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Clinton Names Congressman John Lewis National Campaign Chair
The Clinton Campaign ^ | 10/26/2007 | The Clinton Campaign

Posted on 10/27/2007 2:23:55 PM PDT by mdittmar

The Clinton Campaign today announced that Congressman John Lewis will serve as a national campaign chair. Congressman Lewis recently endorsed Senator Clinton stating he believes that “Senator Clinton is the best prepared to lead this country at a time when we are in desperate need of strong leadership.” As one of six national campaign chairs, Representative Lewis will focus his efforts on economic empowerment, health care, and poverty.

Rep. Lewis is a civil rights pioneer who has devoted his life to equal rights for all Americans. From his days as a Freedom Rider and the head of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, to his leadership of the “Bloody Sunday” march in Selma, Alabama, Lewis has been one of the most respected figures in the civil rights movement for four decades.

Elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1981, Rep. Lewis was later elected to Congress in 1986, where he’s represented Georgia’s 5th Congressional District for the last 20 years. He is Senior Chief Deputy Whip for the Democratic Party leadership in the House, a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, a member of its Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Oversight


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 110th; atlanta; cbc; hillary; johnlewis
Lewis Calls for Bush Impeachment

Guess hillary and the dems have dropped the American defeat in the Iraq mantra;)

1 posted on 10/27/2007 2:23:56 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Just substitute the name Karl Marx for Clinton.


2 posted on 10/27/2007 2:25:29 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: mdittmar
Let the pandering begin!


3 posted on 10/27/2007 2:26:12 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Fred in '08. Deal with it.)
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To: mdittmar

Token, sellout and puppet, yeah I said! The only thing strong about Hillary KKKlinton is her body odor.


4 posted on 10/27/2007 2:26:43 PM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: Trueblackman

You need to run for Congress my FRiend,I heard your speech at Gathering of Eagles ll.


5 posted on 10/27/2007 2:30:06 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
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To: mdittmar

Lewis is a first class ass:

“”They’re coming for the children. They’re coming for the poor. They’re coming for the sick, the elderly and the disabled,” said Lewis after Republicans won House and Senate majorities in 1994 in a speech that compared the GOP to Nazis.”


6 posted on 10/27/2007 2:33:28 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Life was better when cigarette companies could advertise and lawyers could not)
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To: mdittmar

Hillary must feel that her support in the “black community” needs shoring up. Could it be that blacks are finally figuring her out, like everyone else?


7 posted on 10/27/2007 2:35:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
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To: mdittmar
Where is the logic in this?

Hildabeast will automatically have 99.9 percent of the black vote so why would she pick a total moron?
Is Lewis not the idiot that said that sharks still roam
the slave routs looking for blacks thrown overboard?

8 posted on 10/27/2007 2:38:07 PM PDT by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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To: mdittmar

As ususal, the Clintons can’t find anyone decent; so they elect to use scum. Of course, they are scum themselves.


9 posted on 10/27/2007 2:38:25 PM PDT by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: AlexW
Primary strategy.
10 posted on 10/27/2007 2:39:54 PM PDT by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: holdonnow; sono; rodguy911; HonestConservative

A Cabinet of criminals. Shakes head.


11 posted on 10/27/2007 2:43:30 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray, Pray, Pray)
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To: mdittmar

Nah I would be expelled from the House within a week! I would make allot of enemies on both sides of the aisle.


12 posted on 10/27/2007 2:44:19 PM PDT by Trueblackman (Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
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To: mdittmar

Wasn’t it John Lewis that said that sharks had changed their feeding patterns to be sure to eat the slaves thrown overboard in the 17th century and that they were still out there today looking for food?

Does Hillary need the black vote that bad?

Frightening...


13 posted on 10/27/2007 2:47:42 PM PDT by ProfoundMan (Money is the mother's milk of politics but righteous indignation is the drug of choice.)
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To: ProfoundMan

No.


14 posted on 10/27/2007 2:51:44 PM PDT by OldEagle
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To: AlexW

Yeah, Congressman Lewis said “millions of slaves” were thrown overboard and that schools of shark still prowl the old trade crossings, looking for a meal, even though Congress ended slave importation in 1807.

Lewis will be kept on a very tight leash.


15 posted on 10/27/2007 2:55:56 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: mdittmar

Just one more reason to not trust, like or vote for the criminal.


16 posted on 10/27/2007 2:56:08 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Trueblackman

Well,give it some thought.


17 posted on 10/27/2007 3:00:15 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
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To: ProfoundMan

“Wasn’t it John Lewis that said that sharks had changed their feeding patterns to be sure to eat the slaves thrown overboard in the 17th century and that they were still out there today looking for food?”

