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Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejects Bush troop surge

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Time to name names. News reports indicated all 11 D's on the committee plus one R (Hagel) voted for the resolution, all remaining R's voted against. Interesting that news article didn't give a complete list of those for and against. Here it is:
For the Resolution:
Joseph R. Biden Delaware
Christopher J. Dodd Connecticut
John F. Kerry Massachusetts
Russell D. Feingold Wisconsin
Barbara Boxer California
Bill Nelson Florida
Barack Obama Illinois
Robert Menendez New Jersey
Benjamin L. Cardin Maryland
Robert P. Casey Jr. Pennsylvania
Jim Webb Virginia
Chuck Hagel Nebraska
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Against the resolution:
Richard G. Lugar Indiana
Norm Coleman Minnesota
Bob Corker Tennessee
John E. Sununu New Hampshire
George V. Voinovich Ohio
Lisa Murkowski Alaska
Jim DeMint South Carolina
Johnny Isakson Georgia
David Vitter Louisiana
This was not a bipartisan resolution. Make your list and check it twice

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-25 01:17|| 2007-01-25 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Decapitation = Assassination = "justified" anti-US retaliation Amer Hirsohima looming, ala JERICHO + "24"??? DEMS > WE KNOW AMER'S ENEMIES WANNA HURT US OR KILL US, ERGO MUST PROTECT OURSELVES + USA BY MAKING SURE USA GETS ATTACKED.
Still comes down to COURAGE OF LEADERSHIP, EVEN UNTO BODILY HARM-DEATH, vs NOT BEING BLAMED FOR ANYTHING, the merits of a DEAD FREE HERO vs LIVING/CONTROLLED SLAVE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-01-25 01:21|| 2007-01-25 01:21|| Front Page Top

#3 The upside to this is at least they held a committee hearing before anyone voted.

Posted by badanov 2007-01-25 06:13|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2007-01-25 06:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I was annoyed before but now I am downright pissed. IF the surrender monkeys and their enablers truly believe that this war is not right and that sending reinforcements is wrong they should de-fund it immediately. Dont wait a Day, Month, or a Year bring the troops home starting on Friday. No Non Binding Resolutions or puff speeches about Lies , Missteps, or Wrong Direction step up and demand that the troops there be withdrawn TODAY. How about it are they Leaders? I doubt it, because they are on record against an immediate withdrawal but there actions seem to support a slow painful defeat. IMHO the surge work before to stabilize the country for elections and it can work again.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-01-25 11:14|| 2007-01-25 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Sulla

Don't ask me to come defend you bunch of possers. Trade one republic for fleeting spasms of ego and power. Go read Livy dudes, before its too late.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-01-25 16:08|| 2007-01-25 16:08|| Front Page Top

#6 If the surge fails, they're on record being against it. If it succeeds, their water carriers in the press will spin it as failure. So either way - they gain political capital.

Posted by DMFD 2007-01-25 18:07|| 2007-01-25 18:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejects Bush troop surge

Might as well call it the Senate Giving Aid and Comfort to the Enemy Committee. Words cannot express my contempt.

Posted by SteveS 2007-01-25 19:35|| 2007-01-25 19:35|| Front Page Top

#8 I guess they don't have the guts to say what they really think: That Arabs are violent by nature and can't understand democracy and like being ruled by violent dictators.

Kinda like the DemocRats' other main belief: That minorities (blacks and hispanics only; Asians don't count since everybody knows how smart they all are) can't make it on their own and have to have the government hold their hands and give them everything they have.

F*cking bigots, the lot of them.

*spit*

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-25 19:54|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-01-25 19:54|| Front Page Top

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