Over a dozen US Senators refuse to sign on to anti-lynching resolution

[carpe diem]

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/06/over-dozen-us-senators-refuse-to-sign.html
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WHO ARE THE TWELVE?
WHO ARE THE TWELVE?
WHO ARE THE TWELVE?
WHO ARE THE TWELVE?

This SHOULD be a rallying cry for the Dems. The party needs to make hay out of this...rather than enabling it. Every speech Howard Dean gives, he should ask this question. It should be in our avatars. When we send emails, it ought to be part of our signature line.

When Republicans go into black communities this ought to be the first, last and every question in between. Like Dean said about support of the Voting Rights Act, this should also be a litmus test for Black support. What was your position on the anti-lynching legislation? How did YOU vote? WHO ARE THE TWELVE that voted against it?

WHO ARE THE TWELVE?
WHO ARE THE TWELVE?
WHO ARE THE TWELVE?
WHO ARE THE TWELVE?
WHO ARE THE TWELVE?

[LeftCoast]

1. I want to know too!

These bastards should be hounded out of office!
:grr:

[pocket]

2. Be careful whay you aks for

Robert Byrd has some bad history with lynching legislation.

[merwin]

3. I don't give a shit if it's R or D. If they don't have the common sense to

oppose lynching, they don't deserve to be representing us.

[dave502d]

6. I don't think Byrd would be one of the dozen. n/t

[iwantmycountryback]

4. Well do we know who the 88 are that supported it?

That would make it pretty easy to figure out. It's absolutely shameful if we cannot find out who did not support this. (Though I have an inkling Trent Lott and Conrad Burns are two of em)

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

13. I bet that nutty Oklahoman is one of them

Coburn or whatever his name is? He seemed like a huge nut in the '04 race.

[Pirate Smile]

5. They need to force a roll call vote.

[MichiDem]

7. Why is the senate spending time on this?

Isn't there anything from the 1990's that they can apologize for?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. I don't think Congress did or failed to do anything in the 1990's

that allowed murderers to go free.

Come on, don't be shy. Tell us why this bothers you so much.

[MichiDem]

14. I just don't see why

the Senate is spending time on this now when there is so much more to do. How does an apology from the Senate of 2005 amend what the Senate of 1935 did or did not do?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. It's still the same institution -- The US Senate.

Would you rather prefer they'd be further expanding the Patrioct Act, drafting constitutional amendments to outlaw abortion, flag burning and gay marriage, and approving judges that don't like Ann Coulter because she's too much to the left for them?

I say, let them lose time. It's a GOOD thing.

[MichiDem]

16. Ok you win LOL

let's keep'em busy and out of trouble

[applegrove]

8. I bet you they are all repukes paying homage to their silent supporters

in the racist districts of America.

Remember - Bush refused to sign onto the Texas law enacted after that man was murdered by being driven behind a car for 5 miles.

Just a wink & a nod - ***holes!

[AirAmFan]

9. The list of 39 holdouts as of Thursday (6 D, 33 R) is at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3851625&mesg_id=3851948 .

The Senate's own list of sponsors and cosponsors (numbering 61 as of Thursday and still at 61 tonight) is at http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SE00039:@@@P .

All but six still not on board are Republicans, mainly from the deep South and from Western states with relatively few African-Americans. The shockers: Neither of Ohio's Republican Senators had cosponsored, nor had Chafee, Grassley, Warner, Wyden, or Reed.

Thus the Republicans have passed up a golden opportunity to give "left cover" to their campaign against the filibuster.

Note that if the Senate leadership engineers a voice vote rather than a roll call, we may never know who voted against the apology. Even some of the co-sponsors may vote against their own bill!

[AX10]

10. I would not accept this without a rollcall vote in which....

the votes are written down.

[WillyT]

11. Damn... Looks Like Dr. Dean Was Correct After All, No ???

:bounce::rofl::bounce:

Who'd a thunk the rePukes would be so... cooperative, LOL!!!

:rofl: