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Sunday, October 01, 2006
Sunday Evening Round-Up
- Tickets for the Oct. 23rd debate in New London will be available starting at 8:30am tomorrow morning at the offices of the New London Day (47 Eugene O'Neill Dr. in New London, or 457 W. Main St. in Norwich), at the Garde Arts Center (325 State St., New London), or at the public libraries in Groton and Waterford. First come, first served.
- I don't know how much Joe paid for his last TV ad, but if that's how he wants to spend Mel Sembler's money, and Mel is fine with it, that's all that really matters, I guess. But maybe next time he should just ask Spazeboy to cook something up (it's cheaper, funnier... and better music, too!):
- Same old, same old. Newt Gingrich used Lieberman's vote on the detainee bill to inoculate Republicans and attack Democrats on Fox News today:
WALLACE: So, Speaker Gingrich, have they, in fact, put Democrats in a box? And is this now back to the Karl Rove playbook, they're "soft on terrorism"?
GINGRICH: First of all, this was all in response to a Supreme Court decision called Hamdan, in which the administration had to get something passed or they had no authority....
Second, there's a genuine, legitimate disagreement between those people who believe that this is a vicious, brutal war and requires wartime rules and those people who believe you can handle this as a criminal justice matter and have procedures that are more like the criminal justice system.
That's a very significant difference of approach, and it tends to fall into the two parties — not totally. I think Senator Lieberman, for example, voted for the administration bill.
Again, Sen. Lieberman was the 99th of 99 senators to vote on the bill, after milling around the senate floor for minutes to see how the vote was shaping up (assumedly to see if he would get cover from colleagues like Lautenberg and Rockefeller on the bill, which he did).
posted by tparty at 6:45 PM 
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It probably took Lieberman the entire time it took to cast the other 98 votes to decide if he should actually vote or leave without voting. Without a fundraiser to go to rather than staying on the Senate floor, it was probably a tough decision.
What looks better? Vote for or don't vote? Don't vote? Vote for? Vote present? Abstain? Don't vote? Vote? For? Leave? Stay?
Being a lapdog is hard work.
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What looks better? Vote for or don't vote? Don't vote? Vote for? Vote present? Abstain? Don't vote? Vote? For? Leave? Stay?
Being a lapdog is hard work.
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