Joe Knollenberg finally spoke. It was cryptic. But Joe Knollenberg said he supported President Bush's plan to escalate the war in Iraq by sending in 21,500 more troops.
Joe's statement's were unremarkable as usual. They included phrases such as:
Joe Knollenberg: "we also need to acknowledge that some positive things have happened in Iraq. . ."
Joe Knollenberg: "turning sovereignty over to the Iraqis . . . is a big deal."
Joe Knollenberg: "Fostering democracy in the heart of the Middle East was important. "
( Joe Knollenberg forgot to mention that The Bush/Knollenberg War in Iraq has fostered an increase in terrorists in Iraq.)
Since one of our frequent readers often asks us to evaluate other members of Congress, we will do so -- the Republicans who, like Joe Knollenberg, support the President's escalation of the war in Iraq almost uniformly ignored the language of the resolution and instead rambled on about WWII or Vietnam, or Al Qaeda (funny how they don't talk about Osama Bin Ladin anymore). Not a single one of them disputed the validity of the language of the resolution itself.
The resolution asked 2 simple questions:
1. Do you support the troops
2. Do you oppose Bush's plan to surge the troops by over 20,000?
Voting NO like KNOllenberg can only be interpreted as meaning that 1)he does not support the troops; and 2) he does support Bush's plan to surge the troops by over 20,000.
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funny how they don't talk about Osama Bin Ladin anymore
Yep, that's because they recently announced that intelligence had gone cold and they don't have a clue where he might be.
That's what happens when you fabricate intelligence to start a second war and take your eyes off the ball.
Too bad the American taxpayer can't sue the Bush administration for all the damages they've cost us in terms of lives and money.
We had one brave Republican from Michigan who voted with the Dems -- Fred Upton (MI-06) voted "aye" on the resolution and deserves some respect for that vote. At least he's not a rubberstamp like Joe.
Did you see McCotter's statement today? He is a whack job. I will have to wait to see the transcript but he said something about how this vote was about protecting mortal (or moral?) liberties (or was it freedoms?).
I've passed people on the street talking to themselves using the same tone and the same words and seemingly talking to space. I did't realize it, but one of them might have been McCotter.
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