Dear Senators Feinstein and Boxer:

As a California resident and life-long Democrat, I write to inform you that you no longer have my vote. I make this unhappy decision primarily on the basis of foreign policy concerns, in particular your deeply disappointing performance in the current Middle East crisis as a reflection of the broader, Clinton-led conservative shift in the Party. Most disturbing, as I watch my tax dollars being used by Israel to rain death and destruction upon the innocent civilian population of Lebanon, is your failure to join with progressives and humanitarians in the call for an immediate cease-fire.

With last year’s "Cedar Revolution" in Lebanon, the United States received a golden opportunity through support of that nascent democracy to make a badly-needed new friend in the Middle East. Just as we squandered the goodwill of the world following the 9/11 attacks, however, so have we now squandered that opportunity. American and Israeli flags today burn side-by-side on the streets of Beirut just as they burn on the streets of Islamabad, Tehran, Baghdad, Gaza City, and around the world (As I wrote in an Aug. 1 letter to the Los Angeles Times, "The United States and Israel truly seem now to be walking hand-in-hand into an abyss."). As the killing in Lebanon continues, it is predictable that those left to clean up the mess will turn increasingly away from the United States and peace with Israel; and increasingly toward Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, and perhaps al-Qaeda. Who wouldn't? America is losing the "war on terror" today in Lebanon.

You have failed, and the Democratic Party has failed.

On this day I make the decision that I will no longer hold my nose and vote for Democrats simply because they appear to be the ever-so-slightly lesser of two evils. We have a conservative party in America; we don’t need two. As an Oakland, California resident I will continue to support my Representative Barbara Lee, who has shown a willingness to swim against the conservative current on matters of principle which I truly respect. As Barbara Lee is, so do I still consider myself a Democrat.

I shall never again, however, waste that vote for which the Revolutionaries of 1776 fought and died on so paltry a choice as a Clinton, a Kerry, a Boxer, or a Feinstein. Should such as yourselves prove to be the best the Democratic Party is capable of coughing up, then my senatorial and presidential votes will go to some deserving third party as protest votes. Should this on the part of myself and others mean in turn that the Democrats spend another eight years out of power, so be it. Better to lose on the basis of one’s principles than to win on the basis of having none.

Copies of this letter will be forwarded to my local, state, and national Democratic committees, and made available to the media.

Sincerely,

Mark C. Eades
Oakland, California
Aug. 3, 2006

BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTIES SUPPORT ISRAELI APARTHEID TERRORISM BECAUSE OF HUGE DONATIONS FROM AIPAC INFLUENCED PRO WAR PRO ISRAEL PACS

See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates

http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm

Send them packing this November. Vote for the Party of Peace and Justice. The Green Party USA. http://www.gp.org

Here's a few of the nutty things you have to be to qualify as a right wing idiot:

# Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you’re a conservative radio host. Then it’s an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.

# The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.

# Government should relax regulation of Big Business and Big Money but crack down on individuals who use marijuana to relieve the pain of illness.

# “Standing Tall for America” means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India.

# A woman can’t be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.

# Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.

# The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans’ benefits and combat pay.

# Group sex and drug use are degenerate sins unless you someday run for governor of California as a Republican.

# If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won’t have sex.

# A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then demand their cooperation and money.

# HMOs and insurance companies have the interest of the public at heart.

# Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism.

# Global warming and tobacco’s link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.

# Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a “we can’t find Bin Laden” diversion.

# A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.

# Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.

# The public has a right to know about Hillary’s cattle trades, but George Bush’s driving record is none of our business.

# You support states’ rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have a right to adopt.

# What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the ’80s is irrelevant.

# Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.

This site sums up the failures quite nicely:
ONE THOUSAND REASONS BUSH IS AN INCOMPETENT BUFOON, AND ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS HIM IS EITHER DUMB OR BRAINWASHED.

http://www.thousandreasons.org/reasons.php

HAHAHAHAHAH!

As we march to the polls singing that old civil rights tune, "This Little Light of Mine," we are going to let it shine for once and forever exclusively on the candidates of the only two peace parties on the California ballot, Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party, both of which oppose US/Israeli terrorism and support the Palestinians and Lebanese. Krissy Keefer is the Green Party candidate running against Nancy Pelosi. See http://www.krissyforcongress.com/
The Peace & Freedom Party, a socialist party, has lots of candidates on the ballot for federal and states offices. See http://www.peaceandfreedom2006.org/

It is wonderful that some Democrats are now refusing to vote for Senators Feinstein & Boxer, 2 of the 100 (all) US Senators who support US/Israeli terrorism, and Nancy Pelosi (co-author of the pro-US/Israeli terrorism House resolution), Lynn Woolsey and the rest of the 98.2% (8 voted either present or no) who voted for Pelosi's warmongering resolution. BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. You must take that step forward and vote your conscience, against terrorism, for peace; against racism, for equality; for parties that support abortion and oppose the death penalty; for gay marriage; for parties that are not funded by the capitalist class and their corporations; for parties that refuse to have anything to do with capitalist hustlers like AIPAC, namely the Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party. We must have peace party candidates in office to not only vote no on these pro-US/Israeli terrorism resolutions, but to demand peace, jobs and justice for all, to put it simply. Or in more precise terms, those who labor must rule and peace party candidates by definition are candidates of the workingclass, 80% of the US population.

This little light of ours, we are going to let it shine on the peace parties' candidates. Let it shine, let it shine, it is about time!