Hey Nancy Is the War Over Yet?

From front page story in today's NYT. Based on what Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were saying in January I thought war would be over by now.


Congressional Democrats relented Tuesday on their insistence that a war spending measure set a date for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq. Instead, they moved toward a deal with President Bush that would impose new conditions on the Iraqi government.

The decision to back down was a wrenching reversal for leading Democrats, who saw their election triumph in November as a call to force an end to the war. It was the first time since taking power in Congress that the Democrats had publicly agreed to allow a vote on war financing without a timetable for troop withdrawal.

 

How dare they not be president!

 

Anybody see Olbermann's rant on Countdown? He was like that VC in Platoon that went running into Oliver Stone's tent. KABOOM! He took out everybody.

 

Did they promise to end the war?

 

Negotiators in the House and Senate agree on a $124-billion spending compromise. A Bush veto is certain.
By Noam N. Levey, Times Staff Writer
April 24, 2007


WASHINGTON — Setting in motion a promised showdown with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders united Monday behind an emergency war spending measure that requires the president to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq no later than this fall.

The $124-billion compromise, which does not include a firm deadline for President Bush to complete a troop withdrawal, is headed for a certain veto.

But as Congress and the White House face off over the course of U.S. policy in Iraq, the agreement marked the prologue for a week that could produce the most serious legislative challenge to a wartime president since the Vietnam era.

The House and Senate, with the support of most Democrats, are expected to approve the measure by Thursday.

 

So they don't put in a provision for a timetable and he's still going to veto. Way to meet it halfway there.

 

No - I use the MSNBC ignore button for Oldberman.

 

Don't like it? Win a presidential election.

 

Hold on a second. You mean that no matter what the makeup of the House and the Senate, the President gets to act like a brat if he doesn't get his way? At the moment, he's the one taking the ball away, and blaming everyone else for making him do it.

The Dems try to compromise with him, take away the provision for a timetable, and he's still sitting inside the house with his ball.

 

My first comment in the office today still stands.

Ball-less bastards!

 

If you are a member of the democrat party this is a black day for you. A lot of credibility has been lost.

 

How is that Boom. The President is the one who isn't agreeing to any kind of compromise, even when the Dems came towards him and took away the timeframe they were insisting on.

They're looking a lot like the grown-ups who want to get something done. All the president is going is saying is no, and walking off.