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Posted on 04/07/2008 12:58:31 PM PDT by mdittmar
The Senate approved a resolution on Thursday denouncing the liberal antiwar group MoveOn.org over an advertisement that questioned the credibility of Gen. David H. Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq.
MoveOn.org, with 3.2 million members, has become a powerful force in Democratic politics and the advertisement it paid for, which appeared in The New York Times, has come under sharp attack from Congressional Republicans and others as unpatriotic and impugning the integrity of General Petraeus.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, both Democratic candidates for president, voted against the resolution, which passed 72 to 25.
But curiously absent from the vote was Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, also a Democratic candidate for president, who had canceled a campaign appearance in South Carolina so he could be in Washington for votes.
Mr. Obama issued a statement calling the resolution, put forward by Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, “a stunt.” Mr. Obama said, “By not casting a vote, I registered my protest against these empty politics.”
Mr. Obama had voted minutes earlier in favor of an extremely similar resolution proposed by Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California.
Ms. Boxer’s proposal, which failed, called for the Senate to “strongly condemn all attacks on the honor, integrity and patriotism” of anyone in the United States armed forces. It did not name MoveOn.org, but criticized the ad that appeared in The Times. Mr. Dodd and Mrs. Clinton also voted in favor of Ms. Boxer’s proposal.
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There they go again!
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Not a bit surprised at that! Thanks for pointing it out, though!
I am just shocked...Clinton and Osama Obama notwithstanding....tht the Senate had the balls to approve a resolution against them.
General Petraeus is a hero and they are treating him like he was in the docks at the Nuremburg trials. God bless him!
God Bless him BUMP!
Ooooh, they love to dance the little sidestep
See Charles Durning as Texas Gov in Best Little Whorehouse in TExas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mNDHTfdn1A
MoveOn has been quiet so far for this Petraeus visit. Must’ve gotten some really bad feedback from the RATS on their treasonous ad the last time.
I expect to see the CodePinko’s disrupting testimony however. How they ALWAYS manage to get into the procedings is infuriating.
The dems will let them in,should be interesting.
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