Washington Post Slams House Democrats For Pork-Laden Iraq Withdrawal Bill Posted by Noel Sheppard on March 24, 2007 - 17:12. It must have been very chilly in hell on Friday, for the editorial division of a major newspaper actually came down on Democrats. I kid you not. For those that missed it, the Washington Post ran an editorial Friday entitled “Retreat and Butter,” with a sub-headline “Are Democrats in the House voting for farm subsidies or withdrawal from Iraq?” Having asked a tremendously valid question that most in the antiwar media have ignored as the Iraq debate heated up on...