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Michelle Malkin, STOP THE ACLU,Euphoric Reality, and many more are following the story of the showdown in the Senate! I listed the AP article and will update when more info is available.
House GOP Seeks Quick Veto of Iraq Pullout
House Republicans maneuvered for swift and overwhelming rejection Friday of a Democratic lawmaker’s call for U.S. troops to be pulled out of Iraq.
Furious, Democrats accused the GOP of orchestrating a political stunt by leaving little time for debate and by taking the heart out of the resolution offered by Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania.
For those reasons, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent word to the rank-and-file to vote _ with the Republicans _ against immediate withdrawal of American troops.
“We want to make sure that we support our troops that are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. “We will not retreat.”
Democrats went to the House floor to denounce the quick vote before Congress leaves Washington for two weeks.
GOP leaders decided to act little more than 24 hours after Murtha, a hawkish Democrat with close ties to the military, said the time had come to pull out the troops.
By forcing the issue to a vote, Republicans placed many Democrats in a politically unappealing position _ whether to side with Murtha and expose themselves to attacks from the White House and congressional Republicans, or whether to oppose him and risk angering the voters that polls show want an end to the conflict.
And here is John Kerry’s reaction
“I won’t stand for the swift-boating of Jack Murtha,” said Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004. Also a Vietnam veteran, Kerry was dogged during the campaign by a group called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth who challenged his war record.
November 20, 2005 - 11:01 PM on November 20th, 2005
John Kerry is a pathetic liar. He can’t stand the truth being told about him. Kerry is a coward, a bully, and didn’t deserve one of his damn medals.
November 21, 2005 - 08:44 AM on November 21st, 2005
yeah, you can start with that fake name of his..
Thanks for your input, John KOHN.