tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post3040975670492299207..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: Fresh Rasmussen Poll On Petraeus/Betray Us Ad: 58% of Americans DisapproveAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-14341037568446162382007-09-25T23:57:00.000-04:002007-09-25T23:57:00.000-04:00Bill, Brown did vote to condemn the ad via the Box...Bill, <BR/><BR/>Brown did vote to condemn the ad via the Boxer amendment. <BR/>http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00343<BR/><BR/>As to why he didn’t vote to condemn it a second time via the Cornyn amendment, I can only speculate. <BR/><BR/>I would have voted “nay” due to Cornyn’s over-the-top language, such as the claim that the advertisement had impugned “the honor and integrity of … all the members of the United States Armed Forces.” The ad was in no way directed at all the members of the United States Armed Forces. It was narrowly focused on General Petraeus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-9956585912341444652007-09-25T23:47:00.000-04:002007-09-25T23:47:00.000-04:00Bizzy, Voinovich voted “nay” on the Boxer amendmen...Bizzy, <BR/><BR/>Voinovich voted “nay” on the Boxer amendment. Have you read it? <BR/><BR/>The Boxer amendment specifically called out the MoveOn ad. “On September 10, 2007, an advertisement in the New York Times was an unwarranted personal attack on General Petraeus; who is honorably leading our Armed Forces in Iraq and carrying out the mission assigned to him by the President of the United States;” <BR/><BR/>And Boxer strongly condemned “all attacks on the honor, integrity, and patriotism of any individual who is serving or has served honorably in the United States Armed Forces, by any person or organization.” <BR/><BR/>Republicans Hagel and Specter voted for Boxer, as did 48 Democrats. Both the Cornyn and Boxer amendments condemned the ad, but both amendments were flawed. My question is, why the double standard? Brown condemned the ad in one vote and didn't in the next, and Voinovich did the reverse. Why is one so much better than the other?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-80226705711883841892007-09-25T17:46:00.000-04:002007-09-25T17:46:00.000-04:00Hi Anon 9:09 pm --The two resolutions were differe...Hi Anon 9:09 pm --<BR/><BR/>The two resolutions were different, as Tom Blumer has pointed out. Sen. Brown's vote on the 2nd resolution was seen as favoring MoveOn, widely seen as favoring MoveOn's ad. Sorry, anon. Or, let me put it like this: Are you saying that Sen. Brown voted to condemn the MoveOn ad? If so, why didn't he vote to condemn it twice?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-60501504323622258742007-09-25T16:29:00.000-04:002007-09-25T16:29:00.000-04:00Voinovich was not among the MoveOn 25. Brown was.Voinovich was not among the MoveOn 25. <A HREF="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00344" REL="nofollow">Brown was</A>.Mmattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092483299040327776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-44863366242957195792007-09-24T21:09:00.000-04:002007-09-24T21:09:00.000-04:00Ohio's Republican Senator George Voinovich also vo...Ohio's Republican Senator George Voinovich also voted against a Senate resolution last week that condemned the MoveOn ad. You failed to mention this in your first post on the subject, and you didn’t acknowledge it when it was alluded to in the comment section. Brown voted against Cornyn’s resolution and Voinovich voted against Boxer’s resolution. Both resolutions condemned the ad. Are you unaware of this, or does it just not matter to you? <BR/><BR/>Senator Brown didn’t run the ad and he has condemned it via affirmative vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Could you please move.on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com