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Lurking on the Dark Side - Kerry to Filibuster
John Kerry ^ | 1/26/06

Posted on 01/26/2006 10:56:28 AM PST by areafiftyone

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To: areafiftyone
---Well he probably won't have the votes - BYRD JUST SAID HE WILL VOTE YES!---

oh, snap! that's a torpedo to the shorts for the dems.

21 posted on 01/26/2006 11:35:38 AM PST by smonk
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To: smonk
Snicker snicker - you want to read their reactions? CLICK
22 posted on 01/26/2006 11:37:05 AM PST by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: smonk

Kerry-will-filibuster threads are proliferating there now. They say he is just looking for support. He can always go out with his daughter and buy one.
By the way, has anybody got any grey poupon?


23 posted on 01/26/2006 11:39:28 AM PST by Graymatter
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To: Graymatter
I hope the dumborats do filibuster. Nothing makes me happier than to see them choked slammed by the American public. Encourage them to GO FOR IT !!!
24 posted on 01/26/2006 11:46:33 AM PST by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: Graymatter
---Kerry-will-filibuster threads are proliferating there now. They say he is just looking for support. He can always go out with his daughter and buy one.---

how they can hang on such a notorious flip-flopper's word is beyond me.

25 posted on 01/26/2006 11:57:44 AM PST by smonk
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To: areafiftyone

DU has gone to "Moonbat level 3".


26 posted on 01/26/2006 12:02:37 PM PST by smonk
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To: geezerwheezer
They're not going to filibuster. Kerry just forgot to take his Prozac this morning.
27 posted on 01/26/2006 12:06:15 PM PST by jazusamo (A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
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To: smonk

LOL


28 posted on 01/26/2006 12:14:28 PM PST by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: areafiftyone
"I voted for Justice Scalia because, despite our ideological differences, in the confirmation process he promised an open-mindedness that we have not witnessed. So the words of the confirmation hearings do not erase ideology."

I certainly hope a SCJ's ideology isn't erased by a few minutes of grandstanding bloviation in Senate hearings. Geez.

"...he promised an open-mindedness...."
Scalia translation: "I will attempt to evaluate every case with an open mind and not make a decision until facts are rendered."
Liberal translation: "I will vote with the liberals on every issue to show that I am open-minded."

What a maroon.

29 posted on 01/26/2006 12:14:37 PM PST by shezza (15 and counting)
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The original Army of One.


30 posted on 01/26/2006 12:26:38 PM PST by vollmond (Careful with that axe, Eugene!)
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To: Tx Angel
He lost me at paragraph 2

Wow.... I fell asleep at "Mr. President, today we face....zzzzzzzzzz"

31 posted on 01/26/2006 1:14:28 PM PST by r9etb
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To: areafiftyone

LoL, he is saying that Ann Coulter's positive opinion of a Justice's qualifications is the barometer that denotes unsuitability for the position.

I fell asleep after reading that several times and a bit more, but not all.


32 posted on 01/26/2006 1:25:45 PM PST by Radix (Welcome home 3 ID!)
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To: backinthefold

I thought he did. Maybe I am confusing with previous nominees.


33 posted on 01/26/2006 2:01:37 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: All

For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.

Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/index.php?topic=Documents

Call to action!
Please help get this bill passed
AND signed into law
BEFORE the '06 elections!

Stolen Valor Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)
HR 3352 IH
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:h.r.3352:

Call or write your media
http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/

Write every Senator and Representative.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt?command=congdir

Spread the word far and wide.

This is a no brainer, conservatives control Congress
and the White House




Stolen Valor Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)
HR 3352 IH

109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3352

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to protections for the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 19, 2005

Mr. SALAZAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to protections for the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Stolen Valor Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--

(1) fraudulent claims surrounding receipt of the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished-Service Cross, the Air Force Cross, the Navy Cross, the Purple Heart, or any other medal or decoration awarded by Congress or the armed forces damage the reputation and meaning of these medals;

(2) Federal law enforcement officers are currently limited in their ability to prosecute fraudulent claims of receipt of military medals; and

(3) changes to the current statute are necessary to allow law enforcement personnel to protect the reputation and meaning of these medals.

SEC. 3. MILITARY MEDAL PROTECTIONS.

Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)--

(A) by inserting `purchases, attempts to purchase, solicits for purchase, mails, ships, imports, exports, produces blank certificates of receipt,' after `wears'; and

(B) by inserting `attempts to sell, advertises for sale, trades, barters or exchanges for anything of value' after `sells';

(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting `or (b)' after `subsection (a)'

(3) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);

(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

`(b) False Claims About Receipt of Military Medals- Whoever falsely represents himself or herself, verbally or in writing, to have been awarded any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the armed forces of the United States, or any of the service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces, or the ribbon, button, or rosette of any such badge, decoration or medal, or any colorable imitation thereof shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.'; and

(5) by adding at the end the following:

`(d) Other Medals- If a decoration or medal involved in an offense under subsection (a) or (b) is a Distinguished Service Cross awarded under Section 3742 of title 10, an Air Force Cross awarded under section 8742 of section 10, a Navy cross awarded under section 6242 of title 10, a silver star awarded under section 3746, 6244, or 8746 of title 10, or a Purple Heart awarded under section 1129 of title 10, or any replacement or duplicate medal as authorized by statute, in lieu of the punishment provided in that subsection, the offender shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.'.



"From Ray Funderburk, MOPH

The greatest threat to the sanctity and significance of the Purple Heart comes from the medal's easy availability. Anyone can buy one at flea markets, pawnshops or on the Internet, where Web sites offer the decoration, no questions asked, for as little as $35. An accompanying certificate on onion skin parchment and personalized with your name and any rank you choose costs about $25.

Such commerce in the symbols of American courage and sacrifice would be outlawed by a measure spearheaded last July by Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo.

His "Stolen Valor Act" would make it a federal crime to falsely wear the Purple Heart and other top military decorations, or to even list them on a resume if they were not officially earned.

But the proposed bill now sits in the House Judiciary Committee, and its fate remains unclear.
"We're waiting for the committee to act," said Salazar

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1560750/posts?page=2#2




Any Republican or Democrat politicians who don't get this bill passed is
as guilty as the phonies that this bill targets.

The Swift Boat Vets already proved, beyond a doubt,
that hanoi kerry's 1st Purple Heart is fraudulent.

A US Attorney General can get ALL of hanoi kerry's
records and once and for all prove that the
Swift Boat Vets were accurate and true.

All that has to be done is to get this bill passed and signed into law now, before the '06 election.

Since hanoi kerry will be under indictment he'll
have to sit out the '06 election for his illegal seat
in the US Senate.

AND the best part is that it is a Democrat sponsored
bill that will his downfall.

COSPONSORS(60), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 7/27/2005
Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 7/28/2005
Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 7/27/2005
Rep Beauprez, Bob [CO-7] - 9/6/2005
Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] - 7/27/2005
Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] - 7/27/2005
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 7/27/2005
Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] - 7/27/2005
Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 9/6/2005
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 7/27/2005
Rep Case, Ed [HI-2] - 7/27/2005
Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 7/27/2005
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 7/27/2005
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] - 7/28/2005
Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [AL-5] - 7/27/2005
Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] - 7/27/2005
Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] - 7/26/2005
Rep Davis, Lincoln [TN-4] - 7/27/2005
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 7/26/2005
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 7/29/2005
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 7/28/2005
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 7/26/2005
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 7/28/2005
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 7/26/2005
Rep Herseth, Stephanie [SD] - 7/27/2005
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 7/28/2005
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 7/27/2005
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 7/28/2005
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 7/27/2005
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 7/28/2005
Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] - 7/28/2005
Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-3] - 11/2/2005
Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 7/26/2005
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 9/7/2005
Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 9/14/2005
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] - 7/26/2005
Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] - 7/27/2005
Rep Menendez, Robert [NJ-13] - 10/6/2005
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 7/27/2005
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 7/27/2005
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 10/17/2005
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 7/27/2005
Rep Northup, Anne M. [KY-3] - 9/15/2005
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 7/28/2005
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 7/27/2005
Rep Pomeroy, Earl [ND] - 7/27/2005
Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 7/27/2005
Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 9/7/2005
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 7/27/2005
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 7/26/2005
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 7/27/2005
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 7/29/2005
Rep Strickland, Ted [OH-6] - 9/27/2005
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] - 9/6/2005
Rep Tanner, John S. [TN-8] - 7/27/2005
Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 7/27/2005
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 7/27/2005
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 7/22/2005
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 7/28/2005
Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 9/20/2005

There is no valid reason why this bill can't pass both Houses of Congress
and be signed by President Bush
BEFORE the '06 elections.

http://johnkerryads.websiteanimal.com/

http://www.frontsteps.com/movies/john_kerrys_bad_rap/

Karl Rove knew, Nov. 7, 2004 , that hanoi kerry would try to run in '08
and knew Swift Boat Vet's would be called upon,
again, to serve our country.

Rove Credits Swiftvets With 'Energizing' Bush Vote (Thank You Karl Rove!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345603/posts


34 posted on 01/26/2006 2:32:52 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (The "Politically Correct RINO's" on Free Republic are never really political or correct.)
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To: areafiftyone

does that moron ever shut up, my o my is there anyone more longwinded than him?


35 posted on 01/26/2006 5:47:02 PM PST by Palpatine (Every single liberal is now an enemy of the republic!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

lol!


36 posted on 01/26/2006 5:47:31 PM PST by Palpatine (Every single liberal is now an enemy of the republic!)
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To: smonk
it is getting very, very entertaining over on DU right now :)

Yes it is! I couldn't help but take a look - I know, it's a morbid curiosity, like watching the guy sucking out the septic tank - those bozos really think that sKerry is leading a movement to filibuster, when his statement simply said he'd support one, which of course means absoulutely nothing.

37 posted on 01/26/2006 8:53:46 PM PST by 4woodenboats (The GOP was created by those opposed to Southern Democrat Plantation Slavery...)
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To: 4woodenboats
kerry will come out with a "clarification" in the next day or two. he'll say he supported the concept of a filibuster, or the filibuster as a valid tool against right wing extremists, but not an actual filibuster against this particular candidate at this exact point in time.

or something equally useless.

I actually feel sorry for the dummies that are exited right now.

38 posted on 01/26/2006 8:58:53 PM PST by smonk
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To: smonk
how they can hang on such a notorious flip-flopper's word is beyond me.

I'm wondering if Kerry isn't being set up for a fall by the New York Times which might prefer another Democratic candidate in 2008.

Yesterday their editorial called for Democratic Senators to grow spines (Senators in Need of a Spine) and mount a filibuster.

Now they call Kerry's filibuster efforts "quixotic" and "awkward." (Kerry Gets Cool Response to Call to Filibuster Alito)

39 posted on 01/27/2006 11:47:13 AM PST by syriacus (Help plan John Kerry's Fillet-Bluster at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1566194/posts)
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To: syriacus
kerry's bluster about the filibuster is about scoring brownie points with the half-crazed people that participate in the dem primaries, for sure.

whether it turns out to be genius or suicide remains to be seen.

40 posted on 01/27/2006 11:52:01 AM PST by smonk
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