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Did the GOP Senators commit a Treason act against Obama and the Country?

Did the GOP commit a Treason acted, against Obama and the Country ?

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X Factor said:
Psssst, look at the thread title and the precise question being asked.
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The person in question DID NOT quote the thread title in the post I was replying to. That is the point.
 
So the busy threads today are about Clinton breaking the law by having her own e-mail address and Republican Senators breaking the law by intentionally sabotaging the President's international negotiations.

I'm sorry, and no offense to anybody who cares about either story, but aren't there real news stories people could be talking about?
 
haymarket said:
The person in question DID NOT quote the thread title in the post I was replying to. That is the point.
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Rev was addressing the actual question asked (and it's upon that question which the poll and entire thread is based) and he quoted the guy who asked that question.
 
Mustachio said:
So the busy threads today are about Clinton breaking the law by having her own e-mail address and Republican Senators breaking the law by intentionally sabotaging the President's international negotiations.

I'm sorry, and no offense to anybody who cares about either story, but aren't there real news stories people could be talking about?
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like?
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Don't bother, he's picking a fight over any little thing he can muster. it ain't worth the retort.
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Too late, I've retorted (actually, I tried explaining it as simply as possible). No worries though. I have zero expectations
 
Mustachio said:
So the busy threads today are about Clinton breaking the law by having her own e-mail address and Republican Senators breaking the law by intentionally sabotaging the President's international negotiations.

I'm sorry, and no offense to anybody who cares about either story, but aren't there real news stories people could be talking about?
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The real story here is something you just hit upon: weakening the Democratic Party as personified by the figures of the current President of the USA and what is believed to be the eventual nominee in 2016.

The GOP knows darn well that right now Clinton is running ahead of every possible Republican nominee. They also know that despite all they have done in the past six years, the popularity of Obama is at a decent level and is not what they had hoped it would be. This means he could well be a force in the 2016 election and at least half the voters still like him and would listen to his views.

So the entire point of these news stories is to strike now and eliminate Clinton before she can get into a solid position and to weaken Obama so that he sits out the 2016 election and cannot help his party.

That is what this about and make no mistake about it.

Its politics pure and simple in all its naked ugliness.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Don't bother, he's picking a fight over any little thing he can muster. it ain't worth the retort.
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All you had to do was quote the part you intended to quote which was the thread title - but instead you reproduced a different quote which did not say what you wanted it to say. The fault was not mine in pointing out what you had done.
 
haymarket said:
They stopped short of any legal violation of the law. But what they did was certainly a serious and even radical departure from the traditional support for the nations foreign policy as it has been carried out over the last few centuries. The blatant disrespect some of the right wing GOP has for our President is beyond disgusting. One can exercise their opposition rights in a responsible manner that would not have been as blatant as this.
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When it came to the Iraq invasion what happened to "traditional support for the Nations foreign policy" on the Democratic side?
 
I can't believe 8 people voted "yes"... (well, 7 actually, 1 guy voted for every option).. seriously.. 7 people think it's treason.... 7...seven.... amazing.


there is nothing illegal, let alone treasonous, about what they did.... period... end of story.



it's been pointed out already, but i have to reiterate that "treason against Obama" is an impossibility.. I think the term Obama supporter are looking for is actually " blasphemy", not treason.

treason is about betraying your country... blasphemy is about showing contempt for your God.;)
 
Dayton3 said:
When it came to the Iraq invasion what happened to "traditional support for the Nations foreign policy" on the Democratic side?
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Perhaps you should present the evidence on that issue if you feel it is relevant?
 
Thrilla said:
I can't believe 8 people voted "yes"... (well, 7 actually, 1 guy voted for every option).. seriously.. 7 people think it's treason.... 7...seven.... amazing.


there is nothing illegal, let alone treasonous, about what they did.... period... end of story.



it's been pointed out already, but i have to reiterate that "treason against Obama" is an impossibility.. I think the term Obama supporter are looking for is actually " blasphemy", not treason.

treason is about betraying your country... blasphemy is about showing contempt for your God.;)
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Plus as shown, the democrats have done the same thing in the past, I wonder if they would consider that "Treason"
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
It's not a treaty that is being negotiated.
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Treaty...executive agreement...

