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September 17th is coming.

Stupid Mean Peaople Hate Hillary

I found this post at a new website no one's reading called "Keep Austin Corporate." I don't know, I don't usually give a free ride to opposing points of view, especially one that was over and done two months ago, but whatever. Here's what he had to say, among other things:

July 5, 2007
VFW Post 733 Refuses to March in
4th Parade
I just read an article up at globegazette.com that talks about why the Clintonistas prevented
VFW Post 733 in Mason City from marching in the 4th of July Parade.

MASON CITY - Mason City VFW members are
refusing to march in the Clear
Lake Fourth of July parade Wednesday because they are not being allowed to fire
their rifles. The Secret Service, in Clear Lake to provide protection for
former president Bill Clinton and his wife, presidential candidate Hillary
Clinton, will not allow firearms in the parade, said Jim Kantaris, quartermaster
of VFW Post 733 in Mason City. "There's too much political stuff. They're
making us change 50 years of tradition because of two people," said Kantaris.
"And one of them is a draft dodger who turned the White House into a
whorehouse."

The Clintonistas are some of the most rabid anti-gun politicians the Dems
have. It makes perfect sense that they would project their anti-gun message to a
50-year old tradition celebrating armed resistance against The Crown.

Enough already. Can't you just hear the hate in this guy's every word? And I'll guarantee you he's not a member of an oppressed minority like being a woman or an undocumented immigrant, because then he'd have a lot more feeling for other people and their ideas. It's like 'No, Mr. VFW, you can't play with your gun right now. Why don't you go back to picking the hayseed out of your teeth and let us run the government.' Stupid Mean 'Keep Austin Corporate.'

Nedra Pickler for Press Secretary

I almost screamed in delight when I read just the headline below. And the article makes it even better. I mean, I am a HUGE Hillary partisan and I couldn't have written it any better. I am with her 100%. Privatization would do nothing but put the complexities of planning for an individual's retirement firmly into the the hands of that individual. It's a big, cumbersome, burdensome federal system, it's not for people to decide on,; it's supposed to be fair, everybody gets what they need. And I'm with Press Secretary Pickler (Jeez, I can't wait to say that for real!) in her handling of the "fiscal responsibility." I mean, everybody who pays attention already knows that means a little tax raise. Heck, whoever the president is, she's gonna have to raise taxes on the rich to make up for W's tax cuts for the rich. It's inevitable, and smart people know it. A 78% tax rate is okay as long as it's fair and pays for the social safety net so that no child slips through the cracks of this almost-great nation.

Associated Press

Clinton Promises to Save Social Security

By NEDRA PICKLER 09.04.07, 6:10 PM

WASHINGTON -
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton promised retirees that if elected president she will not cut Social Security benefits, raise the retirement age or privatize the taxpayer-funded system.
The New York senator told the AARP's legislative conference that she would bring a "renewed national commitment to Social Security" to the White House.

"When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything." Clinton said instead she will protect the program through fiscal responsibility and criticized President Bush's leadership on the issue.

Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

full story: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/04/ap4081160.html

For arm twisting, she's our girl.

Two things strike me about the news of the Empty Suit getting key Big Labor endorsements over the weekend. And both of those things hinge on how weak and mushy America is becoming.

First, let's talk about America's Senator "doing a little arm-twisting" to get a Labor endorsement. Once upon a time the people around the Senator, much less the newsman himself, wouldn't report how many times and how hard the candidate contacted the Union boss. It would go unsaid yet recognized that the candidate wants the endorsement of the swells of dues-paying members, and therefore keeps the lines of communication open in the hopes that it happens. But to have people ratting her out, it just goes to show that the established political machines in this country (unions, political operatives, conservative media) do not want America's Senator to win this election. Ah but she will, despite them.

Second, I remember growing up to beer commercials and Springsteen songs about how tough America's working men were. Born in a small town, loading 15 tons, moving on down the line, all that. So why did these tough guys decide to put on pastel polo shirts and endorse the Empty Suit? It doesn't make sense. I mean, I know why they did it - it's because he promised the largest handouts to the union leaders, obviously. The rank and file tend to vote their independent opinions but all all their dues monies go directly to that chosen candidate. And since the Empty Suit promises free health care, free checkups for kids, free healthcare for illegals, a socialist tax agenda, you get the idea. Plus he's the biggest woman in this race. Why are the tough guy labor unions endorsing the biggest lady in the race?

Here's the story:

Clinton tried twisting labor arms on Labor Day
by Glenn Thrush
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent the public part of her Labor Day weekend exhorting crowds in New Hampshire and Iowa with her husband Bill, but privately she was doing a little arm-twisting on a major union leader who was about to endorse John Edwards.
Clinton phoned United Steelworkers of America boss Leo Gerard "repeatedly" over the weekend -- three or four times, trying to convince him to back her instead of the labor-friendly former North Carolina senator, according to sources familiar with the situation
The union, which represents 1.2 million workers and retirees, endorsed Edwards on Labor Day.
The union brings thousands of rank-and-file types to the Edwards cause in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Glenn Thrush reports for Newsday, a Tribune Co. newspaper.