Good morning Puma PAC. Today is a new day! Go read the article “No Where Else To Go” from July 1st by the brilliant political writer Anglachel, then come back here and get ready for Action. Here’s the link. Don’t worry, as Anglachel likes to say, we’ll still be here when you get back. Then read this:
The Democratic Party is a house divided — split between two vast wings of voters who view their roles and responsibilities quite differently. Anglachel refers to these factions as Stevensonian and Truman. She is quite right. This political split could and would have happened even if the two major candidates in the Democratic Party had been men, but I believe the split would have been less severe and the passions on either side less high. The fact that Hillary is a woman meant that on one side, there was a sexist onslaught against her unleashed by the cultural powers that be; and on the other side were millions of women offended and outraged that their candidate was harmed and handicapped by that onslaught — and worse, they (we) felt attacked and belittled by the same sexist framing and attacks used to bring her down.
Not attacked personally — it’s not that our feelings are hurt or we “feel” victimized by the big, bad mean media. I mean really, it’s not as if as women we aren’t immersed in the same pornalicious and misogynistic media environment of objectification, violence, and infantilization that everyone else is. No, we aren’t a bunch of simpering sissies crying, and demanding that we get a lollipop or a pony because we’re sad.
We KNOW the internet is a pornographic swamp. We know there will be people who will design and sell Hillary Nut Crackers if she runs for office. We know that how much we weigh is far more important to the media consciousness than how much we earn. We know some idiot in Miami is going to form a political action committee against Hillary called C.U.N.T. We know the media only wants powerful women to be seen when they come in packages shaped like Angelina Jolie.
That swamp is there every day. We travel around and above it most of the time in our private lives– by ignoring it; building small ramparts against it; filling it in small places with our good faith, our hard work, and our competence; and fighting its spread when we can. The sexist swamp is an ugly feature of our cultural landscape. We can hate it, fight it, and avoid it, but we know we have to live with it.
What we didn’t know was that a major candidate would accept the side effect political benefits to him of a sexist onslaught fueled by the noxious fumes of Swamp Misogyny. We didn’t know our political leadership would stand by like cowardly, weak-willed onlookers at a daytime mugging. We didn’t know they would classify our support of the most popular and competent woman candidate in history as emotional, angry, irrational, hysterical, ugly, and stupid.
Hmmm, emotional, angry, irrational, hysterical and stupid. Let me see, now where have I heard that before? Oh, yeah I remember now — just the entire god damned history of civilized Western misogyny; from Jezebel to Theodora to Thatcher; Elizabeth to Anthony to Stanton to Eleanor to Hillary. Every single one of them attacked, belittled, and humiliated with accusations of being emotional, angry, ugly, and stupid. We’re supposed to believe this is a coincidence? That it’s not because Hillary is a woman, but because she is THAT woman. “That woman?” Hmm, I think I’ve heard that before too.
A coincidence that the same ugly, sexist attacks used throughout history to delegitimize the power of a woman leader were used against Hillary? A coincidence that Hillary was brought down not because she was a woman but because she was a “bad” woman? I think not. If you think the women leaders we comfortably admire from the safe distance of time and freedom were not attacked and hobbled by the same accusations of ambition, unseemliness, shrillness, dishonesty, and evil intent that were hurled with abandon (by fellow Democrats!) at Hillary, you are fooling yourself.
So. Our leaders sat on the sidelines and watched the sexist swamp monsters attack and destroy the candidacy of a powerful, competent, experienced, inspiring, and good woman. The selected nominee stood by silently as the attack advanced, always ready and willing to benefit, never ready or willing to lead or defend.
“You’re likable enough Hillary.” “Hang on there a sec, Sweetie.” “You know, when she’s feeling down, she attacks.” “Her voters will vote for me, but mine won’t vote for her.” “Get over it.”
And they won. They forced the best candidate and biggest vote winner out of the race and off of the national stage. Woo-hoo! On to Denver for a coronation at a football field named Mile High Stadium!
Hold on there fellas! Not so fast. Howard and Barack, Honies, perhaps you haven’t realized that things have changed. Apparently the country is just waking up to the fact that the political landscape is not the same as it was in the time of Theodora or Elizabeth or Anthony or Eleanor. We’ve known it for months. Our feelings are not hurt. We are not sad. We are wide awake and ready and willing to fight; willing to be unpopular, unpleasant, and unseemly. Willing to be called names, lied about, and underestimated.
Howard and Barack: You destroyed a candidate using sexist weapons. You dismissed and insulted women, working class, and vulnerable voters in our party using sexist and elitist weapons. You let us down miserably and then you insulted us incessantly. You continue to do so every day.
Howard Dean, if you or anyone associated with you is reading this, listen well. We WILL not vote for Barack Obama. We will not support or donate to or volunteer for the DNC or the national party. We will do everything we can to make sure you lose — lose the election in November, and lose your influence in this country permanently.
You and your followers have nothing to offer but the sop of feel-good politics. Your only offering to the civic life of our nation is a sweet, cynical, shallow bribe. And your hands, which force that feel-good sop like a chloroform soaked rag on a complacent nation reach for nothing more noble than personal power, riches, and fame. Our candidate, a woman, was not only the most likely to win in November, she was also the most prepared to lead. She still is. You destroyed her candidacy and dismissed her voters.
To all the feminist leaders and writers out there, those who have lied themselves into believing they are more than just window-dressed cheerleaders for the Obama Movement, wake up!
The derailed candidacy of Hillary Clinton is a flashpoint that sparked a small war in the Democratic Party. For millions of us, this is the most significant feminist event in our lifetimes. But it is much more than that. It is a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party — a war between the forces of feel-good politics and the forces of do-good politics. We know which side we are on.
Do you?
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Amen sister!!!!
Wow, Murphy – right on point. Another good shot.
I posted our 7-8-08 News Release on:
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/07/07/aol-straw-poll-july-7-14/145#comment
Good Morning PUMA’S, I e-mailed the news release this morning to all. SHEILA7 – thanks for thinking about me yesterday. I believe it was a 55 year old man. I checked the web and the comment I made re: Germany speech is on NoQuarters. I am up and ready for all of the action today.
Right on Murphy
Check this out very interesting:
Comment by hank48188 | 2008-07-07 07:19:22
If you read this piece written by DONNA BRAZILE I think you might have a better understanding.
It’s called “WHY AMERICANS HATE DEMOCRATS” How To Tap Into The Obama Factor.
They wanted the religious voters and thought Obama could do that, guess they should of checked Rev. Wright and Father Mike first. http://www.slate.com/id/2109328
I think Ms Brazilla needs to be reminded
Nov 5 2004 7:06 PM
Here are some of the exerts from her article 2004
My entire family was, and still is, deeply spiritual, and in our own way, we all hold strong but tolerant religious views. Some of my siblings have abandoned the Catholic Church because they believe it fails to enforce the strict moral code of our faith. Now, a couple of them are what pollsters and others consider evangelical, Christian fundamentalists.
But, unlike those who spew hate and discrimination in the name of Jesus, somehow they have found a balance between their faith and what they term “fairness.”
When one of my sisters—who, coincidentally, is a recovering Republican—was told in church that she would go to hell if she voted for Sen. Kerry, she stood up and denounced the preacher’s message. Oh yeah, the religious right, armed with new recruits from the black pulpits, came after African-Americans with the same angry messages. But, as my niece confirmed in a phone conversation this week, they all voted for John Kerry anyway. Even my sister, the once-proud Republican, is now ashamed of what happened inside those churches.
religion, we believe that in order to be good disciples of Jesus, you have to not only know his words but also perform his deeds. That is where we draw the line with those who spend hours and hours in church, only to come out and hate everyone around them.
Our parents and grandparents raised us on Christian faith. It is that faith that got me into politics, and it is that faith that has proved strong enough to sustain me in these challenging times. Grandma once said, “When you’ve done all that you can do, you must stand … stand for something.”
When my grandma would often put us to sleep at night, she read from the Bible. Her favorite Scripture from the book of Galatians was, “[D]o not grow weary in doing good, for in due season, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Now more than ever, we must use our faith to fight on until victory is won. Continue to soar, and together we will take back our country.
Well done Murphy, Holy! You even scared me when I read that, PUMA’s are a force that should not be messed with!
VaDaryl – just got a response that you have been waiting on from my last sd – who actually works at the DNC – and said that she thinks it was a hoax about the 8 sd’s switching – she has contacted everyone and not a single soul knows who they are – so that is one thing that could not be kept that big of a secret – she has promised to let me know if something should pop up – we have to be really careful with the rumors these days.
In doing some research – found that 35 Superdelegates switched from Clinton to Obama – I think maybe they are the ones that we should target our letters to ask them to kindly return home to us – and this would be a big project – but those States or districts where Hillary won big time and the SD’s went directly for Obama – should receive letters as well by not respecting the constituents – I know the Governor of West Virginia – where we had a landslide endorsed Obama as well as my Governor of Kentucky – he is not very popular anyway – and will probably never re-run again – and there were several in Penna and Ohio I believe that went the other direction – Sen Byrd of W. Va also went for Obama – these should be targeted as well letting them know that they did not respect the will of the popular vote there – if all these were “persuaded” to move back – then it would be a very close call – as someone said in the post last night – SD’s that have committed to Obama are not likely to change unless there is a motivation to do so.
My three cents worth.
I see you are up and ready this morning Trish – did you get my five emails regarding Clinton superdelegates and the one regarding Obama superdelegates last night – you might have answered in a post but could not find it – had problem with your email addy bouncing back emails to me – too much work to go astray.
WOW! Murphy, you’re good!!!
Awesome post!
Murphy: I never fail to get inspired and re-energized while at the same time getting educated every time I read your daily post. You hit the nail on the head every time. Bravo!!!
Action Today:
I will be making a donation for the Denver trip today.
#8 Goalucard4Hill
I received your e-mails and am hoping to get them inputted tonight, we’re almost finished collecting the data on the Uncommitted now.
My router funked out last night for a bit, we had severe thunderstorms and flooding, so I think the line went down off and on. I’m going to send you my real e-mail, its more reliable.
Thank you for all your work on this project, I so greatly appreciate it. You certainly know people in high places.
Awesome post Murphy… thanks for the reminder of why I come to this blog… exactly and to the point. Send this to all the Pelosi’s, Oprah’s and other women who denegrate themselves by their association with Sen. Obama!!!… how about an action?
I know which side I’m on! Fantastic post, Murphy. We need to educate. My post, Eyes on the Prize, from yesterday definitely ties in with your ideas presented here.
also want to encourage all to go to a Just No Deal Site…
sign up… blog a Birthday message for Hillary, and read the details for a wonderful action you can take to spread the word that Hillary is not forgotten…
gotta go plant some flowers… see ya later!!!
#7 Goalucard, that is a fantastic idea. If you can get together a list of names and addresses (preferably with real life addresses or fax #s) I will compose a letter and send it off with a copy of the Declaration.
by the way the site is … celebratehillary.com
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11606.html
Major television networks are considering curtailing coverage of the Democratic National Convention after Monday’s announcement that Barack Obama will accept his party’s nomination in a Denver stadium.
Great post, Murphy. Just wanted to add this thought: Our leaders did not “[sit] on the sidelines” and the selected nominee did not “[stand] by silently.”
Rather the attack on Hillary was carefully coordinated from within, knowing how the swamp would act. The Obama campaign used words and phrases like “secretive,” “desperate,” “do anything to win,” dishonest,” “only serving tea.” These are second order swamp-speak words, every bit as poisonous and demeaning. The rank order of misogynist language was carefully manipulated. Let the crazed swamp merchants call her a dried up cunt, let Matthews say she only got where she was because her husband screwed around, let the bloggers spew their filth. We’ll come in with (barely) deniable whistle words.
Love this:
“For millions of us, this is the most significant feminist event in our lifetimes.” We will not forget. We will fight back. Our votes are our weapons.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-07-08-Protests_N.htm
Convention cities sued by protesters
Both cities have been sued by the ACLU and protest groups planning to mobilize at the political confabs. At issue: where and when demonstrations and marches can be held.
Outstanding piece, articulates what I believe most of us feel (I know many will not vote for McCain, so just leave out that piece) but truly a worth while read:
http://hillbuzz.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-hillbuzz-exists.html#links
I know this is not about the presidential election but we all need a good laugh. Did you hear Jesse Ventura may run for Senate against Al Franken but the funny part is the incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman is the guy he beat out for Governor in 1998. You can’t make this stuff up.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/jesse-ventura-t.html
#17, don’t buy that for a second. They will not curtail coverage, they will amp it up. That’s part of the reason for the move. Increase the crowd, and the feeling that history is being made. We’ll know the truth, of course, that a black man was selected based on the color of his skin with no consideration for his bad character. But they will sell it the other way around, and everybody will rejoice. Wanna know why? Read my post Eyes on the Prize, which I linked to above.
OUTSTANDING, MURPHY.
Thank you for writing this. I am copying and sending this to a number of people.
Re: Obama Donors Aren’t Rushing to Aid Clinton
By PATRICK HEALY Published: July 9, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/us/politics/09debt.html?amp;pagewanted=print&_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=todayspaper&adxnnlx=1215615697-cw8ZYqvia06n9JV4iNSAlA
“As Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton prepare for their first joint fund-raisers to benefit the Obama campaign, in New York City on Wednesday and Thursday, their two camps are straining under the weight of continued resentments, recriminations and feelings that remain raw since the long primary battle.”
“Mr. Obama has asked his top donors to help raise money for her debt, and so far they have come up with less than $100,000 (though more in pledges), Clinton campaign officials said — a “paltry sum,” in the words of one.”
Elizabeth Edwards will be interviewed today on NPR’s “Talk of The Nation.” I believe the time is 2:00 p.m.,ET.
John Edwards was on yesterday talking about his “new role” as National Chaiman of “Half in Ten: From Poverty to Prosperity”, his work with BO. Nothing but praise from Edwards about “the chosen one.” Yuck! He said that, “If BO said it, that’s what he means.” Since when?
Also, John Edwards was suprised to hear from moderator that Elizabeth would be on program today.
It wasn’t announced what topic would be. I checked NPR’s website. Program info to be posted at 2 p.m., E.T. (that’s when broadcast begins.) They do accept calls from listeners.
Might be interesting since we have heard almost nothing from her.
WOW! Actually caused me to delurk. Thank you, Murphy. I believe you have just channelled several million women with that post.
I am spent.
Actually, I think I need a cigarette.
Can you beleive this
His hollyness is now becoming Lincoln. Geez. Can we stop these clowns.
The Recurring Image of Obama As Abraham Lincoln
Speaking in Berlin and echoing Kennedy and Reagan is just the beginning, apparently. Street art in Boston:
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The owners of a small South End gallery say they had the best of intentions when they commissioned a famous and often mischievous street artist to install a massive political mural on a construction wall lining one of the artiest strips of the South End.
The mural, 13 feet high and nearly a block long, features multiple composite portraits of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln, their faces melded together in a rainbow of colors. It is meant, the gallery said, to inspire dialogue.
That it did. The morning after artist Ron English and his band of volunteers finished the mural, “Abraham Obama,” it stirred a tempest in this insular arts community, though it had nothing to do with Lincoln, Obama or English himself.
Rather, residents, business owners, and even fellow gallery owners expressed frustration, angst, and anger over the way some English enthusiasts descended upon the city, plastering windows, telephone polls, and other surfaces with miniature posters meant to advertise the massive exhibit.
By yesterday, the sponsors of the exhibit, Gallery XIV, got a call from Boston police, apparently prompted by a complaint by the nearby Boston Center for the Arts, where two unauthorized posters were plastered.
“My best alibi and the truth is that I had no idea what we were getting into,” said Will Kerr, director of exhibition sponsor Gallery XIV. “We were just interested in the installation on Thayer Street, which is an incredible work of art. I’m really trying to be a good neighbor and do damage control.”
Kerr said the gallery made sure the exhibition was installed legally last week with permission from the building owner, but gallery owners apparently underestimated the fervor of the artist’s fans. The mural is the feature piece of a street art exhibition called “a politic,” scheduled to run through Oct. 4. They marketed it as “a legal billboard,” by an artist more popular for illegal billboards in cities from New York to Amsterdam.
English’s presence drew interest from some of his fans accustomed to the mischievous nature of his street art. They heard about the planned Boston installation through blogs.
English made a name for himself by co-opting corporate billboards in New York City and pasting over them with his own billboards that lampooned corporate excess, war, and other hot-button topics. His website, popaganda.com, displays a gallery of illegal billboards he has erected.
“We had people in their early 20s who drove to Boston overnight from Maine and Vermont,” said Kerr. “After the installation was done, Ron English got into signing posters, and they gave away posters to everyone at the party.”
English’s fans were apparently so enamored of his work Wednesday night that they snapped up autographed prints of the image and pasted them, illegally, on several buildings in the South End
Re: Vote in poll
http://thepage.time.com/
Maybe Jesse should forget about the Senate and run for Pres and make a real joke of this election. Bring in Al Franken for his VP to boot.
Does anyone here know how I can get a list of registered Dems? I woul like to mail my flyers….
Please advise.
Thanks!
Murphy, the exact quote of OB’s menstruation-related reference is “… periodically when she’s feeling down…” You left out the word “periodically.” Here’s the video of that speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qNpeGPdhEw
# 31 mimi, you can research people in your are who’ve contributed to campaign via the Huffpost. I can’t find my copy of the link, but hopefully someone will come along shortly with it. I’ve used this tool to directly lobby voters locally. It’s cool.
re: Below, a video clip from last night’s CNN AC360 on “Hillary’s Holdouts”:
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/09/hillarys-holdouts-and-a-message-to-obama-supporters/#more-3495
alright, I’m out. I’ve blown too much time online this morning anyway…Good luck folks!
Oh murphy…you have outdone yourself. I am left speechless on one hand, but even more committed on another hand. You need to get this published on other posts…Maybe even Ariana herself will read this.
Thanks Trish – apparently I don’t know people in enough high places to have gotten Hillary Clinton the nomination….
Got some more “delay” emails on Obama superdelegates – will forward to your new addy – again a lot are AOL and it just depends on what kind of day they are having – so don’t know if these SD’s have deleted their email addresses or it is really a delay on AOL’s part.
Excellent post Murphy, thank you.
People are so eager to move past these last eight years that they refuse to see what is right in front of them in the democratic process/nominee. They want to blame instead of rationlizing why there is still a split in the party and why there are so many groups that do not accept the party’s nor their views regarding the so called nominee.
Found this quote on an email this AM ,
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.”
– A. Phillip Randolph
#21 I voted for Jesse in the “hopes” of “change”!! Fool me once… Never squander something so valuable as your vote and your voice. Lesson learned. Ufda!
Murphy that the the spirit that change the world for the betterment of all Americans. You and the PUMA’S are what America has been waiting for. REAL WARRIORS. The DNC don’t and didn’t have a clue for 37 years (2 wins). We cannot go blindly into the night and be party to this great nation demise. Many have fought and to many are asleep , but thank God for those willing to fight
Nice one Murphy – but what am I chopped liver??? I feel the same way that all women do about what has happened to Hillary and to women in general and I am a senior Male. All us males do not feel the way that no name or media has portayed women.
RE: EARLY MORNING PROWL
Faxed the 07/08/08 letter to Dean and Obama this morning.
Good Morning PUMAs
Alas, I was the victim of some tampering with my router and have been down since early last night.
I am back in business now, and any further invasions will be met with a rather nasty little surprise.
I think I’ve responded to everyone’s emails – please let me know if I missed you!
Off to the smoke-filled back rooms to do some more work.
Keep prowling!
MarylandPUMA
How are the polls looking between Obama and McCain?
I just looked on the aol straw poll and ALL states are red. : )
Are other polls like this or is Obama ahead?
Here’s still hoping for hillary, come August…is this possible?
Does anybody have a link of David Gergen from last night on CNN saying that “Hillary supporters were going to the convention in Denver, to get Hillary on the roll call, or else they were going there to give them Hell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Media starts reporting HRC supporters are unhappy, and BO supporters do not like his change in positions.
Not everyone can put up with what HRC went through the past 16 years, still standing strong.
RIP33 – Polls today from Rasmussen shows a 4 per cent lead by Obama and yesterday Gallup showed a 2 per cent lead by Obama -
Polls are very biased and as we all saw in the primaries – they bounced all over the place – I only look at them to judge what new subjects that have popped up during the week and how it seems to change the pollsters mind – I am still hoping for Hillary in August as well
Re: Illinois State Results: Poll re Obama
41% = Liberal, 42% flip-flopper, 1% conservative, 16% centrist
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/07/09/hot-seat-who-is-obama/
Re: Goodbye to St. Barack, 9-9-08, 11-22-08 EST
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caryl-rivers/goodbye-to-st-barack_b_111626.html
ROAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!!!!! Go, Murphy!
PUMA ALERT
PUMAs you have work to do.
There is a press release in you inbox.
Subject “PUMAs tell politicians Denver”
Cut and Paste and send tens of thousands of emails today.
Them come back here and brag!
Wonderful PUMAs
#43,Maryland puma
me too
I am suspicious
xdemocrat #18 — yes siree. I quite agree.
Did anybody hear Bob Novack on Imus this morning? I only heard a few minutes and he was just getting into some points about Obama and I lost the signal.
Murphy, you make us PROUD to be a part of this group. I see your strength, dedication and determination. Hillary I’m sure is just as proud of you as we are of her!
Thanks for the work you have done for all of us!
One POWERFUL letter!
Must send………to those in need!
mlhath #27. I hear ya.
Sent my emails!
PUMA ALERT
PUMAs you are doing your work! My inbox is going crazy.
There is an email in you inbox.
Subject “PUMAs tell politicians Denver”
It contains a press release called
“DARRAGH MURPHY AT PUMA PAC ANNOUNCES 5 DAYS OF INTENSE POLITICAL ACTION”
Cut and paste the press release and get it sent out to the list of emails.
Them come back here and brag!
Keep going!
Wonderful PUMAs
Cut and Paste and send tens of thousands of emails today.
goalucard — not chopped liver at all. Any Democrat who believes in the power of good government to strengthen our lives and protect the vulnerable is part of our movement and on the right side.
The men in this movement, the millions who voted for Hillary not because she is a woman but because she is simply the best candidate, are with us. They may not have been as vocally outraged as women, but they (you) are NOT falling in line. Men are just as involved and intelligent as voters and participants in our democracy as women. They will not support an illegitimate, unprepared candidate for president.
The flashpoint I describe ignited the spirit and determination of many millions of women AND men.
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#43 Maryland PUMA on 07.09.08 at 11:25 am
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Ok, now I’m really getting weirded out here. After what happened with the Action Center the other night and now your router?
Me thinks there are gremlins at play in these here parts.
Has anybody read this story:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_070808/content/01125108.guest.html
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Here are some articles worth reading from the Black Agenda Report.
Progressives for Obama’ Fool Themselves and Freedom Rider – Obama’s Iraq Fairy Tale
http://www.blackagendareport.com/
Have been gone on vacation…so nice to be back!!! Missed everyone and the blog. Murphy, that was a powerful intro!! Looks like everyone has been working diligently. I really like the summary of what’s been accomplished from yesterday’s blog.
Two quick things…..did anyone get the email from the democratic party this morning asking people to hold platform idea sessions at their homes? This may be an avenue to voice our ideas!!!
And, there was a Hillary fundraiser on either FOX or CNN last night who said she was holding back on donating to noname because she basically did not” like him and did not trust him.” I did not catch her name or the show, but if someone did…may be a good idea to thank her for being HONEST!!!!
#48 mcr on 07.09.08 at 11:32 am
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How about BOTH a liberal AND a flip-flopper! LOL
I love it the map is all read and green!
Good morning PUMAs. Great way to start my day, Murphy. It’s like a little fire lit under my butt to get me rolling toward action today! Thanks!!
Maryland PUMA, hang in there. Sorry your stuff is being messed with.
http://www.correntewire.com/action_alert_call_alice_germond
LOL This is defintely worth a read, this guys calls up Alice and questions her on the DNC meeting in May. He even provides her phone number to us, how kind of him
Does anyone remember in November when Obama made a personal attack against Hillary and said that she was hiding behind her gender? he put gender into this race and accused her of playing the “gender card”. He is a evil guy and a ahole.
F.I.S.A. vote today, right? Grrrrrrrrr, I’m just a little black rain cloud today.
No one is held responsible. Olly olly oxen free!
Grrrrrrrr.
Good morning PUMAs – I just went over to No Quarter & just had to post:
I’m tired of being called a “republican troll”. I was (independent now) a Democrat for over 45 years – guess that makes me an uneducated, illiterate, old, blue collar, white female – until I was thrown out of the Democratic party because I was not needed – the ‘new’ party according to Dean, Pelosi, Brazill & Obama has all the people it needs to elect “61. What the hell happened – aren’t there enough of those highly educated, elistist, liberals, AA’s and college students in this country to elect the anointed one – now you want us back? Screw you -and the donkey you’re riding. I’m done with the Dems – you turned on the best person to run this country – Hillary – kicked the majority of the Dem party to the curb & now ‘you’ have the nerve to say we will fall in line and come back in November – not gonna happen. This fight has been brewing for a long time & this latest episode was the button pusher for millions of women (and male supporters who aren’t afraid of strong women) {actually – all of us women are strong – we just don’t realize it and act on it} – to make a stand for all women and we are by protesting the 2008 selection process of an immature, unqualified and inadequate male with a nonexistent resume, questionable friends, an ego that’s enormous, and who’s tired already and the convention isn’t until August. (not hard to understand – the anointed one has never held a job in his entire life) Go PUMAS!!!!
I just noticed that I spelled elitist wrong – confirms the illiteracy – ;( – my mind is thinking faster than my fingers can type – anyway, ranting again………………
WOW Murphy, you ROCK! Reading your article is like having flash backs of the whole thing all over again! Instead of a little respect (Aretha Franklin), how about full respect for Senator Clinton and women in general?
sent out PUMA Power and already getting back received messages
What stood out to me during the primaries was when Bush possibly insinuated that Noname was an “appeaser”…well the democratic leaders came out in droves to defend against that “attack” against their saintly one. For days they paraded out one surrogate and another. The lack of defense against the sexism is in stark contrast.
#59 bythelake
Those addresses did not bounce back for me.
2500 letters sent already
Comment help needed:
Great post by the ever-courageous kristen breitweiser.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristen-breitweiser/oh-yes-she-can_b_111627.html
(sorry about the link to huffpoop)
She’s getting killed in comments. Go there and support her.
41 & 58:
I wish you could meet my wonderful Mr. of 37 years!!
He is the biggest Hillary supporter I know. He drove me all over Dallas when she was campaigning here and he is taking me to Denver. He is actually more depressed over this whole debacle than I am and that is saying a bunch. We make good team…he is very cerebral and fact oriented while I supply the emotions……he says with his head…it comes from my heart.
#32 jbjd on 07.09.08 at 11:16 am, WROTE,
[[ Murphy, the exact quote of OB’s menstruation-related reference is “… periodically when she’s feeling down…” You left out the word “periodically.” Here’s the video of that speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qNpeGPdhEw ]]
Also calling her Annie Oakley and then brushing his shoulders in a show of arrogance.
Geraldine Ferrora stated as much in a FoxNews interview.
Murphy,
Can you check your e-mail please, thank you
Great introduction today, Murphy! Inspiring and strong.
Have anybody read this? That guy’s sense of entitlement is amazing, and his ego is getting so big that I expect it soon to explode like a balloon. Check this in salon.com today. That German Chancellor is a wise woman. Good for her.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/09/obama_brandenburg/
Hi Puma Pals,
Murphy thanks again for saying it exactly like it is. The DNC cabal and the punditry crossed the line repeatedly.
We roar together!
emails sent — love an early morning growl
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madazhel
a California PUMA
PUMA Power emails sent .
Sent out the e-mail as instructed murphy.
From a PROUD PUMA !
