Posted on 05/19/2004 10:20:14 PM PDT by Howlin
One for reference.
And secondly to once and for all put in black and white the actual resolution that the members of Congress voted for, since apparently they are all now trying to mischaracterize the exact wording of the resolution that they claim they voted for at the time.
I am specifically referring to John Kerry and Fritz Hollings.
Here are the votes:
http://epic-usa.org/toolbox/2002-senate-war-resolution-vote.pdf
After his retirement will we learn that Cynthia McKinney is actually Hollings' daughter?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1138955/posts
October 11, 2002
In a major victory for the White House, the Senate early Friday voted 77-23 to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein refuses to give up weapons of mass destruction as required by U.N. resolutions.
Hours earlier, the House approved an identical resolution, 296-133.
The measure passed the Senate and House by wider margins than the 1991 resolution that empowered the current president's father to go to war to expel Iraq from Kuwait. That measure passed 250-183 in the House and 52-47 in the Senate.
Reading that thread you linked is what made me go looking for this.
If he was misled, he's an idiot.
I just can't shed a tear watching a liar self-destruct.
I have had just about E-N-O-U-G-H.
You haven't reached that piont yet? I have!
LOL, I'm with you, except that the more they open their mouths the more they destroy themselves, IF we refute them. Which is why all of your research work, such as this thread, is invaluable and making a difference. Thanks for the diligence.
Oh and not only is there a paper trial .. there is also their speeches
Their own words will come back to haunt them
We just have to cram their own bilious words down their throats.Fight them WITH their own damning words and votes.
I'm game :0)
So am I! :-)
At some point I might, maybe when Kerry recites his concession speech on November 9th.
Tears of joy baby!
#1. In 1997, when Clinton signed the Iraqi Liberation Act, Kerry wanted boots on the ground to force regime change.
#2. In 1997, Kerry told Cokie Roberts and guests on Crossfire that regime change might have to happen without UN approval and certainly without the approval of France and Russia, I think it was, and he was okay with that. When questioned whether that meant a lack of leadership on Clinton's part, that he couldn't get UN approval, Kerry said "Not at all".
#3. Then Kerry voted to approve to go to war in Iraq after 9/11.
#4. Then Kerry started to say it was a mistake but now that we're there, we have to finish the job and it would be a disaster to leave.
#5. Now Kerry says if he's president he'd pull the troops.
Uh...did clinton have a joint res when he deployed the US army in Bosnia-Hergovenia 10 years ago or loaned our air force to the albanian muslims in 1999??
Thanks for the ping, Howlin.
I remember at the time thinking that it was a brilliant bit of strategery on the President's part--forcing a vote BEFORE the elections of that year. That way the dims had to vote the way their constituents wanted them to, instead of grandstanding their partisanship for the cameras.
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