Posted on 08/22/2005 9:10:37 PM PDT by doug from upland
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For clarification, I did not tell Kendall the documentary was called INDICTING HILLARY. I told him we were doing a documentary on the Hollywood gala fundraiser and had some questions about the reports to the FEC.
We're There and We Can't Get Out"
Howard Dean, Leader of the Other Pro-War Party, Backs the Occupation
By KEVIN ZEESE
It didn't take long, the former anti-war presidential candidate has now become the pro-occupation leader of the Democratic Party. Just when a majority of the public is saying the Iraq War is not worth it, Howard Dean the new leader of the Democratic Party is saying: “Now that we're there, we're there and we can't get out.”
Like the good partisan he is, Dean blames Bush for a war most in his party voted for and an occupation that most in his party recently voted to continue to fund. Of the President Dean said: “The president has created an enormous security problem for the United States where none existed before. But I hope the president is incredibly successful with his policy now that he's there.”
Chairman Dean does not seem to understand that the illegal occupation of Iraq is part of the problem, not part of the solution. In fact, the many fears he expresses regarding pulling out of Iraq are made more likely by the US occupation of Iraq.
According to an article in the Minnesota Star Tribune, Dean claims that an American pullout from Iraq could endanger the United States in any of three ways: by leaving a Shiite theocracy worse than that in Iran, which he called a more serious threat than Iraq ever was; by creating an independent Kurdistan in the north, with destabilizing effects on neighboring Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iran and Syria, and by making the Sunni Triangle a magnet for Islamic terrorists similar to the former Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
A responsible withdrawal plan will minimize the risks that Dean fears by stopping mainstream Iraqis from supporting the resistance to U.S. occupation. If Iraqis know they will be getting back their country and that there will be a dual withdrawal of U.S. troops and corporate interests in the near future the resistance will lose support. Our presence empowers anti-US views in Iraq – our exit will make the U.S. invasion truly into a liberation of Iraq from Saddam. Our continued presence makes clear this was not a war of liberation but a war of occupation and dominance of the region.
Kevin Zeese is director of DemocracyRising.US.
http://www.counterpunch.org/zeese04222005.html
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Re: Tom Hayden's Public Letter To Howard Dean
« Reply #3 on: Jun 10th, 2005
As I said on a previous thread, we may offer, for a fee of $50 to $100 to let someone put up a message to Hillary in the crawl at the end of the film. Great opportunity to be part of an historic film. No profanity, although I wouldn't blame anyone. Hey, if the film had a half hour of messages at the end, that would be fine.
Do you sell cars or did you pick your screen name because of Chevy Chase and Soupy Sales?
I just hope the release is timed for maximum affect on The Hildabeaste's 2008 Senate race.
Doug, I wonder if you will get an Academy Award for best documentary like Mikey Moore? I think if you changed the title to "Bowling them over for Campaign Dollars", you might have a shot.
We may be behind schedule slightly, but we are shooting for a preliminary version for Oct. 21 at the Liberty Film Festival in West Hollywood. We have some great recognizable guest experts.
I am just hoping not to make a second trip, involuntarily next time, to Ft. Marcy Park.
It was great to read the California Supremes ruling. She's probably practicing her "I don't recall" in front of a mirror.
Where is this documentary going to be aired? On TV or in theaters?
Liberty Film Festival, then on DVD, then the plan is an expanded version for theatres.
Peter has lots of evidence. She pulled this off in broad daylight in front of everyone.
gooooood stuff - and I was in before the blurblogger ping!
David Kendall, oh, He of the "I Sat on My Briefcase during Clinton's Impeachment Hearings to Make Myself Look Taller" fame.
I wanted to post the picture of that but couldn't find it.
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