Disgusting Senators

The wrangling over the means-nothing nonbinding resolution in the Senate to condemn the President for giving the troops what they need to fight and win has reached the level of “disgusting” according to Jim DeMint;

“This resolution is a resolution of defeat and disgrace,” said Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican who, as a member of the House, voted in 2002 for the war.

John Cornyn, Texas Republican explained it best yesterday;

“We can’t claim to support the troops and not support their mission,” he said in a floor speech yesterday. “If we don’t support the mission, we shouldn’t be passing nonbinding resolutions. We should be doing everything in our power to stop it.”
    Instead, Mr. Cornyn said, “we should send them the message that, yes, we believe you can succeed and it’s important to our national security that you do.” He has been drawing up a resolution to do that.

But then we get faux-war hero Tom Harkin with his overpriced 2 cents;

“That’s just nonsense,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, who voted for the war in 2002. “What undermines the troops is keeping them fighting in a civil war, to keep them fighting for a mistake.”

What undermines the troops is criticising their mission and allowing Iraq to fall into the same hole as Somalia, Haiti and Viet Nam. Where did Harkin stand on Haiti? That was a mess.

If we can’t find some more Senators like Cornyn with a fricken backbone, who’ll admit that there’s more at stake here than keeping political campaign promises to a bunch of pussies who don’t recognize that this more than just a civil war. 

Iraq IS the War on Terror. Period. Iran was the enemy in 2001 and they’re STILL the enemy. And anyone who can’t see that Iran is using Iraq as a sort of proxy war is blind, deaf and intentionally ignorant. And disgusting.

According to the Washington Post, Democrats and RINOs united behind Virginia’s Warner last night;

Democratic and Republican opponents of President Bush’s troop-buildup plan joined forces last night behind the nonbinding resolution with the broadest bipartisan backing: a Republican measure from Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia.

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) announced the shift, hoping to unite a large majority of the Senate and thwart efforts by the White House and GOP leaders to derail any congressional resolution of disapproval of Bush’s decision to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq by 21,500.

Although the original Democratic language was popular within the party, it had little appeal among Republicans. Warner’s proposal drew support from both sides, and it was retooled last night to maximize both Democratic and Republican votes.

The revised resolution would express the Senate’s opposition to the troop increase but would vow to protect funding for the troops. The resolution does not include the Democratic language saying the Bush plan is against the national interest, but it also drops an earlier provision by Warner suggesting Senate support for some additional troops.

Still disgusting. We all know what it means regardless of what the resolution says. Republicans, if they had gonad between them, should have stood back and let the Democrats write and pass any resolution they want – and live with the political fallout.

I can’t get over the fact that Republicans still have the idea that they can “get along” with Democrats – especially in the Senate. Must be a character flaw.

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