Tom Cotton, whose “letter” informing Iran that any binding agreement between Iran and the US would have to be approved by Congress got the young Senator slandered as a “traitor.”
The President accused the GOP signees of the “letter” of “making cause” with the hardliners in Iran. The GOP Senators do not want Iran to have nuclear weapons while Obama is most willing to allow it.
You’ll note that I include “letter” within quotation marks. It’s because Tom Cotton never wrote a letter to Iran. He never sent a letter to Iran. Deroy Murdock:
Either through befuddlement or deceit, many of the Republicans’ detractors have echoed this gross inaccuracy.
– A Slate column by Fred Kaplan last Tuesday bore this sub-headline: “The letter 47 Republican senators sent to Iran is one of the most plainly stupid things a group of senators has ever done.”
– According to the Washington Post, “47 Republican senators sent a letter to leaders in Tehran saying that any agreement reached between Obama and Iran without the approval of Congress could be revoked by the next president.”
– A citizen petition posted on the White House’s public-participation webpage demands that the federal government “File charges of treason against the 47 Senators who sent letter to Iran.”
– No less a conservative luminary than Michael Reagan wrote in last Thursday’s Newsmax.com: “Those 47 Republican senators didn’t need to send a public letter to Tehran to remind the Iranians how America’s separation of powers works.”
Even Obama got into the act:
“You don’t diminish your office by taking a selfie. You do it by sending a poorly written letter to Iran.”
Yeah, you do, but we’ll get back to that later.
Cotton didn’t send anyone a letter.
“Because it was an open letter, it was not sent to Tehran but rather posted on Senator Cotton’s website and social-media accounts,” Caroline Rabbitt, Senator Cotton’s communications director, explained to me last week. Cotton & Co. never even dropped an envelope in the mail.
Ironically, democrats in Senate, while feigning all sorts of outrage, vindicate Cotton:
Even as the White House ramps up pressure on Congress to stay out of its negotiations with Iran on a nuclear agreement, Republicans are on the brink of veto-proof majorities for legislation that could undercut any deal.
And that support has held up even after the uproar last week over the GOP’s letter to Iranian leaders warning against an agreement.
Though several Democratic senators told POLITICO they were offended by the missive authored by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), none of them said it would cause them to drop their support for bills to impose new sanctions on Iran or give Congress review power over a nuclear deal.
Even someone smart enough to become a democrat Senator doesn’t seem to understand what Cotton did:
“The letter’s incredibly unfortunate and inappropriate,” said Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota…
Psst, Senator- it wasn’t a letter but you are doing the right thing.
Now back to Obama’s words.
“You don’t diminish your office by taking a selfie. You do it by sending a poorly written letter to Iran.”
When the President of the United States, who spends his mornings watching ESPN and his afternoons on the linx, who longs to exercise his comedic talents on late night talk shows and burns an ungodly amount of fuel and produces a gross amount of pollution solely for frivolity, makes completely stupid faces in selfies- yes it absolutely diminishes the office of the President of the United States.
Apparently Obama doesn’t know what a letter is either. I guess ESPN didn’t cover it. Senate democrats are going to vote with the “traitor.” Obama?
UPDATE
A comment from one of our readers reminds me of something. Obama accused the 47 GOP Senators of “making cause” with the Iranian hardliners. This is utter nonsense. The Iranian hardliners want a nuke. The GOP 47 do not want them to have a nuke. Obama does want them to have a nuke. It is Obama who is making cause with the Iranian hardliners.
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Except for liberals being foolish.
A letter headed “An Open Letter to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran” written on the Senate’s letterhead and signed by 47 Republican Senators doesn’t really count as a communication with Iran, because Tom Cotton didn’t stick a stamp on it and drop it off at the local post office?
Perhaps all of the Senators in question also had their fingers crossed as they signed their names.
By the way, I especially like this paragraph from the letter:
Another aspiring career politician on the make, apparently. God help us.
