Issues Remain After the Confetti

Quickly --

After all the hoopla of the holidays dies down, certain issues will remain, no matter how covered over.  One issue is the travesty of Election 2014, a subject of continued interest here.  It is not too late to contact your legislator to ask for a contest of the seating of the infamous Republican newbie "victors."   

The Incessant Necessity

Even while on holiday break I continue my interest in elections in the U.S.  The Democratic Party sadly seems eviscerated, though by outward appearances they certainly have not given up.  After the new year, I will resume looking into the sunken election chances of 2014.

Thank you for your patience and loyalty to this blog.  

Greg Palast Wins Award;  Plans New Investigations

Internationally-known investigative reporter Greg Palast has won the Sydney award for his investigations of vote suppression efforts in 2014.  He is now planning new investigations for 2015.  These costly investigations deserve support.  It is only through reporters like Palast that we are finding out about all the cloak and dagger operations in our much-tainted elections in the U.S.  Palast deserves every award we can dream up for his work.  

Brad Blog Continues to Monitor Fall-Out from Election 2014 (Thank Goodness)

More Election Problems -- One Resolved, One Questionable


Both election issues reported on at the link below raise questions about the voting going on in this country.  The use of paper ballots comes out a winner in Maine.  The political process comes out a loser in Oregon.

See the Brad Blog today for an audio of Brad Friedman on the Thom Hartmann program.

Interesting.


Hear More About These Issues Here:
Brad Friedman Does His Civic Duty

Races Invalid?; Republicans Divide

I have been unable to make any progress on my research project seeking to contest the results of certain Senate races.  I will have more to say on this subject and its implications soon -- schedule permitting.  It would be great to get assistance on this.  Should you know of any information or resource on this issue, please contact me through the comment button.

(From the Musical Patriot --)

Meanwhile, As Americans recover from one of the dirtiest national campaigns in memory, predictable fault lines are erupting in the Republican Party.  While wise heads undoubtedly recognize the danger of division, the grass roots are full of competing interests, primarily between "Tea Party" Republicans and "Country Club" Republicans.  A recent article in The Washington Post, for instance, reported on divisions already showing up among Virginia Republicans ahead of next year's state Assembly elections.

The Republican Party has had these splits before -- most notably in 1912, when Progressives split off from the entrenched oligarchical wing of the Party, helping to elect a Democratic President.  The same thing could happen in 1916, this time with the conservative wing either splitting off or sitting out the election.  With the kind of rhetoric coming out of Virginia, anything seems possible, as the Post noted.



Thank you, dear reader, for your continued interest in this issue, and in this blog.  

Chris Christie Pulls Back the Curtain on Republican Vote Suppression

In this revealing article at Salon, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, the overseer of "Bridgegate," lets the U.S. Chamber of Commerce know just how important it is to have Republicans in charge of voting in as many states as possible.



via < Salon.com > --   

“Would you rather have Rick Scott in Florida overseeing the voting mechanism, or Charlie Crist?” he asked. “Would you rather have Scott Walker in Wisconsin overseeing the voting mechanism, or would you rather have Mary Burke? Who would you rather have in Ohio, John Kasich or Ed FitzGerald?” he asked.

“The fact is it doesn’t matter if you don’t really care what happens in these states, you’re going to care about who is running the state in November of 2016, what kind of political apparatus they’ve set up and what kind of governmental apparatus they’ve set up to ensure a full and fair election [sic] in 2016,” he said. “All of those things are incredibly important.”

There are so many things wrong with Christie’s confession. First, of course, is the assumption that Democrats don’t want and thus can’t preside over “a full and fair election.”...

More here:  
Christie Spills the Beans 

Election Fraud 2014: Where to From Here -- Extended Remarks

The holidays are impinging on my schedule, delaying my postings here.  However, there is also inspiration to be felt and uplifted by.

