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LP congressional candidate Barrett to join protest at rival’s office

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Wisconsin’s La Crosse Tribune reports Libertarian U.S. House hopeful Kevin Barrett “plans to join a group of peace activists when they visit Ron Kind’s La Crosse office this afternoon.” Barrett is seeking the Libertarian nomination to challenge Kind in a September 9 primary. Barrett said he “would join the peace activists, who are in La Crosse as they walk to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul on what they call a nonpartisan protest of the war in Iraq.” The newspaper describes Barrett as “a lecturer at UW-Madison who has been an outspoken 9/11 conspiracy theorist.”

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  • 1 Galileo Galilei // Aug 14, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    this made the news:

    Group Protests War in La Crosse

    Posted: Aug 14, 2008 07:47 AM CST

    Updated: Aug 14, 2008 09:16 AM CST

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    Voices for Creative Non-Violence Protest in La Crosse
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    The war in Iraq was the focus of a protest at Congressman Ron Kind’s La Crosse office Thursday.

    The group “Voices for Creative Non-Violence” spoke with Kind’s staff today. Even though kind wasn’t in La Crosse the group is asking him to stop voting for continued spending for the war in Iraq.

    The protesters are walking from Chicago to the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul in an effort to spread their message, ‘hold peaceful protests to the war,’ and hear from Wisconsin residents.

    “The overwhelmingly postive response we’ve gotten from peopel along the way. The tide of public opinion in the country has certainly turned agaisnt the war in iraq. And its time for us to bring it to an end in a substative way,” said Dan Pearson of Voices for Creative Non-Violence.

    Also at today’s protest was Kevin Barrett, a Libertarian challenger to Ron Kind this November. He says he supports the group’s message and accuses Kind and other lawmakers of lying about the war.

    “The troops have, and will contine to be my primary focus as we work to ultimately end our involvement in Iraq. I have repeatedly voted for a responsible timeline for their redeployment back home, and believe much of the remaining work in Iraq lies with the Iraqi government and people. But as long as we have our young men and women in harm’s way, I want to make sure they have the tools they need to be safe,” Ron Kind.

    Congressman Kind tells NewsChannel 8 his primary focus is to end U.S. involvement in Iraq. He says he has repeatedly voted for a responsible timeline for troop redeployment back home. But Kind says as long as soldiers are in harm’s way he will make sure they have the tools they need to be safe.
    http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8840300

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