For the first time in a long time I think she will be on the ballot for the roll call vote….and if she is I don’t see a loss for anyone but that man…
I am off to Fax the powers that this girl remembers EVERYTHING and her vote is Hillary or anyonebutobama….
MURPHY the letter made me cry but it also made me GET UP AND I am FIRED UP today. PUMA POWER is the new, improved vitamin of the future and the future is today!
Geradine Ferraro’s statement during the Mississippi primary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-K43w6xU2w&feature=related
Bill O’reilly on Race Geraldine Ferraro and Jesse Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdsIQIGPAQ&feature=related
Good Morning to All:
I emailed “Puma Power” to all contacts on your email list.
Murphy, I just love your passion and the way you articulate your thoughts. Succinct and yet to the very heart of the Truth!
I wonder, if you have a list of Feminist Movements in the political, academic and work place, so that we may also encourage them to join ‘Puma Pac and/or Just Say No Deal, as you stated Murphy, and I quote below:
“To all the feminist leaders and writers out there, those who have lied themselves into believing they are more than just window-dressed cheerleaders for the Obama Movement, wake up!
This is indeed a wake up call to all females, to always be vigilant and never again to sit back in contentment, to that which we have accomplished.
Equality in all level of the Social Contract is the ultimate goal and then the defending of same.
And I would like to send out a special thanks to all our male counterparts, who have from the very beginning of the Feminist Movement been there to advise, guide, protect and encourage women in their rights of equality.
Protest against Media Bias and Voter Suppression
To Stop Media Bias
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK1bNn4QCtI
This is a video response to Hillary Mad As Hell
Source: http://www.blueblogspot.com
Protest at DNC to Count Florida’s Votes
From: CountMyVoteNow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkVwOKmEPC0
The Right to Choose
From: uptownchic28
Views: 220
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIluK7YHgB0&NR=1
DNC Rules & Bylaws Protest 1
02:11 From: howarddean19
Views: 82,102
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DesyhrRYtB0
Michigan Governer Jennifer Granholm *We are MAD AS HELL!* (Wolf Blitzer/Beauty Contest)
05:44 From: CSPANJUNKIEdotORG
Views: 5,332
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS0wr8h001E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCqFRKm0jYA&NR=1
Governors Jennifer Granholm (D-MI) and Janet Napolitano…
On ABC’s Face the Nation
NEGATIVE ATTACK: Shame on You, Barack Obama
The day after she was nice to him in debate
Hillary Clinton: Mad as Hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcdnlNZg2iM&NR=1
Harriet Christian: An Inadequate Blackmail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPyeKe-EFf4&NR=1
Note: Haven’t really double checked, so am hoping I pulled out only the positive videos…. But just in case I missed some, click open at your own risk.
January 27, 2008
YouTube – A Tribute to Hillary Clinton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCkVbkgySF4
May 21, 2008
YouTube – Hillary Clinton – I am Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPd8mXqgOio&NR=1
June 4, 2008
YouTube – Hillary Our Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DW-3wqnk7E
June 6, 2008
YouTube – Hillary, The Time of Her Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC8XpjEZQ4w
June 6, 2008
YouTube – Hillary, I’ll Stand By You!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny84_5mVlTo
June 7, 2008
YouTube – Remember Hillary Clinton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwCM7trVino
June 7, 2008
YouTube – Hillary, Goodbye for Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iVlmBLfOMo
June 8, 2008
YouTube – Hillary Clinton Tribute (by cmp10003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9CgIcdr7dg
A Tribute to Hillary
June 30, 2008
YouTube – A PUMA-felt thank you Hillary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4p0t_PnjVs
Things to do today:
1) send Puma emails ——check
2) donation to Puma Pac—check
Hi everyone,
Update on Obama and Berlin: turns out the Obama camp wants to set up a BO speech at the Brandenburger Tor (to look as if he is the successor of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan) on July 24 and now there’s a big debate in the German media about whether or not that should be allowed. A lot of people (including the Government) think that’s a bit PRESUMPTUOUS (I prefer “arrogant”): i.e., that honor is usually reserved for a U.S. President who has something very important to say to the world. A lot of Germans are asking: why should one U.S. presidential candidate be allowed to use this historical spot as a platform for his own political agenda? Whew! At least some people here are seeing through the hype — is that happening at home too?
And re: #41 Goalucard4 hill: I completely agree! I always thought that a “woman’s movement” has to include men if it’s going to be successful (after all, empowering women involves empowering men to think and act in different ways too) just as I always thought that any civil rights movement has to include blacks, whites, and everybody else of every hue, because the idea is to improve the quality of life for everybody — that’s why the Reverend Wright and the Obama family 20-year stay in his “church” upset me so much.
Also, I read all the blogs from yesterday: is it possible to put a “mission statement” and “set of rules” (e.g. no comments about physical characteristics, no bashing anybody, etc.) on the site so that you don’t have to justify to every interloper why you’re not going to post his/her message? Just a thought.
Thanks to you all for being here and for all the work you’re doing.
These are negative videos and I caution you before viewing. Still, they do fit in with todays topic.
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NEGATIVE YOU TUBE
February 22, 2006
YouTube – Hillary Goes Nuts – School Vouchers – NEGATVE XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su3JIS9VbtY&NR=1
August 1, 2007
Katie Couric
YouTube – Notebook: Candidate’s Cleavage (CBS News) – SEMI-NEAGATIVE XXX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9uSh1fU7A4
February 8, 2008
YouTube – Tribute to Hillary – NEGATIVE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQPPB6ZinlY&NR=1
November 18, 2007 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
YouTube – Hillary Clinton Tribute Starts Here!
(By http://www.forgottoask.com – Playing the Asshole song in the background)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXJG49N_5nA
I read the other day about another major task to try to bring down Hillary’s debt on July 14-July 19 since a lot of people send money to “Friends for Hillary” (including me) by mistake. Is this true? Are we part of this?
I sent the post per instructions in e-mail to all news contacts. So far I have received 3 auto responses. Today, Nightly Viewer Mail, CNN.prog.replies – Lou Dobbs. Will keep you posted. Sending to local stations in St Louis also.
Puma Power emails all sent woo hoo, great job Murphy!!!!!
Hi you all wonderful Pumas,
I am so sorry I don’t have time to participate this past week but the cause is in my heart and I talk about it every chance I get -
The bottom line is we desperately need a Clinton solution!!!
Not a Jimmy Carter-type solution that NObama is offering, and you know, I don’t even think he knows what he’s offering.
I’m convinced he has no idea what he’s getting into.
He really should have waited 8 years. He should have been humble and smart and taken the route as Hillary’s VP.
After Hillary’s glorious 8 year term, voila, it would have been his turn to shine.
But noooooooooooo, he had to mess it all up.
Trish — you have mail.
Sent all my Puma Power emails.
Did you see CNN interview BO family last night? The interview seems to soft his image and makes him more lovable.
On BO site, the BO logo in the middle of the convention 08 Stadium looks funny.
Still, it will be hard to translate to votes.
Thanks Murphy, I didn’t notice it went into my junk mail.
This is unbelievable! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Dear Clinton Dem,
Recently the Wall Street Journal featured an article “Clinton’s Convention Role Being Negotiated” that misleads readers. The article says:
“Minor” candidates typically get a few votes at the conventions. But no party has had a roll call with two candidates since the 1976 Republican convention, when then President Gerald Ford beat Ronald Reagan by 57 votes.”
Mo Udall, Jerry Brown, Hubert Humphrey, weren’t what you would call “minor candidates,” and certainly not Ted Kennedy when at the 1980 convention, when he received 1,150 votes against incumbent president Jimmy Carter.
In 1984 Gary Hart received 1,201 and Jesse Jackson 466 votes on the rollcall.
In 1988 Jesse Jackson’s nomination was celebrated by a 1,219 vote rollcall.
In 1992 Jerry Brown received 596 and Paul Tsongas 289 votes.
There have been 10 Democratic National Conventions from 1968 through 2004 are as follows:
The 1996 re-election of President Clinton was uncontested. But of the remaining 9 conventions, seven held rollcalls of all the candidates involved.
For the two that didn’t:
There is not reason that Hillary should not be allowed a rollcall vote. Should she not be allowed the rollcall, we can only infer that the party is now corrupt at the highest levels.
There is overwhelming precedent for Hillary to be placed in nomination and receive a rollcall vote.
Please help Hillary retain her delegates for this vote by calling delegates and affirming their support for Hillary Clinton, and reminding them why Hillary is the best candidate to beat McCain in November.
If you can dedicate a little time to calling undecided and Hillary delegates, you can make a decisive difference in the outcome of the rollcall vote!
To make calls, go to http://clintondems.com/action-center/ and click on the “CALL” button. Just a few calls can convince a delegate to support Hillary over Obama. Please call today!
Pam
Keep Fighting!
“”Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan I know he is going to vote against me.”
~ Harry Truman
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#70 Susie 1945
It seems that all aspects of my life are now all about PUMA.
Message to DNC (compliments of C,S & N, “Wooden Ships”) :
“Go take a sister, then, by the hand.
Lead her away from this foreign land.
Far away, where we might laugh again.
We are leaving, you don’t need us.”
…..taking Brother Pumas too!
Sen. Obama Expected to Vote on FISA Shortly
Will Obama throw over half of his supporters under the bus? Should someone call greyhound for a bigger bus?
Sent my PUMA emails.
Interesting article on how BO would govern:
July 09, 2008
Obama Would, In Fact, Govern From Left
By Dick Morris
The list of issues on which Barack Obama has flipped now that the primaries are over is long and growing rapidly.
• He says he believes in a Second Amendment right to bear arms.
• He now opposes late-term abortion.
• He suddenly is a devotee of using faith-based institutions to deliver public services.
• He now says that he won’t raise Social Security taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year. In the primary, he said he’d eliminate the threshold entirely, including on people making as little as $100,000.
• He recently opposed the Fairness Doctrine for talk radio.
• Now he says he’s going to consult with the military before pulling out of Iraq.
But so extensive a list of flip-flops, all in the past few weeks, begs the basic question: Was he lying before when he was a liberal, or is he prevaricating now?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/07/obama_would_in_fact_govern_fro.html
Hi Pumas – just sent my emails out…………..
Got an email from a group called citizen solutions talking about a conference call scheduled for tonite – has anyone else gotten anything?- I’m supposed to email back if accepting but I also got an email for a Hillary meet up meeting scheduled for tonite also – can’t be in two places at once (as well as we women can multitask – haven’t been able to nail that one down) so making a choice here……………………
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080709/Obama.Family/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-internet_wedjul09,0,1582289.story
GREAT story about how Obama’s online supporters are going against him because of his flip flop on FISA.
Murphy, I posted this before, are we gdoing this?
I read the other day about another major task to try to bring down Hillary’s debt on July 14-July 19 since a lot of people send money to “Friends for Hillary” (including me) by mistake. Is this true? Are we part of this?
^ From the CT article
“That same day, a new online group named “Senator Obama—Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity—Get FISA Right” formed on his campaign’s social networking Web site. Now with more than 22,000 members, it is the largest group on MyBarackObama.com.”
Murphy,
I was blown away by your words. Thank you for giving voice to our feelings and frustrations. Is it alright if I copy your post and send it to my best friend ? We are on the verge of losing our friendship because she’s been an Obama supporter from day one and cannot understand why I now refuse to support him. We’ve had horrible arguments and she has even called me a racist. I think your words may help.
Sent out my Puma Power emails and am already receiving receipts.
Voters at the “lower end of the socio-economic ladder”are most always dismissed and disparaged. I don’t particularly care for that terminology, but , be that as it may, it’s a hard reality. That’s why Hillary is the only choice. And for women in that so-called group, forget about it!
P.S. Did my Action Item for the day. Fantastic work, Murphy, and all, as usual! Many thanks to you.
of course Antifish. I hope they do help.
When a family or close group of people is divided, the pain and regret is so raw.
Sent my e-mails…I love copy and paste….
Have received 2 auto replies to my emails so far. No bounce backs.
Bellecat — re: paying down Hillary’s debt. We support that effort and encourage our members to always support Hillary, but “paying down her debt” has been handled far better and more completely by other groups, such as Heidi Li’s Potpourri, and others.
Sorry that I don’t have detailed information.
104 Hillmania…
[[But so extensive a list of flip-flops, all in the past few weeks, begs the basic question: Was he lying before when he was a liberal, or is he prevaricating now? ]]
Once a liar, always a liar.
Fool me once, fool me twice but never a third time.
The man’s a major con artist.
The only reason his policies were so close to Hillary’s is because he copied all of them. Just think about it for a second. She was a Senator for what…. 7 years before him… So he clevely adopted all her issues, (except for HealthCare) where he has a slight difference; and except of his Iraq stance which was based upon 1 speech given at a Jesse Jackson event… he copied her because he knew that the only way to compete against her was to match her and then the voters would vote for him based soley upon his orator abilities.
So now, he is trying to move more toward the center to 1) get Hillary Supporters onboard prior to the Convention in an attempt to get the nomination; and 2) to match McCain so he can used the same tactic on him.
He is saying,
Look at me. Aren’t I a great charismatic charmer?
And I say,
I have seen drug users and bi-polar and multiple personality disorder and narcissists and you fit the mold to a tee…
As to mimicing John F Kennedy and/or Martin Luther King…. Senator I say, you are no John Kennedy; and neither do you represent Martin Luther King.
You are a deadbeat senator and a Chicago hack just like Bill Cunningham said you are, and McCain never should have apologized for that.
When the 527′s come out in the fall, he ain’t got a chance in hell!
LETTERS SENT! GO PUMAS, GO!
RISE HILLARY RISE!
Re: E-mail I received a few minutes ago from: icount@clintondems.com
Dear Clinton Dem,
Recently the Wall Street Journal featured an article “Clinton’s Convention Role Being Negotiated” that misleads readers. The article says:
“Minor” candidates typically get a few votes at the conventions. But no party has had a roll call with two candidates since the 1976 Republican convention, when then President Gerald Ford beat Ronald Reagan by 57 votes.”
Mo Udall, Jerry Brown, Hubert Humphrey, weren’t what you would call “minor candidates,” and certainly not Ted Kennedy when at the 1980 convention, when he received 1,150 votes against incumbent president Jimmy Carter.
In 1984 Gary Hart received 1,201 and Jesse Jackson 466 votes on the rollcall.
In 1988 Jesse Jackson’s nomination was celebrated by a 1,219 vote rollcall.
In 1992 Jerry Brown received 596 and Paul Tsongas 289 votes.
There have been 10 Democratic National Conventions from 1968 through 2004 are as follows:
The 1996 re-election of President Clinton was uncontested. But of the remaining 9 conventions, seven held rollcalls of all the candidates involved.
For the two that didn’t:
There is not reason that Hillary should not be allowed a rollcall vote. Should she not be allowed the rollcall, we can only infer that the party is now corrupt at the highest levels.
There is overwhelming precedent for Hillary to be placed in nomination and receive a rollcall vote.
Please help Hillary retain her delegates for this vote by calling delegates and affirming their support for Hillary Clinton, and reminding them why Hillary is the best candidate to beat McCain in November.
If you can dedicate a little time to calling undecided and Hillary delegates, you can make a decisive difference in the outcome of the rollcall vote!
To make calls, go to http://clintondems.com/action-center/ and click on the “CALL” button. Just a few calls can convince a delegate to support Hillary over Obama. Please call today!
Pam
Wow, what a powerful piece, Murphy! Thank you.
The Hillary Flashpoint says it perfectly.
I sent it to my email list and sent the Growl to the media outlets.
Keep Growling PUMAs!
#117 Cosmeta:
Hear Hear!!! You said it all. During the debates he even went so far as to say “Hillary is right blah blah blah. ” He rarely had a thought of his own. From the very first debate I got behind Hillary and could see right through BO’s inexperience.
I might have posted this some days ago… so if I have, I apologize for the repeat.
During the middle of the Primary season, at the request of one of my sisters I tuned into FoxNews and the Bill O’reilly show for the very first time. Prior to that, I had been watching CNN.
That’s when I noticed something really strange. Whenever I turned on CNN they made Hilallary look fat around her hips; yet not so on other channels.
That’s when this sexist thing hit me like a ton of bricks. Damn, I said to myself… I know media will spin and edit talk shows but I did not realize that they doctor live footage of speeches.
Ever since then I’ve been watching FoxNews, except for Lou Dobbs to whom I really like and TRUST.
Re: Great resource for writing letters to print media
http://www.democrats.org/page/content/partybuilderLTE/
Murphy
You have said exactly how we all feel!!
I graduated from college in 1982. I could not believe the bias in the job market. The statements said to me ranged from anger to the ridiculous. “You are trying to get work in a man’s field….you are going to take a job from a man who needs to support a family…have you got permission from your husband to work…you know women can not do accounting and you should not even attempt to get a job in this profession…you are going to take too much time off to care for your children….”
I could go on and on. Seeing Hillary being treated the same way now has made me realize the bias has not really ended. It is maddening to see the Democrats pick a man who does not even have half the qualifications that Hillary has. We must do everything we can to get Hillary on the ballot. If not Hillary, then McCain in ’08.
MURPHY: Fantastic post. I think it captures so many things we’ve blogged about the last couple of weeks.
Today I plan to forward your post to all the influentials I know, and then some. Bravo!!
p.s. I still don’t understand how you get any sleep.
All emails have been sent. What a good article Murphy!
Thanks for all you do.
#113 Murphy,
Thank you. I sent it to her, fully crediting you of course. I hope something in it strikes a chord with her. I’d hate to lose such a good friend over the likes of Barack Obama.
#34 mcr,
Thanks for posting the link. I can’t believe Congresswoman Schultz when she says “We need to address that issue (sexism) but we need to not take it out on Barack Obama because it is not his fault” And she also said this about the Clinton hold outs “It is not unexpected that they wouldn’t just automatically shift over to Obama because they are not the typical democratic supporters that just automatically shift over, they need to be wooed, they need to be won over”
The “typical” democratic supporters that just automatically shift over????? Huh?????!!!!
I need to go outside for a moment or else……..
Re: Howard Wolfson http://www.taylormarsh.com/
A Fighter Signs On at Fox BY TAYLOR MARSH
#41 Goalucard4Hill on 07.09.08 at 11:24 am
Nice one Murphy – but what am I chopped liver???
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Hello Everyone!
Finally got my account to log in! I’m learning!
I see some very good ideas for supporting Sen. Clinton here, but I do wonder if we are being taken seriously.
When I searched for this site I also found that Ms. Murphy contributed to McCain’s campaign in 2000, but not to Hill’s? Please, is this correct, and if so, is Puma PAC supporting McCain or working to nominate Hill in Denver?
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Pumas. What the heck is going on over in Iran!?? Anyone woathcin the news? Apparenlty they’re testing missiles. This is not good.
#132
Duh
Should read woathcin = watching
#67 TrishfromCanada:
Thanks for the link, good to know more about DNC fallouts and growl at them…
How is the weather in Canada? Is it Vancouver or Montreal?
Here in Texas is hot!
I don’t have time to read the blogs today, but sent my emails.
Good job Murphy on the post today.
#128
It’s hard to believe Schultz is a woman…
“It is not unexpected that they wouldn’t just automatically shift over to Obama because they are not the typical democratic supporters that just automatically shift over, they need to be wooed, they need to be won over”
Oh yeah…that’s right…women need to be wooed because they don’t possess the intelligence to make decisions unless it includes flowers and a box of chocolates…SPARE ME!
Sent emails during my lunch!
Murphy -your letter is beyond eloquent, articulate and spot on- WOW….you need to work in journalism full time~
Apologize if this has already been posted, but I don’t think so….(Herbert used to lean pro-O)
1. WELL WELL WELL… Lurching With Abandon Bob Herbert
In one of the numbers from “Fiddler on the Roof,” Tevye sings, with a mixture of emotions: “We haven’t got the man … we had when we began.”
Back in January when Barack Obama pulled off his stunning win in the Iowa caucuses, and people were lining up in the cold and snow for hours just to get a glimpse of him, there was a wide and growing belief — encouraged to the max by the candidate — that something new in American politics had arrived.
His brilliant, nationally televised victory speech in Des Moines sent a shiver of hope through much of the electorate. “The time has come for a president who will be honest about the choices and the challenges we face,” said Senator Obama, “who will listen to you and learn from you, even when we disagree, who won’t just tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to know.”
Only an idiot would think or hope that a politician going through the crucible of a presidential campaign could hold fast to every position, steer clear of the stumbling blocks of nuance and never make a mistake. But Barack Obama went out of his way to create the impression that he was a new kind of political leader — more honest, less cynical and less relentlessly calculating than most.
You would be able to listen to him without worrying about what the meaning of “is” is.
This is why so many of Senator Obama’s strongest supporters are uneasy, upset, dismayed and even angry at the candidate who is now emerging in the bright light of summer.
One issue or another might not have made much difference. Tacking toward the center in a general election is as common as kissing babies in a campaign, and lord knows the Democrats need to expand their coalition.
But Senator Obama is not just tacking gently toward the center. He’s lurching right when it suits him, and he’s zigging with the kind of reckless abandon that’s guaranteed to cause disillusion, if not whiplash.
So there he was in Zanesville, Ohio, pandering to evangelicals by promising not just to maintain the Bush program of investing taxpayer dollars in religious-based initiatives, but to expand it. Separation of church and state? Forget about it.
And there he was, in the midst of an election campaign in which the makeup of the Supreme Court is as important as it has ever been, agreeing with Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas that the death penalty could be imposed for crimes other than murder. What was the man thinking?
Thankfully, a majority on the court left the barbaric Scalia-Thomas-Obama (and John McCain) reasoning behind and held that capital punishment would apply only to homicides.
“What’s he doing?” is the most common question heard recently from Obama supporters.
For one thing, he’s taking his base for granted, apparently believing that such stalwart supporters as blacks, progressives and pumped-up younger voters will be with him no matter what. A taste of the backlash this can produce erupted on the candidate’s own Web site.
Thousands of Obama supporters flooded the site with protests over his decision to support an electronic surveillance bill that gives retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. The senator had previously promised to filibuster the bill if it contained the immunity clause.
There has been a reluctance among blacks to openly criticize Senator Obama, the first black candidate with a real shot at the presidency. But behind the scenes, there is discontent among African-Americans, as well, over Mr. Obama’s move away from progressive issues, including his support of the Supreme Court’s decision affirming the constitutional right of individuals to bear arms.
There’s even concern that he’s doing the Obama two-step on the issue that has been the cornerstone of his campaign: his opposition to the war in Iraq. But the senator denied that any significant change should be inferred from his comment that he would “continue to refine” his policy on the war.
Mr. Obama is betting that in the long run none of this will matter, that the most important thing is winning the White House, that his staunchest supporters (horrified at the very idea of a President McCain) will be there when he needs them.
He seems to believe that his shifts and twists and clever panders — as opposed to bold, principled leadership on important matters — will entice large numbers of independent and conservative voters to climb off the fence and run into his yard.
Maybe. But that’s a very dangerous game for a man who first turned voters on by presenting himself as someone who was different, who wouldn’t engage in the terminal emptiness of politics as usual.
Time flies and the Iowa caucuses seem a very long time ago.
New aol poll up: you’ll like this one!
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/07/09/hot-seat-who-is-obama/
Loved it Murphy. I wish i could write like that. I’ll just stick with getting the Actions done. Lol! Good day everyone!
Emaiedl all my “PUMA POWER” letters.
Hi all, haven’t been on today, but sent all my emails. Its busy at work today, so can’t blog yet. I am here in spirit though. Murphy, excellent article, worthy of framing! see you all later.
PS.
#41 goalucard..no you are not chopped liver! we luv you!
^Emailed
Re-post from late last night
TOPIC: “Worst person in the world” #322 Hilmania,
Olbermann IS worst person in the world, now! Tisk, tisk, such a loss.
I know it’s wrong to judge, but I put Bill Richardson in the same category. Could be Obama tries to go for him as VP.
Still, I have to admit there IS one other person irks me more, it’s Arianna Huffington. Her website was so riddled with hate-filled posts about Hillary, it’s a shame someone didn’t save those to show how sexist she allowed the posters to be. At least now they’re railing against Dick Cheney, better than misplacing their anger against our Hillary.
Huffington Post is the worst, it will take me a loong time to forget Ariana’s lack of leadership in promoting respect towards people like Hillary.
#132 PA2Hill,
Iran is one of the major reasons we need a competent president. They are a real threat to the stability of the Middle East and Israel. I don’t want someone in office who will respond with a speech when they launch an attack.
antifish: Or worse yet, do a flip-flop to an Iranian leader…
#136 dmrr
LOL!
A Baby Puma brag, reposted from last night:
Stuffed & mailed all my fliers to BIG Hillary campaign donar$ in my state today.
Who knows, but after they read the PUMA fliers I sent them, some of these big spenders will come to our site, and soon be donating money to PUMA, & Denver?!
Hi Hillary is the one! I’m sorry our names are so similar!
You can call me shorty if you want.
This was just put up, by an Obama supporter, regarding Obama in the senate today.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/solveiblue/gGxfy9
#144,
In my opinion not only Arianna lacks the leadership in promoting respect, she actually led the charge against Hillary.
Go to the website listed below but also if you are able, respond to the request for examples of caucus infractions……
The website has some great articles including the first one, I Feel Betrayed….www.lynettelong.com
CORRUPTED CAUCUSES: Dr. Lynette Long is doing research on caucus fraud. She or one of her assistants will interview anyone who attended a caucus and was surprised or dismayed by what they saw. She is also interested in any proof of fraud, photos, videos, tapes. She is interested in copies of fliers distributed by Obama campaign. Lynette is legit. She has published 20 books. You can check her website at http://www.lynettelong.com. Thanks for helping her with this important project.
I just got the Daily Growl and sent the emails again.
GO PUMA’s!!
Hi hillstheone, I really like your name
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Just want to say NICE GOING to all the Pumas popping in to say they’ve completed the Actions for today. You keep us roaring along.
NICE GOING!
Wow, Murphy. Not much to be added to that statement.
I lurk more than post, but felt I needed to congratulate you on a well-written, to-the-point declaration.
#146 hillstheone,
Actually, I could see that happening.
Here is a great article from NY Times from last month re “Fast Eddie Obama.” I had heard him referred to before (fondly) by fellow Chicago (thug) politicians as “Fast Eddie.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/opinion/20brooks.html
I have sent letter to Howard Dean, am sending as big a donation as I can today to Hillary to help pay down her debt. And am writing letters still to SDs. Great to see the Hillary supporters finally getting noticed! Thanks Murphy! You are truly awesome.
Murphy, thanks so much for this wonderful essay. I’m adding it to my Keepers file for all the essays, cartoons, videos and other things that I never want to forget. I also sent my PUMA POWER emails & yesterday I mailed in my PennyProtest letter (I think I got that idea from hillarysupporters.com). Despite how serious the issues are, I am really having fun! Thank you, PUMA!
Sent out earlier today.
Thank you again Murphy, for spelling out reality in this so-call porgressive society…Not!
We are by your side!
I can’t believe I did it!
Success in copying and pasting letters (first time, EVER)e-mails sent.
Okay I have a story from yesterday, 2 muslims in my office, 1 a independent one a democrat, (sounds like a joke eh) okay both voted for Bush the 1st time cause they believed him, they say it was a muslim thing?? Anyway the dem says he’s for obama cause he won’t be fooled again…..I tell him I don’t like him he asks why, I tell him…anyway I told him to listen cause things were going to come out, I think I was able to put some doubts…the ind. is undecided but paying attention…
Get out the kleenex….it’s Hillary Hugs with Barbra Streisand singing voice over.. But a good reminder of what we’re fighting for…..(not that we need reminding)… the last still photo is not one I had ever seen….breathtaking photo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2zaXANuqGQ
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Cut and paste the press release and get it sent out to the list of emails.
Them come back here and brag!
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Cut and Paste and send tens of thousands of emails today.
You are the PUMA cheerleader for sure!
Kudos again Murphy!!!!! “FLASHPOINT”, priceless.
