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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 10:48 PM Oct 2017

Senator Corker is a rare Republican. On 3 big issues he has put country above party.

Senator Corker has put country before party and before ambition three times this year.

1) After working with President Obama to get the deal passed he affirmed this year that the Iranians are in compliance with a good agreement.



https://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/iran-nuclear-agreement-review-act

“After more than a year of bipartisan work and a veto threat from the White House, I am pleased to see this bill become law so that any final nuclear agreement with Iran will have to go through Congress where the American people will have a say and lawmakers will have a vote,” said Corker. “I appreciate the strong bipartisan support for this effort that demonstrates Congress’s determination to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. With the role of Congress now guaranteed, the administration must address the many significant concerns raised by Congress, and our negotiators should take advantage of the added leverage to force further concessions from the Iranians so that any agreement reached is verifiable, enforceable and can assure the American people Iran will not be able to develop a nuclear weapon.”





https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-live/wp/2017/07/26/transcript-securing-tomorrow-with-david-ignatius-and-sen-bob-corker/?utm_term=.eadf721b89b7

The Iranian agreement requires that the President certifies their compliance every 120 days. The ONLY reason that Trump hasn't decertified is because that Corker keeps saying "they are in compliance:

So you look at where we are, there’s some nuance to this certification. What it actually says is that they are implementing the deal. Iran is implementing the deal. They do have technical violations that take place. Most of them have not been what I would—it’s like a loan covenant. This is the way I’ve talked to the president, “Mr. President, we’re in loan covenant.” There’s a technical issue and then there are material breaches that matter, right? Well, right now, they’ve had some technical non-compliance but they get back into compliance from time-to-time.



Senator Corker, more than any other single person, is the obstacle keeping Trump from ripping up the Iranian Nuclear Agreement.


2) Senator Corker has openly question Trump's competence. The removal of a President cannot be done with a partisan brush. There must be independents and Republicans who agree to the basic premise of competence and that Trump is a danger. Corker took the first shot.



http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/politics/bob-corker-criticizes-trump-charlottesville/index.html

"The President has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful," Corker said, according to a video posted by local news website Nooga.com.
"He has not demonstrated that he understands what has made this nation great and what it is today, and he's got to demonstrate the characteristics of a president who understands that," Corker added.




3) Today Corker killed the Tax Cut Bill



https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-corker-won-t-support-gop-tax-plan-if-it-adds-to-deficit-1059037763567


In an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) tells Chuck Todd that if the GOP’s new tax reform plan adds a penny to the deficit he won’t support it.



This will give the Republican debt hawks enough of a spine stiffening that it will kill the Tax cut insanity of the Goldman Sachs clique. It will doom their "Tax Reform" con.

The reason that I am a debt hawk (besides stimulus and other similar legislation) is that Republicans use debt to give away big ticket items to the business establishment and leaves the budget strangling to find money for the poor and middle class. If we didn't have to pay interest on the current debt we would have sufficient revenues to fund most of a single payer health care system.

While we don't agree with Corker on many issues I think we should respect Corker for putting the country above the party on Iran, Trump's competence and the Tax cut for the rich.

When they come to rebuild the Republican Party they will need people like Corker to return it to sanity.
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Senator Corker is a rare Republican. On 3 big issues he has put country above party. (Original Post) grantcart Oct 2017 OP
K&R. TexasTowelie Oct 2017 #1
Isn't he retiring after this term? BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #2
Yep. dalton99a Oct 2017 #5
That may be why he's willing to go against the tax bill jetwash Oct 2017 #6
So give the man a cookie! Those are things he SHOULD be doing. Now where was he when they shraby Oct 2017 #3
People who don't live in red states don't realize what it's like redstateblues Oct 2017 #4
Unfortunately, GOP voters will favor a Roy Moore type to fill his seat Zambero Oct 2017 #7
Escaping the insanity of redumbliCONs and drumpf. democratisphere Oct 2017 #8

TexasTowelie

(111,288 posts)
1. K&R.
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 10:56 PM
Oct 2017

Democrats need to persuade Republicans that the president is incapable of performing the duties office. If we can get 3 or 4 GOP senators to cross the partisan divide it will stop the orange buffoon in his tracks.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
2. Isn't he retiring after this term?
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 10:58 PM
Oct 2017

I guess all the semi rational GOP reps will leave to make room for the extreme crazies. Oh joy!

jetwash

(13 posts)
6. That may be why he's willing to go against the tax bill
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 11:35 PM
Oct 2017

When he announced he wouldn't be seeking re-election, he said, "I also believe the most important public service I have to offer our country could well occur over the next 15 months, and I want to be able to do that as thoughtfully and independently as I did the first 10 years and nine months of my Senate career."

shraby

(21,946 posts)
3. So give the man a cookie! Those are things he SHOULD be doing. Now where was he when they
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 11:03 PM
Oct 2017

held up the nomination for Supreme Court? Where was he when Sessions lied in his confirmation? Where was he in any other nominations when trump was nominating the abominations he did?

Nuff said.

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
4. People who don't live in red states don't realize what it's like
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 11:21 PM
Oct 2017

Corker, who is a moderate a Republican, has spoken out against Trump many times. If Marsha Blackburn becomes our Senator you might see the difference between a Trump humper and a moderate Republican. That might seem like the same thing to you but there's a big difference if you live in a state with two Republican Senators.

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
7. Unfortunately, GOP voters will favor a Roy Moore type to fill his seat
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 12:26 AM
Oct 2017

The crazies crave red meat and smell blood after Moore's win. Corker's occasional bouts of principle and independence will not be seen as desirable traits for GOP candidates in Tennessee and elsewhere. I'm hoping that an "anti-Akin-anti-Angle" type backlash materializes, aided and abetted by Trump's despicable daily antics.

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