[Peace-discuss] Gill finks on the war again. Vote Independent?

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

It is clear that Gill is a shill and a toady for the Democrat Agenda,
which is all about shilling and toadying for Obama et al who
are shilling and toadying for the 0.001%.

The ejection of Johnson put the bipartisan support for the war firmly 
back in the local
district, completely disinfranchised the significant anti-war sentiment 
in the district,
and ensured that both the Stupid Party candidate (Gill) and the Evil Party
candidate (Davis) will provide no voice to the anti-war crazies and
continue the stupid and evil war.



On 11/03/12 23:12, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Corey Mattson of Bloomington-Normal Coalition for Peace writes, "...no 
> one in this congressional district race represents our view of no 
> military intervention, no sanctions against Iran ...Shows work needs 
> to be done! ...Peace movement work, that is...":
>
> *"13th district congressional candidates agree on Iran" 
> */<http://wglt.org/wireready/news/2012/11/08145_13thDebate2_061447.shtml>./
>
> Democrat David Gill shows once again that if he is sent to Congress 
> from our district, he will fail to uphold incumbent Tim Johnson's 
> opposition to the ongoing Mideast war.
>
> Although Johnson is a Republican, he voted for the impeachment of 
> President Bush for launching the Iraq war; joined other House members 
> (including Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul) in suing President Obama for 
> violating the War Powers Act; and voted consistently against more 
> money for war in the Mideast, after publicly regretting his votes in 
> 2001 and 2002 in favor of the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. (He 
> had been urged to change his position by the local antiwar movement, 
> the Green party, etc.)
>
> Gill on the other hand has consistently avoided promising that he 
> would vote as Johnson has on the war, saying only that he was "against 
> the war." Now he does say clearly that he backs the administration's 
> war policy on Iran - which we recently heard enunciated by Senator 
> Durbin in Champaign, namely that Iran is building a nuclear weapon and 
> must be stopped, by military means if necessary. (Obama has been quite 
> consistent on the matter: when he was running for the Senate in 
> 2004, the Chicago Tribune wrote, "…the United States should not rule 
> out military strikes to destroy nuclear production sites in Iran, 
> Obama said … ‘having a radical Muslim theocracy in possession of 
> nuclear weapons is worse [than] us launching some missile strikes into 
> Iran…’ he said.")
>
> In our Congressional district, Independent candidate John 
> Hartman "says even if Iran has the ability to launch a nuclear weapon, 
> he believes it would be a mistake to move forward at any time with 
> military action: 'I think that even bombing their nuclear capabilities 
> would be counterproductive. I think it would rile them against us, as 
> well as the Arab world against us.'
>
> This latest indication of Gill's unsoundness on the war - despite his 
> apparent support for Medicare for all - has led several of my 
> acquaintances to say that they will vote for Hartman, the independent, 
> in protest of the 'bipartisan' war policy. See Glenn Greenwald, "Obama 
> moves to make the War on Terror permanent" 
> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/24/obama-terrorism-kill-list>.
>
> --CGE
>
>
>
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