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from speakout.com
Everything he's 'voted for or against' matches Clinton.
Also see comparision from
http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/final_candidates_positions.pdf Read More »
would love any other links or information anyone has on Clinton. Read More »
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Here's this week's announcement
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23918341/
This one was interesting to me because it addresses Ohio and Florida as two key states in the General election. In the end I think Michigan will be the key state this time around, but I don't disagree that these two states are critical for a democratic win in November.
So I ask... What do you think of this article? does it change your mind about which candidate you support? why or why not?
Personally, it made me think. It doesn't change my mind about who I support but it did make me look a little closer as to why I support them. Read More »
It is very important that all Democrats--whether they are Obama *or* Clinton supporters--remember that both Clinton *and* Obama would make an excellent president who would put an end to Republican warmongering while realistically and effectively addressing and resolving the serious domestic crises confronting our nation, to the betterment of not only our nation and our fellow Americans, but ourselves as well. Read More »
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/obama_and_iraq.html Read More »
Then why would Obama have EVER said this... or even eluded to it?
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/43/
Moving onto the topic of Abortion:
This is a difficult topic to quantify so I narrowed it down to introduced bills in the Senate only, that were pro choice or pro prevention as those are what Obama said he supported in 2004 and what Clinton has said she has always supported. All information is gathered from the Thomas Library Website and referring ONLY to Senate bills/resolutions starting Jan 1 2005 to keep things "fair."
The following are both Obama and Clinton:
s.1173 Freedom of Choice ActTitle: A bill to protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman's freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes.
introduced on 4-19-07
Clinton was a cosponsor from the beginning.
Obama became one on 5-11-07.
it appears to still be under review.
s.2916 Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2006Title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to contraceptive services for women and men under the Medicaid program, help low income women and couples prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce abortion, and for other purposes.introduced by Clinton 5-19-06 it has 12 cosponsors.
Obama IS one of them from the beginning.
(I think this became s.1075, which Obama does NOT cosponsor.)
s.20 Prevention First ActTitle: A bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care.
Introduced 1-24-05
Clinton cosponsored from the beginning
Obama cosponsored as of 2-8-05
Became s.21
Title: A bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.Both Clinton and Obama cosponsored since 1-4-07 s.res.162Calls on Congress, on the 40th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut in which the Supreme Court held that married people have a constitutional right to use contraceptives, to take steps to ensure that all women have universal access to affordable contraception.
introduced 6-7-05
cosponsored by Obama and Clinton from the beginning.
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The following are just Clinton:
s.1264 Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies ActTitle: A bill to provide for the provision by hospitals of emergency contraceptives to women, and post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted disease to individuals, who are survivors of sexual assault
Introduced on 6-16-05
Clinton was a cosponsor from the beginning (there are 11 co sponsors)
Obama is NOT one.
Became s.1240 I believe…
Title: A bill to provide for the provision by hospitals receiving Federal funds through the Medicare program or Medicaid program of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault.Clinton introduced on 4-26-07Obama is not a co-sponsorThere are 7 co sponsors at this time s.res.485Title: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate concerning the value of family planning for American women.
Calls for Congress to: (1) help women, regardless of income, avoid unintended pregnancy and abortion through access to affordable contraception; and (2) support programs and policies that make it easier for women to obtain contraceptives.
introduced by Clinton on 5-22-06.
It is co-sponsored by 17 other senate members and is still under review.
Obama is NOT a co-sponsor.
s.1075 Unintended Pregnancy Reduction ActTitle: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to contraceptive services for women and men under the Medicaid program, help low income women and couples prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce abortion, and for other purposes.
introduced by Clinton 3-29-07 to prevent unwanted pregnancy and abortion.
It is cosponsored by 8 other senate members and is still under review.
Obama is NOT a cosponsor.
S.2108 Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2007Title: A bill to establish a public education and awareness program relating to emergency contraception.
Introduced 9-27-07
Clinton is a cosponsor from the beginning
Obama is NOT a cosponsor
s.844 Family Planning Services ActTitle: A bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care.
introduced by Clinton 4-19-05 with 2 cosponsors.
Obama is NOT one of them.
It is related and linked to s.20
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Obama has not introduced anything of his own to support pro-choice.
http://www.health08.org/sidebyside_results.cfm?c=5&c=11&c=16
Campaigning for the Illinois Senate seat in 2003 and 2004, Obama scolded Bush for invading Iraq and vowed he would "unequivocally" vote against an additional $87 billion to pay for it. Yet since taking office in January 2005, he has voted for four separate war appropriations, totaling more than $300 billion.
Last June, Obama voted no to Senator John F. Kerry's proposal to remove most combat troops from Iraq by July 2007, warning that an "arbitrary deadline" could "compound" the Bush administration's mistake. And last week, he voted for a Republican-sponsored resolution that stated the Senate would not cut off funding for troops in Iraq.
