January 19, 2007
We have never seen in our lifetime such a pityful display of opportunistic politics that reeks of cowardice and impotance. In the midst of an actual change in strategy for Iraq, a combined effort of the Iraqi government and our military to turn the tide of battle and restore security to Baghdad - in a plan that, while certainly risky, actually has sound military judgment behind it - here come the idiots in Congress bound and determined to not only screw things up, but to tar and feather the President while doing it.
"The president knows that because the troops are in harm's way, that we won't cut off the resources. That's why he's moving so quickly to put them in harm's way," Pelosi said on ABC's "Good Morning America."We really are beside ourselves. Congress, if they truly believed the President was derelict in his abilities, and if they had any balls, would vote to revoke the funding for the war. But no, they won't do that. And they're not going to add anything constructive either, such as draft any type of resolution outlining their plan for victory. No, they're going to bitch, and moan, and cry, and scream, and point at the President and say that he's doing it wrong. And Pelosi, having the sheer audacity to casually throw out there that the President is consciously pushing troops to their deaths so the Congress will shut up, is a complete disgrace.When asked whether she thought the president manipulated the deployments to avoid congressional action, Pelosi said she hoped he did not but thought "he could have told us about it sooner. ... We found out about it as the troops were going in."
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino retorted that lawmakers are involved in a "sound bite war" against Bush, counter to Democrats' promises of bipartisanship.
"Those particular comments were poisonous," Perino said. "I think questioning the president's motivations and suggesting that he, for some political reason, is rushing troops into harm's way, is not appropriate, it is not correct, and it is unfortunate because we do have troops in harm's way."
For whatever the military merits of the plan, it is a plan, which is a site more than any Democrat could put forward. And this sad display of "non-binding" resolutions, where they can make all the noise and take none of the responsibility (especially after each and every one of them who voted for the war suddenly decided to cry foul so they could save their political ass), is really quite a sickening display.
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"We have never seen in our lifetime such a pityful display of opportunistic politics that reeks of cowardice and impotance."
Neither have we. Very well said. Their behavior is positively shameful.
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January 20, 2007 03:39 AM