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Liberals Vow to Block Continued Iraq Funding (AND RON PAUL!)
Politico.com ^ | 19 July 2007 | Josephine Hearn

Posted on 07/20/2007 6:14:28 AM PDT by OCCASparky

Seventy House members, nearly all liberal Democrats, vowed today that they would not support any more funding for Iraq military operations unless tied to a complete withdrawal of combat troops.

This is a big development. Earlier this year, liberals grudgingly voted for Iraq funding bills because they didn't want to give Nancy Pelosi a defeat. Now it seems that their patience has run out.

The next Iraq funding bill won't come up until the fall, so this showdown won't happen for a few months, but it appears to be shaping up as an epic battle between liberals in Congress and President Bush. This may be the beginning of the end for the Iraq War.

The liberals' full letter to Bush appears after the jump ...

Dear Mr. President:

We are writing to inform you that we will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq before you leave office.

More than 3,600 of our brave soldiers have died in Iraq. More than 26,000 have been seriously wounded. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed or injured in the hostilities and more than 4 million have been displaced from their homes. Furthermore, this conflict has degenerated into a sectarian civil war and U.S. taxpayers have paid more than $500 billion, despite assurances that you and your key advisors gave our nation at the time you ordered the invasion in March, 2003 that this military intervention would cost far less and be paid from Iraqi oil revenues.

We agree with a clear and growing majority of the American people who are opposed to continued, open-ended U.S. military operations in Iraq, and believe it is unwise and unacceptable for you to continue to unilaterally impose these staggering costs and the soaring debt on Americans currently and for generations to come.

Sincerely,

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA); Rep. Barbara Lee (CA); Rep. Maxine Waters (CA); Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA); Rep. Rush Holt (NJ); Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY); Rep. Diane Watson (CA); Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ); Rep. Barney Frank (MA); Rep. Danny Davis (IL); Rep. John Conyers (MI); Rep. John Hall (NY); Rep. Bob Filner (CA); Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY); Rep. Bobby Rush (IL); Rep. Charles Rangel (NY); Rep. Ed Towns (NY); Rep. Paul Hodes (NH); Rep. William Lacy Clay (MO); Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR); Rep. Albert Wynn (MD); Rep. Bill Delahunt (MA); Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Rep. G. K. Butterfield (NC); Rep. Hilda Solis (CA); Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY); Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY); Rep. Michael Honda (CA); Rep. Steve Cohen (TN); Rep. Phil Hare (IL); Rep. Grace Flores Napolitano (CA); Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL); Rep. James McGovern (MA); Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH); Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL); Rep. Julia Carson (IN); Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA); Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ); Rep. John Olver (MA); Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX); Rep. Jim McDermott (WA); Rep. Ed Markey (MA); Rep. Chaka Fattah (PA); Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ); Rep. Rubin Hinojosa (TX); Rep. Pete Stark (CA); Rep. Bobby Scott (VA); Rep. Jim Moran (VA); Rep. Betty McCollum (MN); Rep. Jim Oberstar (MN); Rep. Diana DeGette (CO); Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA); Rep. Artur Davis (AL); Rep. Hank Johnson (GA); Rep. Donald Payne (NJ); Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Rep. John Lewis (GA); Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY); Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI); Rep. Gwen Moore (WI); Rep. Keith Ellison (MN); Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI); Rep. Donna Christensen (USVI); Rep. David Scott (GA); Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL); Lois Capps (CA); Steve Rothman (NJ); Elijah Cummings (MD); and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; paulbearers; paulestinians; paulistas; ronpaul; ronpaul911truther; ronsislamicoverlords; thevoicesinronshead; truther
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Come on, Paulbots. Spin this one if you can. Cutting off the troops at the knees is good for your presidential aspirations, right? /sarc
1 posted on 07/20/2007 6:14:28 AM PDT by OCCASparky
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To: OCCASparky

Dumb really dumb move.


2 posted on 07/20/2007 6:15:32 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: OCCASparky
More pointless, impotent grand-standing. They weren’t going to vote for it anyway, so what do they think this letter is going to do? Is it going to change The Presidents mind, or waste my tax dollars?
3 posted on 07/20/2007 6:19:01 AM PDT by NurdlyPeon (Thompson / Hunter in 2008)
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To: NurdlyPeon

I’ll vote for door number two.


