From high atop the PlanetPov tower, in our spacious offices, a call went out from “The Publisher” to find the news on the 2010 midterm elections that isn’t being reported by the “Big Boys.”
So in order to keep our cushy jobs, we decided to put out a call to all the intrepid and unpaid “staff” to post all the news that is in their home states and districts that isn’t being reported.
We need a final effort to GOTV and spread some sanity to the voters. You know what and how, so let’s begin and post away.
Links, videos, articles, op-eds and your opinions and observations are all needed in these final days.
FaceBook, twitter and email any or all of the comments.
Again, this would be a good time for us to use the resources we have here on The PlanetPov
http://planetpov.com/category/take-action/polls-data-and-research/
http://planetpov.com/category/take-action/troll-busters/
And these great thanks to PatsyT
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
This is a really good one for “Maping relationships among people and organizations” from BDM
MORE :
http://votesmart.org/index.htm
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Joe_Miller.htm
POST AWAY.
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W.Va. Senate Candidate Raese Gets His Victorian Conservatory
Shaping State Laws With Little Scrutiny
This is the most cynical, obnoxious and blatantly corrupt thing that is going on in Arizona and YOUR state, probably If you have a moment please take time to listen/read this report from NPR.
Are we living in the literal Last Days, b’ito? Last days of democracy, that is?
It’s ironic that the TBaggers criticize Dems saying that “they vote on bills that they haven’t even read,” when the RW votes on bills they haven’t even written.
Call me paranoid, but how long will it be before this scenario plays out?:
Illegal immigrant pulled over and arrested. Placed in private prison indefinitely while his case is “pending.” Corporation needs cheap labor. Sheriff like Arpaio convinces voters that prisoners should “earn their keep” and not be a drain on taxpayers/government. “Jobs” are assigned to prisoners at wage of $.15/hr, with 12 hour workdays, 7 days a week. (“Idle hands are the devil’s instruments,” ya know.) Cases drag on for years, decades. Prisoners are cut off from communication with family and home country (terror threat, of course). Voila! As close to slave labor as any capitalist could ever hope for.
Let me see your papers! NOW!!
The Rand Paul Stomp
I think I heard it on the Rachel M show that they are only airing this after 10.
The image is too disturbing.
Wow!
And yet, Patsy, to hear the RW version of all this, it was a mere love tap from a terrified man who feared for Rand Paul’s life, delivered to an uppity woman who was “charging” the candidate and “asking for it” by belonging to MoveOn.
Kes, can you imagine if this was a Tparty woman being stomped by a black or hispanic campaign worker?
Yes, Patsy — or, for a really interesting comparison — how would the TBaggers react if that were Palin or Angle on the ground with a black or hispanic shoe on her head?
(Be still, my heart… oops…got a little too engrossed in imagining that…!)
Total Bagger Riot!
It’s as if they can’t wait for any excuse to stomp!
I think the stomper is getting his share of high fives!
Michael Moore agrees:
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face — forever.”
— George Orwell
Hi Kes, Michael made perfect sense to me…. Why is this so hard for the rest?
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/boot-head-michael-moore
Michael writes in clear non-Palinglish. That must be the problem, Patsy.
This is not primarily election news, but it is related.
Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130833741
How SB 1070 was drafted in Washington, D.C. by for-profit prison lobbyists.
Has anyone heard of ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) before?
It appears they were sippin’ on more than just this when they came up with SB 1070:--
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Hey that will be tax payer money going to private prisons….
Why aren’t the T partiers up in arms about this SPENDING !
D.C. Corruption too, made by fatcats at a fancy hotel. The baggers, of course, will look right past that.
Even before this story, Terry Goddard has been running this for at least a month:
From change.org
http://www.change.org/petitions/view/tell_karl_rove_stop_the_lies
Mighty expensive grass roots!
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/10/tea-party-donor-patriot-one-raymon-thompson
“Gallivanting for Greed”? “Soaring for Stupidity”? “Migrating for Money”?
I watched the vid, Patsy, and if that one ranter addressing the 99% white middle aged wealthy crowd had substituted the word “money” for the word “liberty” through his speech, it would have actually made more sense.
I don’t know whether this is funny or sad.
