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Dodd Bill May Be First Candidate for Bush Veto
Now Public ^ | 11/17/06 | Nuke Gingrich

Posted on 11/17/2006 8:14:54 PM PST by grandpa jones

In a surprising move yesterday, Christopher Dodd (D-CT) announced that he would introduce legislation to guarantee US Constitutional Rights to enemy combatants, and would seek to repeal portions of the recently enacted Military Commissions Act.

source: "It's clear the people who perpetrated these horrendous crimes against our country and our people have no moral compass and deserve to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. But in taking away their legal rights, the rights first codified in our country's Constitution, we're taking away our own moral compass, as well."

If Dodd believes that last week's election was a mandate for this radical approach to dealing with enemy combatants, then the next two years may provide entertainment from DC not seen in a long time.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aclu; alqaedabillofrights; detaineerights; enemycombatants; veto
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This guy disgusts me
1 posted on 11/17/2006 8:14:59 PM PST by grandpa jones
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He is a treasonous son of a bitch!!!


2 posted on 11/17/2006 8:17:15 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: grandpa jones

We have had since day one a two front insurgency. Sadly the party of deception has victimized the masses that they are numbed with pain and are blind and dumb to the reality of this world.


3 posted on 11/17/2006 8:17:33 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: grandpa jones

Do it, Dodd. Do it.

Of course, the MSM will give them a pass. God, they're a disgusting cabal.


4 posted on 11/17/2006 8:17:59 PM PST by IslandJeff (FR mail me to be added to the Type I Diabetes ping list)
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To: grandpa jones

If this even makes it to the veto pen, we have great reason to worry about the future. I don't think it could possibly make it past the Senate.


5 posted on 11/17/2006 8:19:26 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: grandpa jones

Dodd is a nutcase.


6 posted on 11/17/2006 8:19:36 PM PST by muawiyah
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Do it, Dodd. Do it.

I think there are probably quite a few DemocRATS who don't want to be forced to vote for this bill.

7 posted on 11/17/2006 8:20:41 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Karl Rove isn't magnificent.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Plays perfectly in Peoria: I can't wait to see the House vote.


8 posted on 11/17/2006 8:20:42 PM PST by IslandJeff (FR mail me to be added to the Type I Diabetes ping list)
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this is a congress killer......Do it Dodd and you will be eaten by your own


9 posted on 11/17/2006 8:22:14 PM PST by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: grandpa jones

Good this will be a good start to drawing a distinction between the Rats and Pubbies.

He'S one of the JARS - Just Another Rat Scumbag.


10 posted on 11/17/2006 8:22:44 PM PST by Leto
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To: Paleo Conservative

Perfect storm for the good guys. Just like that House Resolution last year to just pull out of Iraq.

Show yourselves. Come out and play. I think I might just call Chris' office on Monday.


11 posted on 11/17/2006 8:24:26 PM PST by IslandJeff (FR mail me to be added to the Type I Diabetes ping list)
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Yup. It ought to be fun to watch.

Wonder what's wrong with the servers?

12 posted on 11/17/2006 9:01:18 PM PST by grandpa jones (Responding To The Epic Threat)
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Despicable!


13 posted on 11/17/2006 9:01:53 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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"It's clear the people who perpetrated these horrendous crimes against our country and our people have no moral compass... "
These are not people [people have human rights] but beasts in human shape. That being so, the concept of "rights", constitutional or not, does not apply. The only thing which does apply, is the concept of cruelty to animals.
14 posted on 11/17/2006 9:01:53 PM PST by GSlob
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Democrats: In love with terrorists since before 9-11.


15 posted on 11/17/2006 9:04:23 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Democracy: The worst form of government, except for all the others.)
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Thank you, soft squishy middle and cut-and-run republicans, look what you have given us. /TotalDisgust

The good news is that most people will get it in '08 that the RATs cannot handle national security ... if the country is still here.

16 posted on 11/17/2006 9:06:20 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Prayers for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub. Brian, we're all pulling for you!)
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Sounds like a lawyer employment act to me.


17 posted on 11/17/2006 9:06:44 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: muawiyah

Dodd never met a terrorist he didn't secretly want to fellate.


18 posted on 11/17/2006 9:08:03 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Democracy: The worst form of government, except for all the others.)
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To: grandpa jones

I'm hoping the Dems do alot more of this!!! The more they pull this type of garbage, the more the American public sees who they really are. They won this past election partly because they ran a bunch of folks as moderate to conservative Dems. Gotta do something to bring out their true colors.


19 posted on 11/17/2006 9:08:07 PM PST by jokova
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To: GSlob

Bingo... these animals barely satisfy the definition of Homo sapien, and that only by virtue of their DNA.

But 'people'? 'Human'? They are neither.


20 posted on 11/17/2006 9:14:51 PM PST by navyguy (We don't need more youth. What we need is a fountain of SMART.)
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