Hi Pumas – just copied this quote from The Confluence:
“riverdaughter, on July 9th, 2008 at 1:50 pm Said:
Linda: She owes about $12 million to herself which she chose to use as a investment, not to be paid off. Up until last weekend, that left about $10-11 million of which we knocked off approximately $4-6 million. SO, one more independence weekend and she should be home free.”
Looks like we did a good job – one more weekend – can be done by the 15th – sounds good…………….
Please visit this website. They are documenting the elected officials who went against the will of their constituent majority to support BO. They also show the ones who received money from him. It’s still a work in progress, but will be a great resource when complete.
http://www.dncreform.com/Campaigns.html
In a speech designed to pander to Hispanics, Obama “embarrassed” by Americans.
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/07/09/obama-says-we-should-all-speak-spanish/
Action items sent.
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There is an email in you inbox.
Subject “PUMAs tell politicians Denver”
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Cut and paste the press release and get it sent out to the list of emails.
Them come back here and brag!
Keep going!
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Cut and Paste and send tens of thousands of emails today.
Ha ha, Sent the press releases again from one of my other email addresses. Flood the media with Puma Power!
I’m a lurker today … still, I am keeping up with the daily PUMA action items (and inventing a few of my own).
Great job on “The Hillary Flashpoint” Murphy, I have read it at least six times over.
#159 Writer4starz,
Thank you for the link, the columnist is so spot on when he says this about *61: “This guy is the whole Chicago package: an idealistic, lakefront liberal fronting a sharp-elbowed machine operator. He’s the only politician of our lifetime who is underestimated because he’s too intelligent. He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside.”
*61 reminds me TOO MUCH of Osama Bin Laden!
Instead of vetting this candidate, the DNC decided to throw good judgment aside and use personality politics and misogyny to trump GW. In the end, the only one trumped is the poor American.
I think that the final straw for me was when BO said NO to the revote in MI/FL. If he had nothing to fear, why not allow every vote to count?
In the end, the race card and his arrogance will be his downfall. He will have only himself, and billions of our dollars, to blame. The DNC, and people who in my opinion need to wake up and read the facts have to blame themselves, because in the end every single person is responsible for his/her own vote.
I will not hate BO or his supporters, but I will not be able to forgive the lies. Hillary Clinton is as good as it gets in this non-perfect world, and until you can do better for your entire life do not sit in judgment, lest you be judged as harshly.
I feel betrayed….
by Lynette Long
I feel BETRAYED by Oprah Winfrey who told me, I as a woman could do anything, and then supported Barack Obama. She never even had Hillary on her show.
I feel BETRAYED by CNN who portrays itself as a National News Network, yet became a daily pep rally for Obama and threw all notions of journalism out the window.
I feel BETRAYED by Nancy Keenan, the President of NARAL, who three weeks before the end of the primary endorsed Barack Obama when Hillary has done the most for women’s reproductive rights.
I feel BETRAYED by Ellen Malcom, the head of Emily’s List, who as soon as Clinton suspended her campaign, switched her loyalty to Obama and who pushed for his election at her majority council meeting.
I feel BETRAYED by NOW, the Feminist Majority, and all the other Women’s groups that did not storm the news networks during the primary or speak more aggressively against sexism.
I feel BETRAYED by Clinton supporters, who tell me I have to vote Democratic.
I feel BETRAYED by Clinton’s big donors who give money to Barak Obama.
I feel BETRAYED by young women who do not understand how hard we fought for their rights.
I feel BETRAYED by the millions of women who supported Hillary Clinton but didn’t vote.
I feel BETRAYED by my friends who are voting for Obama.
I feel SAD for Hillary Clinton who did not understand that we would stand behind her, repay her debt and elect her president with or without the Democratic Party.
Let me be perfectly clear. Barack Obama did not win the Democratic Primary, he stole it. Hillary Clinton and the women of this country have been minimized, marginalized, and abused by the DNC, the main stream media and the male patriarchy. You do not surrender to abuse. You do not go back home thinking it will be different next time. It will not be different. You cannot go back home. You can never go home. You have to create a new home. Power comes from saying NO, not from reconciliation.
# 171 MamaPuma
I have sent you an email concerning not being able to recieve Daily Growls.
Email Alert!!!!! Email Alert!!!!!!
#133 PA I read that Israeel says they will hit Iran if “he” is elected. guess everyone is flexing their muscles
Murphy, that was well written and inspiring.
“We will not forget in November..and beyond”
We are all waking up to the power we wield. Let us never stop organizing, standing strong together forever.
Puma Pals,
Received a disturbing email form a local chapter of Planned Parenthood (http://www.ppgg.org/) in which it announced its endorsement of Senator Obama. It struck me as part of the “the women will flock to Obama” pitch. Growl! Where are the standards for supporting women? Is it all just political expediency?
I unsubscribed saying:
“I have regrettably unsubscribed from your email newsletter because of your endorsement of Barack Obama. I will not donate any monies to any organization that aids and abets this corrupt and sexist politician.
He benefitted from misogynistic attacks against Hillary Clinton and never raised a finger in opposition (well, he did raise his middle finger in an adolescent display…)
It is shameful that after all Senator Clinton has done for women’s rights that organizations such as yours which have benefitted from her efforts could not stand in solidarity with her.”
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madazhel
a California PUMA
#176 Lorelai
WOW – I feel exactly the same way – BETRAYED!
But not by PUMA, we ALL get it and we will fight for it until HRC is the President of the United States of America!
Actually, I did take the attacks on Hillary personally.
When she speaks, she speaks for me. The attacks on her were attacks on all women, especially older women.
I hope there is not one of us who is still watching CNN, MSNBC, NBC or buying any products that they advertise.
#181 madazzhel
Right ON!
Super Delegates (elected officials) on the list MUST be held accountable for their lack of courage and inability and unwillingness to stand up for the will and voice of the voters.
http://www.dncreform.com/Campaigns.html
John Kerry’s state voted Clinton 704,591 Obama 511,887
Contribute to the Radio Ad Campaign CLICK HERE
Super Delegates (elected officials) on the list MUST be held accountable for their
lack of courage and inability and unwillingness to stand up for the will and voice of the voters
IND.- Joe Donnelly Clinton 72,554 Obama 69,747 accepted $7500.00 “donation” from B.O.
IND. -Baron Hill Clinton 94,717 Obama 54,763 accepted $12,500.00 “donation” from B.O.
MICH.- Bart Stupak Clinton 19,566 Obama 9,634 uncomm. 1,546
W.V.- J.D. Rockefeller Clinton 239,187 Obama 91,663
W.V.- Robert Byrd Clinton 239,187 Obama 91,663
W.V. Alan Mollohan Clinton 72,473 Obama 30,333
W.V. Nick Rahall Clinton 94,328 Obama 25,825
CA. -Zoe Lofgren Clinton 50,056 Obama 30,068
CA.- Sam Farr Clinton 43,114 Obama 39,814
CA .-Jim Costa Clinton 29,955 Obama 13,780
CA.- Dennis Cardoza Clinton 37,409 Obama 20,467
CA.-George Miller Clinton 51,940 Obama 47,113
CA.- Gerald McNerney Clinton 51,112 Obama 37,310 accepted $5000.00 “donation” from B.O.
CA.- Fortney “Pete” Stark Clinton 63,038 Obama 42,172
CA.- Howard Berman Clinton 54,829 Obama 34,172
CA.- Adam Schiff Clinton 49,137 Obama 41,679
CA.- Henry Waxman Clinton 78,526 Obama 74,660
CA.- Linda Sanchez Clinton 53,249 Obama 23,764
CA.- Joe Baca Clinton 38,106 Obama 21,424 accepted $4000.00 “donation” from B.O.
CA.- Bob Filner Clinton 40,372 Obama 24,867
AZ.- Raul Grijavla Clinton 30,175 Obama 21,405
AZ.- Gabrielle Giffords Clinton 38,216 Obama 35,676
Fl.- Ron Klein Clinton 39451 Obama 19228 accepted $11,000.00 “donation” from B.O.
KY.- Ben Chandler Clinton 78,902 Obama 44,518
VA.- Rick Boucher Clinton 34,631 Obama 17,389
N.H.- Carol Shea Porter Clinton 56830 Obama 48928
R.I.-Patrick Kennedy Clinton 108,949 Obama 75,316
Mass.- John Olver Clinton 62,414 Obama 49,634
Mass.- Niki Tsongas Clinton 68,631 Obama 46,811
Mass.- Bill Delahunt Clinton 74,634 Obama 53,714
N.J.- Steven Rothman Clinton 602,576 Obama 492,186
N.J.- Donald M. Payne Clinton 602,576 Obama 492,186
N.J.- Rush Holt Clinton 602,576 Obama 492,186
N.J.- Frank Lautenberg Clinton 602,576 Obama 492,186
Tenn.- Lincoln Davis Clinton 55,393 Obama 14,639
Tenn.- Bart Gordon Clinton 49,015 Obama 20,492
Miss.- Gene Taylor Clinton 41768 Obama 42636
Miss.- Travis Childers Clinton 52682 Obama 49521
AL.- Robert “Bud” Cramer Clinton 44,521 Obama 39,101
OH.- Zack Space Clinton 72950 Obama 33725 accepted a $7500.00 “donation” from B.O.
OH.- Dennis Kucinich Clinton 84499 Obama 50736
OH.- Marcy Kaptur Clinton 73781 Obama 61224
OH.- Charlie Wilson Clinton 98826 Obama 37661 accepted a $7000.00 “donation” from B.O.
OH.- Sherrod Brown Clinton 1207806 Obama 979025
PENN.- Jason Altmire Clinton 84,122 Obama 43,962 accepted a $10,000.00 “donation” from B.O.
PENN.- Patrick Murphy Clinton 78,655 Obama 46,287 accepted a $18,826.00 “donation” from B.O.
NM-Jeff Bingaman Clinton 72,997 Obama 71,268 accepted a $4200.00 “donation” from B.O.
NM- Gov. Bill “Judas” Richardson Clinton 72,997 Obama 71,268
NV- Harry Reid Clinton 5,355 Obama 4,773
and more to come…………..
http://www.dncreform.com/Campaigns.html
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This is a list of super delegates that voted against the voice of voters in their states. Maybe we can use this to get a list together for emailing???
Lorelei: I understand your pain… all of us feel it… but we must raise up our heads… do something positive for Hillary. I went to celebratehillary.com and blogged in a birthday message for her… i encourage all of you to do the same… it will not always be this way, it will change and only in solidarity can we make it so…
Go to celebratehillary.com and roam around the site. It is very positive and we can show our solidarity…
#177 Lorelai, thanks for the Lynette Long piece entitled “I Feel Betrayed.” I had to go back and read it again. Tears started forming in my eyes. This piece really tells it like it is. I hope Hillary has a chance to see this.
Mostly reading today and trying to get some much needed work accomplished but I ran into this little tidbit on Yahoo site:
As if any Veep announcement could “DROWN US OUT”
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“Barack Obama could use his veep announcement to drown out any lingering voices of unhappiness from Sen. Hillary Clinton’s army of convention delegates. A story on Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal reminds us that plenty of Clinton backers are not yet happy campers. They want to nominate their candidate as the world watches and cast 1,600 votes, as a powerful reminder that Obama’s victory was floss-thin. “
Just got this from Hillary’s campaign- loved the winning t-shirt because she said this at the Ohio Primary win (my state) and I loved it! For those of you who don’t know, there was a contest that Chelsea sponsored….
anyway….here’s the info:
Dear
I have so many wonderful memories from the millions of people I met on the campaign trail. Over the past year and half, I have also collected a few cherished mementos. They are a reflection of the many ups and downs that we went through together and represent our many accomplishments.
In May, Chelsea announced our “Project T-Shirt” contest, and I never imagined we would have such an outpouring of support and great designs. We received almost five thousand amazing entries, and more than 125,000 of you voted for your favorite design.
While the primary race may be over, I think the winning t-shirt — and it won by a landslide — still makes a wonderful statement about everything you and I accomplished in this historic race and our determination to keep fighting for what we believe in.
If you contribute $50 today you’ll get a t-shirt with the winning design and continue to help me pay down our campaign debt.
Click here to make a contribution of $50 and receive one of our winning t-shirts.
Denitza of Weehawken, New Jersey submitted the winning t-shirt. I’d like to thank Denitza and the thousands of others who put their time, talent, and efforts into all the great designs that were submitted.
I know you’re as proud as I am of everything we achieved and I hope I can count on you to work with me on the issues that brought us together. By helping us pay down the debt from one of the hardest-fought races in Democratic primary history, you’re making a real difference today for all our future efforts.
Plus, if you contribute $50, you’ll get one of our winning t-shirts. It’s a great statement about the spirit that drove our campaign, and I hope you’ll get one for yourself!
Contribute $50 to help pay down our debt, and you’ll get a t-shirt with our winning design.
Thank you for everything!
Hillary Rodham Clinton
p.s. the graphic didn’t come out but the quote on the t-shirt is “For everyone who was knocked down but refused to be knocked out, etc. etc. This ones for you!’
The national organization for women can kiss my behind. They are a worn out, “bought out” entity that never spoke to me in the first place.
They are now there to serve themselves.
110 antifish on 07.09.08 at 12:50 pm
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It is tough when close friends feel so passionately about opposite ends of a spectrum. I’m in the same boat: most of my friends are die hard Obama supporters and cannot understand how I will not vote for him. But, we allow eachother the freedom of our expression, without anger, and take glee in the fact that we will cancel eachother out in the GE! We have aggreed to disagree, and to table the active debate. We have just decided to see eachother as delusional.
177 – writers4starz,176 mimi1020, 186 bmw6-
Thanks for your support – I guess instead of “I feel your pain” it is more appropriate to say “We feel our pain”…
Perhaps the post above I posted re the t-shirt can address the “doing somehing positive that bmw60 is referring to in addition to all our “action items”
Thanks everyone….
LOL This is hilarious, if you want your daily laugh, please check this out. No hints either, just look a tit.
http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Howard_Dean/
#135 bellecat
Toronto and its hot, muggy and I just wish it would rain.
Haven’t caught up with the posts yet but I did do my work today and sent the e-mails out. Three bounced back, NBC w/Brian Williams, CNN and the Today Show. Does anyone have a better e-mail address so I can resend them?
oh, and I forgot to thank Murphy for that inspiring prologue.
BO LURING PEOPLE WITH MONEY
I was walking around downtown Berkeley, CA yesterday and saw these big flyers all over the place saying, “SUMMER CAMPAIGN JOBS TO ELECT OBAMA… Work for Grassroots Campaign Inc to help elect Obama and Democrats nationally this November. Make $1,200 to $2,200!”
Is this even legal?!… Get paid to campaign for BO?! There are people who just may need to make extra money, and may not care that much about politics or the candidates, who may sign up for the cash. What a lure!
I saw these big bright posters at every corner, on every available pole, some store windows, etc… and I’m sure they’re all over the University and around campus too. I heard that it’s the same in certain other cities. I’ve never before seen this kind of campaign recruiting efforts that lure people with MONEY! BO thinks that with money he can buy victory!
#183 – I took them personally as well. I winced every time I heard an attack. I’ve never heard attacks like those from a mainstream media outlet. FCC has fined media outlets for less.
My mother always said “if they do it to someone else, they do it to you”. “They” must not be allowed to get away with it.
#189 Loreli
I like this part of HRC’s email!
“While the primary race may be over,”
Notice how she says “MAY” be over. NOT – IS OVER.
I love her!
“…they will do it to you”
Puma’s watch out for this one, we need to counter it with something positive to tell FOX to continue exposing the truth about Obama:
Have you heard the Moveon.org has a petition telling FOX to stop what they call racist and hate-filled smears against Barack Obama. Right now they claim to have over 428,000 people.
They have a video too:
https://pol.moveon.org/donate/foxsmears.html?id=13181-5252920-oCPl.6x&t=3
Sent the PUMA POWER Daily Growl to all.
199 mimi1029 – great catch! I didn’t even notice that subtle nuance…..makes me feel even better… Were you able to see the actual t-shirt? I may be getting better at cutting and pasting, but someone, the graphic of the shirt from her email didn’t transfer. I’ll see if I can get it done again…although, unlike the other night, when I cut and pasted something three million times, we ended up with a ball of yarn instead of a thread.
Let me see if I can do this. lol
Wow!! Two snaps! Fantastic writing. I laughed and I cheered.
I will NEVER give Dean, Pelosi, Brazile, Obama and those in the ship of fools, the satisfaction of my vote. In their own words, GET OVER IT!
#201 Vadaryl
This must be the latest attack against Free Speech and Freedom of the Press
As for the 428,000 signatures, I could easily sign a petition 1,000 times with 1,000 different names so I’m not impressed.
As for a response to FOX, I think we should let them know that this is just the kind of harrassment we have had to deal with, that we support their backbone to report news based on fact and not fantasy, that we will continue to support any news media that has the backbone to report news based on fact and not fantasy. FOX has thousands from PUMA Pac and the coaliton of JustSayNoDeal to support them.
This terrorism against our basic rights has got to stop and if we can’t stop it, God help us.
Great job again, Murphy — you do us proud!
Sent my emails.
#206 dschulz – are you nuts? No way would I participate in something so stupid and disgusting – I don’t like Obama but this is beyond anthing a PUMA would support – he will self distruct all by himself without any prompting from any PUMAs……………
VADARYL #201, thanks for nothing Move On, huh?
holy smokes folks — hang on.
#205 utahpuma I am a little scared that FOX may give in because they see big $$$$ for ads that Obama may run on the network. Murdoch may jump on the Obama bangwagon.
dschultz — what an absolutely HORRIBLE thing to say. I have forwarded your ISP address to our attorney and the FBI.
You are a disgrace!
206 dschultz – You are not welcome here – are you crazy!? That is not what we’re about……Murphy, please take this off the post!
Remove that idiot
#206 dschulz
Hi PUMAs,
Just sent off the Press Release to the TV networks. I noticed there wasn’t any contact for MSNBC. I hate them as much as anyone else and no longer view ANY of their programs, but the last time I did, Joe Scarbourough was a fan of Hillary, and just wondered why we didn’t include “Morning Joe” on the release notice.
By the way, I just came back from a trip to Berlin, Germany where they had a festival and grand opening of the US Embassy at the Brandenburg Gate. (I believe the annointed one hopes to deliver a speech there soon). They had booths all around and there was one for the Precious hosted by US Citizens Abroad. It was very disappointing having taken a trip to get away from the idiots only to run into the O-nuts over there. YUK!
Okay, I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Honestly very sorry. It’s a film and it’s artwork. Yes, it does express an unsightly scene but it’s simply expression which is free.
Please feel free to remove my comment. I figured this would be the best place to find some help in making the film.
#206 Schultz
Are you an idiot or something?
arrgggg – idiots – no clue!
#209 I’m sorry Murphy if I broke any rules for posting the moveon petition. They seem to be the only network that is exposing Obama and I did not want that group stopping their reporting.
no, good job vadaryl. thank you.
David — if you are sincere — you made a grave error. That sort of violence and hatred is not welcome here, nor should it be welcome anywhere.
I have deleted your comments.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/7CBE26475D275420862574800011AE3F?OpenDocument
“Howard Wolfson, who was a top strategist for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, is going where many Democrats were unwilling to go during the early days of the election season: the Fox News Channel. “
#202 loreli
I tried to go onto her website to see it but couln’t find it. i would love to buy it and help her. Unfortunately, I unsubscribed from her website when she backed *61. I could not stand to see such a horror.
Let me know if you find it.
Thanks!
dschultz, where have we heard this strategy before….say something completely inappropriate, then apologize….humph.
Lorelai…can you please get my email addie from maryland puma and forward the email to me? Usually I get email from Hillary but I never received this and was planning another donation. I had also planned to but the tee shirt when it came out so will add that to my donation! thanks!
#177 Lorelai
You are right on. With over 50% of the population, most women will still not stand and say “ENOUGH!”
I acutally wrote to NOW to question why they weren’t standing up for her during the primary. I had been a member for years when doing so was ‘radical’. They sent me a form to renew my membership. No other response.
We have so much power gone to waste. Thank God for PUMA.
(I inadvertently posted downstairs. Sorry.)
Please help.
Knowing what I know now, I decided to begin distributing this letter to newspapers and other news outlets based in Europe in advance of his visit, in an effort to blunt European fixation with everything Obama so that I won’t have to remediate – again – after the fact. My first letter will go to Berlin, which city is already entertaining a lively debate as to whether to allow him to speak at the Brandenberg Gate.
Please critique so that I can get this out. Thank you.
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Please, Berlin, if you allow Senator Obama to stage a performance at the historic Brandenburg Gate, be careful.
Here in the United States, as a ploy to defeat Senator Clinton in the race for the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, Senator Obama perfected a well-documented history of artificially inflating the number of his supporters. One way he accomplished this was to recruit audience members for his live performances (and then bamboozle the press into believing they all showed up just to see him). Here is just one example of the success of that subterfuge.
Evidently assuming he will be formally nominated at the Democratic Convention being held at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, in August, Senator Obama booked a football stadium next door to accept the nomination. Michael Falcone, writing for the New York Times, proposed this reason for the move: the Pepsi Center holds 12,000 people; the stadium holds 75,000. And a “sea of 75,000 people swarmed around” him during the primary, at a gathering in a park in Portland, Oregon, in May, making this “the largest crowd of his campaign.”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/obama-picks-stadium-for-acceptance-speech/
Except that, the crowd at that park in Oregon in May was staged. During the final months of the primary, Senator Obama’s support as compared to Senator Clinton declined rapidly, earning her more than 500,000 more votes in these last few contests than her opponent. So, before his appearance in Oregon, a state his campaign identified as ‘must win,’ he shored up his numbers at that event by setting up an advance cross-promotional marketing effort with the Decemberists, a popular indie band based in Portland. Here is a link to the Decemberists’ web site, on which they announced they would be giving a free concert and asking their fans to contact the Obama campaign directly to RSVP, along with the link to the campaign’s web site.
http://www.decemberists.com/news.aspx
And here is a link to a music site advertising that the Decemberists would be appearing in the park, for free.
http://www.bandweblogs.com/blog/2008/05/17/the-decemberists-to-perform-at-rally-with-barack-obama-portland-oregon/
In other words, for safety planning, anticipate that there is no way you can predict how many people will show up to see the candidate in Berlin, only that his campaign will make sure those numbers meet their expectations.
MURPHY,
Thanks again for inviting me yesterday to meet Diane and Japan TV Press. It was very exciting.
YOU ROCK!
just checking the thread, can’t stay
OMG Murphy. A mighty, mighty powerful call to arms. Wow. You didn’t need any staduim to call us. Your voice came in loud and clear. So very proud to be a foot soldier in our WAR.
I just emailed the Action for the day to the networks.
#206….Dshultz…freedom of expression is one thing but to put into film what you proposed above is inhumane on any level. An apology is not enough. Please state that you will NOT follow through with what you proposed. Thanks Murphy for reporting this.
Once again, for those of you who are uncertain whether your Hillary contributions went toward debt reduction, e-mail jmantz@hillaryclinton.com, and be clear what your intention was.
I received an e-mail back and just got a personal phone call assuring me that the money is directed to paying down the debt.
OHHHHH..they are very aware of us; but obviously can’t have personal contact.
Financial reports are due out the week of July 20th.
Mimi1020 – Let me try again…..It’s a great shirt. Really.
I just got this email. It is a quote from Lee Iaccoa’s new book :
Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes? He’s now 82 years old and has a new book, and here are some excerpts. Lee Iacocca Says: ‘Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We’ve got a gang of
clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we’ve got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can’t even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, ‘Stay the course ‘Stay the course? You’ve got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned ‘Titanic’. I’ll give you a sound bite: ‘Throw all the bums out! ‘You might think I’m getting senile, that I’ve gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we’re fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving ‘pom-poms’ instead of asking hard ques tions. That’s not the promise of the ‘ had enough. How about you? I’ll go a step further. You can’t call yourself a patriot if
you’re not outraged. This is a fight I’m ready and willing to have. The Biggest ‘C’ is Crisis! (Iacocca elaborates on nine Cs of leadership, crisis being the first.) Leaders are made, not born.Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It’s easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else’s kids off to war when you’ve never seen a battlefield yourself. It’s another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down. On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to gui de us out of the ashes. A Hell of a Mess So here’s where we stand. We’re immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving. We’re running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We’re losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while health care costs are slaughtering our once-great companies. Gas prices are sky rocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent
energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way these are times that cry out for leadership. But when you look around, you’ve got to ask: ‘Where have all the leaders gone?’ Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omni potence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point. Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We’ve spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened. Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the
storm. Everyone’s hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn’t h appen again. Now, that’s just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you’re going to do the next time. Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have beli eved that there could ever be a time when ‘The Big Three’ referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it? Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry. I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn’t elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced
with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bone head on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don’t you guys show some spine for a change? Had Enough? Hey, I’m not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I’m trying to light a fire. I’m speaking out because I have hope I believe in America. In my lifetime I’ve had the privilege of living through some of America’s greatest moments. I’ve also experienced some of our worst crises: the ‘Great Depression’, ‘World War II’, the ‘Korean War’, the ‘Kennedy Assassination’, the ‘Vietnam War’, the 1970′s oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I’ve learned one thing, it’s this: ‘you don’t get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it’s building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That’s the challenge I’m raising in this book. It’s a call to
‘Action’ for people who, like me, believe in America. It’s not too late, but it’s getting pretty close. So let’s shake off the crap and go to work. Let’s tell ‘em all we’ve had enough. ‘Make your own contribution by sending this to everyone you know and care about. It’s our country, folks; and it’s our future. Our future is at stake!
MIMI!!! email me with details — I cannot wait to hear!
Lee sounds like a PUMA to me!
#132 PA4HILL08,
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Pumas. What the heck is going on over in Iran!?? Anyone woathcin the news? Apparenlty they’re testing missiles. This is not good.”
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No it is not good, and guess who wants to disarm the USA if he is elected president?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs
This article talks about the Iranian missiles testing situation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080709/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_missiles
I found this article that say that Israel may attack Iran between election day (November 4th) and the inauguration (January 20th 2009) – while George W. Bush is still in office. That Israel doesn’t want to strike now because they don’t want to affect our election.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/2182070/Israel-'will-attack-Iran'-before-new-US-president-sworn-in,-John-Bolton-predicts.html
mimi1020 – I think I’ve got it! (the rain in spain stays mainly in the plain…..
https://contribute.hillarycampaign2008.com/tsland.html?sc=1983&utm_source=1983&utm_medium=e
I’m glad someone posted the amount of Hillary’s decreased debt. I think it would be a great idea for this site to put the link to paying off her debt back up.
Clinton and Feingold voted against the FISA bill (with others of course), but Obama voted for it.
On C-Span now, the FISA bill has passed.
I hope this is Hillary T-shirt link you wanted https://contribute.hillarycampaign2008.com/tsland.html?sc=1983&utm_source=1983&utm_medium=e
#180 Madazzhel,
You rock!
#235 BigCat,
Was just over on DKos for the FISA reaction. Oh boy, are they pissed with BO!
221 – Taffy – see link above for Hill’s t-shirt. I don’t know MarylandPuma or how to get in touch with her but will definitely forward you this email if you can me her info somehow…..
I have been silenced by the MSM, Politico and now YouTube……. That is right, I can no longer post on Youtube and I did not violate ANY rules!
I posted a video on the Hypocricy of BHO on the Don Imus, Chris Rock, Michael Richards and Oprah Winfrey comments.
This is a “Clear Cut” DOUBLE STANDARD THAT OBAMA CAN NOT EXPLAIN AWAY AND IT IS BEING KEPT FROM THE MSM EVEN THOUGH
“I HAVE SENT THEM “ALL” EMAILS TELLING THEM THAT THEY ARE COMMITING “TREASON” BY KEEPING THIS INORMATION FROM THE VOTERS!”
THIS IS NO JOKE
MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OUR FREEDOM OF PRESS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM US!
#239 antifish
Can’t wait to go see for myself. Are they calling him vicios names? Oh, Happy day!
