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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mao II who wrote (11074)	2/20/2003 4:46:44 PM
From: Kenya AA	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 25898

Any Country Joe fans out there??? Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again. Bush and Cheney say we’ve gotta attack Those evildoers over in Iraq So put down your books and pick up a gun, We're gonna have a whole lotta fun. And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Just as long as we get Saddam! And it's five, six, seven, Hell, why should we wait?? Inspectors won’t find nuthin’! There’s no reason why We shouldn’t let the bullets fly! Well, come on generals, let's move fast! Your big chance has come at last. Let’s vaporize every towel head The only good Arab is one who's dead And you know that peace can only be won When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come. And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Just as long as we get Saddam! And it's five, six, seven, Let’s bring the Coast Guard too! No reason for anyone to miss the fun Once we get Saddam on the run Well, come on you allies, don't move slow! The Axis of Evil has got to go Don’t listen to those wimpy frogs and krauts We’ve gotta strike now, don’t have any doubts. Who cares if the rest of the world says NO By the time we’re done the oil’s gonna flow. And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Just as long as we get Saddam! And it's five, six, seven, C’mon get on board! If not, you’d better pray that when we drop the bomb, We drop it on Saddam. Well, come on mothers throughout the land, Pack your boys off to fight Saddam. Come on fathers, don't hesitate, Send 'em off before it's too late. Be the first one on your block To have your boy come home in a box. And it's one, two, three What are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, Just as long as we get Saddam! And it's five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain't no time to wonder why, Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

To: Mao II who wrote (11074)	2/20/2003 4:50:56 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

CANDIDATES' ANTI-WAR STANCE MAY SPELL DOOM FOR DEMS Thu Feb 20, 2:36 AM ET By DEBORAH ORIN DEMOCRATS might as well be Frenchmen when it comes to using military force against Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). The problem facing the Dems is that their anti-war party is way, way out of whack with the rest of America, and that's especially true of the liberal activists who pick presidential nominees in key early states like Iowa and New Hampshire. No wonder Iraq was the very first question popped to Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) yesterday on his opening swing as a 2004 wannabe - and not from some pesky reporter but from a rank-and-file union member in Iowa. Most likely it was the last thing Gephardt wanted to talk about, since he backs the use of force against Saddam and so do most Iowans - but not most Democrats in Iowa. Overall, 59 percent of Iowans favor an Iraq attack - but only 38 percent of Democrats compared to 84 percent of Republicans and 54 percent of independents, according to a poll this month by the Des Moines Register. It's true nationwide, too - 63 percent of likely voters favor force. But it's the exact opposite among "core" Democrats likely to vote in primaries, since 66 percent of them oppose force, according to a poll by the respected GOP firm Public Opinion Strategies. That's why a growing number of anti-war Dems are jumping into the 2004 race - Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), ex-Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (Ill.), ex-Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Rev. Al Sharpton - with Sen. Bob Graham (Fla.) and ex-Sen. Gary Hart (Colo.) likely as well. One theory, favored by Clintonista Paul Begala, is that having more and more wannabes on the left just splits the super-liberal vote and makes it more likely that Dems nominate a (more electable) centrist. Clinton redux, as it were. The alternate argument is that having so many anti-war voices at presidential debates will drag the Democratic Party all the way to the left and possibly over the political cliff. In other words, McGovern redux. Of course, no one can gauge fallout from a war that hasn't happened yet. GOP pollster Ed Goeas says Dems are "trying to say just enough about the war so if it goes bad, which I don't expect, they can say, 'I told you so.'" story.news.yahoo.com