Despite the facts John McCain is doggedly determined to continue the economic policies that have led to the current economic crisis.  Today the republican candidate parroted Mr Bush by saying that the fundamentals of the economy are still going strong.  What country is this guy talking about?  I was waiting for him to add with a snicker, “Just kidding.”  But it never followed.  After the events of the last 24 hours?  Talk about out of touch.  Economically McCain is nothing different than Bush.  The FACTS are that the unemployment rate when the republicans took office was 4.2% and now it’s 6.1%.  There was a $281 Billion annual budget surplus then and republicans have turned it into a $357 billion annual deficit.  The national debt was $5.7 trillion and under  republican control it has increased to $9.7 trillion.  Gasoline was $1.49 a gallon then and now it’s $4.09.  FACTS!  All McCain can offer is to make permanent the mistakes of his republican predecessor.  I would like to see McCain explain how his economic policy would differ from the policy that brought on the current financial crisis.  Specifically. 

As far as his noble character goes…  Today Republican Strategist, Karl Rove said that McCain has, “Gone too far.”  in reference to the lies his campaign has been repeating.  This coming from the man touted as “The Architect” by Bush himself.  McCain has become exactly what he used to claim to despise. 

This Palin person is a lunatic!  She’s a bitch like none other.  Would I say that if she was a man?  No.  I’d call him an asshole.  If she’d rather I call her an asshole I’m cool with that too.  But honestly bitch is more fitting. 

She lies.  She refuses to back down from her claim that she had anything to do with stopping the infamous, “bridge to nowhere.”  In truth she supported it completely until it wasn’t politically correct to.  It wasn’t until congress already pulled the project that she decided she was against it.  But as Governor of Alaska she still graciously accepted the same federal money and used it for other projects.  She claims that she told congress, “No thanks.  If we want that bridge we’ll build it ourselves.”  But still accepted the money?  That’s not change anyone can believe in.  It’s putting lipstick on a pig. 

She makes poor decisions with negative results.  She insists that the only thing children should learn about preventing pregnancy and disease is abstinence.  Her 17 year old daughter is pregnant out of wedlock.  Has Palin changed her mind on abstinence only education?  No.  I’m not picking on her 17 year old daughter.  I understand that things like this happen.  I’m picking on Palin herself for her position on sex education and as a mother for her NEGLECT and IRRESPONSIBILITY in not teaching her daughter how to protect herself.  Perhaps if she had taught her daughter about birth control or disease prevention like a responsible parent her daughter wouldn’t have gotten pregnant. 

As I type I’m hearing the latest news story on the campaign.  Apparently Obama was giving a speech and said that McCain’s ideas for something amounted to nothing more than a cosmetic change and wouldn’t change anything at all.  Obama said that it was like, “putting lipstick on a pig.”  Derived from the saying, “If you put lipstick on a pig it’s still a pig.”  McCain decided against defending his position on policy and said that Obama should apologize to Palin for the, “Lipstick on a pig” comment.  What kind of crap is that?  It’s an insult to the American people for McCain to assume they are dumb enough to buy that crap.  So far the only people that I’ve noticed buy into it are the people who only vote for hard core right wingers anyway. 

So far I’ve seen no evidence what-so-ever that any new people are turning to the republican candidate because of the new bitch on the ticket.  I have however noticed that the hard core right wing of the republican party is beginning to come back out.  They weren’t very happy with McCain so now they feel he’s made up for it by picking someone who shares their own beliefs.  Fundamentalist Christians love to hate Liberals.  The cheerleaders just came onto the field after the game began is all. 

I believe that the decision to nominate Palin as his vice presidential running mate alone is proof that McCain is incapable of making decisions in a responsible manner.  Selecting a hard core right wing nutjob isn’t the act of a maverick.  It is the act of a formerly noble servant of his country in a desperate attempt at winning a campaign.  The only change McCain represents is his own shift from putting his country first to putting his campaign first. 

Many of us were disappointed that a Democrat did not stand up to run against F. Jim Sensenbrenner this fall.

Doug Cvetkovich was too.

Well, it’s not too late, but we need your help this Tuesday!

Doug Cvetkovich will be a write in candidate on the ballot Tuesday. Print out this email and take it with you to the poll to write his name in as your candidate to take on Sensenbrenner in the 5th Congressional district in November. You also need to write in the Democratic Party and the office of Congressman for the 5th CD.

You must spell Doug’s name correctly, so make sure you bring this email with you!

Doug is an exciting progressive candidate to take on the big money establishment. He is pro-choice, for universal healthcare, supports the Veteran for Peace and is against the Iraq War, passionate about racial justice, pro-LGBT rights, an environmentalist, eager to correct the erosion of our civil liberties and civil rights, pro-union, and he supports the Barack Obama campaign.

We can’t change Washington if we don’t change the players!

About Doug Cvetkovich:

Doug was born and raised in Milwaukee WI. His mother was a school teacher in Milwaukee Public Schools, and a member of the Wisconsin Education Association Council. His father was a factory worker, and a member of the United Auto Workers Union.

After his parents passed away when he was a teenager, Doug enlisted in the US Army from 1989 to 1992 as a Signals Intelligence Analyst, and received two Army Achievement Medals during his years of service. During that time, he volunteered at Camp Humphreys, Korea with the community center on post, and also volunteered as a soccer coach while stationed at Ft Stewart in Hinesville, Georgia. He fought for the rights of his fellow soldiers, by trying to get approval for on going training for the soldiers in his unit. He still views his time serving in the Army and the volunteering that he did, as some of the most fulfilling events of his life.

Since 1992, he has worked in the retail sector, volunteered for the John Kerry campaign by registering voters in King County, Washington, was a volunteer little league coach in Federal Way, Washington, and is currently employed as a District Manager for a retail service company.

After returning to Wisconsin to raise his family, Doug wasted no time getting involved in the Democratic Party in Wisconsin. He volunteers for several campaigns, and he currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Fifth Congressional District for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

He is married to his wife, Nicole, from Jackson, WI, and has 2 children. They currently live in Port Washington, Wisconsin.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 IS THE PRIMARY!
Get out and write in Doug Cvetkovich for the Democratic candidate in the 5th congressional district of Wisconsin!

Doug is working on putting together a web page for his General Election Campaign against the winner of the Republican primary election.

Tonight, I watched the Republican National Convention. Tonight, I watched Sarah Palin accept the nomination as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate. Tonight, I was inspired.

I was inspired by Sarah Palin’s twisted rhetoric and half-truths (or non-truths).

I was inspired by the too-excited nature of the delegates to the convention. Their actions were saying, “See, we really DO like her despite what the media is saying about her.”

I was inspired… to send the Obama-Biden ticket $100.
I was inspired… to volunteer to do whatever I can to elect Democrats this year.

I was inspired… or perhaps frightened… by the Republican’s vision of America.

I think a lot of other people were, too.

I was at the Labor Day rally at the Marcus Amphitheater where Sen. Barack Obama spoke. Certainly I expected a high degree of security. But they pulled something new out of their bag of tricks that really left me scratching my head.

The guards had made us dump all liquids, just like at the airport (though it was even more ludicrous in this situation). After sitting in the heat for a while, I reluctantly got in line to pay $3.00 for a bottle of water, which the vendor insisted on pouring into a cup.

Then I asked for some ice. “No,” I was told. “Security reasons.”

Security reasons?!? What possible threat could crushed ice in the water they’d just poured me pose to Obama? Even with C. C. Sabathia’s arm, I don’t think I could have hit him with a fragment. Were they afraid I’d lurk in waiting and stuff ice down his shirt?

We’ve become sheep. People tell us something is for security and we passively accept it. Maybe that’s why there’s been next to no MSM coverage of the police-state repression tactics being used in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Wondering how Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain would avoid tying himself to President Bush? Look no further than a national disaster.

The same President George W. Bush who didn’t care to help out victims of Hurricane Katrina 3 years ago is suddenly concerned for the folks in the gulf coast as Hurricane Gustav bears down on them.

Despite historically low approval ratings, President Bush and Vice President Cheney were scheduled to speak at Monday’s Republican National Convention. With democratic candidate Barack Obama running ads which link Bush and McCain, McCain has been desperate to find a way to unlink him from the sitting President.

Bush and Cheney are now planning to skip their speeches on Monday, they allege, to monitor the hurricane.

We’re supposed to believe that they now care? There are thousands upon thousands of people still living in trailers and still waiting for the federal aid Bush promised them post Katrina. It’s been 3 long years since Katrina. This new-found caring is so completely out of character for the pres and vp that their claim of concern eludes believability.