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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 08:52 AM
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OpEdNews.com: THE DEMS JUST DON'T GET IT!
By Mary Pitt

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The Democratic leadership just don't get it! Day after day, we hear them whine that we must become more Republican Lite in order to win. We should "move right" and be more conciliatory to our opponents if we want to earn more votes. In the Senate, our "leaders" bow to the will of the president in confirming the nominations of people who should not be allowed to serve in any capacity, but we hear the whine that "The President is entitled to have the people he wants to work with him". The House knuckles under to proposals to remove the only method by which the people can hold the feet of the corporate victimizers to the fire for their marketing of shoddy workmanship, defective products and dangerous drugs.
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Mary Pitt is a septuagenarian Kansan who is self-employed and active in the political arena. Her concerns are her four-generation family and the continuance of the United States as a democracy with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people".

Guess there might not be as much wrong with Kansas, as there iswith thecandidates we nominate, eh?
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 08:55 AM
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1. I am pinning my hopes on Dean
One thing is for sure, I will not vote for ANY democrat who voted for the war in Iraq

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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 09:01 AM
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2. I'm pinning my hopes on people like Mary Pitt. Awesome. n/t
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 09:04 AM
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3. Link?
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 09:06 AM
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4. Oops sorry- here's the link -
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 09:07 AM
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5. This is the Kansan
that I know. People here don't know the truth from the lies because all they ever hear are the lies. We have been battling this for 3 weeks trying to get people educated about the Phelps ballot initiative that is coming up for vote in a week. Just as soon as we make 100 phone calls the other group, many churches among them, make 200 calls and totally misrepresent what this is all about. I am so discouraged by this. If we are ever able to be heard loudly the people flock to our ideas but the loud and persistent lies are killing us. Speak out Mary Pitt. It isn't the candidates it is the lack of being heard.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:01 PM
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6. kick
:)
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