Does Mitch McConnell (R-KY) hate free speech, veterans and moms?
It would seem so... Heather Ryan, former member of the US Navy and mother of two, was fired from her job today as the Executive Director of the Maiden Alley Cinema. McConnell encountered Ryan and her...
View ArticleUpdate- Heather Ryan/Mitch McConnell story
Keeping up on Heather Ryan's story, she appeared on local TV in Paducah, KY talking about her story. Ryan says she's seeking legal counsel, as the GOP smear machine is in full swing against her on the...
View ArticleHeather Ryan-McConnell Update: From the Horses's Mouth Edition
Over at BlueGrassRoots.org, they have posted video taken by Hillbilly from HillbillyReport.com of Heather Ryan and her 12-year old daughter Heaven, 4-month old daughter Ireland, and her husband Chris...
View ArticleHeather Ryan-D-KY: Our Newest Netroots Candidate for KY-01, Ed...
You'll recall my earlier diaries (story also carried at Bluegrassroots) of the Navy Vet mom who KY Senator Mitch McConnell had fired from her job on MLK day because she and her 12-year old daughter...
View ArticleHelp Heather Ryan (KY-01) get Ed Whitfield out of office
Heather Ryan is running for US House in KY-01 against one of the most good-for-nothings Mitch McConnell could dredge up for his puppet show, Eddie Whitfield. Eddie has shown up for so few votes during...
View ArticleOhio Superdelgate Extortion
The race to the nomination became even more unseemly today, with the announcement from a bloc of Ohio superdelegates intending to withhold support of any candidate until they submit a specific plan...
View ArticleObama Encounter in Salem, OR: Wow!
I met Barack Obama today. Today was the 10th anniversary of our marriage, and rather than go out to a fancy restaurant for dinner, we decided to take our kids to witness history in the making. My...
View ArticleUPDATED: Obama Picks Up 26 Endorsements in Oregon
Oregon just got a little sunnier for Obama today. Five state senators and 19 state representatives endorsed Obama today, in addition to the state superintendent of schools and the state treasurer.Full...
View Article"R's Invented Guns to Kill Liberal Scum Like You"
This was a statement made to my 16 year old daughter during her first session of high-schooler phone banking for the Obama campaign here in Oregon last night. We'll assume that man did not know he was...
View ArticleWar Protest Today: West Coast Ports Closed
Hats off to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for today's decision by the rank-and-file to take the day off as a West-Coast wide protest against the illegal war in Iraq.
View ArticleBlumenauer (OR)-Most of House supports Barack
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) penned a letter at Blue Oregon today, relating his experience on the House floor today as Barack Obama took the chamber by storm. Earl serves as co-chair of Obama's campaign in...
View ArticleDiscrimination at Secret Service- Denial must end now
This diary is about problems within the management culture at the US Secret Service (USSS). There are many, many excellent, trustworthy and non-racist Agents at the USSS, who take their work very...
View ArticleMy Grandfather & Obama
We went to visit my grandfather yesterday, Father's Day. Took the whole family, even my folks who've been divorced for 7 years. My Pa-Paw, as he's called by everyone, is 91 years old, and he has...
View ArticleAre you forgetting something?
With all the recent talk about FISA, gun control, Olbermann v. Greenwald these days, it's easy to forget about other equally important items on the Progressive Agenda. One of those important items...
View ArticleObama’s Top 10 Negatives per Polling Point
I received a survey in my inbox this evening from Polling Point, an internet polling firm run by Pollmetrix in CA, and holding themselves out to be non-partisan. (They also say that Polling Point...
View ArticleMilbank to CNN- Denies Countdown Dispute
In yesterday's Olbermann diary, Keith told us Dana Milbank had taken another job, and that it certainly wasn't better than what he had going at MSNBC. Lots of folks posited Milbank was going to Faux...
View ArticleWhat will tonight's forum change?
Nothing. We all knew Obama's faith is far more personal than McCain's. Obama has a great deal more respect for his wife and his elders. McCain only mentioned Cindy once, and that story is...
View ArticleGen. McPeak Wary of McCain's Temper
General Tony McPeak, former Chief of Staff USAF, and fellow Oregonian, met with the Oregon Delegation on Thursday morning for a breakfast meeting. According to our friends at Politicker OR, McPeak...
View ArticleGaffes according to Politico? You decide.
Our friends at Politico.com have put up an article outlining the top eight gaffes of the campaign- this is their list, in order:"Bitter", by Obama"Countless Houses", by McCain"Shout out to my Pastor",...
View ArticleCBS' Reynolds: Obama Plane Smells
If someone's already diaried this, I'll take it down, but I didn't see it in my search...In an act of MSM fit-throwing today, CBS' Dean Reynolds compares life covering the McCain campaign vs. covering...
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