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Author: Raine    Date: 05/19/2008 07:08:05

Families today face challenges that yesterday's laws simply don't address. We need to fix government, and one solution is to update our laws so they provide America's families with more freedom in their jobs; greater healthcare and retirement security; safer communities; access to quality, affordable education; and the ability for future generations to compete in the global economy.

This week, my colleagues announced the American Families Agenda. This new agenda concentrates on the bread and butter issues facing every American. And it recognizes that today, more and more families struggle with balancing work, children and caring for elderly parents. Over the coming weeks, we will be promoting new ideas that give people more personal freedom and lessen the burden of government.

From young people just starting out and looking for affordable college, to working parents who want more freedom in the workplace, to seniors who would benefit from greater flexibility with their health care and prescription drug benefits, the American Families Agenda provides commonsense solutions that modernize our laws and give people greater liberty.

I look forward to sharing more about solutions and a positive agenda in the weeks to come.
Sounds wonderful, right? It is. But... it is from the NRCC I removed about 8 words. I replaced one.
This, my friends, is what the NRCC has been reduced to. We are less than 6 months away from national elections and they are getting ready to promote NEW ideas with a liberal ideaology. Don't tell them that's what it is... just, well... bless them for seeing the light...
CQPolitics tells us something else:
Something big is missing from House Republicans’ 2008 campaign agenda for American families, and that is no accident.

There’s not a single mention in the 47-point program of such red-meat GOP issues as banning abortion, outlawing same-sex marriage, allowing prayer in the public schools, banning flag burning and protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. Instead, the plan focuses on Republican-introduced ideas as allowing private sector workers to take compensatory time instead of premium pay for overtime worked (HR 6025) or permitting full tax deductibility for most medical expenses (HR 636).

In an effort to appeal to moderates in their uphill push to retake the House, Republicans have pushed divisive social issues off center stage and replaced them with a host of pocketbook items they hope will appeal to working women, moderates and even some Democrats.

“This may not be the family agenda you expected from Republicans,’’ said Rep. Kay Granger , R-Texas, who was in charge of formulating the “American Families Agenda,’’ the first part of the party’s “Change You Deserve’’ 2008 platform. “It is a change. In the past, the Republican agenda for families was about social issues. This is more straight-forward, talking to families where they are, not where you want them to be,’’ Granger added.
Yes, you read that one right, they are taking wedge issues off the table. They are altering things to be on line with democratic issues.

I think the GOP is broken. Maybe desperate. I think it has finally lost its mind and jumped the shark. I have always appreciated TRUE conservatism. That died a long time ago in my eyes. Look at Barry Goldwater for an example. This conservative Republican party has finally been defeated. Not just defeated, but beaten so badly that they need to take from the DNC platform to find any sort of direction. They don't know what to do or where to go but they are going to adopt the basic tenents of *gasp* liberalism.

Now how do you think that is gonna fly with the *base*? Based on the comments from the NRCC blog, not so well. Let me quote a few examples:
What ever happened to "less government and more individual responsibility", Mr. Cole? You sound like a doggone Democrat to me and my family and my friends.

There is no way under the sun that I will vote for Senator McCain regardless of who is put on the ticket with him. No way. Period!

I am disappointed with the TOTAL lack of genuine conservative leadership on the part of you and others heading up the Republican party. I will either stay home, or write in Ron Paul - if that's possible.
Where has the conservative agenda been for the last 12 years? I think it's time to throw all RINO's out of government. If it means the Republican Party collapses, so what? There are very few Republicans with any character. If McCain, that egotistical RINO is the best we can do, there'e no hope for the parts.
You people are so far out of touch it has gone from aggravating to simply sad. You have been sent to DC to do a job. But apparently you are more interested in trying to sound good in the press.

That is but a TINY sampling. you can read it all at the link I gave above.

The reason WHY I post all this is becuase there is something I want to make clear... as always, IMO. This election is still ours to lose. And this election isn't JUST the POTUS. It is the House, Senate and the SCOTUS. We can truly have a watershed moment this November. The GOP has told us how... THEY HAVE NO IDEAS. They do not know what to do. They are scrambling about what to do.

