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"A moderate by definition is one of three things; somebody who sits around and waits for a majority to form and then joins it, a conservative who is pro-choice, or a liberal."
-- Rush Limbaugh, June 5, 2001
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- Navratilova Protests "Gay Sheep" Research At OR State Univ. Says homophobic, cruel. The tests are funded by taxpayers through the year 2008. (Planet Out)
- Latest Poll Favoring Kulongoski. Media blaming on anti-Bush mentality. (Oregonian)
- Poll Suggests Voters Will Reject 3 Most Conservative Measures. (Oregonian)
- SOS Bradbury Predicting 71% Voter Turnout. Would be best in years. (Oregonian)
- Politics 1 On Oregon Races. Predicting win for Kulongoski even though Dems discontented. Conservatives just as discontented with Saxton, they say.
- Voting for the Party's Soul. (Ariadnex Blog)
- Public Safety Plan's "Property Tax Relief" Touted, Attacked. (RG)
- Nike Pours $ Into Candidates, Campaigns. (Oregonian)
- Wyden Will Block Confirmation of Top Environmental Official Unless Bush Sets Nat'l Minimum Standard for Benzene in Gas. (KATU)
- Benton County: Sheriff's Race Brings Storm of Complaints. (Gazette Times)
- Northwest Pastor Responds to Pastor Haggard Scandal. (Faith and Freedom Foundation)
- Ballot Allows Disabled To Vote By E-Mail. (SJ)
- Will Senator Smith Side With Museums Over Art Collections? (Star Tribune)
- Oregonian Says Sheriff Giusto Has Failed To Do Main Job.
- Angry Giusto Swings Back At Jail Critics. (Oregonian)
- Action Pledged On Jail Problems. (Portland Tribune)
- Democrat York Backs Chafee In Senate Race. "Specter, R-Pa., said he came to Rhode Island to see how federal money is being spent and because the Senate "will be a very lonely place" if Republican moderates such as himself, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and Gordon Smith lose Chafee's help. If Chafee loses, the message will be that independence is not prized, he said. "He had more foresight than the rest of us" on Iraq." [Awwwww. Yeah. Save the RINOs.]
- Betsy Johnson: Kitzhaber Was a Disaster, Kulongoski Saved Us. [Not exactly her words.](Forest Grove News Times)
- Wyden Joins Others In Letter To Interior Dept. Accuses of protecting oil, gas industry. (Medford News)
- Indiana Gov. Tells Peter DeFazio "Profit" Not a Dirty Word In Indiana. (Taking Down Words)
- OSU College of Forestry Celebrates Its Centennial. (Gazette Times)
- "Are we outsourcing political will to a private entity?" DeFazio asked. Peter DeFazio to Indiana Gov. regarding privatization vs. gov't control of state toll roads.
- NY: Feds Order Cheerleaders for Girls' Games. (Click On Detroit)
- FL: Nine Year-Old Attacks Teacher for 4th Time Because She Is White. (Watch video also) (Local 6)
- Tom Tancredo: TERRORISTS ARE RIGHT ABOUT DEMOCRATS. (World Net Daily)
- World Net Daily Poll: Are Terrorists Right About Democrats?
- Get Used to Hearing It In the Media If Dems Take U.S. House. "San Francisco Values." (SF Chronical)
- Haggard's Sex Accuser Fails Polygraph Test. Still refuses to back down from charges. (Rocky Mt. News)
- Haggard Resigns Pastoral Post Amid Same-Sex Allegations. "After sitting back and contemplating this issue, the biggest reason is being a gay man all my life - I have experience with my friends, some great sadness of people that were in a relationship through the years" and were not able to enjoy the same rights and privileges as a married man and woman, Jones told Boyles on air. (Rocky Mt. News)
- Colorado: One In Five Republicans Defecting To Dem. In Gov. Race. (Rocky Mt. News)
- TX Puts "Virtual Border Watch" Online. (AP)
- Obama, Michael Fox Campaign In VA for Democrat Jim Webb. (AP)
- Bush Campaigns for MO Republicans. (AP)
- CO: Latino Vote Registration Jumps 3.5%. (Denver Post)
- Immigration and the Election: What the Republicans Should Be Running On. (By Rich Lowry)
- TX: Signs Link Dems To Terror & Illegal Immigrants. (Houston Chronicle)
- Vt's Bernie Sanders Poised to Be 1st (openly) Senate Socialist. (Boston Globe)
- Boston Radio Station Disavows Talk Radio Comment On Lesbian Candidate. John DePetro suspended, being investigated despite apology. (Boston Globe)
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Soldiers Who Mocked Kerry "Astounded" By Response. (NY Post)
