Bayh was an honorary co-chair of the neocon pro-war Committee for the Liberation of Iraq

[Douglas Carpenter]

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/bayh_as_veep_he_cochaired_wing.php

"In 2003, Bayh was an honorary co-chair of the neocon pro-war Committee for the Liberation of Iraq -- a group he joined along with none other than John McCain and Joe Lieberman, according to a press release from during the run-up to the invasion.

Check this out, from the group's press release on February 14th, 2003 (via Nexis):

The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) is pleased to welcome Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) as an Honorary Co-Chairman. Bayh becomes the third U.S. Senator to join the committee after Sens. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced their participation on January 28.

The Committee is a neo-con group that was formed to propagandize the country into war. It boasted such illustrious neocon members as Bill Kristol, former CIA director James Woolsey, and even McCain senior foreign policy adviser and Chalabi-bamboozler Randy Scheunemann, whom Josh has been blogging about.

Bayh would, to put it very charitably, muddle Obama's message. It's true that Bayh was said to have subsequently removed himself from the group. But Obama's campaign is partly about -- and rightly so -- the judgment he made, and others didn't, in the run-up to the invasion.

The McCain campaign and the Repubs would have a grand time mocking the choice. Indeed, the McCain camp is already trying to make an issue of Bayh's past."."

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/bayh_as_veep_he_cochaired_wing.php

[saltpoint]

1. Prefer others to Bayh for Obama's veep but prefer standing up to the Pukes

who would smear any Democrat.

In this scenario, McCain's campaign would smear Bayh for the very thing McCain supports? That's ultimately untenable.

As well, the election will be decided on more issues than just the Iraq War.

My choice would not be Bayh. But Obama is the candidate, and it's his call.

[Douglas Carpenter]

2. "Sen Bayh is a past recipient "Scoop" Jackson Award for Distinguished Service from the neocon think

tank, JINSA:

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/02/03/evan_bayh_tough_but_smart.php

[Douglas Carpenter]

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