HanDI - Hanover Township Democrats & Independents

No More Palin

Lincoln Park Dem — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:45:29 EDT

Don't think anyone here dislikes or is as afraid of this conservative crack case to be a heart beat away from the presidency as I am. All the reasons we know.. she lies... she isn't qualified are right there for all to see. McCain picking her as VP shows his terrible judgement and putting his country last...anything to win politics.

This is the problem with Palin. We know the GOP cannot talk about the issues because they have no answers, nothing but more of the same.

As long as we keep the chatter alive about Palin we don't discuss the issues.

No more Palin chatter. Let's discuss issues and mcCain. On those topics we win.

Let's talk about the topics that weren't even mentioned at the GOP Convention...the middle class, health care...ending the war, housing foreclosures, energy independence, the environment.........

We need you!

Lincoln Park Dem — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:05:46 EDT

We have started a new group on the DNC Party Builder site for all grassroots organizers like you. We will be sharing info, flyers, helping each other with talking points and encouraging and sharing info to get on the phones, knock on doors and raise money to help Democrats win.

Organize your neighborhood. If you don't know how...we'll help you. You can do it on your own or we'll do our best to hook you up with Democrats in your area that could use your help.

We have less then 60 days left and need your ideas and help.

http://www.democrats.org/page/group/PartyBuilderVolunteerActionGroup

Sara Palin forgot the facts

Mike Johnson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:28:24 EDT

Gov. Palin or should I say her speechwriter from "the good ol boy's club" should have considered the following when writing her speech.

She said Obama would increase the size of the government. Who increased the size of the federal government in recent history? Reagan and Bush. Who lowered it? Clinton.

The money she said "she" returned to the taxpayers of Alaska came from the Permanent Fund. This money came from royalties as a result of oil and natural gas sales. Of course there was a larger surpluss with the rising cost of oil and natural gas.

She said after Obama talked to his foreign policy advisors he changed is mind and changed 3 days later to John McCain's position and should have just called him to begin with. Has she forgotten that Obama has called for a timeline for US troop withdrawl in Iraq? This is something that the Bush administration has now had to agree to after the Iraqis called for it. McCain has yet to change his stance.
This "fiscally" responsible governor did not just tell Congress "thanks but no thanks" for the "bridge to nowhere" that she initially supported. She kept the money! Why not return it to the federal government and say put that money back in the general treasury to reduce the budget? She also cut her salary as mayor, only to hire a city manager raising the budget to more than what it was when she started.

REQUIEM FOR A TROLL or TROLL IGNORED

Lincoln Park Dem — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:45:44 EDT

Our campaign has successfully united for CHANGE on BARACKOBAMA.COM and other Democratic websites.

The grass roots efforts are expanding all across AMERICA. As we increase our attention to GOTV, Hosting and attending events and phonebanking,the attacks on our nominee have intensified.The intent is to distract and disrupt.

This tactic will not survive our unified decision to ignore. No Response, No Debate....Ignore.

We can do this,

Yes we can.

Join other Party Builder and Obama bloggers now and sign up for this event:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpg22s

Party Builder Bloggers

Lincoln Park Dem — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:41:11 EDT

In the event some of you don't know we have a group of bloggers from this blog that have created a group at the Obama site called PB Bloggers:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/PartyBuilderBloggers

This is what we have been able to do collectively so far:

Average Individual Activity 0

# of Members 78

Events Hosted 958

Events Attended 2,329

Calls made 3,983

Doors Knocked 16

Number of blog posts 2,989

Amount raised $5,130.23

These numbers include all individual and group efforts.

Our Group is within $125 of meeting our goal form donations.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/maingroup/PartyBuilderBloggers

Just wanted to extend an invite to any that have not joined as of yet and send a BIG thank you to all who have helped us!

"This is our time, Our moment."

Yes We Can!

Obama '08 and '12

Making a difference

Lincoln Park Dem — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:34:32 EDT

As some may know, we have a group of bloggers on the Obama site. We are really making a difference there.

Our stats:

Party Builder Bloggers is making a difference together5Activity IndexMore Details Party Builder Bloggers STATSAll 7 Days 30 Days Average Individual Activity 0# of Members 77Events Hosted 952 20 56 Events Attended 2,291 53 312 Calls made 0 0 0 Doors Knocked 12 12 12 Number of blog posts 2,855 182 182 Amount raised $5,130.23 $286.22 $1,067.91

Please join us:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/PartyBuilderBloggers

Action Alert

Lincoln Park Dem — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:06:39 EDT

Please see following:

Subj: FW: Voting Rights
From: Heather Smith, Rock the VoteDear Rock the Vote staff,I was outraged when I found out the other day that the Department of Veterans Affairs has forbidden voter registration drives in its hospitals, rehab centers and other facilities.

