The MoveOn.org Democrats
Here’s your list of the 25 Democrats who voted against Sen. John Cornyn’s resolution expressing support for Gen. David Petraeus in the face of that despicable MoveOn.org smear ad. Like MoveOn.org has said, they bought it, they own it:
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
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Sen. Cornyn’s statement:
“The Senate today overwhelmingly passed an amendment sponsored by Senator John Cornyn, a member of the Armed Services Committee, that strongly condemned a recent ad by MoveOn.org attacking the patriotism and integrity of General David Petraeus. The Cornyn amendment put the Senate on record in reaffirming “its support for all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, including General David H. Petraeus,” and “specifically repudiates the unwarranted personal attack on General Petraeus by the liberal activist group MoveOn.org.”
“This amendment was an opportunity for every Senator to declare with not only their voices but also with their votes that they fully support our troops and our commanding General in Iraq,” Sen. Cornyn said today. “For MoveOn.org and their left-wing allies to brand General Petraeus a traitor and a liar crossed a historic line of decency. It was a despicable political attack by a radical left-wing interest group. I’m pleased that majority of the Senate, in a bipartisan vote, has repudiated it. We will not tolerate the patriotism and integrity of our troops and their leaders in the field being dragged down into the swamp of Washington politics.”
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Here are the anti-MoveOn.org Democrats who sided with Gen. Petraeus and voted for the Cornyn resolution. The nutroots aren’t happy:
Baucus
Bayh
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Conrad
Dorgan
Feinstein
Johnson
Klobuchar
Kohl
Landrieu
Leahy
Lieberman
Lincoln
McCaskill
Mikulski
Bill Nelson
Ben Nelson
Pryor
Salazar
Tester
Webb
The nutroots aren’t just unhappy. They’re seething.
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Isnt it against the law to bribe a Politician.
Hillary just handed the Reps a very nice attack ad
Holy Carp!
What a shocker!
Boxer made the list!
Bigger shock,
Feinstein Didn’t!
Looks like many of the usual suspects I am really surprised not to see Obama voting with the rest of his Democrat friends.
obama didnt vote at all, as usual.
Neither did Biden
That’s why I like living in South Carolina, for the most part anyway. It does get very hot here in August.
What a bunch of bottom-feeders.
Hillary knows whose behind to kiss.
A list of traitors.
Unless you are a dimocrap and want the support of Code Stink and ShmoozOn.
AJ - what did bottom feeders ever do to you Bro?
Hammer Hillary on this and the crooked fund raising. How can you refuse to support the troops, vote your hearty agreement that the commander in the field is a cad, then expect to become Commander in Chief?
Are we allowed to question their patriotism now?
Can we question their patriotism NOW????
I saw a bumper sticker today. It said:
“I HATE MY COUNTRY”
I never thought I would see anything like this. I thought this garbage was reserved to fringe anarchists that turn up with bandannas over their faces only to burn flags at demonstrations and then scatter like cockroaches when the cops show up.
Alas, no, this abomination was plastered on the back of a mid-line Mazda sedan in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.
We are being destroyed by the enemy from within. When can we throw these traitors out?!?!
You are waaaaaay past due.
Hillary shows the only values she has is the $$ value. A far cry from her rally the troops trips to Iraq and Afghanistan circa 2004. What a sorry a$s.
If you truly loved this country you would have no problem dealing with the unpatriotic. The people using their Constitutional right to free speech to burn an American flag. The people with bumper stickers that you find offensive.
Loving this country is more than wrapping yourself around the flag. You have to love all the rights that we have as Americans. And that means tolerating Americans you disagree with.
Thanks for lining up who voted for what Michelle. Now the rest of us should copy the first list and start working on it. Phones, faxes, visits, you name it. Keep them looking over their shoulder.
Feingold voted against it - no big surprise. I applaud Sen. Kohl for voting for the resolution.
mojojojo: I think we should start donating funds to an “I Hate My Country” rescue program. Use any donations to buy ungrateful jerks like that guy a one-way ticket to anywhere they want to go.
