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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-13/republicans-feeling-heat-over-iran-letter-express-regrets
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Republicans Feeling Heat Over Iran Letter Express Regrets
Mar 13, 2015 12:23 PM EDT
(Bloomberg) -- At least a few of the Republican senators feeling the backlash from signing an open letter to Irans leaders are expressing some second thoughts.
Amid mounting criticism from allies, home-state editorial boards and colleagues who opted not to sign the missive, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson became the latest Republican to suggest he might do things differently if given another chance.
While Johnson said he stood by the content of the letter, which warned Iran that any deal with President Barack Obama might not outlast his term in office, he said it probably shouldnt have been directed to leaders of the Islamic Republic.
I suppose the only regret is who its addressed to, Johnson said at a Bloomberg breakfast in Washington. The Wisconsin Republican said it may have been a tactical error and that the letter could have been addressed to Obamas administration or the American people.
Arizona Senator John McCain, a prominent Republican voice on foreign affairs and national security, has said haste and an impending snowstorm in Washington short-circuited more measured consideration of the letter.
It was kind of a very rapid process. Everybody was looking forward to getting out of town because of the snowstorm, McCain told Politico in an interview. I think we probably should have had more discussion about it, given the blowback that there is.
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BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)and I like it more each time.
The Republicans are convinced Obama (like all liberals) is a hapless moron. Sometimes, it doesn't hurt to get personal in response.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)elias49
(4,259 posts)"The dog ate the REAL letter"
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)In other news McCain yelled out, "Where did I put my car keys?" and then started to grumble, "You kids! Get off my lawn!"
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I have never heard of preparing for a snowstorm by trying to derail peace talks with a foreign power, but I guess Republicans may have thought Iran might donate some snow plows or something.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)in his fingernail than they could ever aspire to.
i still think they should be prosecuted.
realFedUp
(25,053 posts)For stupidity than warranted.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)..is the only thing problematic with committing Treason Sedition.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)With crooks and liars it's always remorse for getting caught, not doing the deed.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)Because he knows the Constitution. Unlike so many others...
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Is it that the traitor commits treason? Serious question. I don't want them to get away with this but they probably will.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)1) The U.S. Constitution protects members of Congress from anything they say or write. ( Art. I, section 6). 2) Speaker Pelosi did the very same thing in 2007 when she went to Syria ot meet with Assad over White House protests. 3) Th U.S. Constitution gives joint responsibility to the Executive branch and Congress for U.S.foreign policy. 4) Posters on this very board want Congress to reject Obama's attempt to negotiate a treaty on trade. Yet that is not being a traitor. Hypocrisy.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...stayed IN town and done their damn jobs.
I am sooooooooooo glad this is backfiring.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)I feel so sorry for Obama. He has to deal with men he knows will stab him in the back the moment he turns away from them. I don't know how he does it.
randome
(34,845 posts)Forget the Jedi mind-trick, Obama is the master of another style.
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