Archive for July, 2012
Want Ethics Reform? Then We Need To Elect Zac White
Jul 31, 2012 1 Comment ›› ARDemWant ethics reform? Well the best way to make it happen right now is to make sure that Zac White is the next state senator from district 18. That's one of the main reasons why we're extending our endorsement to him today. Zac isn't a career politician. He's an ordinary guy who spends his time hunting ...
Continue ReadingPres 2012: Mitt Romney Manages To Offend Both Palestinians And Israelis; On To Poland…
Jul 31, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemCan Mitt Romney open his mouth without ticking someone off? And seriously, who besides a 19th century European colonialist talks like this? Mitt Romney told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who called his comments racist and out ...
Continue ReadingWill House Republicans Kill The Middle Class Tax Cut?
Jul 30, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemThis should be fun to watch: House Democrats will put Republicans on record this week voting down an extension of the middle-income Bush tax cuts unless the tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest Americans are also extended. On Monday, Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sander Levin (D-MI) will introduce legislation mirroring a bill Senate Democrats passed ...
Continue ReadingRep. Bryan King Says Arkansas Has “A Terrible History Of Voter Fraud”; Provides No Examples
Jul 30, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemContinuing with a trend that we've seen from Arkansas Republicans (and Republicans in general) when it comes to their advocacy for Voter ID, state representative Bryan King weighed in on the issue with a column where he claims Arkansas has a terrible history with voter fraud but fails to cite any examples: We have a right ...
Continue ReadingSome Of The Quotes Democrats Could Use Against Republicans On Ethics Reform
Jul 30, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemDemocrats, again, I'm begging you, start campaigning hard against Republicans on ethics! It's a winning issue, and they've supplied us with a ton of ammunition- Rep. Jon Woods: “The contribution part of it, though, I’d have to say is not the American way,” Woods said. Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, wanting his turn at the trough: “When you see the ...
Continue ReadingMike Ross Continues Parroting Republican Talking Points, This Time On “Family Farms”
Jul 30, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemYou can't teach an old Blue Dog new tricks it seems. From Mike Ross's newsletter: Dear Friends: Last year, talk of restricting the age of American family farm hands stirred uproar amongst farmers and ranchers across the country. These potential age regulations on the part of the Department of Labor, had they taken affect, would have endangered ...
Continue ReadingHow Things Would Be Different If Republicans Hadn’t Filibustered The American Jobs Act
Jul 27, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemFlashback-Senate Republicans, including John Boozman, filibustered the President's American Jobs Act repeatedly: U.S. Senate Republicans, joined by one Democrat and one Independent, Thursday blocked a proposal President Barack Obama said would "put Americans back to work." The Senate voted 51-49 in favor of a procedural motion on the bill, which would spend $60 billion on transportation and ...
Continue ReadingAR-02: Rule Hits Griffin For Supporting Another Fake “Jobs Bill”
Jul 27, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemI'll give this to Herb Rule, he's definitely feisty. The press release his campaign just put out hits Griffin hard for his support of yet another in the endless line of fake "jobs bills" he's supported: Yesterday, House Republicans passed a do-nothing bill that will prevent the President from fighting unemployment. Herb Rule said, “All Americans ...
Continue ReadingArkansans For Compassionate Care Signature Drive Tomorrow
Jul 27, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemThe medical marijuana campaign has around 20 more days to round up more signatures to make it on the ballot and from what I've been told by the head of the effort they need at least 13,000 more signatures and are feeling confident that they can get that. If you haven't signed to get this ...
Continue ReadingIn Defense Of Dustin McDaniel
Jul 26, 2012 2 Comments ›› ARDemIf you've been keeping up with the online news the last two days you've probably seen that Dustin McDaniel got himself in a bit of hot water recently. Apparently, McDaniel's PAC gave Republican state senate candidate Bart Hester, a teabagger facing no opposition, a $1,000 dollar contribution. Now before I go further, let me point ...
Continue ReadingHow Bad A Candidate Is Mitt Romney? Don’t Know Yet, He Keeps Getting Worse
Jul 26, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemOn top of Mitt's Bain pain and tax return issue, we now find out that Mitt Romney was a registered lobbyist who once said this little gem: "I'm a big believer in getting money where the money is. And the money is in Washington." Expect Obama campaign commercials to start hitting this in the next two or ...
Continue ReadingNew Endorsement: Diana Gonzales Worthen For State Senate
Jul 26, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemWe've been pulling for this candidate for awhile and now it's time to put our money where our mouths are. Today, I'm proud to announce a formal Blue Arkansas endorsement of Diana Gonzales Worthen in the race for SD-07. Diana is an amazing woman, an educator and small businesswoman with a record of giving back to ...
Continue ReadingMark Pryor Only “Democrat” To Support Republican Tax Plan
Jul 25, 2012 4 Comments ›› ARDemToday, the Senate voted to extend tax cuts to middle class Americans permanently while ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. However, there were two tax plans voted on, one a Republican plan that would have made all the tax cuts permanent. Mark Pryor was the only Democrat to vote for the Republican plan: The ...
Continue ReadingAR-02: What Economists Think Of Those Republican “Jobs Bills” Tim Felon Likes To Brag About
Jul 25, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemMore than any other of our Republican congressman, Tim Griffin likes to tout-via newsletter, facebook, twitter, etc.-how much progress Republicans are making on the "jobs, jobs, jobs" agenda they promised in 2010. But what do economists say about those phony Republican "jobs bills". That they're phony and won't create any jobs: House Republicans routinely beat the ...
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