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Occupying Des Moines, Iowa
On the morning of the last day of 2011 Ted, Lu and Patty set out in their rental car to find persons of interest in Des Moines, Iowa.
After getting lost several times, we finally arrived at Java Joe's Coffee House, where the day before "Occupiers" made a scene and were thrown out by the owner of the business, named Amy and a police escort. We were hoping that perhaps today would offer similar excitement and colorful customers. However, today all was calm and orderly. We waited for sometime to speak with the owner who didn't have much to say about the day before, but did speak with us about his experiences with Iowa caucuses through the years and various candidates he had met. He mentioned in particular that Michele Bachman seemed to him to be a truly conservative woman of integrity. Before long he had to leave to go serve coffee at the Convention Center.
So, we were again on the street looking for our next adventure. Someone had mentioned to Ted that the "Occupiers" were probably hanging out near 14th street. So we drove down East Locust Street, looking at the beautiful Capitol building. Luckily we spotted a store front with signs, pictures, etc plastered all over the front windows and several people gathered outside the building. So we found a place to park, got out I phone and set off to be the "media"- putting the microphone back into the hands of the people- giving them a voice.
We interviewed at length two women who were passionate about their movement and had many ideas that they wanted to share. We took videos and stills, looked around inside the building, spoke to several others who joined in, and picked up literature they gave us.
The hours passed quickly and it was time for the three grossly amateur media street reporters to find their way back to home base - first mission accomplished.
Enjoy the interview. We did.
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Comment by Barry Lee Phillips on January 7, 2012 at 11:21am
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Questionable actions by people running for office, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder. When I look closely at all of the candidates, I can always find something "questionable" about their past actions or their current positions.
You are not going to find anyone running for office with whom you will totally agree. There are no perfect candidates. Just imperfect human beings like the rest of us.
My advice is to support the candidate that comes closest to your political viewpoint. Support should include both what you can afford to give financially and the time you are willing to donate as a volunteer in their campaign.
You will never find the perfect candidate unless you decide to run for office yourself!
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Comment by amanda choate on January 6, 2012 at 5:30pm
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What does Gingrich offer that is not offerred by others without having to explain his consistently questionable actions?
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Comment by Doyle on January 6, 2012 at 3:44pm
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Iowa, not Ohio.
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You might have missed it, Amanda. Newt is now polling third in the upcoming New Hampshire primary. Not that it really matters if we are to select the Republican nominee based on the criteria you stated previously.
Once the 120,000 people in Ohio expressed their preference, it was all over. No other states mattered. It was either Romney or Santorum based strictly on Ohio's caucus, right Amanda?
Strange, don't you think, for someone living in a state with its own primary only weeks away, to so totally discount their own opportunity to select the nomineey.
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Gingrich is done like dinner.
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Comment by w. lee dungan jr. on January 5, 2012 at 4:26pm
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in my last comment I thought it was obvious I was refering to former speaker Gingrich.
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Then send Santorum a campaign contribution -- I am.
I am going to have to repeat that tired old cliche. "It ain't over until the fat lady sings!"
Michelle Bachmann said it best in her concession speech. She said the 2012 election might be the last opportunity for us to reclaim our liberty from a government that seems bent on taking more and more of it (liberty) from us every day.
I believe that and I am going to support those who also believe that. I don't care how far down in the polls those persons are.
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Lee,
There is no more time or money for someone to emerge from this field. Only Santorum has a chance and he is short the money needed for a media blitz and the orginization needed for a grass roots effort. He needs a white knight. Quick. And Perry needs to step aside.
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the man with a resume of political accomplishments that eclipses everyone in the race the same man who in a debate would not only pull the mask off this sqeeze out of the backside off chicago politics but also wipe the verbal floor with him - WTF- forget the sure thing ,the republican establishment has decided to roll the dice with Romney
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Amanda,
It is not about polls or about who "thinks" someone is going to win or lose. It is about who votes in the primaries. No one knows how this is going to turn out until the primary votes are counted.
You're still wrong.
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