Brave, brave Republicans abandon their posts. In time of war!
by Kagro X
Thu May 15, 2008 at 02:55:03 PM PDT
By a vote of 149-141, the Democrat-controlled House rejected a measure that would have given the Pentagon $162.5 billion to keep the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan running through next summer, slightly below President George W. Bush's request.
A large group of anti-war House Democrats voted against the funds. That, coupled with 132 Republicans voting "present," meaning neither "yes" nor "no," killed the measure for now.
Yes, our brave, brave House Republicans have taken the president's valiant example ("Fore!" "Incoming!") to heart and have given up voting while our troops are at war.
You may recall that at about this time last year, Chickenhawk Republicans were demanding that Democrats who wanted to bring the war in Iraq to a close had to have "the courage of their convictions" and vote their conscience on the funding. But today, those same Republicans chose to abandon their posts -- and they're some cushy posts, at that -- and vote "present" instead of having the courage to vote "no" on a bill they disapproved of.
And why? So they wouldn't fall into their own stupid trap. The one that says if you vote against a war appropriations bill, you're not "supporting the troops."
You think maybe some of those troops would like to have the option of answering "present" instead of "Yes, sir!" when they're ordered out on patrol? Not saying they'd exercise that option, of course. They, after all, have a sense of duty about their jobs.
But not our brave Republicans of the "Present" 110th!
Voting's scary!
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