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John Cabral, a member of the Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice, an anti war group in suburban Chicago, said Obama now seems more concerned with avoiding Republican accusations of harming the troops than ending the war. "It's disappointing that he got swallowed up in the Senate in his two years there," Cabral said. "He didn't do some of the things we would have liked him to. He is worried about his political future."
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As a Senate contender in October 2003, with the Senate on the verge of approving the $87 billion war budget, Obama told the Chicago Sun-Times that approving additional funds "enables the Bush administration to continue on a flawed policy without being accountable to the American people" or to the troops.
A few weeks later, at a Democratic forum outside Chicago, Obama said that he would have "unequivocally" voted against the $87 billion "because, at a certain point, we have to say 'no' to George Bush." As Democrats, "If we keep on getting steamrolled, we are not going to stand a chance," he said.
Nevertheless, Obama had muted some of his strident criticism of the war even before arriving in Washington. In 2004, Obama defended pro war votes by Kerry and Edwards, that year's Democratic presidential ticket; although he thought the invasion was wrong, "there is room for disagreement," he said.
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He has ramped up his criticism of the war since then and is now pushing a bill that sets a goal of withdrawing combat troops from Iraq by the end of March 2008. But unlike Kerry's withdrawal plan, Obama's bill would not set firm deadlines and would allow troops to remain in Iraq if the government meets specific benchmarks.
As last week's vote attests, Obama opposes using Congress's power of the purse to force the war to end. That's a deep disappointment to some liberals, who recall Obama as a Senate candidate speaking forcefully at antiwar rallies.
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Obama, who has consistently said that he would have voted no based on what he knew at the time.
But Obama has often added a caveat: He did not have access to the classified intelligence that members of Congress saw, and he might have voted differently if he had.
the above link lists some very general info, but if you haven't seen it, you should probably give it a look.
I'm confused again.
So when this all started Obama's camp was claiming they got the undecided votes and the liberal republican votes. By saying that he was seen as a person who unified the country and crossed party lines.
hmmmmm
So, coming to the present, Mississippi exit polls show that 13% of the democrats who voted used to be Republicans and that CLINTON was the candidate of choice for that population. By saying that she is seen as a case of the Republicans manipulating the caucus to get the candidate elected that they can beat.
I don't get it. Why is it okay for him to get the Republican vote but it isn't okay for her to get it?
.... sometimes the posts on this site make my head spin....
We fight the fights we can win - Clinton '08
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2008/03/11/hillary.clinton.harrisburg.cnn
Newsweek had this article:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/120070
It highlights a key thing I have seen here. I know we can get mean - I know we through around loyalties and middle names. And, yeah, I realize we taked about being more civil a couple weeks ago... but this article really accents the main reason to keep things respectable when discussing the issues or trying to get out the vote in states that have yet to hold their primary/caucus.
Thank you for reading
let me know - thanks
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=29699412
An interview with the woman that plays Betty in Ugly Betty and the woman that played Joan in Joan of Arcadia
If it weren't a woman or a black man running, would we be breaking voter turn out records? Would we still care about this election?
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I thought it was a good question and well, I want to share my response and see what everyone here thinks. Read More »
BUT EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT!!!!
call me young, call me crazy, but EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT!!!
What is the matter with everyone ... I don't care if FL and MI voted for NADER to be president... they are part of "WE THE PEOPLE" and they should have a say just as much as the next guy.
They should get a re-do... and the DNC should help pay for it... 50-50. They should both have a caucus that assigns 49% of the delegates and a primary that assigns 51% of the delegates.
Not counting them is what divides us. If the DNC told me I didn't matter, I'd be far more willing to vote Nader or McCain. Luckily, the DNC likes my state. Why WHY would ANYONE vote for a party that doesn't think their vote counts?
Use some logic people. Treat everyone equally!
Dean and the DNC are being stubborn to teach a lesson and all they are going to do is hurt democracy and alienate thousands and thousands of Americans.
Why is everyone so against allowing MI and FL to count?
Please support HR 5353, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act.
The bill is co-sponsored by Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet , and Chip Pickering (R-MS).
Section 12 Paragraph 1 sums it up pretty well:
`(1) to maintain the freedom to use for lawful purposes broadband telecommunications networks, including the Internet, without unreasonable interference from or discrimination by network operators, as has been the policy and history of the Internet and the basis of user expectations since its inception;
If you want to maintain free and open access to the internet, the time to act is now. Comcast is already using a technique perfected by the Red Chinese to slow down and drop applications it doesn't want to support on its network. China is famous for having the most severely repressive internet censorship in the world.
The results of our tests have agreed with AP's. Comcast is forging TCP RST packets which cause connections to drop (a technique also used by Internet censorship systems in China). These packets cause software at both ends to believe, mistakenly, that the software on the other side doesn't want to continue communicating.
