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To: koan who wrote (174797)	10/28/2011 1:21:44 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541518

charles, Yesterday, seven congressional candidates brought the energy of the Occupy movement straight to Capitol Hill. They marched on Speaker John Boehner's office with 35,000 petitions saying "We stand with the 99%" -- and demanded that Congress pass jobs legislation now. With news cameras from CNN, NBC and CBS in tow, a fascinating clash with Boehner's staff occurred. Click here to see the amazing video -- and chip in $1 to each of their campaigns to reward their bold action. As you can see from the video, one of Speaker Boehner's top staffers blocked them from entering his office. But the progressive candidates did us proud. California congressional candidate Lori Saldana went on offense with a series of questions that made clear who stands with the 99%. Washington's Marko Liias joked that Boehner's "Welcome, please come in" sign should actually read, "Welcome 1%, please come in." The other bold candidates were Eric Griego (NM-1), Ilya Sheyman (IL-10), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Franke Wilmer (MT-AL), and Wenona Benally Baldenegro (AZ-1). Click here to see video of their bold action -- and chip in $1 to each of their campaigns to reward them. Some Democrats talk about "fighting" for progressive values. These progressive candidates literally walked the walk -- showing other Democrats how to fight and getting their message out in the media. We'll keep you informed about the progress of their campaigns. Thanks for being a bold progressive.

To: koan who wrote (174797)	10/28/2011 2:51:35 PM
From: John Vosilla	Respond to of 541518

'We liberals all stood back longer than we would have (e.g. LBJ and the Viet Nam war) wanting to give Obama a fair choice and hoping he was just out thinking us. We now know that was not the case.' I don't think he was trying to outhink 'us' just trying to make the right decisions to save us from depression and balance the incredible cost and effort already expended into the stupid wars by Cheney while understanding the GOP was going to block everything proposed and bailing from the wars quickly would crater the economy with nothing to replace it as stimulus. Also had to balance the effort after waiting 12 long years by your liberal wing for universal health coverage that was probably misplaced energy and political capital as well as very ill timed when Pelosi still had mucho clout..