I don’t know how Blanche Lincoln is going to respond to being called “one of the Senate’s most corrupt members,” but I do know that Howie Klein isn’t spending his August spinning his wheels or twiddling his thumbs. When the history of the last five years is written, Klein is going to get his due as one of the great activists of the era.
I don’t agree with every move that Howie makes, but that doesn’t matter. Klein is spearheading the effort to punish Blue Dogs wherever they cause obstruction, and I’m grateful for his efforts.
that’s a great ad.
i love howie klein. he discovered devo you know.
for real? that’s insane.
yeah, he wrote all the liner notes to the greatest hits compilation.
also, see this: howie klein, champion of punk.
also, original devo member bob lewis posts regularly as bobdevo on dailykos.
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Kenneth Gladney did not address Saturday’s crowd of about 200 people. His attorney, David Brown, however, read a prepared statement Gladney wrote. “A few nights ago there was an assault on my liberty, and on yours, too.” Brown read. “This should never happen in this country.”
Supporters cheered. Brown finished by telling the crowd that Gladney is accepting donations toward his medical expenses. Gladney told reporters he was recently laid off and has no health insurance.
Video of attack
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."The ad is just about perfect: rational and factual, yet with terrific emotional clout.
I’m confused about who exactly made/presented the ad(s). DownWithTyranny is part of Act Blue? DWT made it and ActBlue funded it? Howie Klein is the proprietor of DWT? The out-of-the-loop among us seem to need a diagram. To put it another way, if a person wanted to get involved specifically with this project, where would you go to get started?
Howie Klein is the proprietor of DWT?
Yes!!
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/
DWT is part of Blue America(along with Digby, FDL, C&L and a few others), not Act Blue. Act Blue is just the clearing house for fund raising.
Another thing about the ad: not to take anything away from its creators, but it also shows how easy it is to come up with effective counters to the corporate/wingnut propaganda. Why aren’t we seeing more of it? Why aren’t the Dems doing stuff just like this against Republican legislators?
Who would you like to see make these ads? The DCCC? OFA? Be Serious!! I am sure Robert Greenwald would, if he isn’t involved already. None of the “main-stream” groups are going to get involved. They don’t want to piss off donors or get out of Obama’s good graces.
Most people worry about hooligans at soccer matches, but now it’s starting to surface that conservatives are fielding hooligans at Town Hall style meetings, especially the ones that are related to health care reforms. Protesters are being dispatched to meetings where health care, or Obamacare as it’s called, is being discussed in order to stifle discussion. A recent episode of the Rachel Maddow show got a memo from Think Progress intercepted from conservative think tank, Right Principles in which they outline how to do it. This tactic has been used before, notably during recounts in the 2000 election. No one likes hooligans, and the rest of us end up needing fast cash to undo their damage.
Read more click http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/08/05/obamacare-town-hall-hooligans/
Most people worry about hooligans at soccer matches, but now it’s starting to surface that conservatives are fielding hooligans at Town Hall style meetings, especially the ones that are related to health care reforms. Protesters are being dispatched to meetings where health care, or Obamacare as it’s called, is being discussed in order to stifle discussion. A recent episode of the Rachel Maddow show got a memo from Think Progress intercepted from conservative think tank, Right Principles in which they outline how to do it. This tactic has been used before, notably during recounts in the 2000 election. No one likes hooligans, and the rest of us end up needing fast cash to undo their damage.
Read more click http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/08/05/obamacare-town-hall-hooligans/