More GOP Truthiness: Christopher Carney (D-PA) responsible for Iraq War

[Human Torch]

RNC Mailing Accuses Pa. Democrat Of Helping To Start the War in Iraq

By ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the Sun
October 23, 2006

http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysun.com%2Farticle%2F42019

WASHINGTON — Voters in Pennsylvania's rural, conservative 10th Congressional District received an unlikely mailing earlier this month accusing a former Navy lieutenant of helping start the Iraq war.

Quoting a 2004 article, "Lie Factory," that appeared in Mother Jones magazine and relied on interviews with a former Pentagon analyst turned White House foe, Karen Kwiatkowski, the mailing highlights Christopher Carney's role in a small intelligence analysis shop inside the Pentagon before the Iraq war. The top of the mailing warns voters, "Chris Carney failed our nation once." "Don't give Chris Carney a chance to FAIL us again," the next page says.

The mailing may seem par for the course in an election season in which Republican incumbents are vulnerable to attacks on their support for an unpopular war. But its return address is the Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania. The mailing's target is Mr. Carney, who some see as one of the national Democratic Party's brightest hopes to wrest control of the House of Representatives in 2006.

The political dissonance was amplified on October 19 when President Bush stumped for Mr. Carney's rival and the Republican incumbent, Donald Sherwood.Two days earlier, Mr. Carney was in New York for a fund-raiser hosted by one of the president's original foreign policy advisers in 2000, Richard Perle.

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[LynnTheDem]

1. As Carney wasn't even in Congress at the time & didn't vote for bush's invasion

I am deeply shocked that CARNEY was actually the President of the United States of America when all along I'd thought it was gEorge w bUsh and gEorge w bUsh who was responsible for the invasion of Iraq!

(invasion. America invaded. Holy fuck I still can't get over that. The supreme crime.

[zbdent]

2. There they go again, cherry-picking "evidence" to find

the one percent solution to all their problems ...

[ieoeja]

3. How did this guy get through the Dem primary?

So on October 17th we had one of W's guys who came up with "proof" that Iraq had WMDs getting campaign contributions at a fundraiser hosted by one of W's advisors. And this guy is the DEMOCRATIC candidate?

Sounds like THEY slipped a stealth candidate through OUR (Democratic) primary.

[LynneSin]

6. Are you questioning why Carney is a democrat

He's definately not a raging liberal but clearly he is a democrat. Mind you, in this rural district of Pennsylvania is filled with lots of Christian Conservatives. The only reason Carney is competitive in the district is two things - first, his opponent was in an adulterous relationship with a woman he may have abused. The second reason is Carney has just enough moderate values that he's been getting tons of support from moderate republicans in the district.

I never thought Carney had a chance even with the Sherwood Adultry scandal. But he does seem like he'll come out on top.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. That's not even truthiness

That's just absurd.

[dajoki]

5. Hopefully he will be my new rep.

The "alleged" woman beater must go!!

[LynneSin]

7. I heard Sherwood's new campaign ad was to apologies about his affair

I'm excited to see Chris Carney polling so well in that district. That's the home of most of my relatives - I have alot of history in PA-10

[dajoki]

8. It's been running constantly for about 3 weeks n/t