Stand there and Bleed-

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday February 17, 2008 · 8:51 AM PST

2008/02/17 · 08:51

When John and Elizabeth lost their beloved son Wade, in 1996, they could have rolled up together in a ball, bemoaning their fate, giving up on themselves, on life and on the ideal that is America.

They did not.

When Kerry and Edwards took their run for the Presidency in 04, and perhaps had their hopes, and the hopes of our Nation perhaps stolen from them in Ohio, John might have then retired form public service for life, and return to his home to enjoy his millions.

He did not.

asdjrocky

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday January 22, 2008 · 9:11 AM PST

2008/01/22 · 09:11

This is an actual phone call I had while phone banking for Edwards in Reno. The names have been changed to protect the drunken. Ida was a 66-year-old Dem who, well, had some issues.

"Hello?" A voice of some years, weathered by probably two packs a day. She sounded a bit annoyed, I was used to that by now, and maybe a little in the cups.

"Hello, May I speak to Ida please?"

"This is Ida." Exactly what I was afraid of.

asdjrocky

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday January 17, 2008 · 4:29 PM PST

2008/01/17 · 16:29

This is the proudest thing I’ve ever done politically, and this is from someone who has "paid the price for protest," as they say.

This weekend, either tonight or early tomorrow morning, a group of us will be heading to Reno Nv, to do everything we can, to help John Edwards win the Nevada Caucus. We’ll all be going on our own dime, or dimes we’ve raised from supporters. We’ll be driving up in cars, some are taking grayhound buses, I haven’t heard of any hitch hiking yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised. (Seriousley, if your thinking about hitch hiking, get in touch with me, I’ll find you a ride.)

asdjrocky

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday January 16, 2008 · 10:04 AM PST

2008/01/16 · 10:04

-- Where all Americans right? And what do Americans like more than anything? T-shirts. It's simple. (We'll talk apple pie, baseball and stock car racing another time.) We buy them wherever we go, sometimes we get a good shirt, and it just somehow makes a statement about us. Go ahead, try to tell me you don't have a favorite t-shirt.

asdjrocky

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday December 20, 2007 · 11:47 AM PST

2007/12/20 · 11:47

Many people here like to use the facts quoted on Vote Smart to prove a point, or deny a point some one else makes. I was doing a little checking on Vote Smart, and I stumbled across this. I’m wondering, does this mean anything to the people of DailyKos?

For More:
http://www.vote-smart.org/

asdjrocky

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday December 19, 2007 · 2:37 PM PST

2007/12/19 · 14:37

The Poetry of Inclusion-
"There's a wall around Washington and we need to take it down. The American people are on the outside. And on the other side, on the inside, are the powerful, the well-connected and the very wealthy. That wall didn't build itself or appear overnight. For decades, politicians without convictions and powerful interests gathered their bricks and their stones and their mortar, and they went to work. They went to work to protect their interests, to block the voice of the American people, and to stop our country's progress. They went to work to protect, defend, and maintain the status quo.

"That wall around Washington, it protects a system that's rigged and guess who struggles as a result? Every single day, working men and women see that wall when they have to split their bills into two piles pay-now and pay-later; when they watch the factory door shut for the last time; when they see the disappointment on their son or daughter's face when there's no money to pay for college. Every single day they see that wall when they have to use the emergency room as a doctor's office for their son because they can't afford to pay for health care. This is not okay. That wall has to come down."

asdjrocky

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday December 17, 2007 · 4:36 PM PST

2007/12/17 · 16:36

My legs hurt, my feet are aching, my back is killing me, and I’m pretty sure I’ve caught a cold. That, and 75 doors knocked on, sums up my trip to Reno Nevada yesterday.

On Saturday night, of course, I had a corporate party for an architectural firm, so of course that meant a 15 hour day, and a great time had by one and all, except for the DJ, who as usual was thinking, I’m way too old for this shit.

Since I had to work on Saturday, I missed the big December 15th canvas day, so Sunday the 16th was catch up day. Nancy, another Edwards volunteer, and me decided to go up the next day and see what we could do for the campaign. Saturday would have been great to see though, at one point I was told they had 74 people in the Reno office, union people, volunteers and just a few staffers, knocked on hundreds, and hundreds of doors. I’ve been in that office many times, I know the sofa well, and I had a hard time picturing 74 souls crammed into that small space. But they did it, and they did it to get the word out.

RSS

Stand there and Bleed-

Ida & Me - An Actual Phone Call

Keeping It- Why I Support John Edwards

Help Elect John Edwards President, (And get a t-Shirt, or a lawn sign, or even a bumper sticker.)

Political Courage Test-

Progressive Poetry-

75 Doors