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Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 01:48:20 PM EST
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New Jersey's own Steve Adubato is a must visit for most pols in the state, and has been growing in stature as a political writer, talk show host and opinionator. He even has a column on MSNBC now, showing that he is moving outside the state.
But with crap like this (noted by TPM), maybe he should just stay in the bowels of NJ politics.
Bill and Hillary want the media to focus on are only the positive aspects of her experience but won't say a word about such topics as "Travelgate;" "Whitewater;" exactly how Vince Foster died; missing billing records; or Hillary's role as architect of the failed effort for universal healthcare.
Wow! Maybe Steve can blame Hillary for Mike Huckabee releasing Wayne Drummond to rape and kill again!
This is the problem with Democrats who become talking heads -- as soon as they get any play in the greater media world they instantly start buying into the crap the Republicans have been throwing around for the past 30 years, and in particular into the hateful lies they spewed about the Clintons for the past 15.
Here these are one by one:
- Travelgate: Upon taking over the White House, the Clintons fired a bunch of staffers in the travel office and hired new ones. Somehow this became a huge deal: a new administration brought their own people in. Why won't Hillary talk about it on the stump?
- Whitewater: This was the fevered imaginings of the right wing lunatics that Bill and Hillary Clinton were somehow culpable for a screwed up investment scheme on which they lost money and for which four separate Republican special prosecutors found no evidence against them. That's right: four Republican special prosecutors, and the best they could get was Bill lied about getting oral sex outside of his marriage. Steve is totally right that we need to investigate and discuss this one again!
- Vince Foster's Death: Again, four Republican special prosecutors determined that Vince Foster committed suicide, was not murdered, there was no foul play, the body was not moved, and Hillary had nothing to do with it! Of course the sad, private death of a close friend 13 years ago should be a basic part of the stump speech.
- Missing Billing Records: Yep, they were missing and the right wingers were going nuts over them, suggesting that the smoking gun was in them and Bill and Hillary were hiding them! How nefarious. Then the records were found, turned over to the prosecutor and, shockingly, there was nothing bad in them. Nothing. Hillary should answer for that!
- Healthcare debacle: Hillary did screw this one up, and has repeatedly said so on the stump, at debates, in interviews. She suggests that because she has been through the fire on the health care issue she is best suited for taking it on again. As Steve says, why won't she talk about it?
Adubato is dredging up Republican smears that not only cost the American taxpayers millions of dollars, but were proven false repeatedly by Republican prosecutors. Then Adubato raises his own lie about Clinton, that she won't talk about the failed effort to institute universal national health care when she most assuredly has.
Look, I'm a John Edwards guy and I really hope he gets the nomination and Hillary gets to stay in the Senate. I've never been a big fan of either Clinton, and would have preferred Tsongas in 1992 and my Dad in 1996.
But that's all besides the point. When our spokesmen like Steve Adubato make their bones on trotting out disproven right wing lies against other Democrats, then we are fighting a massive uphill battle.
Maybe you can say there's some Karma here after Clinton NH co-chair Bill Shaheen slyly brought up Obama's teenage drug use or Clinton backer and former Senator Bob Kerrey "innocently" repeated the "madrassa" claims. But if Shaheen and Kerrey were wrong, so is Adubato.
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Sat Jun 09, 2007 at 07:06:32 PM EDT
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 Last night, President Clinton joined New Jersey Democrats from around the state helping raise $2.1 million for the State Party at the Governor's Gala, which was held at the NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark. Above is a picture I got as the former President spoke for about 10 minutes to a packed room of over 600 and here's a couple of the lines he delivered to the cheering crowd... "I'm so glad your governor is going to be OK.""It's a great time to be a Democrat," Clinton said. "New Jersey has become a great Democratic state." "In 2006, the people said we want America to get back to do what it does best. We want to get back in the solution business. That's what Democrats do best." "When I walked out of the White House for the last time, I was more idealistic than when I walked in for the first time. You know why? Because people were better off when I quit than when I started." And for those who followed the follies of our current President's recent fundraising visit to New Jersey where the GOP raised just over 1/4 of this event, the Democrats chose not to use the plastic and had areas set up for reporters to file their stories rather than kicking out the media trucks.
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Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 04:46:56 PM EDT
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It'll be a fancy dress party, Jersey style at the next week's Governor's Gala. Mark the date: June 8th. It's a chance to raise money for the state party and the Democratic slate in this November's elections. (Expand the majority. Hello!) And with former President Bill Clinton on hand as featured guest, folks might find themselves feeling nostalgic for a not-so-long-ago era of peace and prosperity. Peace, prosperity? Ring and bells? But enough about my fantasies. I suspect this event shall lie in stark contrast to the little NJ-GOP extravaganza cum debacle this past week. I also am guessing that Clinton will be warmly received by the state's democrats. Likewise, it's a safe bet that our Clinton soiree bring in a lot more ducats than the Bush/NJGOP shindig. I just betcha. One thing is for sure: At $1,500 a pop, the Democrats know the deal: No. Dixie. Cups. Ever.
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Mon Jan 29, 2007 at 05:50:44 PM EST
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Though we do need to keep our attention on increasing Democratic majorities in the 2007 state races and on Lautenberg's 2008 senate seat, I want to make the case that former Sen. John Edwards is a presidential candidate who merits the support of Garden State voters and would be an incredibly viable candidate in the general election. For the central concerns of state voters, both Democratic and otherwise, Edwards is completely in line with issues important to us -- increasing the minimum wage and labor rights (he is often on picket lines, leading the charge), working to make college more affordable, promoting a pro-environmental agenda, and beginning the long overdue process of bringing our troops home from the resource-depleting war in Iraq. Perhaps the most endangered economic class in our state, that is, the middle class, would become enfranchised and empowered under an Edwards administration with increases in federal subsidies to make college more affordable, laws against predatory lending practices, and a pro-protectionism stance on the outsourcing of American jobs.
