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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:16 AM
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Gary Hart : A Voice Crying In The Wilderness
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/gary-hart/a-voice-crying-in-the-wil_5482.html

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If democracy only works when there is open discussion of opposing ideas and policies, and if the opposition party, in this case the Democrats, has hand-cuffed, blind-folded, gagged, and hog-tied itself to a failed invasion and occupation in the Middle East, where will the expanding majority of Americans look for a representative, a spokesperson, a voice for their anger, frustration, and distrust at being misled?

The circumstances suggest it should be a Senate or House Democratic leader, a recognized authority on foreign policy constantly seen on the Sunday talk shows, certainly one of the many “leaders” lining up to seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2008.

Strangely, no one in any of those categories comes to mind. Their voices are silent. Thus, both they and the party they claim or presume to represent look dumbstruck, awkward, pitiful, and timid. Where the single greatest issue of the day, and one of the most potent issues of our time, is concerned, there is no courageous opposition.

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And to the embarrassment of both Republican and Democratic establishments, she takes that office more seriously than they—the silent “leaders”—do theirs. When the last Marine leaves Iraq, dead or alive, she can claim more credit than them all. Because of the courage of one brave woman, she quite possible will have had more to do with finally bringing this great nation back to its senses... and to its principles.

Remember her name. It is Cindy Sheehan.


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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:32 AM
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1. democratic leaders TAKE NOTE!
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:34 AM
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2. I would still vote for this man.
Really. Too bad.....
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 10:28 AM
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5. Me too.
Imagine if he had won the election.

You know, it's not too late -- Hart in 2008?

He didn't do anything worse than Clinton did.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:34 AM
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3. We will not forget Cindy, Pat, Casey or his siblings. We will not forget
all the gold star families who lost loved ones for a lie.
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evilqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 10:20 AM
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4. Hey, check out the whole front page of the main blog...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/

LOTS of people supporting Cindy there, including actress Christine Lahti!
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 10:40 AM
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6. We lost a good one with Gary Hart
He's not warm and fuzzy, and he let his peter get the better of him at one point.

But goddam it he has been telling more truth the last few years than all of the Joe Bidens and Hillarys put together.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 10:45 AM
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7. he's also a voice in the wilderness....the junta effectively put him there
when they CHOSE to ignore ALL recommendations of the Hart Rudman report, as well as Gore's warning, not to mention those of Sandy Berger and Richard Clarke, among the myriad assertions to the incoming regime that TERRORISM would be by far their biggest concern

and how many times, exactly, did the Cheney Commission meet? you know, the one they said that would take care of monitoring/combatting said threat?
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 11:04 AM
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8. Kick
The centrist, mushy Democratic Establishment needs one in the pants.

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