Don’t like America? Last I checked, no one was holding a gun to your head and forcing you to stay here…so get the hell out and leave those of us who ARE grateful for America the freedom and resources to fight and defend her.
Im shocked,Shocked that Shuillary voted against it.This needs and must be hammered on time and time again.
MoveOn handed the Republicans these Democrats on a platter. I hope the Republicans will wake up and use the “we own the Democratic Party” mantra from MoveOn to keep the White House and re-take Congress.
Another day to be embarrassed by my reps from NJ.
She just needs to be hammered period.
If she wins the election, it will be due to tampering with the votes or something shady.
I wouldn’t put anything past those Clintonites.
No Dems from southern states except West Virginia. I was a bit surprised Mary Landrieu wasn’t on that list, but she wasn’t - I guess she knows which side her bread is buttered on.
Blah Blah Blah, yawn.
and my apologies to the Bottom Feeders.
As usual I have to hang my head in shame.
I love living in Massatwoshits, but I’m seriously outnumbered up here.
On September 20th, 2007 at 3:15 pm, Rusty said:
I’ve got a question for you Rusty.
How far would you allow me to exercise my free speech if I was insulting your wife, or girlfriend (or boyfriend, not that there’s anything wrong with that)? At what point is it going too far?
Just curious.
LOL AJ
Some “Americans” do not have a problem with a terrorist visiting Ground Zero. Tell it to the families who lost loved ones there; “Hey, you’re an American - shut up and tolerate it!”
There are just some things that should not be tolerated - like say - Slick Hilly saying she supports the troops and then, when she has a chance to show it, does the exact opposite.
Someone picked a bad thread to stop sniffing glue.
Rusty:
You can be Patriotic, love your country, and still disagree with policies.
You can NOT be Patriotic when you say, “I hate my Country”. That is the opposite of being patriotic.
You also cannot be patriotic when, during a time of war, you question the integrity and honesty of a 4-star General leading our troops who has not one black mark on his record or reputation.
The comparison doesn’t make sense. Personal attacks are different than political statements. If my girlfriend were a person of interest, people would have every right to put an ad in the paper condemning her or praising her.
Whoever had that bumper sticker…it’s his/her country just as much as it any of ours. They have every right to hate it and be unpatriotic. People who think they should be kicked out are missing the point. I never said they were being patriotic. I’m saying that people who want to throw them out of the country are even more unpatriotic than they are.
My blog is titled Why I Hate DC. No one has a gun to my head saying I have to live in Washington. But my opinion counts just as much as anyone else’s. Same goes for anyone who hates America.
I didn’t agree with the MoveOn ad. I thought it was silly. I also didn’t find it the least bit offensive. Senators have better things to do than to decide if every political ad is offensive or not.
Rusty, there is a night and day difference between someone who is apathetically “unpatriotic” and those who are actively promoting sedition.
The now bold display of bumper stickers such as the one I mentioned indicates to me the level of support for groups that are actively campaigning for U.S. defeat in war, such as MoveOn, Code Pink and at least 25 Democrat senators. That is treason.
Just a few years ago, these people would have been shunned, just like the bandanna-clad anarchists. Can you imagine the ass-whoopin’ somebody would have received over an “I HATE MY COUNTRY” bumper sticker on 9/12/2001? Now, your “tolerance” has made them U.S. Senators.
If these people hate America so much, then why don’t they exercise a right that is denied to the subjects of all REAL dictatorships–one that THEY have by virtue of being an American: The right to leave.
We are talking about a senate resolution not an ad (let alone “every ad”). The “better thing to do” is say on the record “I support our troops” and back this resolution. Did you not read the resolution?
This vote showed that Moveon.org is not the Democratic party. It doesn’t speak for the Democratic party any more than Charles Dobson speaks for all Republicans.
Maybe the next time Moveon.org runs an ad you don’t like, you won’t question the patriotism of every Democrat in Congress.
By the way, most Americans agree with the substance of the Moveon.org ad about Petraeus. He promised to give an accurate report on Iraq and most Americans (according to recent polls) do not believe he did so. In other words, most Americans believe that he did in fact betray us (he betrayed his promise to us). This is not the same as calling him a traitor.
