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I'm getting my photo made with Dick Cheney this afternoon
I could, but I won't. Cheney is coming to my town this afternoon to raise money for the Alabama Republican Congressional Delegation. .In fact, he has probably already wasted a bunch of taxpayer money by clogging up the interstates and other highways with his envoy.
To counter this behavior we have set up a Chase Cheney for Change page to support Alabama Democrats and especially AL-03 challenger Josh Segall.
We have only raised $235 and I feel we should be doing much better. Please chip in $5 or whatever you can afford.
1. This is about a number of Democrats that say Cheney coming anywhere to fundraise is ridiculous. Strength is in number of donors not the amount. The republicans are going to have 100 people at no less than $250-500 a pop. That event is not open to the public and is at a very exclusive and historically racist Country Club.
2. Shoal Creek = From the article Shoal Creek founder Hall Thompson was quoted in the Birmingham Post-Herald in June 1990 as saying his club would not be pressured into accepting blacks as members.
"The country club is our home, and we pick and choose who we want ... ," Hall said at the time. "We have the right to associate or not associate with whomever we choose."
*Are they making a statement by having the event here? Am I reading into this? Am I not making enough out of this?
3. Read Mooncat's diary for more on this race and Segall. You will be impressed.
4. While the Republicans are bringing in a Washington insider, Mike Rogers campaign manager is saying
"While Mike Rogers is campaigning on constructive, common sense solutions, Josh Segall is running a failing, negative campaign that voters aren't taking seriously," said Rogers' campaign manager Tripp Skipper. "Segall can make all of the false claims he wants about Mike Rogers' record, but nothing he says will cover for his northern Ivy League roots or extreme liberal friends bankrolling his uninspiring campaign."
5. Let's show Mike Rogers and Tripper Skipper that we are going to Chase Cheney out of Alabama and that he is not popular anywhere.
To counter this behavior we have set up a Chase Cheney for Change page to support Alabama Democrats and especially AL-03 challenger Josh Segall.
We have only raised $235 and I feel we should be doing much better. Please chip in $5 or whatever you can afford.
1. This is about a number of Democrats that say Cheney coming anywhere to fundraise is ridiculous. Strength is in number of donors not the amount. The republicans are going to have 100 people at no less than $250-500 a pop. That event is not open to the public and is at a very exclusive and historically racist Country Club.
2. Shoal Creek = From the article Shoal Creek founder Hall Thompson was quoted in the Birmingham Post-Herald in June 1990 as saying his club would not be pressured into accepting blacks as members.
"The country club is our home, and we pick and choose who we want ... ," Hall said at the time. "We have the right to associate or not associate with whomever we choose."
*Are they making a statement by having the event here? Am I reading into this? Am I not making enough out of this?
3. Read Mooncat's diary for more on this race and Segall. You will be impressed.
4. While the Republicans are bringing in a Washington insider, Mike Rogers campaign manager is saying
"While Mike Rogers is campaigning on constructive, common sense solutions, Josh Segall is running a failing, negative campaign that voters aren't taking seriously," said Rogers' campaign manager Tripp Skipper. "Segall can make all of the false claims he wants about Mike Rogers' record, but nothing he says will cover for his northern Ivy League roots or extreme liberal friends bankrolling his uninspiring campaign."
5. Let's show Mike Rogers and Tripper Skipper that we are going to Chase Cheney out of Alabama and that he is not popular anywhere.
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False claims about Rogers' voting record? His voting record is, well, his voting record.
As for taking the campaign seriously, I am and I certainly do vote. I take a lot of things about Rogers seriously, like his deciding vote on CAFTA, his vote against the War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007, his vote against GI Bill extensions, his questionable affiliation with Tull Chemicals and Compound 1080, and his willing participation in the opening of the only chemical weapons incinerator operated within a populated area. I also take it seriously when vetvoice.com labeled Rogers as a congressman that "hates veterans": http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1256
In terms of the voting record, Mike, changing how you vote in a tough election year will certainly be noticed; did you think otherwise?
September 5, 2008 8:32 AM | Reply | Permalink