Sort by The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) - 05/22/2008 - YouTube
Chris Carney (D-PA) has been an instrumental part of the Bush Administration's plan to get immunity for big telecom companies for crimes related to il...
Sort by The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) - 05/22/2008
Blue America PAC is branching out from just helping to elect the good guys with this ad, targetting Blue Dog Democrat Chris Carney for his support of giving the Bush administration and the telcos a pass for illegally spying on Americans. Spying on Americans illegally IS un-American. Good for Blue America for pointing that out. Carney was one of five Blue Dogs who broke with the majority back in February...
Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 05/20/2008
Earlier today Glenn Greenwald, The Seminal and DownWithTyranny did posts on accountability for members of Congress who buckle under to Bush’s demands and compromise basic constitutional rights. Part of what makes America great and unique is that no one– not a president, not a Congress, not a multinational corporation– has the right to spy on [...]
Sort by Daily Kos (Free subscription) - 05/24/2008
Before Blue America PAC decided to take on the difficult task of running ads against a Dem, they reached out to that Dem, Chris Carney, to see if there was room for compromise on telco amnesty and warrantless eavesdropping, but he rebuffed their efforts. So the ad campaign is going forward, in print (click the image at right to enlarge it) and on the air. Greenwald, explains the effort : The campaign...
Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 05/20/2008
This week Blue America begins an advertising campaign against Chris Carney (D-PA), one of five Democrats to vote for telecom immunity last month. Carney has taken big contributions from the telecom industry, and has taken the lead
Sort by Eschaton (Free subscription) - 05/21/2008
Influence is hard. You have to pick your spots. Glennzilla et alia gave us a list to choose from. Carney "won." The ads are running.
Sort by DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) - 05/20/2008
Click to read the full page newspaper ads being run in northeast Pennsylvania I don't know if Hoyer put this story out or it's an actual attempt by the Blue Dogs to force retroactive immunity down our throats. I suspect it's both. Yesterday CongressDaily reported that House and Senate leaders-- the House supposedly representing the "no retroactive immunity" position and the Senate buckling under to...
Sort by All Spin Zone (Free subscription) - 07/26/2008
Frankly, my dear, Steny Hoyer and the congressional Blue Dog coalition don't think that you give a damn about the gutting of the Fourth Amendment with the recent passage of the revised (and reviled) FISA bill. The Strange Bedfellows coalition thinks Steny is wrong, and is gearing up (and funding up) to conduct a major awareness campaign. Please join in...
Sort by Philadelphia Will Do (Free subscription) - 05/29/2008
I had heard a while back about ads funded by readers of some liberal blogs running against Democratic Rep. Chris Carney of Pennsylvania. I didn't know until today how awesome they were. Ha ha, Monopoly photoshops and scary voiceovers...
Sort by If I Ran the Zoo (Free subscription) - 05/20/2008
More... Finally, something worth watching on TV . Background to this over at Glenn Greenwald's blog.
Sort by Weazl's Revenge (Free subscription) - 07/09/2008
Online Movement Aims to Punish Democrats Who Support Bush Wiretap Bill By Sarah Lai Stirland Online activists from the right and the left announced an unprecedented campaign Tuesday to hold Democratic lawmakers accountable for caving in to the Bush administration on domestic spying. Netroots activists are raising money online to run advertisements against "Blue Dog Democrats", such as Rep. Chris Carney,...