#184 hillaryistheone on 07.09.08 at 2:20 pm
Thank you for the list. It will be put to good use.
I tried to go to mybarackobama.com and it is gone!!!
Hi there, everyone! I sent my emails out (only got one back for non-delivery: niteline) and received 3 automated responses almost immediately.
Thanks, Mama P., for the above inspiring entry~you captured our thoughts (male and female family members) beautifully. Thank you.
Excellent post Murphy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of *61 supporters are angry with him but don’t know who else to vote for, we can suggest Nader to them?
OK – sent off the e-mail today and faxes yesterday. Waiting for my posters to post around town. Thanks to all of the organizers for putting our energies to good use.
#241 zombie,
Sorry to hear that you’ve been kicked off of YouTube. The censorship going on during this election is becoming truly frightening. It’s what happens when most media outlets are owned by a handful of corporations.
#239 Roxy in cali
Your welcome….
Thanks I am at work, or I would do it. Maybe if we could get a list together with contacts we could do more mass mailings.
#241 Zombie… OMG!!!
Obama Epiphanus
Epiphanus: (“God Manifest”)
I have been most puzzled by the tone of the Obama campaign during the past few months. Particularly disturbing to me is the rabid fervor of his devotees reminds me of the pod people in the movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Overnight people that I used to esteem and respect have been turned into automatons that I no longer recognize. This new Obama movement has qualities that transcend ordinary politics. His followers are deaf to reason, eschew sensible debate, and seem to be indifferent to any due diligence on the validity of their candidate. Since his insistence last year that his fellow Democrats should embrace faith and “mean it”, it’s been apparent to me that this is no ordinary campaign in the conventional political sense. In my opinion, the Obama campaign represents a new religion and, as such, is much more insidious to our body politic than even these eight long years of George Bush have been. From my studies of the Roman empire of the late fourth century A.D, I can pick out many similarities between the at-times violent transformations of the old Roman political world as it passed from paganism to Christianity to the new ethos that is convulsing our contemporary world. It’s very similar to the events that took place in the empire after the Emperor Constantine’s nod to his adopted creed at Nicea. Shortly after the “convention” in that town, bands of newly empowered monks and laymen attacked the adherents of the old state religion and pulled down many of the temples, making it impossible for the old order and its representatives to recover their balance and reunite in their wake. I find distinct parallels in the behavior of the Obama campaign that has demonized the old norms of political behavior and etiquette. The comparison between those roving bands of mindless fanatics who were hell bent upon disrupting the old Roman world is striking because they, like the Obamatons are immune from the dictates of reason and civility. No longer a reality-based party, the cabal who have taken over the Democratic camp have turned the organization into an “unreality” based party, much as the focus of the late Roman world was turned upside down to a “belief” based governing system.
The Obama campaign represents a novel and potent threat to the fundamental separation between church and state. Obama considers himself to be the bridge between all believers, but ominously does not mention those who do not. Furthermore, as the bridge between the parties on the divisive issues of the day – he regards himself as uniquely qualified to transcend the constraints of conflicting value systems as if this self promoted gift of his was a mandate bestowed upon him from on high. Just last week, he asserted that under his administration, he would expand the faith-based initiatives formulated under Bush: thus allowing religion and religious organizations a heftier role in government with an attendant access to public funds – something expressly disallowed in the Constitution. Of course, being a ‘Constitutional” law professor, Obama will be able to justify his position to his blind followers who I predict will again give him a pass – as too many of them are doing over his recent and shameless FISA flip flop.
Though he is now a professed Christian, Obama’s childhood roots were in Islam – as evidenced by his very name. His early indoctrination has allowed him access to and support from such Muslim leaders as the mega-contentious Reverend Farrakhan: as well as to the various social and financial tie-ins to that peculiar brand of indigenous Islam. This, too, strengthens the idea of Obama as the “bridge” in the minds of his faithful – only this time between disparate faiths. The fact that both the Reverend Wright and Farrakhan are anti-Semites is not adequately addressed by the devotees of Obama Uber Alles. The American press seems to uniformly avoid commenting on the obvious fact that Obama’s twenty year association with such radical spiritual leaders will necessarily influence his views. It defies common sense that someone will spend two decades in an organization that voices ideas that one not only disagrees with, but views which do not conform to the “Mission”.
Although there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever in Senate records of his vast powers to persuade, Obama enjoins his followers to” Believe”. His voting record during his three year tenure as a senator has produced precious little legislative feats of any heft or worth, yet he exhorts those who follow him to “put away fear, doubt, and to trust him”. What really struck me as the dustup over Reverend Wright was threatening to unravel his candidacy, was the statement from his campaign that the words of Reverend Wright did not represent Barack Obama’s “Mission”. A “Mission” has a distinct and unequivocal religious bent, and from the perverse screed the Obamabots have hurled at Clinton and her supporters, it seems like the “Mission”, as has been handed down to them from the Holy One, is that “anything goes” to secure his nomination, This was amply demonstrated by the extremely misogynistic fervor of the Obama hounds over the past year. I was struck by videos of how many of his followers would weep at his name, and reach out to touch him as he passed. How New Testament is that?
Lets return briefly to the women-hating world of the late fourth Century A.D, where I see another parallel between an event that occurred there and the hatred of woman manifest in Hilary’s campaign. This time we visit the Egyptian metropolis of Alexandria where the governing entities bowed to the newly empowered church. There, Bishop Cyril incited his mob to murder a highly respected (and last) Neo-Platonist philosopher of the University, the learned Hypatia. Cyril hated her for a number of reasons: firstly, he was jealous of her popularity, secondly, she represented the unapologetic face of the Hellenistic ethos, and finally and most importantly, she was a WOMAN – a creature considered by the church fathers as unclean and not fit to teach men. Metaphorically speaking, Hillary Clinton’s treatment by our press, her detractors, and most tellingly, by Obama’s deafening silence and tacit approval, evoked for me the lynching those unthinking mobs bestowed upon that ancient teacher. They dragged her from her chariot as she passed by the main cathedral and viscously scraped Hypatia’s flesh to the bone with sea shells. Like Hypatia, Hillary was brought low by an establishment who feared that her very existance was a direct threat to their power and authority. Her popularity was a constant and unwelcome reminder of their relative inadequacy and political inexperience. The avid collusion our press, the disgraceful collaboration of the Democratic party leadership, and the relentless attacks of Obamatons attempted to discredit senator Clinton and sew doubts in the minds of the electorate as to her credibility as a candidate. On a daily basis, she was hounded and demeaned until in the minds of many her entire being was debased and vilified. She might as well have been scraped to the bone as she was completely abandoned by the party leadership. The fact remains that misogyny cuts a wide swath throughout European history. It appears to be an equal opportunity diversion, as it is cross-cultural, cross-generational, cross-chronological, and evidently alive and still virulent in 21st century America.
As we all know, belief and faith are choices. To give yourself over to the new faith, as many in our party have done, is to willingly suspend all skepticism and judgment, and to make the conscious choice to surrender oneself into the defense of the new creed, no matter what. This is what the Obama followers have done and are doing. It is a fact that converts to any new religion are tone deaf to all ideas which run counter to the message as given to them by the Messenger/Messiah/ Mahdi (or, as the great Oprah crowned Obama, “The One”,) and are ready to defend, to the point of death, the honor and integrity of it. The Obama people are displaying disturbing similarities to converts of a new religion as revealed in their fanatical eagerness to use threats, and by the coercive and base tactics they have employed to secure Obama as their nominee. Whoever invented Obama (and I have every reason to believe that his creation is the work of a cadre of very intelligent representatives of the powers of the status quo), it is a work of Machiavellian brilliance. Detractors dare not criticize Obama nor did his record for fear of being tar a racist. And, of course, no one ever dares to criticize religion. If any one does take the plunge and make the slightest hint of objection, the Obamatons will come after you like an angry hive of wasps and threaten your family, your life, or in the case of politicians, their future in politics. There is a more recent study in mass hysteria that also has some resonance in the situation we now find ourselves in, but that took place in Germany of the 1930′s.
Obama is now busy consolidating his gains in a rapid and alarming way. By relocating the Democratic power base to Chicago where it can be more thoroughly monitored and manipulated, he and his cadre of power brokers can easily control both the destiny and the treasury of the party. For a candidate with such a paltry record of accomplishment under his belt this would be considered highly unusual, unless, of course, he is deemed to be Emmanuel incarnate. The founders of this country warned us about the marriage of church and state. They were keenly aware of the almost contemporary upheavals that Europe endured during the centuries that preceded the enlightenment. They knew that the mix of religion and temporal power was an explosive and irresistible cauldron of sundry evils and thus expressly forbade
#231…Lee is a PUMA for sure. Thank you for posting this. Unfortunately, he’s right. We have gotten comfortable as a nation and have accepted mediocrity in our leaders. We have accepted “political correctness” rather than “spine” as the norm. Our press is a sham. And Hillary is sitting out the election due to all the horse crap that occurred during the primary.
And then..there are PUMAs and villagers….AND VOTERS !!
I can’t wait to vote for some new senators. I’m from CT. We have Dodd and Lieberman. You see what I mean.
As far as presidential election….It’s no to BO.
Thank you to all the lovely ladies that love me – I love you too
Kurtzer, Lasensky, Rice, Brzezinski, Powers…the list of anti-Israel foreign policy advisors *61 has goes on an on. Is it any wonder the Israeli’s are waiting to see who we elect?
Here is a list by candidate of their foreign policy advisors. Kurtzer and Lasensky are new ones to replace Malley….but are not any better.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/documents/the-war-over-the-wonks.html
you need to let Greta know about this.. this is happening way to much… the media needs to talk about this.
Congressional Approval Falls to Single Digits for First Time Ever
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_performance/congressional_performance
I happened across this article from Boston.com:
“House to consider bill to eliminate Electoral College”
‘House lawmakers will consider legislation today that could someday rid the state of the Electoral College system and put presidential elections more directly in the hands of voters.’
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/07/09/house_to_consider_bill_to_eliminate_electoral_college/
Sounds a bit to what we have been screaming about! If passed in enough states, it would affect the 2012 election….
Now off to do the action alert ….
#58 MamaPuma I didn’t get the email, please send it to me. Thanks.
#233 Lorelai
RIGHT ON! ( YOU’RE FUNNY!)
Thanks – now I can order my t-shirt!
jbjd #223
Don’t have to worry now. Seems like the German Chancellor has more sense than the Mayor of Berlin… :>)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, has sought permission to deliver an address at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany later this month, but though Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit has given his approval German Chancellor and unwitting President Bush-massage victim Angela Merkel is inclined to say “nein.”
Merkel spox Thomas Steg told reporters that “it is unusual to hold election rallies abroad. No German candidate for high office would even think of using the National Mall (in Washington) or Red Square in Moscow for a rally because it would not be seen as appropriate.”
Ja, wir können, indeed.
The Brandenburg Gate is where President John F. Kennedy in 1963 declared to the world, “ich bin ein Berliner” (which, despite urban legend, few locals likely interpreted to mean that the president was declaring himself a jelly-filled pastry.)
The Gate is also where President Ronald Reagan told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” in 1987.
Obama spox Bill Burton says the senator “has considered several sites for a possible speech, and he will choose one that makes most sense for him and his German hosts.”
Zombie: I didn’t think your YouTube videos were very offensive in any way. Are there maybe British video sites you can post on instead? Or Canadian?
antifish
Thank God you responded, I was beginning to think “NO ONE” was hearing whayt I have been saying, I have a video that would:
“DESTROY” BHO and HE WOULD BE OUT FOR GOOD. IN FACT, IF I WERE TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE THAT ADDED THE DIVISIVE COMMENTS THAT OPRAH HAS MADE ALONBG WITH THE STANCE THAT BHO TOOK ON DON IMUS, THAT WOULD BE THE END OF OBAMA
NOT ONE OF THE RADIOO STATIONS, TV STATIONS NEWSPAPERS, POLITICO OR (NOW YOUTUBE) ALLOW ME TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT TO THE VOTERS!
IF YOU MENTION THE TREASON THAT THE MSM IS COMMITTING YOU ARE TAGGED A RADICAL CONSPIRACY THEORIST AND THEY IGNORE YOU AND WILL NOT LISTEN TO THE FACTS.
I SUGGEST EVERYONE TAKE SCREENSHOTS AND DOWNLOAD ALL THE VIDEO EVIDENCE YOU CAN BEFORE THE CORRUPT GOVENMENT SCRUBS THE WEB (AGAIN) FOR OBAMA!
#241 zombie,
What can we do to help? You have a force behind you.
Give us an assignment. If they silence you, they silence US!
Shoot….
enre, dschultz
Goodness sakes…..I take a break to actually get some work done & all hell breaks loose……the post is gone so I have no idea what it was but I must say you pumas were on him/her faster than Montecore on poor Roy!!!
According to CNN right now – without giving specific stats, CNN reports HRC supporters are NOT moving over to Obama as predicted. I’ll check out the web site to see if any specific numbers are posted. Good news!
MiMi, Murphy do I detect hints and whispers of great Puma happenings
#246 Why do that? Let them know there is still time to get with the program and help the candidate who was elected and not selected!
#190 virginia.puma,
Thanks, maybe my friend and I can come to the conclusion that we are “delusional” as well.
#256 The plan would not affect the 2008 election and would not be put into place until 2012, at the earliest.
A day late and a PUMA dollar short for the real winner in 2008! Looks like more PUMAs out their in legislation land are trying to make changes after this election bus incident.
#265 StarDust
ABSOLUTELY – WE HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN!
Has anyone seen the commercial where the guy messes up in Chinese and calls the business man “Mr. Stinky Fish Face?” That is what Obama will do, screw up a greeting and mess up names. He is ignorant about everything. NOBAMA!!! Maybe he will call Merkel, Ferkel (piglet) or Makel (tarnish). He might call call Sarkozy Saur ozé (daring herring).
out there…….I suck today at typing.
264 dreffein
wow!!
please keep us posted!
#260 pa dem on 07.09.08 at 3:20 pm Zombie: I didn’t think your YouTube videos were very offensive in any way. Are there maybe British video sites you can post on instead? Or Canadian?
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I dont know but I have also added the CTV (Canadian News and The BBC (British News) to my emailing list and they have not responeded either (but why would they, they are making deals already with BHO, remember NAFTAGATE!)
I have sent several dozen emails to the MSM and not one thing I have sent has had any teeth!
this govenment is corrupt and if BHO is “SELECTED” as president
I WILL NO LONGER PAY TAXES OR OBEY THE LAWS OF THIS FAILED DEMOCRACY,
I WILL ONLY OBEY THE LAWS WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION AND MY RIGHT TO DEFEND IT BY ANY MEENS NESESARY!
#261
We are listening… and I, too, did not think your video’s were offensive. What can we do to help?
#270 andy85719
I will be very suprised if Merkel meets with Obama, I followed her campaign for Chancellor, I do not believe she would kiss his butt and he would want it kissed.
Zombie
Have you contacted Ed Hale at the hcsfjm.com website?
He posts a new video daily and some pretty rough.
Sorry if I wasn’t supposed to post site Murphy. Just trying to help Zombie exercise her right!
I think he will post. Seems to have no barriers for “anything” and they loathe the “O”. Site has been attacked, he has been threatened, and messages are pretty strong.
Eliminating the electoral college would be a very bad idea. It would cause presidential candidates to spend all of their time in New York, California, and Texas while ignoring the rest of the country. Massachusetts would be extremely foolish to make that move.
Anyone know if there are PUMA silicone bracelets we can get? I know you can have them made up online, but you have to order a boat load.
#259 NeverMore
The decision isn’t up to the german chancellor.
#223 jbjd idea of writing a letter is a good and solid one.
274 nativegirl on 07.09.08 at 3:28 pm #261
We are listening… and I, too, did not think your video’s were offensive. What can we do to help?
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Tell your friends to comment andf watch them, Also In the Comments tell them to post “Youtube is locking Anti Obama accounts, Let yiur Zombiefir truth Hostage go free Youtube”!
That will help to send a message!
Forgot!
Murphy – todays post best yet! What a gift you have.
Sent my letters and emails.
Billie Jo – here’s the link to the CNN report. Again, no hard stats but good news regarding the small number of big HRC donors supporting Obama (and indicating a similar number are supporting McCain).
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/07/09/johns.clinton.donors.obama.cnn
#255 SunnyPA on 07.09.08 at 3:17 pm
Only our Democratic congress can get lower approval numbers than George Bush!
#15 Annabelle – #184 Hillaryistheone – took the words right out of my mouth – those are the Superdelegates that should be sent many many emails as pointed out – their State went for Hillary not the other one – if you do not have email addresses – you can go into : http://www.lobbydelegates.com – look under the State – click on the superdelegate you want and cut and paste your comment to each one – simple as one two three – I spent only two hours yesterday sending emails to ALL of OBAMAS superdelegates.
#257 BillieJo and any other PUMA that did not get an email today from members@pumapac.org. You have not joined!!!!! Send email to join@pumapac.org and then you will start getting emails.
email me at MamaPumaMass@aol.com for the info now.
#268 As frustrating as these current events are I would like to believe that in spite of all of this, that some good postive results have already started from our efforts as well as, …… well, I can’t write as well as Murphy does, but, I will try my best: HRC simply continues to know how to show herself as a great example in spite all of this adversity. As well, our group seems to be top notch in how we approach and do with what we feel needs to be corrected.
ROFL
#283 Roxy in cali – Isn’t that the truth.
The presidential election was the democrats to lose … and what have they done?!?!?
#280
Done!!
#273 zombiefortruth
I dont know but I have also added the CTV (Canadian News and The BBC (British News) to my emailing list and they have not responeded either (but why would they, they are making deals already with BHO, remember NAFTAGATE!)
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Do you have proof Canada is making deals with Bo? NAFTA existed before Bo came into the picture, and for your information the US are not the only ones concerned about what will happen to NAFTA. We are losing industries and jobs that are going south of the border, so until you can provide proof please be aware that there are Canadians on this blog supporting PUMA and the right of all americans to have their voices heard. Just because Bo f*ucked the dog with a few politicians up here does not mean all Canadians are part of that circus.
#264 dreffein on 07.09.08 at 3:21 pm
What shocks me the most is the fact that they are so surprised we are not “falling in line” and thowing our support behind the chosen one.
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There is an email in you inbox.
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Cut and paste the press release and get it sent out to the list of emails.
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Cut and Paste and send tens of thousands of emails today.
#266 prplvette85.
Some of his supporters are so against Senator Clinton that I feel will never move to her, so instead of sticking by *61 flip-flop unhappily, maybe they can go for Nader instead, to dimish *61 numbers/support now.
#280
I wonder if anyone could make a video about youtube blocking anti-obama video’s?
hi all Murphy I think a new action is to post that essay of yours on front page of the times. Awesome. Huff post is after fox big .posted a couple I have different post name there from before.I think they are backing off Bomma. Not the defenders of his but leadership. Maybe only hopeful thinking. My husband is so upset over this he has voted Dem all his life unless Hillary not this year. He doesnt use puter but gives me ideas to put up ( sometimes a LOT of ideas LOL )
NEWS FLASH–THAT MAN just voted YES on FISA, and our GIRL Hillary voted NO…
GOD DAMN I am proud to be a supporter of HRC!! I think that man just sealed his own fate–DENVER, 1600 Penn. Ave, here we come….
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT!!
Puma Pals,
I am riled today. Is there no limits to Senator Obama’s tasteless pomposity and self-agrandissment? His latest publicity stunt is a plan to speak at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. (http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,564635,00.html)
WTF?
Chancellor Merkel was not enamored of the idea and stated it. (Remember she is the dignitary who had to suffer a Bush shoulder rub)
so I wrote to the German Chancellor:
“Dear Chancellor Merkel,
Thank you for discouraging Senator Obama’s grandstanding in Berlin.
I was appalled to read that the senator from Illinois who is only the presumptive presidential nominee was planning a speech at the Brandenburg Gate. I assure you many Americans feel as I do that his audacity is astounding and an embarrassment. He does not have the stature, wisdom or gravitas of a world leader.
I appreciate your clarity on the issue.”
on the prowl
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madazhel
a California PUMA
291 TrishfromCanada on 07.09.08 at 3:36 pm
Do you have proof Canada is making deals with Bo? NAFTA existed before Bo came into the picture, and for your information the US are not the only ones concerned about what will happen to NAFTA.
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I do have oproof he lied about having contact with them…. and I do have proof that CTV is not mentioning any of my emails into the MSM there.
I do not know if they have a deal brewing but it sure seems NWO’ish to me!
over 22,000 on his own page say they will not stop if he votes yes (he did) they will go on till Nov. against him. What do you think of Hagel for his VP? would it help him?
also Isreal sent out that announcement Hagel will go to Isreal with Obama july 21 and 22 I think was the dates may be off one
he not only voted yes hubbt said he told them he only said no when against Hillary yessssssssss
oops lol hubby there was in hurry
#278 The article claims the opposite to be true, where attention is currently given only to the battelground states. Unfortunately, whatever is or isn’t passed, there will always be those that will likely attempt to manipulate the outcome.
Sent out the emails Murphy!!!… so proud of myself… hope i am not being redundant here, but wanted you to all go to celebratehillary.com and blog in a Happy Birthday message to Hillary… thanks!! Glad to be a part of this wonderfully intelligent group!
#298 madazzhel – good letter
THAT’S OUR GAL!
RIGHT ON HILLARY – NO TO FISA! UNLIKE FLIP FLOPPING EMPTY SUITE LOSER *61
SHE ROCKS BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Murphy – just contributed $60.00 to PUMA – use for buses or towards ads……………………
#298 madazzhel,
I love the letter. Way to go!
298 ditto imagine if he met her and called her sweetie LOL
#298 madazzhel
Great minds… Please read my post #223 and get back to me.
Sent all my e-mails, PUMA POWER rules and so dose MURPHY
#300 jane-pa,
Yeah Hagel as his VP would help him. Help him lose the rest of the ultra left-wingnuts that are still with him after FISA. Let’s hope….
#299 zombiefortruth
Yes he had contact with two or three politicians up here, that is public knowledge, the guy who leaked it was forced to resign from his position. The Opposition raked Harper over the coals for interfering in US politics, stating it is not any of Canada’s business to give the appearance of taking sides and making backroom deals.
McCain was up here a few weeks ago, met with politicians, perhaps he’s cutting secret deals as well.
AS for CTV, do not assume you are so important that you are the only person’s e-mails they are not posting, its CTV, they are lucky if they have the budget to even have e-mail.
I take personal insult to your comments that assume Bo and Canada are side by side in dirty deals. Perhaps you should know that Hillary’s people also had conversations regarding NAFTA with Canada.
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Current mood: froggy
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This story is significant but w need to write our delegates.Next look to the right of the story and vote should Hillary be given a roll call.Look at the huge results for Hillary.Becaue they already know ther is division and were not falling in line they the dnc thinks there will be further division if there is a roll call.
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myobama site finally up… supporters are not happy and vowing not to vote for him in November!!!
#310 jbjd – I like the gist of your letter… my only suggestion is making it more concise.
#241 lorelai..that’s the link thanks. I called hillary hqs and the girl i talked to knew nothing about it. she transferred me and i had to leave a message. hopefully my shirt be on the way son!
A post from a Obama supporter on his webiste..
“I’ve been semi-comforting myself by saying that it doesn’t matter whether Obama or Clinton is the nominee because they will both vote for FISA, but Obama voted yes and Cinton voted NO. I can no longer feel sure we have selected the right nominee. Very sad day. Integrity has suffered a major blow. “
sorry website!!! aagghh.. trying to type to fast
#293 MamaPuma
Mama–, I sent the e-mails last night–about 25+ to the media. This AM I posted it on AOL:
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/07/07/aol-straw-poll-july-7-14
zombiefortruth & TrishfromCanada
#292 Roxi in CA – Agreed. But I’m sure they still think we’ll “fall in line”. BTW -I’m also in CA.
#297 jenniforhillary
NEWS FLASH–THAT MAN just voted YES on FISA, and our GIRL Hillary voted NO…
GOD DAMN I am proud to be a supporter of HRC!! I think that man just sealed his own fate–DENVER, 1600 Penn. Ave, here we come….
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT!!
Go Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who’s word is more trusted now DNC?..you fools have lost the Whitehouse again by your stupidity!!!!!!!!!!
#254 pa dem
I think you are on to something. The political posturing in the Middle East between Israel and Iran likely reflects the apprehensive from the principals over whether Senator Obama will be the next President in the U.S. Given his anti-Israel bent, I would find more likely that the Israeli’s will strike pre-emptively, while President Bush is still in office, fearing if they wait too long and Iran proves to be the real threat they now only suspect it is; a President Obama will enter any conflict on the side of their enemies. (I wonder how he will justify throwing the black Jews in Israel under the bus!)
See, all this international turmoil; and he’s only running for office!
(I posted this yesterday)
#21 Amerissa
This statement of support for an Obama Presidency from Palestinians does not surprise me, given what else I have learned about the man. See, absent much of a record in government, in order to predict what kind of Presidency I could expect from him, I investigated the record and background of his closest advisers, assuming people working with him in the campaign would be rewarded with key government appointments. I was shocked at the universal anti-Israel bent of his foreign policy advisers, including Samantha Power, who he sought out after reading her books. We tend to discount her because she called Hillary Clinton a monster; but in 2002, she actually recommended the U.S. should use military force to impose a Palestinian state, since ‘powerful lobbies’ in the U.S. (read “Jews”) would never allow such an outcome. However, facing scrutiny after joining the Obama campaign, when she was questioned about having said this, she claimed, even she didn’t know what she meant back then.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/samantha_power_and_obamas_fore_1.html
murphy…when can we have a letter about flip flopping on his money issues. he talks about how he understands the economic conditions of the middle class and then puts over 3 million more into a coronation??? If I were donating to him I would be P*****!!!! To think my money going there when millions are already being spent on convention as it is? Sure doesn’t sound like he understands hard times!!!! Whether he gets the nomination or not the DNC is now responsible for that bill and the first one isn’t paid off. That’s fiscal responsibility?????????
Okay, here’s my brag. I sent the e-mail to the media outlets and am faxing the letter from yesterday to Dean and Nobama.
#223 jbjd
I would add information in your letter that Americans find his appearance and speech at that location inappropriate since he is by no means a President representing the people. I would add that the majority of the American people are outraged at his arrogance and he is only a presumptive nominee (and this position was obtained through non-legitimate methods). There are protests in the US against his nominee status.
I think the Germans would take this information more seriously.
HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT!!
#298 madazzhel on 07.09.08 at 3:38 pm
You are a gr8t american
U GO California Puma
Thank You
#319 From Reuters – on the FISA
‘On a vote of 69-28, the Senate approved the measure, previously passed by the House of Representatives, and prepared to send the legislation to Bush to sign into law.’
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSWAT00975320080709
#315 turndownobama
Very good poll. Thanks for the link.
Murphy – don’t know if we’re at the right point, but it sure could be helpful to know the number of PAC members, $$ raised, etc. I think the specifics (if good) could really get some attention. Even if it’s an aggregate from all the PUMA type groups. Thoughts?
Emails sent
thanks for making it easy
NM PUMA
CNN Wolf Blitzer promos the FISA vote story by saying that Hillary Clinton breaks with her party’s candidate. Crazy – everything is about him oon CNN.
Maybe we can send Murphy’s post to Streisand.
Oh yea, and Ted Kennedy just came back to the Senate, not to vote against FISA, but to vote on a Medicare bill.
#334 Here’s hoping that ‘everything about him’ on CNN now discusses his voting choice on FISA and how his supporters are becoming dissalusioned.
People I need your help. I need you to watch this video comment and pass it on. It is an Ad I created to rebut moveon.org’s “Not Alex”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG_aOhvwIKc
Good afternoon Pumas!!
My emails have been sent and i am so proud of our girl for her FISA vote! Let’s keep working hard folks!
“our daughters daughters will adore us, and they’ll sing in greatful chorus-well done, sister suffragetes!”
Gloria Borger is yakking about how this could be a good vote for BO making him look stronger on national security. Huh? Gotta turn this channel off.
#319 nativegirl
Thanks Nativegirl for braving the hostile environment of the murky underworld for us and bringing forth much needed Intel. It’s about time the Obama nation started to wake from their Kool-Aid induced haze.
Hillary kept her word re: FISA!
Amen nativegirl #319
#338 JMS825 I like the video.
Forget Gloria Borger, bad move for Obambi. His supporters are leaving him, he has abandoned them and continues to lie.
#340 BigCatLover.
Can’t fool his supporters on this one. I hope now his supporters can see through CNN’s bias.
#340 BigCat,
If he killed a baby on national televison, Gloria Borger would say he was taking a strong stand as an advocate of population control.
Just doing my part!!!
Hello Fellow PUMAS
Have been busy working my little claws off e-mailing, faxing, snail mailing, putting up posters. Hope it is having some effect.
Has anyone else noticed that posters have a way of not staying up? Most of them seem to be removed within a couple of days of being put up.
Lots to do, busy, busy . . . .
I think I have a family out there somewhere.
#298 madazzhel Good letter.
I read some of the Obama blogs. Those people are crazy. They have weird names and say that the media is biased toward McCain. That is outrageous. Are they on drugs?
Now reporting that Jesse Jackson is upset with BO and said BO is cutting off his balls with the black community.
YIKES!!
There have been 1,000 comments since PUMA article went up on the Huffington website @ 2 pm EST:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tomasic/hillarys-puma-voters-say_b_111461.html
It’s quite possibly the liveliest thread I’ve ever read, and I’m thrilled that PUMA has made such a huge s*p*l*a*s*h! In case you don’t have time to read the eight pages of comments, here is a condensed version: “PUMA members are insane Republican rascist sore losers. There are only 37 of us using different screen names, hell-bent on smear, sabotage and hate-filled comment campaigns.” And Hillary is behind the whole thing… or the Republicans… or Hillary… Well, they haven’t made their minds up, I guess, but the notion that we are free-thinking, free-acting citizens seems to be beyond their comprehension. Oh yeah, we’re “professional victims” too!
So, let’s get off our PUMA haunches and head over there and show them that there are many more than 37 of us!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tomasic/hillarys-puma-voters-say_b_111461.html
ok.. I have to share one more.. this is a post from another “Obama” supporter!!!
“I have been watching C-Span 2 for two days to listen to the debates and vote on the FISA BILL. After the vote I removed your sign from the front window, and your bumper sticker from my car. Hillary voted against this bill. Lets draft her at the convention.”
ladyhawkke and antifish
Amen!
#352 BigCat,
He said “cutting off his balls”? Ouch!
#349 mpdamon How big are the posters? Are you talking about the ones we are getting from Fred? I have campaigned in the past and ususally all posters and signs are removed by the opposing parties. I’m thinking about mailing them. I think someone said to look up at Huffpo for the Dems who contributed to the campaigns. I need to send them to BO supporters.
#354 nativegirl
Yes!!
#354 nativegirl,
WhooooHoooo!!!!!
#354 Way to go!~
#317 SunnyPA
Thank you for your suggestions. I cut about half of this, including everything about the convention. If this is letter gets printed, I will re-post.
#351 andy85719.
They are not on drugs, just stuck in a trance. Hope they wake up soon.
Obama now promises to support Blackwater. He decided to reverse his previous position.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/07/obama-blackwate.html
Murphy,
We must find a way to tap into this discontent immediately. Before the ire wears off. Pumas, what should we do to attract Opumas?
#356 antifish
I believe CNN used a more delicate term like private parts or some such. Jackson says it was a private moment and not meant to go on air, since his son is on the BO cmpaign. Haha.
#353 sandbag Can’t believe there are that many comments, I posted right after I got the e-mail from Will Bowers and I was #5!
Just makes you want to PPPUUURRR!!
#363 andy,
OK, what’s the next headline, “Obama switches to the Republican Party”? Maybe that’s why I keep having the dream about Hillary taking the oath of office.
antifish – your comments are too funny!
# 351 andy85719
The answer to your last question is – Kool-aide
Does the Kool-aide have drugs in it? Ummmm…. ya
Pumas!… some more good news.
CBS online front page “Obama the Abortion President”, and on Reuters, political section a couple of scathing commentaries on Bman’s flip flops concerning FISA. Also, Associated Press, Elections section, online mutiny on his own website over FISA. (More cracks are spreading). On television CNN and MSNBC are both highlighting the Hillraisers refusal to join OB’s camp.
If our girl doesn’t win at least this fool won’t get the chance to “Use”, the system to take advantage of the American people (African Americans included).
Truthfully, if the Iranians keep showing their butts it will help JohnnyMac.
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA, THE TRUTH IS BEFORE YOU!
HRC IS TRUE TO HER WORD! SHE DID NOT KISS ANYONE’S BUTT ON THIS ONE!
SHE IS A TRUE AMERICAN!
#363 andy85719
If BO opens the door to private contractors in Iraq, he is over with the liberals.
MSNBC David Shuster: Obama regrets interview with children, won’t do it again. How many times are we going to accept this guys apologies? I don’t understand why he has been given a free pass but the honeymoon appears to be over. And to think they harassed Hillary about Bosnia, one thing, and he’s had at least 30 flip-flops. Now with his support of FISA, he is doomed. He is self-destructing before our eyes! HILLARY ’08!
Don’t know if this has been reported, but our girl stuck to her guns.
BO voted yes on the spy bill, but Hillary did what she said she would: SHE VOTED NO…
That’s our Hillary. I am so proud of her. She is not bowing down to the “chosen one”.
Also the media is making a big deal of OB helping Hillary retire her debt. We need to know where she is on that.
I have mailed her money twice. I will do so again. We need to find out how much she needs. We don’t want her to accept anything from BO and his robots..
I recruited some new PUMAPAC posters. My Sister is going to join, and a number of her friends are. She lives in Erie, PA.
I have to go answer Cafferty’s question right now..
PUMA POWER
=^..^=
#364 antifish.
Antifish, I say just let them figure it out for themselves for now, let them do their own thinking.
#371 CyberFerret52
WOOHOO – I AM SMILLING FROM EAR TO EAR!
#223 JBJD
Yes!!! Love it. Your letter is clear and documented nicely and exposes his campaign’s hype and posturing.
Possibly add something to your sentence to nail his deception right off:
“One way he accomplished this was to recruit audience members for his live performances (my awkward edit begins) by piggy-backing his appearance on a free event that was sure to have good attendance regardless if he were speaking there.” (my awkward edit ends)
#280 SunnyPA
It’s true she doesn’t have the final say but who would go ahead and do something that a country’s main leader disapproved of? We shall see how truly arrogant this man is.
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madazhel
a California PUMA
Have to pipe in real quick on the FISA…
Hillary is the “Voice of the Voters” you can trust!
#374 ladyhawkke
KEEP’EM COMING GUYS!
WOOHOO, I AM SOOOOOO HAPPY I EVEN SHED A TEAR.
THE WORLD NOW UNDERSTANDS OUR FRUSTRATION!
Hillary is the REAL DEAL. Not some shape-shifting chameleon he-devil!
Jesse Jackson has a habit of getting into trouble for he says during what he later characterizes as ‘off the record’ moments. Remember “hymies” from “hymietown”? If Louis Farrakhan had his way, merely printing that remark could have cost Washington Post reporter Milton Coleman, who is black, his life! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/jackson.htm
i absolutely hate cnn….when bill said ANYTHING, they priinted every word….but when his holiness jackson talks about obama….they have amnesia!
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/09/jackson-apologizes-for-obama-words/
Please excuse all my typos today. I am home, sick, with a cold.
I have faxed the letter to dean and nobama and e-mailed to all the news agencys. Sorry if this is a repeat, but not sure my other message was posted.
Morning emails. Done!
SDs – you are the ones to save this party, this election, and US. Democrats can still win if you all switch sides to HRC during the convention. We want US to stop sliding further on the economy.
when lemon was talking about it, “he said jackson said obama would cut off his you know what…(i thought he was referring to his little “bug” not the balls….I don’t think he has any!
Obama is a big two -face ! He says or dose what he wants and if he gets negetive results he apoligizes.
jbjd,
No excuse necessary. Hope you feel better soon.
#366 ladyhawkke
A nerve has definitely been struck! It’s really great to see. My favorite post was from someone who had just realized that she was a PUMA, even though she had not heard of us before the article.
Great stuff! Keep posting, PUMAs:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tomasic/hillarys-puma-voters-say_b_111461.html
I have high hopes he will have disasterous fund raising results this week and is asked to step down
Nice photo of Hillary. She will be my forever choice of President.
Hi, fellow PUMAs,
Just checking in today to say I sent the PUMA POWER emails. I skimmed all of the posts here today and looks like, from my cursory review, the the worm may be turning! Senator BO seems to be continually apologizing or regretting every move, the latest of which is his interview with the family. Go PUMAs!
#392 mijabsnji
I have high hopes he will have disastrous fund raising results this week and is asked to step down
He is the candidate of HOPE, and I hope you are right.
He must have steped on a banna peel cause he’s sliping fast lol
Still have not heard back from Hillary’s campaign office regarding her debt. I just called Maggie Williams’ office and got a recording; however, I did get a fax number in the event you wanted to request that Hillary give a speech. Should I fax that number and tell them I am a PUMA interested in the debt retirement and that we want to know the balance– and that we want to have another fundraiser immediately?
Hillary is the real thing. I don’t trust anyone but that lady kicks ass even I can trust she would do something and not just talk.
She sees pissed off voters she reacts Obama just sticks his nose in the air.
Grate vote lady.
I would love to see his campaign fund raising …bottom out with the FISA vote, and him ask Hillary for a loan.
We should track his from Monday though next week to see what happens.
By the way,forgot to say WOOHOO to Murphy for the great lead piece! Well done!
According to the Barack Obama Fanclub network (MSNBC), Obama supporters have only raised $100,000 to retire Hillary’s debt. What arrogance! And they expect us to donate to Obama?
Does anyone know how much Hillary’s debt is currently?
#397 ladyhawkke
Still have not heard back from Hillary’s campaign office regarding her debt. I just called Maggie Williams’ office and got a recording; however, I did get a fax number in the event you wanted to request that Hillary give a speech. Should I fax that number and tell them I am a PUMA interested in the debt retirement and that we want to know the balance– and that we want to have another fundraiser immediately?
Great job. If they know we will help, they should keep us aware of what is going on.
MSNBC Jesse Jackson forced to apologize to Obambi!
P.S. So much press about “FISA” another important vote today right after the FISA Vote:
Measure on Foreclosure Protection:
Hillary: YES
Obama: No
It’s *61 appology day.
Antifish
well you have it, create the opumas website. Ob supporters are being so duped( i mean to say something else). It’s time for them to find a way out, the blind date is over
131 i have been reading this for a few days and wonder the same thing. i’ve seen many posts that suggest mccain for president. a lot of obama slamming. looks a little “hatey” at times (osama bin laden reference above). still, as a hillary supporter, i THINK this is the right place? correct me if i’m wrong.
News flash on Fox News O’Reilly
Jesse Jackson badmouths Obama
Oh Really
Hi,
I have been busy and very little time to participate in these conversations. I love reading though.
So I got another one of those email today… this time from Robert Wexler and MoveOn…
“Dear Kata,
Below, you’ll find a very important email from MoveOn, regarding election coverage on Fox News. I encourage every one of you to sign their petition and forward this to your friends.
Thanks,
Congressman Robert Wexler”
Let’s say my response was ANYTHING BUT WHAT THEY WANTED!
Also, I have never been a FOX wiewer… but what is the difference these days… it’s all propaganda and Faux News.
what is the obama interview with children i heard about? does anyone know what that is about?
Petition for superdels…
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/doyourjobsuperdelegates/
#310 jbjb the pepsi center holds 20,000 roughly. Also he is even more arrogant than that…he is having 20,000 seats placed on the field so there will be space for over 100,000 there including those on stage with him, security, etc. The city is going nuts on this! Some neighboring businesses are planning on boarding their windows and leaving the area for the day. Did you see my idea to murphy #326? Any undecideds on him should really step back and think!!!!!!!!!!
Next thing we should do is to ask him to get out before it is too late for next 4 years of very sluggish recovery. If he is not, many probably will leave this country to other place to live. It has been very depressing, only him is enjoying soon to move into the WH, for what?
antifish-
did you make it to the event last night?
ANTIFISH – what we need to do – is have YOU – since you are the articulate one – draw up a letter of all the flip flops and we all put that letter into every newspaper – it does not just have to go to the Editors – when I was blogging for Hillary – you can go to a specific article that is being brought up like FISA – and sign up to comment on that newspapers site – and make your comment – of course – you will have a dozen of the no named ones after you – but maybe – just maybe – five or six or more will take notice and think about it –
Thats what we should do – I personally have sent an email to all of Obamas superdelegates – a copy of my letter to Senator Obama – stating my discontent with his viewpoint regarding FISA, NAFTA, campaign finance reforms and Iraq stating that these were the reasons that many Americans voted for him – I got three back saying interesting position – whatever that means – if they start seeing that WE ARE seeing – maybe it will make a difference as well.
404 wontbackdown
Wow – That is big and NOT being reported. ARrrgg, he is such a loser.
Please let me know if you hear anything else. Did they already vote on it?
Murphy great piece
thank you.
Just donated to Puma pac
Just want to let everyone know that Hillary’s campaign called me today that my donation did go to her debt fund…i’m sure they got flooded, but they are responding.
Anarchy. The Obama havens are filled with it. Some Obama blogs are overflowing with newfound vitriol. CRAZY!!! NOBAMA!!!
#404 wontbackdown Another wrong move on his part. Go Hillary! She’s the only one!
#418 andy85719 Love it. However, I’ve never been to an Obambi site. Glad someone is monitoring them for us.
Yes… I am trying to find the result on the Official Site and the Bill’s number.
Remember HRC worked and promoted this during her campaign.
But I know for a FACT that BO voted “NO” and HRC “YES”.
#409 KataGarbo Fox is where I do get the news nowadays. I love Hannity, he slams BO every night and goofy Colmes has such lame duck excuses for him.
Hillary Clinton and Caroline Kennedy are flying to New York with Obama tonight. Just Reported on Greta. What is she doing?
366 LadyH, great post! Here is the last part…
Fortunately, Obama has tipped his hand by dropping his mask too soon: there is no Democratic nominee until the Roll Call of the States on August 27, 2008 in Denver.
The fate of the United States — and the future of the Democratic Party – now rests with a minimum of 175 Democratic delegates who must now exercise their mature political judgment in the service of their country, and turn away from Obama to support Senator Clinton.
As of now, Obama has about 2229.5 delegate votes, with 1766.5 pledged delegates and 463 super delegates.
Clinton has 1896.5 delegate votes, with 1639.5 pledged and 257 super delegates.
Shift just 175 delegates from Obama to Clinton, and Obama’s power grab comes to a halt.
#417 queen81 They called you, that’s great. Had you previously called them because I’m sure there are thousands of calls they are making. If you did call them, what number did you use?
#423 andy85719… Caroline is one of the top “VP Vetter” for BO.
…surely NOT?
I heard OReilly has jackson again Obommy tonight now Obama is saying we have to speak spanish last night he was talking to a crowd laughing at americans cann’t speak french. I hate when he makes people kaugh at us he used to do it to Hillary all the time.
#307 & #402 – riverdaughter over on The Confluence reported that Hillary’s debt was cut just about in 1/2 by us last weekend – now owes about $5m – I posted earlier today – riverdaughter says one more weekend push would take care of debt………………….
spelling sorry so upset over this guy
428 Sue
thanks so much yes we can
Obama’s online muscle flexes against him
Fans use his Web site to rip shifts in policy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-internet_wedjul09,0,1582289.story
Comment form is at the bottom of the same page. 155 comments so far.
#410 redtumble
Voted on the petition. Told supers to vote for the most electable.
422 Lady
I agree and have noticed we send to combs I think Hannity would get us farther
#401 – See comments in #168 regarding debt……
#425 ladyhawk
I actually did not call them, I used the email address of finance@hillaryclinton.com I emailed them on Monday and they called me today. I was actually quite impressed as all I expected was an email response.
#424 billiejo
Got news for ya, there’s 118 undecided SD’s to boot. Bookmark this site: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/primaries/
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Went and signed the petition to superdelegates. Donated $2.00 to support the cause, couldn’t see any way to get out of it!
Time to embrace disillusioned BO supporters with open arms. Some are now ready to listen.
Just went to look at Obotomy’s world…. some of them are waking up…
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/group/SenatorObama-PleaseVoteAgainstFISA/
here are some of them:
By Carl from Fort Worth, TX – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:57 pm EDT
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I am disgusted. Obama will NOT receive my vote in November, regardless of whether it means McCain wins or not. Once again, Dems picked the wrong guy in the primaries. Time to leave the party I guess.
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Can I have my vote back?
By AJ – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm EDT
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I voted for Barack Obama during the Pennsylvania Primary. I believed in him.
After today’s vote, I no longer believe in him. Honestly, I want my vote back; maybe Hillary Clinton wouldn’t have been such a bad candidate after all.
Good thing the convention isn’t until August…
#435 Thanks for that. I’m going to e-mail them about the debt and that we want to know what the balance is.
#121 Hillmania on 07.09.08 at 1:01 pm, WROTE,
[[ Hear Hear!!! You said it all. During the debates he even went so far as to say “Hillary is right blah blah blah. ” He rarely had a thought of his own. From the very first debate I got behind Hillary and could see right through BO’s inexperience.]]
Sorry to be so late with this one… I needed a break desperately. Yep… I hear ya too. Have you noticed that lately he is trying to incorporate her positions…. like specifically using the phrase “universal” healthcare; or like when he said the other day, that the minute he becomes president, on the very first day he will call into a meeting of his generals to ask them about the war bla bla… well that was HILLARY’s words he was using there.
I even got mad at him when all of a sudden he began to praiser her, saying, she has made it easier for my two daughters… as if to say that I supported Hillary so *his* two daughters could run for President some day.
thanks for the post.
Once the pan gets old the teflon starts flaking.
Hillary’s statement on FISA:
“One of the great challenges before us as a nation is remaining steadfast in our fight against terrorism while preserving our commitment to the rule of law and individual liberty. As a senator from New York on September 11, I understand the importance of taking any and all necessary steps to protect our nation from those who would do us harm. I believe strongly that we must modernize our surveillance laws in order to provide intelligence professionals the tools needed to fight terrorism and make our country more secure. However, any surveillance program must contain safeguards to protect the rights of Americans against abuse, and to preserve clear lines of oversight and accountability over this administration. I applaud the efforts of my colleagues who negotiated this legislation, and I respect my colleagues who reached a different conclusion on today’s vote. I do so because this is a difficult issue. Nonetheless, I could not vote for the legislation in its current form.
“The legislation would overhaul the law that governs the administration’s surveillance activities. Some of the legislation’s provisions place guidelines and restrictions on the operational details of the surveillance activities, others increase judicial and legislative oversight of those activities, and still others relate to immunity for telecommunications companies that participated in the administration’s surveillance activities.
“While this legislation does strengthen oversight of the administration’s surveillance activities over previous drafts, in many respects, the oversight in the bill continues to come up short. For instance, while the bill nominally calls for increased oversight by the FISA Court, its ability to serve as a meaningful check on the President’s power is debatable. The clearest example of this is the limited power given to the FISA Court to review the government’s targeting and minimization procedures.
“But the legislation has other significant shortcomings. The legislation also makes no meaningful change to the immunity provisions. There is little disagreement that the legislation effectively grants retroactive immunity to the telecommunications companies. In my judgment, immunity under these circumstances has the practical effect of shutting down a critical avenue for holding the administration accountable for its conduct. It is precisely why I have supported efforts in the Senate to strip the bill of these provisions, both today and during previous debates on this subject. Unfortunately, these efforts have been unsuccessful.
“What is more, even as we considered this legislation, the administration refused to allow the overwhelming majority of Senators to examine the warrantless wiretapping program. This made it exceedingly difficult for those Senators who are not on the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees to assess the need for the operational details of the legislation, and whether greater protections are necessary. The same can be said for an assessment of the telecom immunity provisions. On an issue of such tremendous importance to our citizens – and in particular to New Yorkers – all Senators should have been entitled to receive briefings that would have enabled them to make an informed decision about the merits of this legislation. I cannot support this legislation when we know neither the nature of the surveillance activities authorized nor the role played by telecommunications companies granted immunity.
“Congress must vigorously check and balance the president even in the face of dangerous enemies and at a time of war. That is what sets us apart. And that is what is vital to ensuring that any tool designed to protect us is used – and used within the law – for that purpose and that purpose alone. I believe my responsibility requires that I vote against this compromise, and I will continue to pursue reforms that will improve our ability to collect intelligence in our efforts to combat terror and to oversee that authority in Congress.”
#407 demdad
131 i have been reading this for a few days and wonder the same thing. i’ve seen many posts that suggest mccain for president. a lot of obama slamming. looks a little “hatey” at times (osama bin laden reference above). still, as a hillary supporter, i THINK this is the right place? correct me if i’m wrong.
If you are a Hillary supporter, you are in the right place. A lot of venting still going on, but what you decide to do with your vote is your choice. People don’t want Obama in the Whitehouse, so if you support him as a single candidate, you will probably not like the comments. I personally will vote for him if he puts Hillary on the ticket, I have my reasons but I am in the minority here. I still will push for her in any way I can, that is why I am here.
Welcome-by the way.
Gosh, I hope Senator Clinton takes VP, after how she has been treated.
#413 queen,
No, I didn’t find anyone to go with.
GREAT god almighty, the tide’s a turning…
BO’s peeps are finally waking up from their deep slumber, and DEMANDING THEIR money back….
Now is the time for the DNC to get off the Obama train wreck bus from hell and get on the Hillary express–headed straight for the white house!!
GO HILLARY…go PUMA POWER!!!
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Thanks BillieJo #447
well said.
#424BillieJo – only 175 delegates separting the two listen all PUMAS what I have to say here – there ARE STILL 123 Uncommited Superdelegates – there are 35 Clinton Supers that went over to him – that makes 158 we still have a somewhat chance with – we only need 18 of his to switch over to us and she has the nomination – this can happen – we all have to send emails with the flip flops and why this is not healthy for our country – as a post above showed – there are several of those 18 that went for him – that really should have gone for her based on the popularity vote – this can be done – this can be done – get energized.
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#445 pumaindy on 07.09.08 at 5:03 pm
Once the pan gets old the teflon starts flaking.
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How true!
I wanted to get a laugh and read some of the dissension on BO’s website but you have to register first and I do not want to do that.
Can anyone on here log on to the Obama website and copy and paste here some of the comments by the angry, unhappy BO fans due to his flip flopping?
#447 MadLogic.
Oooppps! Does not take VP offer.
Don’t let this be like Guam – where only 7 votes gave him the victory there – maybe one more email to a superdelegate will make them change their mind.
#456 MadLogic on 07.09.08 at 5:10 pm
#447 MadLogic.
Oooppps! Does not take VP offer.
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Madlogic,
Thanks for the correction, I was about to call for an Intervention. LOL
Happy Days Pumas – I was just over on “61 website – oh boy oh boy – are there some unhappy people there – wanted to post I told you so but figured it would just get stuck in moderation and never post – but oh my oh my – this could be the button pusher for his supporters -on to the convention – get them letters out to the supers hoping to change their minds – Isn’t hope for change wonderful?????????
Comment on the Chicago Tribune site about BO’s FISA stance:
Disillusioned
Fairfield, CT Reply »
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What is more troubling to me, what has moved me from ardent supporter (donated over $500 so far, first $100 of which minutes after he launched his campaign in Feb. 2007, volunteered at rally in my state, knocked on thousands of doors, made even more phone calls) to the mere category of he has my vote that’s it … is not even THAT he caved, but how he is handling the criticism. The pragmatist in me could have forgiven the caving in after a cooling off period. But what is killing me is that the campaign is systematically deleting the accounts of critics. Now, I have seen some viciousness and ugliness, but that’s not what I’m talking about. People who have written critical yet respectful blogs are being silenced. I’m talking about the ones I’ve blogged with for almost a year, who’ve fought back against countless trolls, who’ve reached out to other blogs and encouraged others of us to do the same to fight back against the ugly rumors coming from Democratic opponents and right-winged crazies alike. And the horrible thing is that to try to access the profiles of these people, who will still exist on friends lists, the window just hangs… no message saying account doesn’t exist, nothing. I have seen it myself. If I hadn’t known that these people were writing intelligent, respectful, and yes critical blogs on the FISA issue, I wouldn’t have made the awful connection. Does Obama have the right to do this?? Yes, yes, it’s his website, but We The People “own” his campaign, too. He is silencing cricism and being sneaky about the silencing. He’s got my vote, but not my energy.
#444 Cosmeta: I just got back myself. I agree, I get so angry when BO praises Hillary. It is so patronizing. Especially when she got more votes than him. The same goes for Chris Matthews. All of a sudden after Hillary suspended her campaign he started praising her. Too little too late!!!
I’m in bed, typing with one hand, so forgot the ‘not take’.
Anybody have any clue what Jesse Jackson said on Fox about Obama thinking the mic wasn’t on?..According to CNN it was so vile they wouldn’t repeat it…
Murphy, Murphy, when do you find the time to create such masterpieces? Stunning.
I emailed my PUMA PAC letter as directed.
Someone says, Carolinf Kenedy/Obama/Clinton flies to New York tonight. Gosh!!!! No!!!!!!!! It better just be for fundrasing, and nothing more!!!
#459 Susie 1945:
I posted this up above but since you’ve dared to go where most of us don’t would you be so kind as to copy some of the best unhappy posts from BO’s website and paste them here for us to read?
#463 – jesse jackson made some referral to the effect that Obama was cutting the cajones off the black people in chicago………………………
FISA final score:
Cloture on the bill just passed 72-26. Obama voted in favor of cloture along with all Republicans. Hillary Clinton voted against cloture.
After the cloture vote, the Senate just approved final passage of the FISA bill, by a vote of 69-28. Obama voted with all Republicans for the bill. Hillary Clinton voted against it.
Democrats voting in favor of final passage of the FISA bill: Bayh – Carper – Casey – Conrad – Dorgan – Feinstein – Innuoye – Kohl – Landrieu – Lincoln – McCaskill – Mukulski – Nelson (Neb.) – Nelson (Fla.) – Obama – Pryor – Rockefeller – Salazar – Webb – Whitehouse.
Democrats voting against final passage of the FISA bill: Akaka – Biden – Bingaman – Boxer – Brown – Cantwell – Cardin – Clinton – Dodd – Dorgan – Durbin – Feingold – Harkin – Kerry – Leahy – Levin – Lautenberg – Murray – Reed – Reid – Sanders – Schumer – Stabenow – Tester – Wyden.
Bye bye, 4th Amendment, nice knowin’ ya.
Thank you, Murphy -
Super! My emails sent.
GROWL POWER!
greta
P.S. I hope you got my new email addy – same problem AGAIN!
I miss Hillary!
#448 madlogic That is mad logic! LOL! We don’t want her as VP she is too good for that and he is TAINTED!
Here is the link to see who voted how on FISA, go Hillary!!
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00168#position
#313 TrishfromCanada on 07.09.08 at 3:49 pm
I think you are a troll!
I never said that Canada and BHO “were making deals” but I would not put it past this corrupt, hypocritical, racist, domestic terrorist supporting liar (or the corrupt DNC, RNC or MSM) that are “forcing” him on us!
You have your opinion and I will have mine, My opinion is that this administration is corrupt! I base this on fact!
1. Where is the source code for the Diebold election machines that have been proven to be corrupted, and allowed to be used for the last 5 elections (2000 Primary and GE, 2004 Primary and GE, and the 2008 Primary)
2. Why has the DNC “given” delegates that voted “uncommitted” to BHO?
3. Why was BHO not penalized for early campaigning in FL?
4. Why has BHO gotten the benifit of the doubt as far as being a christian when his minister has openly admitted top being a Black Liberation Theology preacher?
