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bobclark86

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40. Close enough...

Reply to RobertEarl (Reply #34)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 10:59 PM

Sep 2013

Six (yes, a whopping six) GOPers shot it down in the House. Mine was one of them...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Resolution#Passage

In a bit of a twist, my GOP House member voted nay, but both of my Democratic senators voted yea. Go figure...

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Now the Democratic Party is the war party. [View all] cali Sep 2013 OP

Let the Humanitarian Missiles Fly! leftstreet Sep 2013 #1

Silly, but a grain of truth: reformist2 Sep 2013 #37

He started one? When? Isoldeblue Sep 2013 #39

Yeah this isn't looking good for Democrats Harmony Blue Sep 2013 #2

I tend to agree with you mazzarro Sep 2013 #3

The Democratic leadership has always been as pro-war as the GOP davidn3600 Sep 2013 #4

Psst: ever hear of World War II, Korea, Vietnam? frazzled Sep 2013 #5

yeah. ever hear of LBJ? Know why he didn't run again? cali Sep 2013 #7

How about Clinton ProSense Sep 2013 #10

Right but the point is that the Democratic party Harmony Blue Sep 2013 #9

WW2 was the one where were were attacked and had war delcared upon us before we Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #12

Disingenuous response frazzled Sep 2013 #15

Um. Germany declared war on us! dawg Sep 2013 #32

I think it is intellectually dishonest to lay Vietnam at JFK's feet. Granted, he HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #26

OK, I'll go with Johnson frazzled Sep 2013 #30

I hardly think the Rs have become Skidmore Sep 2013 #6

didn't say they were. cali Sep 2013 #8

Obama isn't Bush...nt SidDithers Sep 2013 #11

No, he's not. so what? cali Sep 2013 #13

Bush started wars... SidDithers Sep 2013 #16

Obama ended Bush's wars Harmony Blue Sep 2013 #18

When and if he does, then we can talk. Isoldeblue Sep 2013 #38

Bush ended Iraq. TM99 Sep 2013 #19

That's accurate but inconvenient. nt Demo_Chris Sep 2013 #35

Rewriting history is a full-time, albeit minimum wage job. We're all Winston now. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #44

The 2007 status of forces agreement ended Iraq. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #25

What are you babbling about? Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #14

How often did the Dem party take control being antiwar? leftstreet Sep 2013 #17

The Democratic Party has never been an anti-war party. Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #20

Agree. They just pretended to be leftstreet Sep 2013 #22

let me spell it out for those too dim to grasp the obvious. cali Sep 2013 #27

"It will be a lot harder to do that next year, particularly now" Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #29

this thread is really classic DU. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #33

Kick for those who are too dim to grasp the obvious. jessie04 Sep 2013 #43

Now? MFrohike Sep 2013 #21

Democratic war mongers do not deserve to hold or exercise power. Neither do Republicans, but that's HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #23

Green energy progressives Harmony Blue Sep 2013 #28

I just can't see this happening in 'Merica anytime soon, unfortunately... N/t grillo7 Sep 2013 #42

I seem to recall the President getting re-elected handily last time... brooklynite Sep 2013 #24

Insipid nonsense. jessie04 Sep 2013 #31

In the run up to Iraqi invasion RobertEarl Sep 2013 #34

Close enough... bobclark86 Sep 2013 #40

I stand corrected RobertEarl Sep 2013 #41

This will be forgotten by the time American Idol geek tragedy Sep 2013 #36

If you will recall, the Democratic Party has always been the war party. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #45