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LewWaters
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 Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: Kerry Backing Anti-War Candidates |
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As Gomer always said, Surprise, Surprise, Surprise (not).
Kerry has returned to his roots of anti-war activity and backs anti-war candidates. He tried this before, riding the wave of anti-war fervor and got nowhere.
| Quote: | Kerry Backing Anti-War Candidates
Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006 5:11 p.m. EDT
Sen. John Kerry is revving up his online political machine to raise campaign cash for Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont.
Kerry tapped his 3 million-person e-mail list on Wednesday to deliver a fundraising appeal for Lamont, the anti-Iraq war political newcomer who beat three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman last week in Connecticut's hard-fought Democratic primary contest.
"Ned Lamont has caused a national stir by successfully challenging the Bush position on Iraq that ignores the utter failure of the President's policy," Kerry's message said.
The Kerry e-mail also touted two Democratic Senate incumbents facing tough fights this fall, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Daniel Akaka of Hawaii. Both oppose the war.
"Ned, Dan and Bob have been attacked mercilessly for acting with such conviction and are locked in close must-win races," said Kerry, D-Mass. "It's time to reward their courage." |
Newsmax.com
Also received the email mentioned today;
| Quote: | Dear Lew,
We say America needs candidates who take strong positions and have the courage of their convictions. We've got them. We're searching for leaders who understand that we can't change George Bush and Don Rumsfeld's aimless course in Iraq if we don't stand up in this fall's campaign and demand change. These leaders are standing right in front of us.
So now the question is: Can Ned Lamont, Daniel Akaka, and Bob Menendez count on us to act right now and pull them through to victory?
Support Strong Leaders Who Aren't Afraid to Tell the Truth About Iraq
Each of these strong leaders has forcefully spoken out in favor of a clear timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Despite the "warnings" coming from consultants, political pundits and naysayers in Washington, each of these candidates is making the mess in Iraq a central issue in their campaigns for the Senate. They aren't afraid to talk about why the war is wrong and what must be done to change course and start doing what is best for our troops and our country. And they aren't afraid to stand up for a better way that will bring our heroes home and put Iraq in Iraqis' hands.
It's time to reward their courage.
Support Strong Leaders Who Aren't Afraid to Tell the Truth About Iraq
In Connecticut, Ned Lamont has caused a national stir by successfully challenging the Bush position on Iraq that ignores the utter failure of the President's policy and calls for a deeply misplaced reliance on a dangerous course of action. In the Senate, Ned Lamont will go head to head with Don Rumsfeld, and our troops will benefit from Lamont's leadership. He knows that patriotism isn't reserved for those who defend a President's position; patriotism is doing what's right for our troops and our country.
My friend Dan Akaka (D-HI) has been a powerful voice of opposition to dangerous policies, as one of 13 votes in favor of the Kerry-Feingold amendment calling on the Bush administration to withdraw all U.S. combat troops by the middle of 2007.
My colleague Bob Menendez (D-NJ) proudly supported that amendment, as well. In fact, the day after we voted, he put his money where his vote was, putting an ad on TV saying it was time to start bringing our troops home. His vote was that important to him.
Ned, Dan, and Bob have been attacked mercilessly for acting with such conviction and are locked in close must-win races.
It's time to support candidates who are willing to tell the truth: that George W. Bush's policies have failed to make America safe and that it is time to change course in the war in Iraq.
Support Strong Leaders Who Aren't Afraid to Tell the Truth About Iraq
Helping win victories for Democratic candidates who have acted with clarity on the war in Iraq is the best way to bring George W. Bush's miserable failure to an end.
But, we can't fool ourselves. None of these candidates will coast to victory -- not in the face of the brutal, unprincipled assaults on their character and patriotism that are the stock in trade of the Bush-Cheney-Rove political machine.
If we want these Democrats to win, we've got to throw our support behind them. We have to use the last few months of this campaign to pull them through to victory -- and to drive from office politicians who continue to support the President's miserable failure in Iraq.
If we want to reward their courage, we've got to commit ourselves to pulling them through to victory.
Support Strong Leaders Who Aren't Afraid to Tell the Truth About Iraq
I know how urgently you want to turn America around -- not only on Iraq, but on a wide range of crucial issues. I'm telling you this: there is no better way to challenge the harmful policies of the Bush administration than to throw our support behind these three candidates.
They're telling the truth on the campaign trail -- that America is on the wrong course in Iraq, that it's time to withdraw our troops and leave Iraq's future in the hands of the Iraqi people, and that, behind all the Bush bluster and bombast, all you can find is a string of misjudgments, deceits, and failures that have seriously imperiled our national security.
I urge you to help elect candidates who will join me in telling those truths every day on the floor of the United States Senate -- never yielding until we turn America around and bring our troops home from Iraq.
Sincerely,
John Kerry |
Sorry, but it turns my stomach every time I hear or read of one of these cretins being labeled as a "Patriot."
In his ever flip flopping majesty, sKerry once again returns to the days of yesteryear when he tried riding the passionate wave of discontent against Viet Nam. It failed then and I bet it fails agan.
I'll wait now and see if he once again, throws away his, no someone elses, no just the ribbons which mean the same thing, medals back over the Whitehouse fence.
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Deuce
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Heh,
Wonder why he isn't backing Murtha! Could it be he's only backing his focus group's suggested 'winner's??? And where was sKerry at Ned Lament's victory party? Kinda looks like he didn't back them before he backed them!!! Same ole sKerry!
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BuffaloJack
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Skerry backing anti-war candidates is certainly not out of character.
I don't think we could have expected anything less.
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LewWaters
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Kerry is going all out on this. Now he is claiming that Bush et al have their backs against the wall, politically, and are playing the "fear factor."
| Quote: | Dear Lew,
People who live in white houses shouldn't throw stones.
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove should know better, but it's no surprise they don't. For almost five years now, every time they've got their backs to the wall politically, they play "the fear card." The latest example: Dick Cheney claiming that Democratic candidates who dare to challenge the Bush White House on Iraq are "emboldening terrorists."
What's worse, and startling, is that in Connecticut Joe Lieberman is now echoing their intolerable rhetoric attacking the Democratic Senate nominee.
It won't work. We won't let it work.
HELP WIN THREE CRUCIAL SENATE RACES.
In Connecticut, New Jersey and Hawaii, this cynical Bush-Cheney strategy is running aground because our stand-up candidates are exposing the failed policies, botched strategies, and mind-boggling incompetence of the Bush White House that have squandered America's treasure, kept Osama Bin Laden on the loose, and cost the lives and limbs of our brave young people.
If the Bush administration could plan and execute the war on terror as well as it executes its shameless pre-election fear-mongering, we'd all be a lot safer.
That's what strong, principled Senate candidates like Ned Lamont, Bob Menendez, and Dan Akaka are making clear to voters in three of America's closest, high-stakes Senate contests.
HELP WIN THREE CRUCIAL SENATE RACES.
Our candidates are refusing to buckle or bend in the face of withering attacks by shameless politicians.
I urge you to stand with these candidates now. Because when we help them win, the cynical tactics of the Bush-Cheney-Rove political machine will lose their power.
There's only one way we can win. We've got to help our candidates give back as good as they get.
We'll meet every shameless attack with more energy, every distorting ad with more passion, and every ugly appeal to fear with more determination.
And 82 days from now, we'll celebrate the election of standup Democrats all across America.
We'll teach them, once and for all, that people who live in white houses shouldn't throw stones.
Let's get it done.
Sincerely,
John Kerry |
Since he was instrumental in emboldening the North Vietnamese over 30 years ago, it's little wonder he fails to see similar actions today really are emboldening the terrorists.
How will explain away any lack of "fear factor" after the major terrorist attack hits America? With he and people like the Judge that ruled out the NSA Wiretapping today, it is only a matter of time until we get hit again, and hit hard.
God help us if the Leftist Democrats like Kerry, Lamont or the rest of the anti-war crowd are sitting in the Whitehouse.
As Winston Churchill said, "an appeaser is one who keeps feeding a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
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To me what makes Kerry and the people like him so evil is that they full well understand the subterfuge and deception they are fostering on the American public.
These are dyed in the wool Communists shills doing their dead level best to turn America into a socialist/communist society. On purpose. With malice and aforethought.
They are the enemy.
The terrorist organizations around the world are the tools they use to stir the pot of dissention so that they may drive their wedges deep into the heart and soul of America.
Peace and quiet does not suit their needs.
Dusty
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