5. Why does the MSM push the laughable idea that BHO belonged to a Black Liberation Theology Church for 20+ years, was able to document in his book “word for word” some of the ideas and thoughts of this church, did not hear “ANTHING” diviseve from his “churches 8000+ “congregetion/family” about any divisive remarks made by the church.
6. Why did the MSM fail to properly vett BHO 18 months ago rather than waiting untill it was “Mathmatically impossible” for Hillary to secure the nomination?
After you answer these questions I have about 100 more that you can work on (before I have another 100 for you)
I am not going to sit here and disect and explain every corrupt and non corrupt official in this Govenment, but this is no “Conspiracy Theory” this is all based on fact, the proof is in the words and the actions of nations elite as it stands right now.
Google is in support of BHO,
Viacom has ordered that all of the “Tracking information and content including IP address” have been made available. My Politico, YouTube and other MSM Blog posts arte being “filtered. removed, locked, and manipulated” by the sites that manage them and all of the rules have been followed for these sites!
I have “reported abuse” against BHO supporters many times on these sites for blatently “breaking the rules” and these users profiles are “never” locked, I however have made points on these sites time and time again and have been locked out, shutdown and/or silenced without breaking any of the rules, with no warnings of breaking the ruls if I had.
I have notified my friends my family and all of you reading this will know what to do if “anything” happens to me, I am anonomous to all of you and do not have any enemies that wish me any harm, interpret that how you wish, but I am “dead” serious about the statements I am making now!
THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN “TREASONOUS”
This “BOGUS” election should be a “wake up call” to all of the True, God fearing, American Patriots of this great nation….
also to those of us that see the need to be heard and that are willing to fighgt till the death to defend our “Constitutional Rights”
This nation has abandoned its people!
Wake up Sheeple!!!
#467…Thanks!
#299 zombiefortruth you are on the wrong website! We do not appreciate your comments regarding Hillary.
I posted a few as well. You do not need to log in.. just pick the blog with the most members, once you are in the page. And theFISA site will come up and you can select it.
Just sent out my Puma Power emails!
(Woo! Hoooo!!!!) Let it Rain down Puma wrath all over the world!!!!
Here ya go PUMAs – some of the comments from “61 site:
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Obama’s FISA vote? Obama, kiss my vote goodbye!
By Dan in Holland – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:17 pm EDT
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I just lost an enormous amount of respect for Mr. Obama and his vote on the FISA bill and the amendment to strip telecom immunity.
Sorry Mr. Obama, you just lost my vote and my financial support for your campaign. I’ll be leaving the presidency vote blank on the November ballot and will vote for my Michigan Democratic senators who actually listened to their constituents. I really thought we had a leader supporting change, but now we are seeing Obama’s true colors and what he really stands for. The bill would have passed anyway, and yet he slapped all civil libertarians in the face with this. I will not support a candidate who does not take the constitution seriously.
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Obama’s FISA vote? Obama, kiss my vote goodbye!
By Dan in Holland – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:17 pm EDT
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I just lost an enormous amount of respect for Mr. Obama and his vote on the FISA bill and the amendment to strip telecom immunity.
Sorry Mr. Obama, you just lost my vote and my financial support for your campaign. I’ll be leaving the presidency vote blank on the November ballot and will vote for my Michigan Democratic senators who actually listened to their constituents. I really thought we had a leader supporting change, but now we are seeing Obama’s true colors and what he really stands for. The bill would have passed anyway, and yet he slapped all civil libertarians in the face with this. I will not support a candidate who does not take the constitution seriously.
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The FISA vote will be regretted
By Benjamin from Wilmington, DE – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:17 pm EDT
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I’ve donated several times to this campaign and was prepared to do so again, but I will not. I will not support Senator Obama’s deceipt in voting for the FISA bill after expressing last year and again in January of this year that he would personally filibuster or support another senator’s filibuster of this bill. I wrote his senate office and the campaign to let them know I would suspend my donations. While I don’t expect any organization or politician to bend to the will of one person, I nonetheless intend to carry through with my promise. I will probably vote for Senator Obama in the fall, but without my money and the donations of others like myself he will undoubtedly have a harder time convincing others to do the same.
What a waste.
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Obama’s Moral Cowardice
By Charles from Atlanta, GA – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:14 pm EDT
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I am abandoning my support of Barak Obama due to my disgust over his support of the FISA bill. I believe his back-tracking to support immunity for the telecommunication companies proves that the change in which he believes is a sham. His flip-flopping only proves what a moral coward he personally must be and I will never, never support him with either my money or my vote.
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Obama’s capitulation still draws legitimate fire from opponent
By James from Simi Valley, CA – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:14 pm EDT
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“A few short months ago, Barack Obama outwardly opposed terrorist surveillance legislation, saying that he would filibuster any bill that includes immunity for American telecommunications companies that had been asked by the government to participate in the program. Today, the U.S. Senate will approve legislation providing the immunity Barack Obama supposedly opposed, and despite his promise, he will not support a filibuster. What Barack Obama will do is show that he’s willing to change positions, break campaign commitments and undermine his own words in his quest for higher office.” – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/09/mccain-blasts-obama-for-f_n_111610.html
Owned by the McCain camp, you walked right into this one, nuff said.
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crash the system?
By Robert – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:09 pm EDT
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Is it possible to “crash the system”, if a Lot of people, at the same time, make phone calls, do computer searches, etc., and, we all discuss “al quaida”, our criminal government officials, etc.? Can we overwhelm the system? as a show of protest
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OBAMA- kill FISA now
By Karl K – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:07 pm EDT
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Flip flop your tail back in line and get this right.
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FISA Vote
By Scott Bassin – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:02 pm EDT
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Obama may yet get my vote in November, though I will seriously consider a 3rd party candidate after his vote to give bury the government’s illegal domestic spying scandal. I still like a number of Obama’s positions, but I also liked his position to filibuster any legislation that gave the telecoms retroactive immunity. That certainly changed. What won’t be changing is Washington if Obama is elected. The system is broken. Love live the system.
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Obama could have fought- instead, he ran away
By Richard Warnick – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:01 pm EDT
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Martin Bosworth:
With a word, he could have roused his supporters and activists to fight this thing to the bitter end, and assured his place in history as an avatar of real change. Instead, he folded, and now it’s hard to see him as anything more than a typical politician who promises whatever’s politically convenient at the time.
Too bad, this might have really been a “change election.” Now we’re back to the same amoral, cynical crap. I’m not voting for that, I will stay home before I vote for that.
Next– the Iraq flip flop.
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Obama just lost my vote
By Carl – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:57 pm EDT
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I am disgusted. Obama will NOT receive my vote in November, regardless of whether it means McCain wins (at least HE’S being honest with us). Once again, Dems picked the wrong guy in the primaries. Time to leave the party I guess.
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Believe in Yours…
By Chiminea – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:55 pm EDT
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Well given the way that the FISA bill went down it appears that what I believe and what Obama believes are not the same thing. My active support for this candidate is at an end. No more donations, no more talking him up on my networks, no more enthusiasm. I will vote for him in the fall as what an earlier post referred to as “the lesser of 2 evils”. I will hold my nose and pull the lever because the other guy is a shambling disaster. As the de-facto leader of the Democratic party Obama had a chance to actually make a difference here. Even if it were for naught at least it would show some Leadership. Couldn’t be bothered I guess, too busy moving to the center.
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Can I have my vote back?
By AJ – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm EDT
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I voted for Barack Obama during the Pennsylvania Primary. I believed in him.
After today’s vote, I no longer believe in him. Honestly, I want my vote back; maybe Hillary Clinton wouldn’t have been such a bad candidate after all.
Good thing the convention isn’t until August…
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By William from Ben Lomond, CA – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm EDT
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I want to preface this appeal with a pledge: I will work to elect Senator Obama president. I also pledge to not give him money to finance his campaign. I asked him to stand up for the rule of law, to join Senators Dodd, Feingold and Leahy (Kennedy would have been filibustering as well if his actions in December are any guide) and work to defeat the capitulation to Bush that the FISA bill enacted.
Obama was conspicuously absent in standing up for the rule of law when it counted.
My financial contributions are going for accountability. I don’t see a path for Obama to regain my financial help. He needed to lead on this, instead he failed to stand up against Bush, and failed to stand up for the rule of law and civil rights.
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Senator Obama, you fail
By Christopher – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm EDT
Also listed in: Obama Rapid Response Direct &Freestyle | Senator Obama – Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity – Get FISA Right
Senator, you showed me something today. It’s nothing to be proud of, sir. You are wrong when you tacitly endorse the falsehood that a respect for the rule of law is a fringe belief. You give a voice to the lie when you say that the mightly telecoms cannot be brought to justice, that the truth cannot be heard, and that corporate interests are more important than my rights.
Well, I hope the FISA group continues to grow and grow and that it is a shameful blister on this otherwise historic campaign of yours, and that it sticks out as a sore thumb on your site from now until November.
You truly picked the wrong issue to be wrong about. Good luck, sir.
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Just another Washington sellout
By David from Madison, WI – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:52 pm EDT
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Here is what I sent as a message to the Obama campaign:
So, now we know. You are just another spineless Democrat that can’t run fast enough from progressive principals to embrace the culture of fear from the right. Your vote on the FISA bill, after vowing to fight it if telecom immunity was present, is disgusting and reprehensible. Stronger, better men than you fought for against this bill, but you caved. Tell me, how much did the Telecoms contribute to your campaign so next time I need a favor from a run-of-the-mill unprincipled Democrat I’LL KNOW HOW MUCH HE FUCKING COSTS!
Where I was once an enthusiastic supporter of the Obama campaign, I am no longer. The changes to your stances on FISA, on women’s civil rights (ie abortion rights), and so-called “Free Trade” to name just three issues you’ve sprinted to the right on in the last couple of weeks, have left me WITHOUT hope. Where once I had hope that I would finally, proudly vote FOR somebody for president, now, once again, I’m simply going to be voting against the Republican.
Congratulations. You’ve managed to turn this proud supporter of a movement into just another fool duped by just another Washington politician.
I know it is like pissing in the wind. This campaign has proved that it is no different than any other campaign and no more interested in what the netroots thinks. But I have a few things on my mind and wanted them to know.
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Shame on Obama and the rest of the Dems…
By White Males do vote for Obama – Jul 9th, 2008 at 4:51 pm EDT
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Today, July 9, 2008 Barack Obama and the rest of the Dems stood by and approved FISA legislation which grants telecommunications companies retroactive immunity from civil suits for illegal wiretapping (spying) at the direction of the Bush administration. With passage of the legislation this afternoon, the fundamental rights afforded American citizens in the Fourth Amendment has been forever damaged.
The craziest thing about all of this, which has not been discussed in the media, is the fact the wiretapping was so illegal Bush couldn’t even go to the FISA courts for approval.
The FISA courts only hear from one petitioner for warrants: the US Government. At a FISA hearing there is not a respondent who can defend against the Government’s attempt to secure a warrant for wiretapping as there is in typical judical proceedings. Further, the FISA court does not publish written opinions upon which a precedent can be set. It is understood that almost every single warrant request submitted to the FISA court was granted without reservation.
(It should also be known that the FISA court operates with secret judges in a double-walled room inside the Justice Department. So much for antiquated open courts of record…)
While the secrecy of this Court with one litigant would be outrageous to our founders, the fact the Bush administration requested legislation to bypass this tiny legal hurdle to act without any judicial oversight is frightening. What is more frightening still is that the Democrats stood by and watched this happen.
I used to feel that Obama was a revolutionary leader who had emerged from past partisan politics to act as a statesman free from special interests. Today, sadly, my naive hopes were grounded to rediscover a politician similar to the hoard of talking heads we’ve seen in the past.
As a law professor from one of the greatest schools in the nation, Obama simply knows better. As is often the case in Washington, however, he set aside principle and conviction to adopt the easiest path to office.
A man of conviction is unable to go from advocating a filibuster to voting for cloture. Mr. Obama, you have proved yourself to be a hollow reed blowing in these political winds.
May the Fourth Amendment rest in peace, and its death forever plague Obama’s legacy.
Sincerely,
The “O” strategy with his most recent flip flops is to wake up the Republican base that hasn’t thrown its support behind McCain because they don’t consider him conservative enough. “O”doesn’t mind betraying his own base in order to achieve this goal because he thinks his followers would have forgotten by election day about his betrayal. Perhaps he’ll just have some distraction played by his friends in the mainstream media then. Just look at what the media outlets are “reporting” now regarding his decision not to have his family (children) interviewed again instead of telling the American people HOW “O” HE VOTED TODAY!
#471 ladyhawkke.
I made typo, read #462.
Pumas – don’t ya all wanna just say:
Na Na Na Na Na – told ya so!!!!!!!!!
#478 Susie1945 17.9m cracks in his ceiling!
Limbaugh Says Hillary
Will Get Democratic Nomination
By Bruce Marshall
7-9-8
On July 8th at the end of the 2nd hour of his program, Rush said that according to his sources Hillary Clinton would become the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party at the Denver convention in August. Of course, Rush knows this is possible because an official nominee will not be decided until the delegates cast their votes at the Convention in Denver.
Rush knows that Hillary has not conceded, that she has not released her delegates, and there is along way to go until the Convention.
Rush knows of the Obama scandal sheet and has discussed Obama’s recent betrayal regards FISA, Iraq troop withdrawal, and a hardened attitude towards the plight of American’s suffering under high gas prices.
Now there is the growing PUMA movement that is calling for an open convention not a coronation, stating that it only takes 175 delegates to make Hillary the nominee.
It will be an interesting summer as Democrats realize the truth about Wall Street puppet Obama and fight against his hijacking of the party by an elite clique.
#475 ladyhawkke on 07.09.08 at 5:24 pm #299 zombiefortruth you are on the wrong website! We do not appreciate your comments regarding Hillary.
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Are you on CRACK? I never even mentioned Hillary in my post!
#473 I have no clue what went on prior to your post but Trish is no troll and since you seem to be extraordinarily paranoid about the death of our constitutional rights then this site and the differing opinions you find here should assure you that free speech is alive and well and is being exercised by PUMAS!
#484 Sorry, I’m trying to read so fast.
I love this post.It says everything that needs to be said and says it so very well! I wish I could go to Denver. God Bless all who can go!!
Someone mentioned Blackwater and contractors…
Here’s a post that I think you’ll definitely want to read.
http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=27117
#453 Goalucard4Hill I agree, there is hope, we can do our best for our girl.
Murphy, is there anyway someone can make up an email like you asked us to send out this morning with email addresses of all the delegates we need to contact to change or vote for Hillary, along with one of you wonderful, well written letters about why they should vote for Hillary in Denver? Maybe someone else could write it if you are busy. I am not the best at it or I would step up. Or is there already a letter that I missed?
Is there research needed to try and get delegates emails, if so, I can start on it.
Thanks.
All misunderstandings gals/guys, including me: typos, read too fast, mis-interpret.
#483 FreePuma – doesn’t that just make your heart happy? finally, finally, peeps are starting to listen & damm it but I like to think that we – Pumas & the rest of the JustSayNoDeal coalition played a big part – now we just need to keep the pressure on – Denver is getting closer & closer……………..foot in mouth disease is gonna take *61 out………………….
#455 Hillmania….you do not have to sign up. Just go to blog and lurk the same as some of his people do here, It’s just you can’t comment without signing up
486 ladyhawkke on 07.09.08 at 5:28 pm #484 Sorry, I’m trying to read so fast.
LMAO…….. SORRY
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I think you can sympathize with my conundrum…..
I am a 38 YO Male (Straight) Hillary Supporter that knows who the bes woMAN for the job is!
But before I support anyone, I support a FAIR AND HONEST contest, something that everyone has been overlooking and that the Greatest Nation on Earth cannot seem to provided its people?
#472 Thanks for the link. Just an FYI, assuming #61 gets the nomination and many choose to vote for McCain – his was a Not Present – He’s been doing a lot of that this year so far. It may bite him later as the campaign begins to heat up.
Now, if #61 totally implodes and HRC wins the nomination – well, not a problem, is it?
#184 Like your idea regarding the list for supers. LOL! Am reading last to first post!
Breaking News: Caught On Mic Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson issued an apology to Barack Obama Wednesday for criticizing the Illinois senator’s recent comments directed toward some members of the black community.
According to Jackson, a Fox News microphone picked up comments he meant to deliver privately that seemed to disparage the presumptive Democratic nominee for appearing to lecture the black community on morality.
“For any harm or hurt that this hot mic private conversation may have caused, I apologize,” Jackson said in a statement issued to CNN. “My support for Senator Obama’s campaign is wide, deep and unequivocal. I cherish this redemptive and historical moment.”
http://countusout.wordpress.com/
http://countusout.wordpress.com/
welcome new pumas
Local News 13 Orlando, FL Voter Help Line: Man interviewing people manning the phones and they are getting calls from people wanting to change their party!
….and so it’s done little Puma kittens his own supporters under the bus, is there no one left to believe in change and hope, or – hope he’ll change, or something like that. Tune in tomorrow when his newly arrived supporters show Grandma how to groove to rap music under the bus.
Whoo Hoo! Just got this email! Yes!
Georgia Hillary Delegates Are Going to Denver! Be a Virtual Crew Member on their Journey!
August 25 through August 28, Democrats from across the country will come together in Denver for the 2008 Democratic Convention. Tens of thousands Democrats are expected in Denver. Some are going as official delegates of the Presidential candidates and many are coming because they are Democratic activists.
Well, 6 Georgia Democrats that are going to Denver have decided to make the journey in an RV, to make this historical convention even more memorable. Several of them will be familiar to you as folks who worked along side you during our primary. The crew members are: Bernita Smith, Angela Trigg, Nikema Williams, Jeffrey Marc Meeks, Leslie Small and Gunner Hall.
We invite you to join them virtually on this exciting journey. Their online home will allow you to become the 7th crew member. You get to travel with them to Denver, receive updates from the actual Convention floor and while they are attending Committee meetings, when they are attending functions, and also when they are in the Bloggers’ tent.
Their site details why they’re doing this, what their goals are and much more. They’ll be making stops along the way to register folks to vote and much more! They are also looking for sponsors, so if you’d like to help send them on this journey, here’s their sponsorhip levels:
$50 – Easy Rider
$100 – Cannonball Run
$150 – Mad Max
$300 – The Great Race
$600 – Thelma and Louise
$750 – Smokey and the Bandit
$1000 – Planes, Train, and Automobiles
Please contribute and share in their experiences. Contribute and sign up on their site, visit:
http://www.hillaryrapidexpress.com
P.S. I’m going to Denver, but will contribute to this effort. Hillary needs all the allies she can’t get in Denver.
I sent in the PUMA Power e-mails today. Let’s go folks, the more e-mails the more PUMA Power. Obama is slowly but surely falling apart.
PUMA power is people power, show the DNC who is really in charge – send your PUMA power e-mails today
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451 Mama Puma
oops. I did both of those.
From Obama Site:
James: FISA Consequences: “There will be blood”
Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:31 pm EDT
To: DDozier@BarackObama.com
Daniel -
As the Democratic Party nominee for President, I applaud Senator Obama’s efforts to emphasize issues that appeal to as many Americans as possible, and not just Democratic primary voters. Retroactively immunizing lawbreaking by agents of the President, however, undermines the Constitution and the rule of law. Senator Obama’s vote today to do just that is not just a political tactic or a change in emphasis, it is an unforgivable betrayal. It would have been unforgivable even if Senator Obama had not explicitly promised, during the primaries when I donated to his campaign, not to support any such legislation.
As Senator Obama has broken his promise to me, I demand that he return both of my donations to his campaign. I intend to redirect those donations to others who have demonstrated a conviction that defense of the rule of law is a non-negotiable principle and not just an inconvenient political obstacle.
Sincerely,
James Wilson
Gotta get off. Bad storm coming. Later, Pumas.
SUSIE1945: Thank you so much for posting those. That was truly fun! At least some of the Obamabots are waking up.
Should we be posting their comments here?
#453 & 488 I would love for someone to prepare a letter to the supers and have all the addresses available. I did get the documents but I haven’t had the time to get it all together. There would have to be 3 letters, one to Hillary supporters to stay put, those supporting Obama to switch, and to uncommitted to vote for Hillary.
Update the Jackson remarks
One blog, citing Fox News’s Sean Hannity as a source, reported that Jackson slammed Obama for “talking down [to] black people on matters of faith.” Hannity also suggested that Jackson said he wants to “rip Obama’s nuts off” on the tape.
http://countusout.wordpress.com/
#447 BillieJo on 07.09.08 at 5:04 pm
I personally will vote for him if he puts Hillary on the ticket, I have my reasons but I am in the minority here.
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Billie Jo, Please do reconsider! What if having Hillary on the ticket caused him to win? Then she would be stuck for 4 or 8 years as his servant, advocating his policies instead of her own, etc. She would lose her Senate seat, where she is happy. She would not get to run in 2012. Later she may be too old, and Bill’s health may be too poor.
Think how Bill and CHelsea would feel, having to watch her daily explain WORM.
How would Bill feel about living in the VP house with Obama as Hillary’s boss?
Others AGAINST this, pls see petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/hillarynovp
I was just over at Obama’s web site! Oh, there are a lot of unhappy campers over there! And to make it worst they know HRC voted against it, though most refuse to give her much credit for that, some do.
If some of us have log on capabilities over there I suggest you post that you feel their pain and leave a link to puma. I would not go over there and sign up just because you want to post. Some of the bloggers are checking the profiles to see how long you’ve been a member and it’s pissing them off if you just joined today. More salt in the wound ya know……. and we all know how that feels.
We could get more members in the next few days so play nice, no “we told you so”.
#505 wontbackdown Yes, we want to see those comments and his base abandoning him. We can get all those AA’s back as he has betrayed them also.
Okay… here is another:
Withdrawing My Support Due to FISA Capitulation
By Brian from Buffalo Grove, IL – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:27 pm EDT
“Today, Senator Obama failed in his service to me, as my senator, and to all of us, as a presidential candidate. Since winning the primary, Obama has begun raking in the large donors and has seemed to forget about the everyday people that helped get him where he is. It is only by banding together that we can exert enough power to remind him just who he is fighting to become the president of, and what constitution he is sworn to defend.
So, I repeat the call: if you live in a safe state, don’t vote for Senator Obama. There are more than enough people in America who, sadly, are unconcerned with the FISA issue, and the lack of votes is unlikely to cost him the election. What it can do is make the election closer and demonstrate to Senator Obama just how dissatisfied we are with his service to the American people today. He has proven that he does not deserve the massive mandate that he *could have* received with all our votes: let’s not give it to him.”
Tale cover antifish. Stay safe.
Obama’s vote for FISA………..sstuuuurike 2
Denver, sstuuuuurike 3 and he’s out!
#505 wontbackdown
Oh heck, why not post em here. The way their jumping ship over there, there won’t be anyone left to read em.
God I suck at typing today. Take cover antifish.
Murphy, accidently left my email on # 516 could you please remove it?
#506 wontbackdown: “should we be posting that here?”
Definitely need to see the meltdown so we can pounce! Good suggestion for current PUMA website members at BO’s web to post our website.
Just listening to Faux News – talking head & repub rep or sen – don’t know which – don’t care – talking about *61 supporters saying their not gonna pay Hillary’s debt & that only raised about 100k for her – financial rpt due on 7/20 – also have until convention to pay – if figures frm riverdaughter are correct – we can do it & to hell with his supporters – maybe Hillary’s big donors will take their funds back from the jerk…………………..
I just e-mailed the press release to the media outlets.
I am taking a break from work to catch up on the news. A lot of phenomenal information today. Go PUMAs. I’m reading in most of the posts about the dissention on the Obama site. Does anyone have loggin access where they can tell the unhappy Obamamites about PUMA? I bet there are a lot that would be willing to fight the good fight if they got the right information about us rather than the propaganda version. Or is there anyway to connect to them outside of the Obama site (if that’s too risky)? Just a thought.
Loved this comment! Check out the part I bracket… sound familiar?
Faith based FISA
By James from Tallahassee, FL – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:27 pm EDT
The people of these United States did not choose Senator Obama as the democratic candidate for president. They chose him as the change candidate for president. If we wanted the center, Hillary already had that territory staked out. Obama has already attracted more new and disillusioned voters and contributors than the waffling center can provide. There is a populist insurgency in this country and we must make certain that it is a progressive one. The economy of cards is collapsing and we must be prepared to rebuild from the ground up. We have to disassemble the branches of our government and do it peacefully.
{A democratic republic is nothing when it is not democratic. If Senator Obama cannot allow sunlight on the secret government (NSA, CIA, FBI, SEC,) he will only become another obstacle to the peoples’ will.}
My comment:
No kidding bubba… we tried to warn you! If he and the “Democratic” Party will do it to Hillary… they’ll do it to little ole’ us.
#357 Lady
Posters are those I printed off fromAction Center
with tear offs giving website.
#437 MamaPuma on 07.09.08 at 5:01 pm, WROTE,
You will please to forgive me saying this… but, if #437 is geared to act as a press release type of thing, wouldn’t it be wiser to have it sent out by a predetermined hierarchical PUMA figure, and one who has authority to send out such a press release; rather than for news outlets to be bombarded with hundreds if not thousands of emails all at the same time.
I can think of no better way to TURN OFF MEDIA so that they will not take you seriously then to *spam* or *flood* their email boxes.
Besides…. those of us posting here have absolutely *no* affiliation with the PUMA PAC 527 and have no business sending out any press releases.
So may I suggest, one person be assigned the job of media consultant and one person only. Unless of course if you wanted to assign an assistent to that position.
But all of us….
I think it the surest way to be deemed a fringe group.
Sincerely,
Kathleen
#509 turndownobama Thanks for your concern on how I vote, but believe me I have thought about it a lot, with and without others comments.
You can’t change my mind on this. Hillary is a big girl, and smart too, so if he asks her and she says yes……….I will support her actions.
She and Bill are two of the most intelligent people we have ever had in the Whitehouse and if they agree to a VP for her, I will gladly give her my support.
Got this mornings PUMA POWER e-mails sent. Postmaster undelivered message for nitelineabc.com Instead of faxing Dean and Obama I snail mailed.
I am still praying for Hillary to be our 44th.
Have a nice evening everyone!
This one is really tasty…
He’s asking you to believe what he says right now, not what he said before when he needed my money.
By Todd Dunbebin – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:22 pm EDT
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I was totally behind him until he redacted the 4th amendment and broke his oath to defend and uphold the constitution of the united states, perhaps he believes, like Bush, that “the constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper”. I, however, do not.
This was a core issue that he did a 180 degree turn on, if he can change his mind about an oath he’s already taken and wants the highest elected office in the land, then there’s little difference between him and any other lying politicians.
And I didn’t take an oath to Obama, I supported him, I walked all over my town in to cold March 4th rain getting people out to vote, I’ve donated money I really couldn’t afford to someone I believed in.
If you still support him great for you; however, though I may vote for him in Novemeber, I doubt I will do thing one, to support him otherwise, he screwed the pooch as far as I’m concerned.
Good luck to him and any supporters that got him, I think it lost him more than he’ll ever know.
He screwed up royally, IMHO.
My comment:
That’s why we’re PUMAS you guys… those Hounds will not only “screw anything” that “big dog” just couldn’t hunt!
Also,
A Press Release page can be set up so that others viewing it can copy portions of the article along with giving the url for others to view and read; and also to guide them back here; but I still think all of us sending it out is a very unwise thing to do.
It is not business like!
Sent out my emails!
Murphy~regarding post to this thread. Awesome, analytical, precise, factual comparatives, and BINGO!
For this PUMA, who is also a male under 40, was taught to know a person, not just look at a person. The qualities of a book that finds a special place on a shelf, versus the one tossed in a drawer or to fill space on a coffee table depends on the content between the flash on the cover and what is really inside.
