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Still More Josh Marshall
There are now apparently 51 members of Congress not attending Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech tomorrow. Seven Senators and 44 members of the House. The latest is Sen. Al Franken (D). The list is heavily weighted toward African-Americans but also toward Jews. By my count, Franken is the 6th Jewish member of Congress to sit it out.
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riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)There will no doubt be congresspersons who don't announce they aren't attending... but who just don't show up. Or maybe- dare I hope - walk out.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)and boy would I ever love to see a walk out!
progressoid
(49,990 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)That is a pretty powerful message.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)I have a new dream ticket
FRANKEN/Torres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Torres
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)will mean a lot of empty seats... and those will not be good optics.
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)If the GOP knows one thing, it is setting up dog and pony shows. Actually running the country? Not so much.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)monmouth4
(9,705 posts)people to fill in those seats...
Cha
(297,233 posts)http://thehill.com/homenews/house/232160-whip-list-dems-skipping-netanyahu-speech
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026298051
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)PedXing
(57 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)PedXing
(57 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)although I know there are 2 black (R)s (but one refused to join the Caucus). The article seemed to suggest that many in the House were apparently members of that Caucus.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)myrna minx
(22,772 posts)American people.
angrychair
(8,699 posts)That Dems don't give a shit about PBO. Not a single Dem should be sitting in that room tomorrow. Anything less gives legitimacy to his visit. At any given time I would bet that 10% are missing due to appointments or schedule conflicts. There 232 Dems and none of them should be there tomorrow.
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)as the speech starts. Don't even let him get a complete sentence spoken.(
Maineman
(854 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)dolphinsandtuna
(231 posts)so there's still hope that Israel will too.
erronis
(15,257 posts)You are actually clouding the message by trying to categorize those that are sitting out the dog-and-pony show by various affiliations.
The main thing is that thinking congress people have made a rational decision not to attend. I don't care if they are blonds, brunettes, balds. I don't care if they are dems/reps/inds. I don't care if they are gay/bi/straight. Why should we?
All of us should be offended by this theater. I'd rather see a list of those that applauded during his diatribes.