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To: Cheerio
And this congress should do exactly what the Democrat super majority congress elected in 1974 in the wake of Watergate did to the Ford Administration: cut off funding for anything the executive branch tried to do that they didn't like.

People forget that the infamous picture posted below was a result of a congressional aid cut-off.

North Vietnam re-invaded the south in direct violation of the armistice signed two years earlier. South Vietnam asked for naval support as we were obligated to provide under the terms of the armistice, but congress cut off funding for the operation.

While slowing the invasion by shelling the invasion route might have stopped it or might have only delayed it, at least it most certainly would have ensured more lives being saved and a more orderly evacuation. But the Democrat super majority in congress would have none of it and the North Vietnamese timed their re-invasion perfectly to take advantage of this weakness.

17 posted on 06/19/2012 8:11:02 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman
But the Democrat super majority in congress would have none of it and the North Vietnamese timed their re-invasion perfectly to take advantage of this weakness.

As evidenced more precisely than ever, many of the demonRats actually sided with the communists. We see loads of proof today just how far left they are.

18 posted on 06/19/2012 8:18:45 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Vigilanteman
I argued along with Michele Bachmann a year ago when the freshman GOP was seated in the HOUSE - STOP FUNDING THE OBAMACARE LAW. VERY SIMPLE. At first the 85 new Congresscritters could be seen voicing their opinion, then the "GOP-e Leadership" got involved and told them to STFU, if they wanted leadership roles or committee appointments. Boehner and the boys caved on the Continuting Resolution and the Debt Ceiling where the GOP held a Royal Flush against Obama's two of a kind.

I am through voting. What do we have now? A GOP-e selected Presidential nominee the weakest of the bunch running except Huntsman. I am though, it is not worth my time since IMHO all is lost. We are quickly becoming a socialist royalty.
24 posted on 06/19/2012 9:13:59 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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