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Not every Senate Republican signed on to Sen. Tom Cottons extraordinary letter to Irans leaders, and several of those who didnt are fuming about the freshman senators Monday-morning foray into nuclear diplomacy.
I knew it was going to be only Republicans on [the letter]. I just dont 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.
Its more appropriate for members of the Senate to give advice to the president, to Secretary Kerry and to the negotiators, Collins said. I dont 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
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)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)politely ignored and the adults continue with conducting real business.
Takket
(21,644 posts)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)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)"my distinguished and high ranking colleagues" while referring to those imbeciles
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)the little doohickie thingy..?
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)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
(86,843 posts)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)Contrary1
(12,629 posts)Cha
(297,810 posts)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