Democrats: ‘If We’re Gonna Lose, Let’s Go Down Running Away From Every Legislative Accomplishment We’ve Made’
http://www.theonion.com/articles/democrats-if-were-gonna-lose-lets-go-down-running,18333/
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Election Nightmare? No Murray-Rossi winner on Nov. 2
With the whole country watching, Washington’s peculiar way of running elections could be on full display next week.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/226344.asp
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As in other control states of the country, the three Northwestern states limit liquor to state-run stores. There’s an initiative on the ballot to privatize them. It is sponsored by Issaquah, WA based Costco.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013277083_liquorboard28.html
My only opinion is that it was a pain in the ass to get liquor with store hours and limited locations. On the other hand, it provides jobs in a rough economic time. Voter’s call on this one.
Nate Silver has piggybacked on the Seattle P-I
Senate Update: Washington is the New Florida
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/senate-update-washington-is-the-new-florida/
Washington is heavy on mail-in voting. But here is the glimmer of hope.
Here’s my insight as a native-born long time resident. Dems have squeaked out gubernatorial wins against Rossi -- a perennial candidate in a state with a shallow statewide GOP bench. He is a calm, smooth operator whom while certainly more moderate than the Tea Party crowd, is still a Republican in moderate packaging. He wouldn’t be a flame-thrower, and would in essence be another Scott Brown, but I don’t want it to come to that. I shudder the thought, but caution Washingtonians against getting overconfident and complacent, that’s all.
Have you ever tried to get a six-pack of beer in Wisconsin on a Sunday? Criminy!
How abouts some Baked Alaska?
New Alaska Senate Poll Shows McAdams Surging Past Embattled Joe Miller
http://www.themudflats.net/2010/10/28/breaking-new-alaska-senate-poll-shows-mcadams-surging-past-embattled-joe-miller/
This may be a bit of wishful thinking (but we can hope -- god that would sting). Here is another poll not extrapolating trend lines:
CNN/Time Poll: Murkowski deadlocked with Miller in Alaska
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/29/cnntime-poll-murkowski-deadlocked-with-miller-in-alaska/
AK Supreme Court blocks write-in list decision
http://www.adn.com/2010/10/27/1521270/judge-blocks-distribution-of-write.html
Murkowski says no to Palin presidency, Miller says she’s more qualified than Obama.
http://www.adn.com/2010/10/27/1522515/alaska-senate-candidates-debate.html
Quite frankly her name is high profile and really isn’t that hard, so this is a little condescending (or not) but effective as well.
Pomeroy ad from North Dakota.
Looks like he’s losing, but I like the ad.
Sure, they spun it in the “running away from Obama” meme -- but if your district is anything like mine -- the Republican can’t go two seconds without saying Obama/Pelosi/Reid agenda and it gets irritating.
They refuse to engage the candidate at all. I thought this ad was calling that out. Like, run against ME! And, well, it is honest. He’s playing to a North Dakotan audience, after all. All in all, I thought it was pretty good. I wish more ads were like this.
Here you go, k’es.
John Boehner To Campaign With Rich Iott, Candidate Who Dressed As SS Officer
You may have to call off work and get your self thugged.
Verrrrry interrresting, b’ito. Colonel Klink meets Sgt. Schultz?
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Must have missed this in the news, guess I was busy reading the latest on Charlie Sheen and his naked hooker.(as opposed to a fully dressed hooker?)
http://www.capitalgainsandgames.com/blog/stan-collender/1986/pop-cork-biggest-deficit-reduction-us-history-occurred-2009-2010
Ever wish you could send a cease and desist message to all those corporations who prop up FUX? And hit a bunch of them all at the same time? Now you can, thanks to Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/action/dropfox/?src=dropfox27b
Some faux/Ohio/Kasich news from the Columbus Dspatch
Fox’s role in Kasich campaign questioned
And how many times has Mr. Strickland been on Faux asking for donations?
What would have the race been without Faux?
Strickland cuts gap in poll by 4 points
b’ito, did you know that Rupert Murdoch contributed $1 million to Kasich’s campaign?
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/10/rupert-murdoch-john-kasich-ohio-donation.html
That letter by the head of “Tides” is quite powerful. Thanks, k’es.
From my mail today.

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A way to make calls from your phone to GOTV
http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/pages/volunteer-now