Very much still on my mind is the disastrous "election" of last month.  I had the opportunity to share some of what I know with a local voting registrar yesterday.  This registrar was very friendly, not your typical stoic bureaucrat by any means.  She welcomed news of all the voter suppression tactics being used these days.

This is a time to be vigilant and dutiful.  In coming days I will continue my research on just how to lobby Congress to launch an investigation of this election.  Clearly, such an investigation is warranted.  (See previous posts here and at Brad Blog.)  If such an investigation is not held American prestige will fall further around the world.  For the world is watching.  This blog is proof of that.  We Americans must do the best we can to oppose this egregious undermining of democracy through the polls.

One can begin to see and feel the American people setting aside or proscribing this election and all those who commercialized it.  While there were ever so many honest people connect with Election 2014, from candidates on down to the voters, there was such a smearing and skewing of the election by the type of campaign in many cases, as to make the vote effectively invalid.

I will be looking into this matter further.  Evidence points to a crime -- a crime against the voter, and thus, if you will, a crime against humanity.  Must we wait for some national calamity to make things right?  Why not address the problem now, possibly averting a major governmental crisis, such as we have seen before (August 2011 and the various government shut-downs, "fiscal cliffs," and other horrors)?  Let's get busy America!  Dear reader, please do educate yourself about all that is going on with elections.  Knowledge is power and it is with knowledge we must begin our task.  

Why Did Polls Begin to Converge Toward End of Campaign 2014?

T. Goddard of  Political Wire claims proof of a herding instinct as polls came nearer and nearer to the average of all polls as the election drew closer.  Unfortunately, there is very little detail in the article itself.  If you can supply any detail, please contact me.

Political Wire Article:
Herding Instinct in Polling Alleged

Kos Summary of the Stolen Election of 2014

The stolen election of 2014 is the story that will not die, much like the so-called election of 2000 with which people are familiar.   People worked hard and contributed money they didn't have to help elect Democrats last month.  Yet, the Democratic big-wigs dismissed the announced  results as "You can't win them all."  This is pathetic, as I have said before.

I particularly like Kos' observation that exit polls seem to be dead.  There is no world-class reporting of elections by the major media, with very few exceptions.  What we had this year was a news tidal wave consisting of the ebola non-crisis (unless you actually personally had come in contact with the very few people who were infected).  Mixed in with the tidal wave was an admixture of negative ads.  One professional creator of such ads said on C-SPAN radio:  "I love, love, love, love, LOVE negative ads!"  They are so truthful he went on to say, acknowledging only one mistake: the negative ad claiming Michelle Nunn worked for a group which supported terrorism.  (The group was Pres. George H. W. Bush's Points of Light Foundation, if I remember correctly.)  All this would be laughable if it weren't so dreadfully serious.

If this election crime is not dealt with America will suffer greatly in prestige around the world, later if not sooner.


Election 2014 Stolen

Senate Has Power to Refuse Seats to Unqualified Persons

According to article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution*, each branch of government has the power to determine whether any individual elected to that body has the qualification to be seated.  This includes serving as arbiter of the elections which bring prospective members to the doors of the Body.  

Without further adieu I call upon the branches of the United States Congress, the Senate, and the House to investigate the Election of 2014, to fairly and accurately assess the validity of said election after a thorough hearing from all parties and to act according to the facts as determined by the appropriate Committees of the Congress.  Such action shall be up to and including the refusal to seat individuals whose election cannot be certified by International standards.  A sample relation appears below.

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Whereas there have been serious questions raised about certain campaign tactics; and

Whereas certain of these questions have involved the inability to verify (recount) proprietary computerized voting systems and thus the votes; and

Whereas such uncertainty leads to a lack of confidence on the part of the people, leading eventually to lack of confidence in the economic and financial system;  and

Whereas such issues and problems have been shown to be amenable to remedy through alternative ballot systems;  and

Whereas Congress has an interest in maintaining the legitimacy of its power and authority;

May it hereby be known that Congress will and shall initiate immediate action to ascertain the fairness, accuracy and validity of each and every race in Election 2014.  The appropriate committees in each Body shall have jurisdiction over this investigation and shall report back to the general membership within ninety days of the commencement of their activities.  Until such time as the legitimate questions about Election 2014 are resolved, the current Congress shall continue in power in a fashion similar fashion to that practice in earlier times. 

