Rep. Gillibrand
The last letter the Albany Times Union published from this writer was last Nov. It read as follows:
“By winning a seat in the House of Representatives, Kirsten Gillibrand made our family very happy. We moved from the Capital Region more than 40 years ago, and this is the first time a Democrat has represented us in the House.
“Congressional Republicans do not stand alone in their opposition to troop redeployment. Some congressional Democrats believe it's politically wise to resist Nancy Pelosi and John Murtha, who are calling for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
“Strategically, it would be politically advantageous, because the Republican Party might claim that a withdrawal from Iraq was a defeat engineered by Democrats. Some Democratic strategists insist that we must not give Republican propagandists an opening to claim it was the Democrats who lost Iraq.
“Young Americans continue to die, because cynical politicians are only thinking about their own careers.
“Those of us who participate in weekly peace vigils in Delaware County will be very disappointed if Gillibrand turns out to be a cynical politician.”
The following letter by Joe Seeman of Ballston Spa was published in the Albany Times Union on 6/11/07. His letter expresses a concern many Democrats have about Rep. Gillibrand’s vote to continue funding military operations in Iraq.
“Thanks to Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand for calling for a balanced budget amendment in her June 4 Times Union opinion piece. Our $9 trillion national debt is obscene. However, the elephant in the room she did not mention is that the Iraq war and occupation could cost U.S. taxpayers more than $2 trillion, according to Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz.
“As well as a being a horrific crime against the hundreds of thousands killed and millions whose lives have turned into nightmares, this war is an incredible rip-off of American taxpayers. Rep. Gillibrand’s recent vote for another $100 billion in funding for military operations in Iraq was totally inconsistent with fiscal conservatism, and quite disappointing.
“Next time, Rep. Gillibrand, we are counting on you to show some backbone on Iraq. The occupation of Iraq is only helping the oil companies and war profiteers. It is killing our soldiers and exploding national debt.”
“By winning a seat in the House of Representatives, Kirsten Gillibrand made our family very happy. We moved from the Capital Region more than 40 years ago, and this is the first time a Democrat has represented us in the House.
“Congressional Republicans do not stand alone in their opposition to troop redeployment. Some congressional Democrats believe it's politically wise to resist Nancy Pelosi and John Murtha, who are calling for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
“Strategically, it would be politically advantageous, because the Republican Party might claim that a withdrawal from Iraq was a defeat engineered by Democrats. Some Democratic strategists insist that we must not give Republican propagandists an opening to claim it was the Democrats who lost Iraq.
“Young Americans continue to die, because cynical politicians are only thinking about their own careers.
“Those of us who participate in weekly peace vigils in Delaware County will be very disappointed if Gillibrand turns out to be a cynical politician.”
The following letter by Joe Seeman of Ballston Spa was published in the Albany Times Union on 6/11/07. His letter expresses a concern many Democrats have about Rep. Gillibrand’s vote to continue funding military operations in Iraq.
“Thanks to Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand for calling for a balanced budget amendment in her June 4 Times Union opinion piece. Our $9 trillion national debt is obscene. However, the elephant in the room she did not mention is that the Iraq war and occupation could cost U.S. taxpayers more than $2 trillion, according to Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz.
“As well as a being a horrific crime against the hundreds of thousands killed and millions whose lives have turned into nightmares, this war is an incredible rip-off of American taxpayers. Rep. Gillibrand’s recent vote for another $100 billion in funding for military operations in Iraq was totally inconsistent with fiscal conservatism, and quite disappointing.
“Next time, Rep. Gillibrand, we are counting on you to show some backbone on Iraq. The occupation of Iraq is only helping the oil companies and war profiteers. It is killing our soldiers and exploding national debt.”
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