Murtha: I am running this show
God help us! Robert Novak explains what’s going on inside Murtha’s anti-war command post:
After 16 undistinguished terms in Congress, Rep. John P. Murtha at long last felt his moment had arrived. He could not keep quiet the secret Democratic strategy that he had forged for the promised “second step” against President Bush’s Iraq policy (after the “first step” non-binding resolution of disapproval). In an interview last Thursday with the anti-war website MoveCongress.org, he revealed plans to put conditions on funding of U.S. troops. His message: I am running this show.
Indeed, he is. Murtha and his ally, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, were humiliated last Nov. 16 when the Democratic Caucus overwhelmingly voted against Murtha as majority leader. Three months later, Murtha has shaped party policy that would cripple Bush’s Iraq troop surge by placing conditions on funding. That represents the most daring congressional attempt to micromanage ongoing armed hostilities in nearly two centuries, since the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War challenged President Abraham Lincoln.
Rich Lowry discusses Murtha’s strategy:
The surge is the best chance of turning the war around. By hampering it, Democrats will ensure that the war continues to fail, and thus that domestic political support for it plummets to the point where Democrats feel safe in defunding it.
The subconscious logic of their position on the war has thus taken a subtle turn. It used to be that the war had to end because it was a failure; now it must fail so that it can end.
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President Bush will have no choice but to reject the Murtha restrictions should they reach his desk. But a veto is problematic. As Murtha points out, a veto means that Bush doesn’t get the continued funding for the war. He might have to sign the bill, take the funding and ignore the restrictions as an unconstitutional trespass on his powers. In that event, a cry to impeach him will go up from the increasingly powerful antiwar Left.
Bryan: Â
Don’t think for a second that just because it’s Murtha’s baby, the Democrats are going to abort it. The “slow bleed” (a term I use mainly to annoy Media Matters) is alive and well. Pay close attention to what Hillary! says in her anti-war video, fisked here. Her new or old plan to end the war, depending on which sentence in her speech you choose to believe, is slow bleed with a better name. John Edwards is also running on a variation of the slow bleed. That’s two of the top three Dem presidential candidates.
Slow bleed isn’t a stupid strategy, either. It’s dangerous, and it makes our troops the victims of Democrat narcissism, but it’s not stupid. It’s very clever, as Murtha clearly understands:
Murtha, chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, did not hide the purpose of setting standards for training, equipping and resting troops: “They won’t have the equipment, they don’t have the training, and they won’t be able to do the work.”
Murtha’s able to wield so much power because he and Speaker Pelosi are two liberal peas in a pod. According to Novak, they have managed to sideline House majority leader Steny Hoyer and are working their strategy without him. Murtha lost that election, but has apparently won the war. And having won that war, he’s empowered to make sure we lose the one in Iraq.
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February 20, 2007 - 12:06 PM on February 20th, 2007
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February 20, 2007 - 01:46 PM on February 20th, 2007
More of this stupid jackasses idiotic and stupid braying why dont someone tie a knot in his tail:roll:
February 20, 2007 - 01:48 PM on February 20th, 2007
Diversidays in New Jersey!
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February 20, 2007 - 02:04 PM on February 20th, 2007
LISTEN TO SAVAGE NATION FOR THE REAL STORY.
February 20, 2007 - 02:36 PM on February 20th, 2007
Great post! Good job pulling all this together!
According to Novak, they have managed to sideline House majority leader Steny Hoyer and are working their strategy without him. Murtha lost that election, but has apparently won the war.
Absolutely shameful!!!
February 20, 2007 - 02:42 PM on February 20th, 2007
Johny H, you did say one thing that is very true:
I just came across your site. good insights and intnetions are obvious. I admire the truth when I see it and I admire what I’ve seen so far.
That is absolutely true regarding the topics posted, and for many of us posters as well. We do have a few kool-aid drinking idiots that come here, probably from the Daily Pos, to post their moronic drivel. They are the Global Warming zealots, pro-gay anything, hate-Bush, cut-and-run failure, Democrite apologist, hate anything traditional crowd. You’ll see their posts sprinked throughout the topics here, like cow patties in a pasture.
February 20, 2007 - 02:45 PM on February 20th, 2007
Murtha needs to be run out of Congress and into prison for his corruption.
And they said the so-called “Republican culture of corruption” was bad?
You ain’t seen nuthin yet…
February 20, 2007 - 03:48 PM on February 20th, 2007
Leftist Terrorism
The nexus of the far left and Islamofascist interests has been noted many times, but the MSM has largely ignored or downplayed terrorism in general. There are advantages to ignoring small-time terrorists, one of the primary goals of many of
February 20, 2007 - 04:07 PM on February 20th, 2007
Celebrating THE YEAR OF THE PIG properly
The beginning of the Chinese New Year is a centuries old tradition steeped in Mystery and Historical significance.
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February 20, 2007 - 04:54 PM on February 20th, 2007
Tuesday’s Victory and Freedom Blog List
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February 20, 2007 - 05:50 PM on February 20th, 2007
Excellent Trade, Sir
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The Difference between Islam and Western Civilization
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February 20, 2007 - 06:57 PM on February 20th, 2007
Talking Back To Hillary And Skewering Her Rhetoric At The Same Time
This video is outstanding. It skewers Hillary and her insincerity in regards to the war in Iraq. It was created by Bryan Preston over at Hot Air and in case the video isn’t viewable on this blog you can go there to view it as well.
A tip o’ the ca…
February 20, 2007 - 06:58 PM on February 20th, 2007
Separated At Birth?
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February 20, 2007 - 06:58 PM on February 20th, 2007
HAPPY MARDIS GRAS!
It’s Shrove Tuesday so I wish everyone, especially those along the Gulf Coast region, a very happy Mardi Gras! Be safe. Enjoy Fat Tuesday. And don’t party too much.
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February 20, 2007 - 07:20 PM on February 20th, 2007
The Pigeon on Tocqueville, Part I: Associations and Libertarianism
On 14 February MOGS wrote a response to an article entitled Right Wing Hippies on Military.com. The following excerpt captures this gist of the article:Many people in the military have libertarian leanings or at least sympathies. They’re the rugged in…
February 20, 2007 - 07:48 PM on February 20th, 2007
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The Truth and Hope Report: Honesty and Chastity
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February 21, 2007 - 06:19 AM on February 21st, 2007
02/21/08: Rights
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February 21, 2007 - 06:59 AM on February 21st, 2007
Legal Aliens are not Citizens
A group of aliens who are here legally are trying to get the right to vote in New York. Activists are pushing hard to give non citizens the right to vote claiming that the poor aliens are disenfranchised. They are not disenfranchised because they are…
February 21, 2007 - 08:32 AM on February 21st, 2007
Poll: Americans want to win in Iraq
Americans want to win in Iraq. A new national survey by Public Opinion Strategies show that voters thought it would hurt American prestige more to pull out of Iraq immediately (59 percent) than it would to stay there for the long term (35 percent).
February 22, 2007 - 05:18 AM on February 22nd, 2007
Big Mama
How much government is enough, and how much is too much?
From John Stossel’s Macroeconomics DVD, available here.
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February 22, 2007 - 05:18 AM on February 22nd, 2007
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