[Peace-discuss] Fw: UPDATE: Blue Dogs and Healthcare Reform
C. G. Estabrook
galliher at illinois.edu
Mon Mar 22 22:03:51 CDT 2010
But our Congressman now says he was wrong to vote for war war in Afghanistan and
Iraq. More importantly, he's voting against any more money for those wars.
That's what our demonstrations and importuning of representatives was supposed
to produce, right?
It would be a further mockery of democracy to vote for a candidate who lends
"critical support" to the war. --CGE
Ricky Baldwin wrote:
> Well, of course, Johnson's against the war now that there's a Dem in the
> White House, like Gill opposed it when the POP held the Presidential
> stool. I wouldn't make TOO much of the distinction.
>
> Pulling out troops is also not the only way to save lives (although we
> should support it, too).
>
> Ricky
>
> "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn
>
> --- On *Mon, 3/22/10, C. G. Estabrook /<galliher at illinois.edu>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw: UPDATE: Blue Dogs and Healthcare Reform
> To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 9:38 PM
>
> In the 15th Illinois Congressional district, the Republican
> incumbent is to the
> Left of his Democratic challenger in regard to killing people in the
> Middle East.
>
> Tim Johnson votes against money for Obama's wars, while David Gill
> favors an
> American "presence" (i.e., killing people) in Afghanistan, etc. --CGE
>
>
> Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> > One way forward... --Jenifer
> >
> > --- On *Mon, 3/22/10, Stephanie Taylor, BoldProgressives.org
> /<info at boldprogressives.org
> </mc/compose?to=info at boldprogressives.org>>/* wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Progressive Change Campaign Committee <http://boldprogressives.org/>
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > PCCC's first endorsed candidates
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=1
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=1>>
> >
> > Click here to support our first endorsed House candidates of
> 2010.
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=2
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=2>>
> >
> > Jenifer,
> >
> > Great news! In just a few hours, PCCC members chipped nearly
> $30,000 to
> > support our first 2 endorsed House candidates of 2010.
> >
> > Together, we can help these bold progressives defeat two Blue
> Dogs (including
> > Joe Lieberman's national co-chair) in the primaries.
> >
> > Click here to learn about the candidates -- and chip in $4 to
> their campaigns.
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=3
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=3>>
> >
> >
> > Our new goal is $40,000 raised before the March 31 FEC
> fundraising deadline.
> >
> > Krystal Ball, one of these candidates, just sent us a statement
> over email in
> > reaction to last night's health care vote:
> >
> > "I believe in a public health insurance option -- and, frankly, I
> believe
> > that if all of our legislators were dedicated first and foremost
> to the
> > country's best interests, we would have passed a health care bill
> with a
> > public option in August. As a progressive member of Congress, I
> will proudly
> > co-sponsor and fight for Rep. Grayson's 'Medicare You Can Buy
> Into' Act."
> >
> > We need to support bold progressive candidates like this --
> please chip in $4
> > here.
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=4
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=4>>
> >
> > Thanks for being a bold progressive.
> >
> > -- Stephanie
> >
> > P.S. Our earlier email is below...
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > PCCC's first endorsed candidates
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=5
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=5>>
> >
> > Click here to support our first endorsed House candidates of
> 2010.
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=6
> <http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/556?akid=620.88597.asAf-g&t=6>>
> >
> > Jenifer,
> >
> > Many public option supporters sent us their thoughts about the
> health care
> > bill passed by the House last night. Some feel betrayed -- others
> call it "a
> > start."
> >
> > One thing's for sure: A public option was not included by the
> House despite
> > thousands of us taking action and proving the votes existed in
> the Senate to
> > pass this popular proposal.
> >
> > *Why didn't House leaders include a public option?* /Politico/
> reports,
> > "Inserting a public option into the House reconciliation bill
> would blow up a
> > possible deal with the Blue Dogs."
> >
> > We're going to keep fighting for a public option, but that's not
> enough. We
> > need to defeat Blue Dogs and elect bold progressive fighters to
> Congress.
> > ...
>
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