Thursday, July 19, 2007

FAIR WARNING: REACTIONARY HAWAII DEMOCRAT WANTS BACK IN

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Reactionary Ed Case examines Senator Daniel Akaka looking for signs of an early demise

I was so happy when two reactionary Democratic congressmen-- Harold Ford (TN) and Ed Case (HI)-- reached for the Senate and were both defeated. Not only was each out of government, each was replaced by a real Democrat, a progressive with the values and principles of the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. Memphis got Steve Cohen and all of Hawaii but the city of Honolulu replaced conservative and shifty Big Business shill Case with dedicated liberal Mazie Hirono. (Case's voting record was a disgrace and tended to be supportive of the worst aspects of the Bush-Cheney agenda. Mazie's picture perfect progressive voting record is tied for best in the House with Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and Keith Ellison (D-MN).

The brother cousin of predator and billionaire robber baron Steve (AOL), Ed Case is plotting a return to power. According to today's Honolulu Advertiser "Case has sent out federal fundraising letters to his supporters so he will have money available for another possible run for U.S. Senate... Akaka and U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye are both 82 and, other than Case, no one in the party has talked openly about a succession plan."

Case, the Joe Lieberman of Hawaii, would face a challenge for the Senate from Neil Abercrombie, the state's other congressman, like Mazie a dedicated progressive. But, unlike the vampiric Case, Abercrombie isn't speculating on the deaths of the two beloved Hawaii senior statesmen.
Mike McCartney, the party's chairman, said Case would be a viable candidate for Senate or governor. His campaign against Akaka caused some bitter feelings within the party but Case has a loyal following of Democrats, independents and some Republicans.

But McCartney said some Democrats might be uncomfortable that Case is raising money for a Senate campaign when Inouye plans to run again in 2010 and Akaka was just re-elected.

"It's a little presumptuous," McCartney said. "Something about it just doesn't feel right."

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At 12:21 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ed (the Politician) and Steve (of AOL fame) Case are not brothers. According to wikipedia, they are cousins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Case

 
At 8:23 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This isn't that hard, folks. Ed Case is unabashedly and unequivocally a conservative. He ran for U.S. Senate on the basis that the Sen. Akaka is "too liberal." In Congress, he was a member of the Coalition of Conservative Democrats (aka Blue Dogs). He opposed the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Connecticut last year. And he's admonished Democrats and liberals for being too critical of President Bush on Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. Case was also the only Democrat in Congress to vote for the notorious Hensarling Amendment that would've stripped funding for family planning, public broadcasting, and veterans' care. You can look it up.

 

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