punpirate
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Thu Oct-27-05 03:43 AM
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1. Yet, here's the bottom line... |
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... a bottom line which the American public hasn't yet figured out: rhetoric does not count. One's vote does.
Feingold still voted no. Many others did not. That gave Bush the right to proceed as he chose.
That lesson applies to all votes, not just the IWR. A legislator who votes in favor of a bad bill, but whose rhetoric says, "well, this was the best we could get," still voted for a bad bill.
Feingold voted against a bad bill, as he should have done. I don't care what he said afterwards.
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