2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary wants to stand up to Assad like she did to Gaddafi l
Great. What could possibly go wrong if we did to Syria what we did in Libya?
chillfactor
(7,584 posts)I do not remember Hillary being in office during the Bush presidency.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)of course.
riversedge
(70,321 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and I know this minutiae, I observe these bodies often. The fact checker is wrong. I don't blame the fact checker. Most people do not get this minutiae. They are arcane and that is on purpose.
riversedge
(70,321 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)what it is.
The matter before the Senate was, do we want democracy in Libya? Here is the definition of unanimous consent
In parliamentary procedure, unanimous consent, also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house, is a situation in which no one present objects to a proposal. The chair may state, for instance: "If there is no objection, the motion will be adopted.
The question before the Senate was NOT about regime change. It did not mention regime change, war or how to do it anywhere. It was one of the many of these kinds of resolutions passed every session, that in the end can range from naming post offices, to going atta boy or girl to a person, or applauding the actions of insert foreign government here. They tend to be pretty standard and pretty meaningless HRC knows this, Even a neophyte US Senator should know this. This mechanism is used often as well to move bills forwards. In fact, what do you think is used to close debate many a times?
My City Council has a similar procedure, used often actually, (it is the same actually) just not called unanimous consent.
Spend some time watching City Hall, or the US Senate and get educated. It is embarrassing when supposed political animals do not know the most basic of shit.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)She wants to off Assad next and let Syria turn into more of a burning hell than it is now.
riversedge
(70,321 posts)Mostly TRUE: Clinton Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/22/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-bernie-sanders-voted-get-rid-/
Hillary Clinton on Saturday, December 19th, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire
Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders voted for regime change in Libya
By Lauren Carroll on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015 at 1:43 p.m.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)I mean I know you have your orders, but wrong thread.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)the fact checker does not know what a sense of the senate or unanimous consent is. It has zero to do with actually voting to authorize anything.