Talk:Mike Thompson
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removed "though he would be regarded as a liberal by national Democratic standards, as with virtually all California Democrats." this is a subjective statement and not backed by any facts. for instance he has a 25% rating for the conservative test, hardly very liberal by national standards... as well many Democrats in California have 20%+ (Tauscher, Farr), 30%+ (Baca, Sanchez) ratings and there's even 40%+ (Cardoza 48% and Costa 50%) rating on the conservative test, so this claim that California Democrats are more liberal than the national average doesn't really hold up. Tirge Caps 19:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Iraq Visit
It seems that he went to Iraq with a congressman from Michigan and a congressman from Washington D.C., this visit was indirectly financed by Saddam Hussein. This just got out, so I may not have all my facts straight, but when enough information is out, we should add a section on it under controversies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackbird88 (talk • contribs) 00:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
- No, you didn't have all the facts out, and even the ones out were misstated. The trip was already organized when the charity offered to pay for the plane tickets. The charity was vetted by the US gov't. The trip was vetted by the US gov't. When McDermott et al went to Baghdad they met with Iraqi officals, so it's not like this is any more controversial in 2008 than in 2002. Perhaps less, seeing that they were right, there were no WMDs, the war was an error, etc. Besides, this is all taken from the indictment, which means the government (Bush administration) gets to say whatever they want to say. And wasn't the administration being lobbied by groups wanting to overthrow the government, as opposed to keeping it in place? Huangdi (talk) 21:40, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
