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  • Saturday, March 10, 2007

    Progressive Democrat Issue 112: MICHIGAN FOCUS: Stopping the War

    Michigan is a case where every single Congressional Democrat opposes the McCain/Bush/Lieberman escalation of the Iraq war and want our soldiers OUT of that quagmire with no obvious purpose or exit strategy while every single Congressional Republican supports Bush's war. Here is the statement from the Michigan Democratic Party:

    MIGOP Representatives Vote for Iraq War Escalation

    Entire MI Democratic Congressional delegation vote no confidence in Bush’s plans to escalate Iraq war

    LANSING – Following the passage of the House resolution against President Bush’s plans to escalate the Iraq war, Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer condemned the eight Michigan Republican Members of Congress who voted against it. Representatives Dave Camp, Vern Ehlers, Pete Hoekstra, Joe Knollenberg, Thad McCotter, Candice Miller, Mike Rogers and Tim Walberg all voted against the resolution. The entire Michigan Democratic Congressional delegation, which includes Representatives John Conyers, John Dingell, Dale Kildee, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Sandy Levin and Bart Stupak, voted for the resolution. The House passed the resolution 246-182. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll099.xml

    “Michigan Republicans continue to rubber-stamp President Bush’s failed Iraq policies despite the lack of results and the massive cost to our soldiers,” Brewer said. “They were given a chance to stand united with the American people and stop the escalation of the tragedy that has been the Iraq war. Unfortunately, Michigan Republicans chose to put even more American lives at risk with no end in sight.”

    Just yesterday, the Detroit Free Press reported that three top auditors overseeing contract work in Iraq told a House committee that waste and fraud in Iraq war has cost taxpayers over $10 billion.

    The Iraq war effort has now stretched out longer than World War II and has cost this country nearly $400 billion and over 120 Michigan soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the war began.

    A vast majority of American and Michigan citizens disagree with the President's plan to escalate the war in Iraq, and foreign policy experts and military leaders including General George Casey and Colin Powell have criticized the plan.


    Getting us out of Iraq really is going to depend on supporting these Democrats who oppose the McCain/Bush/Lieberman escalation and who recognize that we have no reason to be in Iraq now other than to ensure Halliburton's war profiteering.

    A small donation to the Michigan Democrats will help one of the state parties that is most responsive to the community and is most opposed to the Iraq war and most supportive of American workers. Please help the Michigan Democratic Party.

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