MN Rep. John Kline (R) Smears Coleen Rowley Staffer

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Check out these spooky graphics!
Classic Rovian smear tactics are only beginning in MN Dist. 2 campaign. Kline's campaign goes after unpaid part-time Rowley staffer with campaign mailer.




link to DKos Diary:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/17/115145/874

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1. "wacky"??? that all ya got?

How's this for "more wackier":

Ignore memo that says terrorists gonna blow up a skyscraper, using planes, while having knowledge of al qaeda terrorist operatives training at flight school.

I am just rolling on the floor, that's so wacky. Invade Iraq because the WTC terrorists were based in Afghanistan. Pretty wacky.

Start confiscating toenail clippers at the airports to keep people with box cutters from hijacking an airplane. Wack-o-rama.

Know ALL ABOUT "liquid bombs" for the past six years, yet let people carry hand sanitizer, tooth whitening gel and glycolic acid facial peels, aerosol hairspray, lighters, matches, and GEL FILLED NECK PILLOWS!!!!! around ON EVERY FLIGHT. That was so wacky it practically chokes me up.

No, the republicans win "wacky" hands down, first, second and third prize, practically a TRIFECTA. Once again, we lose to the big people who are far far better at everything than we are, ESPECIALLY screwing up the country and planet.

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2. Ahem....who can't be trusted?

http://coleenrowley.com/pages/kline_watch.php

Kline on Veterans
My greatest duty in Congress has been and continues to be supporting our veterans of today and our veterans of tomorrow - America's active duty forces – John Kline, 3/14/06

Kline Voted Against $53 Million Boost for Veterans Health Care & Benefits. The vote was against an amendment to the Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs funding bill to add $53 million for veterans health care and other benefits, offset by a 9 percent cut to BRAC. The amendment would add $8 million for combat-related trauma care, $6 million for poly-trauma centers to support wounded troops once they return to their homes, $9 million for VA medical and prosthetic research and $7 million for 100 additional staff who process claims for compensation and pension benefits. Finally, the amendment would provide $23 million to help approximately 4,100 spouses of service members with children whose spouse died during the War on The amendment failed, 213-214. (Leadership Document, "Medical Quality Democratic Amendment Final.") .


Kline Opposed Expanding TRICARE to Thousands of National Guard & Reserve Volunteers. The vote was against a motion to expand access to the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of reservist and National Guard members. The proposal would have expanded military health care to provide access to TRICARE to most members of the Guard and Reserve and their families for a low fee. The motion failed, 211-218. (Leadership Document, "DOD Authorization Previous Question on Rule") .


Kline Voted For Budget That Cut Veterans Programs. Kline voted for final passage of the $2.6 trillion budget conference report for 2006. The conference report cut funding for veterans' health care by $13.5 billion over five years. Yet the budget still found room for $106 billion in tax cuts for those who need it the least. (House Budget Committee Democratic Caucus, "Summary and Analysis of FY 2006 Budget Resolution Conference Report." 4/28/05) .


Kline Voted Against Debt Assistance for Returning Guard & Reservists. The vote was against a motion on the 2005 bankruptcy reform bill to exempt members of the National Guard and Reserve from the means test in the bill if their debt was a result of active duty or was incurred within two years of returning home from their service. Four out of 10 members of the Guard and Reserve forces lose income when they leave their civilian jobs for active duty. The motion to protect Guard and Reserve volunteers failed, 200-229. (Los Angeles Times, 4/15/05; Statement by Rep. Schakowsky, 109th Congressional Record, pg. H2074, 4/14/05) .

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3. Did Kline ever read William Buckley, that wacky conservative icon who

advises many a Republican and believes drugs should be legal?

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4. Coleen Rowley's Memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller

May 21, 2002

FBI Director Robert Mueller
FBI Headquarters Washington, D.C.

Dear Director Mueller:

I feel at this point that I have to put my concerns in writing concerning the important topic of the FBI's response to evidence of terrorist activity in the United States prior to September 11th.
The issues are fundamentally ones of INTEGRITY and go to the heart of the FBI's law enforcement mission and mandate.

Moreover, at this critical juncture in fashioning future policy to promote the most effective handling of ongoing and future threats to United States citizens' security, it is of absolute importance that an unbiased, completely accurate picture emerge of the FBI's current investigative and management strengths and failures. Bush/Rove Always silence the messenger...
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020603/memo.html

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5. David Bailey on AAR AM950 @ 5:15PM or Thereabouts (MN listeners)

To discuss Kline's latest smear.