The GOP is the party that told us to be afraid, to be scared, to trust them with our security.. The party that told us how we should live our lives, the party who knew better than women when it came to their own bodies, the party that knew what God wanted, the party that said the free market should decide, the party that deregulated the mortgage industry, the party that told us they were right and we were wrong... The party that mocked the Dems for their approach to foreign affairs - doesn't know what to do! How should we EVER trust them with anything again? Terrorists? WAR? They have admitted they do not know what to do about it. Well, they fairly admitted they have no idea about anything. They are finding that they can't win elections, and now suddenly they have lost their compass. ( Side note: Interesting the power of the vote, huh? You wonder why suddenly it has become harder and harder for Americans to cast a ballot...)

How can we trust them with the handling of the war?? John Boehner was on TV yesterday and when asked about what he is going to do to change things and how, he said 9 times... (NINE) "We will Give Americans the Change they deserve" He also said that 'George W *ush is the past' (no, I am not kidding) and he never gave a name or face to the future...He had a chance to say John McCain is our guy... he didn't. VERY telling.

The GOP has finally realized that it has lost it's direction. This November, the House, Senate and POTUS are ours for the taking, but it is still ours to lose. We need to unify, and get local... work to get people elected in our states and districts.

We need to get EVERYONE in the party behind our nominee... lest we look like the GOP, who clearly has issues with McCain... who called his own wife a c*nt, and who has no problem calling people gooks. If your candidate isn't the nominee, will you vote for McCain? I won't. I will vote for our nominee. We need to come together... I do NOT want our party to look like the GOP. We have a presumptive nominee... I digress, I know... however, PLEASE, Understand this: John McCain is the racist and the sexist we need to defeat.

If this were chess, we would could safely call 'check'. We cannot call call checkmate, because the game is not over. We have to keep going and now they have shown weakness and/or vulnerability ... in November is when we need to call it 'checkmate'.

We are winning... but we have not won yet, and we still have work to do. Get local with the same fervour you have on the national level. Do NOT assume anything. Work from the bottom up. Get more D's in the house and the senate. We have a rare opportunity here. POTUS is very important, but we can make a sea of change elsewhere as well.

Do it. Make change. Opportunity awaits. Our nation depends upon it.
Yes, we can.

:peace: and :heart:

Raine

 

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Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 07:20:25
Digg it if you like it.



Raine is over her insomnia.



::yawn::







Comment by m-hadley on 05/19/2008 12:44:58
Mornin' Raine,

I appreciate your post this morning - do you want me to do the post for next Monday? Is that when your friend will be in town? This week is employee appreciation week here at work - that means bowling today (my goal is to bowl a better score than Barack ) and a picnic on Thursday, but the best part of the week is that we get Friday off Wooo Hooo !!! :)

Cheers,

mfaye :hug:

Comment by Shane-O on 05/19/2008 12:50:35
Quote by Raine:

Digg it if you like it.



Raine is over her insomnia.



::yawn::





Wow -



This is great stuff if it was written during "regular business hours!"



3 am! -- yikes!



Thank you Raine. I hope you are resting now

Comment by TriSec on 05/19/2008 13:05:40
Morning, folks. We're in "calm before the storm" mode here in the office....Friday is NPI day!



I'm always leery of any GOP policy called "American Families" anything....that usually means bad news and more pandering to their "base".

Comment by Scoopster on 05/19/2008 13:09:39
Morning everyone! The countdown has begun, 3 days until the parts for my new do-it-yourself internet rocket arrive. I can't wait to dig my hands into paperboard boxes and anti-static bags and break out my ol' computer toolkit.



The real pain though... is reinstalling & moving all my damn programs. I expect to have Microsoft invalidate my ONLY EVER PURCHASED copy of Windows within a week... damn data mining bastards!

