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We Democrats win.

Rightly or wrongly, we feel that Republicans who in the past have supported the war effort are voting now to register their disapproval only due to craven political calculations. Buttressing that sentiment is the fact that not a single Republican Senator has explained what good will come from a Senate resolution belittling a battle effort that’s already afoot.

Assuming just for the moment that Republican Senators who support the anti-surge resolution are prisoners of conscience who won’t be able to sleep at night unless they speak their minds regarding the surge, these Republican Senators of heightened conscience should note that supporters of The Pledge aren’t asking them to refrain from being true to themselves; we are, however, beseeching them to do so in a constructive manner. If a Republican Senator sincerely opposes the surge, he should express his opposition in a thoughtful manner rather than by supporting a feckless and reckless resolution that undermines the war effort. And since presumably they have reached their conclusion regarding the surge after careful analysis and deep reflection, they should also be so good as to share with us their ideas for moving forward in Iraq and in the wider struggle against Radical Islam.

FOR SIX YEARS, SERIOUS CONSERVATIVES have responded to every betrayal from a Lincoln Chafee or a Chuck Hagel with continued support for the organizations that enable them like the NRSC. This support in the wake of each and every disappointment said in effect, “Thank you, Senator. May I have another?” The cumulative result of this unconditional love has been Republican Senators concluding that their agenda mirrors those of their party’s activists — namely, that we all care about nothing more than the careers of our Congress critters.

And the best line:

The time has long since come when Republican voters should demand that their office-holders be serious about the war. The anti-surge resolution is a frivolous thing, a pathetic exercise in rear-end covering. While differences regarding the war tactics urged by the White House are fair game, nakedly playing politics with matters of life and death is not.

Majorities can be wrong. So you go keep patting yourself on the back, in the comfort of knowing that your majority is on the wrong side of history.

Excellent. So you’ll have candidates which appeal to a majority of Republicans, but to no one else (independents are even more fiercely against the war than Democrats are these days). You’ll run them.

We Democrats win.

Go for it. I’m all for it. You go enforce your orthodoxy and see how popular your increasingly minority opinion will hold. It was fun thumping your rear ends in 2006. 2008 will be for real.

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wordsmith? — only in your own wetdreams, nancyboy

Why don’t go back to Salon and masturbate your peanut-sized intellect over there?

What oddo you think the average age of these 22,000 troops are, a**wipe?

18-23 years old qualifies as a young man who has made adult decisions to join an all-volunteer army, dickwipe. Don’t insult them by thinking of them as children.

What is pointless is your mindless support of the most incompetent administration in history – or doyou – like dickless cheney – insist there have been no blunders in Iraq. Yeah, right, and pigs fly.

What is pointless is your inability to formulate a rational argument. Hurling invectives won’t win hearts and minds…wussboy.

I also appreciate the high humor, with representatives of the Salon club for libs making an appearance on this comment thread.

I’m all kinds of happy now!!!
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bobdevo wrote: dumping 22,000 kids into harm’s way

How old are you, gramps? They aren’t kids; but they are among America’s bravest and finest.

What oddo you think the average age of these 22,000 troops are, a**wipe?

What is pointless is your mindless support of the most incompetent administration in history – or doyou – like dickless cheney – insist there have been no blunders in Iraq. Yeah, right, and pigs fly.

I think she might fax and email it to every member of the House of Representatives next.

She’s become a one woman crusader for VICTORY!

I think skye has the right idea…that it’s important not only to write to the weak-kneed Republican Senators handwringing for defeat; but also encourage the other Congressmen to stand with the President and show courage and resolve. Do the right thing, even when it may not seem like the politically popular thing to do. History books will savage any Senator who proves to have abandoned the President in the darkest hour.

I liked this passage from Dean Barnett’s piece:

Winston Churchill, after seeing to Great Britain’s survival, was unceremoniously dumped by the British electorate in favor of the supremely mediocre Clement Atlee in July of 1945. Lord knows I’m not comparing Coleman to Churchill; my point is sometimes outstanding public service is not rewarded at the ballot box.

I understand the need to stay in office, to stay in a position to keep doing important work; but I also think there’s also a powerful statement in showing resolve and do what is morally right, even if it means political suicide.

Those who lead by wetting their fingers and sticking it in the air to go with whichever way the wind is blowing are not fit to lead.

Mike’s America wrote:

like presidential candidate John Edwards, there are two kinds of Americans.

You know…can someone please ask Mr. ambulance chaser and self-annointed messiah for the poor and downtrodden, which America he belongs to?