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avebury

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38. But it pisses people off to know that their tax dollars are

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 07:32 PM

Mar 2015

wasted defending legislation that the Legislators know will never survive a court challenge. The Ten Commandment Monument bill had, built in it, a legal defense fund. Now I don't know about you, but if you have to build a legal defense fund into a bill, that should be a pretty clear indication that you should not be passing that bill in the first place.

It an oxymoron to say that they have the constitutional right to pass unconstitutional laws. I am fed up with Democrats not standing up to the Republicans and calling them out on their crap. A few do must most don't. As a result, the Republicans and Tea Partiers have a feeling of invincibility and they just keep getting worse and worse.

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Poll: Should the 47 Republican Senators who signed onto the Iraq letter [View all] cali Mar 2015 OP

Sigh NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #1

expressive but hardly elucidating cali Mar 2015 #6

No. I will add their moves which should not be separated from the invite to Netanyahu Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #2

You may be right, but Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #3

I'm pretty much w/ you on that point.Repubs have pushed the limits of legality and respect regarding Panich52 Mar 2015 #46

Of course I meant banksters, not bannisters. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #48

A lame duck President directing an unpopular Attorney General to indict half the Senate. name not needed Mar 2015 #4

Absolutely yes! avebury Mar 2015 #5

So if it was say 47 dems who wrote a letter cali Mar 2015 #7

But it wasn't 47 dems that wrote a letter to Iran. People can pretend that is an issue Rex Mar 2015 #9

But we're not at war with Iran, and the Logan Act is unconstitutional. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #10

We are at war with their neighbor did you forget? And the letter can have untold Rex Mar 2015 #12

Again, we're not at war with Iran, GGJohn Mar 2015 #14

Right. Nice try. Again. Rex Mar 2015 #15

Right. Nice try. Again, GGJohn Mar 2015 #19

See post #22 Rex Mar 2015 #23

See post #19. GGJohn Mar 2015 #24

yeah. right. this is about defending the 47 republicans. Fail. Again cali Mar 2015 #20

I know it is. Thanks for admitting it. Rex Mar 2015 #22

gee. you seem not to understand simple English. cali Mar 2015 #26

That is why I sighed...real clear to me too NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #27

We were as much "at war" with the Sandanistas when the Dear Comandante letter onenote Mar 2015 #50

ack. that you think that, is frightening. so the dems who were vocal in opposition cali Mar 2015 #11

Vocal? Did 47 dems send a letter to Saddam Hussein trying to undermine Bush in Iraq? Rex Mar 2015 #13

I'm simply asking you to reflect on a hypothetical that is most certainly not cali Mar 2015 #17

There is a HUGE difference between trying to undermine the POTUS during negotiations with Iran Rex Mar 2015 #21

You now think you can speak for the rest of the world? wow. cali Mar 2015 #25

You sling that word traitor rather loosly. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #33

Bonehead moves seem to be consistently avebury Mar 2015 #28

I can get your frustrated and your perspective is at least in part informed by your living in cali Mar 2015 #34

But it pisses people off to know that their tax dollars are avebury Mar 2015 #38

As another member said, GGJohn Mar 2015 #8

Like, like, like Avebury's comment. kajsa williams Mar 2015 #49

The Logan Act is a red herring These senators likely have full immunity under the Speech and Debate tritsofme Mar 2015 #16

thanks. cali Mar 2015 #18

yes - it would show the repugs that we can't be pushed around samsingh Mar 2015 #29

No not really but it is nice to watch the bastards squirm. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #30

squirm? i hardly think so. onenote Mar 2015 #39

Pelosi: My trip to Syria in 2007 was nothing like the GOP's Iran letter NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #31

be traded to Iran? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #32

You have a major one-letter typo in the title cpwm17 Mar 2015 #35

I see something like this, and I think YarnAddict Mar 2015 #36

Like the Netanyahu speech, the letter was a PR stunt that blew up in their faces. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #37

Yup, as the saying goes, GGJohn Mar 2015 #41

Look, the repubs IMPEACHED! Clinton for a BJ. BillZBubb Mar 2015 #40

And when it's thrown out of court as unconstitutional, then what? eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #45

This is politics. It doesn't matter what the courts do. BillZBubb Mar 2015 #47

Doesn't make any difference to me customerserviceguy Mar 2015 #42

RW talking points about Nancy Pelosi. Kingofalldems Mar 2015 #43

uh, no. I posted a wiki article about the Logan Act and how it's been used to make a point cali Mar 2015 #51

Pass. Fake poll in my opinion. Kingofalldems Mar 2015 #44