24 abstentions in the senate...very interesting.
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Thu Jan-06-05 03:54 PM
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| 24 abstentions in the senate...very interesting. |
| BurtWorm
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Thu Jan-06-05 03:55 PM
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| 1. Abstentions, or absents? |
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There's a big difference.
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| zann725
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:47 PM
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| 9. Feinstein was out "sick" today, I think. And judging from the letter she |
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sent me today, she feels there ALREADY IS enough voter legislation and protection in place as-is.
Though she DOES want me to write her again.
I think NOT.
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| AG78
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Thu Jan-06-05 03:55 PM
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| 2. Some are out of the country |
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Kerry is over in Jordan, and Kyl is in Israel I believe.
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| IndianaGreen
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Thu Jan-06-05 03:58 PM
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| 4. Kerry already said he wasn't supporting the Ohio challenge |
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It was more important for Kerry to get a photo op with the troops that his IWR-vote was partly responsible for being in Iraq.
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| Benhurst
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:03 PM
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| 5. No, Kerry is right here in North Carolina with me. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:29 PM
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| 6. I want Kerry supporting the troops, photo-op or not. |
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I trust him to figure out the mess over there moreso than Bush. He detailed atrocities in Vietnam, and I'm sure he'll let us know what Bush isn't telling us.
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| IndianaGreen
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:31 PM
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| 7. "Support the troops" = Support the war |
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If Kerry really wanted to support the troops he would be calling for an immediate and unconditional US withdrawal from Iraq, together with the payment of war reparations and war crimes tribunals for those responsible for the war.
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| Bouncy Ball
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Thu Jan-06-05 05:08 PM
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| 12. support the troops does NOT necessarily equal supporting the war |
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but I do agree with the meat of your post:
"If Kerry really wanted to support the troops he would be calling for an immediate and unconditional US withdrawal from Iraq, together with the payment of war reparations and war crimes tribunals for those responsible for the war."
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| blm
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Thu Jan-06-05 03:57 PM
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| 3. some had to get to the Gonzales hearing and couldn't vote |
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Edited on Thu Jan-06-05 03:59 PM by blm
and some are out of the country. Those would be absent.
Did someone formally abstain?
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| Leilani
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:39 PM
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| 8. I think a lot of people were absent |
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I think they go out of session tomorrow, until after the inauguration.
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:50 PM
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| 10. Who were the absent ones |
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Thu Jan-06-05 05:04 PM
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| 11. 55 Repukes and only 20 Dems were present. |
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That means 25 "absent" Dems.
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