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Lancaster Dems Convention Party at Penn Cinema...Aug 28 ALL YOU CAN EAT BUILD YOUR OWN ICE CREAM SUNDAES Fundraiser...Sept 5 Register for the LCDC 2008 Fall Banquet NOW...Sept 13 Today's News...
Sixteen years after his father opposed Bill Clinton’s candidacy, Senator Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania said Barack Obama could bring together supporters and opponents of abortion rights. Acceptance Speech Convention Party in Lancaster Join your fellow Lancaster County Dems in BIG STYLE on Penn Cinema's large screen to View Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech Aug. 28, 2008, 7:30 PM, $15 per person.
At 6:47PM Wednesday evening, Senator Hillary Clinton interrupted the roll call proceedings of the Democratic National Convention and moved to declare Senator Barack Obama the party's presidential candidate by acclamation. The the motion was seconded by thousands and Nancy Pelosi called for a vote on the motion. The motion passed without debate and Obama was officially named the Party's nominee.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton deferred her own dreams on Tuesday night and delivered an emphatic plea at the Democratic National Convention to unite behind her rival, Senator Barack Obama. Mrs. Clinton, who was once certain that she would win the Democratic nomination this year, also took steps on Tuesday to keep the door open to a future bid for the presidency. She rallied supporters in her speech, and, at an earlier event with 3,000 women, described her passion about her own campaign.
But the main task for Mrs.
Clinton at the convention — reaffirming her support for Mr. Obama in
soaring and unconditional language — dominated her 23-minute speech.
Read more... Casey Calls Difference on Abortion an 'Honest Disagreement'
"Barack Obama and I have
an honest disagreement on the issue of abortion," Casey said Tuesday
night, "but the fact that I'm speaking here tonight is testament to
Barack's ability to show respect to the people who disagree with him."
Read more... Rendell Attacks McCain's Energy Record
His was the most policy-centered speech of the convention thus far, rattling off numbers of specific goals and investments from the Obama energy plan. He also criticized oil companies' recent record profits and what he said was McCain's reluctance to support renewable energy.
"If you look past the
speeches to his record, one thing is clear," Rendell said. "John
McCain has never believed in renewable energy, and he won't make it
part of America's future."
Read more...
Senator Edward M. Kennedy arrived on Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in a triumphant appearance that evoked 50 years of party history as Democrats gathered to nominate Senator Barack Obama for president.
An appearance later by
Michelle Obama began a weeklong effort to present her family as
embodiments of the American dream. Mrs. Obama spoke of her own
family’s blue-collar past and spoke of her husband’s life as “a great
American story.”
Read more... Acceptance Speech Convention Party in Lancaster
Join your fellow Lancaster County Dems in BIG STYLE on Penn Cinema's large screen:
August 28, 2008 7:30 PM
The doors will open
at 7:30 pm and we will party in convention style with a feed from the
convention on the theater screen. Refreshments will be available. The
emphasis will be on Obama's acceptance speech but there will be time
to mix and mingle with other Democrats from around the county, meet
your Congressional and State Senate candidates, and enjoy a program of
entertainment featuring the music of Ripe
http://www.MySpace.com/RipeLancaster. Tickets may
be purchased in advance by calling Lancaster Democratic headquarters
at 299- 5701 or on-line at the
LCDC Store.
View
press release... Obama Chooses Biden
Biden, who has served in the Senate since being elected at the age of 29, is the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Bruce Beardsley, Chair of the Lancaster County Democratic Committee said in a phone interview, "I'm thrilled with Senator Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his Vice-President. I'm a long-time Biden fan, and Senator Biden is very popular in Lancaster and throughout Pennsylvania.
"This choice also says a lot about Senator Obama's strength of character, by being unafraid to choose a strong, independent voice who will provide him wise counsel and will be unafraid to disagree with him.