Comment by Random on 05/19/2008 13:15:30
Because...Well, I can.



http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk230/RandomObs/clintonmoranszn2.jpg


Comment by BobR on 05/19/2008 13:17:48
Morning folks... :yawn:

Comment by Scoopster on 05/19/2008 13:19:07
You're gonna make me do it.. aren't you?



http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/skewpster/HOTOBAMA.gif


Comment by Random on 05/19/2008 13:19:58
Quote by Scoopster:

You're gonna make me do it.. aren't you?



http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/skewpster/HOTOBAMA.gif


Ha...Yes...I'm behind the times...I am ashamed *goes into the corner*

Comment by livingonli on 05/19/2008 13:21:20
Good morning all.



The right-wingers are sounding extra scrambly now. Was the person who wrote Momma's hate letter able to write inside the big box or did he have to call Lurleen?

Comment by m-hadley on 05/19/2008 13:22:44
Quote by Scoopster:

You're gonna make me do it.. aren't you?



http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b198/skewpster/HOTOBAMA.gif




Scoopster,

I love what you've done with the place - klassy with a "K" :D

Cheers,

mfaye

Comment by Shane-O on 05/19/2008 13:23:23
Right Wingers are starting to sound like Hillary...



Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 13:37:05
Good morning!



Consider this my 3 am bloggie.



:D

Comment by livingonli on 05/19/2008 13:39:59
I actually went to bed before 3 AM last night. I was so beat after two OT shifts I wanted to just turn in.

Comment by livingonli on 05/19/2008 13:44:36
So, let's pitch that stupid drilling in ANWAR idea so that we can have another are poisoned as the polar ice caps melt.

Comment by BobR on 05/19/2008 13:49:29
Quote by livingonli:

So, let's pitch that stupid drilling in ANWAR idea so that we can have another are poisoned as the polar ice caps melt.


I say the bill should be written so that everyone that votes in favor of drilling in ANWAR has to have a leaky oil rig installed in their backyard.



Comment by wickedpam on 05/19/2008 13:55:51
Morning :hug:

Comment by livingonli on 05/19/2008 13:59:19
Good morning Mala. How was your weekend?

Comment by wickedpam on 05/19/2008 14:02:54
Not bad, just the usual stuff.

Comment by livingonli on 05/19/2008 14:05:23
I was working so I feel pooped and I have a doctor's appointment in an hour.

Comment by livingonli on 05/19/2008 14:07:05
Comment by TriSec on 05/19/2008 14:07:46
Say, Javi and I planted a garden this weekend!



We've got sunflowers, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, basil, dill and oregano out back in the vegetable plot.



Out front there's some geraniums, violets, a flower I have no idea what it's called (but was a really neat purple and orange color) and my sainted grandmother's favorite silverdust plants.



I fenced it all off, so here's hoping the 'genius brigade' (apt. complex landscapers) are smart enough not to dig them up...







Comment by wickedpam on 05/19/2008 14:08:02
Happy B-Day Jim

Comment by livingonli on 05/19/2008 14:10:58
Does the Boehner drink at the same watering hole Tom Delay does or does he just imbibe from his private stash?

Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:11:22
:clap: Shane-O!







Comment by BobR on 05/19/2008 14:14:12
Bad to the Boehner...

Bad to the Boehner...

B-b-b-b-blubbering... :cry:

Bad to the Boehner...


Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:16:25
Yay! garden for la familia TriSec!

Comment by BobR on 05/19/2008 14:17:18
Stephanopolouses? Weren't they on H.R. Puff-n-Stuff?

Comment by Scoopster on 05/19/2008 14:18:12
Pardon my language, but WHAT THE FUCK?!



I'm writing a diary to respond to this bullshit (the dude's a known dkos troll) but here's a taste of what I plan to write from a comment I left:

I wasn't even old enough to vote in 1992, but I busted my ass off in the halls of my high school and my neighborhood to help him win Connecticut. I did the same for him in 1996, for Gore in 2000. In 2004, I walked house to house in New Hampshire for John Kerry and helped turn it into a state win.



This year I was campaigning here in Rhode Island for Edwards until he dropped out, laid low for a couple weeks, then turned my attention to Obama because I felt he was not only the better candidate but because Hillary had done absolutely everything possible to lose my trust, and continues to do so to this very day.



