Will Powell, Warner, McCain, Graham & Collins be called Islamo-Fascist...

[Sapphire Blue]

... terrorist appeasers by bush, cheney, rumsfeld, et al, now?

Senate panel defies Bush on terror

By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - A rebellious Senate committee defied President Bush on Thursday and approved terror-detainee legislation he has vowed to block, deepening Republican conflict over terrorism and national security in the middle of the election season.

Republican Sen. John Warner (news, bio, voting record) of Virginia, normally a Bush supporter, pushed the measure through his Armed Services Committee by a 15-9 vote, with Warner and three other GOP lawmakers joining Democrats. The vote set the stage for a showdown on the Senate floor as early as next week.

In an embarrassment to the White House, Colin Powell — Bush's first secretary of state — announced his opposition to his old boss' plan, saying it would hurt the country. Powell's successor, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, jumped to the president's defense in a letter of her own.

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The president's measure would go further than the Senate package in allowing classified evidence to be withheld from defendants in terror trials, using coerced testimony and protecting CIA and other U.S. interrogators against prosecution for using methods that may violate the Geneva Conventions.

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In the committee vote, Warner was supported by GOP Sens. McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine. Warner, McCain and Graham had been the most active senators opposing Bush's plan. The vote by the moderate Collins underscored that there might be broad enough GOP support to successfully take on Bush on the floor of the Republican-run Senate.

Continued @ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060915/ap_on_go_co/bush_congress_28

[MasonJar]

1. Barack Obama was at a rally in Louisville tonight for Dem candi-

dates of the House. He is the most awesome speaker. He said that he seldom quoted Newt, but that he heard Newt answer the question, "If you were advising the democrats this election year, what would you say?" and newt's answer "I'd advise 2 words, 'Had enough.'" Obama turned that into a war cry. (He is awesome.) One of the had enoughs that Obama cited was of war tribunals which attempt to circumvent/omit the Geneva Conventions. (That by the way is a paraphrase.) I hope I live long enough to see Barack Obama the US President.

[Sapphire Blue]

5. I would love to have been there! He IS awesome!

[Subdivisions]

2. Good Question! They actually HELPED the terrorists. That's what

us appeasers are accused of by the Limpdick Cadre.

But, I'm afraid my guess would be no.

[Generic Brad]

3. But, but, but....

Anyone who questions him is a terrorist sympathizer. Now he's going to have to fight them over here so he doesn't have to fight them over here? Lordy, I am so confused.

[Sapphire Blue]

6. Fight who? al Qaeda? other repubs? Quakers? The Raging Grannies?

Surely not bin Laden... frankly he's not concerned w/bin Laden anymore.

Perhaps he'll just keep playing whack-a-mole.

[BrotherBuzz]

4. "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror." - GWB

:shrug:

[Sapphire Blue]

7. Well, I guess that answers the question.