I will be Freepworking today checking in from time to time.
Looks like we are stuck with McCain but that doesn't mean we cant send a message to whomever installed him as soon as we discover who did it.
By "who did it" I mean who told Charlie Crist, Martinez,the other FLa. Rinos et all to back McCrazy.
We need to make sure it does not happen again in four years.
Good morning,
Yep, we may be stuck with McCain at this point but we will continue having this problem until we develop a stronger back bench of conservatives who can champion the issues we believe in and support.
My own governor, Mitch Daniels (Indiana) came out way last year supporting him. I think Daniels likes McCain because of his reputation as a frugal spender.
Lions, and tigers, and racists, Oh my…
It just got much harder for Barack Obama or his campaign to complain about “racist” attacks on their candidate, I think. For a wonderful example of perceived victimhood, take a look at a Princeton and Harvard educated attorney’s thesis.
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/02/michelle-obamas-thesis-was-on-racial.html
Thesis download: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html
Obama’s Pastor: Obama “First” Honest Presidential Candidate
Trinity United Church of Christ official bulletin, March 18 2007
Letter to the New York Times (excerpt)
I have never been exposed to that kind of duplicitous behavior before, and I want to write you publicly to let you know that I do not approve of it and will not be party to any further smearing of the name, the reputation, the integrity or the character of perhaps this nation’s first (and maybe even only) honest candidate offering himself for public service as the person to occupy the Oval Office.
Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. , Senior Pastor
Trinity United Church of Christ
http://www.tucc.org/upload/tuccbulletin_mar18.pdf
Here is another TUCC official bulletin, dated March 13 2005
Well, the truth is that we have a President who is also in favor of Corporate Interests over the rights of Ordinary Citizens. Therefore, President Shrub has renominated the same 20 nominees who were denied in the last term. The Senate has begun deliberations on at least the first few of these 20 nominees. Consider the track record of the first three nominees:
…The importance of these nominees far outlives the term of George W. Bush because these are lifetime appointments. I urge you to contact your Senators (Barack Obama and Richard Durbin) and ask them to vote to reject these 20 nominees again.
Action Items:
1. Contact your U.S. Senator and urge them to vote against the 20 nominees that Bush has renominated for the federal bench.
a. Barack Obama: 312-886-3506
b. Richard Durbin: 312-353-4952
2. DO NOT SHOP AT WAL-MART OR SAM’S CLUB
http://www.tucc.org/pdf/bulletin_03_13_05.pdf
This seems legal (not legal advice, we are not attorneys) as long as the church reports any expenditures associated with this lobbying effort. A church cannot advocate for a political candidate, but it can lobby against a judicial appointment.
501(c)(3) charitable, etc., organizations. Limited lobbying to influence Senate confirmation of judicial appointments is permitted.
Attempts to influence Senate confirmation of a federal judicial appointment are not considered campaign intervention, which is specifically forbidden by section 501(c)(3). However, because attempts to influence Senate confirmation are considered lobbying, they are subject to the rules on lobbying:
* Section 501(c)(3) organizations may engage in lobbying in furtherance of their exempt purposes.
* The lobbying may not be a substantial part of the organization’s activities.
http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=141372,00.html
Official bulletin, January 21 2007 cites “U.S. Imperialism”
I use his words today on the third Sunday of a New Year to keep before you the painful truth of who we are and where it is we are in this racist United States of America! What’s goin’ on?
We have lost over 3,000 boys and girls in an illegal and unjust war, and the media is on a feeding frenzy about Barack Obama’s church. Where is the outrage about the 3,000 dead American military personnel and the 600,000 dead Iraqi civilians who are dead for no reason other than greed and ego? What’s goin’ on?
The President’s “New Plan” (more troops, more death and more war) promises an insane escalation — in Iraq, Iran and beyond! With the torture of Abu Ghraib, the complete destructions of cities like Fallujah and over 600,000 deaths due to collateral damage, the President complained in his speech that there had been “too many restrictions” on the actions of the United States Forces in the Iraq war.
http://www.tucc.org/upload/tuccbulletin_jan21.pdf