When Michael Heaney served as a special guest to the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program in the fall of 2002, he couldn’t ignore the growing anxiety surrounding the invasion of Iraq. After marching to the White House with a local CodePink chapter and attending larger rallies in D.C. that year, the budding political scientist—now an assistant professor at the University… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pages“You need to elect Democrats with Backbone and Principle” is a direct quote from this article and a very true one indeed. Its really a shame that we , the People of the United States have chosen our congressional leaders to voice our concerns over the troop buildup and to get us out of this mess that Bush has created in Iraq. Instead we have a collection of Spineless Cowards who kowtow to King George II .There were also many registered Republicans who voted Democratic just to help initiate a withdrawl of Troops in the near future. Spineless Representation is worse than Tyrany. Our forefathers and the framers of our Constitution would be mortified to see a corrupted system of Checks and Balances because of ignorant, overstuffed, inbred,fat assed sack of Monkey Pukes that we have in Congress today.
Posted by heywood Jablome on May 23, 2007 at 6:26 AM In agreement with heywood… Not to nitpick, but the founders of this nation were not all “fathers” fore nor aft. The Revolution would not have happened without the liberty-loving determination of women. History hides but her story is there for the interested.
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