A coalition of anti-war groups is looking to make it a long, uncomfortable summer for 40 Republican members of Congress who are opposed to setting a timeline to end the war in Iraq.
The coalition, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, plans to send 86 activists to 15 states beginning next week to pressure lawmakers into changing their position on the war. Dubbed “Iraq Summer,” the effort’s organizers say their goal is to hold 1,000 events per week through Labor Day and place 15,000 signs and bumper stickers in each state.
The group says it will spend millions on the effort. A portion will be used for paid media advertisements in some states as well as phone banks and letter-writing campaigns in each Congressional district under scrutiny. Those targets include nine Senators and 31 House members. Five of the senators on the list are up for reelection in 2008.....
Pryce is one of those targets, as well as Sen. George Voinovich, and Rep. La Tourette.
***** You won't believe this! Here in Ohio, we are still seeing indictments from the scandals from the Republican Taft administration. MSN Money:
The indictment of the head of a money management firm that lost $215 million in state investment funds brings the total number of people indicted or convicted in the state investment scandal to 19, and investigators aren't done yet.
"We are not completed with our investigation," Ohio Inspector General Thomas Charles said on Friday, a day after the indictment of Mark D. Lay, founder and chief executive of MDL Capital Management in Pittsburgh.
The wide-reaching case began with the 2005 revelation that prolific Republican donor Tom Noe was investing state money in rare coins.
Lay, 43, was charged in U.S. District Court with investment advisory fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison....
Holy cow!!! When will it end? When will Ohio taxpayers get their money back from Taft's crooked Republican supporters????????? According to the article, this is the 19th indictment or conviction from this GOP money scandal. The 19th!!!