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Civil rights activist Peter Miguel Camejo, an advocate of third party politics, died early today at his home in Walnut Creek, according to Ralph Nader, who notified The Bee in an e-mailed tribute. ...Camejo was a third party candidate for state and national office. He was Nader's running mate in the 2004 presidential election, and attempted three gubernatorial runs in California for the Green Party. In 2002 he garnered 5.3 percent of the vote. In the 2003 recall election, he debated Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis.

Camejo for Governor campaign launches first-ever TV, radio blitz; Camejo declares race 'over', asks voters to vote for him, not Angelides "The race for governor is over. Once again the democrats have handed the governorship to the republicans," said Camejo in one of the spots, directed at Democratic Party and other voters, who often say they want to vote for Camejo and other Greens but don't want to hurt the chances of democrat candidates.

Peter Camejo, an independent vice presidential candidate in 2004, announced Wednesday he intends to enter the race for governor of California. Camejo plans to submit papers Thursday in Sacramento to run as a Green Party candidate, a spokesman, Cres Vellucci, said. Camejo was the party's nominee for governor in 2002 and 2003. "He believes there needs to be a viable alternative" to major-party candidates, Vellucci said. If he qualifies for the ballot, Camejo would be a long shot. He received about 3 percent of the vote in the 2003 recall election that installed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in office. As a...

                           RealClearPolitics Poll AverageSM3-Way Race: Bush/Cheney vs Kerry/Edwards vs Nader/CamejoSend This Page to a Friend | Graph: RCP Historical Poll Average Poll Date Bush/ Cheney Kerry/ Edwards Nader/ Camejo Spread RCP Average 9/25 - 10/3 49.0% 46.3% 1.5% Bush +2.7 CNN/USAT/Gallup (772 LV) 10/1- 10/3 49% 49% 1% TIE Newsweek (1013 RV) 9/30 - 10/2 45% 47% 2% Kerry +2 Battleground (1000 LV) 9/27 - 9/30 51% 44% 1% Bush +7 LA Times (1100 LV) 9/25 - 9/28 51% 45% 2% Bush +6 CNN/USAT/Gallup (758 LV) 9/24 - 9/26 52% 44% 3% Bush +8 IBD/TIPP (649 LV)...

Yes, yes. This came out in 2000 and I asked him then, at the time, if he [helped get Bush into the Guard]. He said: "No, absolutely not. I did not do that."

There are speeches yet to go at the Republican Convention, as I write this. President Bush will speak tonight, and of course the most important speech given at any party convention is the one by its nominee. Still, without fear of being proven wrong, in my opinion the most powerful and evocative speech at this Convention was given yesterday. By a Democrat, Senator Zell Miller. The title which summarizes his work is just one letter different from the catch phrase made famous in the Oscar-winning performance of Peter Finch in the 1976 classic, Network. Finch played Howard Beale, the TV...

Have at him!

Sean just mentioned us Freepers.... he said we had the cbs scam before Drudge.. WTG Hannity. He said to tell us all HELLO!!!

Rush is reporting that the docs came from the Kerry campaign and that the campaign knew that were fakes.

This is outside my usual area of discussion, but (1) living in Michigan, I was intrigued by the historic role Detroit played in John Kerry's "aid and comfort to the enemy" saga, and (2) my late father was a U.S. Marine who survived Pearl Harbor and served during both WWII and the Korean War, which means I was raised to have strong feelings about that "aid and comfort" stuff. If those Swift Boat guys remain on the ball as they have so far, I'll bet the information below eventually becomes the subject of one of their ads. It certainly should....

Michael Hoffman, of the Iraq Veterans Against the War, recently interviewed on Fox News, advocates the same violence promoted by Malcom X and finds friends among Marxist Socialists. In his strange interview on the Fox News Oreilly Factor, Hoffman said he opposed the war before it started because he knew that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. Now just how did he know that since even current opponents of the war agreed with the President before the war that Iraq had WMDs?... Remainder of Story at: http://www.grassboots.org

Another Disgruntled Democrat <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]> Betsy Newmark had "blogger withdrawal" because Blogger would not let her post all day. I had "Betsy withdrawal" because Blogger would not let her post all day. She has lots of good stuff up, so check her out. The words of this Democrat posted at Betsy's Page probably say what many Democrats are thinking. Speaking as an embarrassed and fed-up Democrat, I have to say to the national leaders of my own party: What were you thinking when you nominated this man!? Is there really no one better than this that the Democratic...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A television writer and fund-raiser for John Kerry is the first six-figure donor to a new group that is criticizing President Bush's National Guard service during the Vietnam War. Daniel O'Keefe, a writer/producer whose work includes such sitcoms as "The Drew Carey Show" and "Seinfeld," donated $100,000 this week to Texans for Truth, an Austin-based group that plans to run anti-Bush television ads starting Monday. The group spent about $100,000 on its first ad buy, an anti-Bush commercial that starts Monday in the presidential battleground states Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania. In addition to his Texans...

Iraqi prime minister says they have captured four important al-Qaida suspects Thursday, September 9, 2004 Iraqi forces have captured four "important" suspects from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network, Iraq's interim prime minister said Thursday. Speaking during a visit to an Iraqi training camp north of Baghdad, Ayad Allawi told recruits that the four "important suspects of al-Qaida who came from abroad" were arrested Wednesday but he did not say where or how. Allawi said he hoped more would be captured soon. His remarks were broadcast by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite television station. The Iraqi government has accused al-Qaida-linked suspects,...

The "MSM"s' man is losing and they don't like it!i.e.AP CAUGHT LYING: No boos at Bush rally in Wisconsin (I was there)Bush National Guard Files Missing (AP story)AP Sues for Access to Bush Guard Records

There are two media camps in America today: one that is digging into Col. Jerry Killian's memos and examining what typewriter fonts were in use in 1972 and parsing Ben Barnes's statements about National Guard admissions, and one that is not. George Bush received an honorable discharge from the Guard--that much is not in dispute. Everything else--including whether the documents "60 Minutes" obtained are authentic--seems to be in play.

THE DEMOCRATS ARE LOSING IT. Has anyone else noticed? They’re behaving like rabid dogs looking for more outlandish dirt with which to throw at the Republican ticket. Fact checking is forgotten. The more outlandish the accusation the better it is. And now, believe it or not, Susan Estrich says it’s time to get dirty because we’ve been too restrained up to now. She doesn’t want Kerry to make the “Dukakis mistake” of being too nice. Posters on Atrios’ blog are promising to commit seppuku or move to Canada if Bush wins. They say they’re willing to do ANYTHING to defeat...

What Islamic fascist terrorists did to children in Russia is beyond evil. There is not a word in the English language to describe it. Russia was one of the nations which stood in the way of our efforts in Iraq. It is time to get them on board after Vladimir Putin's wake up call. President Bush should invite Putin to Camp David immediately for a summit on cooperating to fight these murderous evil b*stards. They must be fought around the world. Unlike John Kerry, I don't think Putin will be interested in fighting them more sensitively. Let the RATS scream...

They’re back. The Ballad of Becky and Sean continues as our erstwhile twentysomethings take on Fahrenheit 911, the political conventions, and people who are just plain MEAN. "Becky’s STEPDAD was going to vote Republican because he drove an SUV and wore SUITS to THE OFFICE. And her STEPDAD was WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING and HE NEVER LISTENS. She wasn’t going to vote Republican, no way. “You can’t make me if I don’t want to,” she thought. Becky and Sean thought the Democratic convention was cool, because it talked about HEALTHCARE and how OIL was being shed for BLOOD. Or maybe it...

It appears Democracy works in Nevada. Politicians that got in trouble in the past term all were thrown out in primary elections yesterday. A County Commissioner indicted for kickbacks..gone. A State Assemblyman, in trouble for double-dipping (not in the George Costanza way)..gone. And the best news...Bob Beers, a strong economic conservative in the State Assembly wins the Republican primary for the State Senate. It's not much, but it's a start...but I don't think we'll be rid of Harry Reid for quite a while. http://www.jim-rose.com/