While the Primary race between Clinton and Obama has gotten pretty vicious lately, I was always convinced it's nothing compared to the stuff Republicans would be spewing around the general election. Turns out I didn't have to wait that long, thanks to the NC GOP and their head witch, Linda Daves.
Even John McCain and the Republican National Congress declared today how deplorable the latest stunt of the NC repugs is.
From The Dome:A new TV ad from the N.C. Republican Party tries to link two Democratic candidates for governor to Barack Obama's controversial former minister.
"For 20 years, Barack Obama sat in his pew, listening to his pastor," the ad says, segueing into video of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, David Ingram reports.
The ad continues, "Now, Bev Perdue and Richard Moore endorse Barack Obama. They should know better. He's just too extreme for North Carolina."
The ad is titled "Extreme." Republican chairwoman Linda Daves of Charlotte appears briefly at the end.
I know this ad is just trying to use the old politics of fear, but the scariest moment in the ad is without a doubt the few seconds at the end where Linda Daves, Chair of the NCGOP, shows up. The Rev. Wright definitely has nothing on her. She could really use a make over.
The ad is of course extremely far fetched, calling out someone because a friend of a friend said something we think is wrong. For all my "moderate" Republican friends in the County i have the following question: Just because you went to a bunch of meetings of the Republican men's Club in the last few years, where Coy Privette and Ric Starnes where always prominently present and without a doubt said a bunch of crazy stuff, does that mean you agree with them and hence mean you're crazy too? Did you leave the Republican men's club? And did you never go back again?
The NCGOP ad is not only disgustingly playing into racial fears, it's also a very slimy way of trying to get some money for more dirty shenanigans that are no doubt heading our way. The ad starts and ends with a plea for donations. This ad is no more than a desperate attempt to get more money for the cash strapped NC Republicans and they're willing to pull the race card to do it.
In a sign that the Republican Presidential nominee and the national republican party have at least a quarter of a brain, they both publicly distanced themselves from the ad and asked the NCGOP not to run it anymore.
McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee for president, sent N.C. GOP Chairwoman Linda Daves an e-mail today about what he called an "offensive advertisement.""The television advertisement you are planning to air degrades our civics and distracts us from the very real differences we have with the Democrats. In the strongest terms, I implore you to not run this advertisement."
"The RNC has been in contact with the NC GOP and communicated that we do not believe the ad is appropriate or helpful and have asked that they refrain from running it.”
The NCGOP is refusing to stop airing the ad."This is not about the RNC," Daves said, reports David Ingram. "It is about North Carolina, our values and two Democrat(sic) candidates who are out of synch with the values of North Carolina."
Values indeed. Jesse Helms is alive and well in North Carolina.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Disgusting
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Voting starts today!
Today our local Board Of Elections opens its doors for the early "one-stop" voting process.
You can vote early every weekday until May 2nd from 8.30 am - 5 pm at the Board of Elections offices on 53 Corban Ave SE in Downtown Concord.
There is also one Saturday you can vote early, May 3rd, from 8.30 am - 1 pm. This also the last day to vote early.
During early voting you can also register to vote and vote at the same time, in case you missed the voter registration deadline, this is your one chance to still vote!
Same day voter registration is NOT possible on election day, May 6th.
Same day voter registration is meant for new voters, they won't allow you to change your party affiliation at this time.
If you're 17 but turn 18 before the November election, you can register and vote in the primary during early voting even though you're only 17 at this time!
Check out the Cabarrus County Board of Elections website to find out all about same day registration.
You can also look at the Democratic sample ballots on the same website.
Since several folks have asked me who i would vote for in the Democratic Primary, I will put up several posts in the following days explaining who I would vote for and why. I'm pretty sure you know by now who i would vote for in the big Presidential nominee race :-)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
The writing on the wall
When it comes to voter registrations there's a very remarkable trend lately.
In the state of North Carolina more than 120,000 new voters have registered since the end of 2007.
Roughly half of the new voters have registered as Democrats, a little more than a third are unaffiliated and about 13 percent are Republicans, according to figures from the State Board of Elections.
Overall, the number of voters increased by about 2 percent to 5.7 million, Rob Christensen reports in the News&Observer.
"It started back in late December," said Johnnie McLean, the deputy state elections director. "It's obviously due to the presidential primaries."For the week of March 23rd - March 29th, there were 12,000+ new voters registered in NC. Of those, 7,500 registered as Democrats, 4,500 registered as Unaffiliated, 173 registered as Republicans.
In Cabarrus County the trend is remarkable as well.
According to numbers from the Cabarrus County Board of Elections, local Democrats have closed the gap in registrations with the Republican Party by more than 1,100 voters so far. These numbers do not yet include Friday April 11th which was the last day to register. Democrats brought in another big number of registrations that day.
In August of 2007 there were 33,456 Democrats vs. 40,837 Republicans in Cabarrus County, a difference of 7,381.
As of April 10th, there are 34,950 Democrats vs. 41,752 Republicans in our County, a difference of 6,260.
I've personally helped register hundreds of new voters in several Cabarrus County High Schools these days and the pattern was always the same: 20% Republican, 35% Democrat, 45% Unaffiliated. Several kids told me it's definitely not "cool" anymore to register Republican, even though I was completely non-partisan and never told them what Party I belonged to.
Of course it's important to remember that we're still 6 months away from the general election and I fully expect this trend to continue until then.
Something is about to happen in November.
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
Back from the beach
There's nothing better than letting the sea breeze blow all your worries and stress away for a week on Topsail Island.
But as you can see, even at the beach it's hard to escape politics :-)
Anyway, it's good to be back and for the next month I'll be giving it My all to win this Democratic Primary.
If you want to help, drop by the next meeting of Cabarrus for Obama this Wednesday!
Check out this link for all the details.
