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Dems sabotaged defense bill to fire up base for November
Dems sabotaged defense bill to fire up base for November ^ | 9/21/10 | Kerry Picket

Posted on 09/21/2010 1:24:11 PM PDT by paltz

Whispers around Capitol Hill are the Defense Authorization bill was never meant to pass. Tuesday’s cloture vote on the annual Pentagon budget went down in a 56 - 43 vote. The two Arkansas Democrats Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor both crossed party lines and voted with Republicans.

Tacked on to the defense bill were controversial measures like the repeal of the military policy known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the pro-amnesty immigration bill called the Dream Act, and allowing abortions on military bases.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; democrats; dreamact; elections; obama; palin
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1 posted on 09/21/2010 1:24:14 PM PDT by paltz
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To: paltz

Their base is always fired up. But they’re real shaky with the independents, now. If they’re trying to assure that the base turns out, they’re in deep doo-doo, and they know it.


2 posted on 09/21/2010 1:27:40 PM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: paltz

Everyone knows that.

It was so Democrats could make commercial ads for the elections....


3 posted on 09/21/2010 1:27:54 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: paltz

Publish the list of democrats who voted against don’t ask don’t tell repeal. Let their base see who voted in which direction.


4 posted on 09/21/2010 1:28:06 PM PDT by highlander_UW (Education is too important to abdicate control of it to the government)
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To: paltz

Blanche Lincoln is in trouble and she knows it!


5 posted on 09/21/2010 1:28:21 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: highlander_UW

I’m kinda wondering how my marxists voted. Stabenow’s office said she was on the fence this morning.


6 posted on 09/21/2010 1:30:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: paltz

Could be. But they’ll lose just as much of their base who will be mad at them for not passing these two things.


7 posted on 09/21/2010 1:31:26 PM PDT by Lou Budvis (Refudiate 0bama '12)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

She is burnt toast here in Arkansas. Can’t happen soon enough. Pryor will be next on the list.


8 posted on 09/21/2010 1:32:26 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; When a wicked man rules, the people groan.)
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To: gundog

If 73% of American support the Arizona law on immigration, then I believe that same number would oppose giving amnesty to ANY illegal aliens—except for ones who volunteer for the military (I do support that—but I thought we were already doing that). No one’s going to get fired up for this bill other than the illegals’ organizations.


9 posted on 09/21/2010 1:33:43 PM PDT by DallasDeb (USAFA '06 Mom)
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To: paltz

>> to fire-up the base...

Maybe the GOP should propose legislation for a memorial perimeter around Ground Zero.


10 posted on 09/21/2010 1:34:16 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: paltz

I am so, so, so grateful that Scott Brown won back in January.

Just imagine all the garbage Obama’s Crew would have passed by now! Brown’s election totally gummed up the gears in the Democratic legislative machine.


11 posted on 09/21/2010 1:36:31 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: paltz

Every Democrat senator up for reelection who voted for cloture should have that vote used against them. This shoudl hurt Reid.


12 posted on 09/21/2010 1:39:46 PM PDT by rushmom
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To: DallasDeb

Not a big fan of saddling the troops with a bunch of pidgin-English speaking folks with third grade educations.


13 posted on 09/21/2010 1:41:53 PM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: gundog
Not a big fan of saddling the troops with a bunch of pidgin-English speaking folks with third grade educations.

Considering how seemingly easy it is for some illegals to obtain "documentation" from certain countries of origin, I'd seriously be concerned about the backgrounds of these folks, as well.

14 posted on 09/21/2010 1:44:14 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
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To: gundog

I went to VN with some of these and they turned out to be fine soldiers.

Badmouthing ‘pidgin-English speaking folks’ who are willing to fight for us is unworthy, at least..


15 posted on 09/21/2010 1:48:20 PM PDT by rahbert
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Badmouthing ‘pidgin-English speaking folks’ who are willing to fight for us is unworthy, at least..

Safety issue. I had to work on jets with people I could barely understand.

And if Mexicans want to fight, they can demonstrate it by fighting to take back their own country.

16 posted on 09/21/2010 1:51:34 PM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: gundog

I picture Barack doing like Chevy Chase in Vacation, nodding his head a few times then saying, "Ok, let's go!"

17 posted on 09/21/2010 1:54:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Rangers Magic Number - 6)
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To: DallasDeb

Heads up democraps,,,got a kid to donate???


18 posted on 09/21/2010 1:55:22 PM PDT by Waco (From Seward to Sarah)
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To: paltz

Duh.


19 posted on 09/21/2010 1:56:21 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: OB1kNOb
Lincoln is beyond toast...she's a very small pile of carbon.
20 posted on 09/21/2010 1:57:25 PM PDT by JPG (Care for another lobster, Mookie? How's your steak? Ready for another triple Stoli/rocks?)
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