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This Democrat didn’t forget who the real Neil Abercrombie is
Abercrombie: Little to point to in the way of achievement
Hanabusa Insurance: Medicare cuts, higher prices, and denial of care
Photos: Duke and Lynn express comes to Big Island
Lingle saves Hawaii refineries from EPA
Progressives becoming “exhausted” as they are exposed by campaign ads
"Fatigue is not a strong enough word," says political analyst, Dan Boylan (whose son Peter Boylan is Inouye’s press spokesperson). "Exhaust is the word, it really is."
(Leftist) Political experts say they've never seen a campaign season like this one - with Hawaii voters (actually learning the truth about progressivism) held somewhat captive by what's happening on the mainland.
In 2006, the last non-Presidential election year, special interests spent 68 million dollars on Congressional campaigns nationwide. This year, Boylan says, that number has already surpassed the quarter billion dollar mark. And with Hawaii's first Congressional district race still a toss-up, both national parties are pulling out all the stops.
Boylan explains, "It has a tone to it, attack ads, a number of ads, kinds of ads, radio, mailers - almost everyday." (In other words, “we’re losing”)
Make that almost every hour.
On the radio and on TV, voters are getting inundated, and many (progressives) aren't sure they've gained anything from these ads.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court gave corporations and organizations the right to give as much money as (progressives do) they wanted to political campaigns under the banner of free speech. That upped the ante and has changed the dynamic of this campaign year enormously (to the progressives’ disadvantage).
"It's all about addressing our baser instincts rather than educating us so that we're an enlightened population," says enlightened, progressive, and conscious Hawaii Kai voter Michael Hodges. "What we're getting is a huge amount of money dumped on us to influence us rather than inform us." (See when progressives do it, they are enlightening and informing. When Americans do it it is to influence voters by appealing to their base instincts.)
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West Hawaii Today calls for One Party System
Abercrombie has a broad base of public support and the distinct advantage of being a Democrat. If the past eight years has taught Hawaii voters anything, it is this: Hawaii politics is the most partisan politics possible -- there's one team and if you're not on it, you're not in the game. Republicans may have a voice, but there's no one on the other side of the aisle listening.
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Aiona rejects call for One Party System
James "Duke" Aiona doesn't want Big Island voters listening to West Hawaii Today.
Aiona, on a campaign swing around the island Friday, criticized the newspaper's gubernatorial endorsement of his opponent, Democrat Neil Abercrombie.
"The endorsement was so out of touch -- (selecting) him because he's a Democrat," Aiona said, when asked why voters should cast their ballots for him. "You don't need one party dominating. You're going to go back to the way it was 40 years ago."
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Abercrombie accused of resorting to dirty tricks
Neil Abercrombie's campaign is using Facebook, Twitter, blogs and other online media to plant false and misleading information about his gubernatorial opponent, Duke Aiona. How's that different from Abercrombie's own complaints about his opponent, Mufi Hannemann, during the primaries?
When Hannemann resorted to dirty tricks in the Democrat primary, Abercrombie was understandably outraged. "This is not what someone running for governor should be doing," Abercrombie declared, adding that "I'm asking you the voters to call him on it."
Now that Abercrombie is also using sneaky smear tactics, let's call him on it.
RELATED: Christian leaders push back against smears from Abercrombie campaign
The smear: Aiona’s ties with religious group criticized
KITV: Abercrombie "We don't do negative campaigning”
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SA: Hawaii vote is referendum on Obama
John Hart, a communications professor at Hawaii Pacific University, calls the amount of money in politics in general "appalling" and questions what donors expect from politicians in return. But he thinks part of the national money is because of Obama.
"Politics is local," he said. "But because there is an opportunity for the Republican Party to score points in the president's back yard, and they have competitive races, it's worth it for them to pour the money in. It would be great PR -- it would be the icing on the cake -- if they get the Senate or the House, to point to what they've done in Hawaii.
"The symbolism can't be missed there."
(They are pushing this point because they hope that Obama’s popularity in Hawaii can save Abercrombie and Hanabusa.)
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Democrat Boylan: Hawaii vote is referendum on Obama
Both high-stakes races will answer "whether Hawaii is part of this off-year national wave of rejection of the Obama administration and the Democratic program for dealing with the economic recession," said Dan Boylan, a longtime political analyst and retired history professor (whose son Peter Boylan is Inouye’s press spokesperson).