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We the people do hereby exercise our right under the Constitution to submit this matter to Congress for a redress of grievances and look forward to the fair and honest judgment of Congress in a near time.  

The Musical Patriot  

*Section 5

1: Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members....

North Carolina Machines Caught "Flipping" Votes

Another Example of Election Problems

At the link below is a report of machines in North Carolina improperly registering votes, in this case "flipping" the vote  from the Democrat, Kay Hagan, to the Republican, Thom Tillis.

As has been reported now for over a decade, computers can offer a certain kind of convenience -- to the election bureaus (not necessarily the voters), but they remain ripe for secret manipulation.

While the matter in North Carolina is not yet a proven crime the situation should be investigated by the U.S. Justice Department.


North Carolina Machines Caught "Flipping" Votes

Nixon: Head Trickster  

Republican Dirty Trick in Kentucky

I am handling the allegations of Republican dirty tricks in Election 2014 in blog fashion by bringing forth incidents as I discover them.  This is the best I can do now with limited resources.  However, I am grateful for the technology which allows me to do at least this much.

Over the next weeks I believe the total picture will emerge and the depth of breadth of the interference with the validity of the vote this year will become clear.

Below is one dirty trick in Kentucky, a state in which Republicans were terrified of losing.  How terrified were they?  Apparently they were terrified enough to send bogus mailers to voters in three counties trying to scare voters into thinking they would be violating the law by voting.  The Allison Grimes campaign was planning a law suit over the matter according to this article:
<  Kentucky U.S. Senate Candidate Suit Against Republicans   >.


More on all this coming...

Thanksgiving Holiday Ending -- Time to Visit Election Scandal

How important is an election?  That is the question for America now.  Does it matter if elections -- or the vote count -- are rigged?  And what can be done about the situation?  As the holiday ends these are the questions in my mind.  Soon I plan to post more about this after I have a chance to do a bit of research.  It is a sad thing, indeed, to see the American democracy decay.  Surely, this is not necessary.  More information coming.

Virginia Governor Calls for Investigation Into Voting Irregularities

Quick Link --


Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has called for a thorough investigation of voting irregularities in Virginia Beach.



Gov. McAuliffe Calls for Investigation

Recounting the Count: Tennessee

In the story linked to below a Tennessean reports on the supposed results of a ballot initiative there on the subject of abortion.  It is not my purpose here to comment on the subject of abortion.  What is of interest is that the announced results were so far from the pre-election poll conducted by Vanderbilt University. The difference was 33 points!  


Read More Here:
Tennessee Ballot Initiative "Results" Wildly Different from Polls

NAACP Finds Widespread Voting Irregularities

At the link below the NAACP lists numerous voting irregularities in this year's elections.  Please consult this list for more information on all the problems of this so-called election.  This is not business as usual.  How many more tainted elections (2000, 2004, 2010, 2014), before we have election integrity established in the United States?  This is an urgent matter.  


NAACP: Widespread Voting Irregularities in Election 2014

Blogging the Nuclear Fall-out from Election 2014

I continue researching and trying to understand just what happened last week.  This was the most important election of our time, other than a Presidential election, and the Republicans "won" by huge and unexpected margins.  The worst case was in Virginia where poll aggregator Sam Wang had Mark Warner up by 10 points.  Warner's current margin of victory is so low, I haven't even seen his supposed winning percentage.

