Ted Kennedy Vows To Fight President Bush On Troop Surge
Congress must act against Iraq troop rise: Kennedy
WASHINGTON - With the new Democratic-led Congress flexing its muscles in opposition to the Iraq war, a leading Democratic senator proposed on Tuesday to block President Bush from sending more troops to Iraq unless Congress specifically approves.
Bush is expected to announce an increase of up to 20,000 U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday and Sen. Edward Kennedy said Congress had the authority to block the move through its power to approve spending.
"We cannot simply speak out against an escalation of troops in Iraq, we must act to prevent it," the Massachusetts Democrat said in a speech to the National Press Club.
The move seemed destined to touch off constitutional debate about the role of Congress and whether it can stop specific orders by the President -- who is the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces -- once it has authorized the use of force.
"There can be no doubt that the Constitution gives Congress the authority to decide whether to fund military action, and Congress can demand a justification from the president for such action before it appropriates the funds to carry it out," Kennedy said.
Congress in October 2002 passed a resolution authorizing the Iraq war. Since then the war has taken the lives of over 3,000 members of the U.S. military, and Democrats rode the far left extreme agenda with the conflict to majorities in both houses of Congress in November.
Bush on Tuesday continued meeting lawmakers at the White House as he sought to convince them of the necessity of his plan to try and improve the situation in Iraq.
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Bush Still President, Times Disturbed
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Ted Kennedy, you need to shut the F*** up! You dont have the "Moral Authority" (You have no Morals at all) to make this decision! You are NOT the Commander-in-Chief of our Armed forces! You try to cut off funding to our Troops WHO BY THE WAY DONT LIKE YOU, there will be PUBLIC OUTCRY like you have never seen. If the President and the commanders on the ground say "We need more Troops" like YOU on the left have suggested and called for on numerous occasions, then let's do it and put an end to this crap once and for all! Our founding father's left this decision to ONE MAN The President!! Kennedy YOU dont get to decide, YOUR job is to LEGISLATE! Way to support the Troops asshole! Why in the hell did you people in Mass re-elect this MORON???
WASHINGTON - With the new Democratic-led Congress flexing its muscles in opposition to the Iraq war, a leading Democratic senator proposed on Tuesday to block President Bush from sending more troops to Iraq unless Congress specifically approves.
Bush is expected to announce an increase of up to 20,000 U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday and Sen. Edward Kennedy said Congress had the authority to block the move through its power to approve spending.
"We cannot simply speak out against an escalation of troops in Iraq, we must act to prevent it," the Massachusetts Democrat said in a speech to the National Press Club.
The move seemed destined to touch off constitutional debate about the role of Congress and whether it can stop specific orders by the President -- who is the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces -- once it has authorized the use of force.
"There can be no doubt that the Constitution gives Congress the authority to decide whether to fund military action, and Congress can demand a justification from the president for such action before it appropriates the funds to carry it out," Kennedy said.
Congress in October 2002 passed a resolution authorizing the Iraq war. Since then the war has taken the lives of over 3,000 members of the U.S. military, and Democrats rode the far left extreme agenda with the conflict to majorities in both houses of Congress in November.
Bush on Tuesday continued meeting lawmakers at the White House as he sought to convince them of the necessity of his plan to try and improve the situation in Iraq.
Story Here
Bush Still President, Times Disturbed
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Ted Kennedy, you need to shut the F*** up! You dont have the "Moral Authority" (You have no Morals at all) to make this decision! You are NOT the Commander-in-Chief of our Armed forces! You try to cut off funding to our Troops WHO BY THE WAY DONT LIKE YOU, there will be PUBLIC OUTCRY like you have never seen. If the President and the commanders on the ground say "We need more Troops" like YOU on the left have suggested and called for on numerous occasions, then let's do it and put an end to this crap once and for all! Our founding father's left this decision to ONE MAN The President!! Kennedy YOU dont get to decide, YOUR job is to LEGISLATE! Way to support the Troops asshole! Why in the hell did you people in Mass re-elect this MORON???
posted by Marie's Two Cents | 11:52 AM
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Oh by the way, President Bush can invoke his Presidential Authority and override Congress on sending more Troops.
There is NO memeber of Congress I cant stomach more than Ted Kennedy!
When's the last time that dickhead picked up a gun? The only thing he's good at picking up are bottles of whiskey and young women!
Just STFU, Teddy!
