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Newsday.com: House Democrats Come to Annan
2004-12-09
Some House Democrats are coming to the defense of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan after several Republican lawmakers called for his resignation because of allegations of corruption in the organization's oil-for-food program. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, sent a letter Wednesday to Secretary of State Colin Powell, saying criticism of Annan is "disgraceful and premature." "There has been no hint of impropriety on the part of the secretary-general, who on numerous occasions has proven his honesty and integrity," the letter said.

It was signed by 19 Democrats and independent Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. On Monday, Democratic Reps. John Conyers of Michigan and Donald Payne of New Jersey sent a letter to House colleagues in support of Annan. "To decide that the secretary-general must resign is an absolutely premature conclusion to draw when there is no evidence or even allegations that the secretary-general profited from the oil-for-food program," they said. The program allowed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to sell oil and use the proceeds to buy food, medical supplies and other humanitarian items. Congressional committees are investigating allegations that Saddam manipulated the program to generate illicit income and win influence with foreign officials.
Posted by:Mrs. Davis

#14  Fred, Joseph got into the randomizer again!
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-12-09 10:50:11 PM  

#13  What is this crap that I see on Drudge? "Bush Admin expresses confidence in Annan"

Don't tell me somebody has to flush out the LLL's in the WH and the CIA.
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2004-12-09 9:19:03 PM  

#12  So when are KOFI & SON gonna start acring like NANCY PELOSI, weirdly and mysteriously post-elex acting demure, non-combative, and almost a woman, as the Clintons-led DEMS = PARTY OF REASON, FAIRNESS, AND JUSTICE, aka the, SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH, "NEW GOP/RIGHT" or" REAL GOP/RIGHT", subaka PARTY OF PROPRIETY,... ever since O'REILLY indic Hillary for 2008 has to remake herself into BETTY CROCKER. * LOW BLOW, O'REILLY, linking Commie Hillary to a beloved American product.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2004-12-09 8:58:09 PM  

#11  George Miller (D-CA) is Berkeley's member of the house. Well, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Richmond, and Albany to be exact, but you get the picture. A real burned out Marxist-hippie type whose top priorities seem to lie somewhere between taking away your hunting rifle and taking away your SUV. In short, very representative of his district but getting ever older....

George old boy the ash bin of history awaits your sorry ass. Go grim reaper go!
Posted by: Secret Master   2004-12-09 8:08:42 PM  

#10  And wouldn't it be sweet to add 20 more to the Pubs majority at the mid-term elections...
Posted by: .com   2004-12-09 12:05:43 PM  

#9  Glad to see that the Democrats are busy writing GOP campaign commercials so soon after the election.
Posted by: Dreadnought   2004-12-09 11:55:08 AM  

#8  Some House Democrats are coming to the defense of U.N.

Replace "House Democrats" with "village idiots" for greater accuracy.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-12-09 11:54:06 AM  

#7  Same old, same old. Baghdad Jim McDermott, Sheila "Do You Know Who I Am" Jackson-Lee. Every election cycle there seems to be fewer of them. I wonder why that is?
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-12-09 11:53:11 AM  

#6  nice collection of idiots.....
Posted by: Frank G   2004-12-09 11:41:52 AM  

#5  Whew - glad to see my congresscritter ain't on there. He's in a "safe" seat, which seems, statistically, to encourage drooling idiocy in the professional chattering class. But evidently he's not that crazy...yet.
Posted by: mojo   2004-12-09 11:38:10 AM  

#4  Here's the whole list. (Actually 20 wingnuts.) Sure are a lot of Caliphornians. It would be interesting to leatn the extent to which these folks represent districts that include institutions of higher learning.

Joining Kucinich on the letter were Reps.
Watson (D-CA),
Lee (D-CA),
Davis (D-IL),
Hinchey (D-NY),
Woolsey (D-CA),
Solis (D-CA),
Brown (D-OH),
McDermott (D-WA),
Clay (D-MO),
Filner (D-CA),
Stark (D-CA),
Serrano (D-NY),
Baldwin (D-WI),
Farr (D-CA),
Olver (D-MA),
Sanders (I-VT),
Miller (D-CA),
Rodriguez (D-TX),
Kleczka (D-WI),
Jackson-Lee (D-TX).}
 
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-12-09 8:54:49 AM  

#3  Conyers, Kucinich? Oh there's a pair to draw to. More like the usual suspects showing up to pay obeisence. Ramsey Clark must be in the wings.
Posted by: Jim K   2004-12-09 8:40:31 AM  

#2  perfect chance for dems to finally souljah kucinich and the other head-in-the-sand "anti-war" idiotarians. Obama, rise and shine
Posted by: lex   2004-12-09 1:06:14 AM  

#1  "There has been no hint of impropriety on the part of the secretary-general, who on numerous occasions has proven his honesty and integrity,"

Mr. Annan's competence, however, has yet to be proven.
Posted by: Pappy   2004-12-09 12:56:44 AM  

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