Thursday, August 31, 2006
An Op-Ed Piece by Bill Scheurer Seeking Support from Opponents of Iraq War
8/31/6 - Here is 8th congressional candidate Bill Scheurer's attempt to gain a larger audience than McHenry County Blog today.
He compares incumbent Democratic Party Congresswoman Melissa Bean to U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, whom most commentators believe was defeated in his Democratic Party primary because of his support of the war in Iraq.
He compares incumbent Democratic Party Congresswoman Melissa Bean to U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, whom most commentators believe was defeated in his Democratic Party primary because of his support of the war in Iraq.
August 31, 2006
“Lamonting” Another Bush Democrat
By Bill Scheurer
People believe that Ned Lamont defeated Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary because Lieberman was for the war and Lamont was against it.
Here in the IL-8th Congressional District we have another Bush Democrat who has supported the war every step of the way, Melissa Bean.
(She also voted with Bush on CAFTA, the Patriot Act, the Bankruptcy Bill, Estate Tax Repeal, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, the Sensenbrenner Bill, the Flag-Burning Amendment, Terry Schiavo, the “Enron/Halliburton” Energy Bill, and others, but that’s another story.)
Faced with an unacceptable “choice” between Bean and the equally pro-war Republican candidate David McSweeney, I chose to run as an independent candidate for Congress, under the new Moderate Party banner.
I am an unwavering supporter of peace, with a strong working families platform, major union support, and an energized grassroots base.
My campaign gathered 15,000 signatures to get on the ballot, something that has never been done before in Illinois history. We also warded off a challenge to our petition by filing a federal lawsuit against the DCCC and Illinois Democratic Party.
Now is the time for activists around the country to bring the same energy and support that helped Lamont beat Lieberman, to help my campaign “Lamont” pro-war Bush Democrat Bean. To turn the 2006 elections into a referendum on the war, we must face the fact that many Democrats are as bad (or worse) than Republicans on this issue.
Failure to act on this -- in races where we have a real choice -- is choosing to continue the war. We must not put partisan politics above the lives of our soldiers and the innocent civilians in Iraq who pay the price for this war. That would be unconscionable.
Visit the Scheurer website (www.WinWithBill.com) to support this campaign.
(Bill Scheurer is the Moderate Party (independent) candidate for U.S. Congress in the Illinois 8th District. He is the father of four, including a daughter who served in Kuwait and a son who recently returned from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq. He is a member of Military Families Speak Out and publisher of The PeaceMajority Report.)
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Those who said we should appease Japan and Germany in the 30's were on the wrong side of history. Those who said Reagan would get us into WWIII with his tough stance against "The Evil Empire" were on the wrong side of history. When the war against terror is written about years down the road, Bill Scheurer, Howard Dean, Dick Durbin, et. al., who think we should fight with words instead of with bombs against those who have vowed our destruction, will suffer the same fate.
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