<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As to being a single-issue voter, Mike, I suppose it's clear that the two most important things the federal government does - in order - are (1) kill people and (2) transfer wealth from the majority to the rich. <br><br>The Obama administration has proved itself even more brutal and efficient at those tasks than its predecessor. It has expanded six wars in the Mideast and has conducted a good-cop/bad-cop charade on government spending with the Republicans to attack social supports. And the beneficiaries of Obama's policies are the tiny American economic elite, whose wealth has increased at an accelerating rate, even after the financial crisis of 2007-2009.<br><br>But our Republican member of Congress, after voting for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, announced publicly that he was wrong - and now votes consistently against any more money for killing people in the Mideast. And he commendably voted against Obama's mendacious debt deal.<br><br>Surely, in what purports to be a representative democracy, it's more important to get the right (non-lethal) vote than a delegate with a pure motive, if we have to choose. Tim may indeed often do the right deed for the wrong reason. He has for example repeated the debt and deficit malarkey peddled by both parties. I'd certainly prefer a Congressman who knew that the deficit is a chimera used to scare Americans into accepting the government's austerity program. (Wealth is so concentrated in America that an emergency tax of 15% on investible assets over $1 million would make the deficit disappear  - and 99% of American would not be subject to the tax.) But none of his potential opponents know that, either. <br><br>Nevertheless Johnson has voted correctly - against both the wars and the debt deal.  He should be supported for re-election against any opponent who would not clearly do the same.<br><div><br></div><div>Regards, CGE</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 29, 2011, at 7:26 PM, Mike Lehman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">    <div style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;">  <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~-->     <div id="ygrp-text"><p>        Carl,<br>    Always room for repentance and the embrace of new values, I suppose.    But I'm not a priest and to me this smacks more of Tim's usual    pre-election maneuvering to triangulate middle-of-the-road voters    into his corner than an epiphany.<br>    <br>    And Tim should be worried. Wasn't Congress recently getting an    approval rating of something like 12%? That'll put religion in    almost any Congresscritter. So far, I've seen nothing that suggests    Tim should be returned to DC any more than any of the rest of them.    Better to wipe the slate clean and start over. It would be hard to    do worse -- and their replacements couldn't be more venal than the    present gang.<br>    <br>    And Tim, if you take him at his word (a few years back), is way    overdue to come home anyway, right?<br>    <br>    But that's just a single issue -- and I'm not a single issue voter.    On almost every other issue of importance to me, Tim comes up FAIL    Not necessarily an endorsement of whoever his opponent might be,    Tim's got an uphill battle in convincing me he'd be on my side more    than anyone else. And that's just if we get trapped in the usual    "less evil of two evils" choice. If I can't hold my nose and vote --    I just don't. Damned if I'm granting my consent to the likes of most    Illinois politicians. <br>    <br>    You're not suggesting I compromise my values to hold my nose to vote    "Tim for Peace," because it would be a slightly smaller compromise    on that than on everything else about him, are you? If so, I'm    really worried that the quality of our local curmudgeons is being    compromised by some warped desire to pick a winner, rather than hold    a principled, moral position.<br>    Mike Lehman<br>    <br>    On 9/29/2011 1:40 PM, C. G. ESTABROOK wrote:    </p><blockquote cite="mid:5E09519A-EA34-4023-9CDC-C051C1279E7A@shout.net" type="cite">We don't know about the state of his soul, Mike - his      sincerity or commitment - but we do know that for some time now      he's said he was wrong to vote for the invasions of Afghanistan      and Iraq, and - even more importantly - has consistently voted      against more money for war in the Mideast. He even joined Reps.      Kucinich & Paul et al. in a suit against the illegal attack on      Libya.       <div><br>      </div>      <div>Aren't we trying to get the members of this government,        whatever their moral purity, to put an end to this criminal war?        Vietnam ended, not because we elected angels, but because the        same people who'd been there all along were forced to end it. </div>      <div><br>      </div>      <div>When I ran against Tim on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, I        condemned his apparent willingness to support it.  During the        campaign, I met privately with Tim & his people (at his        invitation) to try to dissuade him from voting for the        "Authorization for the Use of Military Force against Iraq."  But        the administration apparently sold him the yellow-cake story        ("secret information"), & he voted for the AUMF.</div>      <div><br>      </div>      <div>His subsequent declaration that he shouldn't have done so -        and even more his consistent votes against the Bush/Obama war in        the Mideast - shouldn't be set aside.  Are we going to vote for        Democrats who "support the president" as he continues to expand        the drone attacks, the "special operations," the killing across        SW Asia and Africa? <br>        <div>          <div><br>          </div>          <div>Regards, CGE</div>          <div><br>          </div>          <div>On Sep 29, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Mike Lehman wrote:</div>          <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">          <blockquote type="cite">                        <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Carl,<br>              35 years of experience with the duplicitous Tim - always              railing against things he's in fact supported at various              more politically convenient times -- doesn't convince me              he has much sincerity or commitment to his new, now              seemingly dovish position.<br>              Mike Lehman<br>              <br>              On 9/29/2011 10:37 AM, C. G. ESTABROOK wrote:              <blockquote cite="mid:DBCADA15-6868-403A-8633-208733F65739@shout.net" type="cite">That's an astonishing statement, Mike.  Here                we spend ten years trying to convince the government to                cease its criminal wars, and when a congressman - no                better than he should be - comes around to the correct                point view, we dismiss it...?                <div><br>                </div>                <div><br>                </div>                <div>                  <div>                    <div>On Sep 29, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Mike Lehman                      wrote:</div>                    <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">                    <blockquote type="cite">                      <div style="background-color: #fff;"> <span> </span>                                                    <div id="ygrp-text"><p> A stopped clock is right twice a day.                                That hardly rates a headline -- or a                                Subject line -- in my book.<br>                                Mike Lehman<br>                                <br>                                On 9/29/2011 10:06 AM, C. G. ESTABROOK                                wrote: </p>                              <blockquote cite="mid:B75967DD-ACB9-45B0-B848-D85A74E1CAC4@shout.net" type="cite"> Apparently similar in this                                regard to his potential Democratic                                opponents (whom he also resembles in                                talking nonsense about the deficit). <br>                                <div>                                  <div><br>                                  </div>                                  <div><br>                                  </div>                                  <div>On Sep 29, 2011, at 8:56 AM,                                    David Green wrote:</div>                                  <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">                                  <blockquote type="cite">                                    <div>                                      <div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times                                        new roman, new york, times,                                        serif;font-size:12pt;">                                        <div><span>And also unwilling to                                            consider the implications re                                            Israel/Palestine.