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Brent Budowsky

God Bless Our Troops Who Serve: Democrats Stand With Them; Kerry’s Comment Was Stupid But Irrelevant

10.31.2006

Several days ago I wrote a lengthy post with the hope that God will Bless our men and women who serve in Iraq and I truly hope and pray He does.

My point then, and now, was that Democrats may be far from perfect, but on issue after issue, time after time, year after year, the Democrats have been far more committed to giving support to our troops who serve so heroically, and our veterans who have served so heroically before.

Kerry’s comment dont change or mean a whit…

This is about our troops who deserve the support that they were not given by our partisan president, when he used this war for the wedge politics of division and fear.

This is about the disrespect shown by the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense for the advice of our commanders.

A Democratic Congress would show far more respect and will be a service to the nation and the troops.

This is about the lack of armor, equipment, bandages, helmets, fortified vehicles that were not provided by the Republicans in Washington.

Democrats fought to make things better. A Democratic Congress would be light years better for our troops in providing this support in the future…

God Bless our men and women who serve in Iraq.

God Bless their families.

We Democrats stand with you, the record speaks clearly to our history and support, and a Democratic Congress would be a victory for our troops, their families, and veterans who deserve far better than they received over these six hard years.

A Democratic Congress will bring the voices of veterans, the families of our troops, and the support for those who serve to the highest levels of leadership in Washington, where they belong.

[Click the title, above, to read more.—Caro]

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Cheney Links Iraq Violence, U.S. Elections
Vice President Dick Cheney says the increase of violence in Iraq is linked with efforts to influence the outcome of next week’s elections, in which Republicans are struggling to keep control of Congress.
The terrorists’ll gitcha if’n you don’t watch out.  So vote Republican, America!  Vote for the people who have made terrorism worse, worldwide.

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

China: N. Korea rejoins nuclear talks
North Korea has agreed to rejoin six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday. Chief envoys to the negotiations from China, North Korea and the United States held an informal meeting in Beijing on Tuesday and agreed to resume the six-nation talks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its Web site. “The three parties agreed to resume the six-party talks at the earliest convenient time,” the statement said.
This is great news, but don’t let George Bush take credit for it.  The Chinese get the credit, for squeezing North Korea’s oil supply.

Mideast governments watching U.S. vote
CAIRO, Egypt – Arab governments are looking for change in U.S. policy in the Middle East after the midterm elections, hoping a politically weakened President Bush will talk with Iran and Syria, show greater interest in the Palestinians and find a way out of the crisis in Iraq.

U.S. Oct death toll in Iraq rises to 103
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military on Tuesday announced the deaths of two soldiers, raising the number of troops killed in fighting in Iraq this month to 103.

3 killed in second bomb attack in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A car bomb killed three people and wounded five others in Baghdad’s Sadr City section early Tuesday, a day after a bombing killed at least 33 people in the overwhelmingly Shiite neighborhood.

In Baghdad, a Force Under the Militias’ Sway
Infiltration of Iraqi Police Could Delay Handover of Control for Years, U.S. Trainers Suggest

Israel jets stage mock raids over Beirut
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israeli fighter jets staged mock raids over Hezbollah strongholds in south Beirut on Tuesday in the heaviest show of air power over Lebanon since an August cease-fire ended the war between Israel and the guerillas.

Olmert Says Israel May Widen Military Role in Gaza
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Iran warns of response to nuke sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s firebrand president warned on Monday that his country would respond with an “appropriate and firm response” to any U.N. sanction over its nuclear program.

Pakistan Says It Killed 80 Militants in Attack on Islamic School
The Pakistani military said Monday that it had destroyed a religious school near the border with Afghanistan used to train militants.

Afghan blast kills 2 NATO soldiers
A roadside bomb killed two NATO soldiers and wounded two others on patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the alliance said.

Protesters vow to retake Oaxaca center
OAXACA, Mexico – Thousands of protesters driven from the city center by federal police after months of paralyzing demonstrations vowed to retake the main plaza on Monday, but strike-weary residents pleaded for a return to life as usual.

Brazil’s president vows economic growth
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Dems counter Bush attack with Iraq ads
WASHINGTON – Campaigning for Republicans, President Bush said Monday that “terrorists win and America loses” if opponents of his Iraq policy triumph in next week’s elections. Undeterred, House Democrats countered with television ads critical of the war in several competitive races.

Auditors want rules for Iraq aid
WASHINGTON – Federal auditors are recommending that the Iraqi government meet specific milestones of progress to receive any future aid for reconstruction, according to a report released Monday that echoes a message the Bush administration has delivered to Iraqi leaders.
Why haven’t they insisted on accountability before this?  Why are they just now announcing it, a week from a crucial election?

