Is Pelosi catching on?

[katinmn]

If the DCCC is so outraged about being lied to, why do they keep voting for war supplement after war supplement for the f****** war, with our money?

I'd be happy to support ads, I'm glad they are running them, but they need to start Walking the Talk (See Downing Street Memo and Woolsey Amendment) and cast votes that support their outrage.
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From: "Nancy Pelosi, DCCC" <[e-mail]> Add to Address Book
To: katinmn
Subject: "To Be Provided"
Date: 02 Jun 2005 09:12:07 PDT

Dear Katinmn,

On the eve of war in Iraq, our military leaders on the ground were going through the slides of the war plan they had been given by the White House and the Pentagon. At the end of the presentation, they came to the slide discussing the post-war plan, and do you know what it said?

"To Be Provided."

Now, more than two years and $200 billion later, the consequences of this abdication of responsibility appear every day in our newspapers, on our televisions. Military operations that the White House promised would be concluded in a matter of months have now strained every resource our military has, and have put National Guardsmen and Reservists on the frontlines for literally years at a time.

The level of their sacrifice was not matched by the level of the Bush Administration's planning, which could have saved lives. These American heroes have served courageously and without the slightest complaint, going so far beyond the call of duty in the service of their country that it should humble us all. But evidently it has not. Even as they were preparing their Memorial Day speeches last week, Republicans voted to deny adequate health care to the National Guard and Reserve.

That's why I was proud when my good friend Rahm Emanuel told me that the DCCC was exposing the Republicans' hypocrisy with radio ads all over the country during this Congressional recess.

Constituents must know what their Representatives are doing with the power entrusted to them - and now I'm asking you to give the DCCC the resources to keep these ads on the air.

Click here to listen to the radio ad now. https://secure.dccc.org/talkischeap/default.aspx?id=060205_followup_ng_dncoi

Democrats are united in hoping for the best possible outcome in Iraq, and we are united in the belief that we must fulfill our responsibility to our troops. That means we should extend health care to cover all of our troops, including our National Guard, Reservists and their families. Democrats see this as nothing more than our solemn responsibility.

The Republicans, in contrast, made clear that to them, "support our troops" is nothing more than a bumper sticker slogan to hide behind when their policies are criticized.

No more. No more will the Republicans wrap themselves in the flag, empty the treasury into the pockets of their friends, then tell us that we cannot afford proper equipment and benefits for our soldiers.

Help the DCCC make sure this lesson sinks in - make sure the Republicans hear the echoes of their hypocrisy every time they turn on the radio during their break.

Keep these ads on the air by making a gift of $35, $50, or more today.

When we use the National Guard and Reserve as an active duty force, the least we can do is offer them the same benefits that their fellow soldiers receive. Your help means everything, so thank you in advance.

Sincerely,


Nancy Pelosi
House Democratic Leader, DCCC

P.S. - I hope that these ads will help compel Republicans to reverse themselves on this betrayal, just as they have with the ethics rules here in the House and the "nuclear option" in the Senate. It is only through public outcry and pressure that we can force them to change their ways, so thank you for lending your voice - the Republicans will hear us loud and clear. Keep these ads on the air - the Republicans have hidden behind their rhetoric long enough.

Keep these ads on the air by making a gift of $35, $50, or more today.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. They are chicken of being crucified by the flag wavers.

In Vietnam it took years before a few mainstream politicians would speak out.

[katinmn]

2. either that or they don't care

Thank heavens for Kucinich, Conyers, Woolsey, Boxer, Kennedy and a handful of others.

[Coastie for Truth]

5. The GOP plays lethal hardball politics

1. During the 2000 Presidential Primaries Rove and company portrayed John McCain as being made mentally ill by his incarceration in Hanoi (and the coke and alcohol didn't do anything to Bush's brain?)

2. In Georgia in 2003 Rove and Saxbe Chamblis or Chamblis Saxbe or whatever his friggin name is portrayed triple amputee Max Cleland as unpatriotic and a coward for voting against the $82 Billion. And they sicked attack dog Ann Coulter on him - who said that he deliberately set off the grenades to amputate his limbs for sympathy.

3. My favorites - the Buddy Focking Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- they covered up for one of their founding members - whose own fock up in 1966 killed two of their number in a "Friendly Fire" fock up (Coastal Force One was the common parent command of the Swifties and the Coasties)

1. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Point_Welcome.html

2. http://www.aug.edu/~libwrw/ptwelcome/PointWelcome2.html

3. http://www.usni.org/navalhistory/Articles98/NHwells.htm

4. Clarke, Valerie Flame, David Kay, Paul O'Neill (with help from the Scaife Millions), and on and on and on.....

They will destroy you -

It doesn't take anything to post anonymously on a blog -- but to go public with the money needed for a political campaign --- and to risk loss of your job and imprisonment --- they will subvert the justice system --- illegitimati.

[politicaholic]

3. Nancy is really telling it on the mountain eh?

The Dems vote for war budgets to avoid being accused of not supporting the troops. What she says is right (of course), but she needs to be clearer on her message, i.e., "here is a healthcare plan for the troops that takes money away from the war profiteers and puts it into a fund for VA."

Watching her flounder on the television about social security (the interviewer kept on asking what her alternative plan was and she had none) was almost enough to make me bash my head through a wall. I love Nancy, if only she could rise above radio propaganda and focus on clear legislation.

[katinmn]

4. Eureka! That's it. Stop playing political candidate for once and

L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-E

[Rainscents]

6. I stop donating to DCCC, instead, I donate to DNC!