</span></div>                                        <div><br>                                          <blockquote style="border-left-color:                                            rgb(16, 16,                                            255);border-left-width:                                            2px;border-left-style:                                            solid;">                                            <div style="font-family:                                              times new roman, new york,                                              times, serif;font-size:                                              12pt;">                                              <div style="font-family:                                                times new roman, new                                                york, times,                                                serif;font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:                                                      bold;">From:</span></b>                                                  C. G. ESTABROOK <<a moz="true" href="mailto:cge@shout.net">cge@shout.net</a>><br>                                                  <b><span style="font-weight:                                                      bold;">To:</span></b>                                                  <a moz="true" href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a><br>                                                  <b><span style="font-weight:                                                      bold;">Cc:</span></b>                                                  sf-core <<a moz="true" href="mailto:sf-core@yahoogroups.com">sf-core@yahoogroups.com</a>><br>                                                  <b><span style="font-weight:                                                      bold;">Sent:</span></b>                                                  Thursday, September                                                  29, 2011 8:51 AM<br>                                                  <b><span style="font-weight:                                                      bold;">Subject:</span></b>                                                  [Peace-discuss] Local                                                  rep. right about                                                  war...<br>                                                </font><br>                                                <div id="yiv79045151">                                                  <div>[...but wrong                                                    about Social                                                    Security, Medicare,                                                    and the deficit...                                                     --CGE]</div>                                                  <div><b><br>                                                    </b></div>                                                  <b>Johnson stance on                                                    war draws support</b>                                                  <div id="yiv79045151node-736076">                                                    <div>Wed, 09/28/2011                                                      - 9:03pm | Tom                                                      Kacich</div>                                                    <div>                                                      <div align="">DECATUR                                                        -- About two                                                        years after he                                                        first called for                                                        the withdrawal                                                        of U.S. troops                                                        from Iraq and                                                        Afghanistan,                                                        U.S. Rep. Tim                                                        Johnson,                                                        R-Urbana, now                                                        appears to be                                                        gaining the                                                        support of his                                                        constituents.</div>                                                      <div align="">Speaking                                                        to about 100                                                        people -- nearly                                                        all white and                                                        conservative --                                                        at the Decatur                                                        Public Library,                                                        Johnson received                                                        a burst of                                                        applause                                                        Wednesday                                                        evening when he                                                        again called for                                                        an end to U.S.                                                        military                                                        involvement in                                                        the Middle East.</div>                                                      <div align="">Johnson                                                        also suggested                                                        gradually                                                        raising the                                                        retirement age                                                        to strengthen                                                        Social Security                                                        and Medicare,                                                        and said he was                                                        willing to look                                                        at revenue                                                        measures, not                                                        just budget                                                        cuts, to reduce                                                        the federal                                                        deficit.</div>                                                      <div align="">The                                                        six-term                                                        congressman                                                        criticized                                                        Democrats for                                                        not being                                                        willing to make                                                        cuts in federal                                                        spending and hit                                                        Republicans for                                                        supporting only                                                        "cuts in                                                        non-defense                                                        discretionary                                                        spending."