Bush hits hard at gay marriage
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I love the smell of desperation in the morning.

Clinton gets surprise NY Post endorsement
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Rupert Murdoch, owner of the New York Post and Fox News Channel, among many other media holdings in the U.S. and elsewhere, held a fundraiser for Hillary.  It will be interesting to see how Fox News changes its hate-Hillary rhetoric as she ramps up her presidential campaign.

Voters challenged in NY state race
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Here it comes, friends.  Republicans can’t win straight up on the issues, so they have to suppress the vote, intimidate likely Democratic voters, and rig elections.  Let’s stop them next Tuesday.

Fitzgerald doesn’t want to talk about Armitage
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Of course he doesn’t.  Armitage has nothing to do with Libby’s lies.

Abstinence program for 20s also
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The Republican War on Sex continues.

Dow drops 4 on lackluster Wal-Mart sales
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Warming poses a fiscal threat
Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a British government report said Monday. Former Vice President Al Gore, who has emerged as a powerful environmental spokesman, will advise the British government on climate change. [Emphasis added.]

OPEC says British climate change report “unfounded”
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Yeah, we can trust the guy in charge of making sure that oil producing countries get the highest prices possible for their oil.  He’ll give us an unbiased opinion on replacing oil as our major source of energy.

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China’s lawmakers consider banning children from Internet cafes
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Army monitors soldiers’ blogs, Web sites
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GOP at a loss? Karl Rove has an 11th-hour plan to win
He taps government resources to boost candidates in need.

By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writers
October 29, 2006

During a whirlwind five-hour trip to bolster an endangered GOP congressman’s reelection prospects, White House political guru Karl Rove last week delivered a fiery speech to 500 party activists, then shook every available hand and posed for snapshots like a rock star. He toured suburbs recently trashed by a snowstorm. He also found time to huddle with local strategists…

This week, Rove and his staff will turn to their endgame.

They will oversee a mobilization of political employees from Cabinet agencies, Capitol Hill and lobbying firms — many of them skilled campaign veterans — to more than a dozen battleground states. Many will act as “marshals,” supervising the “72-hour plan” developed by Rove in 2001 with Ken Mehlman, the former White House political director who now heads the Republican National Committee…

The New York Times

Democrats Push to Counter G.O.P. in Turnout Race

By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: October 29, 2006

VINITA PARK, Mo., Oct. 28 — Democrats are pushing into high gear this weekend a sharply expanded campaign to get their voters to the polls, even as some party leaders expressed anxiety that Republicans would again out-organize them in the approximately 20 House and 3 Senate races that both sides agree will determine the outcome of the midterm elections.

After two national elections in which Republicans’ sophisticated get-out-the-vote operation helped them triumph over their opponents, Democrats have invested heavily in catching up…

[E]vidence of newfound Democratic attention to getting out the vote, an area of politics where the party once dominated, was on display here and in other parts of the country this week as turnout operations, many in the making for nearly two years, began to unfold their final 10-day plans…

… that Democrats have no plan?
Associated Press

Webb: Democrats will provide Iraq remedy

By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writer
Sat Oct 28, 7:57 PM ET

The only remedy to a series of Iraq policy failures by President Bush is a Democratic takeover of Congress in the Nov. 7 election, Virginia Senate candidate Jim Webb said Saturday.

The former Republican, who was President Reagan’s Navy secretary, said in the Democrats’ weekly radio address that Bush’s “incompetence” in Iraq had undercut the fight against terrorism.

Webb is locked in a close race in Virginia against Republican Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) that could determine whether the Senate remains in GOP control.

“Since 2003, President Bush has laid out nine different plans for victory in Iraq, none of them serious and none of them workable. And most seriously, this incompetence has hindered our ability to fight international terror,” Webb said…

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The American Prospect

Crossed Lines?
E-mails allege that Curt Weldon’s office attempted to obtain information on his opponent from the Navy.

By Laura Rozen
Web Exclusive: 10.26.06

E-mails recently forwarded to the Justice Department by a government watchdog group describe alleged efforts by staff of Congressman Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania to call Navy employees for information and negative statements about his Democratic opponent, retired Rear Admiral Joe Sestak…

House ethics guidelines and U.S. criminal code prohibit government officials or their staffs or campaigns from using their official positions for partisan political or campaign purposes, such as obtaining information about a political opponent from employees at executive branch agencies. “If this is in fact going on, it is clearly a violation of congressional ethics rules and not just by Weldon, but also by any public official in the executive branch who participated in the scheme,” said Craig Holman, campaign finance and lobbying specialist at the government watchdog group Public Citizen. “It also potentially crosses the line into criminal behavior.”…