Time To Say Thanks

[cali]

As we approach the third anniversary of this disasterous war, as Iraq suffers, and as it slowly dawns on many repukes that it is indeed a quagmire, it's time to remember that many democrats didn't vote for this fuck up. So, here's to those that didn't buckle under and voted a defiant NO to war.

United States Senate
Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) Barbara Boxer (D-California) Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) Lincoln Chaffee (R-Rhode Island) 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)

United States House of Representatives
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) Gresham Barrett (R-South Carolina) 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) John Duncan, Jr. (R-Tennessee)
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) John Hostettler (R-Indiana) Amo Houghton (R-New York, retired from office) Jay Inslee (D-Washington)
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Illinois) Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) Dale Kildee (D-Michigan) Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Michigan) Jerry Kleczka (D-Wisconsin, retired from office) Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)
John LaFalce (D-New York) James Langevin (D-Rhode Island) Rick Larsen (D-Washington) John Larson (D-Connecticut) Jim Leach (R-Iowa) Barbara Lee (D-California) Sandy Levin (D-Michigan) John Lewis (D-Georgia) Bill Lipinski (D-Illinois,retired from office) Zoe Lofgren (D-California)
James Maloney (D-Connecticut, retired from office) The late Robert Matsui (D-California) Karen McCarthy (D-Missouri, retired from office) Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) Jim McDermott-D-Washington) Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts) Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia) Carrie Meek (D-Florida, retired from office) Gregory Meeks (D-New York) Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-California) George Miller (D-California) Alan Mollohan (D-West Virginia) Jim Moran (D-Virginia) Connie Morella (D-Maryland)
Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) Grace Napolitano (D-California) Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts) Jim Oberstar (D-Minnesota) David Obey (D-Wisconsin) John Olver (D-Massachusetts) Major Owens (D-New York) Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-New Jersey) Ed Pastor (D-Arizona) Ron Paul (R-Texas) Donald Payne (D-New Jersey) Nancy Pelosi (D-California) David Price (D-North Carolina) Nick Rahall (D-West Virginia) Charles Rangel (D-New York) Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) Lynn Rivers (D-Michigan, retired from office) Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas, retired from office) Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-California) Bobby Rush (D-Illinois)
Martin Olav Sabo (D-Minnesota) Loretta Sanchez (D-California) Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) Thomas Sawyer (D-Ohio) Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) Bobby Scott (D-Virginia) Jose Serrano (D-New York) Louise Slaughter (D-New York) Vic Snyder (D-Arkansas) Hilda Solis (D-California) Pete Stark (D-California) Ted Strickland (D-Ohio) Burt Stupak (Michigan)
Mike Thompson (D-California) Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) John Tierney (D-Massachusetts) Edolphus Towns (D-New York) Mark Udall (D-Colorado) Tom Udall (D-New Mexico)
Nydia Velaquez (D-New York) Pete Visclosky (D-Indiana) Maxine Waters (D-California) Diane Watson (D-California) Melvin Watt (D-North Carolina) Lynn Woolsey (D-California) David Wu (D-Oregon

[Coexist]

1. Thank you!

:toast:

[AX10]

2. Thank You Patriots!

:patriot:

[Nutmegger]

3. Thanks to all of your who stood up!

I'm ashamed that my Senators are not up there!:cry:

But my Rep is!:patriot:

[blue4barb]

4. My heartfelt thanks.

[burythehatchet]

5. no r's?

:shrug:

[Hun Joro]

7. I see one R...

Ron Paul, who is my rep, is really a libertarian, has been quite outspoken against the war. Still a wingnut, but not wrong on everything, and probably not a crook.

[cali]

8. I think there's like 4 or 5 Rs

Jim Leach from Iowa and a couple of others.

[oasis]

9. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (RI).

