TALKING POINTS on Condoleeza Rice & Election Fraud (no mandate!)

Bush has no mandate for war! Democrats opposed to Condoleeza Rice are in the mainstream! Senate fireworks Tues/Wed!


I and many others are flooding the Senate with letters, faxes and emails opposing Bush’s nomination of Condoleeza Rice as Secretary of State. Here’s why:

• The war in Iraq is by far the worst and most disastrous mistake that the Bush regime has made, and Condoleeza Rice, whom George Bush has nominated for Secretary of State, has been responsible for conveying the false justifications for this war to the American people and to the Congress.

• We need a Secretary of State whose word we can trust, and who can be trusted by other countries. We furthermore need a Secretary of State who is committed to world peace. Condoleeza Rice does not meet that job description.

• Nearly 60% of the American people oppose the Bush regime's war in Iraq--of which Condoleeza Rice has been the chief spokesperson--and that figure is probably 70% to 80%, if not more, among Democrats (a consideration for Democratic Senators).

• The American people cannot continue to pay for these reckless and bloody policies, and we can no longer tolerate war crimes being committed in our name.

• Condoleeza Rice never answered Senator Boxer’s and Senator Kerry’s questions on the matter of misleading America into war. The interrogation will continue this Tuesday/Wednesday--the Democrats have scheduled 9 hours of debate on this matter.

• Thousands of Americans have been killed and wounded, and over 100,000 Iraqis have been killed, and many have been imprisoned and tortured—in a war based on falsehoods.

• The Iraq war also holds grave consequences for America's reputation as a just and conservative country for whom the use of a force is a last resort.

• In addition to the outrage of Iraq—a war that is hauntingly similar to Vietnam—the Bush regime is now spoiling for war in additional countries.

• A regime that holds power on the tenuous grounds of massive vote suppression against minority voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act, on the further tenuous grounds of a non-transparent election system that is controlled by partisans of the regime, and that has a majority of Americans opposing its war policy, would be well advised not to commit further arrogant acts such as nominating for Secretary of State a person whose lies have resulted in countless unnecessary deaths.

• Ms. Rice has also been less than candid about the failures of this administration to protect the U.S. from the 9/11 attack, and supports policies of completely unethical interference in the internal affairs of other countries, such as Haiti and Venezuela.

• The U.S. lacks a government that has the "consent of the governed." We should look to Bush donors’ control over our election system for the reason why.

• We are asking the Democrats in Congress, and any Republicans with a conscience, to show courage and leadership on this matter, and help to turn the country back from this perilous course.

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See sample letter and (bottom of the page) a boffo list of Democratic Senators' tel-fax-email, including a lot of state office contact info. (in case you can't get thru to DC):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=296466

MEDIA BLASTER

http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity2_12.htm