I went to bed last night, but senators didn’t. They pulled an all-nighter, to show the American people who is obstructing progress — like an effort to keep our loved ones alive. While the vast majority of repugs won’t leave the side of a delusional administration, some have. What is terribly sad, for our troops very lives, is those same repugs couldn’t stand up for what they were saying.
A handful of Republicans who have distanced themselves from President Bush on the war in Iraq refused Tuesday to back a plan to withdraw American troops from the conflict, leaving Senate Democrats short of the support needed to force a vote on their proposal.
As the Senate headed into an all-night session complete with cots in Capitol meeting rooms and an antiwar vigil across the street, some Republicans who have gone public with their complaints about the war strategy also weighed in against the Democratic withdrawal plan as ill advised and driven mainly by partisan considerations.
Brilliant Jill has said it best:
It’s easy to talk about wanting to get out of this mess and then not do anything about it. Iraq is a mess now and it will be a mess after we leave. The question is how many more of those who ought to represent this country’s future are we willing to sacrifice so that this president can save face.
Which begs the question, were dems playing politics to show the American people who’s obstructing progress in Iraq, or were the double-talking repug senators playing politics, in an effort to appease some of their constituents? Or were the repugs playing politics through their whining, while trying to keep contracts open for the big boys to abuse and push the Iraq oil bill through the Iraqi parliment?
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[...] The Crone speaks on the debate: I went to bed last night, but senators didn’t. They pulled an all-nighter, to show the American people who is obstructing progress — like an effort to keep our loved ones alive. While the vast majority of repugs won’t leave the side of a delusional administration, some have. What is terribly sad, for our troops very lives, is those same repugs couldn’t stand up for what they were saying. [...]