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23 September 2007, 8:12 amBlogRunner: Disgrace: Hillary, Reid, 23 other Democrats vote against resolution expressing support for Petraeus:
[...] Thursday, September 20 Allahpundit Hot AirDisgrace: Hillary, Reid, 23 other Democrats vote against resolution expressing support for PetraeusThey own you now, Glacier. GO TO BLOG POST »MORE IN • BlogRunner > Politics • Authors > Hot Air > Allahpundit RelatedAs ThreadCommunity Who’s Blogging about this Article elap(’1190313405′); DRJ | Patterico’s Pontifications Hillary Clinton Tries to Prove Herself to the Liberal Left[Guest post by DRJ] … by voting against a Senate resolution expressing support for General Petraeus that specifically repudiates “the unwarranted personal attack on General Petraeus by the liberal activist group Moveon.org.” elap(’1190310169′); Dan | Riehl World View So, They Support The Troops, But Not The General? This really is an amazing vote when you stop to think about it. The Congress overwhelmingly voted its support for General Petraeus when they sent him off to lead the so-called surge. He has done nothing to warrant their abandoning him … Allah calls it a disgrace. elap(’1190373180′); Karen | KarensKorner The Week In ReviewThis has been an Interesting week, In the news. So I will try to review a few highlights of the week here today … Disgrace: Hillary, Reid, 23 other Democrats vote against resolution expressing support for PetraeusWho’s Blogging about this Topicelap(’1190414496′); Allahpundit | Hot Air Video: HamNation interviews Iraq vets and the parents of the fallen According to Col. […] Read the rest »…elap(’1190411210′); Allahpundit | Hot Air Video: Cavuto grills Document Dan over Memogate So let’s get this straight.elap(’1190404867′); Dana Pico | Common Sense Political Thought Yeah, all week long, I’m a real nobody, but I just punched out an’ it’s paycheck Friday. Weekend’s here, good God Almighty: I’m gonna get drunk an’ be somebody! elap(’1190389376′); Steve Soto | The Left Coaster Reid: Botching Another Opportunity So Senate Democrats have once again had a week of disappointments and bad choices by Harry Reid.elap(’1190389226′); Greg Sargent | TPMCafe Election Central Rudy: ‘We Should Not Allow’ Criticism Like That Of MoveOn Against Petraeus Here’s another intriguing quote from Rudy’s speech before the NRA today…RELATED »elap(’1190388656′); Dana Pico | Common Sense Political Thought BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Clinton is not a lesbian! Hillary Clinton: I’m not a lesbian Hillary Clinton officially declared she’s not a lesbian - not that there’s anything wrong with that.elap(’1190386174′); Logan Murphy | Crooks and Liars MoveOn’s Pariser Responds To Petraeus Ad Distraction In Senate MoveOn’s Executive Director Eli Pariser joined David Shuster –filling in for Tucker Carlson– to discuss MoveOn’s factual Petraeus ad last week and the giant distraction non-binding resolution passed yesterday in the Senate condemning it.elap(’1190385566′); Greg Sargent | The Horse’s Mouth Yesterday Senator Barbara… Yesterday Senator Barbara Boxer introduced a resolution condemning all political attacks on members of the military.elap(’1190383319′); | Complete Free Press Newswire Senate Approves Resolution Denouncing MoveOn.org Ad The Senate approved a resolution denouncing the group MoveOn.org over an advertisement that questioned the credibility of Gen. David H. Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq.elap(’1190378520′); Atrios | Eschaton Narratives CQ:Moderates’ Hope for Compromise on Iraq Fading as Reid Takes Hard LineReid bad, won’t compromise.elap(’1190362980′); Ron Beasley | Middle Earth Journal The Incompetence of Harry Reid It’s been another bad week for the Democrats in the Senate. Steve Soto explains that it’s largely the result of the incompetence of Majority Leader harry Reid. Steve also has some advice for Reid on what he should do now.elap(’1190358720′); HeavyHanded | Heavy-Handed Politics Clinton Sides With MoveOn.org in Senate Vote, Obama Ducks By Amanda Carpenter Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) would not criticize MoveOn.org on the campaign trail for an offensive advertisement the group produced to attack Army Gen. David H. Petraeus…elap(’1190357940′); Carol Platt Liebau | Carol Platt Liebau Hewing to the Moveon Line Remarkably, there are apparently Democrats in the US Senate who think it’s A-OK to call General Petraeus a liar — presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd, among others…elap(’1190352486′); Tom Elia | The New Editor 25 Senate Democrats Support ‘Betray Us’ Ed Morrissey: It’s a particularly sad commentary on the Democratic Party that they cannot bring themselves to support the very commander they sent to lead American troops in battle by a unanimous vote.elap(’1190351951′); DaveH | Synthstuff - music, photography and more… A vote of support from the Senate Why does this not surprise me… From the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: True ColorsThe Senate voted on an amendment expressing their support for dwelling bottom-feeders (that would be MorOn.org, to those of you who have spent the last…elap(’1190347740′); TomCat | Politics Plus Action Alert: Let these Democrats Hear Your