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Making an Impact
“The Lone Star Project … hammers Republicans whenever it gets a chance, promoting strong local Democratic candidates and even bringing lawsuits.”
(Roll Call, Stuart Rothenberg,
March 12, 2009)
“Anyone who questions whether [The Lone Star Project] can make life difficult for a Republican legislator should talk to former Sen. Kim Brimer.”
(Austin American Statesman, February 17, 2009)
“[The Lone Star Project] is responsible for the aggressive stance the party has taken toward DeLay and other Lone Star State Republicans since the 2004 election.”
(The Washington Post, March 6, 2006)
"David Dewhurst has said most Texans don't have much sympathy "for someone who that can't fill out a two page [health insurance] application every six months".
The Democrat-supported Lone Star Project in Washington reported this week that Dewhurst failed to file necessary forms at least six times in recent years.
(San Antonio Expres News,, 4/12/2007)
"The Justice staff memo was obtained by the Lone Star Project ...The story broke the same day the U.S. Supreme Court was considering legal challenges to the plan brought by Democrats and minority groups."
(Houston Chronicle, 12/3/2005)
"The Texas chapter of the NAACP, along with the Lone Star Project, have analyzed the amicus brief filed by the Justice Department and have concluded, justifiably, that the Voting Rights section of the Justice Department is now controlled by partisan political appointees."
(Roll Call - Donna Brazile, 2/28/2006)
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Apologize Pete!
Pete Sessions Praises the Brutal Taliban Citing Them as a Role Model for Congressional Republicans
In a bizarre and offensive interview with the editors of the Hotline, Dallas Congressman and newly elected National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) described the Taliban as a “model” for the Republican insurgency in the U.S. House of Representatives. Listen to the interview here.
Sessions comments go far beyond typical partisan rhetoric. His praise of the Taliban is dangerous and disrespectful to the thousands of American military families with loved ones serving and, too often sacrificing their lives, for our country.
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Call on Pete Sessions to retract his remarks and apologize to his constituents, his colleagues and, most of all, to the service members and their families who are working to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban insurgency. |
Rep. Pete Sessions
Listen to the interview here |
"Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban,...And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes…
And we need to understand that insurgency may be required when the other side, the House leadership, does not follow the same commands, which we entered the game with."…
When pressed to clarify, Sessions said he was not comparing the House Republican caucus to the Taliban, the Muslim fundamentalist group." I simply said one can see that there's a model out there for insurgency."
- Pete Sessions
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Call Pete: (972) 392-0505
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Congressman Pete Sessions
2233 Rayburn House Office Building
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Taliban Death Toll
Sessions refers to the Taliban with admiration even as 645 US soldiers have died in Afghanistan since 2001. (Source: http://icasualties.org/oef/ ) Currently there are 32,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan with 30,000 more expected to be deployed there within 2009.(CBS News January 17, 2008)
Taliban Brutality
During the 1990's the Taliban, “imposed strict enforcement of fundamentalist Islamic law, banning movies, music and forcing women out of schools and into all-enveloping burqa clothing. The Taliban also provided a haven for Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda organization.” (New York Times, November 7, 2007)
The Taliban terrorizes Afghan citizens and kills American soldiers in order to disrupt the government the United States is supporting. In October, Taliban militants pulled as many as 30 people off a bus and beheaded them. (New York Times, October 19, 2008) The Taliban has also been blamed for spraying 11 girls with acid as they were headed to school. (New York Times, January 13, 2009)
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