Democrats who voted to support the escalation

[Bucky]

Gene Taylor of Mississippi's 4th. From Wiki:

"Taylor is one of the most conservative Democrats in the House. In 2004 he voted with the Republican leadership 54.2 percent of the time <3>. He voted for all four articles of impeachment against Bill Clinton, making him the only Democrat to do so, and has frequently skipped Democratic conventions. He is pro-life, a supporter of the Federal Marriage Amendment and a firm supporter of the right to bear arms."

and

Jim Marshall of Georgia's 8th. From Wiki:

"Marshall is a social conservative. He opposes abortion, gay marriage and gun control, and supports a constitutional amendment to ban flag-burning. He has cited the concerns of people who have ethical objections to embryonic stem-cell research as influencing his votes on federal funds for such research: he supports allowing cell extraction only if embryos are not destroyed. He is a member of Blue Dog Coalition, a group of conservative congressional Democrats.

However, Marshall leans pro-labor and pro-environment. He opposed repealing the Estate Tax and opposed reducing environmental regulations on the construction of new oil refineries ("Gasoline for America's Security Act"). He voted against bankruptcy reform, for American withdrawal from the World Trade Organization, and against tort reform."

[HockeyMom]

1. Any bets on the Indepndent Demrocrat in the Senate?

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Sanders is one of us; Lieberman is one of them.

[hippiechick]

2. They are seriously Democrats ?!?!

:wow: They sound like they should be members of the "Falwell Holy-Roller Everyone-Hater" Party !


:wtf:

[kstewart33]

3. Marshall sounds more interesting.

Why in the world is Taylor a Dem? Why does he even bother?

[k_jerome]

4. why are firearms always thrown in with the bigoted, racist crap?

he is a woman hater, gay basher, and white supremacist.

oh, and he supports the right to bear arms.

[RiverStone]

5. Thanks for this.

Not surprised to hear their conservative stats. Still, in my mind Taylor and Marshall are welcome to join Lieberman as Non-DEMS. Cowards - all 3 of them!

BTW, one of the 2 non-voting DEM Reps was from my state - Brian Baird (WA). I called his office to express my concern. They said he was called away at the last minute to attend a funeral for a close family friend. Brian had spoken on the floor yesterday in full support of the resolution.

[thatsrightimirish]

6. Look

Marshall is probably going to lose his seat next election so he will be gone. Unfortunately he will be replaced a an evangelical fundamentalist.

[Katherine Brengle]

8. Taylor's a Republican calling himself a Democrat. Marshall...

so-so.

[Selatius]

9. There's NOTHING wrong in supporting the 2nd Amendment

There's SOMETHING wrong with not supporting common sense gun regulations like closing loopholes at gun shows.

As a Mississippian, I can say Gene Taylor isn't worth the fucking ballot his name is on, but just because a person supports the 2nd Amendment doesn't mean that's a negative.