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The “no’s” keep piling up on Syria resolution in the House
Washington Post ^ | September 5 | Aaron Blake and Sean Sullivan

Posted on 09/05/2013 9:32:06 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

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To: Dave346

Even if it passes the house, it won’t be by much.
In my opinion, that is equal to a loss. If we go to war, it should be a
overwhelming vote in both the senate and house.
I pity the house members who are last to vote yea.


21 posted on 09/05/2013 10:04:43 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Stop Worrying And Just Learn To Love The Bomb!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Winning a political battle is NO reason to start a war.


22 posted on 09/05/2013 10:06:52 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Stop Worrying And Just Learn To Love The Bomb!)
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To: tennmountainman

Take no responsibility and no one can blame you.

Always have someone else to pin your failures on.

When is my next Tee time.

Obama’s code.


23 posted on 09/05/2013 10:07:22 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (dont worry about Mexico, put the fence around kalifornia.)
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To: Owl558

Yep and from what I now understand he basically was forced into it and was following their lead. I think this time the hawks have pushed him into this and he is dragging his feet till it blows over and conservatives bail him out.


24 posted on 09/05/2013 10:09:38 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: keats5

Blame them for what? What’s stopping him from doing what he wanted to do anyway? I mean, will anyone ask him why isn’t he going through with his idea to bomb syria?


25 posted on 09/05/2013 10:24:39 AM PDT by nikos1121 (“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet)
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To: keats5
And luckily for Cameron he decided he needed the approval of the House. Now he can blame them, and so he does, the disgusting little twerp:

Syria: MPs failed to stand against the gassing of children, says Cameron

Opponents of intervention in Syria failed to take a "stand against the gassing of children", David Cameron says at the G20 summit in St Petersburg, and will have to "live with the way they voted".

26 posted on 09/05/2013 10:33:27 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: tennmountainman

Republicans are always accused of wanting to bomb poor unfortunates in third-world countries for their own political advantage.

Democrats are the ones who always DO it.


27 posted on 09/05/2013 10:35:33 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: PJ-Comix

The best thing would be to bring this to a vote quickly so it can die. But since Boehner already sold out to support it, you can count on delay, delay, and more delay so he and his buddy 0bama can bribe, cajole and threaten to get the 217 or 218 votes they need. In the meantime, the delay exposes this issue for the farce that it is. And since Washington DC is completely out of touch with reality, they will be blind to how much of public embarrassment it becomes.


28 posted on 09/05/2013 11:26:38 AM PDT by henkster (If the Feds create an unlimited demand for bastard children, you get an unlimited supply of them.)
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To: PJ-Comix
Next Monday?

Monday??? Bwa-ha-ha. These guys work Tuesday thru Thursday. If that. They are arriving from their districts on Monday, and they leave on Thursday.

29 posted on 09/05/2013 11:32:03 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: Uncle Miltie

No, but they do have to hold umbrellas for them.


30 posted on 09/05/2013 11:32:34 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: keats5

Taking a poll because he has no principles of his own?


31 posted on 09/05/2013 11:46:20 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: PJ-Comix

No comment, apart from this is probably the gayest photo ever.

32 posted on 09/05/2013 11:49:10 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

lolz

His new name is BenOver Forbama


33 posted on 09/05/2013 11:51:31 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: keats5
My immediate reaction was to wonder why, in this digital age, I’ve never before been contacted by a politician with a poll like this before.

Because he wants to get re-elected, and he knows flying in the face of his constituents on Syria will make it harder for him to do that.

34 posted on 09/05/2013 11:51:40 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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To: PJ-Comix
You know, what we have here is drive by White House. They make one mess and speed off to create the next mess.

They get away with everything because, so far, the police are always two steps behind. They can’t get the facts on the earlier crimes fast enough before the next crime is committed.

I hope people in Congress stop this madness now.

35 posted on 09/05/2013 11:55:52 AM PDT by dforest
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To: PJ-Comix
Maybe Obama will send out Bill Clinton to pitch for “YES” votes. He already send Clinton out to hype ObamaCare yesterday but nobody but nobody noticed.

I don't think Bill Clinton will get involved in this. Over the past several days, the cable news networks and other news outlets have been interviewing every so-called "expert" they can find to get their views on this issue. I've noticed, however, that no one has asked Hillary to weigh in on Syria, even though she was the Secretary of State when the unrest in Syria began, and continued during the remainder of her tenure. She has been staying as far away from this issue as she can, therefore, so will Bill. The fact that she hasn't used this as an opportunity to promote herself in preparation for 2016 is very telling.

36 posted on 09/05/2013 12:03:08 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: PJ-Comix

Has anyone on either side of this fiasco mentioned the possible or probably number of casualties that may result from a strike?

It seems as if this is all about taking out some real estate, not people as well.

Therefore, if we kill 10,000 or 100,000 people on either side of this local dispute will that be a good thing as a smackdown for using gas on less than 2,000 people?


37 posted on 09/05/2013 12:08:16 PM PDT by relentlessly
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