Again, kudos Murphy!
#529 left out your post opening the thread——–
Just a reminder to my PUMA Pals
PUMA does not endorse or affiliate with any candidate or campaign.
Each PUMAs vote is his/her own, and we respect that. Some will vote Mc, some will write in HRC, some will stay home. The key is that all of us say NOBAMA.
No more troll calling please. If you have concerns, please privately email Murphy@pumapac.org.
If a troll does slip through, IGNORE them. They’ll get hungry and go elsewhere. Really.
MarylandPUMA
#509 turndownobama
I disagree. By all of the PUMAs sending out these massive emails to the media, it is not just from one person’s point of view. You can look at it as spam, but PUMA numbers are huge and it’s WE THE PEOPLE sending them because we believe in what the email says. If you disagree with what is written, you are free to ignore emailing anything.
I agree with cosmeta…A flood of emails does not even get looked at in lot of cases…although I do send mine out faithfully!
Must Read
Common Dreams is a great website. A must read, from that site today:
Today’s Coverup of Surveillance Crimes and Barack Obama
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/09/10243/
#516 DaddysDarlin on 07.09.08 at 5:50 pm
Wow DaddysDarlin, at least she didn’t reply to you with her usual “stop the hate” line!
Here is another one. You did want ice cream on that pie, PUMAS?
Obama Caves In
By Christopher from Cleveland, OH – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:21 pm EDT
Also listed in: Senator Obama – Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity – Get FISA Right
All those people saying that we should relax,and take it easy, since it’s only one issue, are wrong because Barack is breaking his promise to us! He promised an end to the same old politics, and this smells alot like the same old rotten game that we have had for a long time. This is a big issue, and if Barack is going to flip flop on this, what is stopping him from doing it on other issues. What in the world changed, because he was passionately against this just a few months ago, and now he supports the destruction of our rights, what is different! Barack says he is a person of character, and someone who will bring change to our government, but this vote counteracts that notion. If he can’t stand up for personal freedom, then I ‘m out! I won’t vote for McCain, because he sold away his beliefs long ago. I’ll cast my vote for the only candidate that has never given in to the special interests, RALPH NADER! A vote for someone you believe in is not a wasted vote!
My Comment:
“All those people saying that we should relax,and take it easy”
hmmm…. Yes, that has a familiar ring to it?
Wait a minute, let’s see…. sounds like “sweetie”, “get over it”, “quit your whinin”, “fall in line”, “bitter ole’ women”, “they’ll come around”
Sorry guys… we know the pain you are going through.
lolz
Obama’s campaign is IMPLODING!!!
Now is the time!!! Go PUMA’s GO !!!
PUMA Pac should take out an ad in National Newspaper(s) documenting his flip and his flop’s.
DELEGATE/SUPER DELEGATE ADDYS
Addresses for the delegates and superdelegates are being compiled by a task force from the coalition. PUMA PAC has a representative on the team.
They are close to completing the most up-to-date information. Please be patient – no need to reinvent the wheel!
PRESS RELEASES
We have a team responsible for official press releases. The intent of these letters is to get the word out as many times to as many places as we can instead of just one copy, which can be ‘lost’ easily. Not so easy with 10,000 copies.
OFFICIAL Press Releases come from Murphy and are sent by the Press team to the MSM.
PUMA ALERT
The new NJ Puma Action Flyer is up in the Action Center at:
http://pumapacusa.org/fliers/flyers.html
Okay, sent out the PUMA Power email!!! Go PUMA!
What I have concluded lately is that BO is not truly examining issues in his speeches–he skirts them, or offers a pittance of ideas toward resolving them. What he’s been doing for weeks now is preaching, though in milder form from his mentor. His tone of voice and his topics–even snitching a few from Bill Cosby–are very much like sermons. You can hide in sermons. You can sway vulnerable people. But you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.
Hillary on the other hand could give you detailed plans, blueprints, people to connect to, the memo that first suggested a solution, specific file numbers, data, corners of the Senate where worker bees could tend to it, the right dog or kitty to pet, the right fruit smoothie to drink….she has it all.
Re: Jesse Jackson’s apology “…I cherish this redemptive and historical moment.” Note the word “redemptive.” Says it all.
Now is the time to try to recruit disillusioned BO supporters. Some don’t realize that the nomination is not yet official (they state that they will vote for BO as the lesser of two evils).
My emails are sent, and I imagine I will be sending a few others to the DNC and its supporters, Dean, Donna, and Nancy.
Who knows, if enough of us protest their selection and they can see he has turned 180 degrees from the person they selected, maybe they might actually re-think this decision. They really don’t have any other choice but to re-think it. This isn’t the same man they started out with, the only thing that remains the same is the obscene amount of money he is spending when the average American cant even afford a tank of gas, or food for that matter. I find it appalling.
Even his most ardent supporters are now examining their support of him. Not one promise kept, yet some will still support him, but those with a mind and conscience will begin to see the light.
The DNC had a winner in Hillary, yet she wasn’t freely handing out money and making promises to the powers that be, she wouldn’t pay for a vote, even if it meant losing the support of high ranking supers.
Hillary is a woman of character, there isn’t a better public speaker than Hillary, she can speak on any subject with authority and knowledge, she needs no teleprompter, she speaks from her heart.
We know she is watching us, silently smiling knowing that we have her back. She knows we are not giving up on her, she never has on us either.
I know of no other woman with respect to my family members, whom I admire more. Hillary is a force to be reckoned with, a spitfire, shes is not a quitter and neither are the Pumas!
One Love
good evening pumas
what happen @ the google findings concerning the money raised from arab and asian supporters????
http://www.markfiore.com/constitutional_compromise_0
OK. OK. I think have had a little too much to drink over there on the BO site.
Besides, I read their comments and I know how much faith they put in him. Many of them are first-time voters and supporters.
The FISA stab in the back is the beginning of them actually having their eyes opened on the TRUTH about his lack of substance and using them and their passion, vision and hope of “making a difference”.
There is nothing “new”, “hopeful”, or even “honest” about their candidate… in fact, he is the worst kind of human being, politician.
He made himself into a “rock star” just to appeal to their culture.
That isn’t about selling hope… but about committing a complete fraud upon our young people.
Good for PUMA! “PUMA PAC ANNOUNCES 5 DAYS OF INTENSE POLITICAL ACTION” — My letters are sent!
Hello everyone. Is it Friday yet? What a crazy week and it is only Wednesday. I am going try and read the posts from the last few days. There alot to read.
# 543 Great post.
#544 storytellers
“what happen @ the google findings concerning the money raised from arab and asian supporters????”
WHAT?! I haven’t heard about this, please elaborate.
#524 cosmeta on 07.09.08 at 5:57 pm
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Cosmeta. I do have to agree with you on this one. I hate to see Puma PAC get hit with a SPAM charge, should someone be some inclined to initiate such charges. We do have a SPAM law in the US.
And I agree that ONE person, or group of people, should be in charge of dealing with ALL media -whether it be dealing with press inquiries or sending out press releases. It really does promote the PAC as being a professional organization rather than just a bunch of ‘radical old crazy feminists’ – a nomenclature that so many would like to hang on us. Spamming the press is a good way to get onto their ‘blacklisted’ list, which certainly does us no good. We’ve seen how they’ve blacklisted many of us from their comment sections on their websites, so what’s to stop them from doing the same to our emails? And frankly, none of us appreciates SPAM flooding our in boxes. We just delete most of it. Can’t blame them really, if they choose to do the same.
Just my humble two cents.
MARYLAND PUMA
Thanks.
I haven’t had time to read everything but I saw up top somewhere to let you know if you didn’t repond to our emails. I have not gotten a reply.
#543
I think the boy´s plot goes beyond what we see and what we think of the demo. party¡¡¡¡¡¡
538 Maryland PUMA
DELEGATE/SUPER DELEGATE ADDYS
Addresses for the delegates and superdelegates are being compiled by a task force from the coalition. PUMA PAC has a representative on the team.
Awesome Maryland! Let me know if you need any help.
Concerning the press releases, I think it a good thing to bombard the masses with our emails, if they only receive one or two from the Puma organization they will tend to throw it in the trash as just one persons opinion. If they receive 20,000 emails insisting they do a story, well that is something that many people are suggesting they do.
I think the way we do it now, with the press releases is just fine, they need to be bombarded or they simply wont listen.
There is power in numbers, and our numbers are growing everyday!
One Love
Everyone, the tape of Jesse Jackson’s derogatory remarks about Barack Obama will be replayed tonight on FOX, during the O’Reilly show. They already played parts of that interview; seems Mr. Jackson, who was being interviewed by FOX at the time – seems almost cosmic, doesn’t it – did not realize he was sitting at a live mike and repeated these comments to the man sitting next to him.
I completed the Daily Growl. Emails were returned for the following due to the e-mail being over their acceptable quota size per e-mail.
After the *61 FISA meltdown, he will have to cancel the reservation on the outside convention arena and have REI donate him a pup tent.
We will be happy to nominate Hillary anywhere, anytime.
What the heck. Clinton Sponsors Legislation to Ban Private Security Contractors
Apparently, BO is not in favor of this.
http://tinyurl.com/yunb68
Apparently this issue will come up again. So post this on all thos Pro BO spots.
Can anyone post this link on that FISA community? I think it will open some more eyes.
#544 storytellers
Good Lord – we can’t even finish celebrating over one bad thing happening in NObama land and you hand over more.
Storytellers please tell your story!
How much is a full-page ad in the New York Times?
We editors could assist Murphy in writing an ad about PUMA – including excerpts from today’s post – and run the ad there prior to Denver.
ohhh, man… what a drama fest this nObama circle is
how’s does man propose to get anything accomplished in the Oval Office with all this inside bickering, namecalling and backstabbing ???? sheeesh
Great post Murphy! I love my visits here. You guys post links to articles I would never see. I can’t stay long but I sure enjoy it while I,m here.
jbjd,
In the video BHO says “I will ripp the “N” out of you”, nasty Obama, we are seeing your true colors! Oh boy! I can imagine the Obamamaniacs, what excuse they are going to have for profanity, oh wait a minute, that is what they do all day, cursing, and treating people like s….t.
Emails that bounced, should have been on the last message, it didn’t show up there:
Maybe just send along a list of signatures with each email.. I know I don’t even open email if it isn’t from someone I recognize..and to flood the inboxes with email from all of us is good but not so good..It shows our numbers , but maybe there is another to showour numbers and our intent and determination?
I think we should move from emails into advertising in the Press. Just my 2c but it would be more effective in reaching out to other Hillary Clinton voters.
Only had one Mailer failure for the GROWL
I sent the emails some are coming back as;
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
Hello PUMA family.. Puma emails have been sent.
Yesssss
Internet was out for 24 hours. Couldn’t stand not knowing what’s going on. Wanted to share this post I saw on one of our local news sites :
“I really expected by now the democrats would see Obama for what he is, and they don’t. Obama still has the support of the dems, and a lot of people that just don’t want to see what he is really like. The people I know that support him don’t care about the stuff coming up. Like his reverend, his changing views on the war, etc. They keep saying it doesn’t matter. So I guess they are as committed to Obama as I was to Hillary. I won’t change my mind about her either. It is hopeless and Obama will win.”
I posted a reply with directions to this site. Unfortunately, this “hopeless” feeling is all to common. Hope it helps to get the word out and let people know we don’t have to just “get over it”.
I agree with those who have said PUMA should:
* Use emails sparingly
* Use News Releases much more generously!
* Remember to use faxes, & phonecalls, too.
560 hillstheone yeah that’s what I’m talking about.
I sent my press releases. DNC doesn’t want to take their volunteers to the Denver Zoo….I guess it costs to much, something else is in the works. (denver paper from yesterdays poll)
PUMA ALERT
PUMAs you are doing your work! My inbox is going crazy.
There is an email in you inbox.
Subject “PUMAs tell politicians Denver”
It contains a press release called
“DARRAGH MURPHY AT PUMA PAC ANNOUNCES 5 DAYS OF INTENSE POLITICAL ACTION”
Cut and paste the press release and get it sent out to the list of emails.
Them come back here and brag!
Keep going!
Wonderful PUMAs
Cut and Paste and send tens of thousands of emails today.
560 hillstheone I actually think it should be sooner while this FISA vote is fresh in peoples minds.
#508 john on 07.09.08 at 5:44 pm
Update the Jackson remarks…
… Hannity also suggested that Jackson said he wants to “rip Obama’s nuts off” on the tape.
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Dah! LOLOLOLOLOL! Now that comment nearly made me runin my keyboad with my spewed drink!
Mass emails — do they get read?
#533 Sunshinelvr Hi, just saw your post. I posted something about this yesterday and hope it helps. My brother is a lobbyist in DC (I know, I know but he does if on behalf of getting student loans and I don’t control what he does). He said numbers are the primary thing that catches the attentions of the govt.-types.
1. If hundreds, if not thousands of letters/phone calls are sent to a delegate/SD’s on the same subject, they DO sit up and take notice. Urge them to vote for Senator Clinton and tell them otherwise you have no choice but to not vote for them when they come up for re-election and you will work to make sure he/she is not re-elected. Also, say you will donate to their campaign. If you previously voted and’or donated to them, let them know that as well.
2. The same thing applies to your local and state representatives. The more letters received from their constituents the more they will take into consideration about what you are asking.
3. Urge then to change and/or ask them to support Senator Clinton for the reasons you have to support your request.
4. Don’t send via U.S. Mail. Since 9/11 all mail via the post office has to go through scanning and sometimes scrutiny and it often arrives weeks later, often yellowed. As a result it is also not always read. He said, email/phone and I am sure FAX.
My brother has been doing his job for several years so I trust what he says. Hope this helps your communications decisions.
diva2 Good job all!! Great information Murphy!
Hi PumaAllie,
Did you read this one yet?
Today’s Coverup of Surveillance Crimes and Barack Obama
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/09/10243/
This is the link I sent MY pro-Obama friends. Might I add, the first time I’ve ever even talked to them about Obama. I chose this because the site is very-well regarded among left-of-center folks.
#566 PumaAllie on 07.09.08 at 6:35 pm
I’m with you, but the problem is membership. WE need to actively recruit.
More members, more money, more action.
It costs a lot to post ads, rent buses etc.
Oh MY GOSH!!!!!!!!
Just got this email from the campaign! The Hill tees are out!
Dear [deleted],
I have so many wonderful memories from the millions of people I met on the campaign trail. Over the past year and half, I have also collected a few cherished mementos. They are a reflection of the many ups and downs that we went through together and represent our many accomplishments.
In May, Chelsea announced our “Project T-Shirt” contest, and I never imagined we would have such an outpouring of support and great designs. We received almost five thousand amazing entries, and more than 125,000 of you voted for your favorite design.
While the primary race may be over, I think the winning t-shirt — and it won by a landslide — still makes a wonderful statement about everything you and I accomplished in this historic race and our determination to keep fighting for what we believe in.
If you contribute $50 today you’ll get a t-shirt with the winning design and continue to help me pay down our campaign debt.
Click here to make a contribution of $50 and receive one of our winning t-shirts.
Denitza of Weehawken, New Jersey submitted the winning t-shirt. I’d like to thank Denitza and the thousands of others who put their time, talent, and efforts into all the great designs that were submitted.
I know you’re as proud as I am of everything we achieved and I hope I can count on you to work with me on the issues that brought us together. By helping us pay down the debt from one of the hardest-fought races in Democratic primary history, you’re making a real difference today for all our future efforts.
Plus, if you contribute $50, you’ll get one of our winning t-shirts. It’s a great statement about the spirit that drove our campaign, and I hope you’ll get one for yourself!
Contribute $50 to help pay down our debt, and you’ll get a t-shirt with our winning design.
Thank you for everything!
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Link provided to contribute: https://contribute.hillarycampaign2008.com/tsland.html?sc=1983&utm_source=1983&utm_medium=e
oh I am sending out my emails and I will NOT stop! I am glad to be able to help in this way..I will send them out and be proud to do so..was just wondering about the “spam ” issue that someone brought up!
I have a huge gripe about CNN (Blitzer, Cafferty, and Co.). I don’t know what it was that Jesse Jackson said about Obama, but Blitzer and Company said it didn’t matter because Jackson was irrelevant. I took that to mean because of his age. They made subtle remarks like that toward Hillary. CNN is not only guilty of sexism, but also age discrimination!
It’s like the media thinks that if you are 50 and above, you’re no longer important. Whatever happened to wisdom and experience that only comes with age? It is just plain disgusting.
One last comment from BO Blog on FISA… because if there was ever a time for them to understand the PUMA Coalition, the excerpt from one post over there explains it:
Tipping Point
By Brian from Buffalo Grove, IL – Jul 9th, 2008 at 6:03 pm EDT
“We constantly complain, as citizens, that the government doesn’t listen to us, and that they represent interests other than our own. It’s no wonder: we never hold them to the fire. We never use our power, as citizens, to *insist* on it. I am just one person, and I don’t expect Senator Obama or any other representative to do something simply because I ask them. But if enough of us can band together, and reach that tipping point, amazing things could happen. And I will not compromise my support for the constitution just because we haven’t yet reached that tipping point, because if we keep on doing that then we never will.”
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(Many of them are demanding that their Campaign contributions be returned, now)
Finally, thank God Hillary has always been true to her word, when it comes to her supporters…
…that is why I do not believe it is over… “Knocked down? Get back up!”
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., D-Ill. just released the following statement as a reaction to the crude and disparaging remarks his father — the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Says Jackson JUNIOR in a statement: “I’m deeply outraged and disappointed in Reverend Jackson’s reckless statements about Senator Barack Obama. His divisive and demeaning comments about the presumptive Democratic nominee — and I believe the next president of the United States — contradict his inspiring and courageous career
http://countusout.wordpress.com/
I just sent the email messages. Go PUMA!
Does anyone know just what happened with Jesse Jackson and Obama? What did Jesse say? What was the context?
MSM (CNN) is skirting all around the precise words JJ said and I’d love to hear exactly what it was. Anyone know?
Have to say it’s really hard to watch CNN. Ugh! That Jack Cafferty needs a good colonic. He’s so full of you-know-what.
The latest BS about BO and MO regretting p-wording out their daughters to Access Hollywood (or whatever silly channel it was) is just another blatantly self-serving BS action. He does it. Then apologizes for it. Not only does he throw his own White grandmother, his pastor, etc. under the bus, now it’s his own two daughters. Has this sorry excuse for a human being no shame at all?
Quite a contrast to Hillary and Bill who zealously protected their daughter from the press and Jackie O who refused to allow her children to be used as campaign props….Yeah Michelle, dream on….The next Jackie O? Give me a break. How ’bout a good parenting course for the two narcissistic frauds.
Just got on.
DAAMMMNNNN!!!!
That is one hell of a statement!!!
And amazingly accurate as well. Well done. (applause)
#581 stella49
CNN said Jackson is irrelevant because he is the real black leader and Obama is not, so they are trying to cover for BO by calling Jackson irrelevant. Only to those too young to know a real black leader when they hear one.
#584 john:
Junior sounds like he’s talking about a stranger. Kind of disrespectful if you ask me.
#579 PA4HILL08
lol She is sending us a message with that T Shirt!
at $50 they are well worth it.
#581 and #582 stella49~
They really said that? I am not doubting you, I boycott CNN. Saying that Jesse Jackson is “irrelevant” is equivalent to saying the same regarding:
Al Sharpton
Rep. Clyburn from South Carolina
and to a point Donna Brazille
I hope somebody has that on TiVO or DVR. There needs to be a YouTube made with that remark. Over the top, big time.
Action idea?
Another group contribution to debt reduction in honor of Hillary’s FISA vote?
#587 BigCatLover, well said.
sunshine…this is not spam. we are exercising our right to free speech (while we still have it!!!)
For everyone who has been counted out but refused to be knocked out! and For everyone who works hard and never gives up!
This one is for YOU!!!
lolz
Chelsea reads this board, we were talking about that T Shirt a while back.
wontbackdown…maybe that is why she is releasing the teeshirts now??????????
#591 GOSUEF4HIL……… GREAT IDEA! Maybe we should pass that one to all the others in the coalition!
#584 john
Doesn’t this remind you of Nazi Germany, where children turned in their own parents? All because they were so blinded by Nazi propaganda…
BO has done nothing in his entire life that deserves any special accolades. Jesse Jackson, Sr. , whether you like him or not, has devoted his whole life to fighting for the rights, etc of Black Americans and his own son throws him under the bus for justifiably (I have no doubt) dissing BO in a private comment that was unintentionally caught on a live mike?
This is pathetic.
#595 Taffy… I think you might be right!
thanks taffy..as i said I am proud to be able to contribute this little bit that I do and will continue. On another note, I do love the T-shirts..I think that it is going to be a “must have ” item.But are we positive the $$ goes to Hillary’s debt??
She is releasing them so we can wear them when she get the nomination in Denver!!!
Jesse Jackson Sr. and Jr. go under the bus!
Clinton Dems has an action page you might want to check out. I believe this was posted earlier in the day but I’m posting it again as I think it’s worth going to. It has talking points and other info regarding the supers.
http://clintondems.com/action-center/
gtg tc all just enjoying the fellowship of like-minded people just floats my boat!! Kudos to all of us!! Hear! Hear!!
More and more OB’s supporters are getting to know who he really is. Those who don’t want to admit that OB is really unqualified are the real losers. Soon they’ll pay big price for that.
Hillary has already changed our history. She shines no matter what. We love her more than we can say.
brooklyn go to post 584 and click…then look at story under jr’s remarks
#442 Sam I AM i went into the Obama link and started my own blog. LOL and am getting responces all ready.It is under Mr. Obama Has Never Told The Truth. made by SandiTerreberry. A Lot of angry people in there i last looked after 5 minutes and had 2 comments. I am slow as my mouse is not working good. As soon as the sun goes down i will go buy another mouse.
Yes She Will !!! Yes She Will !!!
DONATION TO HILLARY CLINTON FOR COURAGE…
…ON VOTING “NO TO FISA”!
$50.00 buys you a tee-shirt on “How to keep on fighting for what you believe in”
groups.google.com/……
Obama´s Troubling Internet Fund Raising
by Maureen Dowd
I did vote in the poll and i am trying to do things but my mouse is killing me GRRROWWWLLLL
Jackson Jr. must have been promised a big job with BO and he’s afraid it’ll go down the drain with Senior’s comments. He not only threw daddy under the bus he ran over him a few times!
#590 My husband just called me and says its all over the radio. I am on Abc now and they said it was an open mike that was not supposed to turned off, that it was a private conversation. He said obama was “talking down to black people” It was at the Fathers day speech. Jessie Jackson jr. is pissed …he is up o’s jock.
#605 Taffy
Thks, Taffy. Doing so as we speak.
#579 PA4HILL08 re: Hill Tees
I just bought one.
Will and Riverdaughter on right now at nowewont.org radio
#608 Jeremy
We were talking about CNN callling Jackson irrelevant. Please follow the entire conversation and don’t put words in my mouth.
#577 hillstheone thanks for the link, I have saved it to read later. I’m too fired up right now.
http://pumaalliance.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/hillary-votes-no-barack-votes-yes-on-fisa/
tell Barack Obama, he can keep the change!
Hillary In 08! Denver !!! Denver!!!
I have to press realy hard to get this mouse to scroll. So if you want to go and leave some comments for others to read go for it.
link #442 Mr. Obama Never Has Told The Truth
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that I emailed the “PUMA POWER” letter.
Melissa
Wayne County, WV
PUMA PAC Democrat
My earlier post 188 was about the T-shirt but didn’t connect that perhaps this was more a statement about her campaign than I had thought originally.
Anyway, they look great on the email I received and I do believe the money goes to her campaign debt but am not certain. She alludes to paying down the debt with this$. Also, it was pointed out, while the primary season “may’ be over, not IS over….so, maybe there’s something to read in that. Let’s get these T-shirts, and keep our bumper stickers plastered all over our cars! It’s not over …….BO is imploding!
What is up with “O” saying kids need to speak Spanish? I guess it was said today during a speech.
He is embarrassed by Americans overseas that cannot speak another language
#589 PumaAllie on 07.09.08 at 6:52 pm
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sandipuma
give some cheese to the mouse
Pumallie: Did you look at that link (& video) on common dreams site yet?
I feel like it’s Christmas today!
DENVER! DENVER! DENVER!
#606 sandipuma
Hi, all! sandipuma, I cannot believe you set up your own blog in ’61′s blog! LOL you are great! post the address, please!
Yes Chelsea does read this board and i think Hillary does to because i got the answer on facebook from bothe that they are now my freinds
#600 prplvette85…
“She is releasing them so we can wear them when she get the nomination in Denver!!!
Now, you know… I’ll bet you are right on… nothing happens by mistake… especially in a campaign with sooooo much at stake for our country.
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Buy the new Hillary Tee Shirt, everyone!
“For everyone who has been counted out but refused to be knocked out! and For everyone who works hard and never gives up!
This one is for YOU!!!”
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We’re are going to Denver!
CNN is ‘of course’ putting a positive spin on Jesse’s remarks. Says it is just a generational thing. He is not young and hip like OB. They are sure their holyone will forgive Jesse and move on.
EMAILS:
If you haven’t rec’d anything from PUMA today, check your spam mail box.
Sent all my emails out for today, BBL.
Pumallie: yes, definitely read / view that link, it’s very powerful stuff for PUMA power..
617 BigCatLover on 07.09.08 at 7:04 pm
Regarding #608
I wasn’t trying to put words in your mouth. That was my opinion when I read the post(s). I was just trying to make sense of it for myself, not adding any dialogue to your comment. Sorry if it came out that way.
#524 cosmeta
I am so glad that you brought this issue up. You question whether we should send all these letters to the media.
It is wonderful that this site allows each of us to find our own voices and to speak them freely. On June 3rd, just over a month ago PUMApac did not exist. There was no blog site, no members, no Daily Growl, no leader named Murphy. A month later we have established a community of people who agree in general on certain ethical and political goals and are working to make those goals a reality.
If we are to succeed, then we have to be an immense community. A community of millions. A community that makes the word “PUMApac” a household word. There are two ways to do that: an astronomical amount of money OR millions of people. Since PUMApac does not have an astronomical amount of money we have to get our message out to millions of people. We have to go from not existing for the average American to a household word and we have to do that in a matter of months.
The press release that was sent out today was written by Murphy and it is she that speaks for PUMApac, not me, not you, not anyone else. Only she speaks for PUMApac. We lend our voices of support and our willingness to be counted by sending her press releases. By sending the press release, we send a message to the media, to the politicians, to the leaders of the DNC, to the members of the Democratic Party, and to the people of the United States that we stand behind the message in the press release. The more letters that are sent, the more people who are standing behind that message, until there is an army of people standing up and saying “No More” and “Not This Time.”
We are a voice crying in the wilderness and need to be a PUMA’s roar that can be heard from sea to shining sea, and for that matter round the world. It is not possible to spam the media. It is not possible to send the media too many letters. A million is not enough if they do not get the message that we are not going to “get over it.” That we are not hurt, sad, grieving, depressed. We are righteously angry and will not stop sending out the message until we are heard.
When Hillary Clinton was insulted, I was insulted. When Hillary Clinton was described in terms of her appearance, not in terms of her policies, my professional standing as an attorney, as a mathematician, was denigrated. This is a crossroads, a line in the sand, a never-looking-back moment in American history. I am taking a stand. I hope that you will take a stand. I hope that Murphy has the energy, the heart, the hope, the perseverance and the courage to take this fight to the finish.
It is not possible to send enough letters to the media to tell them that we exist, that we are not going away, that we are very displeased and collectively we have very deep pockets and very loud voices. We vote. I have voted in every election – local, state and national – since 1968. My mother who died in 2005 at 101 years, voted that year. And, I do not vote for racists or sexist or for candidates that allow and promote racism or sexism.
This is my country. This is our country. The concept of democracy is a sacred trust and that trust is in our hands. PUMApac is the Voice of the Voters and the Soul of the Democratic Party.
