[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Fwd: Barack Obama

[Phil Stinard]

A third issue would  be to ask Obama to pressure Kerry to reverse his 
position on Venezuela.  I don't think I can in good conscience support 
Obama, though, because of his position on Israel and Palestine.

--Phil Stinard

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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:16:00 -0800 (PST)
>From: Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Fwd: Barack Obama
>To: peace discuss <peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
>Message-ID: <20040401211600.13392.qmail at web13122.mail.yahoo.com>
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>If anyone is planning to attend this, I hope you will
>consider how to get the most out of your time with a
>person who may soon be your senator.  Personally, I
>think he needs to know two main things: 1) that we
>agree with and appreciate his opposition to the war in
>Iraq, and hope that means he's for pulling out ASAP;
>and 2) we are concerned about his apparent support for
>the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land -- it's not
>only illegal, it's immoral and suicidal.
>
>He may think he can assume votes like ours, but I
>think it's vital that he understand that he has to
>earn our support.
>
>And, of course, I hope nobody will miss the monthly
>Prospect for Peace demonstration because of this.
>Elections are important, but candidates need to be
>damn sure there is continuing support for positions
>such as ours.  Maybe somebody could invite him to stop
>by before 4pm????????

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