Over the last few weeks, Iraq coverage in the U.S. media has focused on funding. On May 1, Bush vetoed the Iraq spending supplemental because it would necessitate an "artificial withdrawal." Then last week, Democrats, while simultaneously declaring victory, caved in to Bush's aggression and [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Reader Comments
If the Shrub will not listen to his own countrymen, why would anybody expect him to listen to a bunch of foreigners?
His arrogance is coupled with an ego that goes beyond any rational explanation.
He cannot lead his own party. Now that they can’t ride his coattails, only a handful will listen to him. Sadly, there are enough standing behind him on the Iraq situation to prevent any withdrawal motions from passing.
As to impeachment, which he has richly deserved for the past two years, they can’t vote to impeach, because that would force them to admit that they had been following a clueless leader all this time. And image trumps reality in Washington in these times.
Karl Rove tells Shrub to say that the Democrat’s wanting a withdrawal is not supporting the troops.
The Democrat’s wring their hands, rather than ask what does the scandal at Walter Reed say about supporting the troops. What does Shrubs’ refusal to allow a 3.5% pay hike for the military say about supporting the troops.
What does allowing the ‘war’ to continue despite their private admissions that things weren’t working, all the while telling the troops and the public that all was well say about supporting the troops?
Pelosi said all the right things when she took the position of Speaker. Then promptly began to ignore her own words and promises about lobbyist’s by having a $10,000/plate fund raiser hosted by the lobbyist’s.
Until such things as lobbyist sponsered fund raiser’s are outlawed, with real penalties, rather than censure motions, we will continue to have the best government that money can buy. A government on both sides of the aisle that puts constituent’s behind those who will spend the big bucks on them.
Where in the Constitution does it say that lobbyist’s must be taken into account? Yet we see that happening daily, despite Congress critters’ public statement’s that such will not be permitted.
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