[Fenris6]

We have a Republican Majority in Congress? When did that happen?

/s :)

[Congressman Billybob]

Good morning, my friend,

Thanks for the compliment in the first line of your post. And I thoroughly agree that the House vote last night was a turning point for the Republicans. And that the debate supplied a basketful of quotes that can be hung around the necks of assorted Democrats.

However, you don't have to wait for my take on the same subject. I filed mine just before midnight, last night. LOL. Click below.

Cordially,

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "What If the French Had Pulled a 'Murtha' in 1781?"

[lemura]

Bush needs to have Congress issue a declaration of war against Islamic facism - regardless of nation/state. When this country faces up to the fact that we really are fighting WWIV, and all that entails (draft, etc to take on Iran/Syria), perhaps we can get down to business.

An added side benefit of any war powers would be the ability to start jailing obvious traitors and other seditious parties - no different from Lincoln, Wilson & FDR.

Sometimes I think it would be better to have a anti-terror Dem president to get the left on board rather than constantly deal with this slow-motion civil with which we are currently engaged.

[HelloooClareece]

Excellent post.

[A message]

Good one, LS.

Good post!

[Belasarius]

Great first hack at the events of yesterday. I've been waiting all morning for somebody to do something more than swat at it. Lots of meat in your analysis and some great observations (no dem reads letters....).

[Steely Tom]

Excellent analysis, professor.

(steely)

[street_lawyer]

How about telling us who the 3 were who voted to pull out the troops? Or as the Dems like to call it "redeploy" the troops.

[Peach]

This is a little off topic, but for anyone who can influence the RNC, I'd love to see a commercial with Harry Reid admitting he didn't read the pre war intelligence report prepared by the CIA at the request of the Democrats.

According to Rockefeller, only six Senators and very few House members actually read the report.

So let's see if we have this straight. The left is complaining about pre war intelligence being manipulated but they didn't even read said intelligence reports?

Hello? RNC - get on the ball.

[baiamonte]

To: LS

Good write. You hit it on the head though. We still have a number of limp wristed Republican cowards will shoot themselves in the foot at the first chance at the first chance.

[Vasilli22]

bump

[grannyheart2000]

I missed most of the debate last night so not sure what you are referring to when mentioning Curt Weldon and Murtha. What did Curt Weldon say? I have been following the Able Danger scenario and at one time Weldon was my Congressman.

A brief review of his words would be appreciated......

Thanks.............

[woofer]

After hours of bashing the war effort, President Bush's foriegn policies and the GOP, Hastert pulled their rug out from under them and made the Dims choose to either put their vote where their rhetoric was, or show the entire country that they could talk the talk, but couldn't get up off their knees to walk the walk.

All but three voted against the measure and a handful of real cowards voted "present" proving that their empty, pandering blathering was nothing more than that.

The dims will rue the day that they were led to spew their loathing for the military and the war effort and then forced to back up their lip-service to the moonbat fringe with a public voice vote, recorded for posterity and all to see and hear. The exact opposite that they intended.

Too bad, so sad.

[Sacajaweau]

In a way, the Repubs helped the Dems stay on the course that they took when they voted to go into Iraq. Their original vote was based more on Clinton's 1998 "speech" and "policy signoff". All these Dems have said many times: Saddam is a danger to freedom and the stability of the world. He is a brutal dictator who has used WMD against his own people.

Now, Bubba says that Saddam's followers were good people?? They're murdering "bas*****". Someone should check Bubba's meds.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Here is what should happen tomorrow. Spineless Bill Frist should do exactly the same thing in the Senate as Hastert & Company did in the house, except he should use the exact resolution put forth by that low life vermin Democrat traitor, John Murtha. Let the big mouth Senators put their votes on record where their mouths are. Hastert should do the same thing in the house, as a follow-on to yesterday's vote. These Democrats need to be exposed for the America haters they are. Of course, none of this will happen because Frist wants to make nice with the traitors in the Democrat Party. What a shame we do not have a leader with a backbone!!!

[o_zarkman44]

The evenings agenda was a display of pompous, self serving, butt kissing, self patting, especially when Nancy Pelosi gave her rant and giggled during the applause from her fellow Dems.
I was amazed at how the debate focused on the resolution to bring the matter to vote as a matter of defending the honor of the Rep from Penn. Murtha, like it was an attack on his honor for bringing up the defeatist issue to withdraw immediately.

After the narrow vote in favor of allowing the resolution to withdraw to come to vote...... several standing ovations commenced with speakers from both sides pointing back to the honor of Murtha. (butt kissing)

There was no question in my mind how the vote to withdraw immediately would go. Nobody would want to go on the record at this juncture of re-election ambitions as a defeatist pseudo French Surrender Monkey....oh but there were 4 who did and two GOP's who will be marked for replacement asap.

When al jezerra picks up the story about possible withdrawal of our troops and makes it headline material, the perception to the enemy is they are indeed winning the battle because we are weak heathens. Since we are weak anyhow.. we still need to die. This action, regardless of the outcome of overwhelming support to continue, will result in a stepped up campaign of terrorist activity because they know they have pulled our strings and we are nervous.

[Samwise]

Here's another Democrat slogan:

Vote for me. I hate Bush more than I love America--or care about your safety.

Yeah, that should work.

[M Kehoe]

Good analysis.

We'll see if Frist and the Senate have the same cajones or political insight that the House members have.

In a word, no. Although, I'd like to be proved wrong.

On an off topic note, has anyone ever seen Nancy Pelosi blink?

5.56mm

[Brooklyn Kid]

The vast majority of Mainstream America didn't watch the debate. Therefore, their impression will be from the headlines and first sentence or two out of the newsperson's mouth on their local tv stations.
They will hear that there was some sort of a heated vote and that over 400 voted against pulling out of Iraq, and assume the politicians must know something they don't, since it was both democrats and republicans who voted against it. And they will be left with the impression that staying and fighting must be the right thing for now.
The end.

[advance_copy]

Very good analysis. This was a major victory last night, and even this morning you can still hear heads popping at DU.