Obama has been ripping these Republicans for opposing a reported deal with Iran in which we would take Iran’s word that it won’t develop nuclear weapons.
Just look at the enraged reaction from the Mullahs and their state-run media and you can see that they don’t consider these Republicans to be traitors or on their side in any way.
Fact is, even Woodrow Wilson couldn’t make an ”international agreement” to set up and have the USA JOIN the League of Nations alone.
When the Senate refused to go along that World Peace organization faded away without USA support.
Obama is no student of history, we all know that.
He thinks the rules have changed since Wilson.
They haven’t.
21 Iranian political prisoners wrote in an open letter to Obama that was translated from Persian for the Washington Free Beacon.
Read these sentences and repeat Obama’s lie that it is the Senators who are siding with Iran’s Mullahs….If you dare.
http://iran.org/humanrights/2015_02_06-Tabarzadi-letter-Obama.pdf
I think it is pretty clear about whose side the obama resides on. Like all things from the leftists, patriotism is now treason, and treason is now virtue.
love is hate… peace is war…
People actually pay to learn this at university… could have got it for a buck at a used book store.
@Greg: So sad Greggie. I wished our President had a clue about what our constitution says!!
@Greg:
I’m sure no matter how the letter was published, mailed or not, you, being the left wing hack you are, will consider that letter “treasonous.”
Of course, Hanoi John (Xmas in Cambodia) Kerry finds the letter outrageous, because he knows that the lap dog media will never mention his trip to Paris to negotiate with the North Vietnamese, a violation of the UCMJ.
And then there is Obama, who is shocked, I tell you, shocked that those 47 Republicans would do an open letter to the Iranians. He knows that the lap dog media will never mention how he tried to usurp a sitting president in July, 2008 by trying to personally negotiate with the Iraqis on troop withdrawal.
And then, we must not mention Teddy Kennedy, lionized by the left, who actually tried to negotiate with the KGB to stab Reagan in the back. Hacks like you still think Teddy Boy the Swimmer was quite a guy.
@Greg
: Your point?
I guess you don’t think Obama is a ‘career politician’. What would you say is his ‘real career’?
@Common Sense:
A wasted wish: he never will.
@retire05:
Swimmer, but never got into LifeSaving.
Here are some interesting facts: The Emergency Committee for Israel donated a cool $700,000 to Tom Cotton’s Senatorial election campaign. The head of the Emergency Committee for Israel’s board of directors is none other than William Kristol, co-founder of the Project for a New American Century.
You all remember the Project for a New American Century, don’t you? That’s the neocon think tank that was pressing for the invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein long before Bush was elected. They picked W out as their boy, and a number of their members soon filled high positions in the Bush administration: Dick Cheney, “Scooter” Libby, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz. (It might be worth keeping in mind for future reference that Jeb Bush also signed their Statement of Principles.) All they needed was an excuse, and it wasn’t long in coming.
As Yogi Berra (not to be confused with Yogi Bear) once famously said, “This is like déjà vu all over again.” There’s an intention at work here, and one that bears watching.
@Greg:
So, you forgot to mention the temperature at the time you posted that so that you could get at least one thing right.
Is it a case of ‘double standard’ or ‘no standard’ for you Greg?
Here you have Hillary traveling at US Gov expense raising money illegally from all kind of foreign companies for her campaign, all very highly illegal, vs an American company donating ‘non government’ funds to a American citizen for an American election, all completely legal and above board and you don’t know the difference? Just post the temp next time and try to at least get that right.
You people could be fooled over and over by the same sleight of hand shell game performed by a one-armed con man. All he’d have to do is keep shouting Hey! Look over there!
A lot of people seem to have the attention span of a golden retriever.
@Redteam:
It seems that Gullible Greggie has forgotten the Norman Hsu scandal where Hillary’s presidential campaign claimed they were going to return $850,000.00 Hsu had bundled for her. If returned, and that is a big IF, it would have been the largest amount of money ever returned by any presidential campaign. But then, that claim, like the claim of keeping only personal emails is just standard fare for Hillary.
And who can forget Doo-dad Pro who was a contributor to Obama? Or all the other campaign donations that went to Obama that was tracked as having come from foreign sources?
Well, Gullible Greggie, you have the attention span of a gnat. I’ll put any golden retriever up against you any day and the dog will win by a large margin.
@Greg:
ROTFLMAO. That is what Obama does every time he reads from his teleprompter. That is why after six years the only line Obama has is “blame Bush.”
@Greg:
So now you’re calling Obama a one-armed con man running a shell game? Did he approve that description? So you’re ok with Hill accepting all those foreign donations illegally?
Has she got her ‘blame Bush’ speech prepared yet?
@Redteam:
Gullible Greggie has one purpose for being here; playing the one armed con man that says “Look over here.”
As the scandal around Hillary’s emails (and foreign money to the Clinton Foundation) builds, as Obama makes the claim that Iraq is all Bush’s fault (although Joe Biden said Iraq was going to be Obama’s greatest achievement), Gullible Greggie is pointing a finger at legal donations to Tom Cotton’s campaign.
I would be happy to point to the many campaign irregularities that were actually illegal donations that have gone to Hillary and Obama. Somehow, I don’t think that is where Gullible Greggie wants to go with that issue.
@Greg:
how does it feel living with your head in the sand?
@Enchanted:
That’s not where Gullible Greggie’s head is.
@retire05, #13:
Everybody knows American politics is wallowing in money. Nobody seems inclined to stop that anytime soon. In fact, recent Supreme Court decisions have pretty much taken the lid off the cookie jar.
That being the case, the critical issue is no longer the absurd level of donations, but who the donations are coming from and what their intentions are.
I happen to believe that organizations donating huge sums which have stated agendas that involve the use of U.S. military force are far more likely to involve the United States in future wars. Recent history demonstrates that they don’t put much stock in diplomacy unless they can point a pistol at someone’s head as part of the negotiation process. They also don’t seem to calculate long-term consequences of military action particularly well. Witness the disastrous results of their intervention in Iraq, which they were warned about before the misadventure was undertaken. It’s not Obama who did it, children. It was the neocon loons infesting the Bush Administration.
So, here we have people with a pro-war agenda and a past record of serious foreign policy miscalculations throwing a lot of money around and looking to act out yet again, in an international situation involving Iran that looks like another really bad accident waiting to happen.
Forgive me if I observe that I’ve seen it all before, and worry about where it’s going. Captain America up there is trouble. There’s attitude in abundance, and a proclivity to charge right in like a bull in a china shop, but sound judgement is lacking.
@Greg:
So Cotton is getting money from an American company from money that comes from Americans and Hillary is getting her illegal money from foreign companies that are donating to her while she is on offical US Government trips and you think Hillary has the high ground? Do you think a US Senator is more likely to involve the US in foreign military operations than a US president would be? Are you really that screwed up Greg?
I thought you were blaming this on a president, you changing that to the senate?
So you think legal money donated to a Senator is more likely to be involved in foreign military operation than illegal foreign money donated to a presidential candidate is. Well, you are a pro Marxist, communist liberal, so I guess you would know.
@retire05: Retire, I’m not sure how old Gullible Greg is, he must be a lot older than I thought, takes a long time to get as screwed up as that guy is.
You seem to be totally missing or deliberately avoiding the point that it isn’t about the money. It’s about the intention that the money is advancing.
Do you want to see America go to war with Iran? Do you think that’s smart?
@Greg:
I’m gonna ask you this for a second time. do you think legal US money contributed to a US Senator is more likely to be used for ‘worse’ intentions than illegal foreign money donated to a presidential candidate? Almost anyone can understand that question, but I really do have my doubts that you will understand it any better the 2nd time than you did the first time.
I think your question is a diversion intended to keep things on the level of partisan bickering and finger pointing.
