Author: hoosierBluezer

We’re totally psyched over here in IN-6, cause Howard Dean just told our man Barry Welsh, Democratic candidate for US Congress, that he and his campaign was responsible for Mike Pence dropping out of the race to be top Wingnut in the House.

He also said that whatever we were doing to KEEP DOING IT!  Then today, MarKOS frontpaged our 50 State Strategy site as his reference for congressional races.

The new, improved, www.barrywelsh.org, debuts tonight, with Barry live blogging from the site.  At first they said we had no chance, now Pence is visibly nervous, and we’re picking up volunteers daily.  Come on down and join us from Eastern Indiana!!!

“Rush Limbaugh on decaf” is how Congressman Mike Pence describes HIMSELF!  Does that mean he only takes “a little” oxycontin? Does that mean he only takes vicodin?  Does that mean he’s only half as bigoted and half as hateful?  Or does it mean that he’s just as hateful, but just not as good at it?  Actually the only sane question is “What sort of human would make such a statement?”  Here’s the full story from the October 26th Chicago Tribune.

Though a third-term congressman from central Indiana who is a relative newcomer to the political power centers in Washington, Pence, 46, already is a favored guest on television news talk shows, such as Fox News’ “O’Reilly Factor” and “Hannity & Colmes,” and CNN’s now-canceled “Crossfire.” That national exposure, in turn, enhances his influence inside the Capitol….

…He begins every day by reading the Bible. He works with a bronze bust of Ronald Reagan watching over him from across his office….

His manner may be easy, but his views are unambiguous. He is a dedicated social conservative who publicly criticized the Senate’s top Republican, Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), when the former heart surgeon came out this summer in favor of relaxing the federal ban on stem-cell research. And he is a determined budget-cutter who has repeatedly clashed with his own Republican party leaders over federal spending levels

His “budget cuts” were part of the RSC’s “Operation Offset” which not only cut but eliminated funding for all alternative fuel programs and research (Pence is an oilman, BTW).

More from the Chicago Tribune:

“The party faithful and the conservative grass roots have been searching for the next Ronald Reagan. And Mike Pence has been mentioned as someone who could fill the Gipper’s shoes, even though he’s still young and a relative political newcomer,” said Stephen Moore, founder of the Free Enterprise Fund.

I urge you all to learn about Mike Pence, and if you find that you don’t like what you see, please help Barry Welsh, in defeating him in Nov 06.

Made you look! Made you look!

But seriously, Bush has got a tough choice ahead, especially since Harriet was “the most qualified candidate” he could find. I guess we’ll be settling for no better than second best.

We’ve been working on this problem over here, and we think we’ve come up with a STELLAR list.

Dick Cheney
Well he’s going to be out of work soon, and will need a job. He’s already friends with Scalia, and with Dick on the court they can easily coordinate their tee off times.

Kay Bailey Hutchison
She’s from Texas, and female. And she won’t bog the court down with piffles like perjury. And she’s got 3 names just like Sandra Day O’Connor.

Judge Judy
She’s a judge, and she sorta looks like Harriet, and being on TV and all, she’ll be good at reading from teleprompters. Bush especially likes when she’s mean to the llittle people.

UN Ambassador John Bolton
A PROVEN record of fucking stuff up, and Bush LOVES his brother Michael’s music.

Bush’s Proctologist
This currently unknown figure has operated mostly out of the public eye, but Bush usually likes to promote from his inner circle. Seems logical to me.

Trinity Broadcast Network’s Jan Crouch
American law is derived largely from the English, and in England the judges wear wigs. Well Jan wears 7 wigs! AND she’s a woman. AND she’s acceptible to James Dobson

Marilyn Manson
Well he looks GREAT in black, and Bush thinks he’s a woman. Judicial philosophy unknown, but he fits the radical right’s requirement for a SCARY candidate.

Anna Nicole Smith
Yet another 3 named woman with 2 great assets: her case is going before SCOTUS which will give her the EXPERIENCE in constitutional law that Harriet never had.

Mistress Cleo
GW: “Bein’ psychic and all…she’s gonna know the answer to the cases before they even come before the court!” Bush can also point to her as an example of American ingenuity in the ‘new economy’.

