Specs, roll call on Lieberman-Kyl non-binding resolution

First of all, another “not voting” for Obama. I’m sorry, but that is just not okay. He has got to vote on this stuff or he loses all rights to stick others with their votes. Bad, bad form.

Second, read the details here at The Carpetbagger Report and see the roll call here. From Carpetbagger:

In the 11th hour, the Lieberman-Kyl measure was pulled, so that proponents could give the language a little touch-up. It came back today, and passed fairly easily.

The Kyl-Lieberman Iran amendment — which ratchets up the confrontation with Iran by calling for the designation of its armed forces a terrorist organization responsible for killing U.S. troops — just passed overwhelmingly, 76-22.

Of the Dem Presidential candidates, Hillary voted for the measure, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd opposed it, and Barack Obama missed the vote. On the GOP side, John McCain missed the vote.

To be sure, the revised version is preferable to the original. Two offending paragraphs, in particular, were omitted entirely, including the notion that “it should be the policy of the United States to combat, contain, and roll back the violent activities and destabilizing influence inside Iraq of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, its foreign facilitators such as Lebanese Hezbollah, and its indigenous Iraqi proxies.”

Indeed, the original resolution also included language that the Senate would “support the prudent and calibrated use of all instruments of United States national power in Iraq, including diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military instruments,” as part of our drive to “combat” Iran’s “destabilizing influence.”

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown voted against it and George Voinovich voted for it.

So, anyone think more about this post’s ideas yet?

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:03 pm September 26th, 2007 in Military, Government

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4 Responses to “Specs, roll call on Lieberman-Kyl non-binding resolution”

1 Brian on September 27th, 2007 12:56 pm

Brown took the most prudent action; Vionovich acted without his supposed “core belief” and is a coward. This measure is leading us straight into another war that has no strategic significance to this country. I am dismayed over this grand standing to “get tough” with Iran, when the real enemy is Saudi Arabia.

I hope all of you lefties that read this site realize that your Democratic candidates are right there with the neocons and republicans getting ready for the next war. Yep all of your democrat leaders are reaping millions of dollars off of this war. Good red blood to help paint your socailist banners!

But the only candidate out there speaking the real truth is RON PAUL. He is the only one that speaks from the US Constitution. So remember that when you get ready to pull the lever for her HIGH-ASS Hillary.

VOTE FOR RON PAUL!
2 Jill Miller Zimon on September 27th, 2007 1:48 pm

Brian - we were good there for good part of tht comment!

Okay - well- guess what!? We are in agreement where you say:

“I am dismayed over this grand standing to “get tough” with Iran, when the real enemy is Saudi Arabia.”

The reaping millions thing? Care to say more about that? That’s not been my impression - what exactly are you referencing?

Now, seriously, other than say stuff like this:

“I hope all of you lefties that read this site realize that your Democratic candidates are right there with the neocons and republicans getting ready for the next war.”

because I really hope such predictions are wrong though I’m not holding my breath, what do YOU suggest citizens, voters do? Honest.
3 Brian on September 27th, 2007 3:53 pm

I told you, vote for Ron Paul; it’s easy as pie.
4 Jill Miller Zimon on September 27th, 2007 4:04 pm

I have a mental block on him because one of the Paul twins, Caroline (although it’s her sister Alexandra, from Baywatch, whose info confirms it was GU - but Caroline didn’t graduate from GU, she graduated from Stanford) - went to my college for a while when I was there. So, when I hear Ron Paul, I always think of them. And then, nothing else. He should be so lucky for everyone to picture those two women before him, huh?