My Live Interview with John Spencer (Leo McGarry) who died yesterday

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Saturday December 17, 2005 · 8:37 AM PST

2005/12/17 · 08:37

The death of John Spencer, best known as the actor Leo McGarry on "The West Wing," came as a shock to everyone who wasn't familiar with his medical problems.

I was honored to host his "appearance" on the old CNN News Chat on August 17, 2000, with visitors to the chat room from all over the world. John took live questions and gave live answers that were typed in immediately. CNN never should have ended its Chat rooms, but when AOL took over they decided they didn't do the bottom line any good, and pulled our show in 2001.

This interview was in my personal archives. I can still hear John Spencers voice in my ear as we chatted on a conference call... Read More

GopPigs Steal Bankruptcy Protection From Hurting Families

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Thursday March 03, 2005 · 8:00 AM PST

2005/03/03 · 08:00

For nearly 400 years, perhaps longer if you include the MAGNA CARTA in 1215, English common law has allowed a family which was overburdened by debt to stand before a judge and ask forgiveness.

This is called "declaring bankruptcy."

But GopPigs, with the lead hog Senator (Borrin) Orin Hatch, say enough is enough. It's time to put everyone back in debtor's prison. Why? Because the banks and credit card companies say so.

That's right. The creditors have the power to take away the civil relief of the debtors for the first time in our history, and the GoPpiG majority means for it to happen fast. Now. This year. Next Week

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Dr. Hunter S Thompson, My Collected Quotes for Dead President's Day 2005

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Monday February 21, 2005 · 9:57 AM PST

2005/02/21 · 09:57

Goodbye, Dr. Thompson. You were a great friend. You waited at my easy chair for me to open your pages for many hours of belly laughs.
And your passing on Dead President's Day of 2005, by your own hand, will probably generate little notice of this terrible irony among the 'liberal elites' in the press corps.

But I hope to do a small justice for your memory by sharing my favorite quotes with your friends, and others, here on Daily Kos: Read More

A Band of Outlaws and Killers Rode Into Town one Day.

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Sunday February 06, 2005 · 12:31 PM PST

2005/02/06 · 12:31

They declared themselves the 'new sheriff in town,' and proceeded to threaten the residents like a gang of hoodlums would do in the "old west" of make-believe Texan George W. Bush.

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The Wind Blows Kerry On to "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert

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Tuesday February 01, 2005 · 11:54 AM PST

2005/02/01 · 11:54

The take on his visit was very well documented by the reporters at the WSWS.org. Who can disagree with them?

It is long past time for Democrats to wake up. The party is over. Even Howard Dean may not be able to save it, although he is its last breath.

I quote the following from the WSWS website on Kerry's Meet the Press fiasco:

For any of his erstwhile supporters who cling to illusions about what might have been had the vote gone a bit differently on November 2, the defeated Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry provided a definitive answer Sunday.

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John Kerry, Report For Duty Immediately!

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Sunday January 09, 2005 · 10:21 AM PST

2005/01/09 · 10:21

Yahoo! News - Police Chief of Iraq Town of Samarra Killed

SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - The acting police chief in the northern Iraqi town of Samarra was killed Sunday, a police official said.

Gunmen opened fire on Mohammed al-Badri as he traveled in his car near Samarra, the official said.

Run Kerry Run! You can get this job. I'm sure of it. But you must RUN!

Just don't do what you did in Ohio, and RUN AWAY.

The Cowardly Lion in the DNC Cave

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Tuesday November 30, 2004 · 8:30 AM PST

2004/11/30 · 08:30

Posted by online email host to the DNCwebsite:

This is getting more disgusting by the day.

Get your candidate, the cowardly lion Kerry, the F*** out of his cave, and onto TV, to DEMAND that fair vote counts in OHIO be completed!

The nauseating performance of this candidate and his handlers, i.e. Mr. McAuliffe, continues to sicken and upset many hundreds of thousands of his 'supporters.'

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Does Anyone Wonder Where The Gutless Dems ...

