One of our Congress critters was part of the boycott and I applaud him!

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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Yes, I am proud of Senator Whitehouse who was one of the fifty Dems who refused to take part in this political stunt. I hope that one of your reps made you proud yesterday, too...
 

Well, we only had one out of four that showed some courage...
 

Nothing like enjoying seeing another attempt to humiliate the president and make the US look hapless.
 
Ralphy1 said:
Nothing like enjoying seeing another attempt to humiliate the president and make the US look hapless.
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Absolutely... It was a pandering to a foreign leader in deference over our President and a humiliating disgusting display pure partisanship. I am truly ASHAMED of our Congress.. How dare they.. Netanyahu lectured us as if we were children and just don't understand what is going on. The Republicans should all be hanging their heads in SHAME. The only thing that was accomplished was to increase the already nearly insurmountable divide that exists. They are the most divisive factor our country has EVER seen... However, I truly believe that the American people have seen through this charade... They must have. President Obama's favorability climbed 5 points YESTERDAY.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/03...-obama-approval-jumps-5-points-netanyahu.html

Since Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu arrived in the U.S., President Obama’s approval rating has increased by 5 points in the Gallup poll.
From February 26-28, President Obama’s approval rating was 44% in the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll. The president’s disapproval rating was 51%. Once Netanyahu’s arrived in the United States, President Obama’s approval rating jumped to 49%, and his disapproval rating fell to 47%.
There were signs that the Republican handling of the Netanyahu invitation was not playing well with many Americans. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released yesterday found that by a margin of 48%-30%, registered voters said that John Boehner should have talked to President Obama before inviting Netanyahu.
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Hopefully, this is going to bite the GOP in the arse in 2016. What's next Boehner... You have already genuflected to Putin and praised him as a great leader.. NOW you bring a Foreign leader to the floor of Congress and allow him to give a "State of HIS union" address.. and show him more respect than you did OUR President. Who are you going to adore next? Jihadi John??
 
I see no differences in the Rasmussen reports. Maybe tomorrow their might be a difference.

The Jewish people have been living with those killer type Arabs from Iran's leadership for many years now. They have a good reason to be here and telling of their experiences. The larger majority of the Congress did the proper thing and listened to the message.

At end of first paragraph - click on (see trends).

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
 
This was a slap in the face of the president. How would Reagan have liked having an end run made around him?
 
BobF said:
I see no differences in the Rasmussen reports. Maybe tomorrow their might be a difference.

The Jewish people have been living with those killer type Arabs from Iran's leadership for many years now. They have a good reason to be here and telling of their experiences. The larger majority of the Congress did the proper thing and listened to the message.

At end of first paragraph - click on (see trends).

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
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Rasmussen is a notoriously Right leaning poll and skewed. I pay it no attention.

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/rasmussens-2012-polling-has-had-a-republican-bias-all-year/

http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/11/05/rasmussen-a-pollster-made-for-fox-news/172940

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs.../rasmussen-the-gops-cure-for-the-common-poll/
 
QuickSilver said:
Absolutely... It was a pandering to a foreign leader in deference over our President and a humiliating disgusting display pure partisanship. I am truly ASHAMED of our Congress.. How dare they.. Netanyahu lectured us as if we were children and just don't understand what is going on. The Republicans should all be hanging their heads in SHAME. The only thing that was accomplished was to increase the already nearly insurmountable divide that exists. They are the most divisive factor our country has EVER seen... However, I truly believe that the American people have seen through this charade... They must have. President Obama's favorability climbed 5 points YESTERDAY.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/03...-obama-approval-jumps-5-points-netanyahu.html



Hopefully, this is going to bite the GOP in the arse in 2016. What's next Boehner... You have already genuflected to Putin and praised him as a great leader.. NOW you bring a Foreign leader to the floor of Congress and allow him to give a "State of HIS union" address.. and show him more respect than you did OUR President. Who are you going to adore next? Jihadi John??
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Right on, QS, what gets me is the fact that the US gives Israel billions every year, and Netanyahu had the audacity to insult President Obama's intelligence, I hope he is voted out.
 
