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Tue Sep-09-03 02:57 PM
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on C-Span2 now on C-span2 now
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Donna Zen
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:06 PM
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...it's an RNC fundraiser!
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Lindsay
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:07 PM
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Actually, except for the part where he said Bush is an honorable man (who's he trying to kid?!?!?!?), he was pretty darn good at defending overtime pay.
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:08 PM
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He defends these thugs to no end. He's a political WIMP!
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:11 PM
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4. Actually He Gave Them Hell |
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on overtime - the honorable man remark was nauseating - but he was pretty effective and spanked em good
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:15 PM
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5. The honorable man remark was obiously annoying |
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But it's politics, and the tradition of the Senate. Biden did a wonderful job bashing the repukes, he is overall a very good dem. Keep in mind as ranking memebr of foreign relations he has to try and sort out a mess in Iraq, and can't let presidential politics get in the way. He is worried about our fighting men and women. So he may make some anooying comments like "forgetr about WMD," but understand he has an important job to do.
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:19 PM
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6. a tradition of the senate? |
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Would be interesting to see which (if any) republican senators followed that particular tradition during Clinton's presidency. was it Helms - who within the first year threatened Clinton with being shot if he came to visit North Carolina? Oh that old traditionalist Jesse....
Nope, Biden doesn't get a pass on all of his recent praises on honorable Bush - especially when he is privvy to how dishonorable Bush is in his presentations to Congress, in his lies to the public, in his policies that make America LESS safe, etc.
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:22 PM
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7. Actually Snowe, Specter, and Collins |
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voted against impeachment. They are Republicans King of NY is a Conservative Republican who voted against impeachment, along with some in the house.
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salin
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:24 PM
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8. but did they always refer to Clinton as an honorable man? |
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Big difference between getting fed up with the house managers and their senate colleagues for going to far - vs - always refering to the president as "honorable" - not in a title (as how one would address a letter) but as an adjective.
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Tue Sep-09-03 03:24 PM
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9. It has always been a tradition to speak politely in the Senate |
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Of other politicians, are we suppoused to follow the lead of Jesse Helms? The Senate is for polite debate, the campaign trail is for personal attacks.
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Tue Sep-09-03 04:46 PM
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He defended OT pay and hit the republicans hard.
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