My response from Diane Feinstein. Is she delusional?

[maveric]

Dear Mr. MAveRiC:

Thank you for writing me regarding the future of Iraq. I appreciate
hearing from you on this important issue.

Throughout Iraq, the regime of Saddam Hussein has been defeated
and removed from power. Despite our success in freeing the Iraq people,
our
military continues to encounter resistance throughout the country and
must
maintain a presence until an interim authority can be established to
restore
order and begin helping the Iraqi people reconstitute their basic
social
services.

So, as the remnants of the regime are removed, we must take the
lead in rebuilding the Iraqi nation, in stabilizing its new government,
in
providing interim security to prevent the emergence of tribal
hostilities and
to see that Iraq is no longer a producer of weapons of mass
destruction.

I am hopeful that all Iraqis of every ethnic and faith group, large
and
small, will be engaged in the process to establish a new Iraq. I
firmly
believe that the U.S. should work closely with the United Nations and
our
allies in the reconstruction of Iraq.

It is essential to demonstrate to Muslims everywhere that the United
States, while a powerful nation, is also motivated by a sincere desire
to one
day see the entire world safe, prosperous, and free.

Again, thank you for writing. I hope you will continue to keep me
informed of your views and concerns. If you should have any further
questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact my Washington,
D.C. staff at [phone].

Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator

http://feinstein.senate.gov

[Jack_Dawson]

1. Did Bush Hack Into her Office?

Oh that's right, she's married to some warmonger.

Another Dem fighting for us.

:eyes:

[yorgatron]

2. her hubby is making a MINT from the Iraq fiasco,

so why are you acting all surprised NOW? fuck you Feinstein! :mad:

[maveric]

3. She is now officially a Neocon!

When will she call for the nuking of Palestine?

[Jacobin]

4. Diane jes Looooves that PNAC agenda

And its double plus good that her hubbie is getting rich from war profiteering!!

[Cleita]

5. We need to run another Democrat against her.

She is totally corrupted and out-of-touch with her constituency anymore.

[maveric]

7. And here's the guy. Juan Vargas.

http://www.cmta.net/legsample.php?leg=vargas_juan

Juan Vargas actually stands up for working people. As a San Diego councilman he was criticized for "trying to do too much", provoking other councilmembers to get off their asses and serve.

[Jack_Dawson]

8. Is Juan Running?

:shrug:

[maveric]

10. I dont know, but he should. He'd win.

I've met him a few times and I got a great vibe from him.

[Cleita]

9. Would he be interested?

I think it's time for guys like him to start campaigning now. He should start by making speeches at local Democratic Club meetings across the state. By the time the election comes around everyone will know him and what he stands for.

[Cleita]

14. Also, we need a great Democrat to run for Congressman

against Bill Thomas up here in San Luis Obispo county if he doesn't mind relocating. A Hispanic who can relate to the farm workers as well as manuever within the white community here could lick that dispicable Thomas with the right campaign.

[quiet.american]

6. Uh-oh, they've slipped her the Kool-Aid.... n/t

[Tinoire]

11. Thanks. I want one too!

I still have the "kiss my ass" letter she sent me when I wrote asking her not to vote for the war, framed & hanging on one of my walls. This one will go next to it very nicely.

[Lexingtonian]

12. like Lieberman

I suspect her views are rather more influenced by what she thinks the best interests of the government of Israel are than we would like.

[theboss]

16. Ah, the good old fashined dual loyalty argument

I love that one. It's old school.

[Lexingtonian]

21. well...

You explain to me the Jewish-American enthusiasm (not just among elderly Democrats; check out the major neocons for ethnic background) for invading Iraq in a way that (a) assumes their basic rationality and political competence, yet (b) demonstrates or suggests a neutrality (or, aversion) about Israeli government policy toward Iraq, or deviation from its aims toward those of the American liberal public.

Please include an explanation for why this enthusiasm is apparently stronger among the older generations than the younger ones.

I'd have to dig around in older issues of Commentary to find Wolfowitz and such say it all fairly blatantly. But they have, they do, and there's always AIPAC to make sure that no opportunity to show Israel favoritism or bias stays undiscovered or unmentioned.

I'm not saying it's immoral or unpermitted- Feinstein and Lieberman and e.g. Eliot Engel have been elected and reelected many times, largely by constituencies that aren't Jewish-American, and this is far from the first time that they have construed the interests they represent more favorable to the government of Israel and its allies (i.e. the Bush people, like Rice, and the Pentagon neocons) than the evidence perhaps warrants.

It's a legacy of the past, really. Perhaps it deserves its due- I don't really know or really care. It certainly has appearances of being unwise and deficient in integrity, as demonstrated concerning Rice.

And it's not a matter of 'dual loyalty' per se. No one is arguing that anything traitorous is going on. It's better considered 'loyalty- and a half' because of the way the rationalizing and compromising of two interests to what appears to be a solution fails, is easily realized to be unwise by an outside observer, but is delusively insisted upon anyway.

[jswordy]

13. Form letter that...

...fits all the right polling results, tries to be all things to all people. Typical of our current malaise.

[RealDems]

15. Are there any Democratic organizations...

that exclusively support Primary challenges to Democrats like Feinstein, Bayh, and Lieberman? If not, there really should be...

[oasis]

17. Smilin', beguilin', lyin' Dianne should just STFU.

:thumbsup:

[troubleinwinter]

18. I got the same asinine letter today. I had written her four times

in the last couple of weeks: Reject Ohio electors, Election reform, oppose confirming Gonzales, and oppose Rice.

She's my Calif. senator, and she sends me this stoooopid letter. She aint listening!

I want her out. Let her retire or register as a repub, or I will work against her in the primaries.

[oasis]

20. A left coast version of Zell Miller.

[anarchy1999]

19. Sounds like it. She and Kay Bailey-H from Texas must be good friends.

I'll bet they are both on the Phil & Wendy Graham party list.

[coreystone]

22. But, Condi is her friend!

I couldn't beleive what Feinstein was saying!!!!!

:argh: