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To: E. T. who wrote (24338)	12/3/2007 11:21:45 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 71588

Liberal Activists Plan to Air First Non-Republican Negative Ad Against Clinton Monday, December 03, 2007 WASHINGTON — Liberal activists plan to begin airing a television ad against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Iowa this week, the first non-Republican negative ad aimed at a Democratic presidential candidate. The group, Democratic Courage, has accused Clinton of making policy decisions on the basis of polls, not convictions. It planned to introduce the ad Tuesday. Glenn Hurowitz, the group's president, described the spot as a modest buy that would run on cable only, meaning it won't be seen as much as ads by Clinton and rival Barack Obama, who are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads in the state. Democratic Courage is a political action committee, financed by contributions of no more than $5,000 per person. "We are concerned that she wouldn't be the best candidate in the general election or the best president because she is so easily bullied by the Republican attack machine," Hurowitz said. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain have all run ads putting Clinton in a negative light. Hurowitz said the group does not plan to endorse any candidate, though he said it may run a negative ad against another Democrat in the field. He would not identify who that would be. He said the extent of the group's advertising would depend on the amount of donations its first ad generates. Clinton is in a virtual three-way tie in Iowa with Obama and John Edwards. The Iowa caucuses are only one month away.

To: E. T. who wrote (24338)	12/4/2007 12:40:52 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

"don't you recognize that your very on speech contains numerous nuances that anyone could use to discriminate against you if they so decided." Yet I do not fear discrimination because I am an honest person who despite making mistakes expects to reap the results of what I sew. If I were to sow the seeds of failure, I would expect to reap failure. If I were to sow the seeds of bigotry... "Where is your honesty, honor, integrity when you suggest that Black Americans are themselves to blame for peoples intolerance against them because they do not speak in a manner you or anyone else deems 'the correct way.'" Look it up in the dictionary man: "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ask" Nowhere in the pronunciation key does the word sound like AXE. Try a little intellectual honesty with yourself rather than blaming others for self imposed limitations. "white America has many different ... accents or dialects. " I have noticed. You may find this interesting: blogthings.com I have lived in the Deep South and New England as well as the Great Plains. I once a teacher who did not pronounce the 't" in dynasty. Doggon it, it was listed that way as an alternate pronunciation in the unabridged Webster's dictionary of the time. It appears to have been dropped as an alternate pronunciation. So what is your point? "Blacks can lay down their lives in Iraq like any good white homeboy, but they still come back to America to the likes of you and others, who suggest they bring white wrath against themselves because they don't talk or walk or dance in some "correct" manner." Perhaps you talk this way among your friends but it is offensive to me. I neither denigrate people who you may perceive to be different than myself that way, nor do I respect others that do. "It is not the Black person that needs to change, rather it is White America." Suggesting that I need to start speaking slang because some other groups do not care to learn to speak properly is offensive to everything about America. Like it or not, the arrogant Americans don't believe they need to speak other languages instead believing it is the duty of others to conform to American English. FWIW, the snobbish French feel the same way about French. "Portlanders pronounce Anne like Ian. No job for them. Portlanders say go to the coast as geow to the ceowst, aks any portlander and he'll say it's true. Dang, it's amazing anyone hires them." There might be some people small minded enough to discriminate against NWerners. Regardless of that, most subcultures strive to adopt American speech patterns within one generation. Those who insist on remaining separate reap what they sew. "It has been true throughout history that isolated civilizations stagnate and through trade and civilized exchange those that intermingle have thrived." I changed it a little, and it remains one of my wise quotes.