[Peace-discuss] US betrayed by Democrats again

[C. G. Estabrook]

[That motto -- "De-escalate, investigate, troops home now" -- wouldn't 
make a bad poster for Saturday's demo.  Discommoding that awful 
apparatchik Rahm Emanuel is another triumph for Sheehan. --CGE]


The Democrats got off to a rocky start unveiling some of the first 
pieces of their Iraq-free House agenda:

     "House Democrats tried to unveil their lobbying reform package 
today, but their press conference was drowned out by chants from 
anti-war activists who want Congress to stop funding the Iraq war before 
taking on other issues.

     "Led by Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a slain soldier, the 
protesters chanted "De-escalate, investigate, troops home now" as 
Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., began outlining the 
Democrats' plans to ban lobbyist-funded travel and institute other 
ethics reforms. The press conference was held in the Cannon House Office 
Building in an area open to the public.

     "Emanuel finally gave up trying to be heard over the chants, and 
retreated to a caucus room where Democrats were meeting."

The fact that the protesters cast a pall over Rahm Emanuel's day in the 
sun was especially sweet. He is notorious for supporting pro-war 
Democratic candidates in primaries over antiwar ones with his access to 
the enormous amount of money raised from corporate sources. Meanwhile, 
it is becoming more and more clear that Bush will announce that he 
intends to send at least 20,000 additional troops to Iraq. But Emanuel, 
and the Democratic House leadership, thought it was more urgent to 
address lobbying reform.

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