Wrath! The Senate voted by a wide margin Thursday to condemn a controversial anti-war advertisement accusing Gen. David Petraeus of betraying the country. Only 24 Democrats, including presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, voted against the symbolic resolution.elap(’1190344545′); Hugh Hewitt | Townhall.com Blog’s TownHall Blog Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-MoveOn.org) Even the Washington Post knows that MoveOn.org and its defender Hillary Clinton is far beyond the mainstream of American politics. A vote for Hillary will be a vote for empowering the nation’s far-left fringe in every…elap(’1190343177′); Patriot | A Soldier’s Perspective Senate Condemns Moveon.org Ad General Petraeus should be feeling a lot better knowing that the majority of the Senate think that Moveon.org's recent attack ad, titled "General Betray Us", went too far.elap(’1190341160′); steve | The Washington Note Beyond ‘The Ad’: Getting Back to Substance in the Petraeus Controversy My former boss, Senator Jeff Bingaman, did not vote with others to condemn MoveOn.org’s recent ads attacking David Petraeus. Bingaman votes his conscience — and sometimes that is a lonely exercise. I remember when he was just one of…elap(’1190338964′); RJ Eskow | The Huffington Post RJ Eskow: The Democrats Could’ve Handled the MoveOn Vote Strategically The resolution condemning MoveOn.org for its Petraeus ad was a no-win proposition for the Democrats - so why did they allow it to come to a vote without calling Admiral Fallon to the stand?elap(’1190338874′); Kathywms | Conservative Thoughts Senators Vote to Support General Petraeus vs. MoveOn.org Today the Senate voted on Sen. Cornyn (symbolic) Amendment to express support for General Petraeus in light of the MoveOn.org full-page ad “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?elap(’1190337180′); Peter | Shakey Pete’s Shootin’ Shack Petraeus And The Senate Let’s get this staight in our heads. The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Gen. Petraeus to command in Iraq. Unanimously as in all of them except the guy who’s brain half disolved and the couple others who were too important to vote. Unanimously.elap(’1190329733′); zzb | ZardozZ News & Satire Senate Proxy Vote on MoveOn.Org Here is one of the more interesting votes on the Senate floor in a good while. A straight up vote on a yes, or no: Do you, or do you not support General Petraeus?elap(’1190329698′); Tahman Bradley | Political Radar Obama Explains Why He Didn’t Vote on MoveOn Ad ABC News’ Jonathan Greenberger Reports: When the U.S. Senate voted earlier today on a resolution denouncing the liberal organization MoveOn.org for its recent advertisement referring to Gen. David Petraeus as “General Betray Us…elap(’1190329500′); Nathan Bradfield | Church and State Democrats Obsessed with Attacking America Instead of Enemies Filed under: Petraeus, MoveOn.org, Senate, Politics, Liberalism, ConservatismUPDATED 12:15 MoveOn.org answers Senate vote.elap(’1190323445′); Chris Bowers | Open Left - Front Page Feingold-Reid Loses A Vote Feingold-Reid just went down. A few months ago, this bill had 29 votes,. Today, it only garnered 28 votes.elap(’1190322749′); Tobin Harshaw | Chris Suellentrop: The Opinionator The Vote on Petraeus The Senate has voted 72 to 25 “to express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq…elap(’1190322272′); Matt Stoller | Open Left - Front Page Iron Law of Institutions Well we got our Sista Soulja moment, only the only person who didn’t give it to us was Hillary Clinton. Up is down. Here’s Jonathan Schwartz.elap(’1190320381′); Satyam Khanna | Think Progress Reid-Feingold withdrawal legislation fails. Today, the Reid-Feingold legislation, which would have cut off funds for combat in Iraq by June 2008, was rejected 28-70, “32 short of the 60 needed to cut off a GOP filibuster.” In May, the Reid-Feingold legislation failed by a 29-67 vote.elap(’1190320200′); The Washington Post | The Trail Obama Skips Vote, Iowa Debate Twice in one day, Barack Obama is making himself conspicuous by his absence. He has absent on Capitol Hill today when the Senate voted on a resolution by Texas Republican Jon Cornyn condemning MoveOn.org for its newspaper ad attacking Gen. David Petraeus.elap(’1190319126′); Orrin Judd | BrothersJudd Blog And Mitch Got to Drive the Bus Democrats Throw Their Base Under the Bus; Cave to Wing-Nuts on MoveOn Resolution (Joshua Holland, AlterNet) On the eve of the Petraeus hearings, I wrote that if the Democrats didn’t call out the general on his partisan…elap(’1190319120′); Jill | Brilliant at Breakfast Meanwhile, in the REALLY important vote today 20 wussy-ass Democrats voted with Republicans to continue grinding American soldiers into empty husks, in a vote that actually was important:The US Senate on Thursday crushed a latest…elap(’1190318419′); the.whistler.ofnd | Say Anything 25 Democrats Vote Against Resolution Expressing Support For General Petraeus Stop and consider that for a moment. Twenty-five sitting Senators, one of whom is running for President, voting against mere support for the general the Senate voted unanimously to appoint to his current position.elap(’1190316858′); Greg Sargent | TPMCafe Election Central Obama Explains Missed MoveOn