--- Nathan Newman <nathan at newman.org> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> > SergioL652 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >Torricelli Quits. Does that mean I can now vote
> green without remorse?
> >
> > Cue to Nathan, who will tell us why it's important
> to keep Daschle in
> place.
>
> Yeah on cue- Trent Lott had control for four months
> and put through a
> multi-trillion dollar tax cut, killing the funds for
> any alternative social
> programs. Give him back control and they'll be
> permanent and then more on
> top.
>
> And say hello to Justice Estrada, another forty-year
> rightwing member of the
> Supreme COurt.
>
> It looks like they are going to try to put my
> Congressman Robert Menendez on
> in place of Torricelli; Menendez is conservative on
> some foreign policy
> issues-- he's Cuban for gods sakes and represents
> the most Cuban district
> outside Florida -- but has a 95% ADA rating-- the
> only issue he failed on
> was supporting an anti-flag burning amendment. But
> he voted against all
> Bush tax cuts, for gay rights, against fast track,
> against ANWR, for patient
> bill of rights, etc. See ADA at
> http://adaction.org/housevotedescrips2001.html and
> voting records at
> http://adaction.org/Hse2001vr.pdf
>
> And unlike Glick, he might have a chance to make
> those votes in the Senate
> as opposed to rightwing Forrester.
>
> --- Nathan Newman
>
>
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