A very mad NJ congressman...Bill Pascrell sounds off.

http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=9227

“It’s Orwellian,” Pascrell said. “You have no legislature today. The legislative branch of government is not living up to its responsibility under the Constitution of the United States. We do not have a checks-and-balances system.”"

BUSH’S ‘BIZARRE’ FOREIGN POLICY

With the second anniversary approaching of the United States’ invasion of Iraq, the congressman, who voted in favor of the war, had serious concerns about the state of the nation’s foreign affairs.

“We can’t be fighting everybody in every place. We seem to be producing more terrorists because of that foreign policy,” Pascrell said. “The administration’s foreign policy is bizarre.”
“‘Conquer the world for freedom,’” Pascrell said. “It’s an oxymoron.”

While Pascrell said that deposing Saddam Hussein was “a great thing,” he feared that the absence of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, Bush’s justification for military action in Iraq, has damaged the United States’ credibility with other foreign powers.

“We were wrong about our reasons for going into Iraq. I don’t know if anyone is going to believe us again,” he said.

And his remarks on how the party needs to fight. I love his righteous anger.
SNIP..."“In August, after the Democratic National Convention, on a false high, not knowing what would say to those un-American swift boat operators.”

Pascrell said he would have preferred the candidate to “take off his jacket and say, ‘you sons of guns. I was in battle.’”
“Instead, he tried to finesse it,” Pascrell said.

But as the Democratic Party moves forward led by the presidential-primary candidate Pascrell did not endorse — new Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean — the congressman said he wants his party to not only step up its fight with the GOP, but also include issues typically regarded as Republican...."

What a fighter! Give us more, Pascrell, give us more!

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John D. Negroponte as director of national intelligence, Pascrell said it was “a great choice.

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peace

Maybe Pascrell is only just now waking up from la-la land. We can hope.

Negroponte "a great choice"? :wtf:

He is speaking out on the administration and admitting some mistakes, good signs. He should know better about Negroponte, but let's act positively and proactively here. Instead of giving up on him, while he's still in office let's try to educate him.

There should be a packet of organized info on Negroponte already assembled -- maybe someone in the Legislative Group has one. There's BOUND to be one somewhere on DU. He needs to be told the truth on this issue too, since he appears to still be on the Bush KoolAid in this area. He needs to receive letters, emails, whatever will work best.

This whole PR aspect of things needs a lot more organized attention at DU in my opinion, by the way. I think there should be a "How-to & Resources" area, sort of a "Public Relations for DUmmies," so we can be much more effective and efficient in getting our messages out. That's OT for this thread, except for what is needed for this one congressman, but it's something we should be considering IMO.