Michael Berg, Green Party Candidate, running for congress...

cynatnite

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Michael Berg, Green Party Candidate, running for congress...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Almost two years after the videotaped beheading of U.S. contractor Nick Berg in Iraq, his father is running a third-party race for the U.S. Congress on a platform seeking a complete withdrawal of American troops.

Michael Berg, a veteran anti-war activist and retired schoolteacher who campaigns in jeans and a T-shirt, is the Green Party candidate for the Delaware seat of seven-term Republican Rep. Michael Castle (news, bio, voting record).

Berg, 61, acknowledges that his late entry into politics is a result of his son's grisly death at the hands of hooded captors in May 2004. The event brought the elder Berg worldwide media attention, especially after he publicly blamed U.S. President George W. Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

"Other than stopping this war, I have no political ambitions," Berg said. "Let's face it, I would not be running if my son had not died in Iraq. People would not have known my name, and the Green Party would not have asked me to run."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060330/us_nm/iraq_usa_politics_dc

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Puregonzo1188

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Thu Mar-30-06 02:26 PM
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1. I saw Michael Berg on the news one time

And all I can say, is what an amazing person. He said something along the lines of some people would look at his sons death, and want violence toward the people who did it, he looks at it and wants an end to violence. Truly an amazing guy.

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cynatnite

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Thu Mar-30-06 02:29 PM
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3. never mind n/t

Edited on Thu Mar-30-06 02:29 PM by cynatnite

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Tom Joad

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Thu Mar-30-06 02:26 PM
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2. Too bad Dems are not demanding an immediate withdrawal.

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seemslikeadream

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Thu Mar-30-06 02:38 PM
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4. Nick Berg

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BlueStater

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Thu Mar-30-06 02:49 PM
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5. Free Republic thread. Get your barf bag ready.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1605152/posts

This paticular post stands out:

"What a fruitcake.

I can't understand how someone could be so dilusional that they wouldn't see any benefit from removing Hussein from power and providing an opportunity for the Iraqi people to develop their own representative government.

I'm sorry about your kid fella, but s--t happens.

He did not die due to Bush and Rumsfeld's supposed sins. It's almost a sign of mental illness to rationalize that he did."

Also this:

"Oh, man, have we EVER got stuff on this guy.

Reams of it!"

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