Paula Abdul
Sorry, this one is ripped off from another dKos post from a couple weeks ago, but its just TOO FUNNY. Of course, Bush likes that she has experience being a judge, and that she’s also scandal-free.

Michael Brown
Isn’t he due a promotion?

Mike Judge
Hell his name is Judge, and he’s a Texan. And he likes bush heh heh h-heh h-heh heh heh

Patrick Fitgerald
Gotta get him off his current job ASAP!

Joe Wilson
Man HE needs a real job, the last one he had he got from his WIFE for christsake. Of course that’s a lie, but what other kind of “intelligence” does Bush use?

Fabio
Bush is getting pissed with the Governator, and a Fabio pick would steal of Arnold’s thunder, and increase Bush’s name mentions on ‘The View’. Plus, Bush just loves to say “Fabio”.

Judge Ito
You forgot about him, didn’t you?

George W. Bush
Well George may need someone who adores him as much as Harriet do.

Also posted at dailyKos

We take the 50 state strategy seriously.

No race uncontested. No wingnut politician with a free-pass.

The 50 state strategy means 435 contested House races with good candidates. It means 33 (or 34) contested Senate races with good candidates. It means every Governor race, every state race, every local race CONTESTED with good candidates.

No shying away from any issue. No point conceded. No labelling of our people or our message by the right wing without full, and complete defense, and quickly turning it into offense. There are no Red states, only Blue states and “currently Red” states.

We spent 90 days in spring 04 finding candidates, and frankly that was too late.
For ’06, THE TIME IS NOW!

As that announcer guy says….

LET’S GET READY TO RUMMMMMM-BLE!
Out here in rural Indiana, someone has already stepped up to take on one of the worst GOP members of the House. Methodist minister Barry Welsh has declared his candidacy for Indiana 6 against the head of the Republican Study Committee, Mike Pence. So far, the most prevalent comment from both Right and Left, is that Welsh is at best a long-shot.

While this is certainly expected from the Right (since they don’t want to talk about issues), and while it could be expected from the Left (because as rational beings they ask questions to ascertain the truth), it is absolutely not the discussion we should be focussing on.

Too many on the Left have said Welsh has no chance. And to that, I say #%^@^%!

Can you imagine a coach telling the team at the first practice that they have no chance of winning? Can you imagine a teacher telling their students that they expect them to fail?

I had the good fortune to meet Barry Welsh when he ran (unsuccesfully) for Indiana Senate in ’04. He gives great speeches, is well educated, and is very down to earth. We ended up volunteering for his campaign

Now frankly, I’m not that into “church” stuff, but I know for sure that the stuff being paraded today as “Christianity”, either by the TV preachers, or by politicians (by people very much exemplified by Mike Pence) is perverted Christianity at best. Jesus would not pass laws to insure the profits of banks. Jesus would not lie to start a war. Jesus followed Hebrew law which unequivocally values the life of the mother over the life of the fetus (as per the Talmud).

Pence starts his meetings with prayer (in which the preacher states that Pence represents the “Christian values of our Lord”) and Pence has stated often that he was a misguided liberal in college, but then he became born-again and a Republican (I’m not making this up.)

So when I heard that Minister Welsh was going to run against Pence in 06, there was only one word to say “HALLELUJAH!”

I talk about Barry Welsh and our own situation because it is the one I am familiar with, but I implore those of you out there in the right situations to heed this message and take up the fight in your own area.

Find those candidates now and get them, and yourselves, psyched up.

Every race contested means that no one can feel secure enough in their seat to be giving money out to other campaigns (Tom Delay, this means you.)

Every race contested means that no one can feel secure enough to spout extremist crap that inflicts real damage to our society and fuels wingnut rants, without fearing the consequences of it at the polls.

Some may say we only have a pea-shooter, but if that be the case we are going to aim it right between their eyes. Some may say we only have a toothpick, but if that be the case we are going to stick it right into their heart (or at least their a$$!)

That is what is going on in our little corner of the 50 State Strategy.

NO RACE UNCONTESTED. NO POINT CONCEDED. NO RETREAT. NO SURRENDER.

(BTW, Barry Welsh has much more than a pea shooter)