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Sen. Brown: VP Biden 'off base' in blasting me on military tribunals
NY Post ^ | February 15, 2010 | unattributed

Posted on 02/15/2010 5:28:37 PM PST by prairiebreeze

Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown took a swipe at Vice President Joe Biden today -- saying that President Obama's No. 2 was “off base” when he said the Republican get his facts straight when it comes to military tribunals and whether he is aware that terrorists have the right to a lawyer.

“It was insulting,” Brown, a critic of Obama during his recent Senate campaign, told Politico.com.

The comments came a day after Biden blasted Brown during an appearance on CBS's “Face the Nation" when he said he didn't “know whether the new senator from Massachusetts understands: When you get tried in a military tribunal, you get a lawyer, too.”

“He’s trying to give me a lesson on military law, and I didn’t think it was appropriate,” said Brown. “And I thought he was off base when it comes to explaining to the American people that somehow I need a lesson on whether people get attorneys -- of course they get attorneys. There’s a difference as to what type of attorney they’re going to get and when they’re going to get that attorney, and how are they treated, and what rights do they in fact get.”

The newly elected lawmaker, who served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard for 30 years, added, “I know the military rules and regulations and procedures from A to Z."

Biden's comments are part of the Obama administration's push to defend its controversial, and unpopular, plan to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four cohorts in Manhattan federal court -- just a few blocks from Ground Zero -- instead of a miliary tribunal.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: biden; massachusetts; scottbrown; tribunals; vpbiden
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I didn't see this posted. Good for Brown for standing up for himself!!
1 posted on 02/15/2010 5:28:37 PM PST by prairiebreeze
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To: prairiebreeze

Old Plager-Plugs was on a rant.


2 posted on 02/15/2010 5:30:59 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
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To: prairiebreeze

They didn’t include his full quote, where he pointed out he actually served as the top military defense attorney for the MA Guard.


3 posted on 02/15/2010 5:32:44 PM PST by Hugin (Sarah Palin,: accept no substitutes!)
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To: prairiebreeze
biden got in over his head quickly. What an arrogant and condescending jerkwad (which is the culture of this administration).

This pic sums up Senator Brown's response:


4 posted on 02/15/2010 5:33:51 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: prairiebreeze
"If you have got a city that is saying no, and a police department that is saying no, and a mayor that is saying no, that makes it difficult."

So when are Obama, the Democrat party, and the media (but I repeat myself) going to start demonizing the City of No?

*chortle*

5 posted on 02/15/2010 5:34:49 PM PST by GenXFreedomFighter
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To: prairiebreeze

Senator Scott Brown is right on. Joe Biden is now, not only the dumbest man in the entire universe, but he is now certifiably insane. You Democrat folks out there better wake up and get anti-American, socialist/communist/facist, Muslim, POTUS, Barack Hussein Obama to resign, along with Joe Biden or better yet, if they do not resign impeach both of them and, fire Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House and Harry Reid as Senate Majority leader. Failure to do those things will destroy the Democrat Party come November.


6 posted on 02/15/2010 5:36:16 PM PST by JLAGRAYFOX
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To: prairiebreeze

Old gaffey is at it again. I am surprised the ballerina let him off the leash....


7 posted on 02/15/2010 5:46:13 PM PST by Danae (Don't like our Constitution? Try living in a country with out one.)
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To: prairiebreeze

In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, I award Senator Brown a perfect 10.


8 posted on 02/15/2010 5:46:16 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: prairiebreeze

 

   

 

9 posted on 02/15/2010 5:47:07 PM PST by Fintan
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To: Loud Mime

And is not Joe Biden’s military background zero? Poor boy excelled in high school athletics but was rejected by the military, wasn’t he?


10 posted on 02/15/2010 5:53:40 PM PST by 386wt
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To: Fintan

Here’s another gaffe from a dim-VP:

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people
to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

Do you remember 1987....

Thought you

might be interested in this forgotten bit of

information..........

It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of
Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran Contra hearings during

the Reagan Administration.

There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree,

but what he said was stunning!

He was being drilled by a senator,

‘Did you not recently spend close

to $60,000 for a home security system?’

Ollie replied, ‘Yes, I did, Sir.’