I could give you several logical reasons (he would most likely win Ohio and Florida, for example) that I consider Edwards to be the most attractive candidate of the many worthy candidates, including Vilsack and perhaps Clark, who have declared thus far; but at the core of my support for him is a belief that an Edwards candidacy would initiate needed change in domestic and foreign policy, as well my tendency to be genuinely inspired and moved whenever I hear him speak. I count him in the great tradition of American orators from King to Clinton who, on a personal level, can truly make an audience believe that he is being honest and forthright with them.
New Jersey's presidential primary will be moved up to early February, if Codey's initiative becomes law, but Hillary Clinton is currently leading in the state by a wide margin, according to a recent Quinnipiac Poll. Edwards, who has called for an immediate withdrawal of 40-50k troops from Iraq, presents a better progressive platform than the centrist Hillary; and I encourage others to join us in supporting Edwards in his quest to become president. There are multiple One Corps chapters. for Edwards already forming in the state, and a New Jersey for Edwards yahoogroup.(with at least two Blue Jersey bloggers already on it) has been formed for activism and networking. We'd love to have you join us.
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Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 11:44:24 AM EDT
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Tom Kean Sr has revealed his true colors. His motivations for so forcefully promoting the fictional 9/11 movie are purely political - it's all about his son's campaign. From the New York Daily News:Asked if he had apologized to Clinton for inaccuracies in the movie, Kean quipped, "No, he was out campaigning against my son yesterday, so I didn't reach out to him at all!" This movie, which uses completely fabricated events to lay the blame for 9/11 on Clinton, is his chance for revenge. It's not surprising that Tom Kean seems to be putting political expediency above the truth, since he's always blamed Clinton for al Qaeda (from 2004):Kean: Clinton Blew Best Chance to Get bin Laden
The chairman of the independent commission probing the 9/11 attacks said Sunday that the U.S. probably missed its best chance to take Osama bin Laden out during the Clinton administration, when the notorious terrorist left Sudan for Afghanistan in 1996.
"If we had acted earlier on al-Qaida when al-Qaida was smaller and just getting started, even before bin Laden went to Afghanistan, there were times we could have gotten him," former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean told NBC's "Meet the Press." So now, Tom Kean Sr is using his position of credibilty and trust as chairman of the 9/11 Commission to blame Democrats for the attacks on 9/11. This is all about politics, and it's all about putting his son's campaign above the truth.
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Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:53:23 AM EDT
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Disney, ABC, Tom Kean and the right wing's attempts to teach our kids propaganda about 9/11 may have suffered a huge setback. Tom Kean Sr had personally written a letter to educators urging teachers to use of the movie and related teaching materials in the classroom. Scholastic had posted the letter, and teaching materials on its site, but it appears the teaching materials may have been removed. For now, Kean's letter is still available on their site. (UPDATE: Think Progress reports that Scholastic plans to put the materials back online.)
Fred Snowflack says voters are confusing Tom Kean Jr with Tom Kean Sr. Kean Jr's spokeswoman says "It's just ludicrous."
Bill Cosby spoke at a rally in Newark yesterday in support of better health care for veterans:"When we were attacked, all the politicians sang 'God Bless America,'" Cosby said. "Then they went in a back room and said 'Let's make some cutbacks (to veterans programs.)"
Jon Corzine yesterday picked executive director of the NJ Institute for Social Justice, Kenneth Zimmerman to replace Stuart Rabner as his chief counsel."Ken Zimmerman is an ethical, talented attorney with a wealth of legal experience and strongly held principles. I will rely on his guidance and I am confident he will pursue the people's interests with the single-minded focus he has demonstrated throughout his career."
Screeners at Newark airport will no longer be required to work overtime or do mandatory 12 hour shifts.
Paul Aronsohn reiterated his challenge to Scott Garrett for a series of debates. A running "debate clock" on Aronsohn's site shows that it's been 17 days, 9 hours, 38 minutes and 27 seconds of silence from Garrett since Aronsohn first issued his debate challenge.
Bill Clinton spoke at a fundraiser for Senator Bob Menendez yesterday about the importance of winning back the Congress:“This is a real simple deal: in the last six years the White House and Congress have been under the iron grip not of the Republican Party, but a narrow strip of the most right-wing, the most ideological, the most dominated by the corporate special interests in the Republican Party. They’ve had it their way for six years and they tried their ideas, they implemented their policies and we can see their results." The Clinton event raised about $750,000 for Menendez, while George H. W. Bush's fundraiser for Kean Jr raised roughly $300,000.
Newark mayor Cory Booker will appoint NYPD's deputy commissioner of operations as Newark's new police director.
City Belt's first print issue is out (here is a partial list of locations), and they're looking for a sales person. The job description is at Craigslist.
Princeton's Drinking Liberally is meeting tonight at it's new location - the Ivy Inn on Nassau St at 7pm.
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 at 10:34:06 AM EDT
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(lemme guess, just another coincidence? - promoted by njdem)
President Clinton will be in New Jersey on September 6th to headline a fundraiser for Senator Menendez's campaign. The Kean Jr campaign says that bringing in the former president is a sign of desperation:Kean campaign spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said the fundraiser is "nothing more than a staged opportunity for Menendez and his questionable campaign contributors to come together in an attempt to rally his failing campaign." Well here's something interesting! Just days after being exposed by the Wall Street Journal for shady quid pro quo campaign contributions, Tom Kean Jr's campaign announced they are bringing in former President George Bush to headline a fundraiser for them - on the same exact day as the Clinton/Menendez event.
Projecting much, Jill? Thanks for the honest self-assessment.
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