"The bottom line is I'm going to take him down"

[Jean Louise Finch]

Marine Declares War on Bush
by Michelle Goldberg, Salon.com

Steve Brozak is running for Congress in New Jersey against George W. Bush. Sure, his opponent on the ticket is Republican incumbent Mike Ferguson. But as Brozak sees it, Ferguson is just a synecdoche for the Bush team, whose failings drove Brozak out of the Marines and the Republican Party and into the first political campaign of his life.

"The bottom line is I'm going to take him down," Brozak says of Ferguson. "I'm just going to keep hitting at him. This is a national race because I'm going to start hitting not just him but his boss. They lied to us, they misled us about what was at stake in the war with Iraq, and they're misleading us about what is going to happen going forward."

A candidate who has actually served in the Middle East during the Iraq war, Brozak has seen the quagmire up close. A dark-haired, broad-shouldered man, he has a deep, authoritative voice and enunciates crisply -- it's easy to imagine him in uniform, barking orders. When he speaks of the Bush administration, though, it's with the stunned incredulousness of one who's seen all his assumptions about the world upended. Before the war, Brozak says, he wanted to believe his president. It barely occurred to him not to. Now, his voice gets heated when he talks about Iraq, which is the subject he talks about most. "There were no weapons of mass destruction," he says. "There was no planning, just this sense of arrogance and contempt by the civilians in this administration."

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full article on Salon: www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/30/brozak/index.html

This is my first proper post, I hope it is ok!

[JI7]

1. it's a great post

thanks for posting it. i hope this guy wins. he totally understands this administration.

[secular_warrior]

2. I'm encouraged Dems all over the country are running hard

against Bush, where in 2002 they were sucking up to him. A lot of this has to do with the success of Dean and Farenheit 9-11, and of course the increasing turmoil in Iraq.

[grasswire]

3. welcome to DU...

...and thanks for the good post. Good luck to this guy!

[DemBones DemBones]

4. A great post, Scout! Thanks for posting. nt

[pnorman]

5. I sure wish MY maiden posting had been anyway NEAR as noteworthy.

I imagine many others here felt the same chagrin. I'll also bookmark that site; I have just the person in mind to lay it on.

pnorman

[progdonkey]

6. kudos on the first post!

Excellent formatting, and the link works, too. :toast:

[Jean Louise Finch]

7. Thanks everyone!

For all your positive reinforcement.

I shall post again in hopes of lots of lovely compliments!

[Name removed]

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[UdoKier]

9. Get your worthless ASS over to Iraq NOW!

Go. What the fuck are you waiting for? If you won't go, then STFU.

[Swamp Rat]

10. When are you leaving for Iraq? Inquiring minds want to know!

[VOX]

11. And a proper post it is, Jean Louise Finch!

Thanks for posting this -- it's terrific.

Welcome to DU -- :toast:

[Swamp Rat]

12. Great post

My cousin didn't want to go and now he's on his second tour... it's HELL over there.