Immediate withdrawl resolution defeated 403-3
The House Republicans actually located some semblance of a spine last night and called the Democrats bluff by putting forth a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawl of troops from Iraq, what Rep. John Murtha called for on Thursday. Of course the Democrats are saying that he did not call for an immediate withdrawl but a gradual six-month draw-down of troops. I beg to differ;
From the SF Chronicle;
From the NY Times:
UPDATE: An excellent summary at Discriminations of how the media reporting was altered as the day went on to match up with what the Dems were accusing the Republicans of doing. It seems the NY Times just couldn't quite decide if it was "immediate" or "swift" withdrawl/redeployment or whatever. CBS News described Murtha's call as "troops return home now" while Bloomberg seemed to have no problem with "immediate." Murtha's own website still calls for immediate redeployment and in his press conference he used the word "immediate" 4 times. You would think that the Democrats haven't lost the art of reading, although they seem to have a serious problem with facts that are staring them in the face.
And the vote was 403-3 against withdrawl. So much for the Murtha "demand" for "immediate/swift/starting to" withdrawl of troops and the democrats standing with him.
They are cowards and proved it be first trying to procedurally block the vote, then voting against the resolution proving they are spineless. In another example of complete cowardice by Democrats, during the closing statements by Rep. Sam Johnson, he asked for an additional three minutes, when the Speaker asked for any objections three Democrats yelled out "Objection!" When the Speaker asked them to stand and be recognized not ONE of them stood! Pathetic! Perfect representation of today's Democratic Party.
Ed Morrisey at Captains Quarters live-blogged the whole thing last night, very interesting reading.
From the SF Chronicle;
(11-17) 10:52 PST WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In another sign of rising discontent in Congress over the war in Iraq, perhaps the House's most influential Democrat on military issues called today for the immediate withdrawal of all American forces from that nation.
From the NY Times:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - An influential House Democrat called the Iraq campaign "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion" today as he called for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops, intensifying an already bitter debate on Capitol Hill.
UPDATE: An excellent summary at Discriminations of how the media reporting was altered as the day went on to match up with what the Dems were accusing the Republicans of doing. It seems the NY Times just couldn't quite decide if it was "immediate" or "swift" withdrawl/redeployment or whatever. CBS News described Murtha's call as "troops return home now" while Bloomberg seemed to have no problem with "immediate." Murtha's own website still calls for immediate redeployment and in his press conference he used the word "immediate" 4 times. You would think that the Democrats haven't lost the art of reading, although they seem to have a serious problem with facts that are staring them in the face.
And the vote was 403-3 against withdrawl. So much for the Murtha "demand" for "immediate/swift/starting to" withdrawl of troops and the democrats standing with him.
They are cowards and proved it be first trying to procedurally block the vote, then voting against the resolution proving they are spineless. In another example of complete cowardice by Democrats, during the closing statements by Rep. Sam Johnson, he asked for an additional three minutes, when the Speaker asked for any objections three Democrats yelled out "Objection!" When the Speaker asked them to stand and be recognized not ONE of them stood! Pathetic! Perfect representation of today's Democratic Party.
Ed Morrisey at Captains Quarters live-blogged the whole thing last night, very interesting reading.
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