Senate Republicans Stop Cut-and-Run Democrats

by Sean Hackbarth

Senate Republicans have built the most effective barrier against the Democrat’s cut-and-run abandonment of Iraq. Today, the Sen. Mitch McConnell-let Republicans earned a significant victory:

In the Senate, after weeks of skirmishing, Republicans easily turned back Democratic legislation requiring a troop withdrawal to begin within 120 days. The measure set no fixed deadline for completion of the redeployment, but set a goal of March 31, 2008. The vote was 50-48 against the measure, 12 short of the 60 needed for passage.

Netroots kingpin Matt Stoller saw an anti-war victory in Majority Leader Harry Reid’s defeat. Only three Democrats voted against the motion. “That means that we had three only defections – over 95% of the Democratic Senate caucus voted for a timeline, which is a far cry from the 22 who voted against the war in 2002,” he wrote. He must be too busy with his House Democrats enemies list to realize the Senate rejected a hard timetable.

What should be disconcerting for Stoller and the netroots is the Gregg Amendment which says, “no funds should be cut off or reduced for American troops in the field” passed 82-16, and the Murry Amendment providing adequate funding for troops training and health care passed 96-2. The Senate rejected defunding the Iraq War.

The House is a cut-and-runner’s and lobbyist’s dream. Highlights of the 2007 Emergency Supplemental include $120,000,000 for shrimp research, $283,000,000 in dairy farm subsidies, and a boost in the minimum wage. That will surely put fear in the hearts of our Islamist enemy.

The Kossites have turned the vote into another opportunity to beat the snot out of Sen. Joe Lieberman. That’s got to get boring after a while.

For some insight Rick Moran delves into the possibility the surge working, and what that means for Congressional Democrats. Redstate lets the right wing pity Sen. Reid.

“Senate GOP Turns Back Iraq Pullout Plan

“GOP Defeats Reid Measure To End Deployment”

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12 Responses to “Senate Republicans Stop Cut-and-Run Democrats”

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[...] The American Mind: What should be disconcerting for Stoller and the netroots is the Gregg Amendment which says, “no funds should be cut off or reduced for American troops in the field” passed 82-16, and the Murry Amendment providing adequate funding for troops training and health care passed 96-2. The Senate rejected defunding the Iraq War.The House is a cut-and-runner’s and lobbyist’s dream. Highlights of the 2007 Emergency Supplemental include $120,000,000 for shrimp research, $283,000,000 in dairy farm subsidies, and a boost in the minimum wage. That will surely put fear in the hearts of our Islamist enemy. [...]

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The Bush & Cronies Crime Family have no intention of ever leaving Iraq. Witness the construction of permenant bases and the world’s largest embassy.

They have fooled you into thinking they care about some kind of Victory. Wake the f– up, you motherf–ing moron.

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The only cut-and-runner here is Flip-Flop George. Your Lil Georgie capitulated completely, gave in to Bin Laden’s demands without a whimper – just like the deserter and coward he is.

Democrats just want to stop the profiteering, extortion and corruption oif Bush and Cheney.

In the end, you right-wing wackos will have to choose: Keep supporting the Preznit OR Support the troops. Because continuing to support this criminal preznit is NOT supporting the troops, it’s murdering them.

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I say we leave the troops in Iraq forever.
After all, I ain’t a troop member.

Time for me to order a pizza and watch the NCAA Basketball Tourney.

America, love it or get suckered into fighting to protect it’s corporate masters.

5

Live it to the “heroes” in the Right to keep the troops in Iraq for a hundred years with no accountability, no results, no plan, and of course no end in sight. Man I am really impressed how these people keep on fighting on… What skill!!! What tactics!!!, What an incredible use of brain power!!!..

Dear Home page….. There is only one way to call you, now that you brought up the subject of cut and run …… You are just one more Blogger Chicken-Hawk that are very brave as long as some one else is doing the fighting for you.

First you get us into a war that no one needed, then you make a mess of the war no one needed, and now you pretend that you stay in the mess of the war no one needed because you are brave!!! ……… As far as I can tell the only thing that you have shown so far is absolute stupidity….. But Hey, I am sure by calling Democrats names you are going to win in Iraq …. What’s the plan now people trow harsh language to the Democrats? I hate to brake the news to you Right WIngers, but you are a pathetic minority in America (30%)and if you want to win in Iraq you are going to have to convince the rest of America and the “cutting and running is not beeing done by the Democrats …But by the American people… Only the American people beg to disagree with you.

I believe they already demonstrated to you how much when they kicked you out of Congress right?…. maibe you need another kick in 08..To let you know who is really cutting and running here.

OH my god the clowns are calling us cowards run for the hills!!!

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We owe you a thank you, after all you just handed us the ‘08 election. Now when people ask why the Dems did not get us out of Iraq we can refer them here, the GOP just took responsibility for every American and Iraqi death from this day forward. Oh and the 3 Dem;s who sided with you they should dust off their resumes, they’ll be needing them soon.

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Dear Home Page.

You need new talking points. “Cut and Run” has long been discredited. America is against this war by a margin of 70 to 30, and unlesss you believe that 70% of Americans are cowards you are simply wrong. The 30 out of a 100 are composed of the fanatic Right that will support a Chimp for President if the Chimp runs as a GOP Candidate.

You keep on insulting the American people and soon the only cutting and running you’ll see will be from your crowd cutting and running back to the hole you came out off.

By the way we want to cut and run indeed….. But the cutting and running is from your failed policies!!! For only idiots will still want to follow a bunch of ignorant, incompetent politicians lead by a President that can’t even talk correctly and has NO CREDIBILITY LEFT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

All you Right Wingers produce is hot saliva in industrial quantities. Maibe you guys have a future in the Water Management Industry. I can see it now “Bottled Republican Spring Saliva” You have a sure market… 30% will buy it so go for it Republicans…. Saliva is a terrible thing to waste!!!

8

Boy George, egged on by Cheney and the rest of the Neo-Cons, invaded and ocupied a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. Four years later, the moron and his Neo-Con cabal have succeeded at creating a quagmire, at demolishing Iraq’s infrastructure, at pushing millions of Iraqis to flee to Jordan and Syria, and at displacing millions of people within the borders of Iraq due to sectarian violence. Moreover, the idiots-in-charge are supporting a Shiite government with strong ties to Iran.

The only “cut-and-run” people are the Republicans. They are running away from reality. Their leaders have made a horrendous mess of an occupation that should never have happened. If these Republican clowns believe that the public is as delusional as they are, they have another thing coming. There are many more Republican senatorial seats at stake in 2008 than they are Democrats’.

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The killer provision was the raising of the minimum wage. That has GOY to hurt in recruitment for the Army

10

This resolution needs an up or down vote, just like the judges!

Sorry, had to do it. Even though I think the resolution was stupid.

11

But the Preznit already declared “Victory!”…Remember…”Mission Accomplished!!

So why won’t lovers of death like you let our brave troops come home to their families?

One word – Money! You traitors to the Constitution who support the Merchants of Death believe you and they are “entitled” to our tax money – and that’s a welfare mentality this Great Republic cannot afford to indulge.

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Why are you still here? If this is so important to you, stop asking others to die in your place, get your butt over there and get your head blown off. And don’t tell me you are too old, sign up as a security contractor to protect supplies or whatever, but stop asking American troops to die for your stupidity.

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