[spooky3]

11. Connie Morella, a lib. R from MD who was defeated by a Dem later

[never_get_over_it]

22. It is a shame

many of us begged her to change parties. She might still be in Congress if she had. At the time she lost I lived in Northern VA so wasn't in her district - but across the river - but I have many friends in her district and they voted against her despite the fact that they really lkiked her but voted against her because of her party. Tough one because most of the friends I'm referring to are women and as women we want more women in Congress.

[Olney Blue]

43. Although Connie was not in my district in Maryland, I still had

very mixed feelings. She was fabulous, and voted often against her
party because she truly represented the people of Maryland. I appreciated
her long years of service to our state.

It appears that Chris Holland, her Dem replacement, is doing a good job on the Hill.

Ms. Morella is suffering the consequences of Bush- some "uniter."

[fooj]

6. Thank you...all!

We must stand for something or we stand for nothing.

Peace.

[cali]

10. kick because I'd forgotten

just how many dems did vote no.

[Ksec]

12. wow. I didnt realize there were so many . Thank you .

[Wordie]

13. (K&R) Thank you!

I hope you'll send this thread to them, cali, once everyone has had a chance to see it. (You can email the entire thread using the link near the bookmark link.)

[proud patriot]

14. I proud patriot Thank You All

:patriot:

[Katherine Brengle]

15. k&r

[stevedeshazer]

16. Every single Oregon Congressional Democrat is on that list

Senator Wyden, Reps. Blumenauer, DeFazio, Hooley, and Wu.

We are the only state to achieve this record as far as I know.

And looking at that entire list, it strikes me that these Congressional Democrats (and the handful of Republicans who joined them) deserve our thanks and support. They listened to us when millions of we Americans and others worldwide took to the streets to try to stop this disaster from happening. Nearly all Republicans and far too many Democrats reacted with scorn and ridicule and told us we were unpatriotic. They mocked us.

Personally, I'll never forgive a single one of those treasonous bastards who dared call us un-American for refusing to swallow the propaganda blitz employed to sell this phony war. Unfortunately, that list is much, much longer than the list in the original post.

Let's help change that in November.

[progressoid]

17. k&r

[FreedomAngel82]

18. I'm glad more have come to the light too and fighting as well

I thank them too.

[Syrinx]

19. Earl Hilliard (D-Alabama) didn't retire from office

He got his ass kicked out, and that's a good thing.

But he got at least one thing right, I guess.

[cali]

20. Morning kick n/t

[lostnfound]

21. Stark evidence that there IS a difference between the parties

for any who doubt it.

Might be worth passing around to any Republicans who admit their dismay at how the Iraq War is going.

[cali]

23. Indeed it does point out the stark difference

between the parties. So many people (indluding me) have forgotten, over the years, the number of dems who opposed the Iraq war. They did so under considerable pressure in an environment not far removed from the events of 9/11. The vote took place about a year (14 months) after that. I believe I'm correct in stating that just under half of Senate dems voted nay, (yes, I wish it had been more, but still....) and the majority of House dems voted against it.

We criticize dems a lot, and most of it's deserved, but this vote was a huge deal, and many in the party came through.

[lostnfound]

25. Yep. "Group blame" is prevalent

I'm perfectly willing to criticize a Democrat for wrongdoing, but those who write "I'm never voting for a Democrat again..." simply because they SOME Democrats voted the wrong way on some issue or another are engaging in group blame which is always wrong.

[crispini]

24. There's MY representative on there!

Bless her, she really does represent ME! :woohoo:

[mopinko]

26. 9- count 'em, 9 form illinois

it is great to be blue.

[mdmc]

27. my rat worm senators voted for the war

and now they are looking to run 2006 DCCC and 2008 president.

[terrya]

28. Thank you, patriots and good Americans all

You all courageously stood up and said NO to this tragic mistake. Your nation thanks you.

[rodeodance]

29. I see Russ Feingold (Sen) and Tammy Balwin (my repres) But Sen

Kohl thought it was OK at the time.

[Greeby]

30. Couple of things to adjust

Rep. Menendez (D-NJ) is now Senator Menendez (D - NJ)

And Ciro Rodriguez will be back :bounce:

[Warren Stupidity]

31. Great Post!

We need to both punish the quislings and reward those in our party who are willing to stand up and be counted on the tough issues.

Thanks for posting and thank you to all of our true Democrats. (And the one or two Is and Rs there too.)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

32. Thank You To All 4 New Jersey Reps And Senator/Governor Corzine!!!!

[hyphenate]

33. Thank you to everyone who saw the error of war!

[derby378]

34. Feingold for President in 2008!!

I sure wish he'd swing through Texas sometime. I love that guy.

[leeroysphitz]

35. Thanks for posting this. Excellent idea. nt

[xiamiam]

36. thank you senator boxer and rep farr...thank you...but where is feinstein?

[Bammo]

37. cali got a question for ya'

That list of poiticians you posted is a hell of a lot of elected officials who represent beaucoup people here in the U.S. of A. - for sure!

Now we got all those politicians who represent beaucoup people saying BS to the "SHRUB FIASCO" which I truly agree is a free-kin disaster from the start.

Got to ask you this cali, no disrespect to you - serious on that! Why the hell is this "SHRUB FIASCO" still rolling on and on with so many against it?

Are words enough from our elected politicians? I really don't have an answer cali - hoping you can help me out here! How the hell do we end this Neocon BS - not in 5 years but now?

Hang Tough~

[cali]

39. I don't know, Bammo. It's a good and serious question

though. I'll give it a shot. Once the war started, I suspect that the majority of those who voted against it felt that they had to support the soldiers and the their efforts. Now, three years later, it's time for those folks to unequivocally state that the war in Iraq has failed, and to start offering solutions aimed at bringing this disaster to an end.

[ClassWarrior]

38. Thanks Russ!

16-5.

NGU.

[European Socialist]

40. There should another list of those who voted for an unjust war.

[NV Whino]

41. Thanks to Barabra Boxer and Mike Thompson!

Now, where or where can Feinstein be?

[cali]

42. Please

thank and kick. Thanks!

[mzmolly]

44. Bookmarking. THANKS!

:toast:

[UrbScotty]

45. Thanks as usual to Levin and Stabenow

[happydreams]

46. Cynthia McKinney is a living hero. She fought the bastards

against all odds and was totally screwed out of a bid for re-election.

[blm]

47. I'll add thanks to those lawmakers who were in the position of doing the

negotiating on the IWR to get a better deal than the one Bush wanted - because that is ALWAYS a task that is never recognized and NEVER thanked.

[cali]

51. this isn't about loyalty to Kerry.

It's an opportunity to thank those who did the right thing: reject bush's illegal war.

[blm]

52. I ADDED thanks to the unthanked negotiators who were STUCK doing

the most thankless task.

That was in ADDITION to thanking those who voted against the bill and who were fortunate enough to sit out the negotiations.

Kerry was only ONE of a small number of lawmakers who took on that thankless task.

[cali]

53. He has my appreciation for other things

but he gets NO thanks for me for voting FOR the IWR, which was fatally flawed. I'm not going to discuss it further. I don't care WHY he voted for it. It was WRONG.

[blm]

54. Bottom line is that SOME of them did their JOB by making it a better bill.

I dare say that none of you wanted a bill that had NO weapons inspections and furthered miltary action into Syria and Iran as Bush wanted. Yet few would even acknowledge the efforts, let alone thank those stuck negotiating those points.

And, even when unpopular, facts and truth never change.

[katinmn]

48. Thanks...now don't vote for the next war funding bill!

[savemefromdumbya]

49. Glad to see those in my state voted NO

[DemGirl7]

50. Thanks to all of these great Americans

It's nice to know that all of these people had the courage to take a stand again the * Administration. And I'm glad to be represented by one of these great Americans...Rep.Maurice Hinchey (D- 22nd NY) :-) Here's a toast them all :toast: