Waxman Attacks Winograd on Israel; Ignites a Political Firestorm

[babsbunny]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-milazzo/waxman-attacks-winograd-o_b_417941.html

Linda Milazzo

Writer/Educator/Activist
Posted: January 11, 2010 01:17 PM

At the behest of his congressional ally, Jane Harman (CA-36), Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman (CA-30) has launched a mean-spirited ideological assault on Harman's Democratic primary challenger, Marcy Winograd, that is garnering disfavor for Waxman and Harman amongst Democratic voters.

[dionysus]

1. holy shit, how sleazy of waxman!

:puke:

[fascisthunter]

2. Wow...

[waiting for hope]

3. Like her views on Isreal are going to mean

squat if she is elected:

Waxman piles on Progressive Caucus support for Blue Dog facing Progressive primary challenge

Open Left
by: Chris Bowers
Sat Jan 09, 2010 at 14:30

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Waxman apparently doesn't like Winograd because of her views on Israel and Palestine. That is really lame. In the House, power is rarely wielded by individual members, and instead comes in networks. Even if Winograd were in Congress, she wouldn't be able to change American I/P policy one iota.

What Winograd wold do, however, is be the first Progressive member of Congress who defeated a Blue Dog incumbent in a primary challenge. Instead, Waxman--through Harman--is strengthening a network that in 2009 successfully weakened education reform, health care reform, new financial regulations, climate change legislation, and the budget.

Harman wants to use progressive surrogates to boost her progressive credentials. That is nothing more than symbolism. If Harman really wants to prove she is progressive, then she publicly renounce her membership in the network of right-wing Democrats that have successfully weakened every single major piece of Democratic legislation over the past year. It is the same network that helped George W. Bush pass his agenda through a Democratic Congress.

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Not to hard lately to see which direction the Democrats are going ... :-(

[FLAprogressive]

9. AIPAC whores stick together like glue.

[babylonsister]

4. Someone tell me how Waxman was mean-spirited? He doesn't agree

with Winograd and told her why. Whether one agrees or not with what he said, this doesn't mean it was mean-spirited.

[bemildred]

5. Nothing like a good "political firestorm" I always say ...

:popcorn::popcorn:

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. Waxman?? Goddamn, what is it with the AIPAC KoolAid

that makes otherwise sane people lose their fucking minds??

Harman is not your friend, Henry. She is not ANY Democrat's friend. She is a treason enabling whore of the "defense" industry criminals, and she needs to GO.

[FLAprogressive]

10. Waxman is a crook.....he has shown his true colors.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My respect for Waxman just took a huge hit.

I've met Marcy Winograd, and I'm impressed by her intelligence and her courage.

I plan to vote for her.

No more Blue Dog Democrats!

:mad:

[FLAprogressive]

8. From one AIPAC whore to another.....

they are both whores. Winograd isn't a whore and that is why she is being attacked!

[cali]

12. Henry Waxman is assuredly not a "whore".

[Canuckistanian]

14. I've never heard of Waxman called an "AIPAC whore"

Waxman hasn't been an ideal progressive, but I still consider him to be a friend of progressives, generally.

[FLAprogressive]

16. when you do shit like this you most certainly are one.

[invictus]

17. +1

[dusmcj]

21. just because he's a "friend of progressives" doesn't mean he's not an AIPAC whore - how are the two

related ? Are you seriously proposing that 'progressives' and their friends (for example, as represented here, by popular acclaim) are incapable of being AIPAC whores ? Maybe they didn't get the memo outlining the required policy positions ?

[Canuckistanian]

22. I wasn't implying anything

I just hadn't noticed any extraordinary support that Waxman had shown to AIPAC.

I could be wrong.

[Canuckistanian]

11. Sounds like the wagons are circling against Winograd

I'm disappointed that Mr. Waxman is joining in on the battle.

Harman must be calling in all her favors.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. I'm thinking that Harman must be really scared about Winograd.

You don't get out the big guns like Waxman for any little dust-up.

[FLAprogressive]

18. scared shitless.....she's a member of the DC elite and whenever the power structure of the elite is

threatened, they get scared.

[mmonk]

15. It's not surprising to me.

[Knight Hawk]

19. Loyalty

Harman will support Israel to the last American...................

[girl gone mad]

20. I just donated to Winograd.

Stuff like this makes my stomach turn. It's McCarthyism. Glad to see that the letter spawned a backlash.

www.winograd4congress.com