Wang has an interesting post up on his web site, saying essentially that since turn-out was so low (the lowest since 1942), polling was subject to even more serious error than originally thought.  But why was turn-out down so far?  Democrats do indeed do worse when turn-out goes down.  To answer the question Wang talks about the media with their Ebola and ISIL scares.

The media is surely largely to blame for the current state of affairs.  I will have more on this later.  But isn't it possible that depressed turn-out was more a result of successful Republican dirty tricks to try to suppress the vote?     I have already stated I myself ended up being one of the victims of this voter suppression effort.  In my case at least, it had nothing to do with the "Ebola Show," as I do not watch TV at home.

Others are saying much the same thing.  Why are pundits blaming the polls?  Why are they not questioning the announced vote totals?  After all, monkeying around with the vote has a long tradition in elections all around this country, including the United States.  Especially since 2000 when the Republicans had to try to elect a clearly novice politician, George W. Bush, the Republicans have been going all out to repress voting in every way they can.  Many of these efforts have been reported by Brad Blog and re-posted here.

What we are dealing with is *not* a situation which Vice-President Biden excuses as "You can't win them all."  As much as I respect the Vice-President, what a weak and inaccurate explanation of this sham of an election.

Of course, I realize much of what I am saying here needs further investigation.  However, this is not the first time in recent years the results of an election have been questioned.  In fact in 2005, there was an official protest in Congress of the announced re-election of G. W. Bush!  Does anyone remember this?  So, I now call for a protest in Congress in January of the alleged "take-over" of Congress by Republicans.  There are now enough credible allegations of vote tally tampering, voter suppression efforts, and vote spoiling campaigns to warrant such a protest.  We need at least one member of each house of Congres to call the matter into question.  Congress then goes into session to debate the matter.

We interrupt this post --

to bring you a better idea.  Something should be done immediately to challenge these results.  Undoubtedly such an effort would take money.  If the money can't be had, the media must be prevailed against through all legal means to bring these concerns to the American people.  If this is unavailing the non-violent tactics of the Civil Rights movement need to be dusted off.  For much of the vote suppression efforts are aimed at blacks (who vote Democratic) and amount to a new Jim Crow regime.  

We Should Have Known

It is a sad day in America when millions have lost confidence in the sanctity of the vote.  Yet this is what has happened as a result of last Tuesday's election.  The Democrats are trying to repair the damage, but the cat is out of the bag.  The more people understand that the mid-term election results cannot be verified and are in fact fraudulent in so many cases, the better.  

Republican Dirty Tricks Come into the Twenty-first Century

Salon is reporting on one dirty trick used by the Republicans in the recent mid-term campaign.  By posting a flattering photo of a Democratic candidate, and using Google ads to place web sites at the top of Google searches, Republicans were able to solicit and gain donations to help defeat the Democratic candidate.

What happened last Tuesday can hardly be called a legitimate election with low voter turn-out, huge sums of Republican money, negative advertising -- and Republican dirty tricks.  Salon is also beginning to address the issue of legitimacy.  On their web site you will find an article on the subject.  I'll try to post the direct link later.

Why Salon calls this "minor" is beyond me, but there is the otherwise excellent article:
Republican Dirty Tricks -- 21st century style


Not an endorsement for Photoshop

The Need to Make Amends to the American People

There is beginning to be a small deluge of press reports regarding the fall-out from Tuesday's "election."  I have begun reading and analyzing and should have something further to say soon.

For now, the Democrats and the President need to make amends with the American people, including Democrats who worked so hard and gave so much money in response to repeated, desperate pleas.  The day after the election my e-mail went dark -- as far as the Democratic Party was concerned.  Whereas even on election day I got (and responded to) a plea for help, the day after there was nothing.  This was more than a little surprising to me after all the tension of the weeks before.  Then yesterday, the President, responding to fairly hostile questions from the press, told of how he had "reached out,"  not to the American people but to the Republicans!  Today's Washington Post has an interesting article about the history of Senate Democrats with the President.  I'll have more on that issue later. But surely, Democrats deserve a staunch defense of the campaign from a Democratic President not what appears to be weak-kneed kow-towing to the likes of Boehner and McConnell, instruments of wealth and power.  