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Friday November 19, 2004 · 9:42 PM PST

2004/11/19 · 21:42

...and our fearless leader Kerry are hiding out in this debate?

He fought for the country as a young man, the story line goes...and the great photo op, "Reporting for duty" at the Dem Convention.

But excuse the hell out of me, the bastard has gone just as AWOL as Bush now that the engagement has really begun.

Counting votes in OHIO is far from over and it looks like Kerry won.

Counting votes in Florida is rife with problems and it looks like fearless leader won there as well.

So where is he? Just ran out of guts? Didn't run out of our $money$. We know that.

I want a refund and I am going to start a petition drive to get refunds from the DNC for all of us who are as pissed off as I am. Stay tuned.

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Recount? Hell no--Kerry's Not Doing A Damn Thing with $50M Left Over

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Wednesday November 17, 2004 · 11:12 AM PST

2004/11/17 · 11:12

Since many of us are very concerned about the recent unpleasantness at the polling booth, one might have thought Mr. Kerry would be as well. According to the following story, he is doing nada.

Why? He fought for the country as a young man. Now he just walks away from a stolen (?) election. His campaign, that many of us have invested our lives and even some money into supporting, has money left.

Let's ask the Senator, Why?

Democracy Now! | Why Isn't Kerry Using $50M Unspent Campaign Money to Fund Recounts?: "Now three candidates in the 2004 presidential race are demanding recounts. And not one of them is John Kerry.

In New Hampshire, independent candidate Ralph Nader is asking for a recount to test the accuracy of optical scan vote-counting machines....continued... Read More

USA's Whore Media Applauds The Apocolyptic Destruction of Falluja?

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Wednesday November 17, 2004 · 8:51 AM PST

2004/11/17 · 08:51

"A week of ground combat by Marines and some Iraqi troops, supported by tanks and attack helicopters, added to the destruction in a city where the homes and businesses for about 300,000 people are packed into an area a little less than 2 miles wide and a little more than 2 miles long. ... Cats and dogs scamper along streets littered with bricks, broken glass, toppled light poles, downed power lines, twisted traffic barriers and spent cartridges. Walls are full of bullet holes. Marines have blown holes in walls and knocked down doors to search homes and shops. Dead Iraqis still lay out in the open Monday." Read More

'It's not over yet,' Vo said. 'I am proud of the results.

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Monday November 15, 2004 · 11:09 AM PST

2004/11/15 · 11:09

Since I had last posted on Hubert Vo, Daily Kos :: Let's Help First Time Candidate Hubert Vo--He's Getting the Full DeLay, not too much has happened--above the water line, that is. I am convinced that the power-hungry GopPig that he beat, Van Heflin, is still trying to sort out how to snatch the seat back.

I wrote to the Harris County Clerk, Beverly Kaufman (R) about this, and she sent me back a curt and snotty response telling me not to "jump to conclusions."

Hubert Vo is the newly elected state congressman near my home district in Houston. I think he may have a few more mountains to climb to take his seat in Austin. The following is from the Houston Chronicle:

HoustonChronicle.com - Heflin may challenge Democrat Vo's 31-vote win:
"'It's not over yet,' Vo said. 'I am proud of the results. I feel at ease. But this is going to be a short feeling, because I know there are some process and procedures that my opponent will take advantage of.'

Whatever happens, Vo said, he believes he will prevail.

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Let's Help First Time Candidate Hubert Vo--He's Getting the Full DeLay

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Sunday November 07, 2004 · 9:14 AM PST

2004/11/07 · 09:14

STOP THE HEFLIN HEIST IN HOUSTON!

The effort to steal the House District 149 race in southwest Houston continues.

On election night, first-time candidate Hubert Vo, the Democrat, had outpolled 22-year veteran Talmadge Heflin, the powerful Republican of the Texas House Appropriations Committee. When voters went to bed on election night, Vo was 110 votes ahead.

When they awoke Wednesday morning, that margin had been reduced to 52 votes. And later on Wednesday afternoon, it was reduced still further to 38, where it stands now.

(Thanks to the "Save Texas Reps" organization and Nathan Wilcox, who provided all information and text) Read More

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