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2007-04-06 Home Front: Politix
California Democrat seeks vote on Iraq war
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Posted by Fred 2007-04-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 GLOBALRESEARCH > SUICIDAL AMERICAN STATECRAFT > PLANETARY MOVEMENT - George W. Bush resides over the end of his own Presidency; + FREEREPUBLIC/
PRESS TV > RUSSIAN GENERAL > IRAN's air defenses are VERY STRONG + capable of inflicting losses = repeling any US air attack. RIAN > Russia to deploy S-400 Triumf [SA-21 Growler], i.e. S-300/400 family, ADS around Moscow.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-06 02:03||   2007-04-06 02:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, Joe. That's what the Russians would say. But look at the record of Soviet weaponry in the hands of Muslim Middle Easterners whenever it's come up against US or Israeli weapons.
Posted by Elmereter Hupash6222 2007-04-06 13:35||   2007-04-06 13:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Don Perata is chief whore for the CA donks. He's trying to suck up to the moonbat Nor Cal base so when redistricting and term limits are shot down by the Dems, the moonbats will have his back. Here's a take from Chris Reed's blog, editorial writer for the San Diego Union Trib:

Perata's ploy: Slick, insincere and likely to work
This press release just came out:

PERATA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO "VOTE US OUT" OF IRAQ

California Ballot Measure Allows Citizens to Voice Demand for War's End

BERKELEY - California would become the first state in the nation to call on President Bush to immediately withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq under legislation unveiled today by Senate President pro Tem Don Perata (D-Oakland).

Frustrated by the Bush Administration's failure to end the war after more than four years, Perata announced plans to place an advisory measure on California's statewide ballot as part of next year's February 5th presidential primary.

Whether or not you think the advisory is a good idea, no one should have any illusions about why Perata wants this put on the ballot.

Obviously, he expects to win vast kudos from his party's base with little effort and no expenditure of political capital. But I also think he's hoping to insulate himself before his pending double-cross on redistricting reform. After saying in late 2005 that he would work to get a redistricting fix on the ballot, he sabotaged it in the closing days of the last legislative session. Now the governor and Fabian Nunez say they want to pair redistricting reform with a relaxation of term limits in measures to be put on the February 2008 ballot. But polls show public hostility to any term limits change, and Perata and many of the Dems who control Sacramento worry about a worst-case scenario in which redistricting reform passes -- meaning there are far more contested Assembly and Senate races -- but not a relaxing of term limits. So watch for Perata to sabotage redistricting reform yet again and keep it off the February 2008 ballot.

He will then be bashed by all of California's editorial pages, from the Kumbaya types to the doom-and-gloomers. How does he keep some of his luster? By portraying himself as an anti-war crusader with another measure on the February 2008 ballot, one that will generate such a hullaballoo that the good government set's whining will be drowned out.

It's slick, insincere and has a good chance of working. The public doesn't care nearly as much about redistricting as it should.

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Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-04-06 16:24||   2007-04-06 16:24|| Front Page Top

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