Posted on 11/18/2005 12:30:42 PM PST by blogblogginaway
Edited on 11/18/2005 12:41:17 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
GOP Pulls Fast One... Tells Dems: Pull Troops Now? Okay, then let's vote!!!!! Tonight. 7 p.m. in House... Ultimate showdown...
could someone lay out for me the order of the three votes. I know the last was for not pulling our troops out.
This a link from Drudge:
Lawmakers Reject Immediate Iraq Withdrawal
Nov 18 11:41 PM US/Eastern
Email this story
By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
The House on Friday overwhelmingly rejected calls for an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq, a vote engineered by the Republicans that was intended to fail. Democrats derided the vote as a political stunt.
"Our troops have become the enemy. We need to change direction in Iraq," said Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a Democratic hawk whose call a day earlier for pulling out troops sparked a nasty, personal debate over the war.
The House voted 403-3 to reject a nonbinding resolution calling for an immediate troop withdrawal.
"We want to make sure that we support our troops that are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. We will not retreat," Speaker Dennis Hastert, R- Ill., said as the GOP leadership pushed the issue to a vote over the protest of Democrats.
It was the second time in less than a week that President Bush's Iraq policy stirred heated debate in Congress. On Tuesday, the Senate defeated a Democratic push for Bush to lay out a timetable for withdrawal.
Murtha, a 73-year-old Marine veteran decorated for combat service in Vietnam, issued his call for a troop withdrawal at a news conference on Thursday. In little more than 24 hours, Hastert and Republicans decided to put the question to the House.
Democrats said it was a political stunt and quickly decided to vote against it in an attempt to drain it of significance.
"A disgrace," declared House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "The rankest of politics and the absence of any sense of shame," added Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat.
We all know that if they had guts...those "present" voters would have voted --YEA
Hannity brought it up on his show last night. J.D. did start the ball rolling.
The political stunt was the Dem's pushing the issue and the media hype that required a response by the Republicans.
Eats Trolls.
Apparently this was J.D.'s idea. He deserves some praise and plenty of calls and E-Mails. Plus Johnson and the rest of the Reps.
Sheila Lee on making a fool of herself.
I voted for the war before I voted for the war, but I'm really against it... trust me.
Don't take me seriously. There is enough of that. I was just trying to add a little levity. There is a perfectly good reason for that vote I'm sure. One procedural reason, although unlikely in this case, is a person who votes with the prevailing side can call for reconsideration.
Any, join in the fun.
All probably had a plane to catch at midnight.
Shameful. I actually hold the "Present " voters in more contempt.
Sheila Jackson Lee is now up making a fool of herself as usual, I despise this worthless Beeeatch
Looks like the Democrats are "all mouth"
Che Jackson Lee just used the phrase "redeployment" of troops. Redeployment is now 'Rat-speak for cut and run--NOW!
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is speaking goobly gook...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5402378
I'm desperately trying to reconcile the title of this thread with its contents...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.