House condemns MoveOn.org's Petraeus ad

[cali]

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer
6 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org for a recent advertisement attacking the top U.S. general in Iraq.


By a 341-79 vote, the House passed a resolution praising the patriotism Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and condemning a MoveOn.org ad that referred to Petraeus as "General Betray Us."

The liberal group's full-page ad appeared earlier this month in The New York Times and has served as a rallying point for Republicans. President Bush called the ad "disgusting" and criticized Democrats such as Sen. Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the party's nomination, for being afraid of irritating the group.

"Such unwarranted attacks should be strongly condemned by Republicans and Democrats alike," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., during brief debate on the resolution.

Wisconsin Rep. David Obey, a veteran Democrat, recounted how he left the Republican Party during the era of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., and said that lawmakers have an obligation to criticize their allies as well as their enemies when they go too far.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070926/ap_on_go_co/petraeus_moveon

[peace13]

1. Wow!

Where do they find the time? With so many real problems in this country it is astounding.

[DemGa]

2. Seems like an intrusion into free speech to me....nt

[ShortnFiery]

3. IMO, Obey has forgotten his roots along with Kerry.

It's hard to be part of The Political RULING class in The Congress when all those *peasants* demand to be heard. The analogy to McCarthy is inane as us "little people" have NO POWER other than non-violent resistance ... WE, THE PEOPLE are no longer being represented by those who we send to Washington, D.C. :thumbsdown:

What hypocrites! :grr:

[ProSense]

16. What the fuck does Obey's vote have to do with Kerry? n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Political posturing is all the rage these days.

Not that is wasn't before.

[rodeodance]

5. i am dismayed that votes like this get on the house/senate floor!

[ShortnFiery]

6. I say vote out all the democratic a**holes who voted "aye" - to their next primary challenger.

Anyone have a list of The *democratic* Traitors to FREE SPEECH?

[mmonk]

7. That's so important at this time. I'm glad they are working on such great things.

FUCK YOU CONGRESS.

[W_HAMILTON]

8. I thought when we voted Democrats in...

...that it would stop these silly, unneccessary votes that mean nothing, and lead to nothing.

Gee, guess I was wrong on that one.

[ChenZhen]

9. I thought they were too busy investigating Jose Canseco.

What about the children?

[KharmaTrain]

10. Now Is This The End Of This Silliness?

I just wrote to my Congresscritter and congradulated her on making certain I'd avoid donating any money to her or work for her campaign this year and that in her honor, I'll be donating another $100 for the next MoveOn ad. I'm sure I'll get a "rapid response" (crickets).

Democrats remain captives to right wing talking points and feeling besieged. They're getting hit on all sides right now and their knee-jerk reaction to dance to the talking points is just pissing off Democrats even further. They've just pissed off 3.5 million fellow Democrats...people who put their money where their mouths are. Not a slick move and one I suspect will hurt DINOs for a long time. I sure won't forget.

[cureautismnow]

11. Boy, that will sure save a lot of American lives!

Not. The Congress Betray-us again. :grr:

[ima_sinnic]

12. another fundraising spike for MoveOn!

Unlike right after the Senate vote, I now have a few bucks and will be sending them.

[mmonk]

13. Time to donate

to Moveon.org

[depakid]

14. Yet another portait in cowardice

Makes ya proud, eh?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. Way to change the course, Pelosi.

If this "Speaker of the House" thing doesn't work out, there's always an anchor desk at Fox News.

[bbgrunt]

17. I am too disgusted to even think of anything to say.

[Debi]

18. Who are the morans that voted for this? Who let this get on the floor

WHY IS OUR CONGRESS WASTING TIME ON THIS BS????

[Raksha]

19. Looks like it's time to get out the ol' checkbook again...

[HughMoran]

20. Bunch of hapless retards

This is SOOO meaningless, though I am thrilled at the $2M that this stupidity has raised for MoveOn so far. Mission accomplished :D

[candymarl]

21. Yet they can't

find enough votes for impeachment.:puke: