Marshall Adame

Blackwater is a mercenary organization with close ties to Republican politicians. They are one of the many incompetent war profiteers that the Bush/McCain Republicans love so much. Right now they are best known for a scandal where their poorly disciplined and improperly led mercenaries opened fire on Iraqi civilians. Blackwater's slaughter of these civilians has been declared unjustified and has led to an FBI investigation. This scandal led to resignation of US state department official Richard Griffin and a call for more oversight of these "private contractors" (a code word for Republican war profiteers).

So, when a company performs this badly, what does the Bush Administration do?
Renew their contract, of course! Despite being involved in a scandal that led to the downfall of a State Department official and a considerable blow to our attempts to win the hearts and minds of Iraqis, Blackwater is rewarded with a renewal to the contract. This is the very definition of mismanagement and it has become the signiture of Republican policy: reward the incompetent.

Of course we already knew that incompetence is rewarded by the Republicans. Halliburton is another one of these Republican war profiteer organizations that consistently disply amazing incompentence. Yet Halliburton still gets any contract they want from the Republicans, despite frequently overcharging for their services, being blatantly corrupt, and being incompetent in the delivery of services to the point of actually regularly letting our soldiers get electrocuted rather than actually fulfill their contract.

Marshall Adame For Congress Fundraiser
When: Fri, Feb 29, 18:00 – 20:30
Where: Democratic Party HQ, 220 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh NC

Marshall Adame is a Vietnam Vet who is taking on Blackwater and Bush's Iraq quagmire. Marshall Adame served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 22 years as an Aviation Logistician and retired in 1991. In 2005 Marshall received a U.S. State Department Diplomatic appointment in Iraq and was a U.S. Logistics Advisor to the Iraqi Minister of Interior. Marshall is a civil libertarian, supports universal health care, and opposes torture. Come join Marshall Adame for this fundraiser and help send a Vietnam Vet to Congress.

For more information, contact Marshall Adame's campaign.