Edwards: Bush recess appointment of Swiftboat-financier Sam Fox "appalling" & "affront to veterans"

JohnLocke

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Sun Apr-08-07 09:50 PM
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Edwards: Bush recess appointment of Swiftboat-financier Sam Fox "appalling" & "affront to veterans"

Edited on Sun Apr-08-07 09:55 PM by JohnLocke

John Edwards Statement on President Bush's Recess Appointment of Sam Fox
John Edwards for President
Thursday, April 5, 2007
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina � Senator John Edwards today issued the following statement in response to President Bush's recess appointment of Sam Fox to be the United States Ambassador to Belgium:

"It was appalling when President Bush attempted to repay the financial patron of the 'Swift Boat veterans' with a diplomatic assignment. It is unconscionable that he now seals the deal with a recess appointment after it was clear Sam Fox could not be confirmed.

"Senator Kerry was right to lead the fight that led to the withdrawal of the nomination, and he is correct in saying that 'Our country would be stronger if this Administration spent more time getting body armor for our soldiers in Iraq than it did helping their powerful friends.' This contemptible end run around the Senate is an affront to the veterans whose honor Fox paid to smear."

http://johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/200700405-fox-appt/

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sellitman

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Sun Apr-08-07 10:10 PM
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1. I'm getting to like John Edwards more every passing day.

and I'm a Kucinich supporter.

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w4rma

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Sun Apr-08-07 10:29 PM
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2. Kucinich endorsed Edwards in 2004. He probably saw what you are seeing. (nt)

Edited on Sun Apr-08-07 10:29 PM by w4rma

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sellitman

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Sun Apr-08-07 10:40 PM
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3. Face it...we have very good choices this time out.

The RepubliCONS on the other hand have the worst group of candidates on the planet.

Now if we can only stop the election fraud.

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gratuitous

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Mon Apr-09-07 08:45 AM
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4. Media bulldogs?

We know how much you in the media just love to pile on when someone is accused of dissing veterans. Well, this seems like a real, live example of someone getting rewarded for unfounded accusations against decorated veterans. Go get 'em, boys! Uh boys? Why are you all snoozing on the porch? Look, fresh marks of a veterans basher! Boys?

Hmmm. I hope there's no double standard operating here. I know how much the media bulldogs like to be told they're objective and even-handed.

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Imagevision

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Mon Apr-09-07 09:11 AM
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5. This is typical hiring by Bush like "heck-of-a-job Brownie"

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Triana

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Mon Apr-09-07 09:34 AM
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6. That's My President!!

(well, I hope he is anyway, in 08)

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