Change, Solutions, Leadership, 2008 Democratic Congressional Candidates

Every day hard working Kentuckians, and people across the nation, are paying the price for the failed policies of the Bush administration.  While prices skyrocket and families suffer, Republicans continue to support tax breaks for the wealthiest one percent of Americans.  The same failed policy continues in Iraq, and more Americans have died in Afghanistan this month, than at any other point in our military operation there.

This needs to change, this is a time that calls for leadership, and this is a time that calls for solutions. 

This is why each of us should look forward to November 4th with hope.  We have the opportunity; we have the power, to bring much needed change.    

We have the opportunity to return two great leaders to the United States Congress, and to send them colleagues who share their vision, who share their values, and share their commitment to work for all of the people of Kentucky.

Congressman John Yarmuth has made the 3rd District, and all of Kentucky, proud.  He has been a leader throughout his first term, putting the people he serves ahead of the special interests.  As gas prices rose, Congressman Yarmuth sponsored HR 6251, The Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act of 2008, this measure will require big oil companies to develop the 68 million acres they are leasing, but not using, as a way to keep prices artificially high.  While his opponent collects money from big oil and enriches herself with their profits, Congressman Yarmouth works towards solutions.

Sixth District Congressman Ben Chandler, has worked to provide our children with quality, safe schools.  Last month, the House passed Congressman Chandler's HR 3021 with bi-partisan support.  This measure called the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act will authorize a vital $6.4 billion to our nation's schools for construction, modernization, renovation and repair.

We need to ensure that Congressmen Yarmuth and Chandler return to Washington to work for the people of Kentucky.  We also need to send them help.

Heather Ryan, a hard working mother and United States Navy veteran, is working each day to unseat Ed Whitfield.  The people of 1st District finally have the opportunity to elect a member of Congress who understands the challenges Kentucky families face, a representative who will put the people of her district ahead of the interests of the corporations who control her opponent. 

State Senator David Boswell provides Democrats with the opportunity to pick up a vacant seat in the 2nd District.  Senator Boswell has served Kentuckians for more than 30 years in the State House, Senate and as Agriculture Commissioner; he will bring the type of vision and leadership to the 2nd District that has been lacking for so long.  This month's Survey USA poll which shows Senator Boswell with a three-point lead confirms that residents of the 2nd District are seeking positive change and real leaders.

Dr. Michael Kelley is challenging Geoff Davis in the 4th District.  As a family physician, Dr. Kelley understands the flaws in our nation's healthcare system and is proposing commonsense reforms that will ensure healthcare affordability and improve healthcare delivery. 

I encourage you to do your part to elect these Democratic leaders in November.  Please tell your friends, family, and neighbors about the leadership, about the solutions these candidates offer.  Please help us elect the leaders who will help to undo the damage of the past eight years.  This November, help "Put the Blue Back in the Bluegrass State". 

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Scarlet O'Hillary...

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July 9, 2008

Gallup Daily: Preferences Unchanged in Latest Update   Obama maintains 2-point advantage over McCain

PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds Barack Obama continuing to hold a slight advantage over John McCain in the presidential election trial heat, 46% to 44%

Voter preferences appear to be quite stable at this time. Since June 24-26 polling, when the candidates were even at 44%, the percentage favoring Obama has ranged from 46% to 48% while the percentage preferring McCain has varied between 42% and 44%.

Will this change after yesterday's FISA vote?

Mitch McConnell last night cast the deciding vote against legislation to prevent steep cuts in Medicare reimbursement rates to physicians slated to take effect next week.  Without this vital legislation, millions of seniors will be unable to easily access care as many doctors are expected to stop seeing Medicare patients. The bill McConnell blocked would have been paid for by ending costly overpayments to private insurance companies and HMOs participating in Medicare, and would have improved access to mental health services for veterans and Medicare programs for rural seniors. At least 162 organizations representing seniors, patients, physicians, and other health care companies endorsed the bill that passed the House Tuesday with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 355-59, and last night was killed in the Senate by McConnell's single vote.

Mitch McConnell once again has chosen to stand with the HMO lobby to protect their profits rather than stand up for Kentucky's seniors. His deciding vote will have disastrous effects for seniors, veterans and doctors.  It's time for all of Kentucky to send a message to Mitch McConnell; we have the opportunity in November to send Bruce Lunsford to Washington to fight for our seniors, to show true leadership and to put the interests of Kentuckians ahead of partisanship.

