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Jack Rabbit

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30. Dissenting

Mon Sep 7, 2015, 02:40 PM

Sep 2015

Mr. Cousins is talking about neither politics nor horseshoes. Mr. Cousins is a lawyer, and when he urges that Senator Cotton be charged with treason, he is talking about law.

Now, he is urging this action for a political end, namely that Senator Cotton "needs to be stopped." I agree with that wholeheartedly. Nevertheless, using criminal law to obtain a political end is something that never ends well for anybody and does violence to law itself.

We stop Senator Cotton's political sins with political means. However any one wants to slice it, that means defeating like-minded members of the Senate and the House and eventually, in 2018, defeating Senator Cotton when he runs for re-election. Meanwhile, as long as US foreign policy even hints at more imperial resource wars in the future, I would urge Americans in their late teen or early twenties to eschew military service and find something to do that is beneficial to America's future, like building the renewable energy industry.

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Did Senator Tom Cotton Just Commit Treason�Again? [View all] GoLeft TV Sep 2015 OP

Oh I agree, but Slimeballs in DC would never allow it to go forward benld74 Sep 2015 #1

Treason, really?? SCantiGOP Sep 2015 #15

What? How are these two acts similar? IHateTheGOP Sep 2015 #27

They are both a stretch SCantiGOP Sep 2015 #31

Yes, Cotton is a treasonous piece of crap, but can he really foment rebellion or insurrection? djean111 Sep 2015 #2

So, who's gonna do Faux pas Sep 2015 #3

um...IOKIFYAR n/t ejbr Sep 2015 #10

I'm sorry I don't know Faux pas Sep 2015 #14

"It's OK If You're A Repuglican" lastlib Sep 2015 #17

Thanks for clearing that up for me. Faux pas Sep 2015 #22

IOKIFYAR Oldtimeralso Sep 2015 #18

Thanks! Faux pas Sep 2015 #23

Sorry, my bad ejbr Sep 2015 #39

Siding with a foreign power against your own president bjobotts Sep 2015 #16

Cotton is a traitor. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #4

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #5

You're right. But he IS... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #6

I agree with everything you wrote except the hanging. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #9

what about a good spanking? n/t ejbr Sep 2015 #11

Well there's that.. Maynar Sep 2015 #13

Lol! N/t ejbr Sep 2015 #38

Oh, all right... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #35

Ok, then call him out for that Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #12

On foreign soil going against the president Is UnAmerican bjobotts Sep 2015 #24

If anything, it's a violation of the Logan Act . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #33

This may be news--but Israel is NOT our friend Demeter Sep 2015 #20

They may not be our friend, but that doesn't make them an enemy of the U.S. either . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #37

And he claims to be a veteran of the US Armed Forces. usaf-vet Sep 2015 #7

That man breaks U.S. law whenever he chooses to do so. nt ladjf Sep 2015 #8

No, this is not treason Jack Rabbit Sep 2015 #19

Politics is like horseshoes Demeter Sep 2015 #21

Dissenting Jack Rabbit Sep 2015 #30

Scum PukeBagger. SoapBox Sep 2015 #25

It's treason plain as day. But Repuglicans are allowed to comit treason, see bush cheney. IHateTheGOP Sep 2015 #26

And again, Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution states . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #36

It is unpatriotic and low class sleazy arely staircase Sep 2015 #28

No. Turbineguy Sep 2015 #29

Title 18 USC Sec. 953, otherwise known as the Logan Act CanonRay Sep 2015 #32

Hush your mouth, Republicans can't commit treason or anything close to it, only Democrats LiberalArkie Sep 2015 #34

The desl is not yet law . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #40