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Bill to Condemn Genocide in Jeopardy (Pelosi ploy failing)
AP ^ | 10/17/07 | ANNE FLAHERTY

Posted on 10/17/2007 6:10:47 AM PDT by teddyballgame

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House vote to label the century-old deaths of Armenians as genocide was in jeopardy Tuesday after several Democrats withdrew their support and sounded alarms it could cripple U.S. relations with Turkey.

The loss of support is a major setback to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, who have fiercely defended the resolution to Republicans and the Bush administration as a moral imperative in condemning the World War I-era killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks.

President Bush called Pelosi on Tuesday to ask her not to call for a House vote on the resolution.

"The president and the speaker exchanged candid views on the subject and the speaker explained the strong bipartisan support in the House for the resolution," Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami said, noting that Bush initiated the phone call.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; demfailure; flipflop; genocide; mistake; natoallies; ottoman; pelosi
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To: omega4179

Good summary...now if the drive by media would just print this truth.


101 posted on 10/17/2007 5:08:38 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (Hoping my 'carbon footprint' has crushed a few liberals)
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To: RexBeach
Maybe a resolution condemning the USA for genocide when we killed the Indians? That would be a good one.

Is she just plain stupid?

102 posted on 10/17/2007 6:33:18 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I heard Murtha speak on the subject and could only wonder if he had a good twin who switched places with him today.


103 posted on 10/17/2007 7:50:59 PM PDT by skr (How majestic is Thy Name, O Lord, and how mighty are Thy Works!)
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To: teddyballgame

passing a bill condemning the genocide of Armenians could lead to a genocide of Kurds.


104 posted on 10/17/2007 8:34:54 PM PDT by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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To: teddyballgame

It better not pass. talk about stabbing your friends in the back. Pelosi has better chances on passing a Genocide bill on the mass killing of Cows. we need to apologize to the Cow species big time... and the Chickens! How about the mass killing of Turkeys every year? /sarc


105 posted on 10/18/2007 10:52:02 AM PDT by Ancient Drive
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To: teddyballgame
I'll take "Stupid Moves By Speaker Pelosi" for $400, Alex.

Ummm... What is 'a headline which provokes smart-ass comments from the peanut gallery?"

106 posted on 10/18/2007 2:03:16 PM PDT by dangus
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To: teddyballgame

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Pelosi and the do-nothing Congress fail again. Good news.


107 posted on 10/18/2007 2:14:08 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (Star Wars teaches us a foreboding lesson--evil emperors start out as Senators)
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To: AppyPappy

Exactly! Who thought this up anyway??? Who cares at this point?


108 posted on 10/19/2007 12:31:41 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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To: Liberty Valance

I’m not sure any of them HAVE a brain.


109 posted on 10/19/2007 12:36:14 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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To: teddyballgame

This move was one of the most clumsy and stupid political moves ever. Would the Dems have so readily conceived of passing a resolution condemning Germany for genocide? Of course not, Germany is an entirely different nation than it was in 1945, and the modern Republic of Turkey is a far cry from the Ottoman Empire of 1915.


110 posted on 10/20/2007 8:19:02 PM PDT by attiladhun2 (Islam is a despotism so vile that it would warm the heart of Orwell's Big Brother)
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