House Democrats Vote For Defeat
A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress’ boldest challenge yet to the administration’s policy.
Ignoring a White House veto threat, lawmakers voted 218-212, mostly along party lines, for a binding war spending bill requiring that combat operations cease before September 2008, or earlier if the Iraqi government does not meet certain requirements. Democrats said it was time to heed the mandate of their election sweep last November, which gave them control of Congress.
With Democrats holding 233 seats and Republicans with 201, Democrats were able to afford only 15 “no” votes. Accordingly, Pelosi, and her leadership team spent days trying to convince members that the bill was Congress’ best chance of forcing Bush to change course—an argument that was aided when they added more than $20 billion in domestic spending in an effort to lure votes.
I find it absolutely disgusting that the Democrats added Twenty Billions of Dollars of pork to lure votes. The global war on terror is the crucial issue of our time and you have Nancy-Pants buying off Democrats in order to get their vote. Treason? You decide.
The American people do not want defeat in Iraq or in the larger war on terror. I predict that this was is going to define the Democrats as the anti-American party that they’ve become. That is if the Republicans continue to stand against them.
Right now the enemy is very near it’s end. The surge is working. The only way Al Qaeda can win is if the Democrats hand them victory.
