Posted on 03/03/2007 9:49:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A senior Democratic adviser said yesterday he is disappointed and dismayed by the efforts of House and Senate Democrats to change administration policies in Iraq, predicting they would lead to further division and stalemate in Congress on the war.
"If you stand back, the whole debate has been pretty frustrating. The bigger problem is that [Democratic leaders'] proposals are not going anywhere, such as some revised authority for the war," said Leon Panetta, a key Democratic member of the Iraq Study Group whose proposals to stabilize Iraq were largely dismissed by President Bush.
"But those efforts are doomed. Either they are going to be blocked in Congress or vetoed by the president, or both. The end result is that it will make us more divided and impotent on war policy," President Clinton's former White House chief of staff said in an interview with The Washington Times.
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Pelosi is the best friend the GOP ever had. I think she's personally going to hand the House back to the Republicans next year...
"Panetta stated in that interview that he took great precautions to ensure that Billie never rode alone in the back of the Presidential Limo!"
What did he mean?
The radical part of the Dem party, which are many, don't even try to disguise their contempt for the WOT and the president and his administration. If more American military are killed as a means to their ends, it doesn't bother them in the least.
Shhhhh!
Quiet, Leon.
You're going to ruin it for us.
Yeah, but compared to certain female senators, she can appear to have all three. Need I name names? (Hint: One is from California, another from Washington, a third from Michigan).
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