Huh, introducing a Senate resolution is playing politics, but writing a letter isn't?
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:43 PM
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Huh, introducing a Senate resolution is playing politics, but writing a letter isn't? |
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:46 PM
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1. Writing a letter is ONLY playing politics. Legislation is actually DOING something. |
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:51 PM
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2. And skipping out on the vote on legislation is playing politics. |
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Obama called it a surprise vote that he wasn't told about... But other 98 Senators voted on Kyl/Lieberman, unsurprised by the mid-day vote. With more experience, perhaps fewer things will "surprise" Obama.
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:52 PM
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5. yeah boy, 1/2 hour is plenty of time to get from New Hampshire to DC. |
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:56 PM
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8. 98 other Senators knew. Obama claims ignorance. |
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Well, maybe he's right about that part.
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:53 PM
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6. I don't think Obama has a history of lying. I have no reason to doubt his story. |
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:58 PM
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9. Right.... An amazingly important vote, 98 other Senators knew... but he didn't? |
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Could happen. To someone who didn't know much about DC.
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:51 PM
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3. I would guess that a resolution is non-binding, but it does get the sense |
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of the Senate into the Congressional Record.
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:52 PM
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4. No, his spokesman said his resolution would be binding. |
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Fri Nov-02-07 06:53 PM
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7. You're kidding. I always thought resolutions were by definition non-binding. |
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So the resolution would be the law if it passed, while the letter would be ?
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Fri Nov-02-07 07:14 PM
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10. Well, it would have the force of law--the letter would have the force of bird-cage liner. |
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