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Dem News &
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New MCDAC Project
Last month
40 MCDAC volunteers help distribute
approximately 22,000 copies of Common Sense to
targeted Democratic precincts. Now we are
looking for help for another project. MCDAC
wants to publish and distribute a June issue of
Common Sense. To accomplish this goal we need
two things: (1). volunteers to help pass out
Common Senseand (2). money to publish the
piece.
If you are interested in
volunteering, please send us your name and
address to
joycekimbler@medinacountydemocraticactioncommittee.org
and put "volunteer" in the subject line. If you
want to donate to this cause, please click here
to make a donation using your credit card and
PayPal:
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070897&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2emedinacountydemocraticactioncommittee%2eorg%2fDonations%2fhtml&g=0&f=-1
Attention
Medina County Democrats
Looking to
get involved in state and/or local Dem races?
Pam Miller, Medina County Dem Chair, tells
how:
Now that we know who the
Democratic nominees are for the November
election, we need volunteers to serve as County
Coordinators for the various campaigns.
Although we will be running a coordinated
campaign, each candidate will need a point
person in Medina County. Please contact me
(pam450@bright.net) if you are interested in
being a County Coordinator for any of the
following campaigns: Richard Cordray for
Treasurer; Marc Dann for Attorney General;
Barbara Sykes for Auditor; Betty Sutton for
Congress (13th District); Tom Shaw for Congress
(16th District); Ben Espy for Ohio Supreme
Court; Judge William O'Neill for Ohio Supreme
Court; Clair Dickinson for 9th District Court
of Appeals. I will forward your name and
contact info to the appropriate
campaign.
Let me know also if you'd like
to work on the campaigns of Jack Schira for
69th District State Representative; James Riley
for 97th District State Representative; John
Dean for County Commissioner; Judge Mary
Kovack; Lori Henry for Medina Municipal Clerk;
and Mike Kovack for
Auditor.
Coordinators already in place
include: David Brown for Sherrod Brown for
Senate; Joe D'Angelo for Strickland for
Governor; Wanda Stewart for Jennifer Brunner
for Secretary of State."
MCDAC
Blog
If you want to share your
thoughts with other Democrats via our blog,
send your entries to
joycekimbler@medinacountydemocraticactioncommittee
and put "MCDAC Blog" in the subject line. The
publication of a reader's comments or entry
does not necessarily reflect the views of MCDAC
or any of its officers and agents.
MCDW is Cooking Up Ca$h at Mapleside
Farms
Join the Medina County
Democratic Women ( MCDW )and dine at Mapleside
Farms, 294 Pearl Road (US Rt. 42) in Brunswick
on Thursday, June 1 from 4 pm to 8pm. Mapleside
Farms will donate 10% of the evenings dinner
proceeds ( minus gratuity and alcoholic
beverages) to support the activities of
MCDW.
The mission of the MCDW is to
provide an avenue in Medina County for women to
be a positive, visible force promoting
Democratic values and effecting change through
the political process. MCDW members are a
dynamic group of women dedicated to educating
Medina County on vital political issues through
the support of local Democratic
candidates.
For more information,
contact Kerri Daye, President of MCDW, at
medinacountydemocraticwomen@hotmail.com or
Julie Batey,VP, at
330-334-0392.
Announcement
Policy
If you would like an
announcement posted in our weekly Newsletter,
send it to us at
joycekimbler@medinacountydemocraticactioncommittee.org
and put
"Democratic Announcement" in the
subject line. Deadline is Thursday at 5 pm for
the next day's Newsletter. Announcements should
be no more than 250 words and may not attack
other Democrats.
Articles, Links, and Other
Stuff
Republicans
Recant
We
are starting a new section called "Republicans
Recant" where we will occassionally post links
to stories where Republicans are recanting
their support of Bush. If anyone knows of such
stories, please send them to us. Here is one to
get you started: http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070895&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ekabc%2ecom%2fmcintyre%2flistingsEntry%2easp%3fID%3d432586%26PT%3dMcIntyre%2bin%2bthe%2bMorning&g=0&f=-1
Political
Humor
Try this link for a laugh
about Bush's use of NSA for spying on
Americans:
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070888&u=http%3a%2f%2fcurrent%2ecf%2ehuffingtonpost%2ecom%2f&g=0&f=-1
News
Stories for Dems
Blackwell switches
on TEL amendment after supporting it to win the
GOP nomination. Blackwell, flip-flopping away.
