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is indistinguishable from that of McCain and Lieberman:
Bayh co-sponsored Lieberman's Iraq war resolution, as did McCain. All three of them voted for the war. Bayh is the main sponsor of the Iran resolution S.Res. 580 which Lieberman and McCain are co-sponsoring. The house version of this bill, H.Con.Res. 362, calls for a naval blockade of Iran, an act of war. Bayh voted for the FISA amendments/immunity bill, as did Lieberman. McCain would've voted for it had he not skipped the vote; he voted for an earlier version of the bill which contained retroactive immunity. Bayh and McCain voted for the Kyl-Lieberman amendment (McCain was a co-sponsor). Bayh, McCain and Lieberman voted for cluster bombing civilians and refugees (by voting against a bill proposed to ban cluster bombing.) All three of them voted for Patriot Act Reauthorization in 2006. He was a chairman of the DLC, as was Lieberman.
by NeuvoLiberal on Sun Jul 20, 2008 at 11:35:13 PM PDT
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Come on, Kerry voted for the War, Nunn and Gephardt where founders of the DLC, the patriot act was passed with full dem support. Bayh is no progressive but certainly not in the same camp as McCain. Of course Im a little biased being a Hoosier.
by shopkeeper on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 12:05:23 AM PDT
we now have inside the Democratic party.
'Kerry voted for the War, Nunn and Gephardt where founders of the DLC, the patriot act was passed with full dem support.'
Bayh combines all of those bad things into one consummate DLC warmonger package. Doesn't he?
by NeuvoLiberal on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 12:28:42 AM PDT
Obama is in the right on the war from the begining and on the time lines. A direct difference of lieberman and a admittance of his self being wrong on those policies. Leiberman is the same leiberman of 2000. Bayh is showing a different Bayh, a non-warmonger package. As long as he stands up for Obama's position on the Iraq war and timelines I believe he ia an acceptable VP.
by shopkeeper on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 02:22:28 AM PDT
Will the REAL Evan Bayh please stand up. How can one trust a guy you don't know?
by Cowboy Borat on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 06:20:29 AM PDT
"Bayh is showing a different Bayh"
He's upgraded himself from being merely a co-sponsor (of the Iraq war resolution) to being the main sponsor of what could help start a war with Iran.
by NeuvoLiberal on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 08:35:33 AM PDT
posting it since the link got jumbled up in (5) above. A "Nay" vote was in favor of continued use of clusters bombing that targets civilians and refugees:
Amdt Page Senate Roll Call Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 4882 to H.R. 5631 Statement of Purpose: To protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions. McCain (R-AZ), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Bayh (D-IN), Nay
Amdt Page Senate Roll Call Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 4882 to H.R. 5631 Statement of Purpose: To protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions.
McCain (R-AZ), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Bayh (D-IN), Nay
by NeuvoLiberal on Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 09:17:55 AM PDT
and completeness, here's Bayh's record on various issues as compiled by issues2000.org
by NeuvoLiberal on Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 02:33:35 PM PDT
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