Razmear
08-01-2007, 10:54 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070731/pl_nm/campaign_usa_freedom_dc;_ylt=ArTmgFPVaGSjUf4e1Dwc3 gAa.3QA
Candidates urged to sign anti-torture pledge
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Moveon.org co-founder Wes Boyd said the campaign aimed to show politicians, especially Democrats, that there was public support for principles of civil liberties. "Democrats often fall victim to the charge that they're not security-focused, that they're soft. We believe that's nonsense," he said.
Boyd likened the campaign to a movement launched earlier this year by the "American Freedom Agenda," a conservative legal group which promotes limits to government power.
"It is going on both sides of the aisle," Boyd told Reuters. He also pointed to Republican candidate Ron Paul, a libertarian longshot who has been outspoken in criticizing Bush and called for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison
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Link to the pledge site:
The online pledge (http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org) reads: "We are Americans, and in our America we do not torture, we do not imprison people without charge or legal remedy, we do not tap people's phones and e-mails without a court order, and above all we do not give any president unchecked power."
"I pledge to fight to protect and defend the Constitution from assault by any president."
Freedom Campaign coalition co-founder David Fenton said letters inviting candidates to sign the pledge had only just been sent out so no responses had yet been received.
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Lets get this to RP HQ so he can be the first to sign the pledge!
eb
Candidates urged to sign anti-torture pledge
snip:
Moveon.org co-founder Wes Boyd said the campaign aimed to show politicians, especially Democrats, that there was public support for principles of civil liberties. "Democrats often fall victim to the charge that they're not security-focused, that they're soft. We believe that's nonsense," he said.
Boyd likened the campaign to a movement launched earlier this year by the "American Freedom Agenda," a conservative legal group which promotes limits to government power.
"It is going on both sides of the aisle," Boyd told Reuters. He also pointed to Republican candidate Ron Paul, a libertarian longshot who has been outspoken in criticizing Bush and called for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison
end snip.
Link to the pledge site:
The online pledge (http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org) reads: "We are Americans, and in our America we do not torture, we do not imprison people without charge or legal remedy, we do not tap people's phones and e-mails without a court order, and above all we do not give any president unchecked power."
"I pledge to fight to protect and defend the Constitution from assault by any president."
Freedom Campaign coalition co-founder David Fenton said letters inviting candidates to sign the pledge had only just been sent out so no responses had yet been received.
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Lets get this to RP HQ so he can be the first to sign the pledge!
eb