Reply #79: No, not a miracle, [View All]

[MadHound]

Just to fulfill that mandate to end the war, doing so by any means necessary. So far we have one non-binding resolution, one veto and one Democratic cave in. Yet all along the means to end this war lies in the Dems hands, defunding the war. They control the committees, the control the agenda, they control the purse strings. It is passed time that the Dems used this option. This isn't a miracle people are asking for, but a workable strategy that Pelosi and the Dem leadership took off the table before Congress was even seated.

Instead, Bush can get his war on for another three months or more, with the attendant death, destruction and pain. And in due course, the Dems will once again bluster, and again cave in, for they refuse to use the one effective tool left to them, the power of the purse.

Even a Fox poll found that more Americans are in favor of defunding the war than are against it<http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/030107_Bush_Iraq_Iran_web.pdf>.

This isn't time to play politics as usual, for the situation isn't usual. It is time, past time that the Dems stood up and fought back, using every single tool at their disposal. This is what we pay them for, this is why we elect them to office. It is time that they started doing their job. I am required to do my job each and every single work day, It is time that these people, who we pay and empower started doing their job and represent the will of the people instead of personal or corporate interest.

We're not asking them for a miracle, we're asking them to do their job. What, is that too much to ask?