Double my pleasure on the results of the primary yesterday. Mark Taylor beat out Cathy “Automaton” Cox to become the Democratic candidate for Governor in November. I think he’s got an excellent chance to get Sonny Purdue out of the Governor’s office in November. And – YES! – Ralph “Damien” Reed is out of the race for Lt. Gov. Even voting on Diebold machines, we put things on a better track yesterday. So proud of you, Georgia! Let’s get a…
Voted in DeKalb Country in the Georgia primary today. I’d like to wave good bye to Gov. “Let’s castrate the dogs under the Confederate flag” Perdue. I felt tainted just touching the Diebold machine. There were only 4 other people voting, one of them my hubby, in a room with about 20 machines.
Tell Congress you oppose the “marriage” amendment to our Constitution. I did…. How dare you try to amend our Constitution to discriminate against any American citizen? How dare you appeal to hate? How dare you use God for this! This is so low, so hypocritical. You won’t dabate Iraq, but you WILL debate this? Is this what you have left to say about “compassionate conservatism”? You’ve let pseudo-christian dominionists (otherwise known as supremacists) gain too much power in our process…
If you want to live in the America you’ve heard about, you’ve got to start noticing what’s really happening. A democracy requires your attention and participation. Drollette has a few choice words for those who don’t understand that by many standard measures, we are a kind of banana republic. The comparisons have been made by others, with more facts and figures, but I like the wording here. The article is worth reading (actually the “Smirking Chimp” site, despite its dehumanizing…
Protest bigoted hate-filled ads
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