http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/woolsey-calls-for-attacks-on-colleagues-2007-09-12.html
Woolsey (D-Calif.) calls for attacks on colleagues
By Jonathan E. Kaplan
September 12, 2007
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) is encouraging anti-war activists
to find challengers to centrist Democrats, with the aim
of moving the party to the left and ramping up opposition
to the war in Iraq, to the chagrin of top Democratic aides.
You folks should go after the Democrats,
Woolsey said in response to a suggestion from an activist
during a conference call last month organized
by the Network of Spiritual Progressives.
Id hate to lose the majority, but Im telling you,
if we dont stand up to our responsibility,
maybe thats the lesson to be learned.
Democratic leaders have yet to punish Woolsey for her stance,
but their aides were irked by and dismissive of Woolseys remarks.
The political reality is that the real targets of the outside groups
should be Republicans who have so far refused
to join the overwhelming majority of Democrats
in voting for a change of course in Iraq, a top aide said.
The editor of the liberal magazine Tikkun (which means
to repair the world in Hebrew), Rabbi Michael Lerner,
posted a lightly edited transcript at the
Network of Spiritual Progressives website.
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) also participated in the conference call,
telling activists that any military success in Iraq is
unworthy of the sacrifice of military families.
Moran continued that the sacrifice was unworthy
[because] the end result is going to be Shiite theocracy
closely aligned with Iran.
Morans statement could leave him vulnerable to criticism,
but he is not the only one making such a suggestion.
Several high-profile politicians have been criticized for implying,
saying or misspeaking that U.S. soldiers have died in vain.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), a leading presidential candidate,
apologized and said he misspoke earlier this year
when he said troops lives had been wasted.
Despite the heated rhetoric, the call shed light on the frustration
of anti-war groups, which must work with a Democratic majority
that faces limited control in the Senate,
as well as a Republican president.
The activists strongly criticized House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for failing to meet with them
and not doing enough to stop funding the war.
Moran pushed back, arguing that Pelosis heart was with them
but that she was constrained by political reality
within the House Democratic Caucus and the Senate.
Weve got too many risk-averse members, Moran said.
[Pelosi] really is trying. She doesnt have the votes; she doesnt
even have the complete support of some of the leadership.
If you heard the caucuses that are not public and could hear
the arguments that she makes to sway some of the conservative
members, I think youd be much more impressed with her.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday
told reporters at the White House that
We apologize to no one for efforts to stop the war,
which have so far have been unsuccessful.
Pelosi blamed Senate Republicans for forcing Reid to get
60 votes to pass legislation to change the mission in Iraq.
Moran expressed his displeasure with centrist and freshman
Democrats unwilling to do more to yank funding to prosecute
the war in Iraq, but he forcefully defended Pelosi
and he did not favor challenging Democrats in primaries.
Moran suggested that Democrats target Republicans
in Democratic-leaning districts, of which there are only eight.
Fifty-eight Democrats represent districts President Bush won in 2004.
The 8 Republicans are
Reps. Christopher Shays (Conn.),
Mike Castle (Del.),
Jim Gerlach (Pa.),
Mark Kirk (Ill.),
Charlie Dent (Pa.),
James Walsh (N.Y.),
Heather Wilson (N.M.), and
Dave Reichert (Wash.).
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