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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-04 09:58 AM
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Woodward handed us victory. Here's the only way to grab it.
Woodward revealed the chief GOP strategy for 2004, wrapped it it shiny paper, and handed it to the Dem leadership on a silver tray--the Saudis are spiking oil prices now only to have an equally dramatic drop when the moment is right for Chimp.

It's this simple: If chimp gets away with this he wins, especially if he throws in Osama and/or WMD. That's it. It's over.

EVERY dem the country should call write email EVERY dem in a leadership position--especially Kerry, Little Tommy, Whiny Nancy, and Terry--now. Then call your Dem congressperson, governor and senators if you have them.

Given the track record of current Dem leadership, they'll do nothing, and we all know it. We'll have do this, folks--because they won't. It's either that or losing. Your choice.

DNC
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Pelosi's email and phone numbers
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Daschle's email and phone numbers
http://daschle.senate.gov/write.htm

House Energy Committee
http://www.house.gov/commerce_democrats/feedback.shtml

Senate Energy Committee Ranking Member Bingaman
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Contact your member of congress
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-04 10:16 AM
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1. It would help if Woodward were someone anyone believed.
His post-Watergate life has been so questionable that some of us are even questioning his Watergate findings, wondering if he made them up and got lucky.

Who remembers his deathed interview with William Casey?

And even though I agree with him on JFK, I know a lot of DUers don't.

It's easy to dismiss charges from a tainted journalist. There is no reason the Democrats would go out on a limb on this guy's word. They may even believe it is a trap. Picture the White House feeding Woodward bad info just so the Democrats would make a stink and then be embarrassed when Bush could prove it wrong. They did that to James Hatfield, remember? They tried something similar with Al Gore and the debate tapes.

Write Dems, get them to investigate, but if we start shouting IMPEACHMENT on the words of Bob Woodward, we won't get far. He's got no evidence, and mixed credibility.
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-04 10:59 AM
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3. sorry but you're wrong
General Myers confirmed the part of the story yesterday about showing the war plans to the Saudi ambassador.

Rice has admitted the 700 million was diverted from Afghanistan but says it's legal.

There's plenty of substantiation for these claims.
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-04 11:03 AM
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4. Woddward's account squares with too many others' to be invented
Clarke, O'Niel, numerous at-the-time reports in the alternative and international press, corroborate Woodward's account.

I share your reservations about Woodward--he's a media whore of the first order. So why do I believe him this time? I believe him because he is a weasel: He's jumping off the sinking ship he helped creare with Bush at War. He doesn't want history to record that he was one of the people that enabled the most immoral presidency in UShistory. This book is his "correction" of the book length error he produced in '02.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-04 10:23 AM
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2. They should challenge the repuke majority to do the right thing...
They should challenge them repeatedly until they shame one or two of them into action.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-04 11:03 AM
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5. Don't forget the TOLL FREE NUMBER 1 (800) 839 - 5276
That's the TOLL FREE CAPITOL HILL SWITCHBOARD NUMBER.

Also - this thread of CONTACT INFO:

Please note, here, The World's Greatest Lists of Media Contacts – updated April 14, 2004– in the following thread:

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1413842#

IF THEY THINK WE DON’T CARE, THEY WON’T, EITHER!

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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-19-04 11:06 AM
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6. Kerry's talking about it on CNN
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