Liberal blogs decry how Democrats cave on troop pull-out
It’s a sad, sad day in the liberal blogosphere. Seems the Democrats, the liberals’ great hope for killing the Iraq War, have decided that they can’t beat Pres. Bush and have given up on a withdrawal timetable.
WASHINGTON, May 22 — Congressional Democrats relented today on their insistence that a war spending measure sought by President Bush also set a date for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The decision to back down, described by senior lawmakers and aides, was a wrenching reversal for some Democrats, who saw their election triumph as a call to force an end to the war. A Democratic effort to include timelines prompted Mr. Bush’s veto of the original bill last month, producing a political impasse.
The Democratic leaders’ concession infuriated one of their own, Senator Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin, who failed last week in his attempt to win passage of a measure that would have cut off money for the war next spring.
“I cannot support a bill that contains nothing more than toothless benchmarks and that allows the president to continue what may be the greatest foreign policy blunder in our nation’s history,” he said. “There has been a lot of tough talk from members of Congress about wanting to end this war, but it looks like the desire for political comfort won out over real action. Congress should have stood strong, acknowledged the will of the American people, and insisted on a bill requiring a real change of course in Iraq.”
Naturally, the liberal masses are incensed. From the Democratic Underground:
“It’s like they think they’re dealing with honest & honorable people in the Republican party. The Dem leadership has to learn once and for all that the GOP will give NOTHING in return for this. If it would give them power back, the ‘pukes would rip out Reid’s heart & drink his blood. Once the Dems understand that the GOP is out to kill them, maybe they’ll act accordingly.” - baldguy
“Which senators voted for this??? or was their a vote????? Did they figure a way not to show just who betrayed us?” - mexicoxpat
The Kos kids aren’t any happier…
I’m almost in favor of brining the pain for these spineless wimps who are so eager to sell the country out yet again to Mr. 28%. Meet the New Congress: Same as the Old Congress, except a with little more (mostly toothless) oversight. God, this is SO frustrating. - My Philosophy
They back the occupation, which is why they vote for it, over and over and over and over and over. They’re traitors to their country, and must be utterly destroyed at the primaries. - khereva
They revelled in their November wins and now they are angry that their slim majority has gotten them nothing. Too bad, so sad.
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What do you think they are going to do with that anger when Bush’s term is up?
Project it onto the Republican party as a whole, I would imagine. If a Democrat wins the presidency, you know the “it’s the last guy’s fault” will be all you hear for the first two years of that administration.