Nearly 50 Republicans possibly break the law to spite Obama

*Yawn*... Whatever, dude. I'm not taking the time to read whatever you're linking because I know that it won't show undeniable proof that the republicans are indeed racist. So, don't waste your time trying to convince me of your ridiculous claims. I'm tired of people accusing someone else of being racist just because they don't agree with the people they are accusing of it. It's such a lame-ass tactic. Many people on this board have accused me and several others of being racist just because they don't agree with our views. Take the "Stop stealing white people's superheroes " thread, for instance.

Apparently, I'm a "racist" because I don't think that the race of characters like Captain America and Superman should ever be changed from white. 🙄

Wow. You claim racism is obsolete and I post links disproving that, and rather than offer a rebuttal or concede, you instead run away from the debate like a coward because you don't want to admit that racism is still around. Coming from the standpoint of objective debating...phuck you.

Originally posted by Lestov16
Wow. You claim racism is obsolete

Originally posted by Star428
Yes, there will always be racism

mmm

Then there will always be a race card. As long as there is racism, there will be people who can and will claim to have been victimized by racists in some form, overt or surreptitiously. Can't claim the race card is getting old unless you are claiming racism itself is obsolete.

But the thread is getting OT. Let's focus on these dumbass Repubichairs regretting their dumbass letter.

Bobby Jindal and Rick Perry jump in.

Jindal's comments are especially bizarre.

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Also known as a.... second term president!

And, even weirder,
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The heck kind of comparison is that?

Well, nice of you to throw your foreign policy credentials under a bus...

And, for fun,
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/10/392067866/iran-calls-gop-letter-propaganda-ploy-offers-to-enlighten-authorsIran's foreign minister calls them on not understanding not only international law and treaties, but US law as well.

-Zarif said he was astonished by the letter, saying it suggests the U.S. lawmakers "not only do not understand international law" — a subject in which he is a professor — "but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution when it comes to presidential powers in the conduct of foreign policy," according to Iran's Foreign Ministry.-

You know, somehow I don't think "be brushed off by both Obama and Iran as a buncha ignorant blowhards," was quite their intention. They probably assumed they'd be intimidating... someone here.

And it's especially silly when they aren't even objecting to a specific deal, just that-a-deal is in the works, that somehow they know they'll dislike whatever it is, and huff puff listen to us! without offering their own plan or why Iran should accept any one-sided thing they would put down if given a chance. It's Netenyahu all over again.

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Isn't that what he did to congress with immigration? 😆

Nope, the President does have the authority to move priorities around.

The Republicans don't like it, but it's not as flagrantly bad as this, and there are multiple legislative options to override that... at least, if they're willing to offer deals to get enough legislative support. Which they're not.

Basically Obama's used a very weak, easy to override tool there, one he does possess legally, and the Republicans are so against compromise that they're stuck anyway. They simply refuse to acknowledge their options because it'd involve giving someone who's not them something in some area.

Also DOJ cannot go after Congressional members for upholding constitutional conflicts because the parties dont agree.

They blatantly violated the Logan act. Not just a constitutional conflict, but a law.

No-one ever gets charged with breaking the Logan Act, but yea, they broke the law 100% there.

And did so incompetently for zero gain ^^

Originally posted by Lestov16
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/10/republicans-admit-that-iran-letter-was-a-dumb-idea.html

LOL

Republicans Admit: That Iran Letter Was a Dumb Idea

A day after releasing a letter that potentially threatened the administration’s negotiations with Iran, some Republicans who signed on are realizing it was a bad call.

Behind the scenes, Republicans are wondering if sending an open letter to Iran’s leaders was the best strategy to keep a bad nuclear deal from being negotiated.

Earlier this week, 47 Republican senators signed a letter warning the Iranian government that many of them would remain in office long after President Barack Obama’s second term was over, meaning any deal reached between the U.S. and Iran could be easily reversed by the next president.

