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Are
Howard Dean & Wesley Clark Really Democrats?
"...what we know in Vermont, is that for the first three terms that he was in office, we considered Howard Dean a Republican governor."
- Peter Freyne, columnist for the Vermont weekly 'Seven Days'.
AUGUST 2003 - Clark still not declared.
CNN's JAMES CARVILLE: "General, are you a Democrat?"
CLARK: "I've not declared that I'm a Democrat yet."
(CNN's "Crossfire," 8/1/03)
Howard Dean to head up the Democratic Party
Dean is a Republican in Democrat clothing.
Dean's base of support is the Israeli right wing
Dean's web site is full of praise for the US granting Israel $12 billion
Dean has won over a major portion of the anybody but Bush support
Dean gives speeches at the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations), one of the oldest and most extreme right wing think tanks
Dean still has not come out in support of joining the Kyoto Accord
Dean supports NAFTA and the WTO
Dean is in favor of continuing privatized healthcare
Proposes the US stay in Iraq until the job is done, which is?
"The United States has to ... take a much harder line on Iran and Saudi Arabia because they're funding terrorism." - Howard Dean
This image is from the Howard Dean web site in October 2003. It shows where he received his base of support for his run to claim guardianship of the Democrats in our country - the Israeli right wing. Remember - it is not what people say that counts, it is what they do that really matters.
Dean now holds the mantle of power for the opposition to George Bush. Think of it, this is the man who championed NAFTA (1993 to 1996), fought for privatized healthcare (providing healthcare for more people by giving more money to the insurance industry), and does not think the US should get out of Iraq until the job is done (without defining what the job is). Dean gained fame during his '04 run for President by speaking out against Bush. But was he really speaking out against his policies? NO, and on some issues he was to the right of Bush, ie Israel/Palestine.
The country was critically divided over Israel and Palestine and now it is acutely divided over Dean and who is running the strategy to upset the Bush agenda. I am sorry if I offend the Dean supporters, I do not mean to dash your hopes, but until Dean proposes single payer healthcare, an immediate withdrawl from Iraq, and the end of NAFTA and the WTO will he be fit to run the Democratic party, my party. Kerry was no better and in many ways worse. America's "anybody but Bush" mentality is sinking it further into a political paralysis that is nothing short of suicide for the country as we know it.
Dean took his assault upon the American people one step further by coming to Seattle (the heart of Progressivism) to start what he calls a Progressive movement. Would somebody please tell Dean that a Progressive does not support NAFTA, privatized healthcare, or staying in Iraq. This man's first million dollars came from AIPAC - America Israel Public Affairs Committee, the core supporters of right wing Ariel Sharon, no friend of American Progressives.
There is little or no difference between Dean and Bush. They both support the war in Iraq, they both support a Medicare plan that continues the privatization of our health care system and aids the drug and insurance companies not people, and they both like NAFTA and the WTO which are causing great instability in our world. The only difference I see between the two is on the Israel/Palestine war. Bush admonishes Israels right wing Ariel Sharon's policies and Dean praises him.
Point - Israel / Palestine
Dean's web site is full of praise for the US granting Israel $12 billion,,,,
If there is to be an end to the misery in the world the US has to stop funding the creation of Killing Fields through producing and selling military hardware, the construction of walls that create strategic hamlets, and end para-military training. These actions don't need praise they need dismantling.
Dean, while calling for an end to Palestinian violence, did not call for an end to Israeli violence, let alone an end to the illegal Israeli occupation. At least Bush is calling for an end to the illegal Israeli settlements.
And when asked whether his views are closer to the dovish Americans for Peace Now (APN) or the right-wing, Sharon-supporting, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), he stated unequivocally in an interview with the Jewish weekly The Forward, "My view is closer to AIPAC's view."
Dean told the Jerusalem Post that he unequivocally supported $8 billion in U.S. loan guarantees for Israel and the $4 billion in outright grants. "I believe that by providing Israel with the loan guarantees ... the US will be advancing its own interest," he said. Note: with this latest package the Israelis now have remote controlled bulldozers to destroy the homes of their terrorists.
