News coverage of vote on Rand's amendment adopting own Obama's words from '07

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The amendment didn't pass, but Rand is in the headlines again at least, along with Obama's own hypocritical words from 2007 being spread far and wide. Here's a few articles I came across so far:

Politico:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52599.html

Roll Call:
http://www.rollcall.com/news/senate_avoids_vote_on_military_provision_by_paul-204615-1.html

AFP:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110405/pl_afp/libyaconflictuspoliticsdiplomacysenate

Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/05/us-libya-congress-idUSTRE7347TW20110405

some crappy newspaper in Kentucky:
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Hot Air:
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/05/senate-defeats-rand-pauls-resolution-reasserting-congresss-war-powers-90-10/

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Thanks.

Commenting.

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A Democratic Senator destroyed Paul's argument with unfailingly convincing logic:


Paul's proposal was too cute by half

Reuters article (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/05/us-libya-congress-idUSTRE7347TW20110405)

[low preference guy]

HotAir Coverage Here (http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/05/senate-defeats-rand-pauls-resolution-reasserting-congresss-war-powers-90-10/)

HotAir commenters are siding with Rand.

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A Democratic Senator destroyed Paul's argument with unfailingly convincing logic:



Reuters article (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/05/us-libya-congress-idUSTRE7347TW20110405)

Yes, that would be one of my senators. I called and emailed her office.

I love this from the Reuters one "The House has been waiting to see what the Senate would do, But some lawmakers, like House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard McKeon, a Republican, doubt the House could pass a resolution now that would approve the operation."

Good. So don't authorize it, condemn it.

For some reason my sign in for Reuters wasn't working.

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Yes, that would be one of my senators. I called and emailed her office.

What did you write? I'm curious because I'd be so pissed off I won't be able to say anything but stutter or cuss.

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hotair coverage here (http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/05/senate-defeats-rand-pauls-resolution-reasserting-congresss-war-powers-90-10/)

hotair commenters are siding with rand.


lol!

from the comments:


eunichs...

idiots....

cowardly, craven, dupes.....

eunichs.....

eunichs, and whatever the female equivalent is....DeGenerists?....

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lol!

from the comments:

The funny thing is, if Ron did something like this, they'll be trashing him and AllahPundit would've made fun of him in the blog post.

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I found my campaign era password for the CJ Fishwrap and commented:


About that scam supposed unanimous resolution on the no fly zone 'without objection' which no one had the text of and which wasn't read..... http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/04/how-senate-was-bait-and-switched-war

"How the Senate was bait and switched into war
By: Conn Carroll 04/04/11 3:26 PM
Associate Editor Of Commentary
Washington Examiner

Last week, minutes after President Barack Obama explained to the nation why he took the country to war, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) posted a statement on YouTube first noting Obama’s 2007 claim that “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation” and then adding: “Unfortunately, President Obama has failed to heed his own advice. He has ignored our constitution and engaged us in a military conflict without congressional debate and approval.”

But the day before on This Week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ABC News’ Jake Tapper: “The United States Senate called for a no-fly zone in the resolution that it passed on March 1st.”

So who is right? Did the president go to war without any approval from the Senate, as Sen. Paul says? Or did the Senate approve the president’s use of military force, as Secretary Clinton claims?

The answer involves a secretive Senate procedure known as “hotlining".... " rest at link. We ALL should be outraged. This is NOT representative government.

That Res 85 is still being used to 'justify' Obama's actions.

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The funny thing is, if Ron did something like this, they'll be trashing him and AllahPundit would've made fun of him in the blog post.


Duh.

Because.... well, because Ron's a 'nut'.....

[jct74]

HotAir Coverage Here (http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/05/senate-defeats-rand-pauls-resolution-reasserting-congresss-war-powers-90-10/)

HotAir commenters are siding with Rand.

Thanks. I enjoy reading the Hot Air comments lately on any story that pertains to Rand Paul. He has become a rock star over there. I also saw a decent number of comments bashing Rubio, only one person was defending him. :)

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Thanks. I enjoy reading the Hot Air comments lately on any story that pertains to Rand Paul. He has become a rock star over there. I also saw a decent number of comments bashing Rubio, only one person was defending him. :)

Rubio is only a cosmetic conservative. When it comes to voting with leadership, he's a squish.