Big Win for Big Money: Politico

Over at my sister blog, The Musical Patriot, this morning I called the announced results of last night's election "fascism regnant."  One of the reasons fascism reigns in America is big money in politics.  While I have not had a chance to check the numbers, it is clear many if not most far-right Republican campaigns would not have floated downstream a half-mile were it not for big money support from well-heeled donors.

So while yesterday was a disaster for electoral politics, we shouldn't hold it against the American people as such.  This does not mean the American people don't share the blame for this fiasco, just that they aren't really to blame for the wash of corporate funding polluting the money stream now.

Big Win for Big Money

Republican Unseats Udall in Colorado: Shocking News from Politico

An up-start in Colorado has unseated a stellar Democratic Senator, Senator Mark Udall.  This unbelievable defeat of an able public servant is shocking.  It would be all the more shocking but for the fact Colorado is one of only two states to legalize "head-shops" with open sales of marijuana, a drug with proven serious negative effects on brain and body.

Does anyone have the figures on how The Republicans did among pot-users?   As the late Joan Rivers might say, "Oh grow up!"    

A Possible and Plausible Path to Senate Retention for Democrats

Sam Wang shows in this rather beautiful sketch how Democrats can retain control after today's election.  There is real hope here.

How Democrats Can Retain Control

Before Any Premature Post-mortems

from The New Yorker on line, trying to explain McConnell's win --

....The other conclusion has to do with the eighty million dollars that went into the Kentucky race, about thirty million in the form of independent expenditures. Significantly more was spent on McConnell’s behalf than on Grimes’s. If the lesson for both sides is that they need to have the candidates with more cash, 2016 will be even uglier than 2014.

Very close to the truth.  -- The Musical Patriot 

The Waiting Game

Up-date:  Meanwhile, Politico's Senate map seems frozen.   Hmmm....

Returns from the most highly-contested seats are not in yet for the most part.  The results that are in continue to show a tight race overall for control of the Senate.  The gerry-mandered House is something out of Martin Landau's South America in "Mission: Impossible."  One side wins, no matter what.

Still waiting here in music land.   

Virginia Senate Results Predicted to Be Very Close

This is not what Princeton was calling for!  Wow!   Suspense in the Old Dominion tonight.   

I Wonder

Hogan, Republican candidate in Maryland for Governor, is trailing in very early reporting.  This is the man the Washington Post said had almost tied the race.  Could it be the "Post" had it wrong?  I wonder.   

Still No Republican Sweep

As of 8:37 p.m. with states in the east and mid-west beginning to report there is still no identifiable Republican sweep.  It appears Sam Wang was right that the race would come down to about ten highly-contested seats.  Democrats have done a good job tightening things up from where they were in August.  And the latest figures I saw showed the Democrats raising and spending more money than the Republicans.  I guess my contribution today made a difference!

Democrats Pick Up a House Seat

Not to get too excited about?

I will have details later.


Source:  Politico 

Not Now Or Ever -- (Hardly Ever?)

This blog does not use the media-created color coding of states.  This so-called convention started with television in the early days of color broadcasts as a way of distinguishing which state went for which candidate.  In those days, the color of the party switched back and forth between elections.  If I recall correctly, the color was also different among the various networks.  Then after the scandal of the 2000 election, the media decided to stay with the same colors for the parties, and pundits on low light bulbs adopted the networks' choice.

Here at Democratic Campaign Watch such a scheme is considered inappropriate to a major nation.  It only adds to divisiveness and enables the quick tongues of the press who love to simply, amplify, and mystify.  

The Latest from Politico

(Depression alert:  Democrats my want to check back later)

The Senate

According to Politico, so far Democrats have lost one seat and Republicans have gained one seat.  This appears to be because Republicans have won a current Democratic Senate seat in West Virginia.

