Yes, a busy day here at Radio or Not. I’ve got my show coming up from 10-noon… and then I’ll be guest-hosting the Randi Rhodes Show, so she can head up to NY to be a guest on Joy Behar’s show tonight.
I’ll be back later to tell you what we have planned for Randi’s show… but here’s what’s happening on mine.
It’s Wednesday, that means Howie Klein from DownWithTyranny and the Blue America PAC. We’re 13 days away from election day and it’s getting tight. Blue America actually has a new campaign ad against “Democrat” Bobby Bright in Alabama. Seriously. We’ll talk about that, plus the disturbing news that the DCCC has written off Alan Grayson’s race!
In the second hour, after news from TRNS, I’ll be joined by John Amato, the founder/publisher of Crooks and Liars (and author of “Over the Cliff”), who runs the Blue America PAC along with Howie Klein and Digby, to talk about the Jack Conway “Aqua Buddha” ad against Rand Paul.
Come back later for info on today’s Randi Rhodes show!
Re Blue America PAC independent expenditure ad against Bobby Bright (DINO-AL CD2):
http://www.wrmea.com/pdf/111th_congress_voting_records.pdf
Find page for Alabama representatives, page 2 of file because Alabama is first state alphabetically. Key to 10 votes where all 435 congressmembers were ranked for Hall of Fame or Shame is on 1st page of file. All 100 Senators ranked in same way but on different bills and resolutions. Senate and House don’t vote on same bill unless trying to pass a bill into law but do vote separately on many measures.
In Alabama, Artur Davis was elected with the help of a lot of pro-Israel PAC money against former Rep Earl Hilliard in 2000 or 2002. Artur Davis lost in the AL Democratic gubernatorial primary. He may not be running again for his House seat. That’s one pro-Israel occupation of W. Bank, Gaza, E Jerusalem and pro-Israeli position in negotiations with Palestinians vote lost. Bobby Bright is ranked with 4 votes on the negative side and none on the positive side like Artur Davis and the rest of the AL delegation. Jo Bonner even voted for the 5th Wash Report on Middle East Affairs negatively-judged item and was put in their Hall of Shame.
DCCC chairman-in-waiting Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, because her Florida district has a lot of pro-Israel occupation residents, who give her money she doesn’t need to spend on her campaigns allowing donations to colleagues, and a bloc of votes, doesn’t want to lose two pro-Israel occupation votes in the same state’s, Alabama’s, congressional delegation. That’s much of, maybe 55% of, the reason Bobby Bright is supported instead of progressive candidates. Other reasons may be how well Bright gets federal funding for his district’s physical and cultural infrastructure (museums, schools, parks not only roads) and serves constituents with their interaction with government. The Blue America PAC ad documents how Bright doesn’t vote with his party majority enough. I hope the Blue America PAC ad helps take away African-American support that leads to Rep Bobby Bright’s defeat so a real Democrat can run again in 2012 or later.
No this response isn’t anti-Israel or anti-semitic this is the reality of how the Israel political lobby AIPAC and its ideologically affiliated Political Action Committees, that AIPAC is not, keeps its friends in office and prejudice-baits (calls people ‘anti-semitic’ or ‘anti-Israel’) anyone who openly discusses how the Israel lobby does it.