this woman rocks

[kach22i]

We could just turn this into a dedicated picture thread.



http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB113/

[Mulhollanddose]

Originally posted by fastpat
It's completely the same. Rumsfeld was in Baghdad to assure Hussein that, as a Bush retainer, he'd have the full and complete support of the US government for as long as he needed it. This was so he could wage aggressive war against the Iranian theocratic government.

Talk about your blow-back. It's much worse now.

If you will note that the meeting with Saddam had not one hint of comfort, in fact it appears quite tense...The meeting with Harkin/Kerry and Ortega had a much more comfortable feeling...Not only that but the Democrats were working for the communists and that is what the Boland Amendment was all about.

Where is Saddam today, Patsy?

[Mulhollanddose]

Originally posted by kach22i
We could just turn this into a dedicated picture thread.

Howz the Mumia vigil going?

[Jeff Higgins]

From the article:

"I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier," Duckworth, 37, says in an interview at her campaign headquarters in Lombard, west of Chicago. "Understand that I'm going to use this as a platform."

"That is just what a pair of influential Illinois Democrats expected when they recruited her to seek the seat surrendered after 32 years by Republican stalwart..."

"Sen. Richard J. Durbin and Rep. Rahm Emanuel appealed to Duckworth when she was still recovering from her injuries, dissing the up-and-running campaign of fellow Democrat Christine Cegelis, who took 44 percent of the vote against Hyde in 2004."

How could all of you have missed this? She was recruited by a Democratic Senator and Representative even during an up-and-running campaign of a fellow Democrat. They dropped their old candidate like yesterday's news when they decided to recruit their anti-war poster child. How utterly, hopelessly pathetic. Durbin and Emanual clearly could give a ***** about Duckworth. She is no more than a more sellable commodity to them. She deserves far better than to be snatched up into the heartless political machine that is the Democratic Party; a machine with a long, shamefull history of exploiting the dissadvantaged in their quest for power. They have never displayed this kind of audacity before; I'm simply stunned. I feel for Duckworth. They'll chew her up and drop her just as fast as they dropped Cegelis when she is no longer of any use to them. Pathetic.

[kach22i]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
From the article:

"I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier," Duckworth, 37, says in an interview at her campaign headquarters in Lombard, west of Chicago. "Understand that I'm going to use this as a platform."

She is openly against the war.........get over it. So is most of the voting public, things change.........get over it.

I'm sure your side will treat her no better than they did Cindy Sheehan, that's what your side does.

[Mulhollanddose]

Originally posted by kach22i
She is openly against the war.........get over it. So is most of the voting public, things change.........get over it.

They have been baraged with disinformation from the DNC and their mainstream media buddies...Not a reflection of honest reporting.

I'm sure your side will treat her no better than they did Cindy Sheehan, that's what your side does.

As your side will dance on her handicaps like a Wellstone or Coretta Scott King funeral.

BTW...Cindy Sheehan capitalized on her dead son, to further HER interests, NOT her son's.

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally posted by kach22i
She is openly against the war.........get over it. So is most of the voting public, things change.........get over it.

I'm sure your side will treat her no better than they did Cindy Sheehan, that's what your side does.

I have absolutely nothing against her, kach. I have nothing against her because of her position on the war. Re-read the statement. "...I am an injured female soldier. Understand that I'm going to use this as a platform." There are plenty of anti-war candidates without injuries, even male candidates. My revulsion lies with the low-lifes that recruited her ONLY because of her injured female status. I really do wish her all the best. What happened to her is a tragedy. She is about to live through another one; the marketing of her status as an injured female by the Democratic Party. Like I said, they could give a ***** about her. It's the seat they are after; they will expect her to vote their party line when she wins it. That's all they want.

[nostatic]

I didn't miss that part. Funny thing about people with character though...often times they are "recruited" to do something, but then do what they think is right.

Given this woman's story, my bet is that she has a decent chance of not being yet another political scumbag.

And please show me any other candidate who has expressed their issues and solutions?

[Rick Lee]

Couldn't have said it better myself, Jeff. The DNC is actively recruiting Iraq War vets, while the RNC has not bothered. We'll see which was the right strategy.

[Rick Lee]

Originally posted by nostatic
I didn't miss that part. Funny thing about people with character though...often times they are "recruited" to do something, but then do what they think is right.

Given this woman's story, my bet is that she has a decent chance of not being yet another political scumbag.

And please show me any other candidate who has expressed their issues and solutions?

I once thought the same thing of Duke Cunningham.

[kach22i]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
My revulsion lies with the low-lifes that recruited her ONLY because of her injured female status.

I have revulsions about party politics, no matter what side of the fence - I share that with you.

SAMPLE (makes a point - could of been either major party):

February 14, 2006
Popular Ohio Democrat Drops Out of Race, and Perhaps Politics
By IAN URBINA
Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran and popular Democratic candidate in Ohio's closely watched Senate contest, said yesterday that he was dropping out of the race and leaving politics altogether as a result of pressure from party leaders.

Mr. Hackett said Senators Charles E. Schumer of New York and Harry Reid of Nevada, the same party leaders who he said persuaded him last August to enter the Senate race, had pushed him to step aside so that Representative Sherrod Brown, a longtime member of Congress, could take on Senator Mike DeWine, the Republican incumbent.

Mr. Hackett staged a surprisingly strong Congressional run last year in an overwhelmingly Republican district and gained national prominence for his scathing criticism of the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq War. It was his performance in the Congressional race that led party leaders to recruit him for the Senate race.

But for the last two weeks, he said, state and national Democratic Party leaders have urged him to drop his Senate campaign and again run for Congress.

