Monthly Archives: October 2012

Weekend Campaign 2012 Events

Weekend & Upcoming Events With less than two weeks until the election, we have a major opportunity to help defeat one of the worst Tea Party Republican extremists in Congress – Steve King – and we need your help to … Continue reading

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Watch Christie Vilsack Expose Steve King’s Un-Iowan Right Wing Agenda

Click here to watch video of the Vilsack-King Debate In Carroll October 25.  This program will be re-broadcast Friday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 28 at noon. The program will also be broadcast on IPTV WORLD (.3) … Continue reading

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Offenburger: The Time Is Right For Christie Vilsack

The following is an article excerpt by former Des Moines Register columnnist Chuck Offenburger outlining his reasons why Christie Vilsack would be good for Iowa farmers.  You can read the entire article at Offenburger.com Why farmers in Iowa’s new fourth … Continue reading

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Vote! Vote! Vote!

Remember that GOP mob scene that shut down the 2000 Florida recount? It’s in this cool Obama ad.  

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President Obama In Davenport Today: “Trust Matters”

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Why Bobby Kaufmann Would Be Bad For Iowa

This is the first in a BFIA series on eastern Iowa GOP House candidates. There are two big reasons why Iowans should not let Bobby Kaufmann anywhere near the Iowa state house as an elected representative. First, his lack of  … Continue reading

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Burlington Hawk Eye: Dave Loebsack Has Earned Second Term

You don’t have to be a policy wonk to know it when a congressman is a representative of the people.  http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/Monday-edit-102212 We needle him whenever he stops by our place about the lack of an office in Burlington. After all, … Continue reading

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Des Moines Register Endorses Christie Vilsack Over Birther Candidate

The Des Moines Register yesterday endorsed Steve King’s opponent Democrat Christie Vilsack to represent Iowa’s 4th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. “..we are reminded why the Kiron Republican should not be representing Iowa in Congress.  King seems to … Continue reading

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Support For Romney Amazing

One thing that has simply confounded me during the general election campaign is that Romney continues to get at least a 44% level of support pretty much since the beginning. This guy is perhaps the worst candidate in history and … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday – Who Said It?

Some folks can sum up a great thought in a few well chosen words. And sometimes we like to ascribe the ability to do so to folks we really admire. And in doing so we sometimes attribute great thoughts to the … Continue reading

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