Posted on 02/04/2006 5:45:46 PM PST by Patriot814
ALBANY - The second-highest ranking Republican in New York State government, Joseph Bruno, yesterday called on President Bush to pull the troops out of Iraq, warning that the American military is incapable of putting an end to the violence wracking the country.
The Senate majority leader's comments against the war stunned and pleased anti-war activists, while Albany observers suspected that Mr. Bruno, a Republican in a predominantly Democratic state, was trying to erect a wall between Mr. Bush and the slender Republican majority in the state Senate before the November elections.
Mr. Bruno, who is a veteran of the Korean War, said America, instead of battling insurgents, should declare victory and "get the troops out of there." He said the bloodshed in Iraq was over religion and predicted it would continue for decades.
The call makes Mr. Bruno the most prominent elected New York representative, Democrat or Republican, to call for a troop pullout in Iraq. He made the remarks two days after the president in his State of the Union speech urged America not to retreat within its borders and insisted there was a plan for victory in Iraq.
Speaking to reporters at the Capitol following a luncheon that his office hosted for the press, Mr. Bruno said, "Frankly, I think it's time, like most people think, for him to get the troops out of there and bring them home." He said America has "won the war in essence" and cited as evidence the recent elections that took place in Iraq.
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He must want to be on The Daily Show.
Fine by me, but it's obvious New Yorkers can't confine it to their place ~ last time we had a plane come down right here in Northern Virginia.
Can someone find a nice country to deport this guy to as well.
He must be getting his advice from Howard Dean. Pissing off your political base is not likely to win elections.
This does raise a point and that is how will the deployment of ground troops change - do they all go into Iran and leave Iraq, Afghanistan to Polish, Danish, Canadian, maybe French troops? I assume the Brits will go with us.
Since we have no intention of invading Iran, it is kind-of a mute question.
He says and does a lot of strange things from making racist remarks about Indians smoking peace pipes in the casino to funneling huge sums of money to a corrupt racing authority ... to a fondness for having things from buildings to water fountains named after himself.
A true waste of skin and an embarrassment to even NY rinos.
Bruno doesn't have a base.
He is neither fiscally nor socially conservative.
He wins his seat courtesy of gerrymandering and is the state senate leader since Marino was ousted for clashing with Pataki.
Brunos asset is he helped get some other republicans elected, and has institutional power, but politically, he does not have a base.
Sounds to me that he had a liquid lunch.
WTF difference does this make??? I NEVER EVER REMEMBER THE LAMESTREAM PRESS HIGHLIGHTING GEORGE H.W. BUSH'S STATUS AS A VETERAN...
instead, they denigrated the man and went along with the hype that he was "out of touch".
So this Bruno jackass is a war veteran in state government who happens to be a Republican...B-F-D! He ain't the Commander in Chief, and he isn't representative of the Republican party. At all.
Time for this twat to retire.
I hope his Republican base walks away from him 100% and tells him that they are doing so during the upcoming week!
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