405-1

[jenmito]

The House just passed a resolution to condemn "ongoing violence" by Iranian govt. The 1 "no" vote was Ron Paul. Way to go, Dems.! :eyes:

[Kalyke]

1. Why? For what purpose?

It's none of our freakin' business!!! :grr:

[jenmito]

3. To go against Obama...

and not look like we're "against democracy," I guess. We can't have the Repubs. looking more "patriotic" than us. :eyes:

[MercutioATC]

2. They should take legislators who propose legislation like this out back and shoot them.

They're obviously of no use to anybody.

[tekisui]

4. Dumb move. This rhetoric just escalates.

[jenmito]

5. I know. What a shame the Dems. in the house side with the Repubs. instead

of the President.

[quantass]

6. Everyday i wonder if it's more of an embarassment to be called a Democrat.

:crazy:

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. And this is what our tax dollars pay for?

They all suck in one form or another.

[Orsino]

14. Well, it's what lobbying buys.

I'm afraid we'll be paying for this in more than dollars.

[beachmom]

8. Totally stupid and childish. House Democrats have no discipline whatsoever.

Neither discipline with respect to foreign policy nor party discipline.

[jenmito]

9. Exactly. It doesn't even MATTER that we have a majority.

They may as well all be Repubs.

[Thrill]

10. Dumbass Democrats go along with a Republican Ploy to attack Obama

A bunch of damn fools

They can find the time to vote on this nonsense. But not the time to vote on Repealing DADT or EFCA??

[jenmito]

11. It's sickening. n/t

[grillo7]

40. You're completely right...

Watch CSPAN sometime if you don't already...it's sickening the amount of time taken up by congratulating sports teams, or passing resolutions like "Measure to Rename the 'Podunktown Post Office' to 'Wilbur J. Jones Post Office'". This is just another, pointless variation of that.

[frylock]

12. pretty bold statement..

next on the agenda, a resolution to declare that kittens are cute.

[jenmito]

13. Well, it kind of defies Obama by meddling...

which seems to be the norm-even for Dems. Their next resolution will probably be to declare Portugese Water Dogs the ugliest of dogs.

[LiberalFighter]

15. And the other 29 didn't have the guts to vote?

[jenmito]

16. Maybe they weren't there.

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. Two members took the coward's way out and voted 'Present':

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll411.xml

[yourguide]

18. All of the dems should have voted present.

We shouldnt be meddling just yet.

[Aloha Spirit]

20. I disagree, voting present or not voting I think were acceptable ways of opposing it.

The language is fucking ridiculous

That the House of Representatives--
(1) expresses its support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law;
(2) condemns the ongoing violence against demonstrators by the Government of Iran and pro-government militias, as well as the ongoing government suppression of independent electronic communication through interference with the Internet and cellphones; and
(3) affirms the universality of individual rights and the importance of democratic and fair elections.


Voting no, you don't support those things would have been more brave, but I still thanked my representative for not voting.

[Blue_Tires]

19. ron paul likes the violence?

or is he so used to going against the grain he automatically votes no for anything the house is mostly in favor of?

[Aloha Spirit]

21. He's against the US meddling in other countries' affairs

which was the purpose of this resolution.

[SoxFan]

27. He's an equal-opportunity douchebag

If people like Ronzo had their way, Hitler and Stalin would have carved up the planet between them.

[jenmito]

23. No. He's against interference of this election-just like Obama.

[NoPasaran]

34. Ron Paul and Hugo Chavez, apparently

At least the Rondroids won't blame translation errors by the imperialist media.

[TeamJordan23]

22. The envy of Obama runs deep - even in our own party. nm

[jenmito]

24. It sure looks that way!

[Aloha Spirit]

25. According to Gibbs on hr560: We welcome it, it echoes Obama.

Lol.
I guess that's one way of dealing with it.

[jenmito]

28. Yeah...

I heard him say that. Obama DID speak out against the violence and in favor of having the will of the people heard, but he didn't go farther than that. And the House didn't say what McCain was saying-that the people should not have to live with 4 more years of Ahmadinejad. So I guess the RWers lost a talking point today with Gibbs' answer.

[Phx_Dem]

26. Well at least we have one smart person in the House, and 405 butinskis.

[Occam Bandage]

29. And the Broken Clock of Texas is right once again.

[Seeking Serenity]

30. How is this "meddling?"

All kinds of people are opining about the situation in Iran. This measure doesn't do anything but express the Congress's viewpoint.

So how is this meddling?

[jenmito]

31. It's just that the Repubs.' floor speeches and what they said at their presser

were claiming Obama's "confused" and "unwilling to speak up for the protestors" and making trouble, talking as if it's their right to force "liberty" on Iran.

[Seeking Serenity]

36. But no one I'm aware of is talking about forcing anything

Just expressing support for the Iranian people's desire to have their wishes and desires accepted by their country's leaders, and against any violence against the people by the ruling oligarchy.

Who said anything about us using force?

[AllentownJake]

32. We just can't keep our fucking mouths shut can we?

[lunatica]

33. They just managed to make Obama look really good for refusing to meddle!

If they think this will hurt Obama they're sadly delusional. Arabs and Persians along with every other country will respect him more for refusing to ratchet up the incessantly bellicose rhetoric that Americans seem to love so much.

But I suspect they know this and are voting because they can't really condone violence in other countries. It's a 'safe' vote which is just symolic.

[ProSense]

35. Yup. Congress walked right into the Repubs

spin machine:

Congress Backs Iran Protests (updated)

Obama is standing his ground:

The President on Iran: "The World is Watching"

[Lisa0825]

37. LMAO! That's my rep! At least he's consistent! nt

[eridani]

38. Way to empower the mullah whackjobs, Congress! n/t

[Flaneur]

39. More empty posturing. Yay!

Was this before or after they passed their $106 billion imperial war funding bill?

Wow, kinda hard to be against "ongoing violence" in Iran while perpetrating on-going mega-violence on either side of it.

[Optical.Catalyst]

41. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKg5-asGRHY