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Posted by: MyWayOnNow 2 years, 6 months agoThe House today tried--and failed--to override President Bush's veto of a $124-billion war spending bill that would have forced him to withdraw troops from Iraq.
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OnlyTheTruth
May 2, 2007, 3:45 p.m.Now they should just send a similar bill back to Bush and let him veto again. Don't give him another blank check.
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UBCONFUSE
May 2, 2007, 3:47 p.m.My goodness, a veto! Imagine the shock on the Democrats faces! Did the Democrats learn anything? No, they learned nothing. What a waste of time when there are so many problems which need BI-PARTISAN support. The congress, thanks to the Democrats, is more divided than ever.
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time4change
May 2, 2007, 4:08 p.m.If you focus on the "pork" you're missing the real point of this legislation. Unfortunately "pork" is attached to virtually every bill...but Bush is ignoring the voice of Americans....we want out of a war that should never have started, is costing the lives and quality of lives of our spouses/children, is costing BILLIONS and BILLIIONS of dollars that would be well spent for health care, education, etc at home, requiring detention of persons at GITMO without requisite due process, is destroying our reputation in the world community, and has led to torture, murder and lies/cover ups re deaths by "friendly fire"....whether we get out now, or in 6 months or in 6 years, the region will continue to be unstable...it has been for hundreds if not thousands of years...It takes guts, courage and freethinking to admit a mistake.....and waging war in Iraq
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nothingpetty
May 2, 2007, 4:09 p.m.The whole Iraq debacle could have been prevented had Congress done its duty in the first place and not handed a blank check to Bush in a panic after 9-11.
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staar
May 2, 2007, 4:11 p.m."Only a third of the public thinks Bush is doing a good job."
Doing a good job at what??? Killing Americans??? The people of Iraq didn't have a good life I am sure however I wonder how many wish they could just have back what they had..their country is going to be a mess for years...We should have left well enough alone..somebody there would have taken Saddam out..show us the weapons of Mass destruction george..
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time4change
May 2, 2007, 4:13 p.m.(cont) ....waging war in Iraq was a BIG MISTAKE !! The Dems are doing what they can...at least they will have on record those who refuse to listen to reason and those who turn a deaf ear to their constituents !! Just wait till the next election !
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nostalgia
May 2, 2007, 4:19 p.m.According to the AP's Congressional correspondent David Espo
Democrats inserted benchmarks into the legislation that Bush is expected to veto.
Under the measure, the Iraqi government would be called on to meet standards for developing its own forces, giving the United States the authority to pursue extremists, establishing a militia disarmament program, pursuing reconciliation between Sunni and Shiite Iraqis, revising its de-Baathification program, enacting legislation to allocate oil resources, reducing sectarian violence and protecting minority rights
The particulars are similar to the benchmarks Bush laid out last winter.
But Democrats went one step further, specifically tying the Iraqi government's progress to the U.S. military's deployment.
If they were already in agreement on "benchmarks" why even bother with a bill they knew Bush would veto?
Either stand up & cut off the funding for the war in Iraq or move on to another issue. This game is a waste of time
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B737Tech
May 2, 2007, 4:26 p.m.djrevelky,
That wouldn't come close to the amount of pork the Repugs have added on during their time of majority. Especially, the 6 years before they lost it.
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Macondo
May 2, 2007, 4:32 p.m.-"Failure in Iraq should be unacceptable to the civilized
world," (Bush)
- I agree ! He has already failed and it is unacceptable to
the civilized world.
-"Mission accomplished."
- If he told us the truth, what are we doing there ?
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Gatsby
May 2, 2007, 4:35 p.m.djrevelky
"Congress now controls the army because Queen Pelosi said so."
Hey, I rather have Queen Pelosi controlling the Army than King George. He's proven he doesn't know what the hell he's doing. Give someone else a chance. She could hardly do worse.
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aceofspades1
May 2, 2007, 4:43 p.m.For 57 years the word WAR has been a losing proposition for America-
We lost in Korea
We lost in Viet Nam
We are losing in Iraq
We are losing the WAR on poverty
We are losing the WAR on drugs
How many times do you gotta get hit over the head before you change your position
Maybe we should forget the word WAR & try winning at peace
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leatherneck
May 2, 2007, 4:54 p.m.4 years ago Bush parachuted on an aircraft carrier and declared that major war operations in Iraq were over. 4 years later we are still there. How can anyone believe or support this idiot. Just think in another year and a half W can retire to Texas with all his millions and laugh about the whole 8 years on how this Texan SCR*WED America.
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joeblowe
May 2, 2007, 4:57 p.m.Talk about a waste of time/money. I can't think of any reason why anyone would vote for ANY of those Democrats again when they have thus proven they are too damn STUPID to know they can't override this veto. And, they were too STUPID to modify the bill BEFORE it got vetoed even KNOWING that it was going to be vetoed. Fire them all! Way too much politicking and too little useful work.I almost think all politicians should be limited to ONE term - that way they would never be wasting time positioning themselves for the next election.
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nostalgia
May 2, 2007, 5:56 p.m.They don't have to go through with another impeachment debacle.
All Congress has to do is cut off the funding for Iraq. Very simple! Unfortunately, that would take political will and guts. Something I don't think we will be seeing anytime soon
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mrreality
May 2, 2007, 9:30 p.m.the american people reelected him by ten million votes, so maybe he is paying attention to what true americans think, hey kelluv tell rosie i said good bye peace out
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miklkit
May 2, 2007, 10:41 p.m.your great decider in action....
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0513-29.htm
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AlaKai
May 2, 2007, 5:12 p.m.Time lines by any other name could be called bench marks. The bush might be bending.
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staar
May 2, 2007, 5:30 p.m.I just can't understand how anybody can defend bush..I just don't know where you people are coming from..he lied from the start!! He the most inadequate president this country has ever had..he can't even make a proper speech without showing his total ignorance... he isn't the brightest crayon in the box to be sure!!!
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mrhp429
May 2, 2007, 5:34 p.m.Just to put this money thing in perspective, the Iraq war is less than 1% of this counrty's GDP, WWII was over 40% of the GDP. More soldiers died in a single day in WWII than the past 4 years in Iraq.
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HannibalBarca
May 2, 2007, 5:37 p.m.Dems did this; Rep.did that. yadayadayada.Who seriously on this page thought that Gonzo did a decent honest effort to answer questions? What is Gonzo and the whole legal system?Lawyers,the only people capable of winning a $80 mill. court case for drinking a hot cup of coffee.Who do we elect? Lawyers who can and do spin every word into inside outside updownside political correct double talk so no matter what or who is in charge we have gobbley gook for laws.5% of the worlds population live in N.America and so does 50% of the worlds lawyers.Politicians are represented by one group of professionals and this should change,more diversity is needed to get some common sense back into the equation
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caneher
May 2, 2007, 6:15 p.m.The very idea that you can legislate the progress of a war show a total ignorance of the nature of war. War is chaos. It is a maxim in the military that, "No plan survives first contact with the enemy." Just what does congress plan to do to the extremist that mess up their timetable, send in the troop? Wait can't do that they are all ready there and that would change the timetable.
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