McConnell Has Received $803,057 From the Insurance Industry  Since his first run for Congress, McConnell has received at least $803,057 in campaign contributions from the insurance industry.  [Center for Responsive Politics] 

Without a fix, 60% of doctors will stop seeing new Medicare patients.A survey shows that 60% of doctors will be forced to restrict the number of new Medicare patients they see if reimbursement rates fall 10.6% on July 1, while the nonpartisan expert Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reports that already 30% of Medicare patients looking for a new primary care physician have trouble finding  one.  [AMA, 6/9/08; MedPAC, March 2008] 

McConnell votes against seniors to preserve overpayments to HMOs  According to the nonpartisan, well-respected Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, private insurance companies in the Medicare Advantage program will be paid 113% of the average per-beneficiary cost - an extra $1,000 per patient - and their beneficiaries are healthier, and so less expensive to cover.  [MedPAC, March 2008; MedPAC, June 2007] 

Vote will cost Kentucky doctors $190 million in the first year and a half The American Medical Association says that the Medicare payment cuts for physician services will cost Kentucky physicians $190 million from July 2008 to December 2009 alone. [American Medical Association]

Please help get the word out to your friends, family and neighbors.  Please let them know it's time Kentucky elects leaders who will look out for the interests of Kentuckians.  Please tell them to vote for Bruce Lunsford.

Sincerely,

Jennifer A. Moore
Chair, Kentucky Democratic Party

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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton 2008                                              Simply The Best

The Inclusive Choice                       The Peoples Choice                          My Choice

She is                                              Simply The Best                Above All The Rest

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (Monterey 1967)

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Time for a smoke, shop got me started back

Lyrics

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What is Fair? 

This question has been ponder in the literal sense for ages.

What is fair to one is not to another

What we really are debateing are rules.

Not solutions

but rules

Get ready,get ready cause here it comes,

get ready, get ready cause here it comes

want to play hide n seek with votes ... get ready... get ready

cannot help it sleep deprevation ..

Count all the Votes

What it is Aint exactly clear, there's a man with a gun over there, telling me, I got to beware.

Four Dead in Ohio, 1968 Kent State

Never Forget

If you missed this, then you really missed the view of the FL voters.

What a Lady

As she quoted Arthea

R E S P E C T

COUNT ALL THE VOTES

 Women brutalized by onlookers.

Women's suffragists parade down Fifth Avenue, New York, October 1917, carrying the signatures of a million women

As the suffragists started down Pennsylvania Avenue, the crowd became abusive and started to close in, knocking the marchers around with hostility. With local police doing little to keep control, the cavalry was called in as 100 women were hospitalized.

COUNT THE VOTE

ARTIST: Buffalo Springfield
TITLE: For What It's Worth
Lyrics and Chords


There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

COUNT ALL THE VOTES

There is Something Happening Here

Why are you all Scared?

Must be Senator Clinton has a large closing surge in the nomination. For the ones who think it is over, then Why, bother with posting negative articles and implying innuendoes?

Have I missed something here?

Are counting the votes scaring you or just the results? To those of you who have decreed over the past two months for Senator Clinton to get out, I say you are scared of losing the nomination and not the General Election.

To those who continue party divisiveness, I say 17 Million plus voters are at stake.

FYI It is not over.

It is Not Over We still do not have a nominee.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton 08 The Inclusive Choice 

Paranoid strikes deep, into your life it will creep

Everybody look what's going down ...

There is Something Happening Here

Why are you all Scared?

Must be Senator Clinton has a large closing surge in the nomination. For the ones who think it is over, then Why, bother with posting negative articles and implying innuendoes?

Have I missed something here?

Are counting the votes scaring you or just the results? To those of you who have decreed over the past two months for Senator Clinton to get out, I say you are scared of losing the nomination and not the General Election.

To those who continue party divisiveness, I say 17 Million plus voters are at stake.

FYI It is not over.

It is Not Over We still do not have a nominee.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton 08 The Inclusive Choice 

Paranoid strikes deep, into your life it will creep

Everybody look what's going down ...

Women's suffragists parade down Fifth Avenue, New York, October 1917, carrying the signatures of a million women

 On March 3, 1913, over 5,000 suffragists paraded in Washington, D.C. When Wells tried to line up with her Illinois sisters, she was asked to go to the end of the line so as not to offend and alienate the southern women marchers. Wells feigned agreement, but much to the shock of Trout, she joined the Illinois delegation once the parade started. As the suffragists started down Pennsylvania Avenue, the crowd became abusive and started to close in, knocking the marchers around with hostility. With local police doing little to keep control, the cavalry was called in as 100 women were hospitalized. Many suffragists concluded that public protests might be the quickest route to universal franchise.

Why are you all Scared?

Must be Senator Clinton has a large closing surge in the nomination. For the ones who think it is over, then Why, bother with posting negative articles and implying innuendoes? Have I missed something here? Are counting the votes scaring you or just the results? To those of you who have decreed over the past two months for Senator Clinton to get out, I say you are scared of losing the nomination and not the General Election. To those who continue party divisiveness, I say 17 Million plus voters are at stake. FYI It is not over.

It is Not Over

We still do not have a nominee.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton 08

The Inclusive Choice

Electable in the General Election

Experienced

Beloved by the International Community

The People's Choice

Paranoid strikes deep,

into your life it will creep

Everybody look what's going down ...