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Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., had to endure cheers for Sen. Barack Obama and boos for the North Carolina governor, who has backed her, at the North Carolina Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Raleigh, N.C., Friday evening -- where both she and Obama spoke.

Clinton, attempting to show that there will be party unity, said, “If Sen. Obama is the nominee, you better believe I'll work my heart out for him.” The crowd erupted into a chant for Obama, leaving Clinton speechless for a few seconds while she waited for them to finish.

During her speech, Clinton also mentioned Gov. Mike Easley, who has endorsed her candidacy, and she was momentarily rendered speechless while the crowd booed him. Looks like the governor's endorsement isn't worth much in NC.

Hello,

I'm posting this blog for anyone who wants to sign up for the Catawba Democrats, NC group. Because of the restrictions on messaging, a person must be in another's friends network to be able to receive or send messages. If you have joined or would like to join, please send a friend request to Shawn H. My name will be on the list of members with an asterisk (*) beside it. Thank you to current members for joining and to future members for being interested. Communication is important in an Internet group, so make sure you send that friends request. Any suggestion for the group are also welcome, as this is a combined effort by all.

Thanks,

Shawn H.

Yesterday, my partner and I traveled to Chapel Hill, NC, to join members of the Orange County Democratic Party, Health Care for all NC, and the BlueNC bloggers in viewing Michael Moore's powerful documentary, "Sicko". While I'll tell you all the "Sicko" is a must-see, that is the less important news I have to bring to the national community.

North Carolina is actually considering something extremely progressive and beneficial to its citizens -- but this is going to require help from every Tarheel Democrat and every supporter we can muster.  You see, instead of the Republican-type constitutional amendments that codify hatred, bigotry and racism into state constitutions, NC Democrats are doing exactly what they were elected to do:  to propose an amendment to the state constitution that will bring equal access to affordable health care for all NC citizens.

That's what Democrats do -- we serve the people instead of serving bigoted, profiteering special interests.  But we must link arms with one another, stand firm and do some really hard work and very quickly, if we expect to see this referendum on the ballot in 2008.

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A Few Things about Iraq You Probably Have Never Been Told (Generally speaking)

1.In the United States Embassy in Iraq there are a couple of hundred Iraqi workers. They are badged and vetted. No hostile incident has ever occurred in the US Embassy executed by an Iraqi employee of the U.S. Embassy. In fact, the Iraqis working for and in the US Embassy have turned out to be great assets to the operation as a whole and have contributed more than expected and have gone the extra mile to help achieve stability in Iraq. Most are risking there very lives every day by working for the US Embassy, but through various forms of cloak and dagger secrecy they are able to make their way to the Green Zone to work on behalf of the Coalition and their country. (Most Iraqis are not the enemy).   Read More »

As you drive around Moore County, you see them - sporadically, because he's never taken us very seriously - " but they're there all the same. The signs: Our Congressman: Howard Coble.

But whose Congressman is he?

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It was the proverbial dark and stormy night, but spirits were high, the food was the best that the Democratic Women of Moore County can provide (and that's saying something. I'll put J.H's pound cake up against anyone's in the state), and anticipation filled the air. A group of about 25 of us had gathered to meet with Rory Blakelink, candidate for US Congress, NC-06. Dr. Abraham Oudeh,link candidate for NC Senate in District 52 was on hand as well, and as the we settled into our chairs, he told us, "I smell Victory!" With that he introduced Rory Blake. Read more!   Read More »
For anyone interested in John Edwards visit Daily Kos tonight Wednesday Oct. 11 according to One America:

Hey, Ryan from One America here. I just wanted to let everyone know that John Edwards plans to visit at 6:15pm ET today (Wednesday, October 11th). Please check out his diary at that time. If you have any questions, contact me: oneamerica at gmail dot com.

Thanks for listening. I have to write a few paragraphs, so I am going to reiterate that Sen. John Edwards will drop by today at 6:15 ET.

Please drop by his diary at time.

See you soon.

Ryan Ryans post: Link
Many of you may not know that former Senate majority leader George Mitchell is now the chairman of the board of the Disney Corporation. I wrote him ( see below )

Senator Mitchell was brought aboard during a rash of minor scandals at Disney. He brought his tremendous experience and knowledge ...and a wealth of skills in tact and negotiation to a company that was truely in need of such a man. As chairman of the board of directors, he has some power, to be sure, but he can only be asked to use it wisely.

Send him a letter! Remember, too, he is one of us!   Read More »
In a telephone interview Thursday morning, August 10th, as reported by Florence Gilkeson in The Pilot newspaper on August 11th, Howard Coble, Chairman of the Crime and Homeland Security Committee, talked about his remarks on the previous Monday August 7th to the Friends of the Public Library in Jamestown. “Chairman Coble said that it was the first time that he has publically called on the president to take a different approach to the war in Iraq.”   Read More »
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