Winograd Nails Waxman & Harman-Accuses Them Of Supporting Bush Admin's Crimes Against Constitution

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Winograd Nails Waxman
by Marcy Winograd posted on Wednesday, 6 January 20102 Comments

Dear Congressman Waxman:

I write this as an open letter in response to a letter you sent contributors, urging them to join you in financing Jane Harman’s re-election to Congress. More importantly, I write this as an open letter because I believe the establishment of world peace merits an international conversation.

Both of us recognize the importance of strengthening our country’s role as a global partner in world affairs.

Hence, it is with great disappointment that I received your letter urging readers to support my opponent Jane Harman, a woman recently under an FBI investigation for allegedly conspiring with members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to use her influence in Congress to subvert due process.

On the domestic front, you have advocated for the protection of constitutional rights. It is therefore disconcerting to learn that you would lend your name and financial support to a woman who lobbied the New York Times to suppress reports of the Bush administration’s crimes involving illegal wiretapping and who ultimately became the chief Democratic Party defender of those unconstitutional methods.

This is not the definition of a patriot.

read the rest of the letter:
http://www.laprogressive.com/2010/01/06/winograd-nails-waxman/

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1. Winograd is someone we need in Congress!

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2. . . . and Ms. Harman is someone we don't

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4. Winograd for Congress: winograd4congress.com

http://www.winograd4congress.com/

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3. waxman and harman are devious and corrupt

"To me, the notion that a Member of Congress could hold these views is alarming. Ms. Winograd is far, far outside the bipartisan mainstream of views that has long insisted that US policy be based upon rock-solid support for our only democratic ally in the Middle East. In Marcy Winograd’s foreign policy, Israel would cease to exist. In Marcy Winograd’s vision, Jews would be at the mercy of those who do not respect democracy or human rights. These are not trivial issues; they cannot be ignored or overlooked. Jane’s victory will represent a clear repudiation of these views." - Henry Waxman

Among the lines that Waxman pulls out of Winograd’s 2009 speech is “As a Jew, I do not want my name or country associated with occupation or extermination.” Winograd, a history teacher and a co-founder of LA Jews for Peace, would offer an astoundingly different perspective than what Waxman rightly says is a bipartisan consensus on Israel.

In fact, just to show the logical leaps that can be made to meet with that consensus, at a recent town hall meeting, Waxman was asked by a Winograd supporter if he would visit Palestinian refugee camps. While agreeing to do so, he said that he didn’t understand why Arab nations wouldn’t release Palestinian refugees into their own countries, and upon hearing that they didn’t want to upset the delicate balances among ethnicities and religions in their home countries, he added, “These people should be treated like human beings. Palestinians should be allowed to come back – not to Israel, because they would overwhelm the population – but they should be allowed to come back to these countries.”



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http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/01/08/waxman-wrote-fundraising-letter-for-jane-harman-slamming-marcy-winograd-on-israel-policy/