Last year, he named Steven Grossman, a former AIPAC head, as his campaign's chief fundraiser. Soon after, he flew to Israel on an AIPAC-sponsored junket. Dean's first million came from Sharon supporters. Didn't they need that money to build the wall?
In a telling statement about whether a President Dean would act any differently toward Iran than the Bush neocons, Dean also told The Forward, "The United States has to ... take a much harder line on Iran and Saudi Arabia because they're funding terrorism." - this is the narrow mindedness that is leading the US to a broader war.
Point - Dean talks to the Neo-Conservatives
I presented to the Council on Foreign Relations on June 25th. In that speech, I laid out four goals for American leadership in the world:
First, defeat the threat posed by terrorists, tyrants, and technologies of mass destruction.
Second, strengthen our alliances and ensure Russia and China are fully integrated into a stable international order.
Third, enlarge the circle of beneficiaries of the growing world economy.
And fourth, ensure that life on our fragile planet is sustainable.
Rebuttal - anyone
that gives speeches to the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) is on the
extreme right wing side of the fence. They are one of the oldest
international right wing think tanks in the world. Either Dean is
infiltrating the structure of global power to usurp this power to be
used for good in the world or he is one of them. His past dictates that
he is one of them.
Point 1- defeat the threat. The
greatest threat to world peace today is the illusion that there is an
external threat called terrorism. Ending the Holy War on Islam is what
is needed, is this what Dean is saying when he is so defensive of
the Judaism of Israel against the Islam of the Palestinians?
Point 2 - good point, and a necessary
one. How the US integrates them into the world community depends on how
forceful the market economy is shoved down their throats. I say we don't
shove anything down anyone's throats, especially the market economy.
Point 3 - enlarging the growing world
economy; since Dean supports the WTO and NAFTA this would mean he
supports the growing market economy of the neo-conservatives; the same
economy that is de-stabilizing the planet.
Point 4 - this is great rhetoric that
requires a more detailed plan. Dean mentions that he ordered emissions
in Vermont be reduced to levels below those required by the Kyoto
Protocol but he has not come out in support of joining the Kyoto Accord.
Dean = America is not Rome. We do not dream of empire. We dream of liberty for all.
Bush = America has never sought to dominate, has never sought to conquer. We've always sought to liberate and to free.
Pretty words can have totally different meaning. But then again they can have the same meaning.
Now Wesley Clark:
He doesn't mince words, he is a general - No he is THE General, the Supreme Commander that has moved the boundaries of the targets for the new military for the new century to include civilians. Wesley 'preemptive strike' Clark has changed his name; it used to be Wesley 'collateral damage' Clark.
Extra! July/August 1999
As Supreme Commander of NATO, Clark and NATO justified the bombing of the Belgrade TV station, saying it was a legitimate military target. "We've struck at his (Milosevic) TV stations and transmitters because they're as much a part of his military machine prolonging and promoting this conflict as his army and security forces," U.S. General Wesley Clark explained. The targeting of the studio was a war crime.
Since the bombing of Yugoslavia the US has bombed civilian targets in Afghanistan and Iraq. Clark changed the definition of military v civilian targets.
Clark authorized the use of military on US citizens at WACO…...
Clark is a graduate of the National War College in a time when the world cannot afford to settle differences or even advance colonialism through war. Clark lives, breathes, and thinks war 24/7. What the world needs now is to finally learn the greatest lesson -- War will not make the world more stable.
"I've got some heavy artillery that can come in. I've got good logistics, and I've got strategic mobility," said Clark to Newsweek Magazine about his campaign for president.
"There are an awful lot of people," a retired four-star general told the Washington Post, "who believe Wes will tell anybody what they want to hear and tell somebody the exact opposite five minutes later." ...
"And I'm very glad we've got the great team in office, men like Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice... people I know very well - our president George W. Bush. We need them there." - Clark in remarks delivered at the Pulaski County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Little Rock, Arkansas on May 11, 2001
Clark is to be known for the lover of war that he is trained to be. His commands have changed the face of war for years to come. Through this man humanity is losing its grace, and America is losing its honor and values. In short, I would vote for Bush before I voted for Clark. But then I will no longer vote for the lesser of two evils.
A vote for Dean or Clark is a vote for the policies of Bush….. and sometimes worse.
Then there is BUSH --- no comment.
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