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To: Sully- who wrote (66289)	5/18/2006 3:46:31 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Mac Cleland is a true hero, who along with Murtha and Kerry, cares more about our troops and vets than does the entire Bush Republican chickenhawk gang put together. How dare you continue slander this man who gave three limbs in combat defending his country. Not a single major rightwing leader has ever even dared to be in combat. Bushies stay as far away from war as they can. They just send other people and their sons to fight for their industrial special interests, and Cheney's Halliburton is the biggest and most doishonest war profiteer in US history. They have certainly stolen at least a billion dollars by now in Iraq.

To: Sully- who wrote (66289)	5/18/2006 4:57:59 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bush received this warning on 8-6-01 and what did he do? Nothing. What would you have done if you were president at the time? Obviously something. But neither Bush n or Rice did anything. thesmokinggun.com The question is why? Just incompetence and carelessness?

To: Sully- who wrote (66289)	5/18/2006 4:59:39 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

GOP Senate Tries to Introduce Wedge Issue #2, back to gay-baiting to add to "blame it on the Mexicans". By Andy Sullivan Reuters Thursday, May 18, 2006; 2:55 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel advanced a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on Thursday as the committee chairman shouted "good riddance" to a Democrat who walked out of the tense session. "If you want to leave, good riddance," The Senate Judiciary Chairman, Republican Arlen Specter, told Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Russell Feingold, who refused to participate because, he said, the meeting was not sufficiently open to the public. "I've enjoyed your lecture too. See you later, Mr. Chairman," Feingold told the Pennsylvania senator before storming out of the private room where the meeting took place. The testy exchange highlighted tensions over the proposal, which seeks to amend the U.S. Constitution to prevent states from recognizing same-sex marriages. The measure passed 10-8 on a party-line vote. Specter said he voted for the amendment because he thought it should be taken up by the full Senate, even though he does not back it. The gay-marriage ban is one of several hot-button social issues Republicans are raising to rally conservative voters ahead of November's congressional elections. Because the measure seeks to change the Constitution, it must pass both houses of Congress by a two-thirds majority and then be approved by at least 38 states. The Senate is expected to take up the bill in early June. The bill's sponsor told reporters he does not expect it to pass the Senate but wanted to keep the issue in the public eye. "If we quit bringing it up here and talking about it here, in effect we leave the decision-making process to the judicial side," Colorado Republican Sen. Wayne Allard said. A similar effort failed in the Senate in 2004. Gay marriage has been a hot topic since a Massachusetts court ruled in 2003 that the state legislature could not ban it, paving the way for America's first same-sex marriages in May the following year. At least 13 states have passed amendments banning gay marriage while two -- Vermont and Connecticut -- have legalized civil unions. California, New Jersey, Maine, the District of Columbia and Hawaii each offer gay couples some legal rights as partners. Legal challenges seeking permission for gays and lesbians to marry are pending in 10 states. Most recently, a Georgia state court struck down a state ban on Tuesday. Just over half of all Americans oppose same-sex marriage, according to a March poll by the Pew Research center, down from 63 percent in February 2004. Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the committee's top Democrat, said the gay marriage ban was a waste of time for a committee that needs to tackle a wide range of other pressing issues, from judicial nominations to oversight of the National Security Administration's domestic-spying program. "I didn't realize marriages were so threatened. Nor did my wife of 44 years," Leahy said. Leahy said Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, who supports the ban, has expressed support for polygamists in his home state of Utah. "I never said that," Hatch responded. "I know some (polygamists) that are very sincere. ... Don't accuse me of wanting to have polygamy." © 2006 Reuters

To: Sully- who wrote (66289)	5/20/2006 5:59:13 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

You should be ashamed for smearing John Murtha. Murtha is probably the most credible, most honest, most experienced military expert in congress and cares more about our troops, our military strength and veterans than anyone in the Bush adminstration ever will. Not only that, this 28 year veteran Marine commands tremendous respect within the Pentagon, which chickenhawk Bushies do not. Remember, not a single major Bushie has ever even seen combat and some of them are making big profits offf the quagmire Iraq has become. Murtha is also not some partisan Bush critic, he is a conservative who supported Bush's actions 100% after 9-11 and put his full trust in Bush. Sadly, Bush betrayed that trust. Bush betrayed all of us in fact. Even conservatives. Even hawks. Even Arab-haters. In fact, when he put the Dubai Ports deal above all other priorities last month he showed exactly who he really is, a sell-out.

To: Sully- who wrote (66289)	5/20/2006 6:03:06 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 173976

Quit continuing to pretend Bush-Cheney are not dishonest failures who care little about any of us, mainly just about themselves and their corporate gouger fat cat cronies. Bush-Cheney, like Tom Delay, are sell-outs and cheats. They were not fairly elected. They have been lying to us since day one. They are two-faced bandit kings, and they do not deserve your support, nor anyone else's. You know this. The country knows this. But you continue to pretend otherwise. Why? Name one thing Bush-Cheney have told us the truth about or one major policy they have succeeded with. You can't.