Kerry-Feingold defeated 86-13. Levin-Reed defeated 60-39
I love Michelle’s sense of humor! She is right on the mark when she refers to the Democrats as THE SIDESHOW BOB DEMOCRATS
Like the hapless Simpsons’ character who can’t stop walking into rakes, the Democrat Party is set to thwack itself in the head again today with two votes to pull out troops from Iraq with no regard for the conditions on the ground.
WaPo:
Yesterday’s lengthy Senate debate over Iraq offered early hints of the 2008 presidential contest, with some potential candidates calling for a rapid drawdown of U.S. troops, some saying that only the president can decide such issues and others urging a middle ground.
The debate will culminate today with votes on an amendment sponsored by two potential Democratic candidates — John F. Kerry (Mass.) and Russell Feingold (Wis.) — and an alternative backed by most party leaders.The Kerry-Feingold plan would order President Bush to withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq by July 31, 2007. The alternative, sponsored by two Democrats not weighing White House bids — Carl M. Levin (Mich.) and Jack Reed (R.I.) — is a nonbinding resolution urging Bush to begin a troop “redeployment” by the end of this year. It does not specify a pace or a completion date.
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Sen. Joe Lieberman isn’t playing:
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., plans to vote against both Democratic amendments calling for a troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Lieberman, who expects to announce his position later today, would be the first Democratic senator to oppose both measures now before the Senate.Votes are expected Thursday. One resolution would call on the White House to begin phased redeployment of troops from Iraq this year, and to submit a plan to Congress by the end of the year for “continued phased redeployment.”
The other measure, which is expected to gain little support even among Democrats, would have President Bush pull all troops out of Iraq by July 1, 2007.
Lieberman is expected to say he believes the U. S. cannot stay indefinitely in Iraq, and cannot write a blank check for its support. But, he plans to say, withdrawal of troops must be based on conditions on the ground, not fixed dates.
Result of the votes:
Kerry-Feingold defeated 86-13. Levin-Reed defeated 60-39
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June 22, 2006 - 12:34 PM on June 22nd, 2006
Looks like the demacratic donkey is doing more then walking into rakes but like the coyote in the classic cartoons but their also getting boulders dropped on them as well:razz:
June 22, 2006 - 11:06 PM on June 22nd, 2006
I’ve got a new idea for the Democrats. It’s the only redeployment plan that actually makes sense. How about we’ll start withdrawing our troops as soon as the Iraqi parliament and PM ask us to? Why not announce that plan to the world. We’ll stand beside our friends the Iraqi people until such time as they feel they can stand on their own. After that, we’ll continue our rebuilding efforts and provide security to our engineering forces, but only retain as many troops in Iraq as is necessary as to provide security for engineers rebuilding the infrastructure.
For those who are interested, KFYI the local Phoenix talk radio station, has a reporter (Jim Sharp) on the ground in Iraq this week. He’s been calling back and reporting LIVE on a sat phone from Iraq. He wasn’t a huge war supporter, but he’s been really choked up over the response he’s been seeing of the Iraqi people towards the US Soldiers and he’s been asking why isn’t this being reported. He went to an Iraqi hospital that the Army Engineers are rebuilding not from being bombed but from 30 years of neglect. All of the people there were very happy that the Americans are there. They may have some of his reports on the KFYI website.