Imperial
05-09-2011, 01:54 AM
A freshman from Idaho, he has been pretty good.
Here is a recent bit (http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2011/05/04/idahopolitics/idaho_rep_labrador_declare_victory_and_get_out_afg hanistan#ixzz1Lq5cDRUr) on Afghanistan:
Idaho's freshman 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador said the death of Osama bin Laden should hasten America's exit.
"I do think this is a great time to declare victory in Afghanistan and to look for a way to get out of there," Labrador told the Idaho Statesman on Monday.
"We are supposed to start withdrawing this fall, but hopefully we can do it even sooner than that. I think we had accomplished our mission even before (bin Laden's death). We had done certain things to slow down the growth of al-Qaeda, to stop what they were doing.
"The only thing left hanging out there was: when are we going to capture or kill this man? And with this event, I think it's a good time for the American people to just start re-thinking our policy in the Middle East."
Raul Labrador also was one of the few freshman House Republicans to vote against the Patriot Act (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idahoreporter.com%2F2011%2Fla brador-votes-against-part-of-patriot-act%2F&rct=j&q=raul%20labrador%20patriot%20act&ei=z5vHTdCOE4uUtweQisWRBA&usg=AFQjCNHOm7S0VHw3-CwU1W4s8aZf6A4wHA&sig2=6XIKD_w1GrqrOQviiYXWYA&cad=rja).
Seems like we got pretty lucky he won his primary and ran in the right year...
Here is a recent bit (http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2011/05/04/idahopolitics/idaho_rep_labrador_declare_victory_and_get_out_afg hanistan#ixzz1Lq5cDRUr) on Afghanistan:
Idaho's freshman 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador said the death of Osama bin Laden should hasten America's exit.
"I do think this is a great time to declare victory in Afghanistan and to look for a way to get out of there," Labrador told the Idaho Statesman on Monday.
"We are supposed to start withdrawing this fall, but hopefully we can do it even sooner than that. I think we had accomplished our mission even before (bin Laden's death). We had done certain things to slow down the growth of al-Qaeda, to stop what they were doing.
"The only thing left hanging out there was: when are we going to capture or kill this man? And with this event, I think it's a good time for the American people to just start re-thinking our policy in the Middle East."
Raul Labrador also was one of the few freshman House Republicans to vote against the Patriot Act (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idahoreporter.com%2F2011%2Fla brador-votes-against-part-of-patriot-act%2F&rct=j&q=raul%20labrador%20patriot%20act&ei=z5vHTdCOE4uUtweQisWRBA&usg=AFQjCNHOm7S0VHw3-CwU1W4s8aZf6A4wHA&sig2=6XIKD_w1GrqrOQviiYXWYA&cad=rja).
Seems like we got pretty lucky he won his primary and ran in the right year...