When I hate a movie - I get up and walk out.
When I hate a restaurant - I don’t come back to it.
When I hate a tv show - I don’t watch it.
If you hate the country you live in - why stay? There must be other countries that you point to and say, “They’re better!”, so why stay here?
Funny thing is - how many immigrants said that about the USA, and continue to every day?
It is the spoiled, ungrateful, attention-seeking whiners who fill their spare time, or all their time, being professional protesters of this country that are true wastes of space.
Most of the anti-American crowd will protest at the drop of a hat, for whatever is the cause-celeb for that day.
Same goes for people like Al Sharpton. He’s protesting the prosecution of the 6 black teens as a miscarriage of justice, but where was he protesting when the illegals killed the 3 blacks in New Jersey?
Hint: Not there - not anywhere. Political protest opportunists. Whether in the streets or in the press or on the internet.
Bullseye!
Is it just me, or do they all have a (D) after their name?
Pardon my abruptness, but you’re full of it.
And please don’t point to a useless poll of perhaps 800 people as proof of your lie.
If that were true - then WHY would the Senate vote the way they did? Would they not reflect the will of the people?
It is most certainly not treason. No one is campaigning for defeat. People are campaigning to withdraw out of Iraq. To-may-to, to-mah-to, maybe. But people have good patriotic reasons to not want to be involved in Iraq anymore. I’d like my American friends and families to get home safe. Sorry if that makes me a “traitor.”
There are plenty of things to hate about America. But someone proudly displaying that bumper sticker is one of the things I love about America. We can display our views and beliefs with no fear of reprisal. (That’s a pretty awesome thing and I wish people thought about that sort of thing before saying they hate this country.)
I repeat what i said before: if you truly love this country, you won’t be upset by opposing viewpoints.
What? This is nonsense. The resolution was condemning the MoveOn ad. My point was that it’s not the Senate’s business to support or condemn advertisements. MoveOn made its views known. They have the right to do so. Why does the Senate have to get involved?
AJ Montana…Obama MIA .. First thing I looked for after Clinton’s name… a chicken can’t run a country.
On a side note, There is one democrat that I am really beginning to appreciate and that’s Claire McCaskill from Mo. She stood strong on immigration too. I’ll be looking to see how she votes on the Dream Amendment.
Rusty:
The Senate would not have gotten involved, most likely, if the leading Democratic candidates had, as Joe Biden did, agreed that the attack on Gen. Petraeus was wrong.
Hillary, Obama, et al, would not condemn the ad as a wrongful attack on a Patriotic American who has served his country honorably for longer than any of them have been in public life.
Funny though, how Joe Biden didn’t vote on the resolution…..
What the hell is up with Obama’s No-Votes?
Is anyone ever going to hold him to any amount of accountability???
Oh…uh…sorry..forgot I was talking about a Democrat.
Wow! I don’t know how to describe what I’m feeling right now. I think it’s pride in Maryland’s two senators. It’s a nice feeling, but strange. I hope it happens again soon.
So, you didn’t read it then.
What part of this are you not getting?
Soap Box, I, much like MM and everyone else covering this story, am reading between the lines. The resolution was clearly intended to condemn the MoveOn ad. You think the Senate votes to support the troops every now and then just for the Heck of it?
Okay Rusty. Explain how it is no Rebublicans can “read between the lines” (and some Democrats as well). They chose to take the higher road much like MM and myself.
Of course Obama took a pass.
He’s no statesman… he’s a finger testing the wind kind of guy, afraid to take a real stand on anything.
His speeches are at the heart a bunch of bland nothing, but they make some democrats feel better for 15 minutes or so…. which is why Oprah and Hollywood love him
SteveG, you make a good point. I’m a Democrat so I love me some Bill Clinton, but I never liked how much of a “finger in the wind” guy he was. I get the same vibe from Obama, but not, interestingly enough, from Hillary.
I really do not like using cliches, but saying that Moveon.org members are seething…again…
1) Water is wet
2) Gangsta rappers beat up their girlfriends
3) Islamic terrorists are angry
We should test these Moveon.org members for rabies, given that they act like wild uncivilized animals. They are not seething, they are teething. Actually, they are foaming at the mouth.