Vote: ‘I Registered My Protest’ Obama’s got a new statement out explaining why he didn’t stay in the Senate to vote on the resolution condemning MoveOn: He claims that by skipping the vote, rather than voting against it, he was registering his protest against the vote’s triviality.elap(’1190315747′); hotlineblog | Hotline On Call The Senate Goes On The Record For (And Against) Petraeus The Senate today agreed to Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) non-binding measure expressing “the sense of the Senate” that Gen. David Petraeus “deserves the full support of the Senate.”elap(’1190315747′); hotlineblog | Hotline On Call The Senate Goes On The Record For (And Against) Petraeus The Senate today agreed to Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) non-binding measure expressing “the sense of the Senate” that Gen. David Petraeus “deserves the full support of the Senate.”elap(’1190314620′); Gateway Pundit | Gateway Pundit 25 Democrats Decide Slurring Generals Is a Good Thing Just last month Bill Clinton was saying, “That Hillary…elap(’1190314447′); jcrue | The Wide Awakes Reid makes it official: do not support the troops nor Petraeus and cower to MoveOn.org The Senate took a vote today… Hot Air: Disgrace: Hillary, Reid, 23 other Democrats vote against resolution expressing support for Petraeus SEC. 1070.elap(’1190313060′); | The Swamp Senate rebukes MoveOn.org for Gen. ‘Betray Us’ ad by Frank James The Senate approved, by a 72 to 25 vote, a symbolic, Republican-initiated resolution condemning the recent MoveOn.org ad that called Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. “Betray Us…elap(’1190311731′); Ed Morrissey | Captain’s Quarters 25 Senate Democrats Support ‘Betray Us’, Including Hillary The Senate passed the Jon Cornyn amendment condemning the MoveOn.org ad that called General David Petraeus a liar and potential traitor, 72-25.RELATED »elap(’1190311164′); Jennifer Rubin | AmSpec Blog The Gift That Keeps On Giving The Senate voted overwhelmingly to condemn the personal attacks on Gen. Petraeus. Who would vote “no”? Twenty Five Democrats including… you guessed it… Hillary Clinton.elap(’1190310234′); Amanda Carpenter | TownHall Amanda Carpenter: Clinton Sides With MoveOn.org in Senate Vote, Obama Ducks Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) would not criticize MoveOn.org on the campaign trail for an offensive advertisement the group produced to attack Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, but she sided with the anti-war lobby in a…elap(’1190309699′); Charles Johnson | Little Green Footballs Resolution Condemning MoveOn.org Passes, Kos Kidz Seething President Bush ripped the Democrats today over their disgraceful support for the anti-Petraeus MoveOn.org advertisement.RELATED »elap(’1190309400′); Mark Murray | First Read GOP resolution rebuking MoveOn passes From NBC’s Ken Strickland A nonbinding resolution repudiating a MoveOn print ad passed the Senate with 22 Democrats joining all Republican senators. Most of the those Democrats represent so-called “red” or “purple” states. The final vote was 72-25.elap(’1190308380′); roger | Limited, Inc. The Boxer resolution on the enormous size of President Bush’s penis LI had a full report from one of our far flung correspondents about today’s exciting session of Congress. Surely it is a day that will go down in history! In the past, some have criticized the Democrats for not doing enough to help support our troops.elap(’1190305995′); Brian Faughnan | WorldwideStandard.com Democrats Warming for Civil War It’s been clear for a while that the Democratic party is seriously divided over what to do about Iraq. There are essentially no Democrats who support the war in Iraq, and very few who truly support the broader war on terror.elap(’1190305296′); Joshua Micah Marshall | Talking Points Memo Senate Takes Up MoveOn Resolution After blocking measures on habeas corpus and Iraq yesterday, Senate Republicans will seek to condemn MoveOn’s Petraeus ad today.elap(’1190301480′); Mark Murray | First Read Senate set to vote on MoveOn ad From NBC’s Ken Strickland and Mark Murray The Senate will take a vote on a nonbinding measure today to repudiate the MoveOn ad that ran in The New York Times calling General Petraeus “General Betray Us.”elap(’1190298225′); Frank Newport | Gallup Guru Ten things you may not know 1. Union members are no less likely to support Hillary Clinton and only slightly more likely to support John Edwards than any other Democrats. 2. Republicans who are veterans are no more likely to support John McCain than are Republicans…elap(’1190229804′); Brian Faughnan | WorldwideStandard.com Reid Gets His Marching Orders So notwithstanding the shabby treatment General Petraeus received at the hands of Democrats on Capitol Hill, it looks like Harry Reid, at least…elap(’1190229427′); John Cole | Balloon Juice “What a fucking disgrace this man and his journalistic lackeys are” Sullivan’s reaction to the news that K-Lo and company went to a private briefing with the Deciderer…elap(’1190205638′); Sarah White | Burnt Orange Report Will John Cornyn Support the Dwell Amendment? Somehow, someway, Democrats in the U.S. Senate finally found a backbone this week. 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