- Here It Comes, the Pro-Homo Rhetoric: Same-Sex-Rights Activist Sees Chance for a Lesson Over Haggard Scandal. "Lighten up and do not condemn people for who they are. "Whether or not Ted is gay, as the allegations say, I think today he is facing the same ridicule that gays and lesbians face every day, in part because of the teachings that have come from "his" church," Acker said. [Yup. Those Christians just invented all that stuff about homosexuality being a sin. It's only in those radically right-wing churches. It isn't in the Bible.] (Denver Post)
- FL: Pledges In Apparent Hazing Ritual May Have Been Sexually Assaulted. (Local 6)
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- You Should Vote Against Parental Consent Because Giving Birth Causes More Psycholocial Distress Than Abortion. [Hey. You've got the word of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a Pediatrician, so drop your brains in deference and let those kids abort!] (Oregonian)
- Abortion Depression Suffered in Silence. Pro-Measure 43. (Oregonian)
- Indian Leaders, Sen. Smith Find Common Ground In Opposition to Reform Bill. "We respect the sovereignty of these tribal nations," said Smith, a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. [That's an understatement coming from the man who voted for Hawaiian to have a separate sovereign nation recently.] Smith opposes the bill, authored by Sen. John McCain and Sen. Bryan Dorgan. McCain is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. (SJ)
- State Treasurer Says OR Already Has Rainy Day Fund. (Oregonian)
- Nonprofit Publisher of Consumer Reports Supports "Yes" Vote On Measure 42. (SJ)
- Report Calls Multnomah Jail System Broken. (Oregonian)
- "Property Owner Paid PAC to Aid His Cause."
- OR Governor's Asso. Donated $2M To Saxton Race. [Where were they for the more conservative Mannix four years ago when Saxton gave to Kulongoski? What is wrong with this picture?] (Oregonian)
- Residents Celebrate Life and Death On "Day of the Dead. For many Latinos of Mexican descent, death & festivities go hand-in-hand. The custom has its origins in Aztec religion and Catholic traditions involving prayers for the passage of souls to heaven. (SJ) [Even evil must have diversity.]
- Oregonian On Mexican "Day of the Dead." The mix of the esoteric and the impish, like many "New World customs", evolved from ancient Mesoamerican traditions in which indigenous societies... Family members set up altars...blended with Catholic tradition..."My grandmother always told me that spirits eat by smelling," Ruiz said." [Don't be afraid. It's only "diversity."]
- Law Change Clouds Water Rights. A requirement to protect endangered fish has cities, districts with river water rights worried about the future. A tweak in the way state water rights are approved has cities worried whether they'll be able to pull enough drinking water from Oregon's rivers to accommodate explosive growth expected over the next 20 years. (Oregonian) [An explosive growth from...because of...?]
- State Rep. Sumner Says Cancer Treatment Won't Deter Him. Not from winning, not from serving. (SJ)
- Big Stakes In Election for OR Politics. (Oregonian)
- Salem High Sch. Received Three Threats of Violence. (SJ)
- Abortion Issue Foes Trade Accusations. (Oregonian)
- OR City Commissioner Lemons Says Opponents In a Political Witch Hunt. (Oregonian)
- Clackamas: Former Mayor Says Private "Work Sessions" for Public Officials Didn't Work for Democracy. (Oregonian)
- West Linn: Inquiry Details Fraud By Former Finance Dir. Magkamit. (Oregonian)
- Portland: City Commissioners Quarrel Over Mt. Tabor Yard. (Oregonian)
- All Citizens Panels May Need Bylaws, City Council Decides. (Oregonian)
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 Rally at Capitol Draws 200 Frustrated About Illegal Immigration. Lars Larson, airing live, bundled in snappy cold temperatures talking to Rep. Linda Flores who accused OR Sec'y of State Bradbury of not verifying the citizenship status of registered voters. Also attending Renee Lindsey GOP challenger in Sen. Dist. 6 against Bill Morrisette; "I would like to know when construction became a job that we don't want." |
- Oregonian OP Ed. On Minnis vs. Brading Race. "Mud that Will Stick To Oregon's Shoes." [Opposing pornography filters on library computers isn't supporting kids' access to pornography? That is merely throwing mud? People shouldn't know that Brading was a director of a gay-rights group?]
