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DEL.ICIO.USMarshall on his Iraq vote: He splits the difference
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Macon) was one of the few Democrats to vote against the House resolution that was critical of President Bush’s plan to send more troops to Iraq.
He told the Moultrie Observer this week that he’d gotten mixed responses on his vote:
“Yeah, people will send me e-mail saying that’s it, they’re cutting me off, they’re not going to vote for me. Then I get contrary e-mails thanking me very much for my vote, saying it must have taken a lot of courage to do it.
“My response to both is that I’m just trying to do what’s right as I see it,” Marshall said.
“We’re going to continue to have debates with regard to the way forward in Iraq. My guess is there will continue to be substantial controversy, so this story is not going away.”
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By htward
February 23, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this
Be for real Jim Marshall, everyone knows that you were elected from a district that has a strong republican hold. You voted the way you did, not because you thought it was the right thing to do, you did it because you were afraid to anger those republicans. You’re a coward and I hope you can sleep at night. Why don’t you just switch parties. I never thought I’d see the day that you would bow down to the republicans.
By tdean
February 23, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this
One thing that is consistent - Mr. Marshall has supported the troops. As a purple heart recipient and someone who has made multiple trips to see first hand what is going on in Iraq and Afghanastan I would in no way characterise him as a coward. On the other hand people who resort to name calling often times do so because they have no well reasoned basis for their opinion. Also, it should be noted that President Bush made two trips to Mr. Marshall’s district in an attempt to displace him from his seat in a district that had been redrawn in order to replace Mr. Marshall with a Republican. It does not appear that the Republican Party feels that Mr. Marshall bows to their whims.