Give It Up, Coleman (R-MN)

Norm Coleman (R-MN) is dragging the November 4th, 2008 election WAY past its bitter end. It is time for him to concede and allow Al Franken (D-MN) to be seated in the Senate. Coleman is impeding our Government and our Democracy and needs to step down now.

At this point, he can still define returning to public life as running again for another Government position. Once the full investigation into his corruption is completed, he is more likely to define returning to public life as being let out of prison. Norm Coleman is not even fit to represent the degenerates of his state, however few of them there may be, he needs to step down before he loses his status as a human being... it may already be too late.

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Mike Doogan Ousts AKMuckraker

I hate that after all of this time of inactivity that the inspiration to start up again comes from a DEMOCRAT! I hope that this Democrat will soon be censured and later voted OUT...

In Exposing the Identity of Mudflats, Rep. Mike Doogan Exposes Himself.

Anonymity is an interesting thing. Anyone who has read my "About" page knows that Mudflats popped out of my head and on to my keyboard last May. I, like many of you, get frustrated with my government. There isn't anyone who pays attention, on either side of the political spectrum, who doesn’t at some time feel like they need to get something off their chest.

Here's a link to the full article on Mudflats

Here's the email that we sent to the House Minority (Democrat) Leader, Representative Beth Kerttula.
Email: Representative_Beth_Kerttula@legis.state.ak.us

Please censure Rep. Mike Doogan for his ousting of AKMuckraker’s identity. His actions are despicable and make me ashamed to be associated with the Democratic party. I hope that you can take swift, decisive action and restore my faith and confidence.

Thank you,
Remaining Anonymous

We also suggest contacting Rep. Mike Doogan directly to express your outrage (as carefully and politely as possible). Here is his contact information:
Rep. Mike Doogan "doogans@gci.net"
Rep_Mike_Doogan@legis.state.ak.us
Phone: 907.561.7990

Please email AND call, let him know that is unconscionable and unethical! In case you are wondering, what Doogan did was not only unethical, but also illegal:

Instead of using their true names to communicate, these people choose to speak using pseudonyms (assumed names) or anonymously (no name at all). For these individuals and the organizations that support them, secure anonymity is critical. It may literally save lives.

Anonymous communications have an important place in our political and social discourse. The Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the right to anonymous free speech is protected by the First Amendment. A much-cited 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission reads:

Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical, minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights, and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society.

The tradition of anonymous speech is older than the United States. Founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym "Publius," and "the Federal Farmer" spoke up in rebuttal. The US Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized rights to speak anonymously derived from the First Amendment.

Read the full article here...

You can also register your concern to the Alaska Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics. Their emails are:
Representative_John_Coghill@legis.state.ak.us
Representative_Berta_Gardner@legis.state.ak.us
Senator_Gary_Stevens@legis.state.ak.us
Senator_Thomas_Wagoner@legis.state.ak.us

3/28/2009 Update: A new FaceBook group has been started to call out Doogan http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82564017994

3/29/2009 Update: Here's another great article from the Daily Kos:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/28/714126/-Response-to-Rep.-Mike-Doogan

Dole (R-NC) Does it Again, Stoops to Depths of Hell Herself to Portray Hagan as Godless

Here's her latest ad.


read about Dole's other attacks...

Please click here now to donate to Kay Hagan. Help her fight back, show Elizabeth Dole that the public will not stand for her despicable and divisive campaign tactics.

Elizabeth Dole (R) NC Stoops Below the Lowest of the Low, Portrays Opponent as a Godless American

First of all, this is a free country, with laws about separation of church and state, that should preclude this from being an issue at all. It's even more egregious because it is absolutely and completely false. Dole shows us that she is the Godless one by stooping this low.

Dole's new ad falsely accuses Kay Hagan of being an atheist when the fact is that she is a Sunday School teacher and an elder at her Presbyterian church. It is one thing to question your opponent's record and ideology, it is beyond despicable to bald-faced lie in your attempt to do so.



This from Dole's own website:

"Kay Hagan is trying to run a campaign in North Carolina that casts her as a moderate but the money that's paying for it is coming from the left-wing fringe of political thought," said Dole Campaign Communications Director Dan McLagan. "You can tell a lot about a person by their friends and these are friends most North Carolinians would not be comfortable having over for dinner."

Hagan's campaign is being largely funded by labor unions intent on ending North Carolina's status as a right to work state, liberal trial lawyers and ultra left wing groups like MoveOn.org which is a deeply anti-military organization. Now Hagan has added anti-religion activists from Boston Massachusetts to the list.

"Kay Hagan does not represent the values of this state; she is a Trojan Horse for a long list of wacky left-wing outside groups bent on policies that would horrify most North Carolinians if they knew about it," McLagan said. "This latest revelation of support from anti-religion activists will not sit well with the 90% of state residents who identify with a specific religious faith."

Update 30, October 2008

CNN's Campbell Brown tells Dole to reclaim her dignity

Kay Hagan's response (maybe you helped to pay for this?)


Help show Dole the power of the "left-wing fringe of political thought", show her that there is a VERY "long list of wacky left-wing outside groups", don't let her ridiculous, divisive, Godless rhetoric help her win.

Please click here now to donate to Kay Hagan now (again, if you already have) to help her fight back, show Elizabeth Dole that the public will not stand for her despicable campaign tactics.

Norm Coleman (R-MN) Targets Children with Rape & Playboy Cartoon Mailer

Another new category defined for this election season, disgusting!

AMERICAblog reader JW writes:

My wife and I have 3 small boys under 6 years old. So when I saw the cartoon cover that says "Come on in kids..." then talks about rape with a little girl on the opposite page you can guess my utter disgust.
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Creating a children's book talking about rape, and then sending it to Minnesota's children, all on behalf of Norm Coleman. So much for Coleman claiming the negative advertising was going to stop.

read original article...

It seems that every day a new low is defined. Please help us make him stop! Show Norm Coleman "The Bachmann Effect". Donate to Al Franken (D) today!

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