LoBiondo Ducks Bush "Fix" on War

"The fix is in.'' That phrase, popular in old movies about crooked politicians helping out the bad guys, is sure to find renewed significance as Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., continues his relentless drive to further uncover the equally relentless duplicity of the Bush administration. Eighty-eight congressmen have signed a letter asking pointed questions of Bush and his right-wing cronies about the deception used to rally Congress and citizens to support this senseless Iraq war. As the Downing Street memo and subsequent documents have confirmed, the "fix'' was indeed in.Missing from the list of signatories is our own Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd. With more casualties from New Jersey than from 11 of the 16 so-called "coalition'' countries combined, maybe our representative will finally exercise some courage and support an investigation of this administration and, more importantly, a clear plan to extricate our troops now. Or will LoBiondo "duck and cover'' until he sees which way the political wind is blowing, and then do the right thing only when his vote makes no difference, as he did with the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil leases? I think we know the answer.

RICHARD GRZYWINSKI

Galloway Township

Letter published in Atlantic City Press, June 25, 2005

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