Monthly Archives: September 2004

Media Bias: Flip-flopper in Chief

Media Bias: Flip-flopper in Chief By David Brock and Jamison Foser, AlterNet.org George Bush's image as a strong and decisive leader is a creation of journalists too lazy to notice that the [pseudo-]pResident has a long history of changing his … Continue reading

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Update on the Harkin Steak Fry

Update on The Harkin Steak Fry by Linda Thieman Democracy for Iowa has secured a booth (aka card table) at the Harkin Steak Fry this Sunday, September 19th. Sunday, September 19 12-4pm, serving 12-3pm Indianola Balloon Field Indianola, Iowa We … Continue reading

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Help Recruit Volunteers for Pro-choice Candidates

 Help Recruit Volunteers for Pro-choice Candidates Planned Parenthood Action Fund “She taught us, first, to look at the world as if women mattered.” – Gloria Steinem on Margaret Sanger Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood’s visionary and spirited founder, was born 125 … Continue reading

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Ottumwa: Al Franken Pulls Same Size Crowd as Cheney

 Ottumwa: Al Franken Pulls Same Size Crowd as Cheney By Linda Thieman Well, in the national competition of whose crowd size is bigger than whose, it was a draw, with Al Franken and Dick Cheney each pulling in 250 supporters … Continue reading

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Iowa in the News: Absentee Ballots

 IDP Mails Out Absentee Ballot Request Forms This Week I got a robo-call yesterday afternoon from Gov. Tom Vilsack.  Looks like the IDP is sending out absentee ballot request forms to registered Democrats in the state.  On the call, Vilsack … Continue reading

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National Women’s Election Action Day: September 18

  National Women's Election Action Day: September 18 Fifty Million Women Count! Did you know that in the 2000 presidential election, 50 million American women DID NOT VOTE? Democracy for America is joining with a large number of progressive organizations … Continue reading

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Vote Today in School Board Races Across Iowa

Vote Today in School Board Races Across Iowa School board races are taking place all across Iowa today.  Don't forget to get out and vote! Christina Butts of Des Moines tells me that one of our own, Jon Neiderbach of … Continue reading

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Moderate Republicans Disgusted With GOP

 Anti-war Republicans: A Telling Shift in Allegiance by Eileen McNamara, Boston.com NEW LONDON, N.H. — Hilary Cleveland felt a tad the traitor on Friday evening, as she prepared to toss fruit in the porcelain bowl from China that was a … Continue reading

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The Harkin Steak Fry

The Harkin Steak Fry by Linda Thieman Democracy for America and Democracy for Iowa are teaming up to pay tribute to our good friend and ally, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA). This Sunday, September 19, we’ll be creating a presence at … Continue reading

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Pulling The Trigger on Weapons Ban

 Pulling The Trigger on Weapons Ban The Daily Iowan Editorial Board The 1994 federal assault-weapons ban is set to expire today, a depressing casualty of an election season in which facts and honest debate have been abandoned for shameless political … Continue reading

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