The question ignores the fact that nobody can find out where the large sums of PAC money actually come from. The fact that money is often untraceable seems to be a big part of their charm. PACs are often like political money laundering setups. Characterizing unknown sources as legal or illegal is a highly speculative pass time that people on both sides engage in.
If voters want to judge them in a truly useful way, they should judge them by the agendas that they promote. Try to figure out their true intentions. All that matters in the end is what they bring about.
@Greg:
I think it just went completely over your head without a dent.
Except that you have alread told us EGGZACKLY where it came from. Short memory?
They also know where all Hillary’s illegal foreign donations came from.
Hillary’s agenda’s are well known.
@Greg: Finally, you write something I agree with.
The above is why I didn’t vote for Obama, but rather McCain and Romney. Disagree all you want, but I indeed tied to gauge true intentions, and I never thought Obama had mature or active intentions beyond being swept up in a liberal collusion of money, information, and resources to put him in position to do what others wanted.
Here’s the issue:
2008: Soros et al: Big, White, Corporate Money padded by an information campaign to exploit the poor, the young, and the under/overeducated. United Healthcare pours millions into the campaign….then Obamacare comes out.
2010: Koch Bros et al: Big, White, Corporate Money…but against a biased media landscape.
There is more money in the left than the right, presently, and that’s what scared me back in 2007 up til now.
Hillary gets money — no issue.
Cotton gets money — issue.
This is why the left can’t stand on moral grounds, whatsoever, and while I agree that money and influence have corrupted our government officials (as it always has), I can’t fall back and say “each side is just as bad.” The left has taken things farther, and to a deeper level of relativity….
…that’s cause for concern, and they need to be defeated for awhile so they can make their party relevant again.
@Redteam, #25:
Perhaps that explains why she’s ahead in the polls when matched up with every currently announced 2016 republican presidential candidate. It certainly isn’t because of her winning personality.
@Greg:
And that’s what chaps the left’s ass. For years, the unions had the advantage, and poured tens of millions of dollars into campaigns, 90% of it going to Democrats. When corporations were ruled to be made up of individuals, just like unions, the left couldn’t handle it and Obama went so far as to chastise the Supreme Court at a SOTU speech.
You’re right. And you only need to look at how many big wig union management are actually members of the CPUSA. The CWA even held a national CPUSA conference at their union hall in Austin, Texas. But I’m sure being the liberal/progressive/Marxist/Leninist Democrat you are, that met with your approval.
I suggest you look at two areas; the union PACs and the PACs funded, and supported, by George Soros. Except you won’t because you want to continue to suffer from your anal-cranial disorder when it comes to the left.
@Nathan Blue, #26:
My biggest single concern right now is that the United States will get sucked into a full-scale war with Iran. I’ve come to believe that could have a far worse outcome than Iran with a nuclear weapon. I’m not entirely sure that the nation of Iran wearing a nuclear suicide vest poses the sort of existential threat we often imagine. They’ve got to realize that they’re a relatively small target for a retaliatory strike that would annihilate them totally, should they ever be so unwise as to start such an exchange. Grasping that fact and having it actually matter to them is one of the fundamental differences between their thinking and that of ISIS.
@retire05, #28:
I would be perfectly happy to see them all shut down, mandatory full disclosure of all political donation, and strictly enforced limitations on the amounts.
@Greg:
With Obozo in charge, I can understand your concern.
I find it humorous that your concern is not that Iran get a nuclear weapon but that they don’t realize that they would likely get wiped out in a nuclear exchange. Maybe you could have the guys in the Senate write them a letter explaining that to them.
@Greg:
So you’re putting your faith in Obama whose foreign policy track record is a disaster?
Yeah, just ignore those cries by the Iranians of “Death To Israel. Death To America”. They’re just kidding, right?
And right there you show that you have no concept of the beliefs of the Iranian mullahs. I suggest your do a little research on the 12th Imam.