Senator Biden is
universally respected in the Senate and, like Senator Obama, treats
those with whom he differs on policy issues with great respect and is
very comfortable with working with Republicans in the spirit of
compromise to advance needed legislation. And, of course, Senator
Biden is among the most qualified Americans to assume the Presidency,
if necessary.
Read more... Home Rule Charter Published by Government Study Commission The proposed Home Rule Charter for Lancaster County Government, as amended August 19, 2008, is now available on the GSC website, www.homeruleinfo.com. Bruce Beardsley, LCDC Chairman, has criticized the Charter because Government Study Commissioners are recommending that the five County Commissioner positions be elected at large rather than by regionally.
Beardsley said, "The
most important characteristic of a truly representative body is that
it be truly representative of the diversity of viewpoints of the
larger body it is said to represent, not simply representative of the
single, monolithic majority viewpoint. Representatives elected
at-large are much more likely to reflect the latter situation, which
is the authoritarian model. It is no accident that America and each
state is governed by representatives elected by geographic region."
Click here to view the amended charter... Keystone Progress Calls for Reinstating PA's Hate Crimes Law
That law extended protections against hate crimes for people based on their gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and mental and physical disability. It was an amendment to a law called the Ethnic Intimidation and Institutional Vandalism Act, better known as the PA Hate Crimes Law. It was overwhelmingly passed in 2002 by Democrats and Republicans and signed into law by then-Governor Mark Schweiker. The action of the PA Supreme Court leaves Pennsylvanians in all of those categories vulnerable to hate crimes. Keystone Progress is calling on the state legislature to once again pass this legislation.
To join Keystone Progress in calling for the reinstatement of the
amendments to PA's hate crimes law,
click here...
Swift Boat rowdies are reactivating the rumor E-mill about Barack Obama's citizenship again. In a series of emails they try to build a convoluted case that the Democratic Presidential nominee is not truly an American citizen. Some of these same hooligans attempted to cast doubt on John McCain citizenship during the Republican primary. McCain was born in Panama.
Fight the Smears is a website sponsored by the Obama campaign that
corrects the falsehoods spread by far
right disinformation machines.
Click here
to view Obama's birth certificate...
Lancaster
CITY Democratic Committee Fundraiser
Chefs Bruce Slater, Greg
Paulson, Representative Mike Sturla, and Jose
Urdaneta went head to head on a beautiful evening in stiff competition
for
Left to right (above): Greg Paulson is campaign Manager for Slater for Congress and the current City chairman; Bruce Slater is running for the 16th Congressional seat; Jose Urdaneta is running for the 13th state Senate seat; and Representative Mike Sturla currently holds the 96th House seat.
The event was well
attended by city Democrats and committee people as well as Democrats
from around the county. Mike Sturla squeaked by with a narrow victory
to claim this year's title. All four recipes will be featured in our
new section on this website, "Recipe's for Change" to be publish in
September.
Lancaster County
Democratic Women's Association is seeking dancers and singers to perform
during their 2009 State Convention which will be held here in Lancaster.
Entertainers are needed to represent the Flapper 1920s, 1940s, Bobby Sox
1950s, and the Disco times of 1970s. If you are interested for yourself or
on behalf of a group please contact Rebecca Lyttle at
lyttle6@comcast.net Slater Hits Hard For Working Families by: John Morgan, thepennsylvaniaprogressive.com, 2/12/2008 Joe "He's The" Pitts once again failed to find his way to appear before his Berks County constituents at the Working Families Win candidates forum held in his 16th Congressional District at Reading Area Community College.
On the issue of health
care Slater called himself an "avid supporter of a single payer,
universal system." He also called for reforms "from the bottom up,"
opening clinics to take pressure and costs off emergency rooms,
expanding what nurse practitioners are permitted to do within their
training, and, of course, having a Congressman willing
to stand up to
the insurance companies instead of being on their campaign payroll.
Slater aptly said "healthcare for profit is immoral."
Read more...
