Tuesday - May 22, 2007

The Surrender Monkeys … Surrender

File that picture of Harry “Las Vegas Land Deal” Reid below for the record books. It tells it all. The Donks have finally decided to run up the white flag and surrender to common sense. That alone is worth a historical marker for the record books. They have finally looked at the votes and decided they they don’t have the votes and they are probably full of shiite in the bargain.

Will that stop them or even slow them down in their mad march to insanity? Of course not! At least we can now get on with the business of making sure our troops are funded in the field. It matters not whether you think the war is right or wrong, stranding our troops without funding is horse-shit. Allocate the money and then we can argue about the progress.

Of course the radical Left-Wing-Nuts who have captured the Democratic Party will have a hissy fit. The countdown begins in 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 ....

Democrats Drop Troop Pullout Dates From Iraq Bill
WASHINGTON (NY TIMES) - May 22, 2007

Congressional Democrats relented today on their insistence that a war spending measure sought by President Bush also set a date for withdrawing troops from Iraq.

The decision to back down, described by senior lawmakers and aides, was a wrenching reversal for some Democrats, who saw their election triumph as a call to force an end to the war. A Democratic effort to include timelines prompted Mr. Bush’s veto of the original bill last month, producing a political impasse.

“We don’t have a veto-proof Congress,” said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader.

Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the House Democratic majority leader, said the new bill was still being assembled, but he acknowledged the political reality facing Democrats. “The president has made it very clear that he is not going to sign timelines,” said Mr. Hoyer. “We can’t pass timelines over his veto.”

The concession to the president was proving so difficult for the Democratic leadership that by this afternoon, the lawmakers had not yet publicly acknowledged that the timelines would disappear. House Democrats were preparing to advance two separate measures, to enable antiwar lawmakers to support popular domestic spending but not the money for the war. House Democrats were to review the proposal later this evening, but lawmakers were already predicting that many would not support the war spending.

Under the new plan approved by Democratic leaders, Congress would send Mr. Bush the money for the war and include a series of benchmarks that attracted 52 votes in the Senate last week. The Iraqi government could lose some foreign aid if it fails to show sufficient progress but the president would be given the authority to suspend any penalties.

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Posted by The Skipper     on 05/22/2007 at 09:07 PM   
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