IIRC, the man who said this was a Representitive Major Owens.

Years ago, early 1960’s, I met John Lewis at a SNCC sponsored civil rights rally in Seattle. I also met Marion Berry of mayor of DC fame, Harry Belefonte and several other assorted ne’r do wells.

After meeting a few of these guys I got out of both Seattle and the civil rights movement and have lived happily ever after.


18 posted on 10/27/2007 3:02:29 PM PDT by doxteve
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To: OldEagle

It was Major Owens Dem/NY.


19 posted on 10/27/2007 3:02:52 PM PDT by OldEagle
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To: doxteve; OldEagle

DOH! You’re exactly right. My apologies to Rep Lewis. He’s not as much a dolt as I give him credit for.


20 posted on 10/27/2007 3:42:43 PM PDT by ProfoundMan (Money is the mother's milk of politics but righteous indignation is the drug of choice.)
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To: mdittmar
I knew the payback would be coming shortly after his announcement here in Atlanta for piaps.
21 posted on 10/27/2007 3:44:10 PM PDT by doodad
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hillary must feel that her support in the “black community” needs shoring up.

Well of course she does. Her main opponent is Barack Obama.

22 posted on 10/27/2007 3:57:45 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: mdittmar

“As one of six national campaign chairs, Representative Lewis will focus his efforts on economic empowerment, health care, and poverty.”

Six chairs? It reminds me of the head at San Onofre (ITR) in Camp Pendleton in 1969. Ther were six commodes in the crapper outside the messhall where we would grab a smoke (unauthorized) after morning chow. Probably will result in the same product!

Corporal Martinez (Right Face, HOOO!) either never knew, or just let us do it.
Semper Fi,


23 posted on 10/27/2007 4:52:04 PM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: AlexW

No, that was Major Lewis a House Representative


24 posted on 10/27/2007 5:49:06 PM PDT by Semperfiwife (It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing)
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To: mdittmar

THIS JOHN LEWIS?

Dec 2005

Lewis Calls for Bush Impeachment

Congressman John Lewis (D-Atlanta)

Provided By: The Associated Press
Last Modified: 12/20/2005 9:55:00 AM

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Representative John Lewis said in a radio interview on Monday that President Bush should be impeached if he broke the law in authorizing spying on Americans.

The Democratic congressman from Georgia told WAOK-AM that he would sign a bill of impeachment if one was drawn up and that the House of Representatives should consider such a move.

Lewis is among several Democrats who have voiced discontent with Sunday night’s television speech, where Bush asked Americans to continue to support the Iraq War. Lewis is the first major House figure to suggest impeaching Bush.


25 posted on 10/27/2007 5:54:50 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
I think he said that 200,000 million slaves were lost on the voyages from Africa, a number he has absolutely no evidence to support. Even if he is “kept on a tight leash”, I am amazed that she would want him as her national campaign manager. He will be the national face of the Clinton campaign and there will be many opportunities for him to embarrass himself and the campaign. I wonder if he will make it until election day
26 posted on 10/27/2007 6:23:17 PM PDT by srmorton (Choose life!)
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To: srmorton
Right now it’s just important for Lewis to be around until Hillary is nominated and Obama is no longer a threat. Then this political crack whore can resign “for health reasons.”
27 posted on 10/27/2007 6:44:21 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Oops! When I read your reply, I realized that I put 200,000 million rather than 200 million. He doesn't have any proof for that number either. I was thinking the same thing - that he would resign, as you said, for health reasons or to "spend more time with his family". I would think that black people would see right through this charade, but they probably won't.
28 posted on 10/27/2007 10:51:29 PM PDT by srmorton (Choose life!)
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To: srmorton
In the black political world not many are criticized for putting forth absurdities. They are lauded for making it in the news no matter how outlandish their statement is. But Lewis will be representing Hillary, and if he is not restrained, will embarrass her campaign.

Then again she may hope that by employing this funky Steppin Fetchit she will be seen has having compassion.

29 posted on 10/28/2007 12:48:09 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: Semperfiwife

“No, that was Major Lewis a House Representative”

Does not matter.. They are both Morons. Two peas in a pod.


30 posted on 10/28/2007 6:25:01 AM PDT by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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To: AliVeritas

The Clinton version of Godfather II? Or is it III? Note the irony of Her Thighness’ making an advert based on The Sopranos.


31 posted on 10/28/2007 5:04:42 PM PDT by sono (Remember when Health Insurance was a Carry Permit?)
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