Jackie22 said:
Right on, QS, what gets me is the fact that the US gives Israel billions every year, and Netanyahu had the audacity to insult President Obama's intelligence, I hope he is voted out.
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and it's not like Bibi hasn't been wrong before.. He was here advocating for the attack of Iraq... because of all those "Weapons of Mass Destruction".. and was proven wrong. We fell for his BS then... now the GOP wants to go down the SAME path except different country. Netanyahu wants us to fight his wars.. Let HIM spill this young peoples' blood... Leave our kids alone. We've lost enough young lives with his last LIE and fearmongering
 


........thats not all the GOP want to do....



Republicans to push for Iran bill
By Burgess Everett
3/3/15 4:17 PM EST


Senate Republicans want to show Benjamin Netanyahu that their support of his big speech to Congress wasn’t just talk: They plan to try to pass legislation to make it harder for the U.S. to strike a nuclear deal with Iran.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is pushing a proposal that would allow Congress to approve or reject any agreement that the U.S. and other world powers reach with Iran to wind down its nuclear program in exchange for the loosening of some sanctions. The GOP leader’s decision to move forward on that legislation came just a few hours after Netanyahu warned Congress that President Barack Obama’s administration and other world powers were pursuing a “very bad deal” with Iran.

“We think the timing is important. We think it will help the administration from entering into a bad deal. But if they do, it will provide an opportunity for Congress to weigh in,” McConnell said Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/gop-pushes-iran-bill-115717.html?hp=r4_4
 
Sad.... For whatever good it does, I have just called Senator Mark Kirk and urged a NO vote.. He is republican... He is up in 2016 in Illinois a BLUE state.. He needs to be very careful.

I highly encourage everyone here with a Republican Senator to call his/her DC office and urge a NO vote against the Burgess Bill.. It is literally cutting peaceful negotiations off at the knees, and IMO just short of treason against our President.
 
Boy did you watch Bernie Sanders rip up Boehner on CNN? It was pop corn time to hear the position of the Democratic Socialists of America even if their name is an oxymoron.
 
It's about friggin' time Progressives stood up and be counted. The GOP has run roughshod all over the airwaves for far too long. The American people need to hear the truth for a change. Hre's what Bernie said.

More than a decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost us thousands of lives and trillions in treasure and made a difficult situation even worse. Those experiences should reinforce our resolve to make every diplomatic effort to avoid another rush to war.
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It goes without saying that Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. It goes without saying that the United States will stand by our long-standing friendship and support for the nation of Israel. Unfortunately, Prime Minister Netanyahu did not offer any serious alternatives to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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At this point, harsher sanctions won’t stop Iran’s nuclear program. Neither would a dangerous resort to military action. The sanctions currently in place have brought Iran to the bargaining table and current negotiations resulted in Iran freezing its nuclear program. And for the past year, Iran has been subject to heightened international inspections. All of those things have made us safer.
I commend President Obama for his continued cooperation with the United Kingdom, France, China, Germany and Russia to reach a final agreement to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Sen. Sanders (I-VT) saw right through Netanyahu’s language of seeking a better deal. Netanyahu was trying to push for a better deal. Netanyahu compared Iran to ISIS and North Korea. That is not a comparison that gets made if a leader believes in diplomacy.

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Besides boosting his reelection chances back home, Netanyahu was trying to provoke military action against Iran. The Democrats who skipped the speech did not miss anything. Netanyahu’s remarks could have been delivered by Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, or any number of a variety of Republican neocons. There was nothing in his speech that the American people didn’t hear thousands of times during the Bush administration.
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QuickSilver said:
Rasmussen is a notoriously Right leaning poll and skewed. I pay it no attention.

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/rasmussens-2012-polling-has-had-a-republican-bias-all-year/

http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/11/05/rasmussen-a-pollster-made-for-fox-news/172940

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs.../rasmussen-the-gops-cure-for-the-common-poll/
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Rassmussen - Apparently trusted by many as he seems to get a lot of support and following.

Outside the beltway - http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/rasmussens-2012-polling-has-had-a-republican-bias-all-year/
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Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs.../rasmussen-the-gops-cure-for-the-common-poll/

The author of that article no longer works in Washington Post as he has been to New York Times for a while now. All the links are 2 years old.

I prefer to read others but to me Rasmussen list is clearer and plenty accurate. When Obama is doing better it shows, when Obama is not doing better it shows. How is that all the fault of the presentations? Your choices all are left leaning so how could the centered or right folks trust them, just as you don't trust any right leaning information sources.
 
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