A former Democratic Indiana state representative was found apparently intoxicated at a gas station early this morning and avoided arrest by falsely telling police he was a lawmaker serving during the special session, which would grant him immunity.
Police found Dennie Oxley, 38, at the Downtown Citgo in the 400 block of East Ohio Street about 1 a.m. today. According to a police report, he smelled heavily of alcohol, his eyes were glassy and bloodshot, and his speech was extremely slurred. He was standing a few feet away from Kristin Dowlut, 21, who was lying face down on the gas station parking lot, apparently unconscious.
Classy
According to the police report, a witness who works at the gas station told police he saw a taxi cab drop off Oxley and Dowlut and later noticed Dowlut on the ground but didn't know how she got there. The gas station attendant said he went outside to try to help the female and tried to get Oxley to help her, but Oxley responded that he was not going to touch her.
Dowlut was transported to Wishard Memorial Hospital. Police did not arrest Oxley, according to the report, because of immunity during the General Assembly session.
[smacks forehead] I think I am having a Maalox Moment. Why is this law still on the books? This is such a bad law, it creates a class of citizens above the law!
And what the hell was Dennie Oxley thinking? This story raises more questions than it answers. Who was the girl? What were they doing that resulted in her falling unconscious face down into the pavement? I pray that Oxley gets whatever help he needs to deal with whatever life situation he finds himself in because there is clearly a problem that needs addressing.
After considerable and careful analysis and deliberation, The Democratic Tribune predicts that Democratic Party Candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) will be elected the 44th President of The United States.
Our specific allocation of popular and electoral votes is as follows:
My parents, who never revealed directly whom they voted for, were always the first people in line at their local polling place in Fayette County. I have never missed an election since turning 18, including every primary election. I even voted absentee all those years when I was at Ball State.
I live in Tippecanoe County now. There is rarely a contested primary in one party, so I vote in the other one. But I always went to the polls before work on Election Day. And my students expect to see that "I Voted" sticker on the real day.
Unbelievable as it may sound, we really do have a chance to turn the Hoosier State blue this year. This situation presents us Indianans with an excellent opportunity to personally bring an end to the Bush-McCain policies that have failed this country for so long, and bring about a new day in this country. This sort of transformation cannot take place unless we actively contribute to the Obama campaign in whatever way we possibly can. Winning this bastion of rural Midwestern conservatism will be an uphill climb this year, regardless of our nominee's surprisingly good early polling here. Legions of volunteers will be the key to putting Sen. Obama over the top.
The exhausting, drawn-out Democratic Presidential primary has come to an end. After 54 contests and 35,000,000 votes, we finally have an unofficial candidate.
I say unofficial because Clinton hasn't dropped out yet. What do you expect? A candidate this stubborn and egotistical doesn't admit defeat easily. Sure, she will. But it'll take some time, just like it took her time to realize the primary election wasn't going to be a cakewalk.
The funny thing is that Obama was mathematically guaranteed the nomination by early March. But it kept going. Reverend Wright was brought up. Hillary slammed him to talking about "guns and religion." Of course, Hillary and her husband haven't exactly been grassroots for the past sixteen years.
Well now it's assured. Every time she lost a front, she changed it. First it depended on delegates, then superdelegates, then popular vote. Every time she lost, she changed the goal post. Now Obama has won every front, and there's nothing she can do.
I don't think he'll pick her as vice-president. There are a lot of people that don't like Hillary Clinton. The kind of people that don't like Barack Obama wouldn't vote for him just because he has Clinton on his ticket. During this season, when one candidate loses, his supporters say they won't support the other candidate. They always do.
So Barack Obama, don't pick Hillary. Pick Bill Richardson. He's a governor of a Hispanic state and Hispanic himself, he's older, and has been Governor, UN Ambassador, Energy Secretary and Representative.
No one can top a beard like that.
Another pick, I think, is Chuck Hagel. Obama could fulfill his promise of reaching across the aisle by picking this Vietnam vet, former VA secretary under Raegan and Nebraska Senator. Hagel has said this will be his last term as Senator.
I think I'll also plot my candidate support.
Q2 2007: Obama (Thought he was cool)
Q3 2007: Kucinich (Starting Digging)
Q4 2007: Paul (Kucinich can't win)
Q1 2008: Obama (Paul can't win)
And here I am. As you can see, I don't care if they're Democrats or GOP. Iraq war opposition, good economic policy and stricter foreign policy is what I care about.
Now that all liberals have a common opponent it's time to throw our weight around. For years pundits have been saying that only a Democrat can win this year. They're right. He leads in every poll.
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We recently had quite a bit of presidential activity here with both the Clinton and Obama campaigns in town for about six weeks. Each group had occasion to use our county headquarters and each commented on how lucky we are to have a permanent headquarters located in the heart of downtown South Bend. I realize how fortunate we are. Just here in Indiana I know of many communities that do not have the funds to have a permanent headquarters. When election time runs around the Democratic Party rents space on a short term basis then has to turn around and move out after election day.
