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"Madelyn R. Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Folks,
>
> The first communication came to us from the Peace Action National Office. Just 2
>days later,
> Kevin Martin's communication about Rush Limbaugh attacking National Peace Action and
>Scott Lynch
> (Communications Director) by name was received. We are starting to be heard! Let's
>keep up all
> of our hard work.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Madelyn (New Jersey Peace Action)
>
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>
> Congresswoman Lee: Hero of the left
> Lone congressional dissenter to war powers for Bush
> July 1, 2002 Posted: 9:27 AM EDT (1327 GMT)
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/01/barbara.lee.ap/index.html
>
> SANTA CRUZ, California (AP) -- President Bush and former New York Mayor Rudolph
>Giuliani may be
> the new post-September 11 heroes for most of the United States, but in liberal
>pockets across
> the nation, Congresswoman
> Barbara Lee -- the Oakland Democrat who was the lone dissenter against the war on
>terrorism --
> is the leader du jour.
>
> "There's no doubt she's a national figure now," said Scott Lynch, a spokesman for
> Washington-based Peace Action. "She's a hero to the entire progressive side of the
>electorate."
>
> Saturday was declared "Barbara Lee Day" in Santa Cruz where a sold-out crowd packed
>the aisles
> of a revamped movie theater. Supporters jumped to their feet, hooting and cheering,
>when she
> told them part of democracy is
> questioning authority.
>
> "It must not be unpatriotic to question a course of action, it must not be
>unpatriotic to raise
> doubts. I suggest to you it is just the opposite," she said.
>
> Santa Cruz Mayor Christopher Krohn gave Lee a key to the city.
>
> "She's become a national moral leader in awakening the movement for justice, peace
>and a
> thorough re-examination of United States foreign policy," said Krohn.
>
> The compliments have been echoed across the country.
>
> In Eugene, Oregon, she's been named winner of the Wayne Morse Integrity in
>Government Award for
> 2002.
>
> Kimberly Ead, director of the Peace and Human Rights Project in Burlington, Vermont,
>said in her
> community, Lee "means hope for our political system."
>
> Heroism seen in courage
>
> Lee makes her "Barbara Lee Day" entrance into the Del Mar Theater with U.S.Rep. Sam
>Farr, a
> fellow Californian Democrat.
>
> Nationally, the most admired people in the United States these days are George and
>Laura Bush,
> Colin Powell and Rudolph Giuliani, according to a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll.
>
> Lee didn't even make the Top 20 women's list, which included Madonna and Christine
>Whitman. The
> poll of 1,019 adults was taken in December and has an error margin of plus or minus
>three
> percentage points.
>
> But Michael Carrigan, program director of Salem-based Oregon Peace Works, said
>national polls
> don't necessarily reflect the views of the peace movement.
>
> "We certainly don't see Bush as a hero. The people we admire are people like Barbara
>Lee, who
> had the courage to take a stand," he said.
>
> Lee's profile among the left rose dramatically after her September 14 vote against a
>resolution
> giving sweeping war powers to the president.
>
> "It was giving the president unlimited authority to wage war against any country as
>long as it
> was being excused with September 11," she said.
>
> Before then, said Carrigan -- a longtime peace activist -- he had never even heard
>of her.
>
> "It's like night and day," he said.
>
> 'Wild rhetoric,' 'vapid platitudes'
>
> While the high-profile vote drew Lee cheers from antiwar activists, it prompted
>death threats
> and vehement hatred from other Americans who felt she was unwilling to stand up for
>her country.
>
> Council Nedd, a member of a Washington-based network of conservative
>African-Americans called
> Project 21, said Lee doesn't deserve to be called a hero.
>
> "She gets a lot of attention for her wild rhetoric and vapid platitudes, but I
>wouldn't say
> she's an effective legislator, and that's what she was elected for," said Nedd.
>
> Jerald Udinsky, a Republican financial economist who is running against Lee for her
> congressional seat this fall, said Lee's antiwar vote was what motivated him to
>challenge her.
>
> "I was outraged," he said, "that she didn't support America defending itself from a
>direct
> attack."
>
> Udinsky said he's been unable to raise anywhere near the $500,000 Lee has collected
>for her
> campaign from labor organizations, peace groups and others, according to data from
>The Center
> for Responsive Politics in Washington.
>
> "The national party feels there is a relatively low probability of success here, so
>it's hard to
> get funding," said Udinsky. "She's going to be hard to beat."
>
> Army brat
>
> Born in El Paso, Texas, Lee is a self-described army brat -- her father is a retired
>lieutenant
> colonel in the U.S. Army.
>
> She was elected to the House of Representatives for the traditionally Democratic 9th
>District of
> California -- including Berkeley and Oakland -- in a 1998 special election to fill
>the seat of
> retiring Congressman Ron Dellums.
>
> She's been a voice against war in Congress in the past -- in 1998, she and four
>other members of
> the House voted against authorizing the bombing of Iraq after it refused to allow
>United Nations
> weapons inspections, and in 1999, she was the lone dissenter voting against sending
>United
States forces into Yugoslavia.
>
> But it wasn't until Bush asked Congress to back him in his efforts to fight
>terrorism that she
> became nationally known for her positions.
>
> "There's a lot of people who think President Bush is a hero, but he's not my hero,"
>said Carolyn
> Bninski at the Boulder, Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.
>
> "Barbara Lee has a lot of courage. She listened to her inner voice and took a stand
>against what
> the popular culture was promoting. Now that's heroic."
>
> Copyright 2002 The Associated Press
>
> ************************************************************************************
> "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"
> -Mohandas K. Gandhi
>
> After reading the wire service article on Barbara Lee we distributed the other day
>(in which our
> Communications Director Scott Lynch was quoted), Rush Limbaugh attacked Peace Action
>and Scott
> by name on his show Monday.
>
> We are working to get a tape or transcript, and will of course thank Rush for the
>air time and
> invite him to debate his views with us on his show any time he's ready.
>
> Meantime, enjoy this little harbinger of imminent victory for the forces of peace
>and justice.
>
> You gonna argue with Gandhi?
>
> Peace,
>
> Kevin Martin
> Executive Director
>
>
>
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