- Latest Polls Indicate Saxton, Kulongoski In Dead Heat. (Oregonian)
- Democrats Eye OR House; GOP Says "Not So Fast." (Julia Silverman, AP - Corvallis Gazette-Times)
- Wyden Drops In On Eugene Schools. "We don't really know who the (conservative students) are," she said. "I think most people keep quiet because they know everyone likes to debate them." (Reg. Guard)
- While Addressing Suicide In Utah, Smith Comments On Republican Chances In Congress. (Deseret News)
- Ethics Group Supports "Revolving-Door" Law for Legislature. Lawmakers would have to wait one year after serving before becoming a lobbyist. (SJ)
- The Gubernatorial Candidates On Health Care. (Oregonian)
- State Health-Care Premiums' Growth Outpaces Nation's, Study Says. (SJ)
- Health Care Goals Not a Major Issue In Campaign Talk. (Oregonian)
- Tom Potter, Rosie Sizer: Complete Crisis Intervention Training for Mentally Ill Before Patrol Assignments. (Oregonian)
- Rep. Donna Nelson Recovering from Stroke and Surgery. Stints placed in arteries. Ready to go again. (News Register)
- A Few Organizations Give A Lot In OR Races. (Oregonian)
- University, School District Try Education Alliance. (Oregonian)
- PGE Will Press New Legislature to Change Tax Rules. (Oregonian)
- A Long Line Of Farmers Seek New Lives Under M-37.
- Staff Sgt. Ronald L. Paulsen: Humor, Fishing Was Calling Card, a Life and Service To God and Country. (Oregonian)
- You May Get Leukemia from Too Much Benzine In Oregon Gasoline. (Oregonian Op Ed)
- Canby: Drive-By Shooting Linked To Rival Gangs, Police Say. Norteno vs. Sureno gang. 7th shooting in past 4 years. (Oregonian)
- Oregon's Dead Zone Said To Be Dissipating. (AP)
- Spending for Open Legislative Seat Surpasses $600,000. (Oregonian)
- RINO Watch is Right. We should keep election day Nov. 7th.
- The Death of Lukus Glenn. Killed by police last month after his mother called police for help with drunk, distressed son. (Written by attn'y for Glenn family)
- Nebraska: Commissioner: Early Results Will Favor Democrats. Because that party has delivered more mail-in ballots than any other. (KETV-7)
- Anti-Bush Skit To Stay In Streisand Show Despite Third Incident. (AP)
- Schwarzenegger Attends 40th Anniversary Of Reagan's First Victory. (Mercury News)
- Bush Demands Apology for Kerry Slam Against U.S. Troops In Iraq. ``Education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq.'' (Bloomberg.com)
- McCain Calls On Kerry To Apologize. (CNSNews)
- Kerry, In Seattle Tuesday, Calls Remarks a "Botched Joke." (KIRO-TV))
- Kerry: Republicans "Despicable." Video (Click On Detroit)
- Pelosi's Stake In Illegal Immigration. (Front Page Mag.)
- Georgetown Univ. Student Plan To Protest Minuteman Speaker Simcox, Nov. 1. Doesn't want repeat of Columbia Univ. however. (The Hoya)
- Rumsfeld's Prophecy Has Come True. (Cal Thomas)
- McCain: Indiana Race Being Watched Closely. (AP)
- Seattle, WA: Former Dow Chemical Official Met By Protesters First Day On Job at EPA. (The Olympian)
- NJ: University Poll Shows Democrat Ahead In Senate Race. (AP)[How often do "university" polls show a Republican ahead in a close race?]
- CA: For the First Time Majority of Voters May Be Absentee. (Lodi News)
- Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage Among Ballot Issues. (AP)
- Nebrasa's Latinos Send Millions Back "Home." A study by the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C., said Latino immigrants will send $45 billion to Latin American countries in 2006, compared with $30 billion in 2004. (KETV-7)
- Hazleton, PA: Immigration Crackdown Sends Hispanics Fleeing. (KETV-7)
- Hazleton, PA: Immigration Crackdown Sends Hispanics Fleeing. New law going into effect Wed., but, indications are illegals have already left. ACLU suing. (KETV-7)
- San Diego, CA: Corrupt Border Patrol Agents Sentenced. Each to get 6 yrs. in prison for taking nearly $200,000 in bribes in exchange for releasing immigrant smugglers & illegal immigrants from federal custody. (KETV-7)
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Mean Duin |
 Karen Minnis As Mean As Rush Limbaugh? As disgraceful as Mark Foley? Oh My!
[This is going to backfire and have the opposite hoped for effect. It will rally troops who previously were lukewarm towards Minnis. Big mistake by the liberals.]
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- Candidates Under New Scrutiny for Hypocrisy Over Hiring Of Illegal Migrants. (SJ)
- Profile of Jim Ludwick -- Activist for Immigration Reform. (SJ)
- Saxton vs. Kulongoski On Public Pay. [Privatization vs. expanded socialism.] (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian)
- State Commission Plan Would Make OR First State To Adopt Universal Health Care. (SJ)
- Race and the Foxworth Lawsuit. (Angie Chuang, Oregonian)
- Charter School Proposal Swamped In Acrimony. The school superintendent says the application was flawed, but backers claim personal attacks. (Suzanne Pardington, Oregonian)
- State OKs Discount Coupons for Bottles Of Beer, Wine. (SJ)
- Newest Riley Poll Indicates Kulongoski Ahead. (RG)
- Saxton Says He's An Independent Republican. [In other words, all that conservative talk during the primary was a crock; he is pro-abortion, pro-civil unions (despite his new denials to the contrary), won't support tax cuts (refusing to support Don McIntire's tax cut initiative once obtaining Don's endorsement during the primary), will support more money for education even when it isn't needed, will not really be all that tough on illegal immigration, has his very own platform and is just using the OR GOP as a necessary evil-vehicle to run for office. He doesn't have the testosterone to run as an independent. At least Kulongoski is a proud liberal Democrat and doesn't hide it]. (Jeff Mapes, Oregonian)
- Population Swells As Immigration Laws Go Unenforced. (Letter to Ed. SJ) Thinks Saxton for gov. the answer.)
