Sen. Reid - "Shut up and vote is not democracy"

[Roland99]

Well said!

[lavenderdiva]

1. short and sweet! love it!

:loveya:

[livetohike]

2. Why we have to remind the Republicans of the obvious

is sad.

[mdmc]

3. Reid you liar

Why did you shut up and vote for the war?

[Roland99]

5. There was no vote FOR the war...there was a vote for authorization

if force was necessary.

Remember Kerry's point during the campaign? Bush abuse the trust placed in him by the Senate.

[mdmc]

8. Yeah , that was a real forceful point during the campaign.

Amazing that we lost.

This is why the Dems lose. We "oppose" the war, but vote for Bush to do whatever he wants.

There is no need for congress to authorize the use of force in self defense. There was no need to support this vote, except to jock Bush.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. We didn't lose. They stole the election. n/t

[mdmc]

23. is that what Kerry and Edwards say?

:kick:

[rockymountaindem]

21. If you can't (or won't) articulate your own candidate's stance

and wrap your mind around the facts, then how exactly are you contributing? Instead you're using the simplest interpretation of Kerry's (and other Democrats') actions to bash the party and the campaign. I know other people who did that, and they are called neocons.

[mdmc]

24. Who gives a f- about my candidates stance?

This is my stance - as a party Democrat (I'm not on the DNC or even the NYS Dem committee, but I AM on my local committee).

MY PARTY IS NO DIFFERENT THEN THE GOP. MY PARTY IS NEOCON.

I'm fighting the neocons from the inside. I see 2004 as a victory in that we were able to get one Senator to have a backbone. To me, that is a 100% improvement from 2000.

:kick:

[Walt Starr]

11. I consider that explanation a copout

they knew damn well and good it was a green light for war.

[Roland99]

19. But they'd also been misled by edited versions of intelligence

to fully believe Saddam had stockpiles of WMDs.

[mdmc]

26. Congress does not need to approve self defense

this vote was to cheer lead for war in the disguise of patriotism.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

12. yah that message really worked during the election against bush

:eyes:

[ClassWarrior]

20. Apparently it did. We won.

NGU.

[mdmc]

28. Kerry won? Does Kerry think he won? Or does he think that he lost fair

and square?

[mdmc]

27. great message for the dems, right?

[Fla Dem]

22. So he learned from his mistake. One hopefully he won't make again.

Besides then they were lined up behind Daschle. Bush was newly elected, no one knew then how duplicitous he and his administration were. Now they know and we don't expect them to make it easy for the Rethugs to roll over us as they did during the first term.

[Arkana]

4. Who is this and what happened to Spineless Harry?

Very good! The floodgates are opened, thanks to the Boxer Rebellion!

[DinahMoeHum]

10. So then, why did he vote YES to confirm Rice?

Didn't match his action to his rhetoric there.

:grr:

[Robbien]

18. Yes, he did for for Rice. It appears the man talks a good game

but then votes his support for the Bush Gang. Now that we know he voted for the war and voted support for Rice's lies getting us into the war, wonder if he is also going to vote for support of torture? Bush says shut up and vote yes. Reid complains but says yes Sir.

[quinnox]

6. Reid rocks!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. Reid is 100 times the leader that Daschle dreamed of being.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

25. I disagree. He is better (but not that much)

anyway, I told you guys you would love him as leader!

[Skidmore]

9. Will make a great bumper sticker.

[Individualist]

14. Actions speak louder than words

Reid voted to confirm Condiliar.

[cry baby]

15. No, he voted no to condi! n/t

On edit: Oops, I am wrong, I got the wrong "Reid", he did vote yes, the other "Reed" voted no....SORRY!!

[Individualist]

16. You're wrong

You may be confusing Reid with Jack Reed who voted no. www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1534004

[cry baby]

17. You're right, I am confused - I edited my post...

Reid vs. Reed.....Sorry!