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bvar22

(39,909 posts)
18. Everybody KNEW.
Mon Mar 18, 2013, 07:34 PM
Mar 2013

Some Democrats opposed the Invasion of Iraq,
and demonstrated their political courage and integrity by STANDING
in OPPOSITION in a hostile environment.
Kudos to these brave Democrats!


[font size=4]The Democratic Party Honor Roll[/font]
These Democrats should be remembered for their principled stand against the WAR Machine.

The Authorization to use Military Force in Iraq
Iraq War Resolution

United States Senate

In the Senate, the 21 Democrats, one Republican and one Independent courageously voted their consciences in 2002 against the War in Iraq :

Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)
Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico)
Barbara Boxer (D-California)
Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota)
Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey)
Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota)
Dick Durbin (D-Illinois)
Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
Bob Graham (D-Florida)
Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont)
Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland)
Patty Murray (D-Washington)
Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island)
Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland)
Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan)
The late Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota)
Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)

Lincoln Chaffee (R-Rhode Island)


United States House of Representatives

Six House Republicans and one independent joined 126 Democratic members of the House of Represenatives:

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Tom Allen (D-Maine)
Joe Baca (D-California)
Brian Baird (D-Washington DC)
John Baldacci (D-Maine, now governor of Maine)
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin)
Xavier Becerra (D-California)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon)
David Bonior (D-Michigan, retired from office)
Robert Brady (D-Pennsylvania)
Corinne Brown (D-Florida)
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Lois Capps (D-California)
Michael Capuano (D-Massachusetts)
Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland)
Julia Carson (D-Indiana)
William Clay, Jr. (D-Missouri)
Eva Clayton (D-North Carolina, retired from office)
James Clyburn (D-South Carolina)
Gary Condit (D-California, retired from office)
John Conyers, Jr. (D-Michigan)
Jerry Costello (D-Illinois)
William Coyne (D-Pennsylvania, retired from office)
Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland)
Susan Davis (D-California)
Danny Davis (D-Illinois)
Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon)
Diana DeGette (D-Colorado)
Bill Delahunt (D-Massachusetts)
Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut)
John Dingell (D-Michigan)
Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
Mike Doyle (D-Pennsylvania)
Anna Eshoo (D-California)
Lane Evans (D-Illinois)
Sam Farr (D-California)
Chaka Fattah (D-Pennsylvania)
Bob Filner (D-California)
Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts)
Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas)
Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois)
Alice Hastings (D-Florida)
Earl Hilliard (D-Alabama, retired from office)
Maurice Hinchey (D-New York)
Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas)
Rush Holt (D-New Jersey)
Mike Honda (D-California)
Darlene Hooley (D-Oregon)
Inslee
Jackson (Il.)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson, E.B.
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Maloney (CT)
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller
Mollohan
Moran (Va)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sawyer
Schakowsky
Scott
Serrano
Slaughter
Snyder
Solis
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (NM)
Udall (CO)
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson
Watt
Woolsey
Wu


Not a single Democrat who got-it-right on Iraq was appointed to a position of authority or Power in the Obama Administration.



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their rhetoric, promises, or excuses.
[font size=5 color=green]Solidarity99![/font][font size=2 color=green]
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More here malaise Mar 2013 #1
Yeah, there's more there...read it carefully...VERY carefully. Clyde Tenson Mar 2013 #31
They can't fool me malaise Mar 2013 #40
Excellent point. snagglepuss Mar 2013 #42
Kick for visibility Denzil_DC Mar 2013 #2
Blair is going down fast malaise Mar 2013 #3
The press in Britain is voracious autorank Mar 2013 #33
Hopefully Tony will the first of many dominoes to fall. RC Mar 2013 #4
I hope this is true. Grateful for Hope Mar 2013 #6
"The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine." Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #5
Here's Poodle-boy's laps in all their gory.. Cha Mar 2013 #30
LoL autorank Mar 2013 #34
I wonder if Susan's name will come up. formercia Mar 2013 #7
May I ask who you're referring to? Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #8
Susan Lindauer formercia Mar 2013 #11
Like, wow. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #13
Don't know. formercia Mar 2013 #16
wow grasswire Mar 2013 #20
Amazing interview! JDPriestly Mar 2013 #32
To read later. THanks for posting. snagglepuss Mar 2013 #43
Hey there friend! autorank Mar 2013 #35
Should be interesting, whatever it is. formercia Mar 2013 #47
"Tuff shit, Tony." - George AWOL Bush (R) Berlum Mar 2013 #9
Junior was using his Intuition formercia Mar 2013 #17
k&r n/t RainDog Mar 2013 #10
Bush's poodle? Maybe if he gets nailed, it will be easier to Cleita Mar 2013 #12
I only hope to live long enough skydive forever Mar 2013 #14
Agree...it will be long time coming but be very sweet when it does... KoKo Mar 2013 #15
Everybody KNEW. bvar22 Mar 2013 #18
Thank you. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #19
I do believe Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey) now has other goals dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #21
Let me remind you azureblue Mar 2013 #22
Well, that is the excuse they hide behind. bvar22 Mar 2013 #46
Some people are too heavily invested in their revisionist history to accept the truth of what you stevenleser Mar 2013 #49
Yep. (nt) harmonicon Mar 2013 #23
"The Official List! ....Thanks for the post...to refresh our memories. n/t KoKo Mar 2013 #28
And the ones that voted for war? MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #29
Interesting how that worked out... truebrit71 Mar 2013 #44
Thanks!!! Very honorable roll, indeed autorank Mar 2013 #36
Shameful, when ordinary people around the globe knew they were lying, such a small sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #45
Wonder which country is going to shelter him from Hague. US, here he comes, I guess. idwiyo Mar 2013 #24
Recommend....! KoKo Mar 2013 #25
A few people o'er here should face that music too nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #26
They need to feel the lash autorank Mar 2013 #37
No Less So Me. Mar 2013 #27
Hey there autorank Mar 2013 #38
That's because BBC reports news! nt cbrer Mar 2013 #39
Too bad they'll never be held accountable in our hypocritical empires just1voice Mar 2013 #41
All I want to know, really, is when will the people of the world... countryjake Mar 2013 #48
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