Wes Clark Endorses Patricia Madrid in NM-01; call for Rumsfeld to resign

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Madrid, Wesley Clark Call on Wilson to Ask Tough Questions About Iraq War

AG Joins Gen. Clark in Calling for Rumsfeld Resignation

Attorney General Patricia Madrid and General Wesley Clark stood with nearly two dozen Albuquerque veterans in Bataan Memorial Park on Wednesday to call on incumbent Representative Heather Wilson to finally start asking the tough questions to hold the Bush Administration accountable for the flawed intelligence and failed leadership that took the United States to war in Iraq.

“Republican Heather Wilson has stood lock step with George Bush and Dick Cheney in support of this war,” Madrid said. “She sits on the House Committee on Intelligence and yet she’s never asked the tough questions. She never questioned the flawed intelligence on which we went to war; she’s never asked when our troops will be coming home; and she’s never questioned the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Heather Wilson is part of the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld team. She’s one of them.”

Clark, a retired four-star Army general and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, added, “The people of New Mexico deserve someone in Congress who will support the men and women in uniform by demanding from the White House a strategy for success in Iraq. Patricia Madrid has made a career of standing up for people and demanding answers to difficult questions. She’s just the kind of leader we need on Capitol Hill.”

Madrid also officially joined Clark in calling for Rumsfeld to resign. “I have serious concerns about the way Donald Rumsfeld has conducted this war,” Madrid said. “I believe strongly that it is time for him to resign and for new leadership to come on board.” Madrid further expressed deep concern about the casualties of the war. “This war has cost us too much -- 2,390 American lives,” Madrid said. “Further, more than 17,000 young men and women have been wounded. This state has buried 17 of its own children. It is time to bring the troops home.”

http://www.madridforcongress.com/node/651


Endorsement Page on Securing America:

http://securingamerica.com/node/906


General Clark has called for Rumsfeld's resignation repeatedly since mid-2003. His first act in office, he said in New Hampshire in September 2003, would be to fire Donald Rumsfeld.

[Jai4WKC08]

1. Madrid is a star!

Two-term attorney general, and a tough one. Innovative too. She started a "Violence Against Women Unit" to prosecute sex crimes and combat domestic violence, and the "Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force" to prosecute sexual predators. She's doing very good with fundraising, much of it from Emily's List. I read somewhere she matched Wilson last quarter. But it's great to see Clark helping her out too.

Wilson otoh is dirty. She's taken money from both Halliburton and Abramoff.

This is one we can win, folks, so please chip in. Wilson is on her 4th term and has been a total Bush rubber-stamp (which is what you'd expect Halliburton money to buy). It's time to send her home!