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The program tonight as broadcast showed a remarkable development to
David Gill's views on the US war in the Middle East. (Gill is the
no-hope Democratic candidate running against the Republican
incumbent, Tim Johnson, for the local congressional seat.) He even
struggled to modify the statement - his statement - read by a member
of the panel at the beginning of the program!<br>
<br>
One can see why - that statement is a tissue of lies. What he said
tonight - together with that statement - is a painful exercise in
misrepresentation - both of his own views and those of his
opponent. That has of course been the practice of the Democrats
since the beginning of this phase of the Long War.<br>
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See the statement here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.gill2010.com/issues/foreign-policy/afghanistan/"><http://www.gill2010.com/issues/foreign-policy/afghanistan/></a>.<br>
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We might actually get a debate on the war if people have a chance to
see how disingenuous Gill's statement is - even with his
"evolutions" on tonight's program. <br>
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Gill's major charge against Johnson is that he "doesn't support the
troops" - a made-up Bushism. But Gill's prevarications and
misrepreentations have deprived the local voters of a real debate on
the war - which looked liked happening, when Jophnson siad he was
wrong to vote for the invasions of Afgahsnitan and Iraq, and pledged
to vote against any more money for war in the Mideast - and he is
voting that way. Gill still won't make that pledge, as a close
examination of his statement shows. <br>
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Both parties have worked hard to make sure that next week's election
is meaningless - and have largely succeeded. It will not, most
importantly, be a vote on the war. We should therefore be working to
stir up people across the political spectrum on the military and
economic betrayals of the current president and Congress.<br>
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The question is, Whom are we going to allow Barack Obama to kill
going forward, and why? <br>
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Some people are talking about what Obama and the Democratas are
actually doing. Contrast Chris Floyd's remarks, as follows, with
Gill's evasions, above: <br>
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"...Friends, it's very simple: if you support Barack Obama and the
Democrats -- even if reluctantly, even if you're just being all
sophisticatedly super-savvy and blogospherically strategic about it,
playing the "long game" or eleven-dimensional chess or what have you
-- you are supporting the outright murder of innocent people who
have never done anything against you or yours. You have walked into
a house, battered down the bedroom door, put the barrel of a gun
against the temple of a sleeping child, and pulled the trigger. That
is what you are supporting, that is what you are complicit in, that
is what you yourself are doing."<br>
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Full article at
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://chris-floyd.com/articles/1-latest-news/2035-obamas-finest-hour-killing-innocent-people-for-qmade-up-crapq.html"><http://chris-floyd.com/articles/1-latest-news/2035-obamas-finest-hour-killing-innocent-people-for-qmade-up-crapq.html></a>.<br>
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On 10/25/10 12:05 PM, Karen Medina wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Dr. Gill is coming to talk with
AWARE (the local anti-war,<br>
> anti-racism effort of Champaign-Urbana). Would you like to
come and<br>
> share your reasons for being against this war with Dr. Gill?
We would<br>
> greatly appreciate it.<br>
> <br>
> Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5pm-6pm UPTV (in the Urbana City
Council<br>
> Chambers) 400 South Vine Street, Urbana, IL A taping of AWARE
on the<br>
> Air for Channel 6 that will air at 10pm Tuesday evening.<br>
</span><br>
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