Lancaster
County Democratic Women's Association is hosting a fundraiser for
Bruce Slater for Congress Campaign. DATE: Lancaster City First Friday September 5, 2008. Time: 5-7 pm. LOCATION: Campaign Headquarters: 151 N. Queen St. Lancaster. SUGGESTED DONATION: $10.00 adults $5.00 children under 12 years of age.
You can prepay at the LCDC Store... Victory 2008 Fund
WE CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN! We need to raise $30,000 by August 30 Your local county Democratic Party has been growing in numbers and effectiveness for the past decade. Today, we are among the premier county political organizations in the state. Look at our progress:
That won’t stop state, national, and county Republicans from pouring in hundreds of thousands of dollars into Lancaster County to save “their” state senate seat, to save Joe Pitts, and, most of all, to try to maximize John McCain’s margin. They really have no choice. They will lose big in Philadelphia and they can no longer count on winning in the Philadelphia suburbs. That means John McCain’s only hope for winning Pennsylvania is to win really big in Lancaster County.
At their meeting on Wednesday they endorsed Bruce Slater for Congress. Bruce is running against incumbent Joe Pitts in PA's 16th Congressional district.
The Warwick Democrats Club
includes Lititz Borough, Warwick Township, and Elizabeth Township.
They have been very active and have been increasing numbers in their
club as well as the number of registered Democrats in their district.
For more information, contact Sally Lyall at
slyall@lancasterdems.com.
View pictures... Voter Registration Update - COUNTDOWN TO 100,000
“So much for the Republican attempt to win back the thousands of Republicans who switched to Democrats before the Primary,” declared Bruce Beardsley, Lancaster County Democratic Chairman. This brings the total Democratic registration in Lancaster County to 97,391. Chairman Beardsley has established the goal of 100,000 Democrats by the November election. However, at last month’s Corn Roast, Beardsley predicted “Based on incredibly sophisticated computer extrapolations, we expect to reach our 100,000th registered Democrat on September 20 at 2:23 PM.”
Today, Beardsley
indicated “We’re right on schedule. Those computers are amazing!” On
a more serious note, Chairman Beardsley applauded the efforts of Party
committee people and particularly the Obama campaign for their voter
registration outreach efforts.
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Obama
Nominated
Clinton
Delivers Emphatic Plea for Unity 
Sen. Bob Casey
Jr.'s presence at the Democratic National Convention spoke louder than
any phrases he could weave. A first-term, anti-abortion senator, he
was given a prime time speaking slot, and his words were carried live
to the nation by PBS, CNN and MSNBC. 
Pennsylvania
Gov. Ed Rendell played the attack dog in his eight-minute speech to
the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, focusing on the energy
policies of Sen. John McCain.
"The
work begins anew, the hope rises again and the dream lives on,"
Kennedy said in a strong voice, reprising the final line of a
memorable 1980 speech that brought a different convention to its feet.
"While he is
a foreign policy expert, a former Judiciary Committee Chairman, and
experienced and knowledgeable about the ways of Washington, he has
never lost his blue-collar, middle class roots and family values.
The Lancaster City
Democratic Committee held its Iron Chef Cook-off yesterday, Sunday,
Aug 17th, at the AMVETS Post 19 Pavilion in southern Lancaster
City
the
honored title of Best Chef in Lancaster County.
Bruce
Slater did attend though and illustrated why he would be a breath of
fresh air for the 16th congressional district. Bruce pointed out that
he didn't have a conflict when it came to appearing before working
people and was glad to be there. 
ALL
YOU CAN EAT BUILD YOUR OWN 
Warwick
Dems on the Move...
The Warwick Democrats meet
the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM in one of the coolest
places in Lancaster County - Café Chocolate.
According
to the State Department’s website, 2437 additional Democrats have
registered in Lancaster County since the spring Primary, through July
5. Republicans have lost 52 net registrations while Independents
gained 75.