Pussies! Dems again cave to the boy king, drop timelines from Iraq Occupation bill
posted by
Wally
6:26 AM
After weeks of refusing to back down to President Bush on setting a timetable on Iraq, House Democratic leaders face having to explain to their party's rank and file why they've now relented.
Party officials said Monday the next war spending bill most likely will fund military operations and not demand a timeline to bring troops home, although it will contain other restrictions on Bush's Iraq policies. Oh la-de-freaking-da, it will contain "other restrictions". I'll believe it when I see it. It seems the Democrats are intent on making an honest man of Bush - no easy feat - when he accuses them of "political theater", since they seem incapable or unwilling of backing up their words with actions or results. All talk, no action. Once again they are giving the spoiled rich brat everything he wants just because he threw a temper tantrum. Nancy, you're a mom. You should know better. Even if deadlines for troop withdrawals are dropped as expected, Democratic leaders are claiming victory in the high-profile fight with Bush. Victory? And how, exactly, is this a victory? The Democrats' new bill also was expected to include the first federal minimum wage increase in more than a decade, a top priority for the Democrats who took control of Congress in January. That's not a victory. That's a failure and a terrible strategic blunder. The minimum wage increase is a bill that should have been sent up to the hill clean, as a stand-alone bill. Let the Republicans vote on the minimum wage, on the record, so everyone can see. Let Bush either sign it or veto it, while the whole country is watching. By burying the minimum wage in this weakass Iraq Occupation bill, the Dems not only show off their lack of spine by caving to Bush, they throw away one of their premium campaign issues. Can they find another way to fuck it up and give Dubya his "trifecta"?
What are they thinking?
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