is this not hypocritical......

[dmarc117]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070801/D8QNTSRO0.html

 

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders are intent on sidetracking bipartisan attempts to change course in Iraq at least until fall, officials said Tuesday, rather than allow nervous Republicans to vote for legislation that lacks a troop withdrawal deadline.

 

Several lawmakers and aides said the goal was to deny members of the GOP rank and file a chance to proclaim their independence from President Bush by voting for a limited measure - after months of backing his policy in an increasingly unpopular war.

 

Polls have long shown the war to be unpopular, and a survey released during the day by the Democracy Corps, which advises Democrats, reported that 61 percent of those polled want their lawmaker to begin requiring a reduction of troops.

 

By contrast, the survey found that 35 percent want their representative not to undermine the president.

 

One strategist, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Democrats had concluded Republicans "want to put some daylight between themselves and the president" and should not be allowed to do so "after voting in lockstep for the past four years." All officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

 

One such bill requires the Pentagon to provide Congress with plans for a troop redeployment within 60 days. The measure cleared the House Armed Services last week on a bipartisan vote of 55-2.

 

Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, one of the sponsors, said in an interview that he was hoping for a vote before Congress begins a vacation at week's end.

 

"The one thing that would actually advance the agenda would be to get a redeployment plan," said Abercrombie, a self-described progressive who has voted for far stronger legislation, including a fixed troop withdrawal deadline.

In a challenge to his own leadership, Abercrombie said, "I would hate to be in a situation where the Democratic Party was trying to explain that it wants to score political points rather than end the war."

 

so all this time the libs have been crying to end the war and get our troops home. now when some repubs want to change course and possibly start heading in the right direction, the libs want to play politics. bravo libs. disgusting.

[JoJoTheWebToedBoy]

No, what is disgusting is the bullSega! games both parties play just to spite each other. A little less partisan politics, about a billion fewer lobbyists, and more working together and we would have a decent government again

[alexgaddis]

No, what is disgusting is the bullSega! games both parties play just to spite each other. A little less partisan politics, about a billion fewer lobbyists, and more working together and we would have a decent government again

+1...why you bother to talk about it like it is only a lib problem is beyond me...get a clue momo

[dmarc117]

+1...why you bother to talk about it like it is only a lib problem is beyond me...get a clue momo

 

 

because in this situation, it is a lib problem. momo

[cre8tiff]

This thread is a microcosm of the article that spawned it. Incredible.

 

Oh, and YER a momo.

[dmarc117]

This thread is a microcosm of the article that spawned it. Incredible.

 

Oh, and YER a momo.

 

whatever...supermomo!!

[Azazello1313]

because in this situation, it is a lib problem. momo

 

actually, not really. it's sniveling republicans trying to make a purely political grandstanding gesture, being thwarted by sniveling democrats who are trying to maintain their monopoly on political grandstanding with respect to iraq.