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Sheehan: Hillary sounds like Rush
Cindy Sheehan says Sen. Hillary Clinton sounds a lot like Rush Limbaugh in
support of the war in Iraq, according to Sarah Ferguson of the Village
Voice:
"My bottom line is that I don't want their sons to die in vain... I don't
believe it's smart to set a date for withdrawal... I don't think it's the
right time to withdraw."
That quote sounds exactly like what the few Republicans I talked to that
week said. Making sure that our children did not die in "vain" sounds
exactly like something George Bush says. A "date" for withdrawal? That
sounds like Rush Limbaugh to me. That doesn't sound like an opposition party
leader speaking to me. What Sen. Clinton said after our meeting sounds
exactly like the Republican Party talking points I heard from Senators Dole
and McCain."
Clinton aide stopped "Able Danger"
NewsMax is reporting on Rep. Curt Weldon's reports to Fox News:
An aide to former Clinton Justice Department official Jamie Gorelick blocked
the 9/11 Commission from hearing bombshell testimony about the findings of
the elite Able Danger military intelligence team, Rep. Curt Weldon said late
Friday.
"The person who debriefed [Able Danger analyst] Scott Philpot was, in fact,
the lead staffer for Jamie Gorelick," Weldon said.
Weldon said, "It was Dieter Snell who did not brief the 9/11 Commission. The
9/11 Commissioners were never briefed on Able Danger."
Gorelick was the lead Democrat on the 9/11 Commission. Able Danger was a
military operation that was stopped from reporting to the FBI about the
specific individuals who carried out the 9/11 attacks by Clinton
administration lawyers.
RNC $$$ beats the DNC
The Republican National Committee raised just over $19 million in the third
quarter of the year, while the Democratic National Committee raised $10.7
million.
The Republicans raised $78.5 million so far this year.
The Democrats have raised $39.2 million so far according to a spokesman.
The RNC has $34 million in the bank, while the DNC has $6.8 million on hand.
Iowa 2008 Hopefuls Up-date
Newt Gingrich will be making campaign stops in Iowa for Iowa
legislative candidate campaigns on Oct. 29.
Sen. Bill Frist is in Iowa for the fifth annual Iowa GOP Ronald Regan
Dinner tonight. Here is some of the text of his speech:
"I went out to South Dakota in 2004. I went out to campaign for John Thune
and to unseat the Democrats' chief obstructionist. Believe me & I was
criticized. The Washington punditry said it was something that had never
been done before by a Majority Leader. Well . . . neither was denying a
qualified nominee a fair up or down vote . . . neither was subjecting these
gifted jurists — and their families — to a gauntlet of character
assassination. The Democratic leader lost. We won."
"I made it clear — abundantly clear — that obstruction would not be
tolerated. We were going to stand on principle . . . the principle of fair
up-or-down votes. We were going to restore 214 years of senate tradition.
And I made it clear that I'd use the nuclear option to do it. The result: 6
of the President's nominees — each filibustered in the last Congress — are
now proudly serving this nation as federal judges."
Sen. Chuck Hagel will be in Iowa next weekend. On Oct. 30, he will
deliver a foreign policy speech at Iowa State University in Ames.
2006 elections: what's up for grabs
33 Senate seats
36 Governors’ offices
435 House seats
Is DeLay's judge a MoveOn.org freak?
Judge Bob Perkins deferred further proceedings, including the entry of a
plea, until a hearing can be held on Tom DeLay's defense request for a new
judge. DeLay’s defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin made an issue of the $3,400 in
political donations Perkins made to the socialist political organization
MoveOn.org.
Fitzpatrick has website
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzpatrick investigation the CIA (Valerie Plame)
leak has set up his own
website. Not a good sign if there were going to be no indictments or
report.
McCain & Pataki
Sen. John McCain and New York’s Governor George Pataki attended the
prestigious Alfred E. Smith’s Memorial Fund Dinner in New York. McCain
brought down the house when he said that he was still considering whether to
run for president in 2008.
McCain said, "So, please just stop asking me." McCain pause. "Relax and
enjoy the evening, Governor Pataki," he concluded.
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