Former astronaut to campaign for Cranley
Well, he’s also a former U.S. senator: John Glenn.
He’ll be in Cincinnati for a John Cranley for Congress fundraiser on Oct. 26. That’s just two days after former President Bill Clinton headlines an event for Cranley, a Democrat trying to unseat Republican Rep. Steve Chabot.
Looks like the party really is bringing in the big guns for Cranley’s campaign.
Not to be outdone, however, Chabot has already hosted fundraisers with Vice President Dick Cheney and White House strategist Karl Rove. He also is hosting first lady Laura Bush at a luncheon fundraiser next Wednesday.
What this all means? Lots of money will be on hand for TV ads from both campaigns as we get closer to the Nov. 7 election.
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at 10:17 PM, October 05, 2006 
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Post a Comment*Chabot and Rove.
Chabot and Abramoff.
Chabot and Exxon.
Chabot and Cheney.
Chabot and Phillip Morris.
Chabot and Bush.
Chabot and selling arms to Taiwan.
Chabot and DeLay.
Chabot and Rep. John Cranley (D)
ASK KARL HOW ABRAMOFF KNEW ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR OVER A YEAR BEFORE IT STARTED?
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff reappeared on the scene over these last few days. A bipartisan Congressional report described hundreds of contacts between Abramoff and the White House, including 82 contacts with Karl Rove's office and at least ten between Abramoff and Rove himself. Recall that former White House spokesman Scott McClellan brushed off any White House-Abramoff associations back in January, describing them merely as a "few staff-level meetings."
Congressman Henry Waxman, minority chair for the House Government Reform Committee, released a massive batch of emails from Abramoff to various Washington DC power players. In one, dated March 18, 2002, Abramoff wrote, "I was sitting yesterday with Karl Rove, Bush's top advisor, at the NCAA basketball game, discussing Israel when this email came in. I showed it to him. It seems that the President was very sad to have to come out negatively regarding Israel, but that they needed to mollify the Arabs for the upcoming war on Iraq."
"The upcoming war in Iraq," wrote Abramoff casually, one year and two days before the invasion was undertaken. It seems those "few staff-level meetings" availed Abramoff of some significant information. How this criminal came to know war in Iraq was coming before the rest of the world did is something that deserves a great deal of intense scrutiny.
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100406R.shtml
PERHAPS MR SNOW WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE 911 WIDOWS REGARDING RICE'S TERRORIST WARNING ON JULY 10,2001:
9/11 widows blast Bush Administration over Rice, Tenet meeting
Larisa Alexandrovna
Published: Friday October 6, 2006
In an October 5th response to recent news of yet another pre-September 11th warning that was ignored by senior Bush administration officials, three widows who lost their husbands during the terrorist attcks have issued a statement about what they see as the failure of White House officials to act upon warnings that Al Qaeda was planning a strike on the United States.
Lorie Van Auken, Mindy Kleinberg, and Patty Cazaza – who are among the four widows from New Jersey known as the Jersey Girls (the fourth being Monica Gabrielle) – have issued a compilation of pre-9/11 terrorism warnings that they believe paints a disturbing picture of a negligent Presidency.
They also address the latest revelation from Watergate reporter Bob Woodward that then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was warned of a possible attack on July 10, 2001 by then-CIA Director George Tenet.
Their statement, in its entirety, follows:
Statement Regarding al Qaeda Threats
October 5, 2006
Astonishingly, five years post 9/11 the public is made aware about an urgent July 10, 2001 meeting that took place between former CIA Director George Tenet and then, National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. This information comes from Bob Woodward's newly released book, "State of Denial".
Despite this Administration's rhetoric that they had "no warnings" leading up to 9/11, it has become abundantly clear, that key Administration officials were made aware of the vast array of Al Qaeda threats and warnings that existed in years prior, and more importantly, in the weeks leading up to September 11, 2001.
