My predictions as stated as an update in my previous post:
Either way, as we explained yesterday, the Democratically controlled Congress and Senate will do exactly as they did with the emergency supplemental bill, and pass legislation with some sort of timelines, which the President will veto, again, and which the Dems do not have a two thirds majority to override the Presidents veto.
I didn't name that post Deja Vu Anyone for nothing!
HEY, at least Pelosi and Baghdad Reid can tell their supporters "we tried, its those damn Republicans and a few of our own Blue Dogs"...heh
Is being fulfilled. HEYYYYY, does this make me a "prophet" or something? (LOL)
The House measure passed 223-201 in the Democratic-controlled chamber despite a veto threat from President Bush, who has ruled out any change in war policy before September.
"The security situation in Iraq remains complex and extremely challenging," the administration report concluded. The economic picture is uneven, it added, and the government has not yet enacted vital political reconciliation legislation.
Deja Vu anyone????
Merry Go Rounds are just about the Democrats speed these days.
Funnier yet, they are calling it (make sure you are sitting) the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act... I am rolling in laughter.
They wouldn't know how to be responsible if their lives depended on it.
Here is the Roll Call, and note the four Republicans that just committed Political Suicide.
If, IF it makes it passed the Senate, which is possible but doubtful, it will face the same fate as their last surrender option, a VETO that they do not have the votes to be overridden.
YAWN.
[Update] Bluey Blog shows that Hoyer admits it is all a charade to appease their anti-war crowd.:
Fortunately, the Democrats’ public-relations stunt was mostly symbolic without any real teeth. Even House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D.-Md.) admitted the bill was a political charade to appease the antiwar crowd. “If we don’t do anything, these groups will feel like we haven’t done anything,” Hoyer said. The Democrats certainly did something. The wrong thing.
It is cute though how the anti-war crowd falls for it every time though. Not the brightest bulbs in the package, are they?
[Update #2] Captain's Quarters notes something I didn't mention:
The House just passed a resolution that demands a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. The final vote had more Democrats crossing over to oppose it (10) than Republicans crossing the aisle to support it (4), and it faces a certain veto if it even gets through the Senate:
Gotta love those Blue Dogs huh? They know political suicide when they see it.
Read Captain Ed's full piece, it is very enlightening and shows exactly how it is a political bill without any teeth and means nothing and it was written that way deliberately.
AP and NYT weighs in, if that means anything and others discussing this are Michelle Malkin and Gateway Pundit.
PART #2 TO THIS POST CAN BE FOUND HERE.
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