The President Surges To Escalate War, Fight Back With A Surge Of Donations
For Democrats

By Brent Budowsky
Created Jan 11 2007 - 8:52am

An outraged world watches George Bush again show his contempt and scorn for
our voters, commanders and standards as a Nation and our answer should be
this:

Dont get angry, take action. Go to actblue and answer his surge for war,
with our surge of support for the Democrats in the Senate who are waging a
historic battle to end this travesty.

We the people of the United States are not Tony Blair-like Poodles who will
be mocked and scorned by a President who says "kiss my ass" to those who
voted in the 2006 election.

Every single one of us, can have our own vote in the United States Senate
with donations large or small in our Lexington and Concord answer to the
President's escalation.

This is a President whose idea of bipartisanship is to demean George
Washington through the torture that Washington opposed; to disrespect Abe
Lincoln by taking every opportunity to tear open our wounds and divide our
country; to mock Jefferson and Madison with signing statements to break the
law and violate the Constitution.

Even after the resounding election, he claims the power to open our mail in
violation of law. He does the impossible: turning the Butcher of Baghdad
into a martyr, with a hanging done by taunting death squad supporters,
protected by liars who tried to cover it up.

This President has learned nothing from experience. He treats bipartisanship
as a means to again disrespect military advice, to again divide our country,
and to again escalate the mistakes that have caused this carnage.

Don't get angry; get active. Go to actblue [1] and stand up for our
democracy. This is what will happen:

In 2008 there are 21 Senate Republicans up for re-election, an unusually
high number that creates a historic opportunity for Democrats. Many of them
are older, and may retire. Many have low popularity, and may well be
defeated. Many have very prominent Democrats deciding whether to run.

Senate Republicans know that it is not out of the question that they lose as
many as ten seats in 2008. I reviewed them all last night and Senate
Republicans face a very dangerous position.

For them, George W. Bush wants to escalate a war they know is catastrophic;
and expand a policy they know is failed and dramatically unpopular. Senate
Republicans know the President want to dump this mess on his successor in
2-3 years. They might as well hold the 2008 Republican Convention in
Baghdad.

George Bush is their Herbert Hoover.

Now he wants them to escalate a policy that they privately oppose, that
military leaders advise against, that their constituents widely despise.

If we answer the Bush drive to escalate and surge this war, with our drive
to escalate and surge our support for Democrats, we fire a cannon that will
be heard across the bow of official Washington.

Let Republicans do the right thing, or remember the fate of George Allen and
Rick Santorum.

It is high time for Senate Republicans to vote their conscience on this war.
If they do, they will be applauded by a grateful nation. If they do not,
they will answer to the people.

Do not underestimate our power. We have the high moral ground, the high
military ground, the high political ground.

We speak for the overwhelming majority of the American people. We will
answer his cynicism with our patriotism. We will answer his arrogance with
our idealism.

We have won a great election and the will of the people must be honored.

Last November we took our case to the people and emerged victorious.

We are not poodles, we are patriots. We have not yet begun to fight.

We are going fight, and fight, and fight again, every hour of every day,
until the country we love has a President who stands for the values we
share.

He has his surge, we have ours.

Dont be angry, take action. Go to actblue [2] and answer the president's
speech with our passion and we will fire a cannon that will ultimately he
heard around the world.
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About author Brent Budowsky served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator
Lloyd Bentsen, responsible for commerce and intelligence matters, including
one of the core drafters of the CIA Identities Law. Served as Legislative
Director to Congressman Bill Alexander, then Chief Deputy Whip, House of
Representatives. Currently a member of the International Advisory Council of
the Intelligence Summit. Left goverment in 1990 for marketing and public
affairs business including major corporate entertainment and talent
management. He can be reached at brentbbi@webtv.net [3].

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"A little patience and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their
spells dissolve, and the people recovering their true sight, restore their
government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are
suffering deeply in spirit,
and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public
debt. But if the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have
patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning
back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at
stake."
-Thomas Jefferson