Barbara Jean Lee, the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district and a Democrat, "gained national attention in 2001 as the only member of congress to vote NO on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF), stating that she voted no not because she opposed military action but because she believed the AUMF, as written, granted overly-broad powers to wage war to the president" (blurb via Wikipedia).
Because of this, Dennis Marks (AKA dmarks) remarked "Lee is the one who voted like the Taliban slipped her a check. She is also a devout racist" (comment from the blog "Contra O'Reilly"; made on 1/11/2014 at 4:28am).
Correction: the "Taliban slipped her a check" was due to her AUMF vote; and the "racist" crack was due to... who knows? I'm going to guess it's because she's Black. Whenever Dennis accuses someone of racism, it seems as though they are always Black. I certainly cannot think of an example of him calling a White person a racist (except for David Duke, and that's a no-brainer).
In any case... Barbara Lee deserve mucho kudos for being the ONLY one who recognized the FACT that the AUMF granted WAY to much power to the president. Only Congress has the power to declare war, and with the AUMF Congress ceded it's power to the president (who then abused it and started two illegal wars, one with a country whose leader was an enemy of bin Laden).
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