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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
DeLay wins four-way battle for GOP nomination
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Rep. Tom DeLay won a four-way battle Tuesday in the Texas primary election, his first since he was indicted and forced to step aside as House majority leader.
DeLay was declared the winner with 10,005 votes, or 64 percent, with 14 percent of precincts reporting. His closest challenger, environmental attorney Tom Campbell, had 4,049 votes, or 26 percent.
"I have always placed my faith in the voters, and today's vote shows they have placed their full faith in me," DeLay said in a statement." ... Not only did they reject the politics of personal destruction, but they strongly rejected the candidates who used those Democrat tactics as their platform." [Texas is a dangerous state--we like our politicans crooked, the retards dead, our Bush's family fortunes full, and our disasters from afar. But mostly, we like all the 'tainted' money ole' Tom Delay brings in...]
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Congress Renews Patriot Act; Bush to Sign
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The House renewed the USA Patriot Act in a cliffhanger vote Tuesday night, extending a centerpiece of the war on terrorism at Bush's urging after months of political combat over the balance between privacy rights and the pursuit of potential terrorists. [What ever happens to the citizens of the US, if they re-elect the same miscreants to office, they deserve everything they get...and them some.]
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Senate Republicans Choose Bush Over Country on Domestic Spying
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The GOP-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday voted against a formal Congressional investigation of George W. Bush’s domestic spying program, despite almost-certain knowledge that the White House has violated key provisions of Foreign Intelligence Security Act (FISA) laws over the last four years.
The vote, held in a closed session, was strictly on party lines with all seven Democrats voting for an investigation and the committee’s eight Republicans voting to let Bush off the hook.
"The committee — to put it bluntly — basically is in the control of the White House," said a visibly angry Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), the ranking Democrat on the committee. "Today was an important day. There was a lot at stake for our country and all Americans, but my Republican colleagues would prefer to operate in the dark."
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
US envoy: Iraq war opened 'Pandora's box,' civil war threat
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The 2003 invasion of Iraq that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein opened a 'Pandora's box' of ethnic and sectarian strife that has created the threat of civil war, the US ambassador to Iraq said in an interview published Tuesday.
Zalmay Khalilzad's remarks to the Los Angeles Times were one of the gloomiest and most outspoken public assessments yet of the US campaign in Iraq, contrasting with generally upbeat statements by President George W Bush and military officials.