This ban hurts thousands of young veterans who have been injured while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. We should be helping our veterans register and vote, not making it more difficult.

Last week, the Senate introduced a bill to overturn the ban and allow states to require V.A. hospitals to offer voter registration to their clients.

Will you join me and ask your Senator to co-sponsor the “Veteran Voting Support Act”?

http://action.rockthevote.com/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=107

Banning the most basic act of democracy from Americans who have fought for our democracy just doesn’t make any sense. We need to stand up for our veterans--especially for the thousands of young veterans who are eligible to vote in their first presidential election.

Please contact your senators today.

Sincerely,

Heather Smith

Almost $800

Lincoln Park Dem — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:39:30 EDT

As many of you know, there are a group of Party Builder Bloggers that also blog at the Obama site. We have grown to a group of almost 80 bloggers.

Yesterday was Obama's Birthday. We raised almost $800 on our Obama site, and most of it was raised yesterday. That's Party Building you can take to the bank!

A Big 'Thank You" to all that helped raise money. It is never too late to donate or join us on our blog :-)

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/PartyBuilderBloggers

Poll numbers in 2008

Mike Johnson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:54:43 EDT

Remember back to the tracking polls in the North Carolina primary? They said it was going to be close. Obama won soundly. The problem with polls as has been brought up by many people including the very astute Chuck Todd on MSNBC is that many of the new voters do not have land lines. They have cells as their primary phone line. Most polls are made to land lines. Since the younger voters which make up a large segment of Obama supporters are not polled, it is hard to tell if the numbers are accurate. Obama's lead could actually be larger than it is because of this phenomena which started to emerge in the '04 campaign, but is even larger today.

Harris Poll Obama up by 9 points. Leads in LGBT, Independants, Latinos and Blacks

Mike Johnson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:49:41 EDT

The Democratic nominee leads among gays, independents, Latinos and blacks and leads John McCain by nine points overall, finds a new Harris poll.

Barack Obama leads John McCain among registered voters 44 percent to 35 percent, while Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate and Ralph Nader each receive 2 percent, a new Harris Interactive poll reported.

Sixteen percent of registered voters are not sure whom they will vote for.

Among LGBT adults, 60 percent favor Obama while 14 percent favor McCain.

Three percent of LGBT adults favor Barr, while 1 percent choose Nader. Six percent choose "other," while 17 percent of all LGBT voters are not yet sure which candidate to support -- comparable to the general population.

Among independents, Obama has a 12-point lead (38 percent to 26 percent), but one-quarter of independents are not sure, 4 percent would vote for Bob Barr and 3 percent for Ralph Nader.

The findings also show that 90 percent of African-Americans are voting for Obama, as are six in 10 Latinos. Whites, however, are leaning towards McCain over Obama (40 percent versus 34 percent).

Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved

Share Resources

Lincoln Park Dem — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:35:54 EDT

I personally love to read my news on the internet. When I post I try to link my source whenever possible.

Thought it would be helful, for me at least, to share some of our sources. I know I would love to have some good sources and reads added to my repitoure.

Here's a few sources I like and are good reads:

http://www.jedreport.com/

Polling...has all the latest polls and poll averages:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/

Love the PBS site for history:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/

I belive it would help us all if we shared some of our sources...it would help me.

Agree to Disagree

Mike Johnson — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:24:24 EDT

How about agreeing to disagree and move on. Passion about a subject is a great thing, however when the name calling and personal attacks begin, people loose sight of the big picture. As a former Hillary supporter, I am following in the footsteps of my choice and am supporting Obama. For those who don't ok. I can accept that. But instead of fighting about our differences, why not work together on our similarities. Since this is democrats.org I would HOPE that would be to defeat McSame and to kick the GOP (Going Out Pouting) out of as many seats downticket that we can.
If Hillary is not able to get enough delegates to switch (which she is not asking for) and Obama does not pick her for VP, by working her heart (and Bill his) for and Obama victory while mending fences in the Senate, maybe her clout can be used to become Majority Leader. Just think TWO women as the leaders of our party in both chambers of the Congress. Just an idea. I'll shut up.

