http://impeachforpeace.org/impeach_bush_blog/?p=5068March 28, 2008
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Moloney sees a chance in congressional race
Perennial contender hopes to shift his party
This is the fifth in the Daily News' five-part series profiling each of the candidates to replace the late Tom Lantos in Congress. The two Democrats, two Republicans and one Green will compete in an open primary on April 8.Republican Mike Moloney believes it will be an embarrassment to his party if he wins election to Congress - and he's proud of that.
"The Republican Party is bankrupt morally, spiritually and emotionally," Moloney said. "It's been hijacked by the nuts on the religious right."
A perennial contender for the 12th District seat long held by the late Tom Lantos, the boisterous Moloney aims to be the Libertarian thorn in the Republican Party's side. Though he calls himself "an Eisenhower Republican," he admits he only switched to the party several years ago to get more visibility for his incendiary views.
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His well-placed jabs and self-deprecating jokes bring levity to the campaign trail, but Moloney is dead serious about his opposition to the war in Iraq. He sees recent U.S. policy in the Middle East as the product of a dastardly alliance between the oil-hungry Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, Israel-allied neoconservatives led by Paul Wolfowitz, and Christian extremists who want a holy war with Islam.
He's convinced that if someone doesn't stand up to the Bush administration soon, Iran will be next.