Why don't we try to demand that Democratic candidates not take money from MIIC -- ???

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Can we try to make that Democratic Party policy . . . ??????


Clinton bucks the trend and rakes in cash from the US weapons industry
By Leonard Doyle in Washington
Published: 19 October 2007
The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street's favourite. Investment bankers have opened their wallets in unprecedented numbers for the New York senator over the past three months and, in the process, dumped their earlier favourite, Barack Obama.

Mrs Clinton's wooing of the defence industry is all the more remarkable given the frosty relations between Bill Clinton and the military during his presidency. An analysis of campaign contributions shows senior defence industry employees are pouring money into her war chest in the belief that their generosity will be repaid many times over with future defence contracts.

Employees of the top five US arms manufacturers – Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, General Dynamics and Raytheon – gave Democratic presidential candidates $103,900, with only $86,800 going to the Republicans. "The contributions clearly suggest the arms industry has reached the conclusion that Democratic prospects for 2008 are very good indeed," said Thomas Edsall, an academic at Columbia University in New York.

Republican administrations are by tradition much stronger supporters of US armaments programmes and Pentagon spending plans than Democratic governments. Relations between the arms industry and Bill Clinton soured when he slimmed down the military after the end of the Cold War. His wife, however, has been careful not to make the same mistake.

After her election to the Senate, she became the first New York senator on the armed services committee, where she revealed her hawkish tendencies by supporting the invasion of Iraq. Although she now favours a withdrawal of US troops, her position on Iran is among the most warlike of all the candidates – Democrat or Republican.





http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3075691.ece

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1. Trying is lying. If we are going to do anything we have to do it not TRY to do it

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3. So . . . are you agreeing to DEMANDING this be DU/Democratic Party policy -- ???

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4. I am all for demanding that we have Public Financing of all Federal Elections; That we have open

transparent verifiable elections;
that we have Single payer health CARE for everyone;
that it be official government policy the everyone has a job that pays a living wage;
that every child has a quality free public education as long as they are interested and progressing;
that US trade agreements and policies demand equitable treatment for workers and the environment;
and that the current crop of misfits and criminal psychopaths be impeached, then tried convicted and imprisoned for a life term for each life they have been responsible for ruining (That should be 1,000,000 consecutive life terms at a minimum).

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5. I'd like the whole Easter Basket, as well -- however, right now . . .

are you willing to DEMAND that Democratic candidates not take money from the MIIC -- ???

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6. Do you want to demand the they give it back? They already took it.

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7. Yes -- that wouldn't be setting a precedent -- they've returned tainted money before -- !!!

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8. Ok you start the petition. I will sign it.

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9. I think we need a consensus of more than two people -- DUers not concerned re MIIC????

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2. Gee I guess they didn't give any to Obama and you all are pissed.