[Peace-discuss] US betrayed by Democrats again

[Chas. 'Mark' Bee]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
To: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: [Peace-discuss] US betrayed by Democrats again


> [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."

  Clearly, our Congresscritters' locations deep in the pockets of defense 
contractor lobbyists - Congresscritters on BOTH sides of the aisle - aren't 
considered part of the problem by the myopic hard left.

  Nice infantile lie title though, Carl.