4 posted on 07/20/2007 6:19:48 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: NurdlyPeon

Placate MoveOn.


5 posted on 07/20/2007 6:21:00 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: OCCASparky

Ron Paul is a member of al Qaeda.


6 posted on 07/20/2007 6:21:41 AM PDT by new yorker 77 (Speaker Pelosi - Three cheers for Amnesty!)
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To: new yorker 77

I’m waiting for a PaulBot to show up and explain to me how this is “conservative”.


7 posted on 07/20/2007 6:26:13 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: OCCASparky
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We urge all Republicans to vote for our friend Ron Paul. Cuz dat's how we do.

8 posted on 07/20/2007 6:28:49 AM PDT by bikerMD (Beware, the light at the end of the tunnel may be a muzzle flash.)
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To: OCCASparky
Everyone who signed this should be prosecuted for treason.

We are writing ...

That being said, I once had an English teacher who scolded me for beginning any letter with the text I am writing or We are writing. His reason was "of course you are writing!" and instead, we should just jump right into what we want to say.

9 posted on 07/20/2007 6:28:49 AM PDT by pnh102
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To: OCCASparky

Does this mean that Queen Bee Nanacy is about to go under the bus?

Liberal Democraticans’ little experiment in gender equality may be nearing an end.


10 posted on 07/20/2007 6:29:34 AM PDT by alloysteel (Choose carefully the hill you would die upon. For if you win, the view is magnificent.)
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To: OCCASparky
The Democrat dilemma is exhibited by their twisting between full withdrawal and
(a) leaving enough troops in place for training,
(b) leaving enough troops for fighting Al Quaida --whatever random number that might be, and
(c) protecting the citizen population from retribution.

It is obvious that they don't have a clue how to handle this, and the "just give up and get out" crowd may dominate, relying on their ability to blame someone everyone else when it all goes to $h!+ over there.

11 posted on 07/20/2007 6:31:00 AM PDT by Optimist (I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here.)
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To: OCCASparky

The Dems are looking for a shut down of government they can blame on Bush just like the Gingrich congress and Clinton. The Dems must realize that the moon bats may be their base, but they aren’t the ones tipping them to electoral victory. The more the dems do this, the greater the GOP chances are in ‘08.


12 posted on 07/20/2007 6:35:28 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: OCCASparky

“Ron Paul supports the troops.” This is a man we cannot afford to entrust with the nuclear football.


13 posted on 07/20/2007 6:35:32 AM PDT by steve8714 ("A man needs a maid", my ass.)
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To: bikerMD

Lacy Clay, shoved into the back of the caucus bus.


14 posted on 07/20/2007 6:36:44 AM PDT by steve8714 ("A man needs a maid", my ass.)
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...This is a man we cannot afford to entrust with the nuclear football.

Even Ron Paul knows that would never happen.

15 posted on 07/20/2007 6:39:52 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: OCCASparky

After this, Jim should ban any reference to rue paul for eternity! I can dream...

LLS


16 posted on 07/20/2007 6:40:06 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: steve8714

Hell I wouldn’t trust him with a Nerf Football...


17 posted on 07/20/2007 6:42:07 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (Hillary has already beat Rudy, She is the better cross-dresser.)
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To: steve8714

Hell I wouldn’t trust him with a Nerf Football...


18 posted on 07/20/2007 6:42:12 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (Hillary has already beat Rudy, She is the better cross-dresser.)
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To: OCCASparky
Are you saying Ron Paul wants to Capitulate to Terrorists?

Gee, whoda thunk Libertarians were spineless weasels?

19 posted on 07/20/2007 6:44:18 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Confidence in Congress has hit an all-time low of 14%)
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To: OCCASparky
I’m waiting for a PaulBot to show up and explain to me how this is “conservative”.

Response from the Paul camp:





**Crickets**
20 posted on 07/20/2007 6:46:54 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Scratch a RINO, and you'll find a global elitist beneath the surface.)
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