<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2>why do we still ignore the fact that gore/lieberman threw the 2000 election?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2>why do we still ignore the fact that not one senator, including the great white hope Paul Wellstone, signed the petitions of the black caucus?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2>why do we ignore the votes in favor of the patriot act and of allowing shrub to wage war?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2>why do we ignore the warning from scalia that the constitution does <EM>not</EM> give americans the right to vote for president?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2>and on and on.   not enough bandwidth on this message board for detailing all the congressional sellouts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #008000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=nathanne@nathannewman.org href="mailto:nathanne@nathannewman.org">Nathan Newman</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lists.panix.com href="mailto:lbo-talk@lists.panix.com">lbo-talk@lists.panix.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 29, 2003 12:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Daschle eats his words, and then some</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>I'm not sure what you expect- Daschle is from one of the more conservative<BR>states and still denounced Bush's failures and has only apologized for the<BR>timing of his remarks. Daschle hasn't even been a particularly strong<BR>antiwar person-- he voted for the resolution last fall-- so what's the<BR>point?<BR><BR>We do this game all the time-- ignore the two-thirds of House Dems who<BR>voted against authorization for war, ignore Gore's denunciation of the war<BR>leadup, downplay critical remarks on the war even from Dems who voted for<BR>the fall resolution-- then claim, see there is no difference.<BR><BR>-- Nathan<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Doug Henwood" <<A href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">dhenwood@panix.com</A>><BR><BR><BR>[So Nathan, can you tell us how this is anything but revolting?]<BR><BR>Daschle Says His Iraq Criticism of Bush Ill-Timed<BR>Fri Mar 28, 6:52 PM ET<BR><BR>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle<BR>labels as ill-timed his charge that President Bush (news - web sites)<BR>"failed so miserably at diplomacy that we're now forced to war."<BR><BR>Daschle said in Washington on March 17: "I'm saddened, saddened that<BR>this president failed so miserably at diplomacy that we're now forced<BR>to war." He voiced his criticism just hours before the president gave<BR>Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) an ultimatum to leave Iraq (news -<BR>web sites) in 48 hours or face a U.S.-led invasion.<BR><BR>"I don't think the timing of those comments were necessarily the<BR>best," Daschle was quoted as telling reporters from his home state of<BR>South Dakota on Thursday. "I had no idea when I said them what the<BR>timing of the military operation would be." A Daschle aide on Friday<BR>confirmed the senator's remarks.<BR><BR>In response to a wave of Republican criticism, Daschle said the next<BR>day he stood by his remarks. A Daschle aide said on Friday the<BR>senator still stands by them.<BR><BR>In speaking with South Dakota reporters on Thursday, Daschle saluted<BR>Bush's execution of the war as well as the U.S. troops fighting it.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>