That beats having this image:
And this about says it all:
Posted on 07/14/2007 5:52:03 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Late last week Byron Dorgan, the North Dakota Democrat, offered what he assumed was an uncontroversial amendment to the 2008 Defense Authorization bill under consideration in the Senate. The amendment would have increased to $50 million the reward "for the capture, or information leading to the capture," of Osama bin Laden. But Senate Republicans noticed something odd about the Dorgan amendment. It contained no mention of a reward for bin Laden's death.
John Sununu, the New Hampshire Republican up for reelection next year, quickly introduced his own amendment striking Dorgan's language and replacing it with a $50 million reward for "the capture or death or information leading to the capture or death" of bin Laden. Sununu's amendment passed by unanimous consent. The next morning the Senate's number three Republican, Jon Kyl of Arizona, went to the Senate floor and pointed out the discrepancy between Dorgan's and Sununu's amendments. Dorgan's emphasis on "capturing" bin Laden, Kyl said, was illustrative of the Democrats' approach to terrorists. Kyl said Democrats treat the enemy as criminals to be captured and prosecuted, not enemy soldiers to be detained or destroyed. The revised Dorgan amendment passed overwhelmingly.
The Dorgan episode also illustrates how quickly the terms of a debate can change. Republicans began last week worried that the fight over the defense bill would lead to substantial GOP defections from President Bush's surge policy in Iraq. That didn't happen. Instead Senate Republicans are confident they will be able to defeat every amendment to the bill that contains a congressionally mandated change in Iraq policy. What's more, the Senate Republican leadership is primed to go on offense this week, having identified language in the authorization bill, and in several Democratic amendments to it, that they plan to portray as soft on terrorism.
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Finally, the Senate GOP is starting to stand up for itself.
That beats having this image:
And this about says it all:
Yea, but for how long?
But will it last? I have my doubts. I listened to Gordon Smith on NPR today. What a wuss.
Sounds like some in the GOP finally found their “Onions.”
Ya think? Maybe they are finally taking the time to actually read the bills!
Anyway, hope you are right, we sure need it.
Now if they could only find their cajonies. ;-)
Finally they throw a bone to the base.
Well, they (Reps) say they’re gonna get on this next week. I wonder if it will be before or after the Senate tries to push through amnesty in its latest form in the Ag Bill?
Sorry, but I don’t trust none of ‘em!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865788/posts
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Tony Snow must be tired of going on talk radio and hearing “But nobody believes you now.....”
Time to pull down the WH fence -
“up for reelection next year”
Those words sum it up nicely; too bad they are not all up for reelection every year. I think they’d do a better job remembering who sends them to DC and what they are sent to do.
The Senate Republicans could use a ton of testosterone pills and Viagra. It’s been, what, seven years since they had any gonads, guts and/or spine? Our nation is at stake and the safety of our troops. Give me a break! I would love the opportunity to tell them just that.
Then why don't they "Build the GD wall?"
Finally!
Now I have a question to the Senate Republicans... WAS THAT SO HARD??!
They have been strong all year. It is nice you all finally noticed.
None of the players likely to be working our side of this fight are scheduled for the Sunday talk shows. The closest we get is Lindsey “gang of 14” Graham.
The “bipartisan” RINOS, Alexander, Luger and Warner are on, however.
Yuck.
Great to read this.
The suicide picture is a keeper. It is the best and most accurate illustration of what is happening in our world I have ever seen.
I expect Ron Paul to go against this sort of thing in the House, and perhaps say that Bin Laden is a fictional figure made up by Dubya to take us into war in Afghanistan.
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