[Peace-discuss] Fw: Jobs Not Wars

Thu Dec 3 11:33:00 CST 2009

You're being a bit hyperbolic regarding objections, Ricky -- it's surely correct 
to "tell Congress to vote against any funds for these wars, except to bring our 
troops safely home" -- but don't you think it's at least tendentious then to say 
"we support President Obama" and refer to "George Bush's war in Afghanistan"?

It is unquestionably "Barack Obama's war in Afghanistan," in that -- as we heard 
Tuesday night -- he can expand the killing or end it.  He's choosing the former.

Ricky Baldwin wrote:
> I'm sure someone will immediately suggest an argument that this message from
> a group of progressive Democrats is meaningless and/or actually worse than
> anything GW Bush ever did, but others might find it encouraging that they're
> opposing Obama's "surge" and continued wars, so here you go: (I'll hand up
> and listen.) - Ricky
> 
> "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn
> 
> --- On *Thu, 12/3/09, Democrats.com /<activist at democrats.com>/* wrote:
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> From: Democrats.com <activist at democrats.com> Subject: Jobs Not Wars To:
> baldwinricky at yahoo.com Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 10:13 AM
> 
> Democrats.com, the Aggressive Progressives - 600,000 strong and growing! Dear
> Ricky, We support President Obama, but we cannot support the escalation of 
> George Bush's war in Afghanistan. *Congress,* not the President, decides how
> our tax dollars are spent. After 8 years, nearly 5,300 U.S. lives, and $3
> trillion, it's time to bring our troops safely home from Afghanistan and
> Iraq. *Tell Congress to vote against any funds for these wars, *except to 
> bring our troops safely home. *http://www.democrats.com/jobs-not-wars 
> <http://mail.democrats.com/CT00005801MTE4OTkwMAAA.HTML?D=2009-12-03> * We
> have urgent priorities here at home, especially *jobs,* healthcare,
> education, and global warming. We must also reduce taxes for working families
> and our $12 trillion national debt. Washington isn't listening to the
> American people. *We must change Washington *by electing a new generation of
> candidates on a simple platform: *Jobs Not Wars. * *Help us get started with
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> <http://mail.democrats.com/CT00005802MTE4OTkwMAAA.HTML?D=2009-12-03> * ** 
> Thanks to your generosity, we've already raised over $22,000 for three
> outstanding *Jobs Not Wars *candidates: * CA36 (Los Angeles): *Marcy Winograd
> *is re-challenging BlueDog Jane Harman. Marcy is a dynamic leader of the
> peace and justice movement. In 2006, Marcy got 38% on a shoestring. This
> time, she already has great TV ads. * GA12 (Savannah/Augusta): *Regina Thomas
> *is re-challenging BlueDog John Barrow. Barrow won in 2008 by promising to
> support Barack Obama, who made powerful radio ads for Barrow. But Barrow
> betrayed Obama in Congress and Georgia voters are flocking to Regina's
> campaign. * NY-Senate: When Hillary Clinton left the Senate, Gov. Paterson 
> chose little-known Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, a centrist from upstate NY, to
> replace her. *Jonathan Tasini *is a brilliant leader who has devoted his life
> to progressive causes and would truly change the Senate. *Please support
> Marcy, Regina, and Jonathan here: http://www.actblue.com/page/democratscom 
> <http://mail.democrats.com/CT00005802MTE4OTkwMAAA.HTML?D=2009-12-03> * On
> Tuesday, Massachusetts voters have a fantastic opportunity to elect a *Jobs
> Not Wars *candidate to replace Senator Ted Kennedy. His name is Mike Capuano,
> and he has a perfect voting record against funding Bush's wars. His powerful
> TV commercial <http://mikecapuano.com/pages/iraq-and-afghanistan> against the
>  escalation in Afghanistan gives him a real shot at winning. Progressive
> Democrats of America <http://pdamerica.org/> is running a virtual phonebank
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> <http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mikefox@pdamerica.org> if you
> can. We'd also like to support primary challengers against *every BlueDog *in
> the House and Senate. *If you can recommend a good candidate to beat a
> BlueDog, please tell us now by posting a comment. *Time is running short! 
> http://democrats.com/lets-beat-the-bluedogs 
> <http://democrats.com/lets-beat-the-bluedogs> Thanks for all you do! Bob
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