Maddow Calls Out ‘Democratic Wuss-itude’ on Airstrikes Against ISIS

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Maddow Calls Out ‘Democratic Wuss-itude’ on Airstrikes Against ISIS
by Matt Wilstein | 4:56 pm, August 27th, 2014
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Rachel Maddow made a rare daytime appearance on MSNBC Wednesday, sitting down with Ezra Klein, who was filling in for Alex Wagner, to talk about the possibility of a Congressional vote to authorize airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. Referring a report from The Hill quoting unnamed aides on the Left who don’t want Congress to vote on the issue, Maddow diagnosed a severe case of “Democratic wuss-itude.”

The Hill quoted anonymous sources, who said it would be politically “stupid” for Obama to put Democratic Congress members in the position of having to vote for military action in Syria or Iraq. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who been pushing for vote, said, “The notion of, ‘Well, we don’t want to cast a hard vote before a midterm because it might be unpopular,’ that’s the job we volunteered for.”

Maddow imitated Congress’ position on the matter, saying, “Please let us keep complaining from the peanut gallery and throwing stuff. Please don’t actually make us be the decision makers on this, which the Constitution says we ought to be.”

On The Hill piece specifically, Maddow added, “It’s one of the biggest outbreaks of Democratic wuss-itude we’ve seen I think, in the press, in a long time. I understand why nobody put their names on those quotes. It’s sort of obscene.”

While she said Americans are “wary of being baited into a war, which I think ISIS is clearly trying to do,” at the same time she said the public is “violently disgusted” by ISIS. “I don’t think anybody can say with clarity what the political consequences of a vote to authorize those airstrikes or not, and at a human level it’s a sort of disgusting calculation to be making,” Maddow added. “To talk about political consequences now is just unclear first of all, and it’s gross.”

[TwilightGardener]

1. I think ISIS' gamble was that they would take a chunk of Iraq and

hold it, and we would stay out of it. I don't think they intended to confront us this soon--they wanted time to secure their holdings. So I dispute Rachel's claim that they are "baiting" us into a war. That said, the Dems are cowardly, the Repubs are loud but clueless hyenas, and Obama and his advisers are going to have to figure this out on their own. Where is John Kerry? I've mostly seen just Pentagon input.

[Blue_Tires]

2. It a very complex issue, and even I can't keep up...

This time last year, Obama was *this* close to authorizing airstrikes against Assad

Now he's *this* close to authorizing airstrikes against Assad's enemies...

[Exposethefrauds]

3. Every Memeber of the Adminstration and Congress should read

George Washington's Farewell Address

Then discuss the ISIS issue and hold a vote

It seems like all they, with few exceptions Bernie Sanders for one, give a shit about is getting rich and keeping their 'jobs'

They are elected to govern and none of them want to take a stand and defend it, cowards the lot of em.

[Dems to Win]

4. If Congress doesn't want to vote for strikes, US shouldn't be dropping bombs

I support Tim Kaine in this. That's the job they were sent to do.

I don't support a US war on ISIS. They are a Saudi creation, let the Saudis step up and fight them.

What I would support would be a congressional resolution to authorize airstrikes to destroy all US-supplied weaponry now in ISIS hands. The US put all these weapons in the hands of the Iraqi army, which turned tail and ran at the first sight of ISIS. Now all that artillery is in ISIS hands.
It's not fair for the US to walk away and say it's not our problem -- the US shipped all those weapons to the region.

I'd like to see the US use its drones and satellites to locate all the US supplied humvees and artillery and missile batteries and tanks in ISIS areas, and then take them all out with bombs from the sky. Boom.

Then, the US needs to come home from the mideast. Withdraw all our people so they can't be used as a pretext for further war, and let the people of the region solve their own problems.

[moondust]

5. Election year.

I'll take a wild guess that Congress does not want to go on record and give their opponents something else to attack right before an election.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Jumped the shark has she?