The debate was not just about whether there were WMDs....

kentuck

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Fri Nov-18-05 12:49 PM
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The debate was not just about whether there were WMDs....

As the White House is now saying that everyone thought Saddam had WMDs. But, as the great Senator Robert Byrd attempted to point out to his fellow Democrats, it was about the Constitution. He pulled it from his pocket and quoted passionately that the Constitution did not give the president the right to declare war on his own and that his fellow Senators simply shrugged him off as if he was just a senile old man...

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Critters2

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Fri Nov-18-05 12:55 PM
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1. I said this!!

At the time, I said the Constitution only gives Congress the power to declare war, and makes no provision for ceding that power to the president. I all but SCREAMED this to my dem friends, who assured me that the Constitution must make it legal, or they wouldn't be doing it.

It's a special feeling, knowing you were right, and that, if you had been listened to, you could have saved 2082 American and countless other nationals lives.

So, what I'm looking for is a party with both a working knowledge of the Constitution, and a collective spine. Is there such a thing?
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knowbody0

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Fri Nov-18-05 01:38 PM
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2. i've been screaming this too!

the constitution is pristine. when asked what i want from my "party" that is my answer. last year i gave everyone i love their own copy of the constitution for christmas.

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Fri Nov-18-05 01:44 PM
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3. Sometimes "we" ignore the Constitution, or we say it isn't a war, but

a police action, or some other such made up nonsense.

Korea, Vietnam, Iraq.

Perhaps the constitution needs to be amended and clarified to include ...Congress... has the power to declare war, to approve or disapprove a declaration of international police action, or any other war-like engagement or action by the US military.

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kansasblue

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Fri Nov-18-05 02:39 PM
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4. It also about the conduct of the war.....

remember the generals saying we needed more troops, Ignored!

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