What is more important Hillary's new hairstyle or Obama's speach

Mike Johnson — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:13:22 EDT

Evidently based on the press coverage, the media thinks that during a presidential election year, it is more important to talk about Hillary's new hairstyle and the fact that it is parted to the right vs. the left than the important speech Obama gave on security. His speech talked about what he would do to make us safer, unlike the GOP (Going Out Pouting) and McSame who wants to keep us scared.
Obama has talked about a timeline of withrawl. He talked about talking to Iran. Bush said talking to Iran was "apeasement". McSame said Obama is wrong about a timeline, that he must do what the military leaders on the ground say. HMMMM did you hear that Bush and Iraq talked about a "time horizon" for troop withdrawl? Sounds like a fancy way of saying TIMELINE. Did anyone catch the news that the third hightest ranking diplomat in the State Dept. will be at a meeting with Iraq's nuclear negotiator?
Sounds like Obama knows more about foreign policy than what Bush and McSame and their talking heads are saying in the press.
Did anyone notice in Obama's speech that he wants to make sure rouge organizations (not countries) are stopped from getting WMDs. Why didn't the press report that he will make sure the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is ratified and enforced along with meeting with Russia about cutting even more nuclear weapons. Making us secure by getting rid of nucs that our enemies could get hold of. Doesn't sound like a bad idea. I wonder how long until Bush acts on it and McSame takes credit for the idea. But no the press would rather talk about Brad and Angelina's twins and if Madonna is the reason why A-Rod's marriage broke up. Where is their priority. Thank God for BBC News, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and the web.

We can increase our Congressional Majority

Mike Johnson — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:54:34 EDT

The DCCC shows the IL 6th district as one of twenty emerging races. Col. Jill Morgenthaler a retired 30 year vet in active and reserve duty including Bosnia and Iraq is running to turn our district from red to blue. Pete Roskham is completely out of touch with his district. He is friends with the Telcoms (voted for FISA), sides with big oil (voted against the Clean Energy Act in 2007) and voted against extending emergency unemployment benefits.

Join us here on the group I formed for her supporters at Col. Jill Morgenthaler for Congress IL 6th CD. I also have a fundraising link on my page for her.

Blue Fest tomorrow in Chicago suburb

Mike Johnson — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:08:47 EDT

Tomorrow Dupage Democrats and WCPT 820AM are hosting Blue Fest. It will be the largest Democratic event in Dupage County. Let's get together for fun, food, games and music provided by 4 bands. Part of the proceeds will go to the Northern Illinois Food Bank.

We have a great chance of turning DuPage County blue this election. Come out for some fun and get together with other Democrats in the area. If you're in the city, come on out to the 'burbs and spend some time with us in Willowbrook.

www.dupagedemocrats.com

Woman's Rights Forum

Lincoln Park Dem — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:12:15 EDT

We will have a forum on woman's rights Friday night, beginning at 6 Eastern time. Please join our discussion on this very important issue at PB Bloggers on the Obama site.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/PartyBuilderBloggers

DuPage Blue Fest

Mike Johnson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:55:28 EDT

WCPT 820AM and the DuPage Democrats are presenting Blue Fest this Saturday July 18th in Willowbrook IL. DuPage is turning blue and we have a chance of switching Congressional districts from Red to Blue in November.

Come join us for some good music from 4 bands, food, games and fun for all ages. It is a chance for us to get together and have some fun before the push to increase the Democrats majority in the House. Part of the proceeds of the ticket cost will go towards the Northern Illinois Food Bank.

www.dupagedemocrats.com

Progressive Democrats of America and Thom Hartmann

Mike Johnson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:18:25 EDT

On Tuesday a caller said he was ready to take action. Thom mentioned a number of organizations incuding DFA. One organization that he failed to mention was PDA of which Thomm is a member of the advisory board. www.pdamerica.org/about/board.php

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Should McCain be called McCopy not McSame

Mike Johnson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:33:24 EDT

McSame copy Obama on Afghanistan by adding troops? Nooo that could not be possible. He had tocome up with this idea on his own. Remember Senator McCain is the foreign policy expert. After all he talked about the current events involving Czechoslovakia two days in a row. I guess that "internets" homework he was given did not include how to goggle. Did he not get security briefings back in '92 and '93 as Czechoslovakia was breaking up into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic?
Somebody better tell Gramps while he was napping earlier this month, the Czech people got upset about a plan between the US and Czech governments (not Czechoslovak) about the missile defense deal. At least he remembered to call the people from Russia Russians and not Soviets.
I'm sure Fixed Noise will report that McSame was going to make this announcement all along, but had to wait until after the last of the surge troops were pulled from Iraq. I wonder what took him so long to make the announcement since this "expert" on Iraq announced a while back in a town hall meeting that troops were already back to pre-surge levels.
What I can't figure out though is if McSame was going to balance the budget by the money we would be saving after "victory" in Iraq, how is he going to accomplish this if the troops are just going to be re-deployed to Afghanistan where they should have been all along.

Sending the 3rd highest person in the State Department to meet with Iranian official

Mike Johnson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:45:41 EDT

Now that Bush is sending a member of his administration to meet (listen, stare at, whatever) with the Iranian chief nuclear negotiator, does that now make the Bush administration and by default the United States appeasers?