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Thu Aug-14-08 12:11 PM
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| -Some info I sent to TPM re: McCain, Georgia, and the felony they're about to commit... |
WilliamPitt |
Aug-14-08 04:20 AM |
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Nominated |
H2O Man |
Aug-14-08 05:00 AM |
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No, He is thinking about the Lonnigan Act. |
King Coal |
Aug-14-08 12:56 PM |
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It worked for Poppy in 1980 |
formercia |
Aug-14-08 05:07 AM |
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McCain would rather start a war than lose an election. Georgia thinks they are paying for US support |
bjobotts |
Aug-14-08 04:13 PM |
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McCain wants to be another 'War President.' |
formercia |
Aug-15-08 05:55 AM |
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I'm sure the corporate media will be all over this. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-14-08 05:44 AM |
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Give me until noon |
WilliamPitt |
Aug-14-08 05:47 AM |
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Oh, well, that will make it a front page story on the Times |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 08:19 AM |
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ROFL Boss. That's a good one. |
King Coal |
Aug-14-08 12:59 PM |
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Well, at least get the name right. Sheesh. |
King Coal |
Aug-14-08 12:58 PM |
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What if the Russians come up with dead US contractors in Ossetia? |
formercia |
Aug-14-08 06:02 AM |
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They already did |
TheLastMohican |
Aug-14-08 06:36 AM |
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K & R |
gademocrat7 |
Aug-14-08 06:07 AM |
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Great post |
malaise |
Aug-14-08 06:22 AM |
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Hey Will. Good to see you back in the mix. Great Post. |
annabanana |
Aug-14-08 06:24 AM |
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Help me out here. |
MH1 |
Aug-14-08 06:31 AM |
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While it surely is an assumption, I'd be hard-put to call it a big leap. |
WilliamPitt |
Aug-14-08 07:48 AM |
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So...to counteract that....we arrest them? |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 08:13 AM |
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Nah. We'll just point out their lawbreaking. |
WilliamPitt |
Aug-14-08 08:41 AM |
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Because every American is well-versed in the Logan Act |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 10:00 AM |
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Lannihan. It's called the Lannihan Act. |
King Coal |
Aug-14-08 01:33 PM |
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Yeah but I still don't think you have any evidence of Logan Act violation. |
MH1 |
Aug-14-08 08:46 AM |
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Where, specifically, does McCain say anything about "negotiating"? |
MH1 |
Aug-14-08 08:55 AM |
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McCain SUPPORTERS are not welcome on DU. |
kestrel91316 |
Aug-14-08 10:38 PM |
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Uh, don't get lost on your way back to the DLC bus |
jaybeat |
Aug-14-08 10:48 AM |
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We are not pro-Russian. We just want the truth. |
JDPriestly |
Aug-14-08 02:28 PM |
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Here is another small excerpt from Der Standard. |
JDPriestly |
Aug-14-08 03:40 PM |
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didn't Jesse Jackson do something similar? |
zazen |
Aug-14-08 07:00 AM |
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Yes he did |
conscious evolution |
Aug-14-08 07:24 AM |
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Everyone's missing the double-standard rule: If a REPUBLICAN does it, it's OK.. |
Triana |
Aug-14-08 07:28 AM |
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What a stinging rebuke of Obama |
Crabby Appleton |
Aug-14-08 07:29 AM |
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Thank you |
MH1 |
Aug-14-08 07:42 AM |
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This place has always been a little nutty |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 08:12 AM |
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But was he negotiating with opposing sides? |
Lisa0825 |
Aug-14-08 08:17 AM |
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But there's a big difference between speaking with and negotiating |
Time for change |
Aug-14-08 08:37 AM |
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McCain would rather start a war than lose an election. Lobbyist fees to lobby McCain |
bjobotts |
Aug-14-08 04:19 PM |
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How many wars did he put himself in the middle of? |
WilliamPitt |
Aug-14-08 08:40 AM |
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So, every congressperson or activist who visited Africa over the last 20 years... |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 10:34 AM |
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Have you? Did every Congress person go to Africa with |
babylonsister |
Aug-14-08 11:49 AM |
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I am assuming that at some point an American was in Darfur and asked someone to stop |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 01:08 PM |
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The president sometimes sends emissaries who are charged |
JDPriestly |
Aug-14-08 03:48 PM |
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I think the difference is McCain saying things like: We are all Georgians. |
pnwmom |
Aug-15-08 03:39 AM |
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Was anyone on Obama's staff a paid lobbyist for a country involved in his visit? |
MessiahRp |
Aug-14-08 03:35 PM |
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Obama went with a Congressional delegation as a visitor. |
JDPriestly |
Aug-14-08 03:43 PM |
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i'm sure mr mukasey will be all over this... |
spanone |
Aug-14-08 07:41 AM |
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Find where Rove fits in with his Crimean "vacation"... |
Waiting For Everyman |
Aug-14-08 08:03 AM |
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Yep... |
Mr Hedley Bowes |
Aug-14-08 02:11 PM |
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Rove was busy trying to arrange an "October" surprise in "August" |
bjobotts |
Aug-14-08 04:21 PM |
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The Logan Act has always been about political grandstanding |
starroute |
