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Blue Idaho

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6. Further benefits...

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 08:52 PM

Aug 2013

If these modern day John Bircher's vote in favor of going into Syria - they own the consequences. If they vote against it - they also own the consequences. Either way they lose the ability to sit on the sidelines and carp about what the President did. If they refuse to act they look like weaklings just before they start whining about the budget - strengthening the President's position.

We win because for once the government actually functions as advertised.

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Obama going to Congress might have been the best political move [View all] gopiscrap Aug 2013 OP

Good points! immoderate Aug 2013 #1

thanks gopiscrap Aug 2013 #2

or, he might know that he doesn't have the votes greenman3610 Aug 2013 #3

Yeah I was thinking that was possible also gopiscrap Aug 2013 #4

If Bush were in office all kinds of people would be saying we Skink Aug 2013 #5

Further benefits... Blue Idaho Aug 2013 #6

Having Congress to authorize a strike is brilliant, Obama has put out he is willing to strike Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #7

Less political and more moral. What do Americans want? Their representatives know their will. freshwest Aug 2013 #8

I thought this was about gassing civilians. rug Aug 2013 #9

Or is it about Blue Idaho Aug 2013 #10

It is about that but this thread is appears to be about intramural Congressional politics. rug Aug 2013 #12

That is a very fair point... Blue Idaho Aug 2013 #14

Always. It just strikes me as odd given how he phrased the issue. rug Aug 2013 #16

Who was gassed should be irrelevant. MNBrewer Aug 2013 #11

I don't get the glee, then, about brilliant political moves. rug Aug 2013 #13

I don't get it either MNBrewer Aug 2013 #15

It was "political" all along... kentuck Sep 2013 #17

Everything is always about politics gopiscrap Sep 2013 #18