September 7, 2015 – 8:13 am
There’s something very interesting in the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review act, beyond the notion that it turned the typical, and Constitutional, method of the Senate approving all treaties and deals on its head, and that it could be null and void since the agreement is very different from what the INAR was all about. It […]
September 4, 2015 – 7:19 am
Brave, brave Sir Corey Booker came out this week as supporting the Iran Deal, calling it “deeply flawed“. If this was your company negotiating with another, and you were getting the short end of a “deeply flawed” deal, would you be interested in signing it? You can actually find quite a bit of negative talk […]
September 3, 2015 – 8:00 am
On one hand, you have the NY Times lauding Obama for his “coordinated strategy” in obtaining the 34th Democratic Senator’s support in order to make sure that any vote in favor of defeating the Iran deal can be squashed by veto. On the other you have the NY Post, in which their Editorial Board calls […]
August 31, 2015 – 7:04 am
Why would the NY Post Editorial Board recommend this? The obscene drive to avoid any Senate vote on the Iran deal Whether to approve the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran is the most important question to face Congress in years — yet the president wants to stop the Senate from even debating it. He’s pushing […]
August 30, 2015 – 7:37 am
They had to write a letter of support because Debbie Wasserman-Schultz blocked a formal resolution (Washington Post) Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz prevented consideration of a resolution at the party’s summer meeting here that praised President Obama and offered backing for the nuclear agreement with Iran, according to knowledgeable Democrats. The resolution was […]
August 29, 2015 – 4:38 pm
Well, on one hand, he’s right: if a Republican wins, they will toast the deal and make our relations better, which won’t be that hard after Obama has destroyed that relationship (AP) President Barack Obama on Friday compared tensions between the U.S. and Israel over the Iranian nuclear deal to a family feud and said […]
August 28, 2015 – 10:40 am
Surprise? (The Hill) A vast majority of the public would oppose the White House moving forward with the nuclear deal with Iran without the support of Congress, according to a new survey released by an organization critical of the deal. The poll, released by Secure America Now, found that 82 percent of Americans — including […]
August 27, 2015 – 7:17 am
Unfortunately, it won’t stop the deal, because most Democrats are voting in lockstep with Obama, rather than the best interests of the United States, oh, and Senator Tom Cotton made it so that the deal doesn’t need Congressional approval. (Washington Post) A group of nearly 200 retired generals and admirals sent a letter to Congress […]
August 26, 2015 – 8:05 am
This is Stage 5 of The 8 Stages Of Liberal/Progressive Discussion When They Are Busted: “Concoct strange defenses based on wild psychological discourse, which no one understands, including the writer, but it sounds good, and allows a liberal/progressive to say there is no problem.” In this case, The Week writer Damon Linker attempts to project […]
August 25, 2015 – 7:06 am
Has it come to this? The ultimate argument in favor of the Iran deal The agreement would make it easier to bomb Iran, administration officials have told lawmakers. Want to bomb Iran? Then support the nuclear deal. That’s the provocative argument coming from Obama administration officials and other backers of the deal as they promote […]