My God, Gullible Greggie, do you not have a clue as to the Iranians “end days” beliefs? Are you really that poorly informed? Do you not realize that dying for Allah is what they consider an admirable goal? Judas Priest, man, learn something before you start running your mouth and proving just what an idiot you are.
@retire05:
That train done left the station………..
@retire05, #32:
I think you need to sort out your various Muslims factions a little better. The leaders of Iran are not the sort of totally deranged people that comprise ISIS.
You might want to consider taking your own advice before insisting that everyone else follow it. Your high estimation of your own understanding of the world relative to that of others is largely unwarranted. Did you know, for example, that Iran has a higher literacy rate than Texas? This might explain why you elect so many pinheads to public office.
@Greg:
12th Iman, look it up.
Shall we review the literacy rate of the 19 hijackers from Sept. 11, 2001? How about Nidal Hassan? Was he literate?
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No, if in fact you are correct, it only means there are no illiterate illegals in Iran.
So, what state is it that you are from that you are too ashamed to admit to?
@Greg:
Iran has secure borders, they don’t have millions of illegals coming across their border. But then, you wouldn’t know that, would you?
@Redteam:
If Gullible Greggie is going to sling insults at my state, he could at least man up and tell us what wonderful state he lives in. But he won’t because he’s too much the coward.
@retire05: He can only be from California, land of fruits and nuts.
I guess everyone knows by now that Netanyahou won re-election in Israel, despite Obama’s intense effort to unseat him. He sent his entire re-election team with bundles of US Gov money to defeat Bibi, but it didn’t work.
See Greg, Obama should have read the Senators letter that told him how the US Government works.
Does this sound familiar? No wonder Netanyahu is a big hit with the American right. He’s using plays from their own playbook.
@Greg:
No sane person wants war. But sometimes it’s unavoidable. If that be the case I’d rather be fully ready and prepared and or be so strong as to deter any enemy from trying it. This is of course not what Obama is doing. The man with the blank resume thinks he is the smartest guy in the room and knows better. He doesn’t have a reputation for listening.
Appeasement is a poor deterrent. If war comes to your front door what do you do? Let it overrun you or destroy the enemy?
If your neighbor is preparing to bring war to your door, what do you do?
Just became you don’t want war doesn’t mean it will stop it. If Iran gets a nuclear device I don’t want to be Gandhi.
Most people don’t realize how Gandhi felt about violence:
Also:
Doctrine of the Sword.http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/Doctrine%20of%20the%20sword.htm
Again:
And….
Between Cowardice And Violence
http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/phil8.htm
In his calls for supposed total openness in campaign contributions, Greg seems to have forgotten that in begging for donations in both presidential elections, Obama’s campaign disabled the nation of origin credit card protection on their website.
@Ditto, #43:
People will believe what they want to believe.
@Ditto: Greg never believes facts, only left wing propaganda. No use arguing with him. I have a rock in my yard with more capability to reason.
Uh, Tom… Tehran is the CAPITAL of Iran.
Of course what matters is that he speaks well, not whether what he’s saying makes any sense.
@Randy:
You’ll note that Greg doesn’t deny it, because he knows full well it’s true. Rather than debate, he dissembles like the the loyal polezniye duraki he is. Quisling Greg wants total openness on campaign contributions where Republicans are concerned, but not on his Democrat masters. Two sets of rules is the name of the troll’s game, with dishonesty and disreputably his stock in trade.
@retire05: Greg has told us MANY times what state he is from.
Makes me wonder if you and RT actually read his posts or just blast out your canned responses.
@Greg: @Greg:
shooting from the hip eh, Greg. All Cotton said about that is that Iran already controls Tehran. Do you deny that? Is it factually incorrect? Do you not understand English, uh, oh nevermind. You’re a liberal, that explains it.
@rich wheeler:
I notice that you don’t seem to know either.
So what state am I from? I think you said you’re from Florida, is that correct?