Obama Gets Punked On Iraq
Via dpg, in an interview with Ed Schultz, Barack Obama chose to insult those of us committed to ending the Debacle in Iraq while simultaneously getting punked by George Bush, and bringing Jim Webb along for the ride:
There are no good options on Iraq . . . People are going to have concerns no matter what proposals are offered. . . . In the Senate you still need 60 votes. . . . There's gonna be a discrepency between those who want to EXPRESS a full throated desire to end the war and those who want to actually pass something through the Senate and have to take Republican votes into account . . .
I find that answer extremely insulting. I neither want to EXPRESS a full throated desire to end the war or have "something pass" through the Senate. I want the war to end. I believe it is clear that defunding is the only viable way. I have suggested the announcing a date certain in the future when no more funding will be provided is the way to do it. I won't repeat my arguments again. But Obama's condescension and sheer nonsense on this is insulting.
On defunding:
I have concerns about cutting off funding . . . Jim Webb has some concerns, both of us have been consistent critics of the war. I think there is a possibility, given how obstinate the Administration is, that if we try to cut off funding, Bush is hellbent on doing what he is doing . . . he may decide to play chicken and say 'you guys do whatever you want [I'm keeping the troops there]' . . .
Hell, why does Bush even need to play chicken with Senate Dems? Obama and Webb seem to have been pre-punked by Bush. For if Obama lets Bush's "obstinancy" paralyze him when Bush has said the Congress has the power to end the war through the Spending Power, then what in the hell is he proposing? Oh, let me guess, Obama 2008. A lot less likely to have my support after hearing Obama on Ed Schultz. Pathetic.
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