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magical thyme

(14,881 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:15 PM Mar 2015

GOP dissenters: Iran letter could backfire

Not every Senate Republican signed on to Sen. Tom Cotton’s extraordinary letter to Iran’s leaders, and several of those who didn’t are fuming about the freshman senator’s Monday-morning foray into nuclear diplomacy.

“I knew it was going to be only Republicans on [the letter]. I just don’t view that as where I need to be today,” Corker said in an interview. “My goal is to get 67 or more people on something that will affect the outcome.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) expressed doubt about her colleagues’ tactic of skirting the White House and trying to affect foreign policy by going directly to Tehran.

“It’s more appropriate for members of the Senate to give advice to the president, to Secretary Kerry and to the negotiators,” Collins said. “I don’t think that the ayatollah is going to be particularly convinced by a letter from members of the Senate, even one signed by a number of my distinguished and high ranking colleagues.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/iran-letter-could-backfire-gop-dissenters-say-115922.html#ixzz3U1l2IXxZ

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GOP dissenters: Iran letter could backfire (Original Post) magical thyme Mar 2015 OP

Give advice, you fucking children in adult clothing, you fucking petulant racist pricks NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #1

iow, it's more appropriate for them to give advice, which can then be magical thyme Mar 2015 #2

she's right, because Iran knows it is a right wing stunt Takket Mar 2015 #3

Iran knows it's a stunt gratuitous Mar 2015 #4

I wonder how she keeps a straight face when she says things like... magical thyme Mar 2015 #5

Maybe she doesn't have 2naSalit Mar 2015 #7

maybe not, lol magical thyme Mar 2015 #8

Almost all the politicians I know have explained to me that 2naSalit Mar 2015 #9

That jumped out at me, too. City Lights Mar 2015 #10

"...my distinguished and high ranking colleagues.” Contrary1 Mar 2015 #6

Wow.. this is interesting. We didn't know why they didn't sign. If they weren't around or what..but Cha Mar 2015 #11

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)

1. Give advice, you fucking children in adult clothing, you fucking petulant racist pricks

Reply to magical thyme (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:29 PM

Mar 2015

couldnt advise on how to wash a god damn car let alone on how to handle diplomacy with the most contentious people on the planet

GOD HELP us these motherfuckers are SENATORS

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

2. iow, it's more appropriate for them to give advice, which can then be

Reply to NoJusticeNoPeace (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:32 PM

Mar 2015

politely ignored and the adults continue with conducting real business.

Takket

(21,592 posts)

3. she's right, because Iran knows it is a right wing stunt

Reply to magical thyme (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:40 PM

Mar 2015

to poison the talks, and their foreign minister has said so.

BTW since when do 47 people get to speak for congress? last time I checked congress has 535 people, and these 47 took it upon themselves to tell Iran how their agreement will be handled.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

4. Iran knows it's a stunt

Reply to Takket (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:42 PM

Mar 2015

But the popular media seems absolutely bumfuzzled by it all: How can anyone not take this letter 100% seriously? It's signed by Senators and everything!

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

5. I wonder how she keeps a straight face when she says things like...

Reply to Takket (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:43 PM

Mar 2015

"my distinguished and high ranking colleagues" while referring to those imbeciles

2naSalit

(86,684 posts)

7. Maybe she doesn't have

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 09:18 PM

Mar 2015

the little doohickie thingy..?

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

8. maybe not, lol

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 09:48 PM

Mar 2015

but seriously, I've heard her refer to her dumbass colleagues that way in radio interviews and really couldn't be certain whether she was sincere or being really ironic.

I'm a master of deadpan myself, and when she refers to them that way, my irony meter starts beeping hard.

2naSalit

(86,684 posts)

9. Almost all the politicians I know have explained to me that

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 10:01 PM

Mar 2015

the more you heap on the platitudes, the more you are being sarcastic... It's part of the decorum of the legislative branch, you should be polite and respectful in your language, but that's it.

I get the sense she was being sarcastic because she is probably unhappy about their childish tantrums that result in this kind of behavior... like a stupid college-boy prank that gets completely out of control and causes great damage to an entire community.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)

10. That jumped out at me, too.

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 10:09 PM

Mar 2015

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)

6. "...my distinguished and high ranking colleagues.”

Reply to magical thyme (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:46 PM

Mar 2015

Cha

(297,396 posts)

11. Wow.. this is interesting. We didn't know why they didn't sign. If they weren't around or what..but

Reply to magical thyme (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 10:12 PM

Mar 2015

this is affirming there's a little sanity on the other side of the isle. In this particular Issue anyway.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6345095

mahalo magical thyme

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