GOP's Cornyn To Introduce Senate Resolution Criticizing MoveOn Ad

As Congress considers a series of bills that would drastically alter the course of the Iraq war, one prominent Republican senator will be focusing his efforts on condemning a newspaper advertisement.

The Huffington Post has learned that Sen. John Cornyn, R-TX, will introduce a sense of the Senate resolution Thursday criticizing MoveOn.org's recent advertisement in the New York Times. The ad called into question the credibility of Lt. General David Petraeus, suggesting the pseudonym "Betray Us."

Cornyn's amendment proclaims that the general "deserves the full support of the Senate." The MoveOn advertisement, Cornyn's legislation states, not only "impugns the honor and integrity of General Petraeus," but "all the members of the United State Armed forces."

Perhaps in hopes of gaining support for his amendment, Cornyn's measure would also "reaffirm support for all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces."

Cornyn's bill comes on the heels of a GOP filibuster of an amendment, put forth by Sen. Jim Webb, D-VA, requiring that troops be given the same amount of time at home as they spend deployed abroad. A call to Cornyn's office to determine whether a vote against his measure would be regarded as a vote against the troops went unanswered.

Read the text of the amendment here.

Comments

[Enid]

The way John Kerry stood silent while the questioning student was accosted and electrocuted speaks volumes to what a peace of crap he is.

John you have ton's of money.influence and should not care who you leave on the bar room floor after the fight, just stand and speak the truth. Remember Vietnam? Don't try the I did not know what was going on BS its on film, you lose.

I think you lost your balls in Vietnam. McCain lost his mind. Other their lives!

Alfred E Newman ------- HELP!

MOVE ON IS RIGHT ON.

[serialcoma]

Republicans support and vote for the continued deaths of American citizens...

[serialcoma]

Expand the prison Guantanamo... fill the new cages with republican Senators.

[serialcoma]

No republican serves our country or its citizens.. the yonly serve themselves.

republicans are traitors.

[serialcoma]

Republicans once again demonstrate that their highest priority is sucking cock... be it a stranger's dick in a men's room in Minneapolis or the preznitwit's atrophied manhood in the Oval Office.

republicans live on their knees.

[AbbieX]

The Dems need to attach an amendment to this resolution requiring that Reps must now be required to take back everything their supporters have said about John Kerry and Jack Murtha, both distinguished members of Congress and decorated Veterans. Tit for tat...

[BigDan]

My wife also joined MoveOn with me.

[BigDan]

I joined MoveOn.org because of the BetrayUs ad. RIGHT ON! MOVE ON! BetrayUs is a Bush mouthpiece. Did you see on the Daily Show, how they juxtaposed clips of Bush and BetrayUs saying the same thing word for word? Yet BetrayUs said he wasn't influenced by the White House?

[olivia]

This is a dumb move by Republicans. It will backfire in the largest way.

Do you think they are worried, over at MoveOn, that the most powerful individuals in the country have taken them on directly?

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[Mike169]

How about a Senate Resolution declaring the Iraq war a Republican war only to be fought by the Republican Party. At that point defunding it would become extemely easy.

[starboymikey]

Laughable. I hope this comes to a floor fight in the Senate and that at least a couple of Dems have the guts to stand up and remind the Republicans of the Swift Boat attacks on on Sen Kerry and the vicious attacks on Cleland, comparing him to Osama, after Cleland had lost three limbs in Vietnam. Where was Republican outrage then?

I also love that little "rider" about fully supporting our brave fighting men and women, so if the Dems vote against this, Repubs can trot out that old sow about Democrats refusing to support the troops. Meanwhile they (Repubs) throttle a bill to give the troops longer leaves between tours.

If Americans fall for this shit again, we deserve the worst leadership we can in 2008. Oh, wait a minute ... we've already got that.

[TheIndependenceParty]

Seems simple to me, Filibuster Cornyn's resolution like the republicans blocked everything the Dem's proposed yesterday. Cornyn claims he respects the troops, but the republicans filibustered Webb's resolution


Shut the Senate down! If Cornyn's resolution passes, Reid should step down as Majority Leader, that is for certain.

[AmericanScream]

wah wah. Typical repuke crybabies. It's okay for them with the swiftboat ads but when it's directed at them they cry like little baby girls.

ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC AND TYPICAL

[bigpat]

How many times do we have to listen to these hacks frame these arguments the same old way? You're either with us or you're with the terrorists! Impugn Gen. Petraus and you impugn all men and women in the military! Sen. Cornhole is obviously playing to his base/constituancy and anyone who reads (Hello, Mr. President, anybody home?) must know that this is the same cynical shell game that has, unfortunately, worked in the past. Go home and secede Corndog. In '08 you can elect monkeyboy CEO of Texas for life.

[olivia]

Mr. "Stay the Course" Betrayus is a freakin' general, and ought to be able to take criticism. If not, then why is he a general?

I think "Betray-us" will stick in voters' minds more than Senator whatshisname and his silly legislation. It was brilliant from MoveOn and shines with Truth.