Carol Shea Porter: The answer is “no.”

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Carol Shea Porter
Carol Shea Porter (D-NH)  says "no" to any more money for Iraq War.
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At a town hall meeting here in Laconia on Sunday, my Congresswoman, Carol Shea-Porter, to the delight of the mostly Democrat and Independent people in attendance, promised to

"vote against a supplemental (military) budget, and will continue to vote against it."

When Nathaniel Gurien of North Conway asked why some Democrats aren’t doing the same, Shea-Porter stated that she thought that it was because if there was no supplemental budget, they
"truly believe that the troops won’t get what they need."
She promised that she is doing all that she can do to help persuade them that even without the funds, the troops would still get what they need. She reassured the crowd that she would not waver, but could only do so much as far as other fellow Democrats who still support funding the Iraq War. Nathaniel wondered if it was simply because
"they were simply afraid of being called names."
I found Nathaniel rather interesting in that he appears as frustrated with the Democrats as I am with the Republicans. He noted that
"The Democrats are too afraid of their 2008 prospects to do what we elected them to do in ’06."
Not Carol Shea Porter. She assured the forty or so people in attendance that she will continue to work to end the war in Iraq. The one redeeming factor in this for me, such that it is, is that, to her credit, Ms. Shea-Porter is honest about where she comes down on this issue, and will not waver. If only we could find some politicians on our side that could be so reliable on such key issues. Nancy Pelosi must be quite proud of her protoge from New Hampshire…
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[Note: while coming from opposite ends of the political spectrum, Nathaniel and his wife and I spent some time chatting after the event. While we all disagree on the issues, we enjoyed each other’s company. This is how politics should be…]

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