Barack stinking up the joint

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL-AID TABLE   TODAY SENATOR SWEETIE BARACK OBAMA DECLARED OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN IN THE U.S., "FRANKLY WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES IN THIS CAMPAIGN, WE HAVE THE BETTER ARGUMENT.  I MEAN, THERE WAS A TIME PRETTY RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIPSTICK AND PIGS."   WHEN THESE REPORTERS INFORMED SENATOR SWEEITE, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STARTED THAT CONVERSATION. HE GIGGLED AND SAID, "I REALLY AM FULL OF S**T, AREN'T I?"   HE CERTAINLY IS BECAUSE PRIOR TO PRAISING THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN AS A POLITICAL WIN FOR HIM, HE ALSO DECLARED OF THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN, "IT IS NOT A TIME FOR POLITICS.  IT IS NOT A TIME FOR PARTISANSHIP.  IT IS NOT A TIME FOR POLITICIANS TO CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH THE NEXT ELECTION."   LIKE SENATOR SWEETIE SAID, HE REALLY IS FULL OF S**T.   DON'T BLAME THE CHILD, BLAME THE PARENTS: THE MEDIA: "2007 WAS WHEN THE BULK OF LITTLE MEDIA ENLISTED IN THE BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN -- A KATRINA COFFEE FETCHER EVEN WENT TO WORK FOR IT.  BAMBI WOULD WALK ON HIS OWN AND GO TO POTTY ALL BY HIMSELF IN 2008, INDY MEDIA INSISTED, BUT RIGHT NOW HE NEEDED COAXING.  AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO GUARANTEE THAT THAN BY LAVISHING HIM WITH NON-STOP PRAISE.  AS THEY CROWDED AROUND THE POTTY CHAIR, THEY PRODUCED MANY EMBARRASSING MOMENTS." BARACK HAS 2 MOMMIES: BIG MEDIA AND PANHANDLE MEDIA.     FROM THE TCI WIRE:     Turning to the US presidential race.  Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes (link has text and video), the US top commander in Iraq, Gen Ray Odierno, explained to Lesley Stahl that he doesn't vote and why: "I will say this.  I made a decision when I got promoted to colonel that I would not longer vote in national elections because I feel it's my job to serve the commander-in-chief.  So I have not voted.  Probably a bad American for not voting, but I made that decision because of the position that I have."  Voting or not voting is a personal decision.  So is taking accountability which the Democratic presidential nominee cannot apparently do still.  CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic reports that Barack Obama thinks the meltdown is just groovy because it allows talking about issues: "I mean, there was a time pretty recently when we were talking about lipstick and pigs."  We?  We?  Barack plagiarized a Washington Post comic and made insulting remarks but it's "we".  He can always grab credit for what he hasn't done, he just never takes accountability for what he did do. Where it gets really funny is if you compare Maria Gavrilovic's reports today.  In one, Barack is saying that the economic meltdown is "not a time for politics" and, less than an hour later, Barack's stating the economic meltdown allows for a good test of the candidates.  But who will he cheat off of?   Cynthia McKinney is the Green Party presidential nominee and here's an important statement regarding her campaign: Green Party National Women's Caucus challenges NOW to support the historic McKinney/Clemente presidential campaign Monday, 29 September 2008 19:38 Distributed by the Green Party of the United States   National Women's Caucus of the Green Party of the United States  For Immediate Release  Monday, September 29, 2008  Contact: Morgen D'Arc, Spokesperson, 207-761-7797, morgenizer@yahoo.com   Linda Manning Myatt, Spokesperson, 248-548-6175, lmmyatt@wowway.com   Green Party National Women's Caucus challenges NOW to support the historic McKinney/Clemente presidential campaign   WASHINGTON, DC -- The National Women's Caucus of the Green Party of the United States has sent an open letter to the National Organization for Women (http://www.now.org) urging support for the Green Party's presidential ticket. The text of the letter is appended below.    The letter cites Green nominee Cynthia McKinney's six terms in Congress and her unmatched dedication to the principles of equality and human rights championed by NOW. The National Women's Caucus emphasizes the historical role that alternative parties have played in the struggle for women's suffrage and rights, and notes that NOW has failed even to recognize the significance of America's first national campaign by two women of African descent: Ms. McKinney is African American and running mate Rosa Clemente is Black Puerto Rican.   OPEN LETTER TO NOW, THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN National Women's Caucus of the Green Party of the United States Sunday, September 28, 2008 Dear National Organization for Women leadership and members:  The National Women's Caucus of the Green Party of the United States is dismayed that your recent endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States did not acknowledge the first all-female ticket in recent U.S. history. Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are running for President and Vice President, respectively, on the Green Party ballot line.   Cynthia McKinney served six terms in the U.S. Congress and two terms in the Georgia General Assembly. She is a global human rights and peace activist with a substantial voting record supporting women. Rosa Clemente is a community organizer and journalist who was one of the founders and primary organizers of the first national Hip Hop political convention. Their "Power to the People" campaign goal is to ensure that public policy reflects the Green Party values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy, and nonviolence.  Cynthia McKinney has been a steadfast supporter of full reproductive rights for women throughout her legislative career, including funding for contraception and UN family planning, and opposition to "abstinence only" sex education. Rosa Clemente has been an outspoken advocate on issues affecting people of color, particularly women, and has directed her campaign toward the 48% of young people who don't vote, to encourage participation in the electoral process.  Additional positions of the McKinney/Clemente campaign that will benefit women include:   - Equal Rights  - End to forced sterilization and coerced or uninformed consent procedures,  - Immediate end to the War in Iraq and reinvestment of the money into our communities      - Single-payer, universal "Medicare for All"   - Election integrity where every vote is counted   - Right to same-sex marriage   - Free higher education       - End to the drug war    - Right of return of survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita   - Withdrawal from corporate trade agreements such as NAFTA that are devastating economies worldwide   - Promotion of renewable energy (no coal or nuclear) to create hundreds of thousands of new manufacturing, construction and service jobs  Neither Obama nor his Republican opponent John McCain support these positions. The National Organization for Women PAC repeatedly praised Congresswoman McKinney during her six terms in U.S. Congress; and her record, on every relevant issue, surpasses those of the male endorsees. But now, these two women of color -- powerful and power-challenging, real choices, and nominated by a political party that proudly boasts Feminism & Gender Equity among our Ten Key Values -- don't even receive acknowledgment.       The National Organization for Women, at all levels, has long struggled over diverging feminist paths -- choosing either to press for change within the existing power structure, and its institutions, or to step outside of the expected and challenge the institutions themselves. In the view of the National Women's Caucus of the Green Party of the United States, NOW has best served women when NOW has recognized, in the words of Audre Lord, that "when you look back on the road you've come, and see pain, and look forward to the road you're on, and see pain, then, step off the road, and make a new path."    We recall when NOW distributed buttons proclaiming that "Women were not born Democrats, Republicans, or YESTERDAY." We recall when the heroines of our heritage were Belva Lockwood, Alice Paul and Sonia Johnson, each willing to form her own political party, or run for president independently, or both. They were willing because that path provided fewer barriers to telling the plain truth, the truth that needed to be heard, than did service to the establishment parties. We even recall when NOW announced the formation of its own, alternative, political party, the "Party for the 21st Century," with Dolores Huerta at its head. We rejoiced when NOW sought to make a new path, because the old political road was simply too filled with the pain of condescension and compromise, deferment and settling for what was offered.     Even when NOW, through its political action committee, decided in the last two decades to bestow its endorsement on candidates from the over-represented political parties, it was to reward them for actually moving closer to the day when a woman might be president, with a Geraldine Ferraro and a Hillary Clinton sitting in the candidate car, and not just trudging behind it, pushing. But this past week, that endorsement reward was offered without even that, out of the same "fear of the alternative" that has driven women to set our own hopes, dreams and destinations aside, time and again, to let the men drive the car.    