Wang on Udall v. Gardner

The upshot of current Senate polling is the closeness of so many races compared to other years.  As I have said before, if the Republicans had had such a great case, they would have closed the deal weeks ago.  Instead, several races have tightened, including the Georgia Senate and Governor's races.  

Sam Wang Says...

Despite the certainty of pundits, we actually don’t know who will win the Senate! In The New Yorker, I explain.

News Media Leads with a Republican Win

Before its 7 o'clock news broadcast had over the former National Public Radio (now self-designated as just "NPR") claimed Mitch McConnell was "forecast" to win in Tennessee.  Expectedly, they immediately began to opine what a Senate under this hard-right "leader" would be.

As the night goes on, let's look at turn-out closely.  Let's listen to and evaluate the reports of voting irregularities, reports which have already begun to come in.  Let us make a judgment as to whether this is a legitimate election.  And let us remember that just because the former National Public Radio and the like say it, doesn't make it so.  

Watching the Election Returns

The evening watch begins.  For a time to come I will be here, watching the returns with you.  I will report the major events as I get them.  Also, I will be providing insights as I can.  Thank you for joining me.  

ABC News Has Pertinent Information for the Day

ABC News is presenting information on key races, and Presidential activity regarding the election.  One headline here continues to forecast a Republican win (bogus), so use with caution.  The main video appears to be fairly straight-forward.  All video and graphics here are first-rate.  Use the link below for more.  

ABC News Has Pertinent Information

Far Right Reaches Turning Point, Ratchets Up Importance of Election

In a Salon report, the author reports on why new far-right activity puts this election in a searing spotlight.

Read it here:  

Far Right Influence More Dangerous Than Known: Salon Election Report

Voting News Reports Thirty-One States Trying Out New Voter Laws Today.

via Voting News --

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan organization that supports legislators nationwide, the number of states with some form of voter ID legislation has jumped between 2000 and 2014, from 14 states to 34. (However, voter ID laws in three of those states aren’t in place for Tuesday’s elections.) ”It has been a steady increase,” explained Wendy Underhill, NCSL elections program manager, adding that “strict voter ID laws are the ones that are often taken to court and are worrisome to some voting rights advocates.”

Blogging Election 2014

VOTING PROBLEMS IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT PROMPT CALLS FOR LONGER VOTING HOURS.  


See story here:
Voting Problems in Hartford

Urgent Analysis from Huffington Post: Democrats May Be Poised to Win Afterall

In short, those fancy models that show probability of victory are only as good as their ingredients, and if the polls are wrong, the poll aggregations will be wrong as well.

In an important article, Huffington Post shows four ways polls can be wrong.  And all four ways end up with numbers more favorable to Republicans than they should be.  I won't repeat the content of the article here.  However, the information  is likely to misrepresent several current races, all currently within a few percentage points.

So much for a calculated, mathematical model for trying to predict the outcome of an election.

(Thanks to Sam Wang for the link to this article.)


Polls Have Likely Hidden Errors


Kudos to Sam Wang for linking to an article which proves he may be wrong.  

Democrats Look Surprisingly Strong

If you have been following The Musical Patriot blog, you know the Democrats are strong this year.  I know this flies in the face of all the blather from Pundit World.  However, when you look at the overall picture, including governor's races, the picture does indeed look good for Democrats, certainly not the blow-out some among the pundit elite are still predicting.

Officially, Sam Wang has taught us to be careful about polls in mid-terms and I subscribe to this caution.  (See the Princeton Election Consortium web site).  And the gerry-mandering which has gone on regarding House seats is very disturbing.  (I'll have more on this in the future.)

Regarding those elected officials closest to the people the Democrats should have a net gain of one or two governorships.  I have not yet found any polling or analysis of state legislative races.  (I will look for some.)

