Gordon Smith Thinks Oregonians Want A Third Bush Term

How out of touch is Gordon Smith?

Does he really think Oregonians want more special interest influence in Washington, D.C., an indefinite stay in Iraq and a third term for President Bush?

Yesterday, Smith told The Oregonian he thinks John McCain can win in Oregon. Here's what a McCain candidacy represents.

More Special Interest Influence In Washington, D.C.:

“After championing campaign finance reform and ethics legislation to score political points, he now has a staggering amount of lobbyists involved in every aspect of his campaign. In fact, two of the top three sources for John McCain's campaign cash are D.C. lobbying firms, and he looked the other way as Jack Abramoff bought and paid for the Republican Party and the Culture of Corruption.”
(Governor Howard Dean, DNC Email, 2-6-08)

Unending Iraq War:

“His objective isn't to figure out how to get us out. His objective is to get us to let him figure out how to keep us there.”
(Ron Eachus Column, Statesman Journal, 2-4-08)

A Third Bush Term:

“The Iraqi defense minister has said it won't be able to handle its own security until 2018. McCain says we ought to stay in Iraq for 50 years the same way we've done in Japan and South Korea. Anything less is tantamount to defeat. And, like Bush, he continually tries to link a necessity for continued occupation to winning the war on terrorism as if Iraq was an al-Qaida bastion before we arrived.”
(Ron Eachus Column, Statesman Journal, 2-4-08)

“From Iraq to health care, Social Security to special interest tax cuts to ethics, he's promising nothing more than a third Bush term.”
(Governor Howard Dean, DNC Email, 2-6-08)

“Gordon Smith doesn’t get it,” DPO Executive Director Trent Lutz said. “Oregonians don’t want more special interest influence in Washington, D.C., they want less. They don’t want 100 more years in Iraq, they want a responsible exit. They don’t want a third Bush term, they want a change in Washington, D.C. Lobbyists have been telling Gordon Smith how to vote for so long, he doesn’t recognize what Oregon families want in Washington, D.C.”

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