LOL i am not scared of BO go to the link above at #442
SAM I AM and click on that. Go to Blogs and i started one called Mr. OBama Has Never Told The Truth
Send Hillary $22.48 (the FISA Bill Number) today!
#615 Battle for the Hill on 07.09.08 at 7:04 pm #579 PA4HILL08 re: Hill Tees
I just bought one.
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I’m trying to figure out if I can buy one or not. I’m already over the $2300 mark for her POTUS primary, which means any money I give now will either go toward her POTUS GE campaign or her Senate reelection campaign in 2012 and not toward her POTUS primary debt. What a quandry!
Oh, what the heck, I’ll give her $50 for her Senate reelection. If she does not use it for that, maybe it can go toward another run at POTUS in 2012 (only if she does not get it this year!)
#633 MamaPuma… made me really tear up, Mama,
Thanks for the post!
great mamapuma¡¡¡
Just on Lou Dobb’s tonight:
BHO wants all American children to learn Spanish.
So now we are to,
- Give up our SUV’s
- Turn down our thermostats
- And now, we are to give up our National Language
Amazing…
jeremy
No problem. My joke about ‘under the bus’ is just a running joke we use here when a supporter of BO gets slammed by the campaign or the media.
#636 PA4HILL08… she has 32 million in her General Election Fund!
I don’t care if it stacks it up some more… I truly believe she is going to be the Nominee!
I still never got my PUMA shirts (:
#628 sandipuma on 07.09.08 at 7:10 pm Yes Chelsea does read this board and i think Hillary does to because i got the answer on facebook from bothe that they are now my freinds
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Is it really them? How can you confirm that on facebook – I never used it.
In regards to the CNN report on the Jesse Jackson thing.
One of the people on the panel said that the younger folks don’t pay much attention to him because they are not of his generation.
One of them also said that Jesse might be having some jelousy because of Barack’s “success” in the primary.
I think that is when they said he was irrelevant. I think they said that because in their eyes the younger african american people won’t pay attention to him making it irrelevant in their eyes.
sunshine..yes. i called her hqs. they want the vendors paid off!!!!!!
Dear
Thank you for your contribution to Hillary Clinton for President.
We deeply appreciate your support. If you have any questions
about your contribution please contact us at
contributions@hillaryclinton.com.
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YOUR CONTRIBUTION RECEIPT:
DATE: July 9, 2008 7:14 PM EDT
NAME: prplvette85
ADDRESS:
Gary, IN
AMOUNT: $50.00
#642 sandipuma on 07.09.08 at 7:18 pm I still never got my PUMA shirts (:
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I think Murphy said they are coming. There was a problem with the shipment or something. She posted about it a few days ago.
i said i was going to donate again and got 3 “thank you…she is so special. we love her so much!”
#641 wontbackdown on 07.09.08 at 7:17 pm #636 PA4HILL08… she has 32 million in her General Election Fund!
I don’t care if it stacks it up some more… I truly believe she is going to be the Nominee!
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All right. You talked me into it. I want that tee darn it! LOL
I’m off to contribute…
Hey, I just noticed something, the receipt does not say thanks for paying down debt, it says Hillary Clinton for President
#635 xdemocrat… 50.00 bucks buys a teeshirt!
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“For everyone who has been counted out but refused to be knocked out! and For everyone who works hard and never gives up!
This one is for YOU!!!”
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We’re are going to Denver! And watch her give her Acceptance Speech in Mile High Stadium!
#628
Does Hillary and Chelsea really read this blog?
New Article:
Obama’s Move To Invesco Aims To Suppress Opposition
http://politicallydrunk.blogspot.com/2008/07/obamas-move-to-invesco-aims-to-suppress.html
#489 BillieJoe – thank you for paying attention – the only one – having a bad day here today so think I will disappear for awhile – Post #184 Hillryistheone gave some good information on those SD’s that SHOULD have gone with Hillary because of the popular vote – that is a good place to start – print that post – go to http://www.lobbydelegates.com find the state that person belongs with and click on their name and type what it is that you feel about no names flipflopping on FISA, campaign finance reform and Iraq – three key issues for all of them – especially since a couple of the good Senators voted the same as Hillary today on FISA.
Good luck — see you round
#650 prplvette85… Keep those cards and letters coming in!
We’re are going to Denver! And watch her give her Acceptance Speech in Mile High Stadium!
#654 Goalucard4Hill… good suggestions!
… hope you feel better!
Hi PUMAs, I haven’t posted over the past few days due to a number of commitments. Here is a letter that I just finished which I sent to my governor, two senators and congressman (all super delegates). When you start reading it you may wonder why I am posting it. The “punch line” is the final paragraph. And now I heading to the top of the thread to start reading.
July 9, 2008
Dear Senator/Congressman,
Congratulations on your success in securing the rebid of the air tanker that is to be purchased for the United States Air Force. I listened to the announcement today by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. His statements that the Department of Defense is “restoring credibility and integrity” to the process and that the American public “must have confidence in the integrity of the process” was wonderful to hear. I was also impressed when he acknowledged that while the process was “not fatally flawed” it “has cast doubts on the ability of the Air Force” to conduct the bid. The decision to move the new bid process to the Department of Defense as well as select a new group of people for the committee demonstrates his commitment to ensuring that, what he called the “open forum,” is achieved during this process.
Congressman Jay Inslee’s comments upon the decision were insightful and on target. He noted that it was “gratifying to see” the recognition of the GAO’s findings and that it was “common sense” to honor GAO’s findings. In addition, Mr. Inslee noted that it showed that bidders were “not allowed to take advantage of illegal subsidies” and that “Airbus violated requirements.” I was particularly impressed with Congressman Inslee’s comment that he “can’t understand why it was ignored.” I am pleased that he will continue to work on this issue and, as he noted, “come up with the right strategy” to address it.
Congressman Norm Dicks was also astute when he noted that the “process must be fair” and it is “crucial to our local and national economy.”
Senator Patty Murray, who spearheaded this whole process, commented that she is “going to stay on top of this to ensure our taxpayers have a fair and open competition.”
Governor Chris Gregoire correctly noted that it was “obvious Airbus does not meet the criteria and Boeing does.”
As I listened to the breaking news that came in today I noticed a similarity in the comments made by the people I have noted above, to the comments that have been made by many of the eighteen million people who voted for Hillary Clinton. In our case, the comments refer to the DNC as well as to our experiences at local caucuses. I respectfully request that you re-read my letter and substitute the current, on-going nomination process for the Democratic presidential nominee for 2008. If you are already a delegate for Hillary Clinton, I commend you. If you are a delegate for Barack Obama I ask you to re-examine your decision just as you had asked the Department of Defense to rebid the air tanker decision. I hope you will make the right decision, just as the Department of Defense did.
Sincerely,
One other thing to clarify BigCatLover, when I said “your comment” I was meaning JJ’s comment. After re-reading my statement it does come off as being vague who said what. Thanks for your reply. When I get in a hurry and with the timing of these posts, it pays to proof read them better. Thanks again.
This my blog on Obamas site LOL
Mr. Obama Has Not Told The Truth Ever
By Sandi Terreberry – Jul 9th, 2008 at 5:46 pm EDT
For all of you who have drank the Obama Kool-Aid I think it is about time to spit it up and out.Mr. Obama was a great speaker and so was Jim Jones. Lies to you so you can just hear what you want to hear. He was not Elected he was Selected by a crooked Democratic Party. I call them the UnDemocratic Party. Senator Obama is a weak man. Senator Clinton was the strong candidate.The DNC thought they could use him for their puppet on a string. Mr. Obama could never be trusted not for one day in the WhiteHouse. I also call him Mr. Flip-Flopper. He will be the end of America. Sad but true. We need to take back The UnDemocratic Party and make a New Democratic Party.There are many people walking away from Mr. Obama and I suggest anyone who can think and see will walk away fast. He is far from a Patriot. I am a Hillary Clinton supporter who will hold her nose and vote for Mccain if need be. But Remeber Senator Clinton Suspended her campaign untill the Convention. I have joined the multi-maillions to see that she becomes the Nominee and you can join us and have your say. We are http://www.Blog.Pumapac.org we also are in coalition with justsaynodeal. Do the right thing and save AMERICA
sandipuma
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Murphy, if you are around, please remove post #608 for me. I would appreciate it. Thanks.
Lou Dobbs Survey: Do you believe English should be the official National language?
http://loudobbs.tv.cnn.com/
#633 mamapuma WOW!!!!!!
I just voted,
100% said YES
Wow. Trying to catch up. Not possible. Lol.
As to Jesse Jackson. Has it dawned on anyone that he has been around long enough to know a “hot mic” form a cold one? That he probably meant for that to be heard?
I’m betting dollars to donuts we will be hearing a lot more form Jesse and it wont be particularly kind to precious.
No matter what else you can say about Jesse, he knows how to work a mic.
Am i a bad girl now Murphy….i hope i did ok??Don’t want to stand in the corner
#659 sandipuma
Great posting! LOL. You’ve gone where no man dares to go, right into the heart of “Dark Side.” Brave lady.
hillstheone yes I did watch the video at common dreams, it is shocking that BO is supposed to be a “consitutional lawyer” but actually voted this in – he’s so funny. Also that it is the Democrats that have done this !!!
At least our Hillary knows what liberty means. Good video and a detailed insight, but I didn’t read the full article yet. That’s for when I am less wired than now. I am convinced the tide is turning.
read #633 MamaPuma
and then read the email in your inbox.
Subject “PUMAs tell politicians Denver”
It contains a press release called
“DARRAGH MURPHY AT PUMA PAC ANNOUNCES 5 DAYS OF INTENSE POLITICAL ACTION”
Cut and paste the press release and get it sent out to the list of emails.
Them come back here and brag!
If each PUMA sends the emails, the media will know that we are not going away.
#659 sandipuma
Maybe you will be able to save a few souls.
I consider your daring move brave act for humankind.
Ok, I did it! I’m gettin onw of them thar t-shirts!
Contribution Details
Date: July 09, 2008 7:29 PM EDT
Contact: [deleted]
Amount: $50.00
PA4Hill have a family member buy you one as a birthday or Christmas gift
Sorry #507 Ladyhawwke – did not see your comment until now – appreciate your response.
I am IN LOVE with today. First, that man is EMBARASSED about America and wants all US children to learn Spanish. Then, he votes FOR FISA. Then, the good Rev. Jackson calls him on the floor over reparations, and finally, his own website has gone NUCLEAR calling for his things the Rev. Jackson said are missing…
If not know when DNC, it is time to get off the train wreck and get on the Hillary Express–she will take you straight to the White House!
Hillary and the whole Clinton family WE LOVE YOU! I cannot wait until I can say President Clinton, Hillary that is!!!
#241 zombiefortruth…….we know, that’s REALLY why we’re all here. Fight!
If someone donates $100 would they get two T shirts? Does anyone know?
#673 jenniforhillary
Won’t it be great to have TWO President Clintons and to have to specify which one when referring to either?! I love it. President Bill and/or President Hillary. Isn’t that so cool?!!!
#675 PumaAllie,
Yes! It asks size and if you want to order an additional.
WOW! Someone just posted this on BO’s blog… it’s right up at the top!
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Key Democratic leaders part with Obama on FISA
By Karl K – Jul 9th, 2008 at 7:24 pm EDT
Also listed in: 7 groups
“Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) voted in favor of the amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, to the dismay of many of his own supporters. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) were among those who broke with their party’s standard-bearer to vote against the bill.”
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P.S. The opposition over there is growing and the majority posting are really over it with him!
It has been a great PUMA DAY!!! The wheels in the bus go round and round…round and round…….
I am following these developments with glee
Will Jessie Jackson join Pastor Wright on the *61 ungrateful bus now?
Regarding a “hot mic.” This is my opinion. If you say something, you have to think about it before you say it, therefore you meant it. I guess mics will be the next thing to go…under the bus.
sandipuma
My hero! Standing up to Obama-mites in Obama Land.
Way to Go!!!!!
#650 prpl You’re right. I went back and my donation receipt for July 4th was the same as May “we are at a critical stage…” This is more like the old one. “Thank you for your contrbution to Hillary Clinton for President”
Lou Dobbs “O” is getting out of hand. Hahaha.
#681 Jeremy…
loved it!
I look at it this way…What is he going to do??? Spank me heck no hes to weak. If they knock me out i will go right back in under another name.
Lou Dobbs Show
Go to,
http://www.usenglish.org
Will supply a list of your representitives who have signed a pledge to make English the official language.
#682 Jeremy
Not to mention, if I read that posting correctly, he (Jesse Jackson) said what he said into a Fox News mic. The one station you can guarantee will put his words on the air. Coincidence? I don’t believe in them.
It was a slick move on Jacksons part.
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read #633 MamaPuma just became #634
and then read the email in your inbox.
Subject “PUMAs tell politicians Denver”
It contains a press release called
“DARRAGH MURPHY AT PUMA PAC ANNOUNCES 5 DAYS OF INTENSE POLITICAL ACTION”
Cut and paste the press release and get it sent out to the list of emails.
Them come back here and brag!
If each PUMA sends the emails, the media will know that we are not going away.
#623 ontherocks Also, he voted against making English the official language. Habla espanol?
#684 Taffy… yes in dee dee !
“we are at a critical stage…”
and…
“Thank you for your contrbution to Hillary Clinton for President”
Yes, Maddam President to Be… You are more than welcome!
566 PumaAllie on 07.09.08 at 6:35 pm I think we should move from emails into advertising in the Press. Just my 2c but it would be more effective in reaching out to other Hillary Clinton voters.
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PumaAllie
I agree with you and it does not have to be big news papers, I would suggest to put ads in all local community news weekly papers.
Firstly, most citizens read these community papers to read what is happen around their environments and local activities.
Secondly, it is much cheaper to advertise in these papers than in large newspapers.
Thirdly, we can use a puma with her pointed paw, kind of like Uncle Sam, stating that PumaPac wants you etc….
Lastly, since it has been stated over and over again that the majority of Hillary supporters are blue collar workers, seniors etc. these are the very same people who read their local community papers and their senior news circulars.
Just a continuation of PumaAllie’s thoughts.
#692 ladyhawkke… no comprenda
The Kossoks are talking…
http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/9/164845/8072/235/548955
I was married to a man who tried to kill me. He beat me so bad i had brain surgery…but that made me strong i will never let anyone ever scare me again and i just go for it and do as i please.NO MAN scares me
#692 ladyhawkke… come to think of it… I do know some spanish:
“No ObaMO”
#680 prplvette85 on 07.09.08 at 7:36 pm It has been a great PUMA DAY!!! The wheels in the bus go round and round…round and round…….
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And if we’re lucky – soon they’ll come off! |-)
I am trying to find the newspaper, that I just missed on TV news
where more or less questioned Obama´s public meeting in Germany
somebody that lives in Germany said yesterday morning here in the blog that he is preparing sort of a mass meeting , I think she said in the street, next to new USA embassy in Berlin
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all dictators have the vice of congregating masses, castro, chavez, franco, mao, hitler,stalin, ….etc & they force the people to attend
sandipuma…you are a brave woman invading BOTland like that…good for you!! #685 ontherocks…Lou Dobbs gives me the impression that he really has BO’s number.
NBC still does not get…sexism still exists there.. http://airamerica.com/blog/2008/jul/04/more-sexism-nbc
Today I had a 9 year old girl in my office and she said she was very sad that Hillary will probably not be President. She said that it wasn’t fair that BO gets a chance and Hillary does not. She said that Hillary was better on the issues. After talking a while she said that because of Hillary she wants to be President some day!! It is amazing how Hillary has touched and inspired even a 9 year old. Hillary needs to be President!
Just e-mailed the press release to the media…great job Murphy!!
#566 & #694 We have a local paper here that has an information area and I could put an ad in there. It wouldn’t cost much. What should the ad say? “Disenfranchised, feel your vote didn’t count? Want Hillary in the White House? Go to blog.pumapac.org.
Any suggestions as I want to to this asap.
#285 Goalucard4Hill…Thanks for the lobby delegates link.
Okay- I did it… I registered and posted on the obama site…. there were so many people who are so upset there… here is my post… I hope I did the right thing…. here is what I wrote:
This is an invite to come to PUMA. Go to
justsaynodeal.com and look for PUMApac…. it’s not too late to do something. I too once liked Obama- until I started to see him change…. on FISA, Iraq, his stand on pro-choice (Google the article from Relevant Magazine for an interview that will shed some light), and other things… anyway- just something for you to think about… know that you are not alone- many people are sad about this (and the whole election).
Take care…. from a PUMA
sandipuma,
I am so sorry to read that
my god
REMINDER!!!
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Thanks!
One more thing about the tshirts – this contest was started about one month before the S.Dakota primary. We were never told who the winner was although many on the Hill site asked about the disposition of the contest. Were they holding this in abeyance, so they could be rolled out for the Convention?
I’ll never forget the night in Ohio she declared those words when won all but about 4 counties out of 88 in Ohio.
This woman is awesome….Remember, we’re only “Suspended, not ended”……
I’m game lets do it the press release lets goooo for it
#697 sandipuma.
Bravery!!!!!!!!
ty #705 storey
#694 TerryDo thank you, and I really like your idea about the PUMA pa saying “we need you” it is a recognisable symbolism and for that reason would be effective.
I also thought perhaps a list in the smaller print of the jsnd motto or some other appeal to conscience? even a list of bo’s flip flops. Depending on price of course.
I agree with you about the local newspapers, it would be cheaper.
Is everyone listening into PUMA radio btw?
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/no-we-wont
One other thought of mine regarding the JJ statement and the spin from CNN—irrelevant because younger people don’t pay attention to JJ Sr’s remarks—with that, I think they just opened the door for those younger voters to start paying attention more. Good job, CNN! Also, called my niece and asked her if she knew anything about Jesse Jackson? Her reply—”Isn’t he the guy that took over MLK’s group after he died?” I said back to her “good for you, you have won the trivia lotto for the day.” I am talking about a typical white female who is 15 and from Oklahoma. Regardless of the spin CNN is putting on this, I don’t think they realize how much those under 21 do know.
Hey thats why I am aPUMA we are all Brave and Strong just like Hillary
Another great post from BO site blog:
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Hillary voted Nay on immunity. She’s my candidate!
By Tom – Jul 9th, 2008 at 7:41 pm EDT
Also listed in: Senator Obama – Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity – Get FISA Right
Before Obama came along and seduced us, I supported Clinton. Although I figured she’d have a difficult time, because of all the baggage the Rethuglicans had piled on her through the years, I was convinced she’d be a responsible and effective President.
Then came Obama’s siren song, a sweet message that reminded me of all the things that a President could … and should … do. It was a Reagan-like “morning in America” moment. I enthusiastically bought into the “new” while sadly jettisoning the “old.”
Then came FISA.
Incredibly, Obama reneged on his promise to fight retroactive immunity for the telecoms. Did I mention it was also inexplicable?
So, anyway, I’m back supporting Hillary. Now if only there was a grassroots campaign I could join to get the Dem convention to choose Clinton! Is it too late?
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#461 Hillmania on 07.09.08 at 5:14 pm, WROTE,
[[ #444 Cosmeta: I just got back myself.]]
Unlike you, I just needed a break from my computer and this site… way too much reading, what with this blog and then clicking on the links. It is getting harder and harder to keep up, and I am finding that more and more of our posted messages are being wasted because half of them don’t get read.
[[ I agree, I get so angry when BO praises Hillary. It is so patronizing. Especially when she got more votes than him. The same goes for Chris Matthews. All of a sudden after Hillary suspended her campaign he started praising her. Too little too late!!!]]
That’s only because their ratings are going down… and yes, because of folks like us who have begun making complaints.
But they deserve iT, now don’t they.
Men, especially do the stupidest things…. but if they just stop to think…. would you want someone to treat your wife or daughter like that, they would cease and discest (sp).
I have not received the email (about the t-shirt) from Hillary’s site yet. Would someone please forward it to me…imgba at optonline dot net
thanks
#660 SandiPUMA
Hi – I just saw that you posted in Obamaland too…. I tried to be more diplomatic….. but I love your post.
I think we have to try to remember – they really have had too much Kool-aid… while it feels good to rub their nose in it- I think that it is better for us to show Unity (real Unity in getting him out before it is too late) in order to help us get our country back.
Feel free to disagree… at some point we are going to have to decide what we are going to do with those that want to see the real light.
good night pumas
i have to go to bed
4 me is 2 in the morning
sandi,
when he loses, I will remember that you gave him the knock-out punch
I am proud to be a PUMA with you….we will never back down, never stand down, never give up, and never stop fighting.
#676 PumaAllie on 07.09.08 at 7:33 pm
If someone donates $100 would they get two T shirts? Does anyone know?
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PumaAllie
Yes. Use this link to order them. This is the link that was in her email.
https://contribute.hillarycampaign2008.com/tsland.html?sc=1983&utm_source=1983&utm_medium=e
Speaker Pelosi also voted for FISA, in the House. Surprise, surprise.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/24/pelosi-says-more-debate-on-fisa-would-be-healthy/
Know what this means? If you hit the SD’s with an attack of Senator Obama over FISA, you have to go after Representative Pelosi over FISA, too.
Gotta watch O’Reilly now …
SandiPuma – I am so glad that you survived… know that you have family here.
#720 PA4HILL08… Make it two separate donations and specify in each one you want a tee shirt! (I would think)
Obama’s veni, vidi, vici:
I flipped, I flopped, I floundered.
I am PUMA, hear me roar!
Murphy, an inspiring, exciting, and fortitude-resolving post as always.
TOPIC: Jesse Jackson
Hi Mad Logic#681 RE: Jesse Jackson
& The Rainbow Push Coalition, Ya gotta love Jesse Jackson. Who but Jesse gets nailed for having an extra-marital affair while being head of something called Rainbow “PUSH” coalition?
OK, I’m being naughty, but I always had fun with that one so I finally got to share my demented humor! ;D
#533 Sunshinelvr wrote,
[[ I agree with cosmeta…A flood of emails does not even get looked at in lot of cases…although I do send mine out faithfully! ]]
Welll— It is one thing for each of us to write to our Governors, Mayors, Congressmen, representatives, senators, etc.; because as individuals were are entitled to that right. My only objection on this one was because it was called, specifically, a “Press Release” which means, at least to me, something released to the Press.
It is saying, (without saying) I am your equal. And as an equal, me thinks a certain amount of decorum is necessary.
A protest is not a press release, for example!
I just watched FOX and they played the tape of Jesse and what I have a problem with is he kind of made a jesture after he said it. Did anybody else notice it.
#700 storytellers there is a link at post #80.
antifish
what he is doing is taking is cesar´s word
divide & conquer(anyway that what he thinks)
good night¡¡¡¡
# 714 wontbackdown
Go over to ObamaLand and invite that new found Puma to tea.
http://blog.pumapac.org
Don’t forget the address!
I sent 28 emails today to the news media. but 3 were returned undeliverable those were ccoppola@evtrib.com, jripley@evtrib.com, 2020@abc.com, did anyone else have that problem? I also received confirmation from today show and nightly news.
did it… they were already calling me a troll….
Hillary needs her debt paid down. Don’t wait any longer, please just do it. The sooner she gets it paid off the sooner she won’t have to kowtow to the DNC or Obama and can go to the convention with her head high awaiting her vote. http://www.hillaryclinton.com now on the front page is the link to pay off the debt. This tells me that Hillary has some plans, she’s not hiding behind Obama, her senate race, her pac or anything else. I feel something in the wind. I just did, please join me.
YOUR CONTRIBUTION RECEIPT:
DATE: July 9, 2008 7:41 PM EDT
NAME: ************
ADDRESS: ************
Forest Grove, OR 97116
AMOUNT: $100.00
#592 GOSUEF4HIL on 07.09.08 at 6:53 pm
Action idea?
Another group contribution to debt reduction in honor of Hillary’s FISA vote?
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GOSUEF4HIL
Great idea! Email it to Maryland Puma! She’s been asking for people to email their ideas since she cannot keep up wioth everything being posted here.
#733 sam_I_am… Sam…
…Would you say it’s 10 to 1 over there “not voting for him now or giving him another dime”?
#633 MamaPuma
AMEN!!
Just a bit of humor, I read today : The secret service has announced it is doubling it’s protection on Barack Obama, You can understand why with 2 positions on every issue he has twice as many people mad at him
#550 PA4HILL08 on 07.09.08 at 6:25 pm, WROTE,
[[ Cosmeta. I do have to agree with you on this one. I hate to see Puma PAC get hit with a SPAM charge, should someone be some inclined to initiate such charges. We do have a SPAM law in the US. ]]
That is bound to happen sooner or later if http://www.pumapac sends out too many emails. But that is not the case with this one that is called a Press Release; because in it, PumaPacUSA is asking us to spam for them. The two modes of operation are not the same.
[[ And I agree that ONE person, or group of people, should be in charge of dealing with ALL media -whether it be dealing with press inquiries or sending out press releases. It really does promote the PAC as being a professional organization rather than just a bunch of ‘radical old crazy feminists’ - a nomenclature that so many would like to hang on us. ]]
Yep—agreed!
[[Spamming the press is a good way to get onto their ‘blacklisted’ list, which certainly does us no good. We’ve seen how they’ve blacklisted many of us from their comment sections on their websites, so what’s to stop them from doing the same to our emails? And frankly, none of us appreciates SPAM flooding our in boxes. We just delete most of it. Can’t blame them really, if they choose to do the same.
Just my humble two cents. ]]
And a good cents it is!
I don’t like to be spammed and I refuse to become a spammer. I refuse to send out emails just because. Meaning, if I send them, my names goes on the bottom and not PUMA PAC.
Do you see the difference?
Of course you do.
But do others?
And just in case others reading this do not get my meaning: Although I may be a member of PumaPac, I am not PUMA Pac and in that, I do not represent them in any official capacity.
So when I receive in a daily growl, I consider it and then if I agree with its premise I reword it and put it into my own words. I may also sign it, in sympathy with puma and then give out the website url… but I NEVER write as if I am an authorized PUMA official because that would be a lie.
Regarding the Ads in newspapers:
I believe they run about $40-50K up to $100K per ad. My numbers may not be quite accurate but I remember they were pricey.
What we are considering is having everyone place a three line ad in their papers on the same day. I believe they are relatively inexpensive.
Not to worry, we are evaluating options. The problem is, with all the fundraising going around – the Denver trip, Hillary’s debt, website costs, promotional costs, etc etc, the money is stretched pretty thin.
We’re trying to figure out ways to hit big money supporters who may be sympathetic to our cause, even if it’s an anonymous donation. If any PUMAs have ideas, please email me. You know the addy.
WAIT! Hillary’s taking contributions for her Senate reelection campaign…does that mean she won’t be running for President in 2012?
Please don’t let it be so!
#723 wontbackdown you can put as many as you want on one order. It’s $50 each and the total comes up when you hit submit, showing what you ordered and the total. I bought MORE than one
#732 Pookie….I had the same problem…the first 2 e-mails said the message was too large.
#723 wontbackdown on 07.09.08 at 8:01 pm #720 PA4HILL08… Make it two separate donations and specify in each one you want a tee shirt! (I would think)
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If you use the link I posted upblog here, it allows you to order a certain number of tees and when you place them in the basket, it totals them up at $50 each. So $100 does buy ya two.
Here’s the link to donate and get tees.
https://contribute.hillarycampaign2008.com/tsland.html?sc=1983&utm_source=1983&utm_medium=e
Okay, about Obambi saying that kids should learn Spanish, I do not think it is a big deal, it is like learning another language. I get upset when people only target Spanish because we are the largest minority. The only reason Obambi is saying that, is to attract the Hispanic vote, that is it, he is just playing nice.
#744 PA4HILL08… I went there to donate and saw the same thing… was coming back to tell YOU! LOL!
#734 gocleffnote Has Hillary changed the support part of the front page. I see the spotlight has changed. Unity moved to the top. I can’t remember what the others were.
#716 ABinNY on 07.09.08 at 7:57 pm
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Check your email.