Mitch McConnell Going Down In Western Kentucky

  I happen to live in Western Kentucky, and the fact that McConnell is dropping in his popularity pleases me to no end. This dirt-bag should have never been placed into a public office in the first place as he typifies the Republican to a tee.

  What I really do not like is the fact that many of the political organizations which I deal with are always wanting the viewers to write their Senators or Congressmen when it comes to certain issues, like FISA for one. That does no good in this neighborhood since it is McConnell who represents my area.

   But there is a small ray of light at the end of the tunnel.

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You know, one thing I have been talking about whenever possible is how our party should fight for every Democratic voter in every district they appear. Conceding huge swaths of our country is just not a wise thing to do in my estimation. When Democrats in what many consider red areas are invested in, listened to, and spoken to they respond.

Case in point, Western Kentucky. I hear many people on the state and national level saying we are a lost cause for Democrats. However, I want to make the case that this region IS winnable for our party when these voters are paid attention to.

I think we can safely assume that this district makes up what would be known as "Western Kentucky". Now, one of the reasons Heather Ryan is in this race is because Mitch McConnell pulled strings to have her fired after she and her daughter lawfully dared to ask him a question.

Now, Heather Ryan is a young and energetic Democrat. With support from fellow Democrats she has been able to travel all across Western Kentucky listening to the voters and telling of her prepulsion into this race due to Mitch McConnell's meddling in a supposedly non-political organization. In the last month Heather has been all over this district, campaigning on her vision for Kentucky, and the corruption of Ed Whitfield and the entire McConnell machine.

Lets look at what has happened to McConnell's numbers during that time:

Western Kentucky
3-17-08
Approve     68%
Disapprove  21%
Not Sure    11%

Now, lets fast-forward almost a month:

Western Kentucky
4-14-08
Approve     48%
Disapprove  46%
Not Sure     6%

That represents a 20% drop in approval, and a 25% spike in disapproval in the time Heather has been speaking truth to power for Western Kentucky voters to hear. She is proving that when we take the time to speak to these voters, and let them know how we are and what we stand for, simply put they respond.

I would also like to say that Greg Fischer deserves some credit for these new McConnell numbers. While Bruce Lunsford is the establishment candidate, Greg Fischer is the one that has met the voters face to face and delievered the terrible record of Mitch McConnell to them. While he is running statewide, and can't be confined to Western Kentucky as Heather Ryan can, he has made many appearances in Western Kentucky to bring the sorry record of McConnell and the Republican machine in Kentucky front and center.

It all boils down to the fact that conventional wisdom about Western Kentucky is all wrong. Heather Ryan and Greg Fischer are successfully proving that in Western Kentucky, when we invest and engage these voters, we win!!

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Impeachment Is The Only Alternative To Another War?

  An email that I received from The Peace Team

Inspired by the valiant primary challenge of Shirley Golub, now 
getting real traction against the Speaker of the House herself, other 
candidates are rising up all over the country to issue impeachment 
based congressional primary challenges of their own. 

In Oregon in particular, which has a relatively early primary on May 
22, Mark Welyczko OR-01, Joe Walsh OR-03 and Nancy Moran OR-05, are 
teaming together to run joint radio spots on multiple radio stations 
in Portland covering all three districts. You can listen to the radio 
spot on this page. 

Impeach Team Radio Spot: http://www.impeachteam.com 

The beautiful thing about these three districts is that they are 
arranged around Portland like a pinwheel, and so each of these 
candidates is sure of reaching the constituents of their own 
district, plus demonstrating solidarity on the impeachment issue. 
Won't you make a contribution from the page above to these brave 
candidates today, to join with them in their solidarity? 

With the forced retirement of Admiral Fallon, who famously said that 
an attack on Iran would not happen on his watch, there is a real 
threat the the White House could do something utterly insane if left 
unconfronted by a cowardly and docile Congress just trying to tread 
water through to the next election. But those in the Middle East know 
how imminent and real the danger is. After Cheney visited the Saudis 
last week, the next day they were warning their own people about how 
to protect themselves from nuclear fallout, as from a nuclear first 
strike on Iran. 

And the only thing that will get Congress to even remotely pay 
attention to we the people is to actually mount serious challenges to 
their own seats in the primaries, which is what Shirley Golub is 
doing in San Francisco, and what Mark Welyczko, Joe Walsh, and Nancy 
Moran are now also doing in their own districts. On this same page 
below are links to all their individual sites if you want to know 
more about what they stand for on other issues. 

Impeach Team Radio Spot: http://www.impeachteam.com 

But unless Congress acts on impeachment before the end of this term, 
not only is there a threat of an even wider war, you can take it to 
the bank that Bush will not only blanket pardon every one of his 
cronies, he will also pardon himself. Those of you who might hold out 
some hope of accountability after Jan 2009, remember we warned you 
this was coming. Indeed, we believe starting an even bigger war is 
their PLAN to elect another war president, on a wave of resurrected 
war fever. 

We have one and only one chance to save the Constitution, by forcing 
Congress to stand up for itself, and for us, now. And only viable 
primary challenges will do it. Otherwise the damage will be complete. 
If Bush and Cheney are not guilty of the highest of high 
Constitutional crimes then no president need ever fear being held to 
account ever again. If we do not act now, whether there are 7 months 
left or 7 minutes, then any future president will take that as a free 
pass to do whatever the hell they want the last year or so of their 
elected term. 

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