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Hello, Im a Democrat

Meet the netroots activists who have moved online and into political office

By Conor Kenny

A lot of ink has been spilled and many hands wrung over the Democratic “netroots”—those citizens who blog, make online campaign contributions and “friend” their chosen candidate on MySpace. Washington-based media types are perturbed by the scrutiny and competition. Politicians want to harness these partisans to spread their message and, more importantly, serve as an ATM to bankroll their campaigns.… return to article

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    United States Posted by clarence swinney on May 23, 2007 at 7:34 AM

    Thank you Hoiward Dean
    Voter Turnout Dean effort

    A good analysis would be this
    How Many Precincts had a Chair in this election versus past elections?
    In my county we usually had one half.
    This time--37 Precincts--37 Chairs
    In past we had Democratic Headquarters which had little action in it.
    The State Hedquarters were of little help in past elections.
    100 counties in ths state and they provided ONE person to work with Precincts!!!
    No funding for local candidates.
    This election they were a help locally.
    This time we had very active Head of Democratic Headquarters fo the County with booths and telephones. Busy Place.
    The Headquarters will now be a FULL-TIME operation through 2008 election.
    Join us for Breakfast-Coffee and Pastries each day. A talking place.
    Planned Seminars for Precinct Chairs.
    Public Seminars
    Get letters to the editor on a consistent basis promoting he Greatness of Democratic policies and history of success for ALL-AMERICANS.
    Positives-Positives-Positives-Positives
    Republicans do not have many Positives to promote
    Leave Negatives to Republicans. Public has tired of them.
    In past two years the D letters to the editor were few.
    We will work hard for our COUNTY.
    People will be informed. TRUTH. No Moogumboo.
    It is called the ---HOWARD DEAN PROGRAM--
    PLEASE STAND AND SHOUT “THANK YOU HOWARD DEAN”
    clarence swinney
    political historian
    clarence swinney | Nov 15 2006 - 11:35am |

    United States Posted by clarence swinney on May 23, 2007 at 7:39 AM

    Right on Clarence, We hope to do the same here in the Northern California foothills. Our state party seems to be heading in a progressive and populist direction. We’re getting an infusion of positive energy from the netroots and issue oriented groups as well. And I agree with the attribution , THANK YOU HOWARD DEAN from the Rural Caucus of the California Democratic Party

    United States Posted by siftingthrough on May 24, 2007 at 5:33 PM

    ZOOM STOCK MARKET
    When you dig a twenty foot hole then climb back to top is not a positive zoom.
    One half Dow Stocks now back to 2000 Level
    S&P;just got back even to 2000 level

    FACT CHECK shocking

    Percent increase by President for TOTAL STOCK MARKET--. Per Year.

    clinton--41%
    bush I-21%
    reagan 17%
    carter 5%
    Bush II 4%

    Net New Jobs--Per month

    clinton 237,000
    carter--218,000
    bush II- 70,000

    Average annual income to buy an averge priced new home.

    2000-3.2 Years
    2006-5.4 years
    Increase of 68% Inflation is under control

    .

    United States Posted by clarence swinney on Jun 9, 2007 at 3:10 PM
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