The silence of the Nine
As the screw turns on Tom "Ethically Challenged" DeLay and the evidence builds toward an indictment, where are the voices of our Illinois Republican Representatives? Why no cries of outrage over DeLay's outrageous behavior? Are our nine Republicans so timid or so indebted to DeLay that they are unable to speak out? Is their shame so great that they just don't want to address his mis-behavior? Or are they just part of the problem of Republican hubris and moral failing?
If the "exterminator" remains Majority Leader in 2006, there is a solution to ridding our Congress of him: vote the Republicans out! A vote for Kirk, Hyde, Biggert, Johnson, LaHood, Manzullo, Shimkus, or Weller is a vote for DeLay. And of course, a vote for Hastert is not only a vote for DeLay, it's a vote for Hastert. It is past time to insist on answers from the silent nine.
If the "exterminator" remains Majority Leader in 2006, there is a solution to ridding our Congress of him: vote the Republicans out! A vote for Kirk, Hyde, Biggert, Johnson, LaHood, Manzullo, Shimkus, or Weller is a vote for DeLay. And of course, a vote for Hastert is not only a vote for DeLay, it's a vote for Hastert. It is past time to insist on answers from the silent nine.
posted by kent at 5:02 PM
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Speaking of voting against Hastert, there is someone running against him. His name is Ruben Zamora. He is progressive, at more than many other Democrats. He received over 30% of the vote last time on his "not Hastert" ticket. He needs help, which the party establishment refuses to give him unless he raises $300,000 by himself. His website is www.zamoraforcongress.org. I met him through Progressive Democrats of Illinois. Those of us in largely safe districts really need to support people running on the ground in areas like Hastert's. They provide a valuable service to us by showing rural voters that Democrats aren't just like Michael Moore and other lies of the Right. If candidates run in those areas and burn themselves out financially on top of physically and mentally we lose effective allies who live in areas where we can hopefully make a huge difference, even if they don't win.
Should have read "...at least more than many other Democrats."
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