TRAITORS! (Part Two)

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Traitors (Part One): http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026345095

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1. Kickin'

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2. thanks Faux pas

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17. yw napkinz

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3. Why 47 Senators Should Be Headed To Prison

By Marty Townsend on March 10, 2015

The Logan Act is pretty simple and easy to understand. It reads:

“18 U.S. Code § 953 – Private correspondence with foreign governments

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”

So what part of that did Senator Tom Cotton fail to grasp when he penned his recent open letter to the Iranian government? There is no fancy-schmancy legal mumbo-jumbo in that wording. Not much room for alternate interpretations. So why the confusion? And why did 46 other senior Senators sign it?

They should have known better.

If anything, I would think that perhaps Mr. Cotton’s letter calls to the citizens of the United States to perhaps consider term limits for our representatives. If they have become so ensconced in their imagined power that he would include this ominous threat, it is evident that they feel they are untouchable:

“Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement. Second, the offices of our Constitution have different characteristics. For example, the president may serve only two 4-year terms, whereas senators may serve an unlimited number of 6-year terms. As applied today, for instance, President Obama will leave office in January 2017, while most of us will remain in office well beyond then—perhaps decades.”

read more: http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/03/10/why-47-senators-should-be-headed-to-prison/

[madokie]

5. No doubt

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11. they have to get in line ... still waiting for --->

[mnhtnbb]

14. This is the problem. Once these characters faced no charges for their lies and war crimes, Repubs

figured they could get away with anything. So they commenced to undermine, thwart, obstruct
the duly elected President Obama any way they could.

Republicans are nothing but arrogant, bigoted, power hungry a$$holes.

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15. goes back to

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18. True.

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33. When Speaker Pelosi went to see Assad in 2007

over White House protests, should she have been sent to prison? The lack of knowledge about the Constitution is unbelievable.

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34. Jon Stewart got it wrong too ...

posted by One of the 99

Jon Stewart's False Analogy

"Pelosi wasn't undermining a multi-national negotiation or even then US foreign policy efforts."

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026346448

[former9thward]

36. Yes she was.

It was U.S. policy to isolate then Syrian terrorist regime. She met with him and negotiated with him. It was a mistake for someone it her position.

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37. Rep. Pelosi Makes Clear Why Her Syria Trip in '07 Was Nothing Like GOP's Iran Letter

posted by bigtree

from The Hill:


____The office of the House minority leader issued a scathing statement Wednesday night saying her meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad was part of a bipartisan effort — conducted through the Bush administration — to encourage peace in the region, and accusing Republicans of launching a "desperate" defense of their Iran letter to mask criticisms coming from both sides of the aisle.

"The desperate hyperventilation by Republicans and conservative talkers over the intense, national backlash to this letter has caused them to search for a Democratic equivalent to the dangerous precedent set by 47 Republican Senators," said Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill. "The fact is, there is simply not one."

...Hammill emphasized Wednesday that Pelosi's delegation included then-Rep. David Hobson (R-Ohio), a senior defense appropriator; it was preceded just days earlier by a similar visit to Damascus by GOP Reps. Joe Pitts (Pa.), Robert Aderholt (Ala.) and former GOP Rep. Frank Wolf (Va.). And Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.) met with Assad just a day after Pelosi did — a meeting that led Johndroe to comment, "We just don't think this is helpful."

"This visit was organized by the Bush State Department, executed by the Bush Defense Department, and officials from the Bush Administration's Embassy at the time in Damascus even sat in the meeting with President Assad," Hammill said. "As Republican Congressman David Hobson said at the time about the delegation's visit to Syria, 'I think we actually helped the administration's position by showing there's not dissension.'

"The comparison between the Republican Senator letter to Iran and Leader's Pelosi bipartisan delegation to the Middle East in 2007 does not stand up to any level of scrutiny," he charged.

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026357169

[former9thward]

38. Oh, the White House protested the visit

but they arranged it. Right.

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39. ...

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41. Were those "top Republicans"-- who were nobodies,

the #3 leader in our government? Did they have the power to stop any legislation they don't want or push a vote on any legislation they do want? Do two wrongs make a right in your world?

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4. K and R! nt

[Bobbie Jo]

6. Sending you off to the greatests again!

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7. Excellent job putthing these together for us!

Thank you!

[napkinz]

8. thank you ... be sure to see part one :)

more at http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026345095

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9. Thank you for that one, too!

It's great to have them organized like this.

[Gothmog]

10. Thanks for posting

These are great

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12. thanks Gothmog

[Stuart G]

13. k and r.. truly great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..nt

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16. read all about it ...

There’s No More Denying It: Republicans Have Committed Treason

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/theres-no-denying-republicans-committed-treason/

47 GOP Senators And Members Of Congress Are In Violation Of The Logan Act

http://freakoutnation.com/2015/03/47-gop-senators-and-members-of-congress-are-in-violation-of-the-logan-act/

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19. National Outrage Grows As 22 Newspaper Editorials Blast Senate Republican Letter To Iran

"Newspapers all across the country are ripping the 47 Senate Republicans who attempted to sabotage President Obama by writing a letter to Iran. Here is a sampling of the criticism from no less than 22 newspaper editorial boards."

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/11/chat-on-86/#comments

There should be more! Thank you, napkinz for following up on Traitors Part Two!



http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/11/early-bird-rise-and-shine-24/#comments

[napkinz]

20. if only the MSM would spend less time on deleted emails and more on Republican TREASON

this letter sent by the "47 Traitors" should be the lead story

[Cha]

21. Yes, it should be .. but, that's been the "media's" job for a long time.. covering up gop idiocy and

manufacturing scandals for Dems. Amirite?

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22. these two in particular on MSNBC ...

[Cha]

23. I loathe those mediawhore pimps for Greedy Billionaire$.. not to say there aren't any

who want to pay their fair share.. 'cause there are.

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24. Bernie Sanders Explains How 47 Treasonous GOP Senators Tried To Sabotage World Peace

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/03/10/bernie-sanders-explains-47-treasonous-republican-senators-sabotage-world-peace.html

[malaise]

25. Fabulous Part 2

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26. thanks malaise

for the Republicans, this must be like The Hangover Part II

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27. It's like Swiss chocolate for me

Fugg the ReTHUGs

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28. Thomas cotton, is nothing more than a fucking tool.

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29. yep

[Cha]

30. Oh Snap, another draft has surfaced!

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/11/a-tweet-or-two-258/

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31. I love these letters ... they are so "Tea Party"

thanks for sharing!

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32. another letter!

[Cha]

35. And, that is why we call them "Traitortots"!

mahalo napkinz

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40. and another ... :)

[Cha]

42. OMZ.. HAHA.. that's the BEST ONE YET!