However, keeping a headquarters up and running is not easy. It takes time, dedication and money. The first two we have plenty of; we need help with the third. That is why I have set up an Act Blue page for donations to the St. Joseph County Democratic Party:
The following video explains McCain's muttled views on Iraq perfectly. While speaking on the need to stay in Iraq, his speech is interrupted by Breaking News on violent attacks in Iraq.
The timing happened to be perfect. 100 years of this?
This is cross posted at The Huffington Post and posted here for your convenience in case you missed it yesterday.
Truly ending the war in Iraq will only come about when our troops are no longer targets. That is why Governor Bill Richardson believes that we should not leave behind any of our troops. --Joaquin H. Guerra, Bill Richardson for President.
It's Time to Make a Choice in Iraq
By Governor Bill Richardson
Yesterday,twelve former Army captains wrote that short of reinstating the draft, "our best option is to leave Iraq immediately." In an extraordinary editorial in the Washington Post, these captains--all of whom served in Iraq--made it clear that we need to end this war and we need to end it now. They wrote that a " scaled withdrawal will not prevent a civil war and it will spend more blood and treasure on a losing proposition."
I strongly urge every American to read this important report from those who served in the failed conflict in Iraq. Army captains are the staff officers who plan operations against insurgent strongholds. They are the company commanders who lead our soldiers through the streets of Baghdad. And they are the soldiers who will direct our withdrawal from Iraq.
These men and women know the score. They know that we must leave Iraq. As they put it, "It's time to make a choice." Americans are fed up with the President's stalling and Congressional failure to act. Frankly, it is well past time we make a choice. And the only responsible choice left to us is to get all of our troops out of Iraq, with no residual forces left behind--no combat forces, no non-combat forces. As President, I will do it. I will get all of our troops out within a year after I take office - sooner if we can get it done safely.
The other major candidates in this race have said--again and again--that they will not. Senators Edwards, Obama, and Clinton have all refused to commit to getting all of our troops out of Iraq by 2013. None of them are willing to be clear about removing all troops - combat and non-combat. It's unbelievable. Are they looking at the same war the rest of us are? Furthermore, they are all advocating precisely the sort of scaled withdrawal that these twelve captains are warning against. It doesn't make any sense. Real leadership is about making the tough choices, and knowing when it is time to make bold moves. Now is the time for action, not hesitation. Ending this war requires real change, not more incrementalism.
Ending this war is the most important issue of our time. And it is the fundamental difference between me and Senators Edwards, Obama, and Clinton. I will end the war; they will not. I will get all of our troops out; they will leave troops behind indefinitely. I will order a safe and rapid withdrawal and have our troops out within a year. They have proposed a long, protracted withdrawal that will only increase the danger to our fighting men and women and drag out the war.
2013 is six years from now - six years. In six years, will we have lost 6,000 men and women in Iraq? 10,000? More? In six years will this be a $2 trillion mistake? Or $3 trillion? The war has been going on for four and half years already. Six years from now, we will have been there for more than a decade. Are you okay with that? I'm not.
The choice in Iraq is clear. We need to get all our troops out quickly. We need to end this war for real. Go to getourtroopsout.com to join Americans across the country in calling for a quick, clear, responsible end to the war in Iraq.
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According to this story over at Daily Kos, Barry is dealing with some difficult family issues currently.
"...disaster struck his family, and with a sister in the hospital undergoing serious surgery, he's put on his "family" and "minister" hats and is tending to her."
Kos goes on to speak very highly of Barry and implores his readers to donate to Barry's campaign. I'm including those links here for those of you who might also wish to support Barry's campaign and I'm also including his campaign email address where you might send Barry and his family words of support during this tenuous time. Similarly, maybe we can use this thread to offer words of support.
There are many reasons to oppose Obama, whose paltry legislative record disqualifies him for the Presidency. That he would cite state legislative experience during a Presidential campaign as a qualification already reveals to this voter how underprepared he is for the Presidency.
The Indy Star reported yesterday that Richmond is lauching a bid to host one of the 2008 Presidential debates.
Long known for selling recreational vehicles, Richmond is bidding to become known for something else: a 2008 presidential or vice-presidential debate.
Mayor Sally Hutton said the city of about 39,000 people could do what it takes to host a debate, despite those who may say the city is too small or too isolated.
"We want people in Indianapolis to know where Richmond is," she said. "Someone's got to step up and think outside of the box. We're good enough, and we'll prove it."
Hotline blog is hinting that Mike Pence may enter the 2008 Presidential race as the dark horse candidate of the conservative wing of the party. Pence is set to give the keynote speech tommorow at the annual convention of the Conservative PAC. Asked by Hotline whether he would address talk that he may run in 2008, Pence's spokesperson was non-commital.
Through a spokesman, Pence told us that he thinks about running for POTUS "no more and no less than any other kid who grew up in the Midwest with a cornfield in his backyard."
Asked to elaborate, Pence spokesman Matt Lloyd was more clear: "Congressman Pence has not ruled out a run in the near term or the long term." In other words: Pence is quite comfortable with the buzz.
Our boy Mike's got a highly checkered past. I'm sure that we'll learn much more about that if Pence announces tommorrow. Remember Richmond, Mike?
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