Oh by the way, President Bush can invoke his Presidential Authority and override Congress on sending more Troops.
What,..and give the libs another chance to shout "Emperor George??"
Just have the guts to support the President in a time of war!
Senator Kennedy killed that girl the same as if he put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger, said George Killen State Police Detective-Lieutenant
The Kennedy Family Were Supposedly Expert Swimmers According To Their Father Joeseph Kennedy, Well Remember Mary Jo Kopechne Teddy?
Trek,
When's the last time that dickhead picked up a gun? The only thing he's good at picking up are bottles of whiskey and young women!
Just STFU, Teddy!
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Teddy is the most vile and dangerous Senator up there I think. However it is getting harder to chose.
I cant stand Ted Kennedy.
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What,..and give the libs another chance to shout "Emperor George??"
Just have the guts to support the President in a time of war!
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No foolin, Teddy needs to just STFU!
Teddy cant support the President on anything, that murdering drunk did his best when we were the Majority to hold up progress, and still swears Kerry won the last election!
Ann Coulter was right when she said: "Ted Kennedy crawls up out of Boston Harbor with a bottle of Bourbon in one hand and a pair of pantyhose in the other"
Teddy has NO morals.
Night,
Senator Kennedy killed that girl the same as if he put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger, said George Killen State Police Detective-Lieutenant
The Kennedy Family Were Supposedly Expert Swimmers According To Their Father Joeseph Kennedy, Well Remember Mary Jo Kopechne Teddy?
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You ought to check out my sidebar, I have a section devoted to Teddy. There is a pretty awful story about how Daddy Kennedy had one of the Kennedy sisters delcared "Retarded" and was given a Labotomy. If you take a look at that woman she didnt look the least bit Retarded.
I cant stand the entire Kennedy family, but Teddy takes the cake! Hell the whole damn family take's the cake.
I cant believe there werent enough sane people in Mass over the years to vote Kennedy OUT of office!
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I heard Kennedy say yesterday that this is George Bush's Vietnam. I totally disagree. This is Ted Kennedy's Vietnam all over again. During the war in Vietnam Kennedy acted like he was on the side of the enemy more than he acted like a responsible American Senator. Kennedy made it his mission to all he possibly could to make sure American forces were defeated and humiliated in Vietnam.
This man is a boil on the backside of America and should be told to leave this country and never show his traitorous face here again. Laws and punishment for treason were designed specifcally for people like Edward Moore Kennedy and now they should be enforced.
This man is no more on the side of America than al zwahiri or bin laden. Kennedy would much prefer that we leave Iraq in humilation and shame and something needs to said about by the President.
I never wish bad on anyone but if you look back into the history books and examine how things turned out, those people that had John Kennedy killed might now be wondering if they got the right one.
On the other hand, the death of Mary Jo Kopechne did save the country from four (maybe eight) years of a Kennedy presidency. Unless, of course, somebody (deranged gunmen, the CIA, the Masons, Teamsters, Bavarian Illuminati, the Warren Commission, whoever) took matters into his or their own hands sooner. Personally, I would settle for all Kennedys disappearing from public life.
JG,
Yeah, Kennedy said "This is George Bush's Viet Nam", strange isnt it? Since it was his brother and his sidekick Johnson who got us into that war to begin with?
Has there ever been a time where Kennedy hasnt tried to make the Troops look bad under any administration since his fat ass has sat up there in Washington?
I never wish bad on anyone but if you look back into the history books and examine how things turned out, those people that had John Kennedy killed might now be wondering if they got the right one.
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Or they missed one!
Uncle P,
On the other hand, the death of Mary Jo Kopechne did save the country from four (maybe eight) years of a Kennedy presidency. Unless, of course, somebody (deranged gunmen, the CIA, the Masons, Teamsters, Bavarian Illuminati, the Warren Commission, whoever) took matters into his or their own hands sooner. Personally, I would settle for all Kennedys disappearing from public life.
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Me too!
I heard Kennedy say yesterday that this is George Bush's Vietnam. I totally disagree. This is Ted Kennedy's Vietnam all over again.
Lol...J_G, I like the way you think. That was the title of my post earlier today.
For the life of me, I don't understand how this man keeps getting reelected to the Senate.
Haha Word, I think we were on each other's blog's posting at the same time.
as i sit here watching "RED DAWN" i sometimes think of the wieners who wont make it when they bring the war HERE.than i get over it and think of us who will.
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