Democrats map out election plan - "A New Direction for America"

AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/26/06 | Liz Sidoti - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON - Democrats plan to press for a minimum wage increase and "tough, smart" national security in their final push to wrest power from the Republicans in the November elections.

House and Senate Democrats will hold a joint meeting on Thursday to discuss events planned for the 100 days leading up to midterm congressional elections and lay out their party agenda, called "A New Direction for America."

It's a compilation of positions the party has staked out over the past few months on income, national security, energy, education, health care and retirement accounts.

"We're going across the country to make our case," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said. "We're going to reject the divisive politics of the last six years, and unite America behind an agenda that works for all."

His counterpart in the House, Nancy Pelosi of California, said Democrats offer change. "Americans know the country is going in the wrong direction," she said.

Republicans control Congress but the Iraq war, inflated gas prices and a soaring federal deficit have soured the political environment for the GOP. Polls show the public favors a Democratic takeover, and Democrats hope to make their closing pitches in a series of campaign events focused on issues including college affordability and Medicare prescription drugs.

Danny Diaz, a Republican National Committee spokesman, said: "It is both ironic and amusing that Democrats believe they are making a final argument to the American people, while being incapable of deciding how much to raise taxes on working families or how quickly to retreat from Iraq."

On Saturday, exactly 100 days before the Nov. 7 election, the Democratic National Committee will reach out to voters through more than 800 picnics, pig roasts, phone banks and neighborhood canvasses.

In early August, House and Senate Democrats plan to hold at least 160 town hall meetings, press conferences and speeches in states and congressional districts. Larger events also will be staged in some of the most competitive states. In New Jersey, for instance, Reid will join Sen. Bob Menendez, who is in a tight race, to outline port security problems and solutions.

Democrats also will press for a minimum wage raise on Labor Day and hold an event about Hurricane Katrina recovery in Louisiana in late August, a year after the deadly storm.

[AdvisorB]

I just stole the first part of your sentence. Man, I've canabalized a lot of your material, I hope it's okay.

You are 100% spot on tonight, as you were the other day. When you mentioned Clinton and Bosnia I couldn't help but think of him taking the nation to war with nothing so much as a fait-accompli. No Congressional Resolution, not even a flimsy pass from the kofi krowd. But not a peep from the leftist one world types, the hypocrits that they are.

As bad as the Whig party was, and they deserved to implode, they were never fifth columnists against their country. RATs are reprehensible.

If we leave Iraq, we hand the terrorists a big victory. You know, I thing most RATs hate America so much, they want her to lose. I really believe that the left doesn't think America is worth defending. That's why they always opposed defense appropriations in the 1970's and '80's, that's why they opposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). That's why they deserve to be politically defeated again, and again, and again ad infinitum. IMHO.

[do the dhue]

"Jesus was a Democrat"

We all know Jesus was not a Demorat:

Only evil will rejoice when the unborn is murdered in the womb.

Only evil will rejoice when God is removed from public view. You see, if the liberal Democrats can remove God from public view, then your 'God given rights' or what your forefathers called 'inalienable rights' can be taken way a lot easier. When God has been removed from public view, who will remember that these rights are not Government or man given rights but God given rights that Government and man can not take away?

Only evil will rejoice when criminals are the only people with a gun. Remember the 90s and all the gun bills? Don't see that happening with a Republican House, Senate, and Wite House.

[do the dhue]

Have fun and I don't care what you do with my stuff as long as we

You know the liberals wanted to keep Reagan at the mercy of the Soviets by stopping SDI. The worst is, we had first and last strike capabilities because their missiles blow (up just after launch). Another one blew up today in Khazakastan. This missile was carrying 18 satellites. OUCH. That was costly. check it out

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672822/posts

If it wasn't for liberals we could have paved the planet by now.

[AdvisorB]

I saw that. It couldn't happen to a better bunch. rasPutin is lining Russia up with the 21st century equivalent of the evil empire. What are you going to do? Once a KGB apparatchuk always a KGB Colonel.

[do the dhue]

Hey, thanks for the words of encouragement and lets go fight the good fight, brother!

[ChadGore]

"I have a plan"

[syriacus]

No matter which direction lemmings run, they will eventually run over a cliff.

[Mo1]

Oh gee .. the Dems have yet another plan

[goldstategop]

Their "New Direction" as a platform can be reduced to two words: "Hate Bush!"

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[NormsRevenge]

Hey Boss!!

De Plan! De Plan!! (/Herve Villachaize)

[Thunder90]

I wonder if the 'rats are going to stomp for various gun bans and restrictions???

[Moose Dung]

[do the dhue]

BRILLIANT!!

[do the dhue]

I started thinking about your post and What are you going to do?

I know this much, I sure aint as scared of Russians as I was when I stood at their wall; and I knew that the Commies had enough T72s that they would have shoved my keyster in the Atlantic in less then 24 hours.

I don't have the respect that I did because of their missile systems (as we discussed earlier). And the fact that we have some real tank killers on our side. On video, I saw six Apaches knock out an entire division of Saddam's T72s. I also know that we have a tank killer in the A10. Plus, the A10 takes a beating. And what really makes me happy is we can drop bombs inside of windows.

Now, it is true that we have a good weapons system. And now to answer your question, we must continue to spend money on our defense. We must continue to stay on the cutting edge. I love to spend money on US Defense. It creates jobs and a strong military at the same time.

I think as long as we build and maintain a military second to none, we should be able to maintain peace through strength with the use of doe ve i no pro ve i (trust but verified - Reagan used to say it).

If there are any spelling God's reading this, I know that I butchered the spelling of the Russian phrase trust but verified. I spelled it the way it sounds to me.
So

here is some stuff to use:




I wish this was true:




and for CHRISTmas

[unixfox]

How bout pressing for a tax cut, wouldn't that be a raise too? Oh, I forgot, we are talking about the socialists here. Silly me.

[do the dhue]

You probably seen something like this. I posted it because I liked your tag: taxable income

[AdvisorB]

Massive militay spending by the Reagan Administration brought down the farleft of the demoRAT party, the Russian bolsheviks, IMHO. For this, the left in this country will always hate Reagan.

It was said that the reason the bolsheviks lasted as long as they did, was that early on the conservatives didn't understand, and the liberals were infected. How many innocent Russians were killed by just Lenin, and his minimee, Stalin? Don't they say it was in the 20 millions. I believe that in the black book of communism they put the death total by communists at over 100 million during the 20th century. When radical islamofascism has finally flickered out, I'll bet were nearing that 100 million deaths mark. So that's what we have to look forward to in this coming brave new world leftist utopia. Once again, the left will be standing there with blood on their hands.

I hope we continue funding the military. I'd like to see something more than just 3% of GNP. I think it is too low given the gathering clouds of war (iran,venezuela,china, neo-ussr,somalia,cuba,france).

Mucho thanks for the graphics as well!

[AdvisorB]

"Hey, thanks for the words of encouragement and lets go fight the good fight, brother!"


Amen, Brother!!

[finnigan2]

"A New Direction for America."

- A blatant rip off of Gingrich's successful "Contract with America" slogan. Hitlery has also just test marketed her,
"It's the American Dream, stupid" which in itself a rip of of Slick Willie's, "It's the economy, stupid" slogan.
Can't these guys come up with anything new and original?

[N. Theknow]

Democrats plan to press for a minimum wage increase and "tough, smart" national security in their final push to wrest power from the Republicans in the November elections.

Suuuuuure.

Now. Define "tough, smart."