- Saxton/OR GOP On Immigration: "Thinly Disguised Racism"? (Letter to Ed., SJ) [Ridiculous]
- Elderly Voters Weigh Own Needs Against Those of Schools, Library. (Scott Learn, Oregonian)
- State Workers & the Election: Many Don't Like Either Major-Party Candidate. (SJ)
- Illegal Immigration the "Me Too" Issue for Candidates. (Janie Har, Oregonian)
- Unions Spend Big Bucks Urging Votes Against Tax Cuts Initiative. (SJ)
- Salem: 911 Calls In Spanish the Most Frequent. Forcing the hiring of a Spanish-speaking dispatcher. (Oregonian)
- Candidates for 5th Dist. To Debate Tuesday. Hooley, Mike Erickson, Paul Aranas and CPer Doug Patterson. (SJ)
- Polk County: Democratic Party Leader Resigns. (SJ)
- Campaign Ad Accuses Karen Minnis, Her Husband of Cover-Up. Alleges unreported employee abuse & links to disgraced Congressman Mark Foley. Lawsuit against Brading campaign planned. Ad slated to run up to Election Day. (Oregonian)
- Tight Campaign Between Walker/Torrey Nets Letter of Endorsement for Walker from Pres. Clinton. In response to Torrey ads showing Torrey shaking hands with Clinton and Kitzhaber. (Oregonian)
- Man Planned To Kill Everyone In Marion County Church. (SJ)
- Bush Administration Sees Chance To Resolve Tribal Water Claims. (Oregonian)
- Gov. Sends Message In Spanish. (SJ)
- Senate Commission Pushing for Universal Health Care. [Top-down soviet style health care.] (Oregonian)
- Anti-ILLEGAL Immigration Org Sets Rally To Unveil Billboards (Monday) (SJ)
- Kitzhaber, Westlund Backing Kulongoski. (Oregonian)
- Marine Corps Moms Will Collect Donations. (SJ)
- MD: Michael Steele Tells Tim Russert He Favors Affirmative Action. (Baltimore Sun)
- MD: Republican Michael Steele Campaign: Black Republicans Urge New Voter Habits. Blacks need to vote Republican, whites needs to vote for a black. (AP)
- California's Duncan Hunter Exploring Presidential Run. (AP)
- OK: Republican In Uphill Gubernatorial Race. Istook gave up a safe congressional seat for this lonely race. (AP)
- WV: 88 Year-old Sen. Byrd, Walking On Two Canes Held By Quivering Hands, Intends To Beat Latest Challenger for His Seat. (AP)
- Carter Helps Son In Longshot Senate Bid. (AP)
- Political Hell
- Michael J. Fox Admits He Hasn't Read Cloning Measure. (World Net Daily)
- FL: Charges Expected In Baby's Death At Abortion Business.
- Tales From 2 States May Influence NJ In Same-Sex Marriage Decision. In Vermont, civil unions have led people with liberal views to more aggressively promote their beliefs, said Steve Cable, president of the anti-civil union group Vermont Renewal. "People who hold traditional views here are literally being oppressed," Cable said. "A kid says, 'I don't know if I agree with this,' and they get ganged up on by other kids as well as teachers, who say, 'This is law.'"
- Boston Globe Predictions for Governor Races. Dems expected to win NY.
- NJ Republican Candidate Assures Voters He Favors Civil Unions. Insists he hasn't switched positions on same-sex rights. (The Star Ledger)
- Former Gov. Kean Makes Campaign Appearance for Son. (NJ Star Ledger)
- New Jersey's Star Ledger Endorses Democrat Robt. Menendez for U.S. Senate.
- House Majority Leader John Boehner Says He Would've Canned Foley. [Hope he's telling the truth, but everybody has hindsight.](AP)
- Evangelical-GOP Alliance Weakens, But Where Else Are They Going to Go? (AP)
- MD Senate Rivals Spar On Iraq, Abortion. A Sunday poll by the liberal WA Post shows conservative Catholic Michael Steele behind by 11%. (AP)
- Bush: The Dems Have No Idea How To Win In Iraq. (AP)
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