Last night I was privileged to hear a live broadcast of President Obama in Pennsylvania campaigning for Tom Wolf,

the Democratic candidate for governor there.  Not only did the President say the right things, he said them in the right way, with oratorical skill, polish, and passion.  He talked movingly of the Party which fights for mothers, the elderly, and the everyday worker.  These are the kinds of politicians we need -- the Democrats, both small and large "d."

Help the Democrats Here

Democrats Continue Upward Movement

Daily Kos compares and contrasts Sam Wang of Princeton Election Consortium and Nate Silver of 538.

Democratic leaders are busy, busy, busy in these final days -- working hard to keep money flowing to campaigns and to get out the vote.

Read more here:
Democrats Continue Upward Movement In Final Days

Harry Truman speaks at the Mormon Tabernacle, Autumn 1948

In this speech, Harry Truman lauds the efforts of the pioneers of the west, especially the early Mormons.  Then he broadens his focus to the entire west to tell his listeners how serious is the battle for control of the resources of the west.  When today's right-wingers rail about government control of so much of the west, they miss the point.  The set-asides were the result of powerful Wall Street forces who sought to control the resources and siphon off the profits for their own selfish interests.

A very small portion of the speech is printed below.  For the entire speech please visit the URL below.  What a night that must have been when Harry Truman spoke!

 Selfish men have always tried to skim the cream from our natural resources to satisfy their own greed. And they have always sought to control the Government in order to accomplish this. Their instrument in this effort has always been the Republican Party.
The Republican administrations of our time have done their best to make the West [p.532] an economic colony of Wall Street. In the 1920's, under Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, quick and greedy exploitation was the order of the day. Many parts of the West were withering--withering from the failure to develop its power and irrigation, withering actually from Republican sabotage.
Selfish men had control, and the great resources of the West were wasted with sinful disregard of the people.
Never before in history had so much been wasted by so few. 

Speech Text: The Night Harry Truman Spoke at the Mormon Tabernacle 

Harry Truman Reminds Voters of the Republican "Gluttons of Privilege"

In Dexter, Iowa, on the campaign trail in 1948 Truman had this to say:

You remember the big boom and the great crash of 1929.  You remember that in 1932 the position of the farmer had become so desperate that there was actual violence in many farming communities.  You remember that insurance companies and banks took over much of the land of small, independent farmers -- 223,000 farmers lost their farms....
I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the head before you find out who's hitting you?
The Democratic Party represents the people.  It is pledged to work for agriculture....The Democratic Party puts human rights and human welfare first....These Republican gluttons of privilege are cold men.  They are cunning men....They want a return of the Wall Street economic dictatorship.   

Getting Started

Greetings!

It's good to see ya'll today.  This is Harry Truman Redux.  Just think of me as Pres. Harry Truman come back to watch after your best interests.

In the next few days I will be sharing some of my words of encouragement and inspiration with you. Most were first said by me from the back platform of the Ferdinand Magellan train as it rolled across the country during the 1948 campaign.  We stopped at around 140 places on our first official campaign trip and I gave about 147 speeches and shook some 30,000 hands.  There were over a million people in Los Angeles.  My life in the White House had become practically a prison, and it was a joy and an honor to get out and meet all the people.

You may know that I always did love music and that I played the piano.  Some people said I played pretty well.  Anyway, my friend (I call most people that), The Musical Patriot, has decided to use my words to help out in this 2014 campaign.  I say, Go right ahead, and give them h***.  Actually, it is just going to be the truth and our opponents are going to think it's h***!

As you can see, I still care about the country, even up here in this eternal Missouri some call heaven. Bess is here and doing fine, and, now Margaret, too -- sweet thing.  Follow me here for the next few days.  Have a good time, but mostly get out and vote and ask your friends to vote, too.  And this time, unlike in 2010, vote for yourselves.  Vote for yourselves!


Very sincerely yours,

Harry Truman