Wrong, wrong, wrong
Posted by Mary Mancini on August 6, 2006 under Uncategorized | 
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Republicans may sound good but the Democrats deliver.
Posted by Mary Mancini on August 3, 2006 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment
The Harold Ford-Bill Clinton “Road to Victory Rally” message was a one-two punch of true Democratic principles: fairness, equality, opportunity, prosperity and security for all - not just a few. Some highlights: When you’re a real patriot you try your hardest to correct things when things go wrong. Republicans believe that the primary purpose of government is to concentrate power into the hands of a few and we believe that the purpose of governement is to build strong, middle class families. They honestly believe that the source of our country’s greatness is in its wealthy elite and its corporations and we believe that the source of our country’s greatness is people like you. They run a a politics of division and we run a politics of unity. The war is a management problem. Katrina was a managment problem.
Congressman Ford also treated us to a bit of nostalgia. “If you are a student you have to remember when Tuition less;” he said, “if you are a working person you have to remember when wages were going up; if you are a true patriot you have to remember when America was at peace and the world looked up to America; if you are a parent you have to remember when crime rates were coming down.”
mmmmmmmmmmm….yes…the 90’s were awesome.
Then our last great president charged us with the task of making sure that Harold Ford wins the November election. “This crowd looks a lot different than if we had this rally 30 years ago,” President Clinton said, “And our candidate looks different too.” He continued, “I want Harold Ford to go to Washington not because he will be a hard core Democrat but because he’ll be a thinker.” It’s up to us, he said, to convince our fellow Tennesseans (Republicans and Independents especially) that Harold Ford is the best candidate. “And you can’t spend all the time talking to people who agree with you,” he added.
Amen.
We got election returns! And the Governor.
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They’ve thought of everything! A giant screen tuned to Channel 5 for up to the minute election returns.
“We’re all here to show our support for a great West Tenneesean,” says Governor Bredesen and then introduces, Ned McWherter.
McWherter: “If you meet Harold Ford you’ll vote for him. He can’t meet everyone in Tennessee but we can. Go back to your respective communities and counties and get core democrats to work it out and then reach out to the independents.”
It’s been about 5 minutes with the current Governor and the ex-Governor are sitting on stools on the stage waiting.
Another 5 minutes of waiting and the Congressional delegation is introduced: Bart Gordon, Lincoln Davis & Jim Cooper.
5 more minutes then it’s Bill Clinton and Harold Ford (who must work on his punctuality).
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A lovely benediction kicked things off as the sun began to set, thankfully. Erika Dunlap belts out the Star Spangled Banner before 3-time Grammy award winning artist, John Legend, performs a handful of songs.
The crowd is extraordinarily diverse (which is something to love about the Democratic party) with a good amount of the young people in attendance (Harold Ford on MySpace.com?).
And there’s beer!
Live from “The Road to Victory” Rally
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As others are glued to the tube watching early election returns, we’re at LP Field baking in the hot sun and waiting for the Harold Ford/William Jefferson Clinton Road to Victory rally to begin.
Why does the music at these things have to be so bland? I’m envisioning a funk band to get this party started instead of the what I’m hearing, a live band playing terrible cover songs terribly. “Breakfast at Tiffanys,” anyone?
Oh thank goodness. The band just ended and now Earth, Wind and Fire’s “Shining Star” is whimpering out of the speakers. Turn it up! So the bad band was turned up to “11″ and the party music is at an anemic “6?” Someone’s priorities are wack.
Woohoo! Beyoncé!
I voted…and then complained
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“Do the machines print out a receipt that I can verify and then deposit in a locked box?” I asked the Election Officer.
“No,” she replied. “But there’s a group in town that’s fighting for that kind of thing.”
“Is there a suggestion box or complaint form I can fill out, you know, to bring this to the Election Commission’s attention?” I asked.
“Yes!” she said excitedly, “There’s a complaint form.”
“Thank you for this,” I said.
“Don’t thank me,” she chided, “It’s your right.”
I filled out the one page form and requested a voter-verifiable paper receipt by the November election. It took 5 minutes. You should fill one out too.