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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 03:18 PM
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the Democratic Senators Who Supported Torture Advocate, Alberto Gonzalez
Edited on Mon Feb-06-06 03:44 PM by G_j
(as we watch him lie and smirk, how could anyone approve of Gonzales for chief law enforcement officer after what he said about torture and the Geneva conventions?)

Democratic Senators Who Supported Torture Advocate, Alberto Gonzalez
for Attorney General:

Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Ken Salazar (D-CO)

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-just as a point of reference the records on two other votes,

Democrats Yes to Confirm Condoleezza Rice for secretary of state:

Baucus, Mont.; Biden, Del.; Bingaman, N.M.; Cantwell, Wash.; Carper, Del.; Clinton, N.Y.; Conrad, N.D.; Corzine, N.J.; Dodd, Conn.; Dorgan, N.D.; Feingold, Wis.; Feinstein, Calif.; Inouye, Hawaii; Johnson, S.D.; Kohl, Wis.; Landrieu, La.; Leahy, Vt.; Lieberman, Conn.; Lincoln, Ark.; Mikulski, Md.; Murray, Wash.; Nelson, Fla.; Nelson, Neb.; Obama, Ill.; Pryor, Ark.; Reid, Nev.; Rockefeller, W.Va.; Salazar, Colo.; Sarbanes, Md.; Schumer, N.Y.; Stabenow, Mich.; Wyden, Ore.
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The "Alito 18:"

Daniel Akaka
Max Baucus
Jeff Bingaman
Robert Byed
Maria Cantwell (opposed by Mark Wilson)
Tom Carper
Kent Conrad
Byron Dorgan
Daniel Inouye
Herb Koh;
Mary Landrieu
Joseph Lieberman (opposed by Ned Lamont)
Blanche Lincoln
Ben Nelson
Bill Nelson (opposed by Rick Chapman, link coming soon)
Mark Pryor
Jay Rockerfeller
Ken Salazar

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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 03:20 PM
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1. Bill Nelson's wife belongs to the RW Creepy Cult Church in DC
The one with the dorms where so many repukes live? I jusr read this the other day and every time I see his name I want to scream! These people are not Democrats! :argh:
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 09:46 PM
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3. really
time for a reality check
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 03:33 PM
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2. Hell's Half Dozen.
Every one of them OUT in 2006. No more Vichy Dems.
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 06:53 AM
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4. And...... here they are again:
Edited on Tue Feb-07-06 07:13 AM by G_j
yes on Bankruptcy bill

Biden (D-DE), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 09:38 AM
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5. two links for voting records
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Wheezy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 10:17 AM
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6. thank you for this. n/t
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 11:39 AM
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7. and crosschecked with the DLC membership
posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=344778&mesg_id=344778


Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 12:16 PM
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8. not under oath and also above the law!
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 02:10 PM
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9. they knowingly gave us a fascist thug for AG
there is no way to claim "we didn't know!"
His views on torture were common knowledge.
NOW look at what we have.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-07-06 02:38 PM
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10. A big pile of shit that is what we have!
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