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Raw Story acquires 91-page
Republican playbook for 'homestretch' campaigning
A massive, 91-page memo to Senate Republicans outlining
strategies for "homestretch" campaigning during the August recess, has been
acquired by RAW STORY.
The document, signed by Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), reveals plans to focus Republican Senatorial
campaigns on three themes.
Next week, Republicans will tout efforts to "secure
America's prosperity" through a variety of programs. Plans for small business
health insurance pooling, spending reductions, increased domestic oil drilling,
and "permanent death tax reform" are all to be pushed at the state level.
Mid-month, Republicans are expected to shift gears,
focusing voter's attention instead on a variety of values-based initiatives.
"Democrats oppose preserving a clear definition of marriage, are blocking child
custody protections, and have obstructed the confirmation of fair judges," the
document reads. "Republicans are committed to protecting these traditional
values by fostering a culture of life, protecting children, banning internet
gambling and upholding the rule of law."
Stem cell bills, though vetoed by President Bush are also
to be championed by Republicans, even as they promote a law preventing "fetus
farming," a practice lawmakers believe could one day result from stem cell
research. Strangely, a section touting various types of stem cell funding set to
be promoted by Republicans is followed by another section, headlined, "Setting
The Record Straight: President Bush's Stem Cell Policy Is Working."
Also included in the Republican values push will be the
Child Custody Protection Act, which would make "it a federal crime to circumvent
state parental involvement laws by taking a minor across state lines for an
abortion."
Republicans then plan to spend the month's remaining two
weeks promoting the party's efforts in regard to homeland security.
Approval of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' plan for
new, court-martial-
The section seems more concerned, however, with defending
the Republican record on security, promoting positive statements by the Iraqi
Prime Minister, and combating Democratic criticism. For instance, terror suspect
surveillance is listed as a priority, and "liberal newspaper" reports about NSA
wiretap programs are criticised, but future programs are not listed among other
proposed laws. =============================================================== [Democrats will fight back with 371-page report by Rep. John
Conyers.]]
John Conyers compiles list of Bush war crimes "Muckraker's Justin Rood spoke with Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the
ranking Dem on the committee, about the report [above] and its
purpose."
"We said, 'look, we'll do it ourselves'" compile a document that lists every instance of alleged wrongdoing by the Bush administration' "We're not trying to play Department of Justice or prosecutor. We're trying to put on the record before too much other history blurs this," Conyers told me. " making sure that what we see as at least a couple dozen violations of federal statute do not go unnoticed. . . . We're trying to make sure that we have the fullest record of this, so that this won't be the work of industrious historians ten years from now." The Constitution in Crisis; The Downing Street Minutes and
Deception,
Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War, and Illegal Domestic Surveillance http://www.house.
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