Today's Press & Argus had not one but two front-page stories w/photos about active Dems here in Livingston County.The first story, "Proponents of peace hold rally" covered the Americans Against Escalation in Iraq event at the Mill Pond. Citizens were invited to stand next to a larger-than-life-size poster of U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Brighton) and tell the Congressman what they thought of the war... Given that this may be the closest Mr. Rogers will ever get to any LivCo Dems, the messages were videotaped & will be sent to the Congressman's office. In a no-surprises side story, Rogers' spokeswriter Sylvia Warner issued a written statement in lieu of actually talking to a reporter:
"Our nation's security rests on our ability to take partisan politics out of this debate and move forward together. We must deal with several problems in Iraq — an Iranian problem, and al-Qaida problem, and a sectarian violence problem. It will take an honest, bipartisan dialogue to find strategies that solve those problems and bring our troops home without leaving an al-Qaida safe haven in Iraq. Immediate withdrawal is not a strategy and neither is ignoring the challenges."
Well, taking politics out of the debate is definitely a good thing... too bad Mr. Rogers isn't showing signs of doing it.
On a happier note, the LivCo Dems' own JoAnn Murphy was featured in the "Our Neighbors" series. Titled, "Politics is Murphy's passion," the story was a great spotlight on one of the hardest-working Democrats I know. Go, JoAnn!
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