Are you planning to contact any other of our adversaries?” “Do you plan to check

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Are you planning to contact any other of our adversaries?” Schieffer asked. “Do you plan to check with the North Koreans to make sure they know any deal has to be approved by the Congress?”

With this one question, CBS anchor Bob Schieffer leveld Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and his treasonous letter to Iran, leaving the freshman senator no choice but to smile nervously and change the subject desperately.

“The fact that President Obama doesn’t see this letter as way to get more leverage at the negotiating table just underscores that he is not negotiating for the hardest deal possible,” Cotton said.

Then, Schieffer set his sights on the freshman senator and unloaded a piercing question:

“Are you planning to contact any other of our adversaries?” Schieffer asked. “Do you plan to check with the North Koreans to make sure they know any deal has to be approved by the Congress?”

Cotton smiled nervously and changed the subject in desperation: “Right now I and most every other senator is focused on stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.”

Nice try, Cotton.

Kudos to Schieffer for exposing Cotton’s letter as the dangerous the dangerous, reckless political sabotage that it is. If Republicans are not pen pals with Iran, what is next? North Korea? Unfortunately, it seems increasingly less far-fetched.

Watch the clip below: http://www.occupydemocrats.com/watch-bob-schieffer-destroys-tom-cotton-with-one-question/

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You buried the lead.....


“The fact that President Obama doesn’t see this letter as way to get more leverage at the negotiating table just underscores that he is not negotiating for the hardest deal possible,” Cotton said.

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You buried the lead.....


“The fact that President Obama doesn’t see this letter as way to get more leverage at the negotiating table just underscores that he is not negotiating for the hardest deal possible,” Cotton said.

this is TOTAL backtracking on the part of Cotton.

WHY?   Because IF IF this was his true intention - to make obama's position in the negotiations stronger - he damn sure wouldn't have admitted it here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every time I hear people saying "Cotton was just trying to help obama", they immediately reverse their positions when they realize if that was the case - Cotton doesn't reveal it days later!!!!!!!!!!

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this is TOTAL backtracking on the part of Cotton.

WHY?   Because IF IF this was his true intention - to make obama's position in the negotiations stronger - he damn sure wouldn't have admitted it here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every time I hear people saying "Cotton was just trying to help obama", they immediately reverse their positions when they realize if that was the case - Cotton doesn't reveal it days later!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not suggesting that the letter was intended as a way to help Obama and I don't think Cotton was suggesting that either.. 

Obama is a bad negotiator and usually makes bad deals.  That point shouldn't even be debated at this point.

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I'm not suggesting that the letter was intended as a way to help Obama and I don't think Cotton was suggesting that either.. 

Cotton WAS suggesting he did it to help obama...

Also, Rand Paul suggested it, word for word
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=568217.0

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Cotton WAS suggesting he did it to help obama...

Also, Rand Paul suggested it, word for word
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=568217.0

I'll have to take your word for it.

Regardless, the real issue should be that Obama makes bad deals.  He seems in a hurry to do it and he is a shit negotiator.  That has been  proven it repeatedly.  His enemies aren't the enemies of the United States, his enemies are the Republicans.  He is way more interested in defeating them than he is ISIS, North Korea, Iran, Russia, etc.

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Brietbart explains how Cotton's letter gives obama the 'checkmate' win over Iran

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/03/10/how-tom-cottons-iran-letter-sets-up-checkmate-on-obamas-iran-deal/

LOL~

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His enemies aren't the enemies of the United States, his enemies are the Republicans.  He is way more interested in defeating them than he is ISIS, North Korea, Iran, Russia, etc.

it's always like that.   Look at how top repubs practically lined up to give putin BJs after he decided (on his own) to wreck Urkaine in 15 minutes withouot consulting anyone.  "Why can't obama have such resolve...?"  LOL

They blew kadaffi when he was making obama look bad too.   They were kneepadding that Jordan king with a resume of liberalism and muslim efforts - because he flew the same bombing mission we were doing (paid for by USA).

They suck so much enemy dick.. because it makes obama look bad?   lol

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This is them sucking dick? The dems actively worked against the country with the soviets and this is the repubs working against the country? What fucking planet are you on 240...seriously you just parrot any old bullshit from MSNBC like you know what the fuck your talking about. The cotton letter was a warning to Iran...period. The king of Jordan looked like a leader..when has Obama showed that much resolve...ever? Putin in the Ukraine...they made remarks .....but are the same people pushing for us to arm the Ukranian military so that shit don't float either.

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Um.....nice try. This is about keeping America safe, not making peace with an enemy that wants us dead. If your post was historically accurate then it would say that not only are we declaring war...we're gonna kill all you muderous gook bastards. Cotton's letter was a warning to Iran that any bullshit deal that they plan to ignore anyway won't get past Congress so don't try and fool us. These people want us dead.....

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Dems Stand by Iran Bill Despite Veto Threat

Despite all the hullaballoo over Senator Tom Cotton’s letter to Iran, many Democrats in Congress are sticking by their determination to let the legislative body have its say in negotiations with Iran. Politico has the scoop:
 

“The letter’s incredibly unfortunate and inappropriate,” said Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, a centrist Democrat who voted for the sanctions bill in committee and is a sponsor of the congressional approval legislation. “That doesn’t diminish my support for the legislation that we introduced.” […]
 
“The letter was simply unacceptable, and it brought hyperpartisanship to an issue that we need to maintain our bipartisanship in,” said Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), a supporter of sanctions that would not take effect unless talks fall apart or Iran backs away from the terms of any deal. “That doesn’t change my support for that bill. … I stay firm.” […]
 
“This is a sad day in America when people are trying to kill negotiations that are underway,” Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said of the Cotton letter. But would he back away from Corker’s congressional approval bill?
 
“No,” he answered, adding with apparent satisfaction: “I’m an original co-sponsor.”
 
The bill in question, authored by Senator Bob Corker, gives Congress 60 days to approve any deal that the Obama administration might negotiate with the Iranians. The bill, furthermore, strips the President of ‘waiver authorities’ regarding sanctions, in effect delaying any sanctions relief the Obama Administration is dangling before the Iranians as an inducement to sign on the dotted line.
 
In comments late last week, Senator Corker seemed confident that the Cotton letter has not cost his bill bipartisan support. The Politico reporting seems to bear that out. And the White House is duly worried. Over the weekend, Obama’s chief of staff Denis McDonough penned a letter to Senator Corker, asking him to hold off on passing the bill until after June, when a final deal is supposed to be signed. Corker brushed the letter away to Politico, apparently confident of a veto-proof support for his initiative.
 
The momentum distinctly feels like it’s slipping away from the White House.

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How we know for sure his letter was a failure

Bill Kristol, neocon operative who's wrong about everything, thinks the Iran letter was a brilliant maneuver. Uh-oh
Jim Newell