Breaking: Sen. Schumer (D-NY) to oppose Iran deal

[JRP1994]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/30c574a2e3b24a5386a14d43a3e75758/schumer-no-3-senate-democrat-oppose-iran-nuclear-deal

[badgate]

Ugh

[Frodo]

I suspect he only made his opposition public when he was certain that there was enough support in Congress to sustain a presidential veto of a disapproval resolution, and that therefore his vote would not be needed.  

[traininthedistance]

I'd say he's lost my vote... but I'm not sure he even had my vote to begin with.

Ironically, a lot of his former staffers are among the best political figures in NYC these days– but Schumer himself is awful.

[7,052,770]

What an ass. Primary him immediately.

[Blue3]

Untrustworthy turd.

[Vosem]

This kind of thing is exactly why I've always loved Chuck Schumer.

[SATW]

This kind of thing is exactly why I've always loved Chuck Schumer.

This!

B'H! Schumer the Shomer stands strong!

[Indy Texas]

Fine. No deal. Iran will go back to acquiring their nuclear materials as before. Good luck getting China and the EU to go along with ratcheting up sanctions when they're in bad need of export markets. Good luck getting anyone to take the US seriously as a global dealmaker when we devote years to an agreement and then have our legislative body dump water all over it after it's done.

Those of you who are opposed are more than welcome to explain, very specifically, how you would have gotten anything more from Iran than what was gotten. And if "Bomb Iran" is your answer, then go down to your nearest recruiting center and sign up instead of sitting there like a neocon chickenhawk.

[user12345]

Uh.... and we're supposed to support him for the next democratic leader? How about no.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Uh.... and we're supposed to support him for the next democratic leader? How about no.

Durbin deserves it

[user12345]

Uh.... and we're supposed to support him for the next democratic leader? How about no.

Durbin deserves it

I doubt there will be much of a debate over who gets it, sadly.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Moron.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

I seriously regret voting for this warmonger. He needs to be primaried, and anyone who thinks he should be Senate leader should be primaried.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Democrats have better kick this spineless moron in the ass and elect Durbin as minority leader.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Democrats have better kick this spineless moron in the ass and elect Durbin as minority leader.

[SATW]

sooo much tolerance of diversity of opinions in here!

[Adam Griffin]

Did Huckabee show him the door of the oven? Why is he suddenly acting as if this legitimately is a bad deal? It's stuff like this - like coming out against the deal literally one day after Netanyahu blows the horn to alert all Jewish-Americans to oppose the deal - that makes people think about Jews in the same way people thought about Catholics and them taking orders from the Vatican if elected to office.

[PJ]

sooo much tolerance of diversity of opinions in here!

Complaining about a lack of tolerance for other opinions is a sh**t excuse for not defending your own. Schumer isn't being censored, he's being criticized, which he has every right to be.

[Cassius]

Fine. No deal. Iran will go back to acquiring their nuclear materials as before. Good luck getting China and the EU to go along with ratcheting up sanctions when they're in bad need of export markets. Good luck getting anyone to take the US seriously as a global dealmaker when we devote years to an agreement and then have our legislative body dump water all over it after it's done.

Those of you who are opposed are more than welcome to explain, very specifically, how you would have gotten anything more from Iran than what was gotten. And if "Bomb Iran" is your answer, then go down to your nearest recruiting center and sign up instead of sitting there like a neocon chickenhawk.

Loving Indy Texas' medieval conception of war (although to be fair even then many of the instigators of such wars didn't fight on the front lines).

[windjammer]

Moron.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

LOL. Schumer doesn't owe his President blind loyalty.

There will be no fallout for this, nor should there be, unless he successfully swings the votes of the caucus, which I doubt he'll manage.

[Hnv1]

Moron.

[Ebowed]

LOL. Schumer doesn't owe his President blind loyalty.

You'd better tell him that, since he seems to have taken a blind allegiance to Bibi Netanyahu.

Durbin is going to make a great Democratic leader.

[The Mikado]

Those of you who are opposed are more than welcome to explain, very specifically, how you would have gotten anything more from Iran than what was gotten. And if "Bomb Iran" is your answer, then go down to your nearest recruiting center and sign up instead of sitting there like a neocon chickenhawk.

That's a dangerous line...saying only active-duty servicepeople can have an opinion when reservist JAG Lindsey Graham is one of the biggest advocates of war. I would've thought that veteran/warmonger John McCain running for President would've killed this "chickenhawk" line, but it seems pretty active still. There are plenty of warmongers in uniform.