When we add the July 10, 2001 meeting to the plethora of other clear warnings that our government had, a very concise view of the al Qaeda threat emerges. Those other warnings include, but are not limited to:
Warnings from leaders of other nations and foreign intelligence apparatus' of terrorist threats
June 30, 2001 Senior Executive Intelligence Briefing (SEIB) entitled "bin Laden Threats Are Real"
The threat of President Bush's assassination at the G-8 Summit by al Qaeda in July of 2001 – using aircraft to dive bomb the summit building
July 2001 Phoenix memo, which told of potential terrorists taking flight lessons
52 FAA warnings – five of which mentioned al Qaeda's training for hijacking
August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Brief entitled "bin Laden Determined to Strike in US"
National Intelligence Estimate (NIE)entitled "Islamist Extremists Learn to Fly"
Intelligence agency heads describing themselves with their "hair on fire" to characterize the imminent nature of the threats they were intercepting from Al Qaeda and their sense of urgency in relating them to the Bush Administration
The arrest of Zacharias Moussaoui in August of 2001
FBI Agent Harry Samit's 70 unsuccessful attempts to get a FISA Warrant to examine Moussaoui's belongings
Aside from scheduling a National Security Council meeting on September 4, 2001, two months after the July 10 "connect the dots" briefing from CIA director, George Tenet, the abundance of post 9/11 reports and commissions found no evidence of any action taken by appropriate officials. The 9/11 Commission itself concluded that in spite of an unprecedented attack threat in the months before 9/11, US "domestic agencies never mobilized in response to the threat. They did not have direction, and did not have a plan to institute. The borders were not hardened. Transportation systems were not fortified. Electronic surveillance was not targeted against a domestic threat. State and local law enforcement were not marshaled to augment the FBI's efforts. The public was not warned."
While certain members of the 9/11 Commission recalled a January 28, 2004 closed session meeting with former CIA Director, George Tenet, where this urgent July 10, 2001 meeting was discussed, this meeting was not referenced in the Commission's final report.
In the transcript testimony, the former CIA Director described the non-routine meeting that he and Cofer Black called for with then National Security Advisor, Condoleeza Rice as one of the "starkest warnings" ever given by the CIA to the White House on Al Qaeda.
To our continued dismay, both the Bush Administration and the 9/11 Commission have consistently failed to give a complete and honest accounting to the American public with regard to their actions and inactions leading up to the devastation of September 11, 2001.
The inexcusable result of this less than truthful accounting has resulted in America making important national security decisions and passing legislation using the 9/11 Commission's conclusions and recommendations. Chillingly, these decisions appear to be based upon an unclear combination of partial truths mixed with distortions and omissions of important facts.
Incredibly, five years post 9/11 we have come full circle. In spite of all the clear warnings that our government received, why did those in power fail to invoke any defensive measures to protect our nation from the attacks of September 11, 2001?
We demand the immediate declassification and release of these latest documents and transcripts. The American public has the right to know what their government did or did not do to protect us from terrorist actions.
Finally, instead of reorganizing an entire intelligence community because they "weren't sharing information", and rather than telling us that "9/11 was a failure of imagination", what we needed was for the 9/11 Commission to state the truth and hold those responsible to account. The most effective change for America would be to have a National Security Council that understands that it is their job to translate vital information into action.'
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/911_widows_blast_Bush_Administration_over_1006.html
LOOKS LIKE THE ABRAMOFF SCANDAL IS MOVING EVEN FURTHER INTO THE WHITEHOUSE (REMEMBER HOW THEY INITIALLY SAID HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE A TIME OR TWO-TRY 500):
White House aide to Rove resigns
16 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A key aide to presidential political strategist Karl Rove resigned Friday in the wake of congressional report that listed hundreds of contacts between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House.
Susan Ralston, special assistant to President Bush, submitted a resignation letter to him less than five weeks before the midterm elections.
"She did not want to be a distraction to the White House at such an important time and so we have accepted her resignation," White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said.
"We support her decision and consider the matter closed," Perino said.
Critics have pointed to Ralston as evidence that Rove — and thus Bush — are possibly closer to Abramoff than the White House has acknowledged. Ralston was Abramoff's administrative assistant at his lobbying firm and, after Bush took office, assumed the same post with Rove.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061006/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_abramoff
Astronuats and former Presidents won't help Cranley. he has no ideas. no plan. no chance
To anon 8:30 am,
Cranley has had a very successful record of getting things done for Cincinnati while he has been on council. Cincinnati has become cleaner, safer, and more prosperous on his watch.
If elected, with Democrats in the majority, he can clean up Washington the way he has cleaned up Cincinanti.
I am proud to be putting in 90-hour weeks in support of John Cranley. He is everything we need in a Congressman.
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