When The People Spoke Last November . . .
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. . . it was a message to the Bush Administration: End the war NOW! Even the newly elected Democratic majority in both houses of Congress appear to be as deaf to the people's voices as the Bush Administration.
What will it take for members of Congress to listen to the people? Do we all have to re-register as "Green" for the Democrats to get the message? Stop compromising! The first funding bill, which Bush vetoed, was ALREADY a compromise, falling somewhere between what Bush wanted and what the people wanted. Now that it's been vetoed, the Dems were quick to compromise to a point somewhere between Bush's hard line and the first compromise. Every compromise brings Congress closer to becoming exactly what it was under the Republicans . . . a rubberstamp to Bush's whims.
What should have happened is for Congress to simply resubmit the original spending bill . . . the first compromise . . . back to Bush, over and over again until he had no choice but to sign it.
Democrats in Congress need to grow a spine!!!!
What will it take for members of Congress to listen to the people? Do we all have to re-register as "Green" for the Democrats to get the message? Stop compromising! The first funding bill, which Bush vetoed, was ALREADY a compromise, falling somewhere between what Bush wanted and what the people wanted. Now that it's been vetoed, the Dems were quick to compromise to a point somewhere between Bush's hard line and the first compromise. Every compromise brings Congress closer to becoming exactly what it was under the Republicans . . . a rubberstamp to Bush's whims.
What should have happened is for Congress to simply resubmit the original spending bill . . . the first compromise . . . back to Bush, over and over again until he had no choice but to sign it.
Democrats in Congress need to grow a spine!!!!
I agree that the majority of voters are against continued involvement in the Iraq War, but surveys then -and surveys today - show that a minority (around 30-35%) of the public favor an immediate withdrawal.
I favor an immediate withdrawal -if it can be feasibly accomplished.
My most recent post "The Moral Argument",explains one way in which we can build the case for an immediate withdrawal.
If we want this to happen - we truly have to convince more than 1/3rd of the American public that immediate withdrawal is preferable to continued involvement and a delayed withdrawal.