[Peace-discuss] House Vote Today to Approve Iran Sanctions Bill Would Restore Bush "Cooties Doctrine"

[Stuart Levy]

I spoke yesterday late afternoon with Tim's local and DC offices.  The 
local guy hadn't heard of the issue.  The DC person had, didn't know 
whether Tim had stated a position on the bill, but suspected that he 
would oppose it.  [He asked who was sponsoring it in the House; I didn't 
know, but it seems it was Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, in case he asks you 
too.]  Only one other person had called about the "Iran threat reduction 
act" (feh) yesterday, as far as he knew.  So, lines are open...

On 12/13/11 12:02 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> Speaking of fine print, it would be fantastic if we could get Tim
> Johnson to vote with the anti-war forces on this. He's been with us on
> Iraq and Afghanistan, but not yet on Iran. FCNL has provided a
> toll-free number (not NIAC, as I wrote earlier, they are just using
> it.)
>
> 1-877-429-0678
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:49 AM, E. Wayne Johnson<ewj at pigs.ag>  wrote:
>> Last time I checked, the Democrat party was indeed the War Party.
>>
>> Never mind the label.  Read the fine print on the package insert.
>>
>>
>> On 12/14/2011 1:32 AM, Robert Naiman wrote:
>>> Today the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote -- under
>>> "suspension," requiring a supermajority to pass -- on a provision
>>> which would restore as policy the Cooties Doctrine of the early Bush
>>> Administration -- U.S. officials can't meet with officials of the
>>> adversary du jour, because our officials might get contaminated.
>>> What's remarkable isn't that some people in Washington would want to
>>> prohibit U.S. officials from having contact with Iranian officials.
>>> After all, some people in Washington want to have a war with Iran as
>>> soon as it can be arranged. What's remarkable is the possibility that
>>> the majority of Congressional Democrats might vote to approve the
>>> "Iran Cooties Provision." Aren't Democrats supposed to be the
>>> diplomacy party, not the war party?
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/iran-threat-reduction-act_b_1145945.html
>>>
>>>
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