i am ticked! a friend of mine just informed me that KXEB 910 AM has apparently replaced randi rhodes with ed schultz and alex bennett.
call KXEB and DEMAND they bring back randi: (214) 787-1910.
update: it's thomm hartman, not schultz or bennett. at least that's what i heard driving home today. and MRR has been moved to late at night. lovely.
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FYI, this site might look a bit strange throughout the day. i'm making some template modifications that will hopefully NOT break everything. but anyways, just wanted to give yall a heads up just in case you pop by and the site looks like crud. =)
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LOL! this is awesome. david harris posted a response over at BOR on a post which quickly devolved into one of those "attack everyone who doesn't pass your litmus test" threads.
I find it almost comical when I read some of these comments. It is quite obvious that most didn't even go to my website and view my issues page but rather did a hip shoot blog without any substance. I have served my country for the last 14 years of my life in the military. I have done a combat tour in Iraq and several other "operational" deployments in my time there. I was a county, state, and national delegate. I have a Democratic voting record in 3 states: GA, HI, and TX. I have been an election judge. I am a founding member of the Texas Democratic Veterans and serve as a Finance Council Member for the Texas Democratic Women.
Yet somehow I get called a "political centrist" even after all the things I have done for, and with, the party? To the naysayers and the BS of the world, any time you want to debate me on the issues, just name the time and place. My question in return is: What have YOU done for your country lately? I think my qualifications MORE THAN speak for themselves. I think I have the ability to reach out and get independent or undecided voters to see that I am right on the issues. I am not a Republican that has now decided to jump ship because the iceberg is slowly approaching. I am a Democrat.
If you had taken the time to read what Strong Defense, Strong Families, and Equal Rights for ALL Citizens you would see that for every ideological debate: abortion, healthcare, environment, and education, can fall back to our over-arching themes for the campaign.
A lot of people sit out there and just play armchair quarterback and just bitch about candidates or the issues, or both. Half the time they haven't even been to a rally to see the candidate speak or get to know them personally. I call it the "FOX NEWS" syndrome - people just getting their 30 second sound bite and then make up their minds. So what have you done for your Precinct? Your County party? The State party? I volunteer when I can at the County party, even as a U.S. Congressional Candidate.
I say put up or shut up.
This is why the party in general struggles; because people like you can't stand behind the candidates because they may have a slight variation on the way you might see the issue. This is where the Republican party makes their money - right or wrong, they stand behind their people, come hell or high water. We on the other hand, completely dissect our candidates down to the individual atoms they are composed of. It is ridiculous. This is not the year we can afford to be divided.
We must speak as one. We must run as one. We must win as one, that is the bottom line.
"Political centrist" my ass - my blue donkey ass, that is.
-David Harris, Candidate TX-06
this is why i brought up the hackett comparison: david says what he means and means what he says, and he doesn't "pretty it up" for fear of offending people.
yea, that's my kind of candidate.
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BOR's got the rundown, along with tons of links to other blogs discussing the possibility that Bob Gammage will toss his hat in the ring for governor.
i'll say up front that i know absolutely nothing about gammage, but i'm certainly willing to take a look. in my opinion, we need someone who can fire up our base and win back those damned slackers who are planning on voting for the kinkster. if gammage can do it, then more power to him.
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on a semi-related note, texas bloggers (both left and right) are banding together to select a "Texan of the Year":

What a long, strange trip it's been. The Texas Bloggers have banded together to ask our readers to nominate a Texan for our very own blogger version of the mainstream media's favorite attention grabber, the "Person of the Year" issue! Join us by nominating a Texan that has made the most impact this year, be it good or bad, evil or embarassing. We're all accepting nominations from you through November 23 and we'll post your Texan of the Year by December 1st. Email your nominations to: Texanoftheyear@gmail.com
Your favorite political blog is participating (Left and Right!). Each blog will write their own post about the person so on December 1st you'll have lots of different opinions but they'll all come from the same source, you...the smartest people in Texas.
visit pink dome and submit your nominations via a comment.
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pictures from the countdown to victory 2006 rally in dallas today. enjoy. =)
several locally elected democrats addressed the crowd, including rep. terri hodge and senator royce west.
obama's a rock star. i haven't seen people drawn to a politician like that since the days of dean. obama was also there making contact with the campaigns of barbara ann radnovsky (TX-SEN) and david harris (TX-06), among others.
harry reid was harry reid: humble, plain-spoken, and a man who shuns the spotlight. he was the first to beat it after the rally. from what i heard from friends inside the high dollar fundraiser, he was very focused on meeting and extending his support to the local democratic candidates and officeholders. i heard directly from two campaigns (and indirectly from a one other) that reid's PAC would be cutting them checks. thank you, senator!
i'll confidently estimate that there was definitely several thousand people in attendance, although i have yet to get any hard numbers. all in all it was a good night. more later...
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