Category Archives: Calls to Action

Wanted: Progressive Posters

Posted on November 8, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Wanted: Progressive Posters Well, on to Plan B.  Please bear with us while we make the transition to Team Blog for Iowa. During the next couple of weeks, Blog for Iowa will be forming a team of “trusted posters.”  Each … Continue reading →

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Kerry Can Win Ohio: A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT

Posted on November 4, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Kerry Can Win Ohio: A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT International Labor Communications Association The media has collapsed and Kerry has conceded, but we don't have to. According to CNN, Bush is ahead in the count in Ohio by 136,221. According to … Continue reading →

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Be A Media Watchdog: Help Stop Tonight’s Dangerous Media Spin

Posted on November 2, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Be A Media Watchdog: Help Stop Tonight's Dangerous Media Spin by Timothy Karr, Media for Democracy Click here for The Des Moines Register's list of tonight's television coverage. Only hours remain before voting stations close across America. Mainstream media outlets … Continue reading →

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A Quick Guide to Avoiding Problems at the Polls

Posted on November 2, 2004 by bfialindathieman

A Quick Guide to Avoiding Problems at the Polls by Kathy Dopp, US Count Votes Iowa Voting Hours: 7am-9pm Nebraska Voting Hours: 8am-8pm Before you go to the polls TODAY: – Find your correct polling place. Click here: http://www.mypollingplace.com They … Continue reading →

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Today is Election Day!

Posted on November 2, 2004 by bfialindathieman

 Today is Election Day! by Linda Thieman Iowa Voting Hours: 7am-9pm Nebraska Voting Hours: 8am-8pm All right, people, this is it!  I suppose I need not state the obvious, but today is Election Day, the day that we have been … Continue reading →

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Connie Wilson: Cheney Draws Tiny Crowd in Davenport

Posted on November 1, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Cheney Draws Tiny Crowd in Davenport

by Connie Corcoran Wilson

The King of the Evil-doers couldn’t GIVE away tickets – does anybody STILL think that Bush will take Iowa?  Connie Wilson does a smashing job of pulling Cheney’s statements to pieces.

Click on “more >>” to see all the fine photos and to read about how Connie's book is being removed from bookshelves in the QC because of her political slant!
October 30, 2004

It was appropriate that Dick Cheney showed up in Davenport at Halloween. He’s certainly scary enough, even without the benefit of a costume.  Cheney and company came from Columbus, Ohio; Nazareth, Pennsylvania; and Zanesville, Ohio…battleground states all.

Introduced by his wife of 40 years, Lynne, the Cheneys brought their three small grandchildren with them, and Mrs. Cheney shamelessly played the “fear card” that the Republican Party has been using to woo the female vote they need to win the election. Her words: “When I think of this election, I think of my kids and grandkids and their safety and security.” (And this is the same woman who complained, saying that John Kerry was “not a good man” because he mentioned the Cheney’s out-of-the-closet gay daughter, Mary, in a very tactful answer to a debate question.)


A group of Deaniacs joined Billionaires for Bush to protest the
Cheney visit. One of their signs reads, “Health care is already
affordable.”  Another reads, “Education is NOT for everyone.”
I love the “Thurston and Lovey” look of the couple in the front.
Connie captured this photo at Peabody's, down the street from
the Cheney event in Davenport.


After an outside camera projected the approaching motorcade of SUVs (at least 15, all dark colored gas guzzlers) on a large screen inside the Mississippi Room of the River Center, the pseudo-VP entered to the musical question: “Are you ready to rumble?”

Actually, no, Mr. Cheney. I am not “ready to rumble.” I think that “rumbling” is now and remains a very bad idea. The next song was “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor….another very old song to pump up the crowd.

In the spirit of Halloween, some of the scarier things I heard at the Cheney rally were these:

 1)    The prayer (by Pastor Carl Roberts of the Bettendorf Christian Church): “We’re thankful that we have servants like pResident Bush and Vice pResident Cheney.  We believe that they are the best men for the job at this time.” (Speak for yourself, Pastor.)

2)    “I’m sick of Democrats mocking our pResident, aren’t you?” Actually, it is more the entire world that is “mocking” our “pResident.” The reason? Aside from being voted the “scariest villain in a movie this year” by Europeans, (a nod to Bush’s appearance in Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11”), he is quite possibly the worst pResident we have ever had. Most of the civilized world regards him as a loose cannon and the greatest threat to world peace (an actual poll result, in Europe, “greatest threat to world peace: 70% said “George W. Bush”). If you tried to script a president who appeared more foolish, uninformed and unintelligent (despite his legacy Yale degree), a movie audience wouldn’t believe that someone this ignorant, uninformed, arrogant and out-of-touch could be elected. (And, actually, class…does anyone really believe that he was elected in 2000?)
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“Bush and Cheney are so over,” says Rover.

Posted on October 31, 2004 by bfialindathieman

“Bush and Cheney are so over,” says Rover. Good doggie, good doggie! Blog for Iowa sinks to a new low, but we can't help ourselves. Lovely, patriotic doggie. And speaking of signs . . . Seems like there has been … Continue reading →

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Howard Dean: Count Every Vote

Posted on October 31, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Count Every Vote by Howard Dean A request from your favorite New England Governor… After the Florida disaster in 2000, Congress had an opportunity to fix problems and build a better electoral system. It failed to act quickly. When it … Continue reading →

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This Year For Halloween, Go Trick-or-Voting!

Posted on October 30, 2004 by bfialindathieman

This Year For Halloween, Go Trick-or-Voting! by T. Eve Greenaway and Chinyere Tutashinda, AlterNet.org By going door-to-door in costume, offering up treats, voting tips and directions to polling places, this year’s trick-or-voters will also be spreading the word: there has … Continue reading →

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The Final Push is On: What You Can Do!

Posted on October 29, 2004 by bfialindathieman

The Final Push is On: What You Can Do! by Andrew Smith, Candidate for Iowa House District 40, Tama and Grundy Counties I know everyone is tired. I know that we are all sick of the campaign, sick of the … Continue reading →

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