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SlimJimmy

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53. You are wrong on this one. This is not Treason.

Reply to calimary (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 12:03 PM

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TREASON. I think the GOP'ers relentlessly persecuting Obama are now guilty of it. [View all] calimary May 2013 OP

Damned right it should be circulated. DemocratsForProgress May 2013 #1

I'm just fed up. You bad-guys wanna start insinuating about the "I-word"? calimary May 2013 #4

Congressional Democrats and Democratic strategists should be pushing this truth BlueCaliDem May 2013 #33

Yeah. Summer Hathaway May 2013 #2

Bill Clinton said it best RobertEarl May 2013 #3

It's disturbing how closely your argument mirrors the neo-cons of the previous administration. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #5

Ah, the old false-equivalency thing again. Not relevant here. Not by a long shot. calimary May 2013 #6

Obstructionism is not treason. It just isn't. So by calling them treasonous... Gravitycollapse May 2013 #8

good luck with that... mikeysnot May 2013 #29

It is during wartime. You know, that period where the Constitution really doesn't count by design? nebenaube May 2013 #57

That is exactly what the neo-cons said! Gravitycollapse May 2013 #61

That is my thought. It can be argued that the Republicans are giving aid and comfort to the JDPriestly May 2013 #13

Spot on! MNBrewer May 2013 #25

It's disturbing how you're on a Democratic Party supporting site and appear against the OP's BlueCaliDem May 2013 #34

Treason is defined in law in the Constitution, Article III. longship May 2013 #7

Great post oberliner May 2013 #14

Yes, the extremist 20 have committed treason. Sedition is illegal graham4anything May 2013 #9

as is libel... SQUEE May 2013 #23

Why did you pick me to reply to?Especially as 40 other replies said the same thing. graham4anything May 2013 #26

in the flow of this thread, yours is the first to outright say it, so I replied... SQUEE May 2013 #28

sedition. pansypoo53219 May 2013 #10

Google "alien and sedition act" longship May 2013 #12

Nope dreamnightwind May 2013 #11

Good luck with all that RandiFan1290 May 2013 #15

Your argument is, well, sickening. cali May 2013 #16

Yes, of course we should. graham4anything May 2013 #27

of course we should sit down and shut up for any war time President? SICK cali May 2013 #36

So G4A, we're you a big Nixon supporter? onenote May 2013 #42

Their behavior is definitely anti-American and unpatriotic. I get that people have differing views spicegal May 2013 #17

No, not in a legal sense sakabatou May 2013 #18

I think the obstructing R's in congress and in fact at all levels of government have been geckosfeet May 2013 #19

H.L. Mencken and Eugene V. Debs might want you to rethink your stance.. SQUEE May 2013 #20

Which of our political enemies do you want to see executed first? el_bryanto May 2013 #21

........................ Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #22

1. We don't recognize "High Treason" in the US MNBrewer May 2013 #24

But it was enough to silence the opposition, wasn't it? eom BlueCaliDem May 2013 #35

While I didn't stop my criticism MNBrewer May 2013 #39

"Seems like an idiotic means to an end." BlueCaliDem May 2013 #43

Don't get me wrong MNBrewer May 2013 #47

I think you need to read the Constitution. nt hack89 May 2013 #30

It's what they would be screaming if this were a Republican administration... Pragdem May 2013 #31

It should be punished politically onenote May 2013 #41

Welcome to DU, Pragdem! I'm very appreciative of all the comments, both pro and con. calimary May 2013 #55

This is a bad idea that can't even survive its own standard for a mere 55 posts. Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #60

Treason has a very specific definition. MineralMan May 2013 #32

I hate it when DUers openly display their ignorance of the Constitution onenote May 2013 #37

In my short time on this forum, I've noticed quite a bit of that. Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #51

To paraphrase William Pitt: Derp Jeff In Milwaukee May 2013 #58

The stragest aspect to me is that people don't understand one of our basic principles of law Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #62

Oooooh. TREASON, probably HIGH TREASON? Nye Bevan May 2013 #38

That was awesome Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #40

If it could be shown that certain GOP officials ucrdem May 2013 #46

+1 MNBrewer May 2013 #48

We're Seeing History Repeat Itself ChoppinBroccoli May 2013 #44

I can't get over how absolutely terrible and idiotic this op is and I can't believe cali May 2013 #45

I thought I was the ony one. Dpm12 May 2013 #49

I think you are close to a tour de force of hyperbole. Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #50

no. fishwax May 2013 #52

You are wrong on this one. This is not Treason. SlimJimmy May 2013 #53

No. The T word is carefully defined in the Constitution nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #54

The Bill of Rights applies all the time. BlueCheese May 2013 #56

None of it is treason treestar May 2013 #59