Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Here come the Hypocrats
As floor debate on anti-surge legislation continues in the U.S. House today, Rich Galen brilliantly exposes House Democrats for the hypocrites that they most assuredly are. To wit:
"Originally, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer had promised that the GOP would, according to Julie Davis' reporting for the Associated Press, 'have a chance to offer their own measure, but Hoyer - realizing he was being led into a trap 'reversed course over the weekend' and (using the same strong-arm tactics they properly complained about when Republicans ruled) decided that only the Democratic version would come to the floor.
"The resolution on which Republican Leader John Boehner wanted a vote would have committed Congress to continue funding U.S. troops in Iraq; putting, in effect, our money where the Democrats' mouths are.
"But many Democrats - especially those who were elected last November from Republican or marginal districts - know that it is one thing to puff up and say they're against sending 21,000 more troops; it's something else again to say they're going to put those troops at higher risk by cutting off their funding.
"Thus, the reason Hoyer and Pelosi had to - once again - go back on their campaign promise of a more evenhanded management of the legislative agenda was because it would have exposed them for using the war in Iraq purely for political gain." [All emphases mine]
"Originally, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer had promised that the GOP would, according to Julie Davis' reporting for the Associated Press, 'have a chance to offer their own measure, but Hoyer - realizing he was being led into a trap 'reversed course over the weekend' and (using the same strong-arm tactics they properly complained about when Republicans ruled) decided that only the Democratic version would come to the floor.
"The resolution on which Republican Leader John Boehner wanted a vote would have committed Congress to continue funding U.S. troops in Iraq; putting, in effect, our money where the Democrats' mouths are.
"But many Democrats - especially those who were elected last November from Republican or marginal districts - know that it is one thing to puff up and say they're against sending 21,000 more troops; it's something else again to say they're going to put those troops at higher risk by cutting off their funding.
"Thus, the reason Hoyer and Pelosi had to - once again - go back on their campaign promise of a more evenhanded management of the legislative agenda was because it would have exposed them for using the war in Iraq purely for political gain." [All emphases mine]
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Wednesday, February 14, 2007 
