Betrayed Left and Right

For a Democratic Congress is now voting to fully fund the war in Iraq, as demanded by President Bush, and without any timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal. Bush got his $100 billion, then magnanimously agreed to let Democrats keep the $20 billion in pork they stuffed into the bill – to soothe the pain of their sellout of the party base."  ~Buchanan

Now this is one of the few things this conservative two time Presidential hopeful has said which I immediately felt was something I (Kinda') agreed with.  Clearly I still have to suppress a giggle every time one of these Republicans starts wringing their hands and sweating over their concern for pork spending . . . having mastered that so long ago themselves.   Besides . . . it takes a real "religious" man to refer to the funding added for Katrina relief as Democratic "pork".  But to agree with him in any way really creeps me out.

Yet the man has a point!  In the midterm elections a message was sent . . . and has been promptly ignored.  Now we can experience the dual stings of having been ruthlessly tossed aside (along with our message)  and have these neoCONs do their 'victory dance' with those s-eating grins plastered on their faces. 

So now we can also send our heartfelt thanks to our elected 'representatives' for dramatically increasing our presence instead of bringing our boys back home.   For giving carte blanche to GW Bush.  For lacking a backbone to put an end to this . . . at any cost to their self-interested political careers.  These Democrats now find themselves detested as much as GW himself . . . and for, essentially, the same reason . . . our supposed War on a tactic . . . in Iraq.  Like our War on Poverty and our War on Drugs . . . Rediculous terms being loosely bandied about without so much as a single rational voice saying "STOP!"

If the Geneva convention doesn't apply in the War on Terror . . . you know combatants without country affiliations or uniforms . . . does it stand to reason that we can lock up drug dealers in the same way - even to avoid presenting charges . .  .you know . . . since it is a "war"?

Good ol Pat had his own explanation about why the DemoBRATS would give this to Bush.  He said it was "Because they lack the courage of their convictions. Because they fear the consequences if they put their anti-war beliefs into practice. Because they are afraid if they defund the war and force President Bush to withdraw U.S. troops, the calamity he predicts will come to pass and they will be held accountable for losing Iraq and the strategic disaster that might well ensue."  

Well . . . I can feel some relief finally.  Was beginning to think either I had become a RepubliCON or HE had become a DemoBRAT . . . but here, HERE we can see the parting of the ways.  It wasn't fear of consequences . . . or withdrawal . . . it wasn't lack of courage . . . that crap may spin real well for the CONservatives . . . but it doesn't fly too well over here in Reality world.  The reality was those boys are over there.  They are being held hostage by the person that put them over there!  He, essentially has his NeoCON gun pointed right at these guys and is threatening to pull the trigger . . . political suicide . . . but is it?  Has he EVER given a damn about anything anybody else thought?  I seriously doubt it, and I mean for his ENTIRE life.  He can't be President again . . . so he can mark that off his "To Do" list.  He would never take a lesser Political office . . . He's saying "I'll do it" and the Democrats had TWO choices.  Cave . . . or tell him to "Do it then"!  Guess who blinked?

Democrats did.  They simply believed he would pull the trigger.  I have said - all along . . . they can't win on this because they DO care about the soldiers.  So they take a hit from their infuriated power base . . . a deserved one. 

But who's kidding who?  Come election time . . . what choices will we be looking at?  More Neo-Cons . . . or more spineless representatives?  So the anti-war group becomes, essentially, nothing more than another fringe group . . . like the religious zealouts on the extreme right . . . a movement without options.  The religious fanatics must vote Republican . . . and the Antiwar crowds Must vote Democrat . . . and the main party can do anything they want because we have no options.

What we CAN do though . . . Is vote OUT every single one of these Democrats in every Primary election . . . everytime they are put to a vote.  . . . Then vote FOR every Democrat that wins the Primary.

 See how your people voted . . .  And remember!