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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:44 PM Original message |
What the hell is the "Iran War Vote" Edwards is blabbering about? |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. He must be thinking of the one he sponsored, |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. bada bing. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. The netroots needs more hot air |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Durbin: Lieberman-Kyl Amendment Is ‘Dangerous,’ |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I'll take it under advisement |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Was he reffering to what passed or the original ammendment? nt |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. good catch, answer: |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Revised, but the hole the truck will be driven through is still there |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Show me the specific text that is the "hole." nt |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You are right. the hole is big-----and Bushies are opportunist. |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Where's the hole? nt |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The hole was there, has been there, always was there |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well, then what is all the fuss over this ammendment about? |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Personally |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Yes, designating the Iranian guard as a terrorist organization was probably it. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
81. we are engaged in terrorist activities in iraq. not iran. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
93. but it doesn't hurt * to be able to say the Senate is behind him, or agrees |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #93 |
102. Sure, I can understand |
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bigdarryl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. because its the very FIRST step to beat the war drums on Iran. it |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I thought it was a terrorist group. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
71. The ammendment creates the ground for war by labeling the Iranian army enemy terrorists. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
101. Aside from how diplomatically stupid it is |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Here is ALL the authority Bush needs. |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Good point |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. They're not looking for a war resolution. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. They "the Senate" did not label them this way |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Step by step. It will all be done *legally*. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The problem is we have no diplomatic |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I sincerely do not believe that he nor Condi know the meaning of the word. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. That's what they said about the IWR, too. |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. And Bush is the dumb one? |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. No "the Senate" just voted their approval of it (nm) |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. And the country will cheer too. |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You don't huh? |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Cheap shot pal |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Oh please! |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Ok, calm the F!@ down! |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I'd say that I didn't mean to bite your head off ... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Exactly. The administration already declared the Revolutionary |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
86. You are forgetting the War Powers Act. Bush already has the power to attack Iran |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. One problem |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. And yet it will be far deadlier ... |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. How so? |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. That's legalese ... |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Bush could point to thin air and use that as justification to go into Iran |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. That may be the case ... |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. They wouldn't be responsible for the war, either |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Binding on who? |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Bush doesn't need this resolution to go to war |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. No, he doesn't, but it DOES give him cover for when he decides |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. I would be more concerned with a war with Iran, over how Bush looks |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Note that it says "should." I do not believe this power rests with the Senate. |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. Who? The senate? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
88. no. They are not. |
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bigdarryl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Good point thats all he needs |
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liskddksil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Is Jim Webb blowing hot air too? |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Or Biden and Dodd? Boxer? |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I would like to know specifically what language they objected to. nt |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. If B*sh wanted to bomb Iran, he wouldn't need this resolution |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Right ... he'd do it anyway |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Exactly |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Then it must be GIVING HIM EVEN MORE. Did you stop to think about that? |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. It's not minimizing, it's stating facts. The Revolutionary Guard are |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
83. No they are not terrorists. that is ridiculous! They are the army of a sovereign nation. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. They are not "the" army of Iran, they are a special corps |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #89 |
95. I dont care about economic sanctions. I do care about giving bush the power to start another war. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Bullshit? Which Senator agrees with you? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. As you well know, the "manufacturing weapons used in Iran" has been laughed at |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. You haven't answered. By implication you are saying that 76 Senators are lying to us. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. yes 76 senators are lying. you got it right. Just like they did when they authorized |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
72. bullshit. You don't legalize Bush's illegal acts, then say he would do it anyway. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Read the resolution and |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. the part which names the Iranian army terrorist enemy combatents. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. it is number 5 in the document. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
38. The bill lists all the things that Iran is supposedly doing to support |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. And no actual evidence required ... again. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Bush gave up on needing excuses to do shit |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. True, |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Because |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. That's what the dems THOUGHT they were getting with the IWR vote. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Agree with the first part |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Then why do it? |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. No its not cover for war, |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Again, this administration do not do diplomacy. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I'll try to make my opinion clearer |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. And to make mine clearer - |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. You posted a lot regarding this, but here's my take: |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. The testimony in the bill |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #73 |
82. And why has it not been refuted? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
84. supposedly is key. It is a lie. We are the terrorists in Iraq! We are. The USA. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. See if you can get your Senator to introduce an amendment |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
69. lieberman ammendment brands the Itanian army as terrorist enemies. In Bush's hands |
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johnnydrama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. like Maher said |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. what are you talking about? I'm agreeing with edwards about the kyl-lieberman amendment.... |
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ihelpu2see (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
75. My question is why would Hillary even consider it. I think she is counting |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
85. Would it be hot air if Bush designated you, calteacher, an enemy terrorist combatent |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #85 |
92. What the hell are you talking about? This is a thread about a specific ammendment. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. which labels the Iranian guard as terrorist enemy combatents. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
87. Your "girl" voted for the Lieberman Iran War resolution |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #87 |
91. The text you highlighted was not in the ammendment! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
99. Just think - it's not only his stylist who's blowing hot air. |
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