There are many of us here whose stories are similar to this. So do us a favor and hold your tongue. We may look like rookies to a old-time political machine activist who despises anything that challenges the party status quo, but I assure you we know what we're doing is for the benefit of the party and if you don't like it then that's too damn bad. You've got the guns, we've got the numbers.


Comment by velveeta jones on 05/19/2008 14:18:23
Good Morning ya'll! How is everyone today?

Comment by Shane-O on 05/19/2008 14:18:54
Thank you BobR and Raine(-O)! And DJ - if you are lurking... SEE - I told you that your bit rocked!





Comment by velveeta jones on 05/19/2008 14:22:27
Quote by Scoopster:

Pardon my language, but WHAT THE FUCK?!



I'm writing a diary to respond to this bullshit (the dude's a known dkos troll) but here's a taste of what I plan to write from a comment I left:

I wasn't even old enough to vote in 1992, but I busted my ass off in the halls of my high school and my neighborhood to help him win Connecticut. I did the same for him in 1996, for Gore in 2000. In 2004, I walked house to house in New Hampshire for John Kerry and helped turn it into a state win.



This year I was campaigning here in Rhode Island for Edwards until he dropped out, laid low for a couple weeks, then turned my attention to Obama because I felt he was not only the better candidate but because Hillary had done absolutely everything possible to lose my trust, and continues to do so to this very day.



There are many of us here whose stories are similar to this. So do us a favor and hold your tongue. We may look like rookies to a old-time political machine activist who despises anything that challenges the party status quo, but I assure you we know what we're doing is for the benefit of the party and if you don't like it then that's too damn bad. You've got the guns, we've got the numbers.




:clap: Ah youth! I love it! Such energy and enthusiasm! When you get old like Velveeta, one becomes apathetic and cynical.



:lol:



But we have "crankiness" on our side!

Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:22:53
Quote by m-hadley:

Mornin' Raine,

I appreciate your post this morning - do you want me to do the post for next Monday? Is that when your friend will be in town? This week is employee appreciation week here at work - that means bowling today (my goal is to bowl a better score than Barack ) and a picnic on Thursday, but the best part of the week is that we get Friday off Wooo Hooo !!! :)

Cheers,

mfaye :hug:
heya Faye!



Sounds like a fun week for you! I would VERY much appraciate it if you would take my monday (memorial day) blog. Danke!



Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:27:35
Quote by Scoopster:

Pardon my language, but WHAT THE FUCK?!



I'm writing a diary to respond to this bullshit (the dude's a known dkos troll) but here's a taste of what I plan to write from a comment I left:

I wasn't even old enough to vote in 1992, but I busted my ass off in the halls of my high school and my neighborhood to help him win Connecticut. I did the same for him in 1996, for Gore in 2000. In 2004, I walked house to house in New Hampshire for John Kerry and helped turn it into a state win.



This year I was campaigning here in Rhode Island for Edwards until he dropped out, laid low for a couple weeks, then turned my attention to Obama because I felt he was not only the better candidate but because Hillary had done absolutely everything possible to lose my trust, and continues to do so to this very day.



There are many of us here whose stories are similar to this. So do us a favor and hold your tongue. We may look like rookies to a old-time political machine activist who despises anything that challenges the party status quo, but I assure you we know what we're doing is for the benefit of the party and if you don't like it then that's too damn bad. You've got the guns, we've got the numbers.
F*cking A SCOOP!



:rock:





Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:35:09
McCainPedia to launch tomorrow!



A one stop shop for ALL opposition research! AND... it is uneditable... :D

Comment by Shane-O on 05/19/2008 14:40:14
Quote by Raine:

McCainPedia to launch tomorrow!



A one stop shop for ALL opposition research! AND... it is uneditable... :D
Wa-Hoo!

I cannot wait!

Comment by Shane-O on 05/19/2008 14:41:23


Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:48:56
Oh this is RICH... Yesterday, john BONER told George Staphanapolis that George Bush is the past...



Today we find tht McCain is using him for Fundraising...

