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Profiles in Courage: 38 Dems Publicly Break With Netanyahu's War Polemic (Barf Alert)
Huffington Post ^ | 02/20/2015 8:20 am EST | Robert Naiman

Posted on 02/20/2015 11:04:26 AM PST by Dave346

A recent CNN poll found that four out of five Democratic voters oppose the Israeli Prime Minister's planned March 3 tirade to Congress against diplomacy. Thursday morning, twenty-three House Democrats did something about it. They sent a letter calling on House Speaker John Boehner to postpone Netanyahu's scheduled March 3 address.

The signers were:

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC); Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN); Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), top Democrat on the House Financial Services committee; Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR); Rep. André Carson (D-IN); Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI), top Democrat on Judiciary; Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL); Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), top Democrat on Transportation and Infrastructure; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL); Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX); Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA); Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA); Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN); Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA); Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA); Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX); Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (NJ); Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME); Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), First Vice-Chair of the CPC; Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA); Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT); Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY).

In addition, The Hill reports that so far the following other fourteen Members of Congress who caucus as Democrats have said that they will not attend the speech if it goes forward:

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI); Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), head of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC); Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), third ranking Democratic leader in the House; Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO); Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD); Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ); co-chair of the CPC; Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); Rep. John Lewis (D-GA); Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY); Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY); Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA); Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS).

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomb; iran; israel; lebanon; nuclear; terror; war; waronterror
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Apparently over at Huffington, cowardice toward Iran and anti-Semitism toward Israel is labeled as "courageous".
1 posted on 02/20/2015 11:04:26 AM PST by Dave346
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The 38 to watch when Obama declares the US an Islamic State


2 posted on 02/20/2015 11:06:22 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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Representative Bennie Thompson (D) Mississippi’s racist, communist and anti Semite will boycott Netanyahu’s speech. His gerrymandered district votes for him just because he is black every election. Its easy to hoodwink the ignorant Amish of the Delta.


3 posted on 02/20/2015 11:07:21 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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Wow, biased much there huffpo? The title alone is a dead giveaway, but the first sentence is just astronomically to the left...

“A recent CNN poll found that four out of five Democratic voters oppose the Israeli Prime Minister’s planned March 3 tirade to Congress against diplomacy.”

A polemic, a tirade... and they haven’t even heard one word uttered. I guess prejudgement is OK if you’re a loony leftist.


4 posted on 02/20/2015 11:07:43 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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These must all be safe districts for the Dems. I HOPE Dems in other districts are paying attention and will vote according to their consciences (if they have one) next election.


5 posted on 02/20/2015 11:10:04 AM PST by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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fourteen Members of Congress who caucus as Democrats have said that they will not attend the speech...

Why did they list the white men first?

6 posted on 02/20/2015 11:13:11 AM PST by GOPJ (If you can't get on the high horse for men burned alive and children raped, what's the horse for?)
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“Profiles in Courage”

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!


7 posted on 02/20/2015 11:15:31 AM PST by V_TWIN
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So it’s the CBC led by Ellison and a self loathing Jew.


8 posted on 02/20/2015 11:17:07 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
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Yeah, I caught that, too. “....tirade to Congress against diplomacy.....”

How do you suppose they know what he’s even going to say?

Do you suppose the CNN poll asked people how they feel about Netanyahu’s upcoming tirade to Congress against diplomacy?


9 posted on 02/20/2015 11:22:12 AM PST by NEMDF
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When that friend of the Jews, Alexander the Great, died, there has been Greek hostility to the Jews ever since.


10 posted on 02/20/2015 11:22:12 AM PST by Stepan12 (Our present appeasement of Islam is the Stockholm Syndrome on steroids.)
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Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)...

go figure....


11 posted on 02/20/2015 11:25:38 AM PST by lacrew (5th)
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What irony-they’re scared to death of what Netanyahu is going to say, and that’s called “courage”.


12 posted on 02/20/2015 11:31:02 AM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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Too bad the Dems and all at the Huffington Post are completely meaningless to me — and many others. Who cares what they have to say?

Are they just still trying to be relevant?


13 posted on 02/20/2015 11:32:15 AM PST by patriotsoul
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These Jew haters don’t deserve to stand in the same room with Bibi. But if a PLO representative came to congress they’d practically break down the doors to greet him.

Congressional scum.


14 posted on 02/20/2015 11:34:00 AM PST by navyguy (The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
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aka “the Vichy democrats”


15 posted on 02/20/2015 11:38:51 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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Profiles in Sewage: 38 Dems Publicly Agitate for the Destruction of Israel and World Jewry
16 posted on 02/20/2015 11:44:23 AM PST by pabianice (LINE)
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The enemy within is now outing itself. Thanks to Dear Leader’s tantrum full of lies, no less


17 posted on 02/20/2015 11:48:41 AM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..).)
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What planet do these freaks hail from anyways?
I feel like we are living in Bizzaro land.
What is wrong with these creatures?


18 posted on 02/20/2015 11:51:19 AM PST by mowowie (`)
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To: Dave346

Tirade? Uh, what?


19 posted on 02/20/2015 11:57:04 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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I hope during his speech he says something like “Honorable members,I stand before you today in an effort to do nothing less than ensure the very survival of my nation.I'm saddened to see that there are 38 members who seem not to share the desire to see your country's most reliable ally in that pivotal region survive.I'm particularly saddened that the President of the Senate,the honorable member from Delaware,found that the scheduling of my speech conflicted with his tee time”.
20 posted on 02/20/2015 12:18:47 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's First "Third World" President)
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