House Republicans Versus George Bush

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CounterPunch
June 15, 2005

"This is Not a Conservative War"
House Republicans vs. Bush
By JOSHUA FRANK

Things are not looking so hot for the Bush administration. The smell of "impeachment" is in the air. A couple of Democrats are finally making a stink over the Downing Street minutes and major news outlets have found the courage to run with the story. US misconduct at Gitmo has been exposed and confirmed by the Pentagon. Donny Rumsfeld himself admitted this past week that Iraq isn't any safer than it was before the fall of Saddam. And now prominent Republicans in the House of Representatives are calling Bush a neo-con and demanding him to end the war in Iraq, ASAP.

Yep, you read that last sentence correct. The first of the House Republicans to speak out on television against the "neo-con invasion" was Mr. "Freedom Fries" himself, North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones. As Jones told the news program, This Week, he now believes that neo-cons within the Republican Party are to blame for pushing an illegitimate war on Iraq.

Rep. Jones isn't the only Republican to publicly denounce the Iraq invasion. On Tuesday's "after hours" segment of The House, televised on CSPAN, Tennessee Republican Rep. John Duncan, along with Rep. Ron Paul, a Texas Republican, called on Bush "to order a phased and orderly withdrawal from Iraq."

Duncan went on to admit that the US "can't be a nation that seeks empire across the globe ... that seems to be what we are doing. Polls in Iraq show that a large majority of the Iraqi people view us as occupiers, not liberators. We should not be mouthing these thoughtless clichs like 'we can't cut and run."

http://www.counterpunch.org/frank06152005.html

[LightningFlash]

1. And it is time to hold them all accountable....And their crimes.

It can be done and it must be done....

We are after downing street.....We are post our threshold for public tolerance of lies, obstruction of justice, and deception.... :mad: :mad: :mad:

http://afterdowningstreet.org/


Demand action from your represenatives!!!! Feet to the fire, the hearings begin.
http://www.usalone.com/warlies.htm

[FreedomAngel82]

5. I agree

Has Mr. Duncan or Mr. Paul signed on to Conyers letter yet? Maybe we should all write them and have that happen.

[brainshrub]

2. It wasn't that long ago when cons scoffed at the word "Neocon."

It wasn't that long ago when Republicans scoffed at the word "Neocon."

Now that the ship is sinking, the Republicans want to shift the blame to the people they have put all their faith in these past few years. How typical of a conservative to blame others the moment something goes wrong.

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Yep

I've noticed with these people when the shit hits the fan it's every man/woman for themselves. Should be interesting. Popcorn?

[jmaier]

3. Nice to see the sentiment although

it isn't completely unusual on the right - Buchanan opined this way pretty much since before the invasion of Iraq. This is really the old right versus the neocons debate.

[MarianJack]

4. This is Starting to Smell like 1974...

...when the republicans started to bail on nixon in droves. I remember Charles Wiggens, one of nixon's biggest backers, nearly in tears while calling on him to resign.

2 Differences though.

In 1974 we had an honest press.

In 1974 we had a Democratic Party with a spine.

[MadisonProgressive]

7. This proves that Bushco is going down!

When the republicans turn their back on their 'leader', you know they're starting to feel the heat!