Col Morganthaler's free ride in the 6th
An email below from Morganthaler's campaign on the Trib's endorsement.
The Trib, and the redeploy-away-from-Iraq-now activists, really should press Morganthaler on this from her Iraq blog,
As she told me the horrors of living in Kuwait under the occupation, I realized that if we had not had the first war, Saddam may have been impossible to stop with the oil under his total control. The men who did terrible things to the Kuwaitis, especially the Kuwaiti women are very similar to the men we are fighting. As people get upset about Abu Ghraib, one thing that should never be forgotten: these are men who have murdered Americans and would continue to murder Americans if given the opportunity.Does she still stand by it? Where the prisoners abused at Abu Garib really people who murdered Americans, or just common criminals or hapless prisoners in a very badly managed military jail?
Morganthaler and Gen Sanchez commanded our forces at the nadir of the war in Iraq with Abu Garib.
This primary is a free ride for a candidate with much to explain about her participation in it. No questions are asked, and only silence from a candidate trained in Public Relations, charged for Public Relations in Iraq; on a Public Relations debacle that devastated the Army's mission.
For Democrats to unite now around Sanchez without the press or anti-war activists asking any questions --just this bland endorsement from the Trib for a mom- does not serve America well.
The press and the left have a duty and they're failing badly.
Dear Supporter,
I’ve got some very exciting news! Today, the Chicago Tribune endorsed our campaign to take on Peter Roskam and fix the broken system in Washington.
The Tribune wrote:
“Democrat Jill Morgenthaler of Des Plaines is running under the slogan "Army colonel/businesswoman/Des Plaines mom." She served in the Army Reserve for 30 years and was most recently head of homeland security in the Blagojevich administration. She is competent, smart and thoughtful.”
Our campaign is on a roll, but we need your help. In just 3 short weeks, we’ll go to the polls and vote for the person we believe is the best candidate to take on Peter Roskam and represent our values in Washington. Here's how you you can help:
Contribute: Our fundraising deadline is today. Please consider clicking here and making a contribution of $10, $25, $50 or whatever you can afford. Your contribution will go a long way towards helping us be successful.
Volunteer: This Saturday and Sunday Jill will be in the office calling voters to tell them about her campaign and she needs help! Please plan on coming in for two hours and joining Jill. Our office is located at 190 N Swift Road in Addison, at the corner of Swift Road and Army Trail Road. We’ll have enough pizza and drinks to feed an Army but please RSVP by calling (630) 627-0900.
Our office is open seven days a week from 9 AM - 9 PM so please stop by any time you can help. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to give us a call.
The Chicago Tribune endorsement is just the beginning. We’re going all the way thru to November, sending Jill to Washington to stop the bickering, roll up her sleeves and get the things that matter most done. We’ll see you on the trail!
Thanks,
Charles Blumenthal
Campaign Manager
Jill Morgenthaler for Congress
Army Colonel. Businesswoman. Des Plaines Mom.
4 comments:
Billy,
Are you in the paid service of Roskum or are you trying to stir up controversey in the Democratic primary as a favor to your good buddy Peter?
Just angry the Trib makes an endorsement without asking Morganthaler what she thinks of the surge. Did she agree with Clinton's statement to Petreaus it would take a suspension of belief to believe him? What does Morganthaler think of the Dems positions on withdrawl expressed at those Nevada debates?
It's just a free ride to someone who, while she wasn't in a command position, managed the public relations in a public relations catastrophe.
This notion Democrats are proposing that we shouldn't bicker over some issues that deserve debate's a little bothersome.
There are some issues that deserve a good bickering: Iraq, withdrawel and were that leaves our allies, the surge, and the mess during Bremer, Sanchez, and everything pre-Petreas, are all things that should be looked over.
Morganthaler in a better position than most of us to comment.
She should. She shouldn't be allowed to get past without it.
I for one find it refreshing that a democratic primary candidate can run for office without having to address the left's ridiculous view on the war in Iraq. Col. Morgenthaler served with distinction. She should not have to justify her address her actions as the chief PR person for the US military.
She is lucky that she did not have to commment on the surge before the obvious success it produced, but just because she is a Democrat does not mean she automatically should be for withdrawl. It would be nice to see something like this when a legitimate and qualified pro-choice republican runs for office. Single-issue campaigns and voters should go away!
It would be nice to see something like this when a legitimate and qualified pro-choice republican runs for office. Single-issue campaigns and voters should go away!
Try Rodagno...
...as for Col Morganthaler, I've yet to here much of anything from her.
That the Trib endoresed without asking any questions about Iraq is bad.
When a Military officer takes off the uniform and start's mixing it up in politics, they need to answer questions.
When another officer writes this,
In April, Lt. Col. Paul Yingling, an active-duty Iraq veteran, published an article in the Armed Forces Journal that accused top U.S. generals in Iraq -- without naming Sanchez directly -- of "intellectual and moral failures" that botched the war effort and misled Congress. Nine former detainees at U.S. military prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan have filed lawsuits against Sanchez and former defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
In an interview with the Monitor in McAllen, Tex., last year, Sanchez called the prison-abuse scandal "the sole reason I was forced to retire." He has said since retiring in late 2006 that he long believed that the war was severely under-resourced and strategically flawed, but that he should not speak out while wearing the uniform. He did not return e-mails yesterday requesting comment.
...well there is plenty that should be asked. Especially when Morgantheler sings Sanchez praises so in her blog.
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