However way such negotiations are to ultimately be defined, Senate Republicans still would never have sat by while Senate Democrats pulled such a stunt when Reagan was in office. This clearly shows that this group of Senate Republicans have no respect for President Obama. You may not like the framework of the deal currently in place, but you don't take such a step to undermine the President.
 
haymarket said:
read your own post - bro - and the quote from a person who YOU ripped into who never said what you accused them of --- bro.
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The person he quoted was the person who started this thread

This threads title, created by the person he quoted, is "did GOP senators commit a treason act against Obama and the Country?"

The poll on this thread, created by the person he quoted, is "Did the GOP commit a treason acted, against Obama and the country?"

The poster who's OP rev quoted also voted "yes" in his poll asking if the GOP committed a treasonous act against Obama and the country.

So yes, contrary to your claim that he "NEVER said" what Rev sugggested he claimed, the person he quoted absolutely did say it. They didn't say it in their POST, but they did say it via their thread title and poll that were attached to the OP he quoted.
 
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haymarket said:
All you had to do was quote the part you intended to quote which was the thread title - but instead you reproduced a different quote which did not say what you wanted it to say. The fault was not mine in pointing out what you had done.
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Good grief. Quoting the OP so he gets the quote notification, and asking him a specific question about the question the OP asked and the entire thread and poll is based on is so common (and understood by most) that you're going to be really busy if that's what you've choose to police here.
 
Zyphlin said:
The person he quoted was the person who started this thread

This threads title, created by the person he quoted, is "did GOP senators commit a treason act against Obama and the Country?"

The poll on this thread, created by the person he quoted, is "Did the GOP commit a treason acted, against Obama and the country?"

So yes, the person he quoted absolutely did say what he accused them of. They didn't say it in their POST, but they did say it in their thread title and in their poll question.
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Then he should have quoted that line in his post. He DID NOT do so and was thus left open for the justifiable criticism.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Plus as shown, the democrats have done the same thing in the past, I wonder if they would consider that "Treason"
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of course not.... it's always " different" when your side does it.... always.

remember back many moons age when Democrats were constantly bitchin' about W's abuse of executive power?... yeah, as it is with the war protesters, they're pretty ****in' silent nowadays.
why?... "cuz' it's different".

rank hypocrisy knows no party, but it sure as hell rears it's head all the time.
 
Thrilla said:
of course not.... it's always " different" when your side does it.... always.

remember back many moons age when Democrats were constantly bitchin' about W's abuse of executive power?... yeah, as it is with the war protesters, they're pretty ****in' silent nowadays.
why?... "cuz' it's different".

rank hypocrisy knows no party, but it sure as hell rears it's head all the time.
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Funny thing, I'm on a list that shows security conractor jobs, apparently obama is seeking more "blackwater" types for iraq. or at least the PMC companies are.
 
haymarket said:
Then he should have quoted that line in his post. He DID NOT do so and was thus left open for the justifiable criticism.
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stick your guns, man... do it... don't let em get you down!.... keep up the good fight!... don't let fact get in the way, just fight fight fight!


good lord:roll:
 
haymarket said:
Then he should have quoted that line in his post. He DID NOT do so and was thus left open for the justifiable criticism.
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Everyone but you understood his post. This is your problem.
 
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oncewas said:
Things are being done in the House and Senate that's never been done before now. Should the Senators that sent the letter to Iran, be punished for this acted against Obama, and the country?
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The democrats should not whine and complain, they did the same thing when they went to visit Assad in 2007 behind the back of President Bush.

And the republicans should stop complaining about executive agreements that Obama wants to close. Obama is not the first and not the only president to do this. According to John Stewart from the Daily Show Ronald Reagan also made deals with China and Iran using the executive agreement.

People should stop acting like this all is happening for the first time. Was it smart from the Republicans? No, it just makes the US look weaker to idiot countries like Iran, because now they have something in writing which shows the "duplicitous nature of Americans" (this is not my opinion, but this is something Iran could "invent/create" to give off a negative image to US politics).
 
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