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    <title>Enviromental GOP Rep. Gilchrest Bats for the Democrats</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Jerry James Stone</dc:creator>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[<p>Representative Wayne T. Gilchrest, <a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/two_house_incumbents_facing_po.php">ousted last February</a> by State Senator Andy Harris, confirmed <a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/gop_rep_turns_on_his_party_vow.php">he is jumping party lines</a> in support of Democratic nominee Frank Kratovil. Considered to be somewhat of a liberal Republican, Gilchrest held the deep-red Maryland seat for an amazing nine terms. His district supported Bush&#8217;s relection by 60-percent.</p>
<p>In 2007, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) awarded <a href="http://capwiz.com/lcv_stage/bio/keyvotes/?id=288&#38;congress=1102&#38;lvl=C">Gilchrest with a meek environmental score of 60-percent</a>. Low as it may be, consider that most of the GOP fails to even break the 20-percent mark by LCV standards. In fact, Gilchrest - who chairs the House Climate Change Caucus - <a href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/4/11/13729/0159">has been snubbed by the GOP</a> for perpetuating the <a href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/3/20/103855/486">human impact of climate change</a>. He has also been a strong supporter for clean and renewable energy. So, maybe it comes as no surprise that he has turned and cut this ad for Kratovil:</p>
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<p style="text-align: left">While some see the move as partisan-based mutiny, Gilchrest says of his somewhat <a href="http://www.progressive.org/mag/wx090308.html">Lieberman type move</a>, &#8220;I love this place we call home,&#8221; and &#8220;It&#8217;s more important to me than partisanship.&#8221;</p>
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    <title>Tangled Up in Green: NAFTA&#8230;Only If We Absolutely Hafta</title>
    <link>http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/03/13/tangled-up-in-green-naftaonly-if-we-absolutely-hafta/</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Ranjit Arab</dc:creator>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[<p><a title="nafta-flag.jpg" href="http://redgreenandblue.org/files/2008/03/nafta-flag.jpg"><img src="http://redgreenandblue.org/files/2008/03/nafta-flag.thumbnail.jpg" alt="nafta-flag.jpg" align="left" /></a>I don&#8217;t know if you caught it, but the whole Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama flap over NAFTA exposed a dirty little secret: The North American Free Trade Agreement isn&#8217;t about American jobs or cheap Mexican labor—it&#8217;s about Canadian oil.</p>
<p>Think as far back as two weeks ago. I know you can do it. Remember, Britney&#8217;s dad started taking control of her life… everyone you know bugged the hell out of you by constantly saying: <em>&#8220;I drink your milkshake…&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Anyway, back then, Hillary and Obama were campaigning among blue-collar crowds in Ohio when news broke out that someone from the Obama camp called <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080312.NAFTA12/TPStory/National">the Canadian government </a>and reassured them that the tough talk on NAFTA was all just an act. Later, it was revealed that Hillary probably made a similar call.</p>
<p>All of which begged the question: Why would they care so much about Canada if this was about NAFTA? Hasn&#8217;t <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Dobbs">Uncle Lou </a>told us time and time again that NAFTA is all about Mexico: its cheap labor, and its non-existent regulations, which entice American factories to relocate south of the border?</p>
<p><a href="http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/03/13/tangled-up-in-green-naftaonly-if-we-absolutely-hafta/" class="more-link">Read more of this story &#187;</a></p>
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