He's a politician, and he obvously believes his job is in danger and that the BURNING ISSUE of his future employment should outweigh the losses and the gains in Iraq.
He can be contacted here: howard.coble@mail.house.gov
Let's see if some emails might make him remember the stakes and how best to please his consituency.
Oops, you misspelled his email address. It is actually:
Coward.coble@mail.house.gov
Unless you're from his district and can prove it with a valid address, I doubt it would do much good. In fact, it probably won't even get read.
Coble's job is definitely not in danger. He has been unopposed for many years until November and he cleaned his opponent's clock (my husband's attorney and best friend).
Coble has always been a steady as a rock conservative and I would love to hear more to try to understand what he is thinking.
Subject: Your statements with respect to a possible pullout from Iraq are unwise and untimely.
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:01:42 -0500
To: howard.coble@mail.house.gov
I would expect such ill-advised commentary from the Democrats.
Don't you realize that the Iraqis are taking casualties at a rate that is 25 times higher than that of coalition forces?
And how can it be, with your automatically granted TOP SECRET clearance, that you are unaware of all the positive developments that are not reported in the mainstream media here?
Go to Arthur Chrenkoff's weblog if your intelligence briefings are overwhelmingly negative. Sometimes I wonder if there is a faction within the CIA that is acting in concert with cadres from Foggy Bottom to overplay any negative developments and dismiss any positive ones.
The periods immediately preceding and subsequent to the elections scheduled for 30-JAN-2004 will undoubtedly be increasingly violent, as the terrorists are becoming more desparate as they see their window of opportunity closing.
More and more Iraqis have "had enough", and, as a result, the amount of intel that's being received is on the upswing.
This is resulting in additional setbacks for the enemies of freedom which are also going unreported.
And while we hear about every instance when a police station is overrun, we hear NOTHING about the times when the IP and ING held their own and successfully fended off the attacks.
If every traffic accident that occurred in the US was covered on the nightly news, it would create the general perception that automobiles should be banned.
Sincerely,