Clinton Decides to "Betray Us"

HT: [Generalissimo]



Hillary Clinton can say goodbye to the center. She's decided to run a leftist campaign, comfortably snuggled up to Moveon.org. Or, if I wanted to offer the benefit of the doubt, it isn't that she's close to the leftist organization, it is that she cannot act without the organization's permission. The Senate voted 72 - 25 to condemn the blatant attack on General Petraeus.

Here is the text of the "Sense of Senate On General David Petraeus"

"SEC. 1070. SENSE OF SENATE ON GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS.

(a) Findings.–The Senate makes the following findings:

(1) The Senate unanimously confirmed General David H. Petraeus as Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, by a vote of 81-0 on January 26, 2007.

(2) General Petraeus graduated first in his class at the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

(3) General Petraeus earned Masters of Public Administration and Doctoral degrees in international relations from Princeton University.

(4) General Petraeus has served multiple combat tours in Iraq, including command of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during combat operations throughout the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which tours included both major combat operations and subsequent stability and support operations.

(5) General Petraeus supervised the development and crafting of the United States Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency manual based in large measure on his combat experience in Iraq, scholarly study, and other professional experiences.

(6) General Petraeus has taken a solemn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

(7) During his 35-year career, General Petraeus has amassed a distinguished and unvarnished record of military service to the United States as recognized by his receipt of a Defense Distinguished Service Medal, two Distinguished Service Medals, two Defense Superior Service Medals, four Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal for valor, the State Department Superior Honor Award, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, and other awards and medals.

(8) A recent attack through a full-page advertisement in the New York Times by the liberal activist group, Moveon.org, impugns the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces.

(b) Sense of Senate.–It is the sense of the Senate–

(1) to reaffirm its support for all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, including General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq;

(2) to strongly condemn any effort to attack the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces; and

(3) to specifically repudiate the unwarranted personal attack on General Petraeus by the liberal activist group Moveon.org."

72 Senators voted to affirm this position.

Clinton (D-NY), Nay

Senator Obama left the floor when he discovered that the vote was occurring.

Senator Clinton has abandoned the middle and decided to run left. She may be able to pull enough votes from the far left to win a primary, but will she have enough to win an election? History says that the middle is where elections are won.

Ask 10 centrists how they feel about this vote and you'll have a sense of how the election could go. If the vote were tomorrow, Clinton would have probably cast a "Yea" on this. She's counting on short memories. Republicans would be wise to stay in line with their mascot and not let anyone forget the day Clinton decided to short-change Americans in the field fighting a brutal enemy by casting a vote that calls into question the integrity of their leader.