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To: Road Walker who wrote (281799)	3/26/2006 1:02:21 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573150

'We are not losing in Iraq' Thank you tremendously for printing Capt. Paul Carron's letter to the editor ("A soldier challenges the Hollywood left," Friday). As a soldier who also has served in Iraq, I find it increasingly frustrating to hear liberal Hollywood or biased members of the press influence public opinion with lies. If you want to know what's going on in Iraq, talk to a soldier. Americans need to listen to their sons, daughters, brothers and sisters who are serving. Our public is saturated with information; most of it is hypersensitized or flat-out wrong. If it bleeds, it leads, right? We need responsible journalists and broadcasters who keep their natural biases in check. We are not losing in Iraq, despite the valiant efforts of some back home who continually supplant that message and headline, because ... well, it sounds a lot better than, "We are in it for the long haul and slowly but steadily building a nation." Thank you for giving the soldiers a voice. 1ST LT. MARJORIE KNOTT EASTMAN U.S. Army Reserves Fort Hood, Texas

To: Road Walker who wrote (281799)	3/27/2006 7:26:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573150

But you notice all the Iraq veterans that are running for office are running against the war? You don't see a lot of pro-war Republican Iraq veterans running for office. I wonder why? Its amazing how far you can get in this country on just hype mixed with lies. And you know 50 years from now, the whole thing will be repeated.

To: Road Walker who wrote (281799)	3/27/2006 8:39:17 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573150

Warner Attractive to GOP moderates kansascity.com. Posted on Sun, Mar. 26, 2006 WASHINGTON — It is a rare day when a Democratic governor leaves office in a state that voted Republican for president since 1964 with accolades from both sides of the political aisle. Not only was Virginia’s Mark Warner a highly successful governor, but his popularity also resulted in Democratic Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine winning more votes in 2005 than Warner received in 2001. When Warner helped engineer a back-to-back Democratic gubernatorial wins in a state that had not voted for a Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, political gurus of all stripes took immediate notice. Mark Warner jumped onto the list of the top five Democratic presidential contenders for 2008. Warner cut into the Republican rural base by balancing the state budget and catering to such conservative agendas as gun rights and the death penalty. That and Warner’s background as a telecommunications tycoon, a NASCAR fan and a frugal spender of government money makes him a natural nationwide contender for the White House. Warner’s victories in solidly Republican rural southern Virginia counties could easily equate to primary and general election victories in nearby states with similar demographics. — Wayne Madsen, Online Journal