Comments on: Democrats Drop Timeline, Pork from Iraq Supplemental

By: BlogRunner: Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill

BlogRunner: Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:26:45 +0000

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By: Anjin-San

Anjin-San — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:46:55 +0000

Now, was that so hard?

Well, it is for the folks who are going to be killed in Iraq. But, I foget, Bushies are not losing any sleep over that.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:43:35 +0000

Perhaps we could call it the Lieberman Paradox.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:53:28 +0000

No true Scotsman…

By: jpe

jpe — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:08:14 +0000

Those that are truly inflamed about Iraq, actually, won't vote for Dems that don't take a hardline stance. They'll be in the same position that pro-life zealots will be in if Giuliani wins the (R) nomination.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:45:14 +0000

Mount primary challenges; not vote; or vote for Greens.

Uh huh. As I said, they'll vote for the Democrats on the ballot (90%+ of whom will be incumbents) or Republicans will be elected.

By: jpe

jpe — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:36:46 +0000

What will their “withdraw now” constituents do?

Mount primary challenges; not vote; or vote for Greens.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:31:47 +0000

See my comment under Steve Verdon's peak oil post above. This situation is perfect for Congressional Democrats. They can make fiery speeches about the evils of the Bush Administration, that we were led into war under false pretenses, and that we should withdraw from Iraq immediately. Next week! Tomorrow! They will get all of the benefits of support from their constituencies and, as long as they don't plan actually to do anything about it, will have to bear none of the consequences of either blame for the ongoing situation in Iraq or for the consequences of our leaving Iraq before things are more stable there than they are now. What will their “withdraw now” constituents do? Vote for Republicans? Stay home and let (gasp!) Republicans be elected? Not on your flameless cooker. It's perfect.