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Lawmakers Reject Immediate Iraq Withdrawal
http://www.breitbart.com ^ | nov 18 11:41 PM US/Eastern | LIZ SIDOTI

Posted on 11/18/2005 8:52:21 PM PST by Para-Ord.45

The House on Friday overwhelmingly rejected calls for an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq, a vote engineered by the Republicans that was intended to fail. Democrats derided the vote as a political stunt.

"Our troops have become the enemy. We need to change direction in Iraq," said Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a Democratic hawk whose call a day earlier for pulling out troops sparked a nasty, personal debate over the war.

The House voted 403-3 to reject a nonbinding resolution calling for an immediate troop withdrawal.

"We want to make sure that we support our troops that are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. We will not retreat," Speaker Dennis Hastert, R- Ill., said as the GOP leadership pushed the issue to a vote over the protest of Democrats.

It was the second time in less than a week that President Bush's Iraq policy stirred heated debate in Congress. On Tuesday, the Senate defeated a Democratic push for Bush to lay out a timetable for withdrawal.

Murtha, a 73-year-old Marine veteran decorated for combat service in Vietnam, issued his call for a troop withdrawal at a news conference on Thursday. In little more than 24 hours, Hastert and Republicans decided to put the question to the House.

Democrats said it was a political stunt and quickly decided to vote against it in an attempt to drain it of significance.

"A disgrace," declared House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "The rankest of politics and the absence of any sense of shame," added Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; iraq; iraqwar; murtha; terrorism
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To: Blurblogger

"These toxic parasites would try anything against their host country... "


Well put and accurate. They don't realize that it would kill them too.


21 posted on 11/18/2005 9:01:27 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: Para-Ord.45
"A disgrace," declared House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "The rankest of politics and the absence of any sense of shame," added Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat.

Ah yes, when the shoe's on the other foot the Dems start moaning and complaining that it "ain't fair." Of course they have no problem when it came to the "Bush Lied About WMDs" B.S.

22 posted on 11/18/2005 9:02:47 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Ursus arctos horribilis

"Rep pubbie Sam Johnson Kicked dem arse & rocked with the GOP closing statement."


===

I agree. He was great!


23 posted on 11/18/2005 9:02:50 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion

Yeah, he was very classy!


24 posted on 11/18/2005 9:03:45 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
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To: FairOpinion

you my freepin friend have nailed it.

my theory as well.

Cheers,

knews hound

http://knewshound.blogspot.com/


25 posted on 11/18/2005 9:03:47 PM PST by knews_hound (i know my typing sucks, i do it one handed ! (caps are especially tough))
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To: Para-Ord.45

Next, the GOP should draft a resolution calling for diplomatic relations with Castro. Vote that down and force the RATS to go on the record against their Hollywood commie lovers.

Then, submit a resolution to overturn the protection of marriage act. Force the RATS to go on record against or for gay marriage.

There are all kinds of things you can do this with:

- Raising gas taxes
- Slashing the defense budget
- Mandatory service in Americorps
- Banning all parental notification for abortion
- Forced registration of all firearms
- Outlaw SUVs

This thing could be the gift that keeps on giving.


26 posted on 11/18/2005 9:04:40 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: Para-Ord.45
"A disgrace," declared House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "The rankest of politics and the absence of any sense of shame," added Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat.

When the Democrats are that angry you know you've done something right.

27 posted on 11/18/2005 9:07:14 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: FairOpinion

Unlike McCain, Sam Johnson is a former Vietnam POW with guts, honor, and love of his country!


28 posted on 11/18/2005 9:07:26 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Para-Ord.45
So, after he called for immediate withdrawal (as reported by the LMSM) Murtha voted against doing so. Ah, the rats came home to roost for him.

Must be the illegitimate father of Kerry, so alike, say one thing, do another.
29 posted on 11/18/2005 9:07:52 PM PST by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: FairOpinion
Two stars were brought to the fore tonight....the soft-spoken but powerful Rep. Sam Johnson, and the new Republican masculine hunk, the Tom Selleck-mustached Cong. Gingrey. Um, Um, good!

Leni

30 posted on 11/18/2005 9:09:21 PM PST by MinuteGal
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To: Para-Ord.45

Murtha (who was the floor manager for the yes side) brilliantly votes against his own idea. Just goes to show that Democrats would rather have the issue of the war than end it.


31 posted on 11/18/2005 9:09:33 PM PST by TBP
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

I agree. Having the audacity to actually express a dissenting opinion in this country...how horrible!


32 posted on 11/18/2005 9:11:49 PM PST by dave3172
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To: BerniesFriend
My head hurts..they were so disgusted that they voted for the political stunt??????

Yes. They lose either way. If they ahd voted against it, they would be undermining the troops, and it's nonbinding anyway. Furthermore, it would alienate a lot of middle American voters.

OTOH, by voting for it, they simply negate their own complaints about the vote, show themselves for the gutless hypocrites they are, and alienate the Cindy Jihad/Michael Smoore/Code Pinko left that controls the Dimmycrap party.

33 posted on 11/18/2005 9:12:33 PM PST by TBP
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To: ExTexasRedhead

And McCain doesn't love his country because...?


34 posted on 11/18/2005 9:13:08 PM PST by dave3172
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To: FairOpinion
I think that is a very poor platform to run on, but the Dems have nothing to offer.

A sham platform from a sham party populated with shameless bureaucrats.

35 posted on 11/18/2005 9:17:58 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: dave3172

'And McCain doesn't love his country because...?'

Good question. After what he's been through, you think he would.


36 posted on 11/18/2005 9:20:30 PM PST by xone
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To: xone

I question the statement, not McCain's love for America.


37 posted on 11/18/2005 9:22:58 PM PST by dave3172
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat.

Around Maryland, he's known as Steny Horror. What an empty suit he is. In fact, empty would fill the suit better than Steny.

38 posted on 11/18/2005 9:24:14 PM PST by TBP
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To: Stellar Dendrite
coward POS commie sh*thead traitor fools!!!!

Don't sugarcoat it, tell us what you really think.

You are absolutely correct BTW, even if a bit too restrained in your epiphets.

39 posted on 11/18/2005 9:26:50 PM PST by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
Fair warning.
You just might find yourself among a large group of dedicated patriots pissing on a grave in the dead of night.
What separates us from our enemies is our nominal civility.
We refuse to openly piss on the graves of our enemies in the presence of their family.
Out of respect for the the family, not due to any respect for the departed.
That is why Jimmy Carter will have a special "environmentally sensitive" grave site.
So many people have sworn an oath to piss on his grave, that his staff is having problems negotiating a burial site on CONUS.
40 posted on 11/18/2005 9:26:55 PM PST by sarasmom ("The French are revolting." Some phrases are true on so many levels, it's mystical!)
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