Is there a republican doctor in the house?
http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/moveonorg-needs-to-just-move-on/
Respectfully,
eric
Of course this resolution was such a joke that I can’t blame Obame for not caring.
If Republicans are so concerned about the well-being of our troops, why did they filibuster the Webb Amendment?
Update Bumper Sticker:
Faux News just interviewed the person with the “I Hate My Country” bumper sticker. Turns out the owner of the car is from Iran. Film at 11:00
Well, A dimocrap would think it is a joke.
I get the joke by the way.
Slick Hilly: “I support the troops!!”
Vote: Ney
BwaaaaaHaaaHaa - that is funny.
Obama should be sued for Breach or impeached, he hasn’t represented anyone, Sen. No-Vote. Yet another bag-o-wind.
Rusty,
This is important because Moveon.Org has inserted themselves into the polictical process to the tune of miliions of dollars to inluence (buy) the support of which Party? Democrats, of course.
Dissent and reasonable discourse is a great thing about America but when one group of rich people come together and publicly announce that they own the democratic party, that is Anti-American and the Dems should make their independence clear. Unfortunately, they chose money over freedom.
God bless America. God bless our troops.
But tell us how you really feel AJ - LOL
Obama sure has not shown much of a backbone. Then again, he has no chance anyhow.
Faux News Alert:
Obama “Those little voter button thingys are confusing”
MoveOn: “We Bought” the Democratic Party
By Ben Johnson
FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, December 10, 2004
A standard “action alert” has provided a rare glimpse inside the mind of the Shadow Party.
In a December 9th e-mail signed by “Eli Pariser, Justin Ruben, and the whole MoveOn PAC team,” the Soros front group stated: “In the last year, grassroots contributors like us gave more than $300 million to the Kerry campaign and the DNC, and proved that the Party doesn’t need corporate cash to be competitive. Now it’s our Party: we bought it, we own it, and we’re going to take it back.”
To clarify, the hysterical Left believes not only that America’s oldest political party is for sale, but that George Soros has already made the down payment.
Hillary just “swift boated” herself. The Republicans have a whole year to nail her with this. Can anyone really envision Hillary as Commander in Chief? God help us all!
You mean - Command Her in MisChief ?
lol gayle.
Yep; MoveOn and Kos definitely own the DhimmiRATs. Let’s review those in leadership and those who are seeking the Presidency:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid - voted the MoveOn position
Senate President pro tempore Robert Byrd - voted the MoveOn position
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin - voted the MoveOn position
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton - voted the MoveOn position
Democratic Presidential candidate Christopher Dodd - voted the MoveOn position
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama - ran away (nice catch, Allahpundit)
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden - ran so far away that he’s not even in DC
Again, I’m not questioning their patriotism. I’m flat-out stating that they have no patriotism for this country, and yes, you may quote me on that.
“They have no patriotism.”
(don’t blame me, I am just quoting Steveegg)
eric
The Tygrrrr Express
P.S. You may quote me quoting Steve on that!
Oblahblahblahblahbama.
Waving the flag. Gag. Seems a bit undignified for a U.S. senator to waste time responding to a partisan web site, especially since most of the senate is corrupt, unpatriotic, pro-crime, and pro-infiltration when it counts, like on border control. But then they are little men in Washington today.
I am very suprized to see Joseph Biden of Delaware NOT on this list, his son Beau is set to go to Iraq. Will he side with the transparent Move On. orgs., the face of the Soros Democrats, when they try to cut the American Military’s Fighting Force, funds off?
I am sooo disappointed in Joe Biden playing politics and not going on the record, hedging his bets? There comes a time in every Elected American Official’s life to live up to their fellow American’s expectations. If Joseph Biden, was “WISE” he would get in front of a camera fast and state his position on the Move on, HIT JOB on a General who is in the middle of a shooting war…the Soros crowd doesn’t get how they managed to elevate, General Patreaus, even higher in many American’s esteem. The Man is fighting a War in Iraq and changing the dynamics on the ground, and then he comes home and has to fight self serving politicians. America is in need of more General Patraeus, and less bureacratic career politicians “the non list, for non patriots” Where are you Joe? Missing in Action?