(They are pushing this point because they hope that Obama’s popularity in Hawaii can save Abercrombie and Hanabusa.)
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Last Minute GOP spending
The state GOP has received a late $55,750 in contributions since the last state campaign-finance reporting deadline.
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Accused murderer is Homelessness Industry activist
Gaye Chan, chairwoman of the University of Hawaii's Department of Art and Art History, said Orpin is an ethical person (code for “one of us progressives’) and she worries about him because he doesn't have family here.
Chan said Orpin helped her create the bins for Eating in Public, a project on display at the Hawaii State Art Museum until July.
Eating in Public tries to reduce the waste by creating free stores where people can take or leave items (so it will be easier for them to stay out of shelters, live on the streets, and generate more money for the Homelessness Industry). The project has several components, such as recycling bins and a "free store," a shelf to leave or pick up items.
The project has about 200 wire recycling bins around the city. Orpin built about 100 of the 300 wire bins in the museum display.
RELATED: Kapiolani Park: Homelessness industry takes Hawaii tourism hostage, Defeating the "homelessness industry" before it gets a grip on Hawaii
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Terror threat: Hawaii Jewish leaders inspecting incoming mail carefully
Authorities have been responsive in the wake of the terrorist plot. Some FBI agents have already stopped by the local Jewish Temple to talk with the leadership directly.
"The FBI and local police have always been good about staying in touch with us when things like this occur. The two FBI agents did stop by our office. They spoke with our executive director and wanted to establish a point of contact and reassure us that there was no threat to the State of Hawaii which they were aware," said Rabbi Peter Schaktman, Temple Emanu-El.
Still the Temple will continue to inspect packages carefully.
"Sadly that's something we have to be careful of all the time we can't wait simply for it to be in the news, we're always wary of any packages that come that don't have clear senders or has some suspicion. I think our concerns are minimal but they're always there and we always have to protect our premises and the people who work here," said Rabbi Schaktman.
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WHT: Abercrombie, Aiona make final cases to voters
Maui News:
Plunking promoted
Plunking means to vote for just one candidate in a multiple-candidate race, such as a school board or OHA race where you can vote for more than one candidate.
"If you are only interested in one candidate, you are giving him a vote, but you are depriving the others of a vote, so your candidate actually jumps up by two votes," Heen said.
Hawaiian voters, Heen said, were masters of the plunk vote.
"You might have just one Hawaiian running in a three- or four-seat race. All the Hawaiians knew that if you gave your Hawaiian a vote and the others were deprived of a vote, you were a step ahead," Heen said.
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Ballot Counting System Checked ahead of Tuesday's Election
It's on the floor of the State Capitol where voters will learn who will next lead Hawaii. With the clock ticking until the big day, the Office of Elections is making sure that announcement goes off without a glitch.
"It's a logic and accuracy test so they mark their ballots run it thru make sure they get the known results back," says Scott Nago, Chief Election Officer.
Saturday was a test run. During Tuesday's General election, every ballot cast will be processed and verified by Official Observers.
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Obama care starts with free birth control
We must keep those dirty peasants from breeding.
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Dopers shocked, just shocked to discover themselves arrested after trying to take dope thru airport security
Goldsworthy, who was in a wheelchair with a broken leg, was detained at the Hilo airport Dec. 12, 2008, after a pat-down search found 10.2 grams of marijuana in a plastic bag in her waistband, according to the stipulation. Lee was carrying 2.97 ounces in his checked-in luggage when he was stopped Nov. 6.
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Man held on $1 million bail for multiple drug and fraud charges - 34 priors
41-year old Pyong Pak is charged with eleven counts, including unauthorized possession of personal information, fraudulent use of a credit card, forgery and identity theft.
Pak is also facing drug charges.
Pak has 68 prior arrests and 34 convictions. (And thanks to Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary, he was put back out on the streets to do it again.)
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Hawaii's Most Wanted: Richard Miyasato – 16 priors
He's now wanted on two warrants totaling $31,000, in connection with those cases for not complying with the terms of HOPE Probation.
Richard Miyasato is 28-years old, 5-feet-8-inches tall, 149 pounds.
"And he is known to frequent the Mililani, Waipahu area and he does have tattoos and we don't have pictures of that at this moment. And he does have 16 prior convictions," said Buffett. (And thanks to Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary, he is still out on the streets.)
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