Aug-14-08 08:07 AM |
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Does this mean that Jesse Jackson can be arrested? |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 08:11 AM |
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McHelter Skelter was appointed Deputy pResident yesterday |
Hubert Flottz |
Aug-14-08 08:13 AM |
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Thank you! |
DailyGrind51 |
Aug-14-08 08:23 AM |
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Unfortunately, no chance in hell Mukasey will prosecute... |
Fiendish Thingy |
Aug-14-08 08:25 AM |
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McCain is getting scarier and scarier -- He appears to be desperate |
Time for change |
Aug-14-08 08:34 AM |
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Are there any agreements that we're breaking by sending 'soldiers' |
higher class |
Aug-14-08 08:35 AM |
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doesn't any member of congress have the right to travel and investigate something |
unblock |
Aug-14-08 08:39 AM |
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You are WRONG, and you are also missing the whole point! |
L. Coyote |
Aug-14-08 09:14 AM |
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how is this different than Obama's trip or Pelosi or other Senators going abroad??? |
LSK |
Aug-14-08 10:09 AM |
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McCain committing yet another adulterous act against the American people |
whistle |
Aug-14-08 10:50 AM |
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Will, is their visit to Georgia any different from Pelosi's to Syria? |
Efilroft Sul |
Aug-14-08 11:13 AM |
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Pelosi just reiterated her support for the Bush administration's |
JDPriestly |
Aug-14-08 03:58 PM |
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Didn't Ronnie Ray-Gun do this with Iraq hostages |
LiberalEsto |
Aug-14-08 11:57 AM |
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The hostages were in Iran |
crickets |
Aug-14-08 11:26 PM |
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There are definitely big questions that need to be aired here. |
bleever |
Aug-14-08 11:59 AM |
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No, there are not |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 12:21 PM |
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With Rove meeting with Saakashvili in Yalta, and Scheunemann |
bleever |
Aug-14-08 12:32 PM |
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kick and thank you |
ensho |
Aug-14-08 12:11 PM |
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K&R!!! |
cliffordu |
Aug-14-08 12:18 PM |
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K&R |
SalviaBlue |
Aug-14-08 12:29 PM |
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So is the Logan Act on Mukassey's list of laws that when violated aren't really crimes? n/t |
hootinholler |
Aug-14-08 12:57 PM |
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There is no violation |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 01:12 PM |
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Thank you Congress, for taking away Junior's fast-track authority. |
formercia |
Aug-14-08 04:18 PM |
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You realize that all Bush has to say is "I'm cool with this" and McCain can do what he wants |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 01:09 PM |
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That was my first thought, too. n/t |
pnwmom |
Aug-15-08 03:40 AM |
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Freepers bring this up anytime a democratic senator goes overseas |
muryan |
Aug-14-08 01:47 PM |
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Exactly....we are becoming as stupid as Freepers |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 01:53 PM |
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Maybe King George told him he could do it and thus it isn't a crime. |
ray of light |
Aug-14-08 04:16 PM |
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It's not a crime |
theboss |
Aug-14-08 04:23 PM |
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Just watch....McCain will get things done that bush can't |
notadmblnd |
Aug-14-08 04:33 PM |
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As long as Bushler authorizes the trip in any way, it is legal. |
Swamp Rat |
Aug-14-08 04:33 PM |
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Yep. The warmonger that McSame is... |
Life Long Dem |
Aug-14-08 05:44 PM |
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Maybe Leiberbush and Graham are just the bag men. |
Vinca |
Aug-14-08 05:46 PM |
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McCain changed this law yesterday with a "Signing Statement". |
sellitman |
Aug-14-08 05:52 PM |
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Don't look now, but Iran is only 200 Miles south of this "War" |
Grinchie |
Aug-14-08 08:09 PM |
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Good on you for trying. Truly, you are a patriot. |
beac |
Aug-14-08 08:57 PM |
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K&R |
RedLetterRev |
Aug-14-08 09:54 PM |
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Wow. I am so freaking sick of the cold war. |
crickets |
Aug-14-08 11:55 PM |
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Excellent. K&R. To the very top! |
David Zephyr |
Aug-14-08 09:58 PM |
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McCocaine (I like to call him like that) should be prosecuted.... |
jeff30997 |
Aug-14-08 10:21 PM |
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News flash to Will Pitt: |
kestrel91316 |
Aug-14-08 10:35 PM |
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Unfortunately, McCain Didn't Say They'd be Negotiating |
ribofunk |
Aug-14-08 11:16 PM |
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Good point. Perhaps Mikheil Saakashvili will make it unnecessary for anyone to ask. |
crickets |
Aug-15-08 12:11 AM |
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109th recommendation and will kick as needed. nt |
nc4bo |
Aug-14-08 11:58 PM |
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I love Ahhnold. |
IamyourTVandIownyou |
Aug-15-08 12:05 AM |
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The Logan Act is an arcane relic that can't really be enforced |
Hippo_Tron |
Aug-15-08 12:14 AM |
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Unless I'm missing something, Georgia already did |
Waiting For Everyman |
Aug-15-08 02:23 AM |
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Are you suggesting that the Secretary of State can't negotiate? |
theboss |
Aug-15-08 08:17 AM |
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In that case he's collaborating with the administration... |
Hippo_Tron |
Aug-15-08 11:08 PM |
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kick |
AllieB |
Aug-16-08 09:27 AM |
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