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CA: State Dems focus on issues for 2006 - Feinstein raps Bush on Social Security (at church)
SFgate.com ^ | 4/18/05 | Carla Marinucci

Posted on 04/18/2005 5:31:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

Los Angeles -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein stood in front of the gospel-charged congregation in South Central Los Angeles on Sunday to be proudly introduced as "the only member of the United States Senate to be a member'' of the First African Methodist church.

And the Democratic senator from California delivered a sermon on values: The Bush Social Security plan, she said, is a threat to the well-being and families of African American seniors.

"It is the wrong thing to do at the wrong time,'' she said as the seniors in the audience nodded their heads in agreement. "Will you help me?''

Just a few miles away, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, about 2,000 Democrats wrapped up their statewide convention this weekend. They, too, had been reminded of values -- as speaker after speaker came to a podium bearing the slogan: "Democrats protect real people.''

"We have to be the party of jobs, not the party of taxes,'' said state Controller Steve Westly, who has started an exploratory campaign for governor.

"We're not the party always saying no. We're the party that gets things done,'' Democratic Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez said. "We've got to be fiscally responsible -- but we also have to be open-minded to the needs of California.''

"It's not that Americans don't share our values. It's just that we don't communicate what those values are,'' Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean told about 1,000 Democrats on Saturday night at the convention. "We can't win if all we do is talk about the problems that the Republicans have given this country.''

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bush; deception; feinstein; focus; illegalcontracts; iracikickbacks; issues; lawbreaker; lies; raps; scareseniors; socialsecurity; statedems

1 posted on 04/18/2005 5:31:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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How much you and your hubby worth these days, DiFi?


2 posted on 04/18/2005 5:31:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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To: NormsRevenge

The Democratic party reminds me of a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. All just running around and bumping into each other with no idea where they're going.


3 posted on 04/18/2005 5:34:45 PM PDT by mlc9852
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To: NormsRevenge

Serious question, What problems have ever been solved or made at least better by actions from the Democratic party? How far back will we have to go to answer this?


4 posted on 04/18/2005 5:34:45 PM PDT by HankReardon
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To: NormsRevenge
Riiiiiiiiiiiight. Explain to Americans why they should be enamored of socialism. And after turning a sizable surplus in California into a mountainous deficit, please explain to us how that squares with creating jobs. And why it is we hear from Democrats the word NO to any sensible proposal? Sheesh.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
5 posted on 04/18/2005 5:37:05 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: NormsRevenge

They are the party that puts 75% of its abortion clinics in the inner city, such as South Central, thus depleting the population of the very people she is trolling for votes from. The irony.


6 posted on 04/18/2005 5:37:22 PM PDT by beansox
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To: NormsRevenge

So when does this 'church' loss its tax status? </sarcasm>


7 posted on 04/18/2005 5:39:49 PM PDT by hollywood (Stay on topic, please.)
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To: hollywood

'loss' should be 'lose' (as in I'm a 'loser' at spell-checking.)


8 posted on 04/18/2005 5:40:53 PM PDT by hollywood (Stay on topic, please.)
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To: HankReardon
The black vote really doesn't matter anymore. They always vote for the Dems who give them goodies for votes and will contimue to do so....

Fortunately, more and more working non-black Americans are beginning to vote on the basis of issues and candidates rather than just for handouts.

There is hope.

9 posted on 04/18/2005 5:43:47 PM PDT by squirt-gun
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To: NormsRevenge

legions of democrats will be carrying bibles and going to church!


10 posted on 04/18/2005 5:46:10 PM PDT by ken21 (if you didn't see it on tv, then it didn't happen. /s)
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To: NormsRevenge

This is really interesting, considering that I heard Feinstein talking about Frist participating in a teleconference next weekend that is being fed to different churches in America. He is supposed to talk about the fact that dems are upset with Bush's judicial nominees that are people "of faith".

She was talking about how that wasn't a good thing to do, you know, the separation of church/state thing!!!

Well,hmmm.................


11 posted on 04/18/2005 6:00:11 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice!)
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To: Txsleuth

My Gosh I can't believe it. She was just on with Chrissy Lipsing Matthews griping in her pursed lip way about the DANGER of what Frist was doing speaking the Focus on the Family group by teleconference. Chrissy just sat there on his lard butt and lapped it up. No wonder the MSM is looked at as biased. He knew about this surely but did he bring it up NOOOOOOOOOOOO.


12 posted on 04/18/2005 6:09:11 PM PDT by therut
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To: hollywood

"So when does this 'church' (lose)its tax status? </sarcasm>"
Good question! Where are the ACLU and "Americans For the Separation of Church & State", CBS, Liberal newscasters, ad naseum? Will Hannity and O'Reilly jump on this one?


13 posted on 04/18/2005 6:13:01 PM PDT by Winfield (sham)
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To: Winfield

"Where are the ACLU and "Americans For the Separation of Church & State", CBS, Liberal newscasters, ad naseum? "

You know, I did hear someone from Americans for Separation of Church and State state that they do report the Dems speaking at black churches but they get no where with it.


14 posted on 04/18/2005 7:11:41 PM PDT by imskylark
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To: NormsRevenge

Absolutely a gross violation of separation of Church and Hate!


15 posted on 04/18/2005 7:29:34 PM PDT by lawdude (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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To: NormsRevenge

So did that church lose it's tax free status after campaigning happened there?


16 posted on 04/18/2005 7:30:43 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: NormsRevenge
First African Methodist church.

Not a place for white people, I presume?

17 posted on 04/19/2005 1:54:32 AM PDT by Rudder
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To: imskylark

"...Americans for Separation of Church and State state that they do report the Dems speaking at black churches but they get no where with it."
"They get nowhere with it"? "THEY GET NOWHERE WITH IT"?! You can bet your boots, if it was a Republican doing politics at the Sunday worship.....they would keep screaming
on radio, tv, newspaper, et.al........until they DID get somewhere with it.
Hypocrisy......as usual.


18 posted on 04/19/2005 12:46:55 PM PDT by Winfield (sham)
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