May 7, 2015: Senate Votes 99-1 to pass Iran Nuclear Bill. Posted because the mass media is again fucking it up.

[Fred Sanders]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/07/senate-review-terms-iran-nuclear-deal

"The US Senate on Thursday advanced legislation that would allow Congress to review a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, clearing a major hurdle after weeks of Republican infighting threatened the bill’s passage.

Senators overwhelmingly voted 98-1 in favor of the bill, with only Tom Cotton against its passage. Under the compromise, Congress would have 30 days to both review any nuclear accord with Iran and pass A RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL. In the event that lawmakers passed such a resolution, Barack Obama would be unable to lift some of the congressional sanctions on Tehran.

The fate of the bill had looked unclear in recent weeks, as a handful of senators pushed for votes on so-called “poison pill” amendments that would have revived a veto threat from the Obama administration. The Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio was particularly vocal in seeking a vote on his amendments – namely one that would require Iran to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state – and last week teamed up with Cotton, a freshman Republican from Arkansas, to try to force a vote on the measure."

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The truth is Obama has had the GOP snookered months ago, everything in between has been a mass media creation....why do you think Obama has been so relaxed and calm about and above it all....as have the leaders of Iran who were at the table?

Done deal on May 7....only the snookered did not know it!

Now the GOP may even have their own agreed to procedure, set in law, not even reach a filibuster-proof number...what a fucking embarrassment that would be....first Democratic Party filibuster of a GOP resolution that meant diddly squat in the first place!!

Cotton must be tearing what is left of his hair out, meanwhile President Obama is cruising home at 40,000 feet from Alaska...how can you be a Democrat and not love it?

If I could make it I would be at at Dulles airport waving a flag of victory and fingers of peace, bells and whistles playing, for the just plain awesomeness of the man and his many never to be mentioned other accomplishments ( an anti-gay Fundie in jail!).....many more to come, I have no doubt.

(Will post in the safe haven for our President (BOG) - why does that even exist, someone remind me - if Democratic Party members at Democratic Underground are offended at the blatant and unseemly hero worship - really, I will)

[joeybee12]

1. I give Cotton credit...he's the most consistent of all the fringe lunatics..nt

[Fred Sanders]

2. Yes, as far as people are concerned, but the mass media has been even more consistent supporting

the lunatic fringe.

[joeybee12]

3. Yup, they're actually promoting them...

Making them appear more numerous than they are.