United States of America

[Merowig]

Uh wieder gute Nachrichten fuer die Republikaner
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Texas Rep. Ralph Hall Switches to GOP

By NATALIE GOTT
Associated Press Writers

January 3, 2004, 6:21 AM EST


AUSTIN, Texas -- After nearly a quarter-century as one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, Texas Rep. Ralph Hall switched parties to become a Republican and said he expects support from the White House.
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Wird immer besser ein demokratischer Senator aus Georgia sagt offen das er Bush waehlt - der naechste laeuft gleich ueber ... :juhu:


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Backsliding Dean
Does he have a firm stand on anything?

BY BRENDAN MINITER
Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST

Democratic front-runner Howard Dean once knew that today's politics called for clear distinctions and moral stands. He surged to the front of the Democratic pack by taking absolute stands against George W. Bush and war in Iraq. But now the man who courageously (if also foolishly) proclaims his wish to bring America back to the 1960s is beginning a series of miniretreats.
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In August Mr. Dean filled out and returned a questionnaire for the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa. In the part that asked "My closest living relative in the armed services is . . .," Mr. Dean wrote "My brother [Charles] is a POW/MIA in Laos, but is almost certainly dead." In fact, Mr. Dean has told reporters flatly in the past that his brother opposed the Vietnam War and did not serve in the military. Charles Dean was in Laos while on a trip around the world. (His body was found and repatriated to the United States last month.) "Knowing that story tells us something about the candidate," Quad-City editors wrote in an editorial recently. "So does inaccurately implying a direct family connection to the armed services."
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:evil:
Deans Position ist das er keine hat *g*