The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Dem Congressional Candidates reveal their strategy should they win: We Will Stop Funding the War
It is all well and good for Democrats to portray their party "platform" (I use that word very loosely) as being for "redeployment of the troops" rather than for "cutting and running"; however it is another thing altogether to actually look beneath the "covers" at what powerful Dems actually say they will do if elected; namely to hold our troops and our President hostage by denying military appropriations. AJ Strata comments:
Its official folks - if the Dems win the House they promise to surrender Iraq to Al Qaeda. (Hopefuly the link will work again - but Rangel is on the record promising to cut Iraq funding if the Dems win the House).
The actual article from "The Hill" that Strata cites is well worth your scrutiny. A small sampling. (bold emphases my own):
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will chair the powerful Ways and Means Committee if Democrats win control of the House next year, but his main goal in 2007 does not fall within his panel’s jurisdiction.
“I can’t stop this war,” a frustrated Rangel said in a recent interview, reiterating his vow to retire from Congress if Democrats fall short of a majority in the House.
But when pressed on how he could stop the war even if Democrats control the House during the last years of President Bush’s second term, Rangel paused before saying, “You’ve got to be able to pay for the war, don’t you?”
Rangel’s views on funding the war are shared by many of his colleagues – especially within the 73-member Out of Iraq Caucus.
Some Democratic legislators want to halt funding for the war immediately, while others say they would allocate money for activities such as reconstruction, setting up international security forces, and the ultimate withdrawal of U.S. troops.
“Personally, I wouldn’t spend another dime [on the war]” said Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.).
Woolsey is among the Democrats in Congress who are hoping to control the power of the purse in 2007 to force an end to the war. Woolsey and some of her colleagues note that Congress helped force the end of Vietnam War by refusing to pay for it.
Read the rest here.
Its official folks - if the Dems win the House they promise to surrender Iraq to Al Qaeda. (Hopefuly the link will work again - but Rangel is on the record promising to cut Iraq funding if the Dems win the House).
The actual article from "The Hill" that Strata cites is well worth your scrutiny. A small sampling. (bold emphases my own):
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will chair the powerful Ways and Means Committee if Democrats win control of the House next year, but his main goal in 2007 does not fall within his panel’s jurisdiction.
“I can’t stop this war,” a frustrated Rangel said in a recent interview, reiterating his vow to retire from Congress if Democrats fall short of a majority in the House.
But when pressed on how he could stop the war even if Democrats control the House during the last years of President Bush’s second term, Rangel paused before saying, “You’ve got to be able to pay for the war, don’t you?”
Rangel’s views on funding the war are shared by many of his colleagues – especially within the 73-member Out of Iraq Caucus.
Some Democratic legislators want to halt funding for the war immediately, while others say they would allocate money for activities such as reconstruction, setting up international security forces, and the ultimate withdrawal of U.S. troops.
“Personally, I wouldn’t spend another dime [on the war]” said Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.).
Woolsey is among the Democrats in Congress who are hoping to control the power of the purse in 2007 to force an end to the war. Woolsey and some of her colleagues note that Congress helped force the end of Vietnam War by refusing to pay for it.
Read the rest here.
