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| Over 50 Congressmen ask Carter not to Meet With Hamas Chief... |
| 2008-04-16 |
| Maybe someone with more time this morning can come up with the list. I plan to contact my weasels if they aren't on it. Carter says the search for Mideast peace should include reaching out to groups such as Hamas. The former president was the broker of Israel's peace treaty with Egypt peace treaty three decades ago. The former president told FOX News Wednesday, "I'm going to try to get Syria to be constructive in the entire peace process, that would include Iraq and Lebanon, as well." A group of more than 50 congressmen from both sides of the aisle sent a letter Tuesday beseeching former president Carter not to meet with Khaled Meshal, the head of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. "President Carter, do not meet with the man who ordered their deaths," wrote the congressmen. Carter reportedly hugged — and kissed — a Hamas leader Tuesday in the West Bank town of Ramallah on a Mideast visit that is to culminate in a meeting Friday with the group's exiled leader in Damascus, Syria. No doubt there was later heavy petting and exchange of bodily fluids... At least some elected officials are getting it later than sooner. |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #6 Wonder if Carter will be a special guest of honor at the Democratic convention. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-04-16 20:44 |
| #5 My Congressman signed, too, and there's talk that future-President McCain may have a role for him. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-16 20:29 |
| #4 Hard to get a donk's attention. Try gee haw. Or promise votes. If that doesn't work squeeze the nuts hard. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-04-16 16:55 |
| #3 My congresscritter (Doug Lamborn) is on the list, but he's the only one from Colorado. Where are the names of senators who will sign this letter? (crickets chirping) Carter is a disgrace to the United States. He was as president, and he's been ever since. He "brokered" a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that has been observed more in its breaches than in its accomplishments. The man needs to quietly disappear. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-04-16 14:09 |
| #2 Sorry to disappoint you, Sea... April 15, 2008 President Carter The Carter Center One Copenhill 453 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA 30307 Dear President Carter: On April 8, 2008, Al-Hayat reported that you were planning to visit Syria to meet with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal. The U.S. State Department lists Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization. Hamas terrorists are responsible for the murders of at least 26 American citizens—some of them teenagers, children and infants: David Applebaum of Ohio; Nava Applebaum, 20, of Ohio; Alan Beer of Ohio; Marla Bennet of California; Benjamin Blutstein of Pennsylvania; David Boim, 17, of New York; Yael Botwin, 14, of California; Dina Carter of North Carolina; Janis Ruth Coulter of Massachusetts; Sara Duker of New Jersey; Matthew Eisenfeld of Connecticut; Tzvi Goldstein of New York; Judith Greenbaum of New Jersey; David Gritz of Massachusetts; Dina Horowitz of Florida; Rabbi Eli Horowitz of Illinois; Tehilla Nathanson, 3, of New York; Malka Roth, 15, of New York; Mordechai Reinitz of New York; Yitzhak Reinitz, 9, of New York; Leah Stern of New Jersey; Goldie Taubenfeld of New York; Shmuel Taubenfeld, 3 months, of New York; Nachshon Wachsman, 19, of New York; Ira Weinstein of New York; and Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, of California. President Carter, do not meet with the man who ordered their deaths. Sincerely, Mark Steven Kirk Shelley Berkley John Boehner Roy Blunt Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Eric Cantor Tom Reynolds Robert Wexler Jim Saxton Eliot Engel Brad Sherman Mike Pence Dan Burton Barney Frank Mark Souder David Dreier Carolyn Maloney Peter King Jerrold Nadler Sam Johnson Thaddeus McCotter Michael McNulty Gresham Barrett John Campbell Steven Rothman Ron Klein Candice Miller Peter Roskam Anthony Weiner Joe Wilson Howard Coble Vern Buchanan Debbie Wasserman Schultz Joe Knollenberg Jon Porter J. Randy Kuhl Ted Poe Scott Garrett Trent Franks Jeb Hensarling Robin Hayes Denny Rehberg Marsha Blackburn Rodney Frelinghuysen Chris Shays Frank LoBiondo Todd Platts John McHugh Doug Lamborn Donald Manzullo Vito Fossella Allyson Schwartz John Carter Jim Gerlach John Doolittle |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-16 11:03 |
| #1 There are 435 congresspersons and 100 senators. I'd like to see more than 50 signatures on that letter. I'd really like to see Keith Ellison's signature. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-04-16 09:49 |