To confront the Obama juggernaut, Senator John McCain, whose fund-raising has badly trailed that of his Democratic counterparts, is leaning on the Republican National Committee. Mr. McCain’s efforts to raise money suffered a blow this weekend when a key fund-raiser, Tom Loeffler, resigned because of a new campaign policy on conflicts of interest.



Mr. McCain is likely to depend upon the party, which finished April with an impressive $40 million in the bank and has significantly higher contribution limits, to an unprecedented degree to power his campaign, Republican officials said.



To that end, Republican officials said they were enlisting President Bush, a formidable fund-raiser who has raised more than $36 million this year for Republican candidates and committees, for three events on Mr. McCain’s behalf. They will appear together at a fund-raiser in Phoenix on May 27, and the next day the president will take part in a luncheon with Mitt Romney in Salt Lake City and then an exclusive dinner at Mr. Romney’s vacation home in Park City, Utah.




Comment by wickedpam on 05/19/2008 14:50:47
Quote by Shane-O:

Quote by Raine:

McCainPedia to launch tomorrow!



A one stop shop for ALL opposition research! AND... it is uneditable... :D
Wa-Hoo!

I cannot wait!






SOunds like a smart campaign tool



Comment by velveeta jones on 05/19/2008 14:50:52
This just in from the one and only Mac McFadden:



The Rescue



One day, three boys were walking over a bridge when they heard a guy yelling for help. It was President Bush. He was drowning, and the three boys rescued him. He thanked them dearly and promised them whatever they wanted as a reward.



The first boy wanted $10,000, so Bush gave him the money. The second boy wanted a Ferrari, so Bush gave the boy a Ferrari.



The third boy wanted a wheelchair, Bush said, "Why do you want one of those, son, you're not handicapped."The boy replied, "I will be when my dad finds out whose life I saved."







Comment by Shane-O on 05/19/2008 14:51:50


Comment by Mondobubba on 05/19/2008 14:52:13
:sigh: :shrug:

Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:53:08
*ush is back home from the Middle East.



Bush arrived back in Washington late Sunday with little to show for the trip. Saudi Arabia rebuffed his plea for help with soaring oil prices, Egypt's leader questioned his seriousness about peacemaking and there was not enough progress in the peace talks to warrant a three-way meeting of Bush with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.




TRANSLATION: massive waste of time. Thank you president hoover.

Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:55:06
Quote by velveeta jones:

This just in from the one and only Mac McFadden:



The Rescue



One day, three boys were walking over a bridge when they heard a guy yelling for help. It was President Bush. He was drowning, and the three boys rescued him. He thanked them dearly and promised them whatever they wanted as a reward.



The first boy wanted $10,000, so Bush gave him the money. The second boy wanted a Ferrari, so Bush gave the boy a Ferrari.



The third boy wanted a wheelchair, Bush said, "Why do you want one of those, son, you're not handicapped."The boy replied, "I will be when my dad finds out whose life I saved."





perfect.



Comment by BobR on 05/19/2008 14:55:32
Quote by Raine:

*ush is back home from the Middle East.



TRANSLATION: massive waste of time. Thank you president hoover.




He certainly sucks like a Hoover...

Comment by livingonli on 05/19/2008 14:55:39
Off to the Doctor I go. Wish me luck. My numbers haven't been too good the last few days.

Comment by Raine on 05/19/2008 14:56:01
Quote by Mondobubba:

:sigh: :shrug:




Comment by Shane-O on 05/19/2008 14:57:05
Quote by Raine:

*ush is back home from the Middle East.



Bush arrived back in Washington late Sunday with little to show for the trip. Saudi Arabia rebuffed his plea for help with soaring oil prices, Egypt's leader questioned his seriousness about peacemaking and there was not enough progress in the peace talks to warrant a three-way meeting of Bush with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.






TRANSLATION: massive waste of time. Thank you president hoover.




And not to be nit-picky, but...



How much oil did Air Force One burn on the trip?



Comment by wickedpam on 05/19/2008 14:58:41
Jim Webb also said he didn't want to be considered he likes what he's doing now.