[Sosfbay-discuss] BREAKING NEWS: US SENATE CONDEMNS MOVEON.ORG AD

[Drew Johnson]

Cowards!  And note that included Feinstein.  Where we they when now
President-in-exile Kerry was being swiftboated???


Green is Care!

Drew



On Thu, September 20, 2007 16:34, alexcathy at aol.com wrote:
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> The United States Senate. the (ahem) World’s Most
> Deliberative Body, solemnly voted 72 to 25 to condemn the “General
> Betray Us” ad
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> SENATE
> BLOCKS ANTIWAR BILL, CONDEMNS AD
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> by Anne Flaherty
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> WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate blocked legislation Thursday
> that would have cut off money for combat in Iraq by June. It was a
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> defeat for Democrats struggling to pass less divisive anti-war measures.
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> The 28-70 vote was 32 short of the 60 needed to cut off a
> GOP filibuster. The legislation, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry
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> Earlier, the Senate voted 72-25 to condemn an advertisement
> by the liberal anti-war group MoveOn.org that accused the top U.S.
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> commander in Iraq of betrayal.
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> A full-page ad appeared last week in The New York Times as
> Gen. David Petraeus testified before Congress about his assessment of the
> situation in Iraq. The ad's headline was: "General Petraeus or General
> Betray Us? Cooking the books for the White House."
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> With several Republicans opposed to President Bush's war
> strategy, GOP lawmakers could put aside their differences and rally around
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> Sen. Gordon Smith, one of the few Republican senators who
> supports legislation ordering troop withdrawals, said he thought Petraeus'
> testimony and the ad were the two biggest factors in keeping Republicans
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> He said Petraeus' testimony was persuasive and the ad went
> too far by attacking a popular uniformed officer.
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> "It was stupid on their part and disgraceful,"
> said Smith, R-Ore.
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> Special Note to My California Friends:
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> Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein, of course, voted to condemn
> the ad.  Please tell me again why she is the "lesser evil."Â
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> They could not vote up or down on a plan to give troops more
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> Unbelievable!
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> For my thoughts on the Petraeus ad see my blog post at:
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> http://www.greencommons.org/node/782

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