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GP prez cand McKinney wows IL voters

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

from the Naperville Sun “I love her,” Woodridge resident Ragen Gillam said of McKinney. “She is the bravest person ever in Congress.” Marylin Stellavera of Joliet said that for the first time she would be able to vote for a candidate “with joy in my heart.” Gini Lester, also from Joliet, discovered the Green Party […]

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Cynthia McKinney top third party candidate in mock election!

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

Thanks to Creative Loafing for the tip: Fun chart and full results at the Atlanta Public Schools: here. Kudos to Atlanta Public Schools for teaching our children in a fair way. All 6 candidates who have a chance of winning enough votes in the Electoral College were included in the results.

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The new voter: A young Arab-American feels duty-bound to vote

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

from Christian Science Monitor “American politics seems obsessed by minor details that don’t have anything to do with anything but dominate the discussion,” he says. “Like whether or not [Barack] Obama wears a [flag] lapel pin.” Omar doesn’t see a meaningful difference between Senator Obama and Sen. John McCain, especially on foreign policy. “There’s certainly […]

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la Mamita Mala says “Don’t Vote”

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM5Z74TnSsk] Maegan “la Mamita Mala” Ortiz calls on Latin@ voters to think of voting as the very beginning of political action at the This Is What Women Want speakout in New York. ThisIsWhatWomenWant.com

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See at a glance where the presidential candidates stand on climate and energy issues | Grist

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

See at a glance where the presidential candidates stand on climate and energy issues | Grist Posted using ShareThis

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FDR’s Response to the Plot to Overthrow Him

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

A Paradigm for Today’s Democrats? Counter Punch Although Rooseveltian/New Deal liberalism is dead, contemporary Democrats do sustain one of FDR’s least seemly qualities, namely his refusal to encourage effective mass opposition to fascist and imperialist politics. John Kerry boasted of having contributed to the drafting of the Patriot Act. And in the first round of […]

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Swayed Green, Cynthia McKinney Supporters at Swat :: The Daily Gazette

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

Swayed Green, Cynthia McKinney Supporters at Swat :: The Daily Gazette Posted using ShareThis

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You can check your own voter registration

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

The board of elections recently purged 1.6 million voters. The League of Women Voters is recommending that in New York, if you did not receive in the mail this year your postcard from the BOE telling you your polling place, you should be concerned that you might not be registered. If you did not receive […]

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