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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:51 PM Original message |
Poll question: Would Edwards still appologize for his IWR vote, if we had done well in Iraq? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. or any of the others who are now backtracking on that vote? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. True, but those that voted against the IWR, such as Byrd and Feingold |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Victors write the history. nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. How many senators voted against the Gulf of Tonkin resolution? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for reminding me of that ultimate gutlessness. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yes he did. Feingold voted no, Byrd voted yes |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. He helped write it. Then he voted for it. n/t |
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Hoosier Dem (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. 1 Senator voted "No" on the Patriot Act... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. pretty pathetic huh? and he won't run |
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boot@9 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Feingold's response |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hypotheticals are useless and just a matter of opinion |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Why? Don't you think it would be an appropriate question to ask Edwards? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. You could also ask hypothetically: If you knew for a fact Bush was lying |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Sorry, the IWR violated the War Powers Act, and the Constitution, not a hypothetical |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. How's about reading the Iraq War Resolution? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Power was given to bush to attack Iraq if he thought it a threat |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I think you misinterpret how the IWR was implemented ... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I disagree, it directly violated the war powers act |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:04 PM Original message |
Ahm, what? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. He would be appologizing for voting for something that violated the war powers act |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. And so it begins, I suppose |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. NO, the IWR violated the war powers act, and the constitution |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Alright |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. My ideal candidate would be Feingold, but he is not running |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Thanks for the answer, but... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Congress did not have the right to allow the President to declare war |
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RogueTrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Of course he would |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I don't, I just don't believe these folks who voted for the IWR, and now regret it |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Would a frog bump his rear-end when he hopped if he had wings |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. How is this for some Hypotehticals: Is Edwards against the War Powers Act? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Frankly, that doesn't seem like a hypothetical. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I can't get on, I tried, maybe later |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Maybe you should try to ask him in person. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. DU is an area to stiumulate discussion. Incidently no one knows what is in anyone's heart |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Do you even know what the IWR said? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. No, you see, Edwards wanted the Iraq War *more* than Bush. |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Yeah, I read that too a few times. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Why not present a candidate that was against the IWR? Something wrong with that? |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. you didn't answer my question |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. That was a violation of the War Powers Act in itself |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Congress had no right to give the president that power /nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. Postulating the IMPOSSIBLE as a hypothetical is fruitless, imho. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The IWR, and its violation of the War Powers Act was not a hypothetical |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I agree. The hypothetical was "if we'd done well in Iraq." |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I hear you. We learned nothing from Viet Nam, and so it goes |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Damn, ya beat me to it - it was a foregone conclusion |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. no bias in that poll question |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. If there is bias, then it is against anyone, not just Edwards who voted for the IWR |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
40. Edwards is a wonderful man who CARES about all citizens .... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I accept his apology too- he admitted his mistake- I respect that. n/t |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Not just Edwards, but anyone who allowed voted for this carnage to happen |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. There would be no need to- if no screw up, the public would not be against it. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Congress should have never given this power to the president, that is where I am coming from |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I dont disagree with that. You do have a good point. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-28-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I am trying to understand his position, why he voted for the IWR |
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