[Peace-discuss] Primary election day

[C G Estabrook]

We probably should do what we can to prevent the Democrats’ taking control of the House. They won’t use it well.


> On Mar 20, 2018, at 10:10 PM, David Johnson <davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Can't say that I agree with your analysis about Davis Carl, but what seems almost certain is that with the election of Londrigan and Pritzger, we will have two more years of Davis and 4 more years of Rauner.
> I will be voting for none of the above in the 13th Congressional race and the Governor's race.
> 
> David J.
> 
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> Both the only anti-war candidate, David Gill, and the candidate of the 'intelligence community' [CIA et al.], pro-war Jon Ebel, seem to have been beaten in today's election for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Illinois' 13th Congressional district (with about 14% of the vote, each).
> 
> But the winner, DNC candidate Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, is pro-war - and should be opposed. It seems the only way to do that is to support (and vote for) the Republican incumbent, Rodney Davis.
> 
> Davis' predecessor, Republican Tim Johnson, was elected as a pro-war candidate. (I ran against him as a Green.) But in office, Tim changed his mind, and went so far as to join a suit against the illegal invasion of Libya.
> 
> Given that we must oppose the Democratic party's continuing hysterical war provocations against Russia (and China) - from 'Russiagate on - AWARE should support Davis against a pro-war Democrat and urge him to follow his predecessor's example.
> 
> —CGE
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