Reply #90: Actually, it is the fault of the Republicans. I am tired of Democrats [View All]

[beachmom]

for being blamed for something that, in essence, is of little or no substance. I thought the Cornyn amendment was dispicable. But for reasons John Kerry spoke of on the Senate floor Thursday night, something no one is talking about:

http://www.johnkerry.com/2007/9/21/kerry-s-speech-to-the-senate-on-need-for-new-iraq-policy

It is as insulting as it is illuminating that in a week-long debate in which each side can offer just five amendments, the Republicans would waste one of their chances to change a broken policy by choosing instead to embrace a political stunt.

It seems to me the fact that the Republicans threw away one of their five amendments on the most important issue facing our country right now should be SHOUTED OUT by the netroots over and over again. How people voted was as irrelevant as the amendment itself. The truth is the GOP thought a non-binding resolution condemning a political ad was better suited for Senate debate than actual Iraq policy. That tells us how seriously the American people should take the Republicans on national security. Hmmm .... maybe they ought to be booted out of the Senate come November 2008 for using the Senate as a talk radio forum for the Right Wing ideologues.