...Much of it focused on cable operator Comcast's Internet filtering activities. Comcast has admitted that it delays certain kinds of traffic traveling across its networks. And multiple tests run separately by the Associated Press and the Electronic Frontier Foundation confirm that Comcast is using a traffic forging technique to delay the activities of certain kinds of applications running across its networks. The EFF has said that this kind of behavior is discriminatory because the technique only focuses on file-sharing applications...
Visit SaveTheInternet now to sign a petition supporting Net Neutrality and to contact your Congressman.
The Chinese now share in Project Echelon, a mass spying program conducted by the NSA, and now that they have AT&T fully onboard, the prospect of a Chinese-style censorship regime is completely realistic. Let's not forget Room 641-A ^o^
Room 641A is an alleged intercept facility operated by AT&T for the U.S. National Security Agency, beginning in 2003. Room 641A is located in the SBC Communications building at 611 Folsom Street, San Francisco, three floors of which were occupied by AT&T before SBC purchased AT&T and changed its name to AT&T. The room was referred to in internal AT&T documents as the SG3 [Study Group 3] Secure Room. It is fed by fiber optic lines from beam splitters installed in fiber optic trunks carrying Internet backbone traffic and, therefore, presumably has access to all Internet traffic that passes through the building.
--Wiki
Another major project is identified as P415. This enhancement is intended to allow NSA to track civilian communications well into the 21st century. This project involves the traditional members of UKUSA as well as Germany, Japan, and the People's Republic of China.
Please support HR 5353, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act.
The bill is co-sponsored by Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet , and Chip Pickering (R-MS).
Section 12 Paragraph 1 sums it up pretty well:
`(1) to maintain the freedom to use for lawful purposes broadband telecommunications networks, including the Internet, without unreasonable interference from or discrimination by network operators, as has been the policy and history of the Internet and the basis of user expectations since its inception;
If you want to maintain free and open access to the internet, the time to act is now. Comcast is already using a technique perfected by the Red Chinese to slow down and drop applications it doesn't want to support on its network. China is famous for having the most severely repressive internet censorship in the world.
The results of our tests have agreed with AP's. Comcast is forging TCP RST packets which cause connections to drop (a technique also used by Internet censorship systems in China). These packets cause software at both ends to believe, mistakenly, that the software on the other side doesn't want to continue communicating.
...Much of it focused on cable operator Comcast's Internet filtering activities. Comcast has admitted that it delays certain kinds of traffic traveling across its networks. And multiple tests run separately by the Associated Press and the Electronic Frontier Foundation confirm that Comcast is using a traffic forging technique to delay the activities of certain kinds of applications running across its networks. The EFF has said that this kind of behavior is discriminatory because the technique only focuses on file-sharing applications...
Visit SaveTheInternet now to sign a petition supporting Net Neutrality and to contact your Congressman.
The Chinese now share in Project Echelon, a mass spying program conducted by the NSA, and now that they have AT&T fully onboard, the prospect of a Chinese-style censorship regime is completely realistic. Let's not forget Room 641-A ^o^
Room 641A is an alleged intercept facility operated by AT&T for the U.S. National Security Agency, beginning in 2003. Room 641A is located in the SBC Communications building at 611 Folsom Street, San Francisco, three floors of which were occupied by AT&T before SBC purchased AT&T and changed its name to AT&T. The room was referred to in internal AT&T documents as the SG3 [Study Group 3] Secure Room. It is fed by fiber optic lines from beam splitters installed in fiber optic trunks carrying Internet backbone traffic and, therefore, presumably has access to all Internet traffic that passes through the building.
--Wiki
Another major project is identified as P415. This enhancement is intended to allow NSA to track civilian communications well into the 21st century. This project involves the traditional members of UKUSA as well as Germany, Japan, and the People's Republic of China.
CBS aired its long-awaited feature on the prosecution and imprisonment of former Alabama Governor Don E. Siegelman this evening at 7:00. In a stunning move of censorship, the transmission was blocked across the northern third of Alabama by CBS affiliate WHNT, which is owned by interests of the Bass Family.
--Scott Horton, "CBS: More Prosecutorial Misconduct in Siegelman Case" Harper's
What's next? A Gulag in Mobile Bay?
Scott Horton, a lawyer-journalist who blogs for Harper's, has been covering not only the Siegelman affair, but the complicit Alabama Media, who have received heavy fire for their aggressively partisan coverage of this and any other politically-oriented story. The same company owns almost every major daily in the state - Birmingham News, Mobile Press-Register, Huntsville Times, and Montgomery Journal.
The dailies, incensed at the national exposure, are firing back at Horton now, to the extent that one Dan Curry, a staffer for the Mobile paper, has been given a leave of absence to write a BOOK about how unfair it is to have anyone suggest that allowing a US Attorney to plant stories in their paper is in any way a partisan act. I'll wait for the miniseries, myself. ^o^
If there IS a miniseries, it will undoubtedly have more luck being broadcast than 60 Minutes did. It's Alabama, after all.
Would you like to deliver your opinion to WHNT? Call 256-533-1919
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