan and other White Separatists are terrorists and the F.B.I has them under their radar.There are laws on the books pertaining to them and they are being enforced.

So,please be fair to my former senator.Thank you.

FOSFPM--

Hey, arson and vandalism are already crimes. Why do we need a new law?

I don't know her bill to the word, but she wants to prosecute U.S. Citizens for free speech regarding animal rights. That's chilling to the bone. I stand by my experience: In all my years I've seen KKK and hate-mongering racist groups say all they please and be protected by our free speech laws. And on PRINCIPLE I say that's considered their right to free speech. But here comes Feinstein deciding that animal rights activists must be denied free speech. Why? Why not all dangerous hate-spewing groups too? Why has she targeted ONLY those who scare nobody but the corporations who desire to perpetuate cruel profiteering from the exploitation of animals? Why does Feinstein want to freeze the freedom of speech of those who speak for those who have no voice? I find this an extremely bizarre bill considering all the other terrorist-related security problems we have that never have been addressed in the past five years since 9/11.

There is a problem with your emails. I got the one from Dean about the 50 state turnout. I did not get the one from Steve McMahon about fundraising. I donated anyway, but should have gotten the mail.

Why is that? I have written and emailed before about this. You may be losing money by not getting these mails to everyone.

I had not answer from my mails, and it has been well over a week.

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I still don't believe that's her intention.Okay, let's look at the KKK.They actually do have laws that target them.They're called "Hate Crimes" Laws.See,if I slap someone for shets-n-giggles, it's battery.If I slap them because of their race,it's a Hate Crime which carries a higher penalty.I think,what Feinstein wanted to accomplish was similar.If you burn down someones building for shets-n-giggles,it's arson.If you do it because they're canning "Albacore Tuna Fish", it's .........well, whatever law she's trying to get passed.

Do you understand?

I am a transfer from Pennsylvania. I have been in Georgia nearly forty years. I have voted Democrat each election. But this last election was the last straw. I do not believe ever vote counts. If you are in a minority state your vote means nothing. With Georgia going republican a Democratic vote is just thrown away.

This has made me very angry with the democratic party. I think Bill Clinton was a good President but getting a "B. J." in the Oval office was totally unacceptable. I believe it was this that caused a backlash and put Bush into office. I think the Florida vote count deal was fixed to get Bush into office. The two Presidential candidates were too weak to over come the religious right or showing a plan of overcoming Bush.

I was in the military but Kerry did not need to tell us every hour on the hour. He needed to show how we were going to handle the country. I hate attack ads. This is not high school politics. Stick to the issues. Provide positive direction on how to make this country better.

I like Gore however he had to learn how to overcome his academic background. I don't know what he did as Vice President and in a way I'm not sure how he would have handled 9/11 or Irac.

Today I don't care what Bush says we need to get out of Irac. Look what happened in Nam. All those lives lost and we finally pushed out and now today we are seeing a different Viet Nam. All that war reteric was B.S.. We can not say enough is enough and end this war. The real target is Iran and Afganistan. And Air Power is the answer.
We need to GET Ben Loden and end this garbage from 9/11. I guess if a Neuclear Bomb is droped what will be the retaliation. It could really open a pandoras box. I think Isam needs to be deal with but there are too many to total destroy Isam.

In Georgia this voter ID card is stupid. We all have the right to vote. Voter fraud is not a big deal. If you can not trust me then I do not need to deal with you. This airport security is overkill. Finally we need to stop Mexicans from over running the border. As someone once said just say no.

I still am not convinced to vote in 2008 I see nothing that we the Democrats have a power house candidate to better our country.

Doesn't this Georgia thing fall under Abuse of Power?

To Falcon: You have to hang in there and think of your vote for a Democratic voiding a vote for a Republican. Plus, I firmly believe that the Republican Party is so full of criminal elements that the monthly exposure of these individuals will soon become a weekly, maybe daily, activity. They will get caught, just as bad criminals always get caught. So, hang in there. We have to believe that we can get this country back on the right track and can put these liars, cheats, criminals, etc., into the history books under these same headings.

I live in GA and know of Mark Taylor and all I have to say is that we are doooooomed. I am afraid we have 4 more years of Sonny...

I grew up in Georgia when we had Democrats like Jimmy Carter and Wyche Fowler. I moved to progressive Los Angeles for awhile, then battleground Florida, and now I'm back in Georgia. I'm scratching my head over what has happened here politically while I've been away. We now have the choice between corrupt Republicans like Sonny and DINO Democrats like Zell Miller. I watched Mark Taylor go very negative on fellow Dem Cox in the Primary, which was really disapointing, but he hasn't bothered going negative on Sonny. Instead he touts Republican Lite creds like a DNA Database (no thank you) and being tough on criminals. Democrats could do well here if they would just start acting like Democrats and fire up the base. Instead we are going to be re-districted and Voter-ID Carded until it is impossible to win.