Progressive Patriots

Barack Obama Focuses On Restoring the Constitution

February 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It seems that Obama is setting up one important foundation of his experience as a campaign asset: His experience as a professor in constitutional law. I just don’t hear John McCain, or Hillary Clinton for that matter, talk about the need to restore constitutional rights in the way that Barack Obama does. It’s no wonder that Senator Dodd chose Barack Obama to endorse.

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Tags: democrats · freedom

Call Your Senators Now To Stop FISA Amendments Govt. Spying

January 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This action will only take you two minutes, one minute per phone call, but it means everything for the future of freedom in the United States of America. Please, don’t let the telecom spies take over. It’s time for true patriots to stand up in defense of liberty in the USA.

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Tags: activism · homeland insecurity

Clinton And Obama Break Promise To Stop Spying Immunity for Phone Companies

January 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Why should Democrats bother supporting Obama or Clinton when they won’t keep their promises to Democratic voters? Why should either Obama or Clinton be made President when they won’t do the job they have now as senators? If Clinton and Obama won’t act to defend our freedom from illegal government spying now, why should we believe that either one would defend our freedom as President?

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Tags: democrats · freedom

Support Those Who Run for Issues, Not Use Issues to Run

December 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Representative Robert Wexler has been using outrage surrounding the impeachment issue to funnel traffic to his re-election website, where citizens are told they can sign up for news and contribute to the impeachment cause. But the small print shows that contributions go to the re-elect Wexler campaign, and those who sign up are giving […]

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Tags: activism · democrats · freedom

Democratic Presidential Candidates Reject Xenophobia of English-Only

December 16th, 2007 · No Comments

In the NPR Presidential Debate of December 4 2007, Democratic presidential candidates were confronted with the sentiment of a North Carolina resident:
We mentioned that we’ve been taking questions from listeners in recent weeks about this debate, and one is on a small issue that, I think, points to a large concern. It comes from Tally […]

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Tags: democrats · values voting

The Way Not To Use Networking Sites For A Campaign

November 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Last week, the Chris Dodd for President campaign used the networking site of Gather.com to republish an article critical of Michael Mukasey. The idea, I guess, is to spread Chris Dodd’s words around, to give more people an idea that he’s a serious thinker who’s sharply critical of the right wing Republican attack on […]

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Tags: democrats · freedom

The Index of Unforgivable Votes

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Why isn’t just voting Democrat enough? Recent history is littered with legislative answers to that question.
We already have an index of legislative action for the U.S. Senate in the 110th Congress that looks at senatorial cosponsorships along with votes on important issues during the ten months of the current Congress. But there are […]

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Tags: democrats