Posted on 04/28/2007 9:34:16 AM PDT by rob21
There are two persons in the government of the United States who are evidently over their heads for the responsibilities they have been given. One is the majority leader of the United States Senate, the other is the attorney general. In two recently published articles, one by the dean of the nation's political commentators, David Broder, and the other by the independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the statement by Sen. Harry Reid that "the war [in Iraq] is lost" is revealed both as wrong-headed in the extreme, and mortally wounding his own party as it approaches the upcoming presidential election. With Mr. Reid's recent declaration that all is lost, he has unilaterally taken on the onus of responsibility by his party for the blame of defeat. As one of the two highest officials of his party in the government — the other being Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi — he is the spokesman of his party to the nation and the world. Mrs. Pelosi, incidentally, just completed an unorthodox tour of the Middle East in which it appeared she was conducting American foreign policy at odds with that of President Bush, the only person in the government who has the legal authority to conduct that foreign policy. What we have here are the leaders of a political party, fresh from an election which appeared to favor their foreign policy ideas, in such a hurry to impose their views that they are willing to sidestep the Constitution of the United States and the safety of our troops in harm's way.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Vox Populi-Poll Results On Withdrawing Troops-National Review
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824755/posts
Thanks for the link.
It ain’t gonna happen.
The author is feeding a immature habit of total ostracism of those he disagrees with.
Ignorance of political processes and arrested personality development is not needed now.
Besides,it seems everyone in office is full of those qualities already.
You may be right on (it ain’t gonna happen) — but you’re wrong on the other points. IT SHOULD HAPPEN. Harry Reid’s actions were treacherous -— and he should be forced to resign.
You’ll have to vote for Duncan Hunter if you want a President to say something like that. George Bush will never stand up to the rats.
Bush should have said “That’s right, I fired 8 prosecutors ... and now I’m gonna fire 8 more, just because I CAN!”
Prefer not to prescribe punishments for misanthrops like Reid. His fate is assured just as sure as his goose is cooked.
I’ve been urged to pray for and forgive him...and I will.
But it’s very difficult to do.
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