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In reply to the discussion: Alan Grayson Stands Up to Republican Attempt to Push Through Keystone Pipeline. [View all]AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)27. What are the odds that Obama would veto? In contrast to FDR with 635 vetoes, Obama has only 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_vetoes
If you exclude James Garfield who was only president for 6 1/2 months, you would have to go back to Millard Fillmore to find a president who has vetoed less. Even then, he only served a partial term as a president.
I respectfully suggest that it's not going to happen.
If you exclude James Garfield who was only president for 6 1/2 months, you would have to go back to Millard Fillmore to find a president who has vetoed less. Even then, he only served a partial term as a president.
I respectfully suggest that it's not going to happen.
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Alan Grayson Stands Up to Republican Attempt to Push Through Keystone Pipeline. [View all]
IronicNews
May 2013
OP
Thanks Alan for standing up in that pit of vipers. Foreign oil companies bought them out.
freshwest
May 2013
#4
Thank you, defacto 7, for placing this event in its proper political context.
JDPriestly
May 2013
#29
What are the odds that Obama would veto? In contrast to FDR with 635 vetoes, Obama has only 2.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#27
He has to veto it because we can't afford to burn the carbon in the tar sands.
limpyhobbler
May 2013
#35
They need to hammer it home. Over and over again -- like the Republicans do with their lies.
gateley
May 2013
#22
The hammer is the media. We don't control it, they do. We'll just have to keep it up here, gateley.
freshwest
May 2013
#23
Freshwest, when the Republicans get a talking point, every single person manages to get
gateley
May 2013
#37
I was with people doing anti-war demonstration during the Bush reign of terror. Uploaded to youtube.
freshwest
May 2013
#38