Posted on 03/11/2015 1:48:52 PM PDT by BerniesFriend
Translation: The letter has probably scuttled the deal.
Ahh yes, the behind the scenes republicans who cannot be named.
Okay, so it worked, then.
The letter was the most brilliant and effective bit of politics played by the pubbies in 20 years.
The letter merely cited the US Constitution
something Obama is supposedly knowledgeable about (he must be, he’s gone down and attacked every one of our constitutional liberties)
and something the Iranian IslamoNazi Mullahs could also look up in about 30 seconds on the internet
no big deal. But hopefully the letter has served to stop a complete disaster of a fake ‘deal’ from being crammed down our throats
It took Tom Cotton; someone newly elected since last November, to show the bold sense of leadership and make a statement to Obama. I’m glad they did it. I’m sure Boehner and McConnell wonder how they ‘let this happen’.
According to the Constitution, foreign treaties must be confirmed by the Senate before they have any official weight. Unfortunately, we seem to have lost sight of that in recent years, and the Press seems to have forgotten it.
No one who signed the letter is quoted in the article! (Oh, except one unidentified Congressional Aide who works for someone who allegedly signed the letter. I bet.)
It only quotes those who didn’t sign the letter. Of course, they didn’t think it was a good idea. Well, duh! If you thought it was a good idea, you would have signed it! (Granted, it should have been to Obama, copy Tehran; that is the only tactical mistake, imho.)
It did bring attention to the fact: (1) Obama is doing the deal without Senate input or approval, and has said so, (basically he already told them to kiss off) and (2) its a crappy deal. Pathway to a nuke. Takes the ability of us or our allies (read - Israel; we don’t have the nerve) to bomb the centrifuge locations.
Neither point would be in the public domain for all the low info voters to see (OK, many still don’t get it), but it put everyone on notice that, come January 2017, if we reneg - we told you so! Even Kerry agreed it was a non-binding contract. And as Cotton tweeted - they why do it?
Why do a 10 year deal and not get Congressional approval making it permanent? Answer: because you know the deal is weak and have absolutely no intention of asking for approval from those bums on the other end of the Mall.
Actually I agree to a point. They didn’t need to write Khamenni. They could have accomplished the same thing with an open letter in the media.
Standing up for America is never a bad call. If you think it is them you are part of the problem...........
Holy cow I cannot believe the pussies in this party. The Treason party berates then and the next day they are all cowering under their desk “ooooh please don’t be angry with me Mr. Terrorist supporter! Oooh!” NO wonder the Treasonists get away with all the crap they do.
-Tim Mak-
Daily Beast Obamabots desperately reaching? I don’t see a single quote from the article that supports the title of this piece. The only dumb idea I see is the idiot who decided to write the article the first place.
That explains a lot.
Sure. But, it recent history if a Dem coalition sent a letter to Moscow to warn them that any Nuclear agreement would be changed with the next Pres, the GOP would have went ape. Nor did the Dems do that, they allowed Reagan to negotiate.
Reagan was an American loyal to America. (And the Senate still had the constitutional last word on anything he negotiated anyway, just as now ). Best,
I’ll be happy if, because of that letter, Obola’s surrender deal never gets done. But OTOH; are these signatories part of the same gang who caved and sprinkled (un)holy water on Dear Leader’s amnesty plan? Whatever happened to good old-fashioned consistency?
I think it was a great idea, it got Obola’s and Kerry’s panties in a wad. I think conservatives should make it a priority to pull there chains as much as possible, make the clowns show how dumb they are. (”It is not a speech!”)JFnK, LOL
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