I’m supprised at Feinstein’s vote. Thought she would vote like that idiot Boxer.
I got one question for our friend rusty, how come it’s OK for people to express their “free speech” to hate the country they live in, but it’s not OK for someone to express their free speech by suggesting they get the hell out?
This bit of news brought the trolls out in force. Some people you just can’t reach because they feel instead of think. I believe these 25 Senators to be guilty of treason and sedition in a time of war paying homage to the views of their benefactor George Soros instead of showing respect to a man they overwhelmingly approved during the Senate confirmation hearing clearing him for his current assignment.
They are just embarrassed that under his leadership our troops have broken the code and are winning the war and the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. We have basically destroyed Al Qaeda depriving them of their operating bases in Iraq. If the administration takes the leash off and allows our Air Power to neutralize Iran and Syria’s to stop their meddling we could win this thing yet.
Not surprised about Boxhead but I’m shocked about Feinstein. Talk about a broken clock/flying pig moment!
Not only that they took another big loss today
Has anybody noticed that about 60% of the people trying to shoot down the amendment are on Norman Hsu’s donor list.
some commentary observed from the left side blogs
Russ Feingold offered up a straight forward bill today that would have forced the Bush Regime to redeploy most troops out of Iraq by July 2008.” It shouldn’t surprise you that not a single Republican– and that includes the fake moderates like Gordon Smith, Norm Coleman, Susan Collins, etc– voted to end the war. Quite a few cowardly Democrats joined them. Of the two independents in the Senate, Sanders (VT) voted with the Democrats and, predictably, Lieberman was all about endless war and supporting the Bush Regime agenda of Middle East mayhem.
A slim majority of Democrats voted to end the war. The Democrats not this do not deserve your support. If you contribute to any of them– or to the DSCC– you are contributing to a policy of perpetual war. Try to remember. These guys you can support:
This was Senator Feingold’s statement after the bill was defeated:
“I am pleased that the Senate leadership cosponsored and strongly supported this amendment and that, once again, the majority of Democrats supported ending the President’s flawed Iraq policy. The time to safely redeploy our troops from Iraq is now, and I will not relent until it happens. A vote against Feingold-Reid was a vote to continue the President’s disastrous Iraq policy. Every day that the Congress fails to act, our brave troops remain in harm’s way, and our national security continues to be undermined.”
@CommentGuy
I applaud you for being able to read left leaning blogs. My stomach just can’t take it.
As a resident of Washington State, please accept my sincerest apologies, for our Dunderheaded Senator Murray, who was elected by the people in two - count ‘em, TWO counties, (Pierce and King) in this state, and rejected by the other Thirty-six.
She doesn’t speak for us.
Cross-posted at HA…
Hmmm…. I was looking at the congressional record, and it appears that Obama was not too principled to vote on the “Boxer Amendment” (also yesterday) which was:
Was it because the Cornyn amendment specifically mentions Petraeus? BTW, Shrillary also voted for the “Boxer” amendment, but against the Cornyn amendment. Does it matter that much whether it’s a (D) or and (R) who sponsors the bill?
Of course, you could look at this the other-way-’round too. Why wasn’t the Boxer amendment good enough for the (R)s? It was voted on first, and was defeated 51-46 (3 NVs — one of them Biden, of course). Only 3 (R)s voted Yea. Could it be, maybe, that within the amendment were the following “findings?”
Well I wonder who they could mean?
If Democrats wind up controlling the White House, the House and the Senate and they are more beholden to MoveOn.org than to their constituents (‘cause what they really want is votes and money gets votes) then what will happen to Democracy in the U.S.?
We will have Open borders,socialized medicine, social experiment and devastated military”meals on wheels”,a very liberal Supreme Court, legalized gay marriage and every other kind of marriage, no gun rights, we will pay reparations to everybody we might have “injured” for past 200 years, open elections to everybody even non citizens, no free speech especially on the radio, how’s that for starters.
Kennedy is a damned traitor.