Cantwell's campaign gets boost from a high-profile colleague (Hillary Clinton)

The Seattle Times ^ | January 28, 2006 | Keith Ervin

[Seattle Conservative]

Sen. Hillary Clinton gave a fundraising boost to Sen. Maria Cantwell's re-election Friday, headlining a Seattle luncheon that attracted more than 1,200 people, according to the Cantwell campaign.

The crowd paid $150 to $1,200 a plate to hear the first-term New York senator, considered in political circles as a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 and either the best or worst decision the party could make in its effort to recapture the White House. The lunch, inside Qwest Field, was closed to the media. The Cantwell campaign declined to say how much money was raised.

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A group of Democratic military veterans issued a letter criticizing Clinton for holding a fundraiser they said could siphon away money from local Democratic candidates and for "your strong support for the immoral war in Iraq."

One of the veterans involved in the protest letter was Jim Rassman, who credited 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry with saving his life during combat in Vietnam, and who campaigned for him.

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Asked about Hamas' surprise victory in the Palestinian parliamentary election, Cantwell said she supports Bush's tough line on the party the United States has on its list of terrorist groups.

Bush said Friday the U.S. would cut aid to the Palestinian government unless Hamas abolished the militant arm of its party and stops calling for the destruction of Israel.

"I think the president's statements were right on that," she said. "He wasn't going to deal with a party or an organization that continued to promote the destruction of another nation that is one of our greatest allies."

[holyscroller]

It matters to me! Fungible means interchangeable. What are the Japanese going to give us of like value? Top Ramen noodles? Gonna be tough trying to get the car to run on them.

[Libertina]

Well, I suppose WE can get THEM hooked on OUR oil and threaten them... /s

We may in fact get more money to sell our oil than the price we are paying to import from the Mideast, otherwise it would be ridiculous to sell it. However, in continuing to do business with these dictator governments we support those who are against us. That is not "fungible."

If our highest priority is simply selling anything, anywhere, to any highest bidder, without thought to how the product is used or those whom the dollars support - we might as well give up the pretense of trying to keep a country. Just as liberal journalists see themselves as "citizens as the world" we would be monetary mercenaries. You should remember that there can be extremes of the free market concept just as there are in any other philosophy.

[eleni121]

Cantwell wants a soon to be exposed felon campaigning for her...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8571783130742638160&q=peter+f.+paul