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070893&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ecolumbusdispatch%2ecom%2f%3fstory%3ddispatch%2f2006%2f05%2f14%2f20060514%2dA1%2d01%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1
Bush
re-names his "War on Terror". He is now calling
it WWIII. We are assuming that this new name
polls better for the GOP. That's right, we
forgot, Bush doesn't look at polls. Good thing,
too, as the link below shows. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070891&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eabc%2enet%2eau%2fnews%2fnewsitems%2f200605%2fs1632213%2ehtm&g=0&f=-1
Bush
falls to 29% approval rating in new Harris
interactive poll. He is now falling through the
base, or should we refer to it as the basement?
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070896&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eknx1070%2ecom%2fpages%2f35047%2ephp&g=0&f=-1
Speaking
of polls, CNN reported a poll that shows that
in the mind of the American public, Clinton far
outperformed Bush: http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070892&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ecnn%2ecom%2f2006%2fPOLITICS%2f05%2f12%2fbush%2eclinton%2epoll%2findex%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1
Rising
costs of medical care, education, and housing
are fueling middle-income families' debt.
Necessities, not luxuries, are responsible. The
Bush economic plan: Help the top 5% and let the
other 95% fend for themselves. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070899&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2enashuatelegraph%2ecom%2fapps%2fpbcs%2edll%2farticle%3fAID%3d%2f20060513%2fNEWS03%2f105130099%2f%2d1%2fsports&g=0&f=-1
Was
Dick Cheney behind the outing of Valerie Plame?
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070898&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2emsnbc%2emsn%2ecom%2fid%2f12774274%2fsite%2fnewsweek%2f&g=0&f=-1
Does a bear defecate in the woods? Is the Pope
Catholic? Does Bush live in a bubble? Is the
GOP, (okay, okay, you get the
picture)
Former Senator Alan Simpson,
(R-WY), is shocked, shocked we tell you, that
House Republicans won't pass a mental health
bill because it has Democratic co-sponsors.
GOP's version of bi-partisanship: Put a
Democratic sponsor on a bill and kiss it
good-bye.
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070900&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewashingtonpost%2ecom%2fwp%2ddyn%2fcontent%2farticle%2f2006%2f05%2f11%2fAR2006051101757%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1
Hartford
newspaper claims that mentally unfit soldiers
are being forced to fight in Iraq in violation
of the Army's own policies. The result is an
increase in suicides by American military
personnel serving in Iraq. This is a sobering
article. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070894&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ecourant%2ecom%2fnews%2fspecials%2fhc%2dmental1a%2eartmay14%2c0%2c6150281%2estory&g=0&f=-1
Republican
Senator Hagel, (R-NB), disses Bush's plan to
put National Guard troops on the border of the
U.S. and Mexico. Is a civil war about to break
out in the Republican party over immigration?
If so, how can we push it along? http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070890&u=http%3a%2f%2fnews%2eyahoo%2ecom%2fs%2fap%2f20060514%2fap%5fon%5fgo%5fco%2fimmigration&g=0&f=-1
ABC
News reports that the Bush Administration is
checking records of reporters to see what
numbers they are calling. Ever notice how much
this administration looks like the Nixon
administration? http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070887&u=http%3a%2f%2fblogs%2eabcnews%2ecom%2ftheblotter%2f2006%2f05%2ffbi%5facknowledge%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1
American
Casualities in Iraq
Click here for
latest Iraq casuality report: http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=699984&r=699297&t=387118452&l=1&d=87070889&u=http%3a%2f%2ficasualties%2eorg%2foif%2f&g=0&f=-1
We publish this weekly update on Iraqi
casualities because we think that the sacrifice
being made by these soldiers and their families
should not be ignored.
Thanks for
reading this week's edition.
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