The Babs and Klavern Show! (Senate Condi Debate Live Thread)

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[sdpatriot]

we're just VERY proud of giving Dasshole the boot...

lol

[Txsleuth]

He had me too---I really wouldn't have doubted it too much!

[Mo1]

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retained some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capability. Intelligence reports also indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons, but has not yet achieved nuclear capability." -- Robert Byrd, October 2002

[Wolfstar]

I never realized that Lautenberg does a spot-on C. Montgomery Burns.

LOL!

[The Wizard]

and you should be.....

[~Vor~]

IIRC, Clinton didn't get congressional approval for this attack...something about it being done on a weekend when congress wasn't in session?....anybody remember the specifics?...

[eyespysomething]

Voted YES on allowing all necessary forces and other means in Kosovo.
Voted NO on ending the Bosnian arms embargo.
http://www.issues2000.org/Senate2000/Robert_Byrd_Kosovo.htm

[Txsleuth]

I think I saw on closed caption that he request l hour!

[Bahbah]

Does Byrd not know that Saddam was constantly shooting at our planes?

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Thanks. That's great!

[~Vor~]

If it was more than 20 minutes ago, probably not...

[areafiftyone]

Wer're getting 1 hour of BYRD SH#@T and one hour of BOXER SH#$T

[A Citizen Reporter]

"Dr. Rice is responsible for some of the most overblown rhetoric to scare the American public about Iraq."

[Quilla]

Don't know how he voted on the Resolution, but I do know his feeling towards Saddam in 2002:

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." -- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

Freakin' hypocrite.

[DaveMSmith]

That was quite a mushroom cloud hand gesture.

[Wolfstar]

Anyone know how Sheets voted for the 1998 Resolution???

Sheets voted 'aye' -- all the Dims did. Of course, Arlen Spector was busy quoting Scottish law back then, which undoubtedly confused Sheets. So who knows what he thought he was voting for -- maybe to send Rome's legions to that far-off isle of Britain.

[Quilla]

Dang, you're fast. I just posted that to you!!!!

[Bahbah]

That was quite a mushroom cloud hand gesture.

I'm still giggling over that one.

[Wolfstar]

He's an embarrassment to the Congress.

And that's very hard accomplishment, since Congress embarrasses itself frequently.

[Peach]

Ugh. Aluminum tubes again. Sounds just like Michael Moore.