Posted on 11/05/2010 8:36:49 AM PDT by mojitojoe
President Obama served notice on the newly elected Senators and the constituents who voted for them on Tuesday: He does not want them to have a say in one of the most important national security issues of the day – the strategic arms reduction accord Team Obama negotiated with the Russians earlier this year, known as the “New START” Treaty.
Instead, Mr. Obama wants only yesterday’s Senate to determine the fate of an agreement that will slash U.S. nuclear forces in a way that will reduce them to numbers of deployed nuclear weapons vastly inferior to those the Russians will have (particularly when Moscow’s vast advantage in so-called “tactical nuclear weapons” is factored in). He wants Senators who have been voted out of office and others who are retiring voluntarily to decide whether an accord that is unverifiable, that will restrict our non-nuclear prompt global strike options and restore a de facto Kremlin veto over American missile defenses is good-enough-for-government-work.
(Excerpt) Read more at bigpeace.com ...
In this case, the President’s agenda is particularly radical: New START is explicitly depicted as a building block for his bid to achieve “a world without nuclear weapons.” If he can get a Senate that has yesterday’s mandate to give him what he and his fellow denuclearizers will portray as not only a ratification of this accord but an affirmation of the larger disarmament program, he will be encouraged to continue to take our deterrent down.........snip
"Were yesterday’s Senate to agree to the President’s demand that it now consent to this accord on his timetable – before the newly elected Senators can learn about, let alone have a say on, an accord that will be implemented entirely on their watch – the damage would be incalculable. It must not be allowed to happen."
It is critical to contact our Senators NOW!
FUBO!
Lots of links in the article. Why is this the MOST important thing to him and first on his list? Jobs? Nope Economy? Nope Disarm the U.S.. Impeach this treasonous Marxist Muslim bisexual usurper bastard.
“... the damage would be incalculable.”
If “O” wracking his brain to know why the Liberals were handed their a^%$# in the last election, THIS is the reason!
Politically it makes no sense..GOP now has 42 senators..Kirk gets sworn in..and they can filabuster..( even if Voinovich goes nuts again) .not to mention a whole bunch of Dems up in 2012 who will be against it..Jim Webb..call your office..I don’t get it..
This is the first test for McConnell. If he gets steamrolled on this he should be canned.
Will that fit in my tagline? Sort of....
dangit
Thats so easy!
The Kenyan Village Moron and Muslim Radical Terrorist!!! who are one in the same!!
Does anyone still think he’s going to move to the center? I have a bridge for sale.
Re filibuster.... this is a treaty. It needs 2/3 Senate votes to ratify... 67 is more than the 60 to end a filibuster. Looks like a non-STARTer to me.
We never ratified it. We've been abiding by it anyway. That is how far out of line this government is.
FUbo.
LLS
Ratification of a treaty does not require two thirds of the Senate. It requires "two thirds of Senators present." There have been treaties ratified without a quorum and by voice vote. Treaty ratification is one of the fundamental flaws in the Constitution that drove Patrick Henry to oppose its ratification.
You are dangerously incorrect. See Post 16.
McConnell does strike me as a "let's reach across the aisle/can't we all get along" weak sister.
The Republican party needs tough minded individuals with a "take no prisoners" attitude.
Palin learned it from Ronald Reagan:
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