CNN: Dems To Give Bush Blank Check On Iraq

[EV_Ares]

From America blog:

UPDATE: The latest from the Dems: Sure, this time we caved, but next time boy that President Bush better watch out.
Maryland Democrat said the next step for his party will be to insist on tougher language in the 2008 military spending bill to be debated this summer.
Uh huh. Whatever.

Sorry, but that's exactly what it is - a blank check. More from CNN. In my view, they blustered and they blinked. Yeah, it's nice that the Dems attached the minimum wage, and I'm happy about that, but that's not really the point is it? We're in a war that is destroying our country. $7.25 an hour isn't going to fix that. It's also not why the Democrats were elected.

More from AP:
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., co-founder of the liberal Out of Iraq Caucus, said she will vote against the new measure and predicted that many of colleagues will join her.

"Every time we negotiate, it (the bill) becomes weaker," said Woolsey, D-Calif. "This is a Republican bill, so it better be Republican votes that pass it."

Hoyer said the new bill, despite its lack of a timetable on troop withdrawals, is still a victory for Democrats.

"There's not a rubber stamp or blank check here. . . . And we believe the net result here will be a significant change in direction," said Hoyer.
Woolsey's right, no one should vote for this thing. It's a Republican bill, let them pass it. As for this not being a blank check, please. We caved, 100%, to a guy at 28% in the polls. That's pitiful.

http://www.americablog.com/2007/05/cnn-dems-to-give-bush-blank-check-on.html

[JDPriestly]

1. Hoyer is a traitor and a fool.

The money should be earmarked for the troops in Afghanistan. Any money going to Iraq should be conditioned on adherence to a strict timetable for withdrawal of our troops.

[Nite Owl]

2. Yep,

28% in the polls and more scandals and investigations than one can count.

[DearAbby]

3. I need to self medicate

tonight...I can't take much more of this! I am so angry, no...I am livid.

So excuse me, as I go and self medicate, to numb my mind for awhile..:hi: See ya all tomorrow!

[liberal renegade]

4. Wake me when it's over

I'm gonna go play rumplestiltskin

[jumpoffdaplanet]

5. We wouldn't be hearing this crap if Murtha...

had Hoyer's job.

[EV_Ares]

6. Was thinking the same thing about that. Remember how the republicans

and the media went on and on about how if we chose Murtha, the problem with his ethics, dam that crap, how many times are the dems going to let them bluff them out.

Right on about Murtha should have had that job.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. I cannot believe they caved..I am sick to my stomach!!!

I thought they all knew THEY were elected to fight against BushCo!!
What a disgusting disappointment.
:-(