Belva, Alice and Sonia did not become president of the United States, but, with the support of the feminists of their time, speaking truth, each re-formed the vision that America had about women. While men can be feminists too, their institutions can only be deemed feminist if they produce equality. The dearth of elected women, at every level, is its own condemnation of the party structures that are the paved road of American democracy. It disappoints us greatly, that earlier this month, NOW has not made a new path. By failing to commend, or even comment on, the presidential candidacy of Cynthia McKinney and her Green Party running mate, Rosa Clemente, NOW is driving on the wrong side of history.        We invite the National Organization for Women, and feminists everywhere, to support the Green Party and the McKinney/Clemente campaign. Come walk the walk with us, and make a new path.    Sincerely,     National Women's Caucus, Green Party of the United States  Nan Garrett, Co-Chair   Ginny Marie Case, Co-Chair National Women's Caucus Member Claudia Ellquist, National NOW Board member, 1990-94, participated in the drafting of this letter      National Women's Caucus         Green Party of the United States         1711 18th Street NW       Washington, DC 20009     202-319-7191          202-319-7192       MORE INFORMATION  Abortion and contraception: McKinney is a firm supporter of abortion rights, appearing on EMILY's List of pro-choice women. She has also supported federal funding for contraception and U.N. family planning programs.   Quite a long statement on Women, Families and Children [. . .]   * Voted YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001) * Supported funding child care, child health, & child housing. (Jul 1999)   McKinney immediately challenged Georgia House rules requiring women to wear dresses by wearing slacks   Green Party of the United States   202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN   Fax 202-319-7193   Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente 'Power to the People' Campaign for the White House  http://votetruth08.com   http://www.runcynthiarun.org   Cynthia McKinney on video  http://www.youtube.com/user/RunCynthiaRun   http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=RunCynthiaRun  • Press conference, September 10 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_5ivgS4asc  • Speech in Denver, August 24:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPxgcjOjUEc  • Music video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1NPlQjkqo    For more on the embarrassment that was the NOW PAC endorsement, see the Sept. 16th snapshot.  Ralph Nader is the independent presidential candidate, Matt Gonzalez is his running mate.  Team Nader notes:   Got $3? Donate it now to Nader/Gonzalez. Why? We're just $25,000 from reaching the $3 million mark. Three million dollars for the year! That might be peanuts to McCain and Obama. But it's real nutrition for Nader/Gonzalez. And it's literally three times what any other third party or independent campaign has raised so far this year. October promises to be a month of surprises -- for both Obama and McCain -- but also for Nader/Gonzalez. But before we deal with October, we have to finish off September. And we need to reach our $3 million goal by midnight tonight. So, we need 8,400 of you, our loyal supporters, to donate $3 now. Why? Because we've always liked Ralph. (pictured here in his hometown of Winsted, Connecticut at age 11.) And because at midnight tonight we close our books for the month of September. And report to the FEC. All the national pundits will ask -- hey Nader/Gonzalez. How much money have you raised with one month left until the election? And we can say -- $3 million. Donate $3 dollars now -- or whatever you can afford. If 8,400 of you do it, we'll meet our goal of $3 million by the end of tonight. And we'll also meet our most recent Three Way Race fundraising goal of $150,000 by midnight tonight. So, let's crank 'er up. And get it done.   RECOMMENDED: "Iraq snapshot" "Jordan gets oil, refugees shown the door" "Iraq: War Hawks flutter" "katha pollitt and other bitches" "KPFK: Disaster" "The double standard is getting damn old" "Melissa's a fool, Tina's a Mean Girl" "Monday feminist post" "Sexism and classicism" "Gaffe prone Biden" "THIS JUST IN! BIDEN MAKES ANOTHER GAFFE!"