Posts Tagged as ‘Iraq’

September 18, 2008

BFF: Charlie Brown and Code Pink

Charlie Brown, State Sen. Tom McClintock’s opponent in California’s 4th District House race, showed up in uniform at an anti-war protest led by the radical Code Pink.  Today, Tom McClintock fires back:

In case you’re unfamiliar with Code Pink, they’re the group of “patriots” who show up at Walter Reed Medical Center [...]

September 15, 2008

Using Murtha’s own words against him

Captain Ed Morrissey picked up on Bill Russell’s new ad against corruptocrat Rep. John Murtha this morning.  Here it is:

This ad, while a bit long, would be effective if it get smuch airtime in Murtha’s district.  As Ed says:
The most effective ads use the opponent’s own words against him, and Murtha [...]

August 12, 2008

Nick Lampson says those aren’t the droids you’re looking for

As we have seen before, Congressional Democrats want to talk about anything besides how successful our American troops have been in implementing the surge strategy laid out by Gen. David Petraeus.  Democratic Rep. Nick Lampson of Texas’ 22nd District is no different (emphasis mine):
Much has been said of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, with al-Qaida [...]

August 5, 2008

Heroic Service is not Barrell-scraping

There’s been a lot of talk on The New Republic’s attempted hit piece on LTC Allen West, who is running in Florida’s 22nd District.   (You may remember The New Republic as the amateur rag that has a pretty consistent problem with reporters and contributers making up stories out of thin air.)  The latest defense of [...]

August 1, 2008

Gard pounces on Rep. Kagen’s Surge success denial

It looks like John Gard’s campaign took my advice (or, more likely, they have common sense) and are choosing to highlight the Obama-like mental gymnastics that are causing Rep. Kagen to deny the success of our troops in Iraq:
Republican congressional candidate John Gard said Thursday he could not believe his opponent, Rep. Steve Kagen, said [...]

July 31, 2008

Kagen: The Surge was not necessary

I certainly hope John Gard’s campaign plan’s to attack Rep. Kagen for these outlandish comments:
After returning from his first visit to Iraq, House Democrat Steve Kagen of Appleton said he does not believe the surge of U.S. forces was a major factor in the decrease in violence there and he has no second thoughts about [...]

July 30, 2008

Father of a Haditha Marine speaks out against Murtha

Rep. John Murtha accused his son of killing Iraqi civilians “in cold blood.” Now Darryll Sharratt has something to say to Rep. Murtha:

I am sure that Lt. Col. Bill Russell is glad to have a man like that backing him.
Be sure to support Russell’s campaign through volunteering or donating!