Posted on 09/06/2002 9:58:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
On Oct. 9,[1998] 27 senators sent Clinton a letter, initiated by Sens. Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), John McCain (R-AZ), and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), to “express [their] concern over recent developments in Iraq,” especially Iraq’s suspension of cooperation with the U.N.’s weapons inspection program. The letter urges Clinton “to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraq sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq’s refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.”
In introducing the letter into the Congressional Record, Levin acknowledged the suffering that economic sanctions have caused the Iraqi people, saying it was “most unfortunate.” He also implicitly acknowledged that the sanctions policy has been a failure, saying that the sanctions were imposed to assure that Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction programs be destroyed and that such destruction be accomplished under international supervision and permanent monitoring,” but that President Saddam Hussain has not complied for more than seven years. Levin and the other signers seemed to be advocating the politician’s prescription for fixing a failed policy: continue with the same policy, but more so.
Signers of the letter, in addition to Levin, Lieberman, McCain, and Hutchison, were Senators Kit Bond (R-MO), John Breaux (D-LA), Alfonse D’Amato (R-NY), Tom Daschle (D-SD), Chris Dodd (D-CN), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Chuck Grassley (R-IO), Jesse Helms (R-NC), James Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Bob Kerrey (D-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Dick Lugar (R-IN), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Strom Thurmond (R-SC).
And this stupid dog-and-pony show up in NY today really pisses me off. They've (the congresscriters) have been off for the entire month of August. They had a short week this week with Monday a holiday and now this!! Criminy, there is boatloads of legislation to get done, appropriations to be made, nominees to be confirmed, etc. and what does the stupid Congress do? They take the day off, head up to New York so they look solemn and serious for the American people. They all make me sick. Get to work you lazy bums!!
Then at the end of the speech, explain he used only Dem quotes.
Letter to the Editor time.
Great post OEB. I went to lunch seething over Daschle's pu$$y stance of late, turned on Rush and knew immediately what was coming.
These putrid stinking lying hypocritical abortion candidate sub-humans, think that no one will care what their position was a short four years ago. I suppose they think that we are all medicare subsidized takers of prozac whose minds have been turned to mush by all the free medications.
I GOT NEWS FOR THEM.
Wouldn't you just love to see Bush or Ari Fleischer say to the presstitutes.....
"No, we feel very comfortable with the resolution sponsored by the Democrates back in 1998. Yes, that's right, we think it was well worded and contained all the support we need."
Who knows?
Yes, the answer that is staring everybody in the face, but few seem willing to publicly acknowledge, is that the Democrat leadership has little interest in pursuing America's interests - indeed the word "traitor" may not be too strong for some of them - and their only interest is in maintaining and/or growing their personal power, regardless of the damage that their actions will inflict on the nation.
Thank you sir. Now is the time to pile on, hit below the the belt, etc., etc.,
You guys gotta check this thread out and spread it around.
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