The senator continued,

trying to get a laugh out of the audience, ‘Isn’t that just a little excessive?’

‘No, sir,’ continued Ollie.

‘No? And why not?’ the
senator asked.

‘Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir.’

‘Threatened? By whom?’ the senator questioned.

‘By a terrorist, sir’ Ollie answered.

‘Terrorist? What terrorist could
possibly scare you that much?’

‘His name is Osama bin Laden,

sir’ Ollie replied.

At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn’t pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn’t.

A couple of people laughed at the attempt.

Then the senator continued.

‘Why are you so afraid of this man?

the senator asked.

‘Because, sir, he is the most
evil person alive that I know of’,

Ollie answered.

‘And what do you recommend we

do about him?’ asked the senator.

‘Well, sir, if it was up to me,

I would recommend that an
assassin team be formed to
eliminate him and his men from

the face of the earth.’

The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that
was shown of the clip.

By the way, that senator was Al Gore!

Also:

Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta

blew up a bus in Israel in 1986.

The Israelis captured, tried and
imprisoned him.

As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993,
Israel had to agree to release
so-called ‘political prisoners.’

However, the Israelis would not release
any with blood on their hands.

The American President at the time,

Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher,
‘insisted’ that all prisoners be released.

Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked us by
flying an airplane into Tower One

of the World Trade Center .

This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time
that the terrorists were first identified.

It was censored in the US from all
later reports.

If you agree that the American public should be made
aware of this fact, pass this on.

Do Not Break - it is 8 years strong.

This is why I always say I love YOU.....

This has not been broken since 9/11/01,
please keep it going...

This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11.

In memory of all those who perished this morning; the
passengers and the pilots on the
United Air and AA flights, the workers in the World
Trade Center and the
Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders. Our
prayers go out to the friends and
families of the deceased.

Send this to at least 10 people to show your support

PLEASE DON’T BREAK IT!!!!!!








11 posted on 02/15/2010 5:59:20 PM PST by danamco
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To: prairiebreeze

So Se. Brown finally sees what we’ve known all along: Joe Biden’s dumber than a bag of charcoal briquettes.


12 posted on 02/15/2010 6:00:36 PM PST by paul in cape
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
"It was insulting," Brown, a critic of Obama during his recent Senate campaign, told Politico.com.
Thanks prairiebreeze.
13 posted on 02/15/2010 6:04:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: prairiebreeze

Biden is to mankind what Barbara Boxer is to womankind.


14 posted on 02/15/2010 6:05:38 PM PST by skeeter
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To: danamco

http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/Oliver_North.shtml

Internet hoax. Oliver North had the system installed because of threats from Abu Nidal. Biden was not the questioner, it was committee counsel Nelds.

Oliver North has released a statement denying the emails veracity.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.boycottwatch.org/misc/images/Oliver%5FNorth%5FResponse.pdf


15 posted on 02/15/2010 6:08:42 PM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: prairiebreeze

Biden proves once again he is an idiot.

Senator Brown is a JAG officer! Quoting FRom Senator Brown’s official bio:

“Senator Brown is a graduate of Wakefield High School, Tufts University, and Boston College Law School. He is a practicing attorney, and a 29-year member of the Massachusetts National Guard, where he currently holds the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Brown was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service in homeland security after the attacks of September 11, 2001.”

Senator Brown is far more qualified to comment on this subject than is Obozo’s butt buddy!


16 posted on 02/15/2010 6:18:03 PM PST by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: kalee

thanks for posting


17 posted on 02/15/2010 6:21:03 PM PST by politicianslie (Lying got Obama elected, they don't care what you think, shut up and pay your taxes)
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To: prairiebreeze

Biden goes to a knife fight with a dull butter knife.

Scott Brown has an M-16.


18 posted on 02/15/2010 6:38:37 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
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To: Taxman

SNL could do SO much with this cretin who IS the VP than they’ve done with the losing VP candidate in 2008.


19 posted on 02/15/2010 6:39:58 PM PST by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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To: kalee

Thank you for correcting me, I appreciate that and will send it back to the source I got it from. I apologize for not checking this out first, sorry!!!


20 posted on 02/15/2010 6:46:51 PM PST by danamco
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