Not the 'Real Vote'

Washintgon Post ^ | Feb 17, 2007 | WaPo Editorial

[george76]

Treason is as treason does.

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[george76]

Mr. Murtha has a different idea. He would stop the surge by crudely hamstringing the ability of military commanders to deploy troops... His aim, he made clear, is not to improve readiness but to "stop the surge." So why not straightforwardly strip the money out of the appropriations bill -- an action Congress is clearly empowered to take -- rather than try to micromanage the Army in a way that may be unconstitutional? Because, Mr. Murtha said, it will deflect accusations that he is trying to do what he is trying to do. "What we are saying will be very hard to find fault with," he said.

[Jim Verdolini]

Blaming the folk who refused to hold their noses and vote for our RINO's and moderates again is a lot like blaming the victim for the crime.

We told the swine we sent to Congress, over and over, what we wanted and they gave us the finger.

The voters flushed a lot of the Rino's from office. They also took a few good republicans with them. Till we stop running RINO's, we will not get a majority that will do as it was elected to do, even if we do win a majority in Congress.

[princess leah]

I think it's also going to take some high profile name Republicans to step out from their current industries to help in 2008. We need people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Reagan to consider stepping away from the microphone and out into the public arena to help the American public. Critical states like FLorida, Arizona, Pennsylvania have good people sitting like JD Hayworth, Rick Santorum, Jeb Bush, Michael Steele, JC Watts, these are big players we need to make a difference in our Senate and House or Governorships etc. I say RUN AGAIN if you didn't win in the last election - perhaps as something different - senate vs. house?

[Chgogal]

Murtha is a Coward.

[BIGLOOK]

I'm not even supporting Rudy. It's far to early for me. But I will support the nominee, whoever it is. We cannot, in our lifetimes, afford to ever sit out a vote. EVER. The stakes are too damn high!

We've been through this before, haven't we. Fonda and Hayden and Kerry, Carter and Church, then the Clintons and Berger and Cohen and Albright....sell outs on security, no friends of the military, popular wimps.

There are new additions in positions of power now who promote the same failed policies which led directly to the situation we face in the real world; Pelosi, Murtha, Rangel and Levin. They ensnare the populace in negativity, float on the tide of the polls and drive people away from reality's shore.

[meyer]

What we need is a redeployment of Murtha to the insane asylum. He's nuts!

[BIGLOOK]

One has to ask, to point out, that the latest initial surge in Baghdad wasn't begun by Coalition Troops or the IP or the IA. Our response is working (unreportedly on the MSM, of course) and the agent of the disturbances recognized and targeted.

(Hope the ROE has been suspended and if the reporters for CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS in theater aren't on their toes, well.... too bad.)

[lentulusgracchus]

I love Bushbot sarcasm in the morning. It smells like...... morning breath.

Get back to me with an explanation of how your post addresses mine, or how it addresses the statements you supposedly object to, and we can talk.

They [conservatives] said there wasn't "one thin dime's worth of difference" between the two parties.

I take it that, according to you, we are supposed to be grateful that Rockefeller Republicans don't send storm troopers to arrest conservatives in the middle of the night, the way Hildebeast and the DUmmies would like to do.

Well, have a look at the recent revision to Posse Comitatus moved by the Bush Administration (regrettably cited by the New York Slimes and accessible in full -- interestingly, considering the Slimes won't let us quote them here on FR -- at this URL on the otherwise-loathesome truthout.org website):

Slimes editorial.

This link is provided for the benefit of FReepers who don't want to give the NYT subscription info, a reluctance I fully understand.

Kit Bond and Patrick Leahy have a bill before the Senate, that would repeal the Administration-sponsored revisions to Posse Comitatus.

[lentulusgracchus]

Good Analysis. I think now that those folks that didn't vote Rep to teach them a lesson are now completely aware of what they did and probably sorry that they did. Considering what the Dems are now attempting to do.

The question is, have the Yacht Club Wing of the GOP learned? Will they support conservatives?

Judging by their determination, measured in megadollars per square inch, to nominate liberals while letting congressional conservatives go down to defeat, the answer must be that no, they haven't.

[Alas Babylon!]

I love Bushbot sarcasm in the morning. It smells like...... morning breath.

LOFL!!!! I love lunatic fringe sacrastic wit in the morning... it smells like rose water.

Thanks for setting me straight. Without your reply, I would still be wandering in the political wilderness of BushLove and RinoPassion. You've now convinced me that in a country were folks continue to elect democrats, liberal/leftists at that, and Republicans offer only a small difference so that folks who don't want to vote all the way to the left, that we have a far better choice.

Yes, we can reject the totalitarian left that is Rockerfeller Republicanism, if only a majority of voters would simply vote Goldwaterian Right.

You've only now gotta convince the other 100 million voters that you're right and they're wrong. I suggest your technique of putting them down, insulting them and proving your rapier wit is also the best way to go about it, too. I've certainly learned not to mess with you!

OK? Let me up when this starts happening. I just want to see the color of the sky in your perfect world.