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Ron Paul Claims Pelosi Spiked Iran Bill (AIPAC made her)
Newsmax ^ | June 18, 2008 | Rick Pedraza

Posted on 06/22/2008 4:23:15 AM PDT by tlb

Representative Ron Paul says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed a section from a bill passed by Congress which would have barred the U.S. from going to war with Iran without a congressional vote, claiming she did so at the behest of the leadership of Israel and AIPAC.

Paul, a former Republican presidential contender who formally removed himself from the party’s nomination race last week, makes the allegation on C-SPAN during a recently held foreign policy conference in Virginia.

Paul says Pelosi’s first act as House Speaker in 2006 was to “deliberately” remove a portion of a legislative spending bill which said the United States “can't go to war with Iran without getting approval from Congress.”

“She [Pelosi] removed it deliberately,” Paul says. “And then, the astounding thing is, when asked why, she said the leadership in Israel asked her to. That was in the newspaper, that was in 'The Washington Post,' that she was asked by AIPAC and others not to do that."

According to John Nichols, who covered the story about Pelosi’s capitulation at the time for “The Nation,” Pelosi was "under pressure from some conservative members of her caucus, and from lobbyists associated with neoconservative groups that want war with Iran, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).”

Paul's allegation is corroborated by 'The Asia Times', which in another article published at the time says AIPAC was strongly against attaching "a provision to a Pentagon spending bill that would require President Bush to get congressional approval before attacking Iran. AIPAC was strongly against it because it viewed the legislation as taking the military option 'off the table.' The provision was killed."

The article also cites Congressman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, as saying [Pelosi's] decision was due to AIPAC.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Politics/Elections
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Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich, side by side. But how did Pat Buchanan get left out of a Jewish conspiracy story?
1 posted on 06/22/2008 4:23:15 AM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb

she wasn’t speaker until 2007.


2 posted on 06/22/2008 4:33:01 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: tlb

This stinks at many levels.

I can see Poloser inserting a clause to ban us from invading Iran, power hungry dolt that she is, but why would Israel care enough ask for it to be removed?

If Poloser really did this and then un-did it, did it happen and why should we care if it didn’t get into the bill?

Ron Paul seems to have drank the same kool aid his supporters have.


3 posted on 06/22/2008 4:34:55 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (God Bless Our Troops)
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To: gusopol3

She was elected as their candidate by the Democratic Caucus on November 16 of 2006, and formally elected by the House on January 3 of 2007.


4 posted on 06/22/2008 4:45:44 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)
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To: tlb

“Paul, a former Republican presidential contender “ He was never a contender.


5 posted on 06/22/2008 5:20:33 AM PDT by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
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To: richardtavor

He was never a liar or a cheat either like 95% OF CONGRESS


6 posted on 06/22/2008 5:50:51 AM PDT by winodog (We have been set up for Hillary)
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To: richardtavor

I believe he was a contender just like Duncun Hunter but niether got the press they deserved because they are not liars and cheats.


7 posted on 06/22/2008 5:52:46 AM PDT by winodog (We have been set up for Hillary)
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To: tlb
Ron Paul,.. you are yesterdays lost news and any paper you try to reappear in now is fish-wrap. So a little bit of advice - retire and go fishing,.. permanently.
8 posted on 06/22/2008 8:31:25 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: richardtavor
He was never a contender.

He went farther than Hunter, Thompson, Giuliani, Romney, Tancredo ever did. And he raised more money than all of them too.

* GUFFAWS *

9 posted on 06/22/2008 8:48:05 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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To: tlb
Amazing, here we find that hidden nugget of gold ~ that both Kucinich and Paul are anti-semites.

And, over there, another nugget, and then another, and then another, and then we discover these aren't really "nuggets of gold" but just more brown stuff, and they've both left a very long trail over the years. I suspect that Kucinich used to read Paul's newsletter back before the Internet.

And yeah, where is Pat?

10 posted on 06/22/2008 9:57:49 AM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: winodog
Ah, yes, but back when he was limited to nothing but a newsletter he was a rabid anti-semite.

Means this is not "news" ~ just a reitration of the same old story those guys peddle.

11 posted on 06/22/2008 9:59:15 AM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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"Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich, side by side."

Kucinich throws reps from Nancy Pelosi and AIPAC out of his office

12 posted on 06/22/2008 10:13:52 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: SandRat
Congressmen Paul was the most informed American patriot running for the presidency.
He was Amercian freedoms last chance.
We will not see another.
Not one has any gumption to speak the truth.
13 posted on 06/22/2008 6:17:35 PM PDT by Wake Up America
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

haha true and a lot of people thought Giuliani stood a good chance.


14 posted on 06/22/2008 6:57:13 PM PDT by djsherin
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To: muawiyah

“that both Kucinich and Paul are anti-semites.”

What an idiotic conclusion.


15 posted on 06/22/2008 7:37:16 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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“Paul, a former Republican presidential contender “ He was never a contender.

Nor was he ever a Republican.
16 posted on 06/23/2008 5:30:07 AM PDT by rideharddiefast
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To: Wake Up America
He was Amercian freedoms last chance.

Cut and run was the terrorists last chance.
17 posted on 06/23/2008 5:33:43 AM PDT by rideharddiefast
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To: SecAmndmt
Ever read Paul's newsletter? Ever listen closely to Kucinich? These guys both argue that everything is the fault of the Jews.

That's antisemitism.

18 posted on 06/23/2008 5:55:02 AM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: muawiyah; Extremely Extreme Extremist
"I’ve been asked by others if my former boss is an Anti-Semite. My answer is an emphatic NO. I am half Jewish. I am familiar with Anti-Semites. Ron is not one of them."

-Eric "Dondero" Rittberg, former Paul Texas aide (1997-2003)

http://tinyurl.com/64h3ew

And Dondero hates Ron Paul (see what else he wrote about Paul with that quote from the above link). Also he announced that he was running against Paul on Redstate last year (quitting when a better candidate named Chris Peden came along). You can read that screed here:

http://www.nysun.com/blogs/latest-politics/2007/05/former-ron-paul-campaign-manager.html

Just wanted to point that out. I ain't the biggest fan of Paul because of some of his foreign policy views, though I love his domestic stances, but he was a heck of a lot better than most of the republican candidates that ran, including the one we ended up with, John McCain.

19 posted on 06/23/2008 12:46:25 PM PDT by Baron OBeef Dip
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To: muawiyah

Give me one example where Ron Paul said that “everything is the fault of the Jews”


20 posted on 06/23/2008 5:19:09 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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