Dems Set to "De-authorize" War

CNN | 5/3/07

[pabianice]

Headline at 4pm: Robert Byrd, Hillary Clinton have lined-up votes to "de-authorize the Iraq War" by repealing the authorizing legislation from 2002. Nothing further yet...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Symbolism over substance: it's the Demo*rat way.

[gridlock]

I feel for Scrappleface. He has to try to out-do the Democrats, and it gets harder every day.

[tanknetter]

So the only question is.. can Bush veto the repeal of the authorization?

Nope, that's actually the second question. The first is whether the Republicans in Congress will be willing to step up and see that a repeal doesn't get passed in the first place. There's lots of procedural games the GOP can play in the House to tie things up nice and good ... but they probably can only delay not stop a vote. In the Senate, though, the GOP can draw a line in the sand and filibuster. But will Mitch & Co. have the intestinal fortitude to do so ... ?

[gov_bean_ counter]

How does one repeal a declaration of war?

I may have seen it done in a Monty Python skit.

[Boston Blackie]

Dems Set to "De-authorize" War

The Mother of all Flip-Flops.

Hillary will be able to say she voted for the war before she voted against it...how original.

[jaydubya2]

Unringing the bell?

[gov_bean_ counter]

democrat politician’s moonbats must be crying a lot and promising not to fund their next campaign.

More likely it is CAIR.

[Camachee]

I may have seen it done in a Monty Python skit.

Figures...needs a group of clowns to try it. :)

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"How does one repeal a declaration of war?"

Send your enemy a box of chocolates and email an "I'm Sorry" card.

[gondramB]

>>So the only question is.. can Bush veto the repeal of the authorization?
<<

Interesting question... correlation - could the President veto a declaration of war?

I feel pretty sure he can veto a deauthorization under the war powers act since congress didn’t actually declare war.

[Eternal_Bear]

Since only Congress can declare war, maybe they feel they can undeclare a war? Interesting Constituitional point and will probably provoke a crisis.

[Celerity]

Can we buy them 4 more Jumbo jets and a vacation to Libya ?

[henkster]

This has to be a joke.

Somebody please tell me this is a joke.

I keep slapping myself, but I don’t wake up!!!!!

[onyx eyes]

The Dems are too Dim to understand what is at stake in Iraq. So, let’s follow the Dims and get out of Iraq.
This adds up to millions of dollars of oil revenue going into terrorists coffers - secret bank accounts, and perks for Iran,
the progenitor of the terrorists.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

How does one repeal a declaration of war? I may have seen it done in a Monty Python skit. RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY

[pabianice]

More... Byrd about to go on Senate floor and argue for bill to “nullify authorization of force in Iraq.” Clinton is now waffling (Surprise!) and saying she “may not” sign on to this (what a tower of jello she is) ... pressure from Moveon is said to be pushing congressional Dems off the cliff...

[Cymbaline]

Hillary will be able to say she voted for the war before she voted against it...how original.

And John Kerry can say he voted for the war before he voted against it before he voted against it.

[SE Mom]

Please post a link- I’ve scoured the CNN site and find nothing about it..

[Jeff Chandler]

will Mitch & Co. have the intestinal fortitude to do so

No.

[SolidWood]

We NEVER declared war. The President only got authorization to use military force. Bif Difference.