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still_one

(92,280 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 03:18 AM Mar 2015

Joe Biden Goes Ballistic On Senate Republicans: Iran Letter Beneath 'Dignity Of An Institution

I revere

Biden, who also serves as president of the Senate, Monday night blasted Senate Republicans in a long, angry statement for their letter to Iran's leaders, which he described as "beneath the dignity of an institution I revere."

Forty-seven Republicans on Sunday wrote directly to Tehran to suggest that any nuclear deal with the Obama administration would not be constitutionally binding because a future president or Congress could take steps to revoke it. Biden called the move an unprecedented affront "designed to undercut a sitting president."


"In thirty-six years in the United States Senate, I cannot recall another instance in which Senators wrote directly to advise another country -- much less a longtime foreign adversary -- that the President does not have the constitutional authority to reach a meaningful understanding with them. This letter sends a highly misleading signal to friend and foe alike that that our Commander-in-Chief cannot deliver on America’s commitments -- a message that is as false as it is dangerous," Biden said in a statement

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/09/joe-biden-iran-letter-republicans_n_6836146.html

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Joe Biden Goes Ballistic On Senate Republicans: Iran Letter Beneath 'Dignity Of An Institution (Original Post) still_one Mar 2015 OP
repukes are embarrassing America Skittles Mar 2015 #1
Thank you, Veep Biden! Cha Mar 2015 #2
Keep the rebukes coming. Chemisse Mar 2015 #3
Thank you VP Biden. Now where are the rest of the Democrats in the Senate? livetohike Mar 2015 #4
Biden isn't just VP, but a very experienced wise Senator, with a full understanding... Hekate Mar 2015 #5
they have lost their tiny minds nt arely staircase Mar 2015 #6
No! Ballistic would have been, "You racist MFers!" Enthusiast Mar 2015 #7
Ballistic is not enough. Prosecute is the only language they will understand. appleannie1 Mar 2015 #8
It would be very hard. They could say they were exercising their free speech, even if it is crazy still_one Mar 2015 #9

Cha

(297,395 posts)
2. Thank you, Veep Biden!
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 05:21 AM
Mar 2015
"The decision to undercut our President and circumvent our constitutional system offends me as a matter of principle. As a matter of policy, the letter and its authors have also offered no viable alternative to the diplomatic resolution with Iran that their letter seeks to undermine," he added.

mahalo still one

livetohike

(22,153 posts)
4. Thank you VP Biden. Now where are the rest of the Democrats in the Senate?
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 05:29 AM
Mar 2015

How much more of this disrespect of President Obama will be enabled by silence? I wish Senators Byrd and Kennedy were still here. I can hear their eloquent rants on the floor in my head.

The time is way overdue to somehow stop this embarrassment.

Hekate

(90,740 posts)
5. Biden isn't just VP, but a very experienced wise Senator, with a full understanding...
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 05:44 AM
Mar 2015

...of government and a desire to actually govern. Something which the current class of clowns cannot begin to grasp.

My gods how long will we have to put up with those idiots?

still_one

(92,280 posts)
9. It would be very hard. They could say they were exercising their free speech, even if it is crazy
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 12:27 PM
Mar 2015

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