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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:00 PM Original message |
How many Democrats voted for "authorization" for war in Iraq because...? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Those of us who were right about the Invasion of Iraq NEED to hear |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. IMO we as a party should stay focused on what the authorization |
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Noisy Democrat (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No kidding |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well said |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Read the IWR. It authorizes force without conditions. n/t |
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Noisy Democrat (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Kerry pointed out at the time: |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. His determination was based upon mushroom cloud scaremongering. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. No it does not. Go to my thread, I have posted the IWR |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Thanks for pointing that out about the IWR! I remember, now, |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. They should have voted on the bill in front of them. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Do you think they didn't think Bush would Invade another country |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I thought it was clear to anyone paying attention that Bush had |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. He said he hadn't decided. He was saying that in Jan-Feb 2002. |
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Noisy Democrat (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. It said |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. None of those traitors are "my" people. n/t |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Well Said, Ma'am! |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. The IWR says no such thing. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. It's a LAW |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. What are you talking about? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. "mere commentary" |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Does it ask for him to do it in writing? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. yes |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. It said he would make available his determination to the |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. He LIED |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Of course I hold him accountable for that. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It won't work |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You are right there. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. That is understandable |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It authorized the use of military force in Iraq. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Not cut and dried |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. True. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. What's also interesting |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That is an excellent re-framing of the debate. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Because the media and many on the left wouldn't let them be heard. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. IWR got REAL intel reports from Weapons Inspectors for two months prior |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Shouldn't redflags have gone up when Bush requested this "authority"? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Go ahead, but that attitude benefits Bush and further prevents substantive |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Stick our heads in the sand ? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. yes |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Because blaming IWR plays into THEIR spin and obscures the FACT that the |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. The attitude? The IWR explicitly authorized the use of the armed |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Bush's determination to make AFTER weapons inspections and diplomatic |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Show me where the IWR required him to do so. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. It's part of UN res that the IWR refers to. You think inspectors showed up |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The resolution was a parting of ways with the UN. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Did Dean forget that he supported Biden-Lugar which had nearly the same |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. The usual suspects, 5 DINO's |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. How many of them took Bush at his word when he said |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. I remember Kerry |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. I can forgive one vote based on |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I don't know either. And - Is ammending oneself possible without |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. A lie is a lie is a lie -- no matter how much you try to dress it up. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. We did know |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. They voted to authorize an illegal pre-emptive war. WMD are irrelevant. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
55. all of 'em |
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