"This is an extremely disappointing decision that I feel has been forced on me," said Mr. Hackett, whose announcement comes two days before the state's filing deadline for candidates. He said he was outraged to learn that party leaders were calling his donors and asking them to stop giving and said he would not enter the Second District Congressional race.

"For me, this is a second betrayal," Mr. Hackett said. "First, my government misused and mismanaged the military in Iraq, and now my own party is afraid to support candidates like me."

Mr. Hackett was the first Iraq war veteran to seek national office, and the decision to steer him away from the Senate race has surprised those who see him as a symbol for Democrats who oppose the war but want to appear strong on national security.

"Alienating Hackett is not just a bad idea for the party, but it also sends a chill through the rest of the 56 or so veterans that we've worked to run for Congress," said Mike Lyon, executive director for the Band of Brothers, a group dedicated to electing Democratic veterans to national office. "Now is a time for Democrats to be courting, not blocking, veterans who want to run."

But Democratic leaders say Representative Brown, a seven-term incumbent from Avon, has a far better chance of toppling Senator DeWine.

"It boils down to who we think can pull the most votes in November against DeWine," said Chris Redfern, chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party. "And in Ohio, Brown's name is golden. It's just that simple."

Mr. Fern added that Mr. Brown's fund-raising abilities made him the better Senate candidate. By the end of last year, Mr. Brown had already amassed $2.37 million, 10 times what Mr. Hackett had raised.

Senator Reid did not reply to repeated requests for comment.

Asked about Mr. Hackett's contention that he had been pressed to leave the Senate race, a spokesman for Mr. Schumer, Phil Singer, said, "We've told both Sherrod Brown and Paul Hackett that avoiding a primary will make it easier to win the Ohio Senate seat, " but he added, "Obviously, the decision to run is Mr. Hackett's and Mr. Hackett's alone."

Mr. Brown declined to comment on Mr. Hackett's candidacy, saying that he was strictly focused on building his own campaign.

Democrats wanted to avoid a drawn-out primary, especially one that could get bruising with a tough-talking outsider like Mr. Hackett.

The Ohio Senate race is regarded as critical to Democratic aspirations to take back Congress in the fall. Aside from focusing on Senator DeWine, the Democrats also hope to win as many as eight House seats in Ohio and the governorship from the Republicans.

Ohio Democrats are hoping to exploit the larger problems plaguing the Republicans. State Republicans have struggled to distance themselves from Gov. Bob Taft, a Republican who cannot run again because of term limits and who was found guilty last summer of four misdemeanor ethics violations. Representative Bob Ney's still-unfolding role in the scandal over the lobbyist Jack Abramoff also looms over the state's Republicans.

Mr. Hackett said he was unwilling to run for the Congressional seat because he had given his word to three Democratic candidates that he would not enter that race.

"The party keeps saying for me not to worry about those promises because in politics they are broken all the time," said Mr. Hackett, who plans to return to his practice as a lawyer in the Cincinnati area. "I don't work that way. My word is my bond."

Jennifer Duffy, who analyzes Senate races for the Cook Political Report, said that part of what made Democratic leaders nervous about Mr. Hackett was what had also made him so popular with voters.

"Hackett is seen by many as a straight talker, and he became an icon to the liberal bloggers because he says exactly what they have wished they would hear from a politician," Ms. Duffy said. "On the other hand, the Senate is still an exclusive club, and the party expects a certain level of decorum that Hackett has not always shown."

Mr. Hackett was widely criticized last year for using indecent language to describe President Bush. Last month, state Republicans attacked Mr. Hackett for saying their party had been hijacked by religious extremists who he said "aren't a whole lot different than Osama bin Laden."

Though Republicans called for an apology, Mr. Hackett repeated the mantra of his early campaign: "I said it. I meant it. I stand behind it."

Paul Hackett could of been great - done in by his own party, like McCain and Howard Dean.

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally posted by nostatic
I didn't miss that part. Funny thing about people with character though...often times they are "recruited" to do something, but then do what they think is right.

Given this woman's story, my bet is that she has a decent chance of not being yet another political scumbag.

And please show me any other candidate who has expressed their issues and solutions?

I hope you are right. She is being fed into a veritable meat grinder; we all know that. Hopefully she has the strength of character to stick to her values and will come out the other end with the same level of self-respect she went into this with. She will have proven herself an extraordinary lady if she can. I wish her well. Not many survive this trip...

[kach22i]

UPDATE:

Iraq war veteran wins Congress primary race
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2006-03-22T141041Z_01_N22219225_RTRUKOC_0_US-ILLINOIS.xml&rpc=22
By Michael Conlon

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran who lost both legs in the conflict narrowly won her bid to run for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in a district held by Republicans for 32 years, returns showed on Wednesday.

Tammy Duckworth, 37, is among several Iraq veterans running for the U.S. Congress this year in a challenge to President George W. Bush's Iraq policy and the traditional perception that Democrats are weaker on national security issues.

With 98 percent of the ballots counted she squeezed out a win, holding a 1,080-vote lead over her closest opponent for the right to face Republican Peter Roskam, a state senator, for whom Vice President Dick Cheney made a campaign appearance.

She will be a long shot in November to take the seat in a heavily Republican suburban Chicago district being given up by Rep. Henry Hyde, who is retiring after 32 years in Congress.

[GDSOB]

Originally posted by kach22i
I have revulsions about party politics, no matter what side of the fence - I share that with you.

SAMPLE (makes a point - could of been either major party):





Paul Hackett could of been great - done in by his own party, like McCain and Howard Dean.

More likely a strategic move. Brown already has a seat in the house, Hackett lost to Jean Schmidt. Since Hackett couldn't beat a Cincinnati Republican for the house, no way he'll beat fellow Cincinnatian DeWine for the Senate. Brown is from the other side of the state and has a better chance of carrying the whole state.