Political Cortex: Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 166

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Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 166

By mole333
05/11/2008 02:11:53 PM EST

Last week was the 5th Annniversary of Bush's idiotic "Mission Accomplished" moment. And John McCain tried defending Bush, blaming it on the Navy. This led to a considerable amount of attention on John McCain's own suggestion that we should stay in the Iraq Quagmire for 100 years. Howard Dean in particular slammed McCain for his willingness to sacrifice American soldiers for oil profits for 100 years. Poor John McCain didn't like having people pick on him, so John "wimp" McCain began whining and complaining about it. Well, Mr. McCain, if you can't take criticism of a stupid policy, how the hell are you going to stand up to al-Qaeda? Oh, yeah...just like Bush you plan on wasting time, money, and lives in Iraq for 100 years rather than actually fighting al-Qaeda, the people who attacked us.

Last week was the 5th Annniversary of Bush's idiotic "Mission Accomplished" moment. And John McCain tried defending Bush, blaming it on the Navy. This led to a considerable amount of attention on John McCain's own suggestion that we should stay in the Iraq Quagmire for 100 years. Howard Dean in particular slammed McCain for his willingness to sacrifice American soldiers for oil profits for 100 years. Poor John McCain didn't like having people pick on him, so John "wimp" McCain began whining and complaining about it. Well, Mr. McCain, if you can't take criticism of a stupid policy, how the hell are you going to stand up to al-Qaeda? Oh, yeah...just like Bush you plan on wasting time, money, and lives in Iraq rather than actually fighting al-Qaeda, the people who attacked us.

Why are the Republicans such crybabies? Look Mr. McCain. YOU are the one who said you wanted to stay in Iraq for 100 years. Don't blame us for holding you to your word and criticizing the stupidity of it. Even the mainstream media is sick of the same old Republican failures:

Meanwhile, despite the constant warmongering of the Republicans, their policies continue to neglect our soldiers, leading to soldiers being electrocuted because our government refuses to hold companies accountable for their inability to fulfill the fat contracts the Republicans gave them. Meanwhile John "Bush" McCain is siding with Bush on refusing to help our Veterans, and Democrats are standing up to him on our Veterans' behalf.

On a personal level it has been an interesting week. Last weekend I was interviewed by Finnish journalists for a book they are writing on American politics. Career wise, I had a new paper come out in the Journal of Cell Biology and this week it got two recommendations on the prestigeous "Faculty of 1000" site. Feels good when one's work is recognized! And of course, as I had a diary reach the rec list earlier this week as I seemingly broke the news about a superdelegate. All in all a good week.

Here is this week's newsletter:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

JOHN McCAIN'S ECONOMIC CONFUSION

CONGRESSMAN GONE WILD: Vito Fossella's Troubles

DEFENDING CIVIL LIBERTIES: Norman Siegel

NY STATE FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Peace Vigils, Groups and Events

CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

ARIZONA FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Groups and Events

NEW JERSEY FOCUS: Blue Jersey Radio, Impeachment, Groups and Events

GEORGIA FOCUS: Veterans for Peace, Groups and Events

WISCONSIN FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Groups and Events

NORTH CAROLINA FOCUS: Larry Kissell, Veterans for Peace, Peace Vigils, Groups and Events