But even among Republicans whose offices have signed the letter, there is some trepidation that the Iran letter injects partisanship into the Iran negotiations, shifting the narrative from the content of the deal to whether Republicans are unfairly trying to undercut the president. -end snip

IMO, they should write an apology letter to Obama and Iran for acting stupid.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0311-wednesday-gop-iran-letter-20150311-story.html

...I suggest that the Republican senators who signed this letter also start thinking about signing up for military service, since they feel so strongly about destroying this opportunity for a peaceful solution to a very complex issue...

👆

Originally posted by Robtard
[b]Republicans Admit: That Iran Letter Was a Dumb Idea

A day after releasing a letter that potentially threatened the administration’s negotiations with Iran, some Republicans who signed on are realizing it was a bad call.

Behind the scenes, Republicans are wondering if sending an open letter to Iran’s leaders was the best strategy to keep a bad nuclear deal from being negotiated.

Earlier this week, 47 Republican senators signed a letter warning the Iranian government that many of them would remain in office long after President Barack Obama’s second term was over, meaning any deal reached between the U.S. and Iran could be easily reversed by the next president.

But even among Republicans whose offices have signed the letter, there is some trepidation that the Iran letter injects partisanship into the Iran negotiations, shifting the narrative from the content of the deal to whether Republicans are unfairly trying to undercut the president. -end snip

IMO, they should write an apology letter to Obama and Iran for acting stupid. [/B]

It just keeps getting better and better!

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/cotton-storms-the-senate-115960.html#ixzz3U2mryqc6
From "I don't even pay attention to this stuff."

John McCain now says he had no idea what he was signed:
“I saw the letter, I saw that it looked reasonable to me and I signed it, that’s all. I sign lots of letters.”

To, Lindsey Graham bringing in the tantrum excuse:“I told [Cotton] I don’t think I’m going to do that, because I’m negotiating with Democrats to get on the bill. So when the president just says, ‘I’ll veto that bill,’ in the middle of us putting it together? I said ‘enough is enough.’"

It's a joke all around.

And for context, this is the 'The President must include congress in negotiations and get extra approvals, just because,' bill he was working on, that would make any negotiation much much harder by slowing everything down. So Graham got frustrated and signed a letter that demonstrated just why such a bill shouldn't be passed.

You know shit has gone bad when even John McCain is regretting signing it 😆

Originally posted by Lestov16
You know shit has gone bad when even John McCain is regretting signing it 😆

He's one of the better ones nowadays. By, like, a margin ^^

That's even worse. Even at his age, his mental faculties far exceed that of his GOPussy peers

Glad to see McCain just signs stuff on a "Meh, guess it looks alright" approach.

Uh oh, Rob. You may want to edit that post or get a Crown Vic up the ass.

But yeah, glad to know McCain's process of analyzing laws is less reliable than covering his eyes and saying eeny meeny miney mo.

Damn it, how could I be so reckless!?

Originally posted by Robtard
Glad to see McCain just signs stuff on a "Meh, guess it looks alright" approach.

Though it is pretty sad that 'eh, whatever,' is the best response.

Still, just goes to show, when push comes to shove, they couldn't even get these full 47- which would not be enough to do anything anyway- to vote as they wanted on an Iran bill.

I can already see it. They probably were all on board when writing the letter, thinking they would be seen by the American public as the heroic progressive underdogs who took action against Iran when Obama did not. Soon as they were immediately exposed as being petulant near-traitors trying to start an unnecessary world war, they started jumping ship and backpedaling like mad.

Didn't take long for a treason charges petition to get 150k signatures

Damn skippy. If these dumbass Republicans want to make a fuss about a silly inconsequential email account, then by that same standard, they are also susceptible to the law and should be punished for the blatant treason (and warmongering) that they committed. Personally, I would punish them the way Benedict Arnold was 😉

Originally posted by Lestov16
Damn skippy. If these dumbass Republicans want to make a fuss about a silly inconsequential email account, then by that same standard, they are also susceptible to the law and should be punished for the blatant treason (and warmongering) that they committed. Personally, I would punish them the way Benedict Arnold was 😉

Make them live out the remainder of their lives in Great Britain?

I don't think England would appreciate us if we did that...