Burner is a congressional candidate from Washington state who will be a great member of Congress. She's also the candidate who came up with the Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq.
She lost her home this week in a fire. Her family made it out of the house alive because their five-year-old son woke them up and got them out. This is a great story to come out of a tragedy, but the good news is that no one was hurt and that the Netroots has rallied to help her out so she can recover and not lose her ability to raise funds to stay competitive in her race.
If you can, help her out. You can also read a lot more on this story:
HorsesAss - Help Darcy get her house in order… and ours
Daily Kos - WA-08: Giving Darcy time to rebuild
AMERICAblog - Dem House candidate saved from fire by five year old son
Daily Kos - WA-08: "It's just stuff"
Daily Kos - WA-08: Helping Darcy recover
Daily Kos - Burner's House Destroyed in Fire
OpenLeft - Help Out Darcy - Send Your Well-wishes
Showing posts with label Darcy Burner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Darcy Burner. Show all posts
Friday, July 4, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Iraq Press Conference
I never got my battery back until too late. I'll have some more analysis of this plan once I get back to Florida. I think this is something that we really want to push forward on.
(You can see this press conference live here and you can read the plan here)
5:40: The name of the new plan is A Responsible Plan to End the War In Iraq.
5:42: Speakers in this press conference include Tom Andrews, Darcy Burner, Jared Polis, Sam Bennett, Chellie Pingree, and Donna Edwards. Things are about to get started.
5:55: They had a few difficulties, but have now started. Andrews is the moderator.
5:57: Andrews: We need to elect a Congress that will stop this war. The survival of our nation is at stake. What do we do?
5:58: Darcy Burner (Washington-8) was the sparkplug behind this plan.
6:00: Burner: Ending the war is a bigger problem than just removing our troops from Iraq.
6:07: We have to restore the Constitution to fix this problem.
6:08: The plan addresses specific bills that will attempt to solve the problem. If we take the steps in this plan, we'll be able to make progress on all the other challenges we face.
6:10: It is going to take public pressure and political will to end the war. The candidates participating in this program, all have shown the courage to take up the challenge to end the war.
6:12: Donna Edwards of Maryland's 4th: The war may have disappeared off the front pages of the newspapers, but it hasn't disappeared from the minds of the voters or from the hearts of the families and men and women who have sacrificed for this war.
6:21: The full list of current endorsers of this plan is Darcy Burner, Washington; Dona Edwards, Maryland; Eric Massa, New York; Chellie Pingree, Maine; Tom Perriello, Virginia; Jared Polis, Colorado; George Fearing, Washington; Larry Byrnes, Florida; Steve Harrison, New York; and Sam Bennett, Pennsylvania.
6:22: My laptop is about to die and I don't have access to an outlet. I'll go offline for a while and will come back with more info later...
(The stuff below is from an earlier false start to the session. Not really a false start, I just came in too early and caught the tail end of an earlier session. The Burner et al. conference stuff is above).
5:21: It appears I got the wrong info, I'm here now and the press conference has already started.
5:21: On the stage are John Cavanagh, Darcy Burner, Camilo Mejia, Leslie Cagan, Tom Swan and Nita Chaudhary.
5:28: Darcy Burner: If you want more and better Democrats in Congress, you (the reader), need to get them there.
5:29: Maybe I'm not too early. It could be that this is the end of an earlier session.
5:32: Confirmed. This was the end of an older session. See, that's what I get for showing up early for something.
(You can see this press conference live here and you can read the plan here)
5:40: The name of the new plan is A Responsible Plan to End the War In Iraq.
5:42: Speakers in this press conference include Tom Andrews, Darcy Burner, Jared Polis, Sam Bennett, Chellie Pingree, and Donna Edwards. Things are about to get started.
5:55: They had a few difficulties, but have now started. Andrews is the moderator.
5:57: Andrews: We need to elect a Congress that will stop this war. The survival of our nation is at stake. What do we do?
5:58: Darcy Burner (Washington-8) was the sparkplug behind this plan.
6:00: Burner: Ending the war is a bigger problem than just removing our troops from Iraq.
6:07: We have to restore the Constitution to fix this problem.
6:08: The plan addresses specific bills that will attempt to solve the problem. If we take the steps in this plan, we'll be able to make progress on all the other challenges we face.
6:10: It is going to take public pressure and political will to end the war. The candidates participating in this program, all have shown the courage to take up the challenge to end the war.
6:12: Donna Edwards of Maryland's 4th: The war may have disappeared off the front pages of the newspapers, but it hasn't disappeared from the minds of the voters or from the hearts of the families and men and women who have sacrificed for this war.
6:21: The full list of current endorsers of this plan is Darcy Burner, Washington; Dona Edwards, Maryland; Eric Massa, New York; Chellie Pingree, Maine; Tom Perriello, Virginia; Jared Polis, Colorado; George Fearing, Washington; Larry Byrnes, Florida; Steve Harrison, New York; and Sam Bennett, Pennsylvania.
6:22: My laptop is about to die and I don't have access to an outlet. I'll go offline for a while and will come back with more info later...
(The stuff below is from an earlier false start to the session. Not really a false start, I just came in too early and caught the tail end of an earlier session. The Burner et al. conference stuff is above).
5:21: It appears I got the wrong info, I'm here now and the press conference has already started.
5:21: On the stage are John Cavanagh, Darcy Burner, Camilo Mejia, Leslie Cagan, Tom Swan and Nita Chaudhary.
5:28: Darcy Burner: If you want more and better Democrats in Congress, you (the reader), need to get them there.
5:29: Maybe I'm not too early. It could be that this is the end of an earlier session.
5:32: Confirmed. This was the end of an older session. See, that's what I get for showing up early for something.
Iraq Policy Announcement Shortly
Please pass this far and wide.
Shortly several Congressional candidates are going to announce a new strategy for dealing with the Iraq War fiasco. Among those involved in the plan are Netroots candidate Darcy Burner, blogger Matt Stoller, and Florida 14 candidate Larry Byrnes (who appeared on yesterday's episode of Florida Progressive Radio, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fpc/2008/03/16/The-Big-Show).
The plan will appear at their new website once available (http://responsibleplan.com/).
I'll be liveblogging the announcement at Florida Speaks beginning at 5:30 p.m. (http://floridaspeaks.blogspot.com/)
Shortly several Congressional candidates are going to announce a new strategy for dealing with the Iraq War fiasco. Among those involved in the plan are Netroots candidate Darcy Burner, blogger Matt Stoller, and Florida 14 candidate Larry Byrnes (who appeared on yesterday's episode of Florida Progressive Radio, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fpc/2008/03/16/The-Big-Show).
The plan will appear at their new website once available (http://responsibleplan.com/).
I'll be liveblogging the announcement at Florida Speaks beginning at 5:30 p.m. (http://floridaspeaks.blogspot.com/)
Sunday, March 16, 2008
NOI Summit --Special Session
11:34: In between sessions, we got a bonus session here with Congressional candidate Darcy Burner, Brian Katulis, and Matt Stoller.
11:35: Burner says that the media narrative that the war is no longer an issue to voters is completely at odds with what voters are telling her.
11:36: Tomorrow, a group of candidates are going to roll out a comprehensive plan to discuss the national security narrative and get us out of Iraq in a comprehensive and positive way.
11:41: Burner says politicians are a lot like golden retrievers, if you give them a biscuit, they'll repeat their positive behavior.
11:48: This plan will be rolled out Monday and will be online at http://responsibleplan.com/
11:55: This plan will help identify those candidates who really support progressive ideas about the war, who are willing to work for change and who are willing to take a risk in order to improve the country.
11:59: Key points of the plan:
No residual troops
A diplomatic surge
Doing humanitarian aid
Calling an international summit to deal with the problems in Iraq
Fixing the structures in this country that let us get in this problem in the first place
Ending signing statements
End use of private military contractors
(And more)
12:00: This plan will draw a lot more volunteers and money to campaigns, so candidates who endorse this are likely to get a boost from progressive voters.
12:01: This plan has been seriously considered by military experts.
12:03: A lot of the plan comes from listening to what voters, bloggers and activists have said about the war and related issues.
11:35: Burner says that the media narrative that the war is no longer an issue to voters is completely at odds with what voters are telling her.
11:36: Tomorrow, a group of candidates are going to roll out a comprehensive plan to discuss the national security narrative and get us out of Iraq in a comprehensive and positive way.
11:41: Burner says politicians are a lot like golden retrievers, if you give them a biscuit, they'll repeat their positive behavior.
11:48: This plan will be rolled out Monday and will be online at http://responsibleplan.com/
11:55: This plan will help identify those candidates who really support progressive ideas about the war, who are willing to work for change and who are willing to take a risk in order to improve the country.
11:59: Key points of the plan:
No residual troops
A diplomatic surge
Doing humanitarian aid
Calling an international summit to deal with the problems in Iraq
Fixing the structures in this country that let us get in this problem in the first place
Ending signing statements
End use of private military contractors
(And more)
12:00: This plan will draw a lot more volunteers and money to campaigns, so candidates who endorse this are likely to get a boost from progressive voters.
12:01: This plan has been seriously considered by military experts.
12:03: A lot of the plan comes from listening to what voters, bloggers and activists have said about the war and related issues.
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