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Thread #127637   Message #3190896
Posted By: Sawzaw
19-Jul-11 - 03:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Republicans (US)
Subject: RE: BS: The Republicans (US)
Sorry Don, I accidentally referred to you as Ron.

Now, how are you disputing the facts that Democrats overwhelmingly voted for spending that increased the deficit?

If it is demonstrable bullshit (a rhetorical device), please demonstrate.

You say "Even a strongly biased source may be right." but then you use another ad hominem attacks like "slithering out"

You claim "I do not simply dismiss material because it comes from a Right-Wing blog." But then you dismiss the material.

You have presented nothing but logical fallacys while claiming being an expert. A logician. A logician is a person, such as a philosopher or mathematician, whose topic of scholarly study is logic. Are you a philosopher, a mathematician or both? Or maybe you are like Bobert who claims: First of all, I am very rarely wrong!!! No brag, just pure fact!!!

Please present some logic instead of personal attacks.

I say that because Democrats voted for the spending that raised the deficit since the 2006 election when they gained a majority, 233 seats vs 202, and could have voted against it, it is not logical to blame it on Republicans.

Democrats also could have prevented raising the debt limit. Why didn't they?


WAPO: Senate Passes Iraq War Funding Bill
March 29, 2007; 2:06 PM

The Senate today defied a White House veto threat and narrowly approved a $122 billion war spending bill that calls for combat troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq this summer.

The 51-47 vote fell mostly along party lines, with two Republicans -- Sens. Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and Gordon Smith (Ore.) -- joining Democrats in support of the package, which would fund U.S. military activity in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he was prepared to blame Bush if a veto fight slows down funding from reaching the military, including billions for veterans health care and other benefits.

"If the president vetoes this bill, it is an asterisk in history," said Harry Reid after the vote today. "He sets the record of undermining the troops more than any president we've ever had."

Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) were absent from today's vote, while independent Sen. Joseph L. Lieberman (Conn.) joined Republicans in opposing the bill.

From the above it would seem that most Republicans were against the bill while all Democrats were for the bill.

Tell me what part of the deficit since 1/1/2007 did the Democrats oppose?