Ted Kennedy will explain it to those of you

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who still haven't figured out that Dean was being deceptive when he accused the other Dems of giving Bush a "blank check" while all along he supported Biden-Lugar but failed to enlighten his audiences of the similarities in the two versions of the IWR.

We have every right to believe the media purposely looked the other way while Dean used IWR as a wedge issue.

Oct. 2002

Kennedy, and presumably from context Robert Byrd agrees, doesn't seem to see a whole lot of difference between Biden-Lugar and the version that passed. (thanks Cocoa)

http://www.monitor.net/monitor/0210a/iraqdebate4.html

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The test in the Gephardt-Lieberman-Warner Resolution says to defend against the continuing threat from Iraq -- that is the operative word. And in Biden-Lugar it talks about dealing with the threat of Iraq is "so grave" that force should be used. New words, "so grave." The President already said it was a grave situation.

In effect, if that was to be accepted -- the President already said it was a grave situation. It would, in effect, grant unilaterally, without any involvement in the international community, any effort whatsoever to try and bring allies into this, give the authority for the President to go ahead with war, as the President has indicated he may very well do.
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