Comments on: Kerry smacked down in Senate vote on plan to withdraw troops from Iraq

By: sanity

sanity — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:49:31 +0000

After reading each quote, click the CLICK HERE link for the effect......

"Retreat is not an option in Iraq" declared House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. "Achieving victory is our only option, for the American people and our kids." Click Here

House Rejects Timetable for Iraq Pulloutâ€¦In a 256-153 vote.

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"Is it al-Qaida or is it America? Let the voters take note of this debate," said Republican Rep. Charles Norwood of Georgia, attacking war critics as defeatists who do not deserve re-election.

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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said if the United States withdrew, "I am absolutely convinced the terrorists would see this as vindication." He predicted terrorism would spread around the world, and eventually reach the United States.

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Barbara Boxer (CA, 100%); Tom Harkin (IA, 100%); Edward M. Kennedy (MA, 95%). John Kerry (MA, 100%); Russ Feingold (WI, 100%); Robert Byrd (WV, 95%); Remember those names, gentle readers; they are the face of today's Democratic Party... the face of retreat and surrender.

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:16:04 +0000

OK, so can we quit taking repeated votes on this issue?

Chuck, this was a different bill. The first vote was on the ‘cut and run’ bill. This vote was on the ’sever and skedaddle’ bill. they are very different.

By: G Monster

G Monster — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:14:06 +0000

I have a long post coming…with links.

By: forest hunter

forest hunter — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:04:17 +0000

Cap’n I’m givin’ it all she’s got but I can’t hold her fer much longer!

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:19:06 +0000

He believed Iraq was not a part of the war on terror, until he believed that Iraq was a part of the war on terror.

Typical Kerry logic.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:52:57 +0000

Lurch got a few more votes this time. At this rate he should have enough by 2020.

By: Big Bang Hunter

Big Bang Hunter — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:48:57 +0000

“Really? I didn’t think Democrats thought Iraq was part of the war on terror â€¦”

- Good catch ST – One of the very predictable, and only endearing aspect, of the Lefts mantra’s, is that sooner or later they’ll slip up, falling prey to the “tangled web of lies we weave” troupe. Never fails…

- Bang

By: Chuck Simmins

Chuck Simmins — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:21:33 +0000

OK, so can we quit taking repeated votes on this issue?

By: Suitably Flip

Suitably Flip — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:21:25 +0000

Surrender, Failure, Abandonment Still Unpopular

Two new cut-and-run plans were put to votes in the Senate today, one courtesy of Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Russ Feingold (D-WI), the other from Carl Levin (D-MI) and Jack Reed (D-RI).

By: Big Bang Hunter

Big Bang Hunter — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:04:49 +0000

benning….they want to be able to use the same Marxist sloguns they did during Viet Nam. The fact that there’s no draft is really messing with their grand narrative. When something the Left needs doesn’t exist, they just invent it.

- Bang

By: Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:35:55 +0000

Only Two Choices, Victory or Defeat

Today’s Boston Globe has an Oped piece by Joan Vennochi entitled “A Military Draft Might Awaken Us”. Essentially she wants to reinstate a military draft, Not because the Military needs or wants it, not even because she thinks that it would enable ou…

By: benning

benning — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:34:16 +0000

Is it something they all drink? Is that what drives such stupidity?

We tell the terrorists when we’re leaving and then we win! Yeah, sKerry, that works!

By: Right on the Right » Rejecting Troop Pull-Out

Right on the Right » Rejecting Troop Pull-Out — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:41:01 +0000

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By: Assorted Babble by Suzie

Assorted Babble by Suzie — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:28:38 +0000

Democrats believe in Cut and Run

*Update* -Vote Total: Senate defeats 13-86…Kerry’s Bill. Via Fox News: Senate Rejects Kerry Plan to Withdraw U.S. Troops From Iraq
Next Vote: Levin-Reed Bill -Withdrawal Amendment!! Another Democrat Attempt *UPDATE* DEFEATED Votes: 39-60….

By: Stop The ACLU

Stop The ACLU — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:22:37 +0000

Senate rejects calls on Iraq troop pullout

Via AP
The GOP-controlled Senate on Thursday rejected Democratic calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq by years’ end, as the two parties sought to define their election-year positions on a war that has grown increasingly unpopular.
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