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Democratic Lawmakers Splinter on Iraq [403 To 3 Will Do That Alert]
Washington Post ^
| Nov. 2, 2005
| Jonathan Weisman
Posted on 12/02/2005 4:11:14 AM PST by conservativecorner
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's embrace Wednesday of a rapid withdrawal from Iraq highlighted the Democratic Party's fissures on war policy, putting the House's top Democrat at odds with her second in command while upsetting a consensus developing in the Senate.
For months now, Democratic leaders have grown increasingly aggressive in their critiques of President Bush's policies in Iraq but have been largely content to keep their own war strategies vague or under wraps. That ended Wednesday when Pelosi (D-Calif.) aggressively endorsed a proposal by Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq as soon as possible, leaving only a much smaller rapid-reaction force in the region.
The move caught some in the party by surprise. It threw a wrench into a carefully calibrated Democratic theme emerging in the Senate that called for 2006 to be a "significant year of progress" in Iraq, with Iraqi security forces making measurable progress toward relieving U.S. troops of combat duties. Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said last month that "it's time to take the training wheels off the Iraqi government."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; iraq; lostdems; murtha
To: conservativecorner
Since Murtha announced his position, he has received 14,000 e-mails, faxes and phone calls, 80 percent in support, Murtha changed his email to accept ones from his district only a day or so after this vomit came from his mouth.
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posted on
12/02/2005 4:22:55 AM PST
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
Here are two people who dont know Chicken salad from Chicken Squat.
To: conservativecorner
I've got an idea for them: Sponsor and vote for a bill to cut off funding for the war.
And if the Dems don't have the guts, then the Pubbies should do it. And shove a vote down the Dems' throats.
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posted on
12/02/2005 4:27:15 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: conservativecorner
Over Thanksgiving week, Murtha received a standing ovation in a Dallas Starbucks. Okay, how many of you think the people in a Dallas Starbucks knew who Murtha is, recognized him, and then spontaneously broke into a standing o for him?
This may be one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read!
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posted on
12/02/2005 4:28:28 AM PST
by
HateBill
(Democratic Message: "Kiss Terrorist A*s" vs. Republican Message: "Kick Terrorist A*s")
To: mewzilla
My thoughts exactly!!...call them on it..write this bill just as Murtha states his plan...then let them make a choice...and maybe flush out some RINOs while they are at it....
To: conservativecorner
Loss Leader
To: ncountylee
He also dropped a poll on his congressional website because his position was getting arse kicked. Typical chicken hawk demoncrat.
To: conservativecorner
Screecher of the House
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posted on
12/02/2005 4:39:45 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(It is easy to call for a pi$$ing contest when you aren't going to be in the line of fire.)
To: conservativecorner
What We Are About To Do Here Is What The Good Lord Would Call A Cleansing of the Wicked. I Call It A Good Old Fashioned Texas Ass Kicking.
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posted on
12/02/2005 4:41:56 AM PST
by
speed_addiction
(And the Lord said, "Who shall I send? Who will stand for us?" Said I, "Here I am...Send me.")
To: ncountylee
"Murtha received a standing ovation in a Dallas Starbucks." Wow!!! A Dallas Stsrbucks! Everyone should strive for such glory.
To: conservativecorner
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
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posted on
12/02/2005 5:56:42 AM PST
by
johnny7
(“You have a corpse in a car, minus a head, in the garage. Take me to it.”)
To: johnny7
I propose a vote on the sense of Congress. "The US Army is Broken and we should Immediately Abandon the war in Iraq", just as Congressman Murtha says.
/Sarcasm Off
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posted on
12/02/2005 6:33:18 AM PST
by
sr4402
To: conservativecorner
One more face-lift and Pelosi will not be able to close her eyes to sleep.
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posted on
12/02/2005 6:38:58 AM PST
by
capt. norm
(Beware of the "White-Flag Democrats"...we all know who they are.)
To: capt. norm
I 'gotta a snare-drum that's got more elasticity.
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posted on
12/02/2005 6:46:28 AM PST
by
johnny7
(“You have a corpse in a car, minus a head, in the garage. Take me to it.”)
To: HateBill
Doesn't everybody stand in Starbucks?
To: conservativecorner
The MSM has indoctrinated the public like never before. Most people actually believe Bush deliberately lied about WMD but cannot tell you why the President would do that.
To: conservativecorner
Marshall Wittmann, a former Republican political strategist now with the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, said Pelosi may have resurrected her party's most deadly liability -- voters' lack of trust in the party on national security. "If Karl Rove was writing the timing of this, he wouldn't have written it any differently, with the president of the United States expressing resolve and the Democratic leader offering surrender," Wittmann said, referring to Bush's top adviser. "For Republicans, this is manna from heaven." Thank you Lord.
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posted on
12/02/2005 12:21:12 PM PST
by
Soul Seeker
(Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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