Republican McCloskey:The Need for A Democrat Majority in the

[Stardust]

U.S. House of Representatives in 2007

"It has been difficult, nevertheless, to conclude as I
have, that the Republican House leadership has been so
unalterably corrupted by power and money that reasonable
Republicans should support Democrats against DeLay-type
Republican incumbents in 2006. Let me try to explain why.

I have decided to endorse Jerry McNerney and every other
honorable Democrat now challenging those Republican incumbents
who have acted to protect former Majority Leader Tom DeLay,
who have flatly reneged on their Contract With America promise
in 1994 to restore high standards of ethical behavior in the
House and who have combined to prevent investigation of the
Cunningham and Abramoff/Pombo/DeLay scandals. These Republican
incumbents have brought shame on the House, and have created a
wide-spread view in the public at large that Republicans are
more interested in obtaining campaign contributions from
corporate lobbyists than they are in legislating in the public
interest."

http://www.petemccloskey.com/

[sutz12]

1. Wow.........just wow...........an Ethical Republican?

Is this some kind of a trick? It's certainly hard to believe on face value.

[Stardust]

2. I stumbled on his website somehow and just had to share it. I don't

think it's a trick. If so, my bad. :(

[wryter2000]

16. He ran against Pombo in the primary for just this reason

I absolutely believe he's on the level.

[wiggs]

3. Legit. Remarkable. I checked the link

This should stimulate a lot of discussion by pundits and dems, huh?

This apparently was written more than a month ago, yet no one has heard of it? Even more remarkable.

[opihimoimoi]

4. K&R'd AWESOME....Reality and Sanity was let loose....more evidence

surfaces/emerges/comes forth.

[Stardust]

5. Thanks - - it was my maiden OP : )

[opihimoimoi]

7. Ya picked a good one....lets get MORE...LOL

Sending Wine and Lobsters

[Lochloosa]

18. Kick for your maiden OP.

Congrats

[WinstonSmith4740]

6. I remember Pete from years ago...

He was my rep in Congress at the time. I liked him then, and I'm glad to see him back in action. He was the guy who blew the whistle on Pat Robertson's father getting him out of duty in Korea. He was just an honest, open guy who wanted to do the best he could for his constituents. I remember he decided not to run again back during the reign of Reagan because he felt it was getting too dirty THEN. An ethical Republican...definately an endangered species. No wonder his opposition considered him "stuck in the 70's". Being ethical is so-o-o-o out of date. :hippie:

[newyawker99]

13. Hi WinstonSmith4740!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[DarkTirade]

8. And that is the difference between

a 'neo-con' and a real republican.
I have no problem with real republicans. I may disagree on a few points, but then again, I disagree with the dems on a few points here and there too. Not as many, but some. Still, there are still good, honorable people out there who believe in republican values like lower taxes, less government spending, smaller government, ect.
And as we have seen, the neo-cons don't care about any of those republican values. They'd rather preach about 'moral values'... because condemning the very acts they commit in private really helps them run the government better?

[nicknameless]

9. Worth re-posting: a snippet of McCloskey's record.

http://www.petemccloskey.com/biography/biography.html

Mr. McCloskey was elected to the House of Representatives in a special election in 1967 and was re-elected seven times representing the San Francisco Peninsula area. He initiated the effort to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1969, and made the first House speech suggesting the impeachment of Richard Nixon for obstruction of justice in June, 1973. He played a leading role in enacting the Capital Gains Tax Reduction Act in 1977 and in abolishing the Renegotiation Board in 1978, the first government agency abolished in 22 years. He served six years as Congressional Delegate to the International Whaling Conference, and as Congressional Advisor to the Law of the Sea Treaty Delegation. He was the Republican Co-Chairman of the first Earth Day in 1970, and ran for the Presidency in 1972, challenging President Nixon's Viet Nam War policy, and receiving one delegate to the Republican National Convention.

By today's rethuglican standards, McCloskey would be considered a "pinko 'Murka hater", as would Eisenhower.

I like his "The Revolt of the Elders" campaign.

:)

[bigdarryl]

10. Why hasn't the corporate media reported on this story

Today MSNBC is devoting the entire day on the 06 elections they should carry this story. how can i e-mail them about this republican statement on the need for a democratic congress.

[Stardust]

17. Here's MSNBC's email addy: [e-mail]

Good luck!

[ms liberty]

11. Nice catch! Welcome to DU! n/t

[longship]

12. Wow!! Just Wow!!

R&K
:kick:

[BrotherBuzz]

14. This is a man who came out or retirement to run against Pombo (CA11)

He lost the primary bid, but he's not going away quietly. I agree with a lot of what he has always say and trust him. They don't make Republicans like him these days.

[LynneSin]

15. We have an ex-Republican Governor in Delaware who is like that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_W._Peterson

http://www.amazon.com/Patriots-Stand-Up-This-Land-Is-Our-Land-Fight-Take-It-Back/dp/1892142201/sr=8-1/qid=1157570734/ref=sr_1_1/104-6917622-8007107?ie=UTF8&s=books

Russell W. Peterson

He was a great environmentalist and wrote a great book back in 2003 about taking back our country. He is what Republicans were suppose to be, not what they have become today

[Tom Rinaldo]

19. I have always honored Pete McCloskey. He's a good man.

Many people know that he ran on an anti-war platform for the Republican nomination for President in 1972 against Richard Nixon and did well enough in the New Hampshire Primary to win a delegate. What is less well known is that he refused to release that delegate to then President Nixon at the Republican National Convention, even when a motion was made to declare Nixon the unanimous winner, McCloskey still refused. To this day Nixon is recorded as having won that Republican nomination by a vote of Someteen Hundred and something to One.

McCloskey actually IS declaring war on the junta that stole his party. That is why he came out of retirement. Former Congressman Pete McCloskey is an honest and honorable man, and a true patriot. Whenever I have been asked to name a Republican I admired, Pete Mcloskey always comes to mind.

[garthranzz]

20. From the dim fog of memory....

I remembered the name and that I admired him. Thanks for the reminders why...and thank you, Representative McCloskey - for being you.

[Renew Deal]

21. Jerry McNerny is a good guy.

And has a compelling story. His career is in renewable energy. He's exactly the kind of person we need in congress.

[Tom Joad]

22. Pete ran against Nixon. I think he got one vote at the convention.

But back in his day, there he was not alone, even in Congress. Mark Hatfield stood against the Vietnam war as solidly as George McGovern. Now someone like Hatfield or Pete McClosky would be too liberal for the Democratic Party, much less the new Republican Party.

I met Pete not to long ago.