These are very earnest men who are both republicans and democrats, moderates and liberal. People who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war. A tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to stop. They are trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end. In a sense, creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its very moving piece. Those are all very prominent senators. I knew several of them and work with them. They looked much younger in these pictures but they are really earnest about what they are saying. They were very convincing to the Television Audience that watch them. They had to fight to get the Television Program in the first place and so they made the most of it. Article one, section eight of the constitution reads as follows, the Congress Shall have power to raise and support armies but no appropriation of money to that use shelby for a longer term than two ye
As demonstrations in the street, what was really important here was that leading u. S. Senators were siding with the antiwar faction, had an amendment to end the war, were appealing to the public and doing it in a very cool and calm and rational and thoughtful way. This was a very important moment for the Antiwar Movement, that it wasnt just in the streets. It was in the senate and the congress as well. You hadnt seen this before. Whats your impressions, your first reaction to just the tone of this thing . Its a very serious piece. These are earnest men who are republicans and democrats, moderates and liberals, people who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war, that tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to intervene to stop. And theyre trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end. And in a sense, creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its a moving peace and t
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