</div>                                                      <div align="">"That                                                        is not                                                        acceptable,                                                        ladies and                                                        gentlemen," said                                                        Johnson. "I                                                        understand there                                                        are people in                                                        here who are                                                        going to                                                        vehemently                                                        disagree with me                                                        and who believe                                                        that every war                                                        is a good war.                                                        The reality is                                                        that by the time                                                        we will have                                                        completed our                                                        quote-unquote                                                        mission -- and I                                                        don't know what                                                        the mission is,                                                        ladies and                                                        gentlemen -- we                                                        will have spent                                                        close to 4                                                        trillion dollars                                                        in those wars.</div>                                                      <div align="">"We                                                        cannot exclude                                                        defense from the                                                        cuts in dealing                                                        with our                                                        national debt."</div>                                                      <div align="">Johnson                                                        said he doesn't                                                        believe his                                                        constituents                                                        "are one iota                                                        safer because                                                        we're losing                                                        thousands of                                                        American men and                                                        women, and                                                        hundreds of                                                        thousands of                                                        innocent                                                        civilians in                                                        Afghanistan and                                                        Libya and Iraq."</div>                                                      <div align="">"I                                                        have                                                        consistently                                                        voted in                                                        appropriation                                                        after                                                        appropriation                                                        and bill after                                                        bill to get out                                                        of Iraq and                                                        Afghanistan and                                                        Libya," he said.                                                        It was at that                                                        point and during                                                        other statements                                                        about defense                                                        spending that                                                        Johnson received                                                        his only                                                        sustained                                                        applause during                                                        the meeting.</div>                                                      <div align="">"We                                                        can't afford it                                                        in our men and                                                        women's lives,                                                        we can't afford                                                        it in our                                                        infrastructure,                                                        and we can't                                                        afford it                                                        fiscally," he                                                        said of the                                                        wars.</div>                                                      <div align="">Following                                                        the meeting,                                                        Johnson said he                                                        was surprised by                                                        the response.</div>                                                      <div align="">"But                                                        generally in the                                                        public and even                                                        among the                                                        conservative                                                        base, people are                                                        starting to say,                                                        why are we here?                                                        Why are we                                                        spending the                                                        money? Why are                                                        we allowing men                                                        and women to be                                                        killed for a                                                        mission we                                                        cannot define? I                                                        think it's                                                        critical to our                                                        economic and                                                        moral future                                                        that we get out                                                        tomorrow, and                                                        that we don't                                                        engage in some                                                        new stupid war                                                        the next time.                                                        I'm just quoting                                                        the president."</div>                                                      <div align="">On                                                        other issues,                                                        Johnson said:</div>                                                      <div align="">--                                                        He thinks Social                                                        Security and                                                        Medicare can be                                                        strengthened by                                                        gradually                                                        raising the                                                        retirement age.</div>                                                      <div align="">"To                                                        prevent the                                                        system from                                                        going bankrupt,                                                        there have to be                                                        modest changes                                                        for new workers                                                        in the system,"                                                        he said. "For                                                        people who are                                                        entering the                                                        system tweaking                                                        the age of                                                        retirement, when                                                        it has stayed                                                        the same for                                                        decades, makes                                                        economic sense.                                                        Relatively small                                                        changes in the                                                        retirement age                                                        have a dramatic                                                        effect on the                                                        fiscal soundness                                                        of Social                                                        Security. I'm                                                        not suggesting                                                        we move the age                                                        to 75, but                                                        moving it to 67                                                        1/2 over a                                                        phased-in period                                                        makes economic                                                        sense and moral                                                        sense."</div>                                                      <div align="">He                                                        also said he                                                        wouldn't rule                                                        out the need for                                                        higher                                                        contributions                                                        into the system.</div>                                                      <div align="">"I'm                                                        not ruling                                                        anything out but                                                        what I'm ruling                                                        in is the fact                                                        that we have to                                                        make                                                        common-sense,                                                        fair changes to                                                        preserve the                                                        safety net," he                                                        said. "If we                                                        don't do that                                                        there's going to                                                        be no Social                                                        Security, no                                                        Medicare for the                                                        future."</div>                                                      <div align="">--                                                        He is not ruling                                                        out the need for                                                        revenue measures                                                        to cut into the                                                        federal budget                                                        deficit.</div>                                                      <div align="">"The                                                        revenue side of                                                        the equation has                                                        to be examined.                                                        There are a                                                        number of tax                                                        loopholes that                                                        exist now, some                                                        tax breaks that                                                        are being phased                                                        out that I                                                        support phasing                                                        out and others                                                        that I don't. I                                                        think we need to                                                        look at the                                                        whole picture. I                                                        don't think you                                                        can responsibly                                                        look at the debt                                                        crisis we face                                                        without looking                                                        at every aspect                                                        of ways to solve                                                        it."</div>                                                      <div align=""><a moz="true" href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-09-28/johnson-stance-war-draws-support.html">http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-09-28/johnson-stance-war-draws-support.html</a></div>                                                      <div align=""><br>                                                      </div>                                                    </div>                                                  </div>                                                </div>                                                <br> _______________________________________________<br>                                                Peace-discuss mailing                                                list<br>                                                <a moz="true" href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" ymailto="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a><br>                                                <a moz="true" href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss</a><br>                                                <br>                                                <br>                                              </div>                                            </div>                                          </blockquote>                                        </div>                                      </div>                                    </div>                                  </blockquote>                                </div>                                <br>                              </blockquote>                              <br>                              <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">                              </div>                            </div>                             </div>                                            <!-- end group email --> </blockquote>                  </div>                  <br>                </div>              </blockquote>              <br>            </div>            _______________________________________________<br>            Peace-discuss mailing list<br>            <a moz="true" href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a><br>            <a class="moz-txt-link-f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