"Their success is our failure."
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is quoted as uttering these words following last night's all-night session called by Majority "Leader" Harry Reid. The statement's context is intended as a criticism of the Republicans for utilizing the cloture requirement of 60 votes to end a debate and put a matter to a vote. It illustrates perfectly the reason for Congress' abysmal approval ratings, currently lower than those of President Bush: NONE of them get it.
Claire and everyone else following Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid on the Good Ship Stop-n-Drop are trying to make this out to be the Republicans against the Democrats. The Iraq debate isn't some college contest to see who comes away with the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship belt. There's no scorecard to which our esteemed elected representatives ought to be checking to see if they are winning. When it comes to Iraq, we have a major problem needing a solution not a fight in the middle of the night when most people are sleeping.
Clearly there are heated arguments as to what the answer to the problem is, but last I checked with the Nevada Boxing Commission, throwing in the towel went down as a loss so withdrawing from a war, which is what Claire and Company want, doesn't seem to be an option. Yet their continued demand for a date certain to "redeploy"(if they are even using that word anymore) suggests their parents taught them the best way to get over a hurdle is to quit the race and join the physics club, where they could talk about physics and the properties of physics.
I'd like to suggest a novel approach to finding a way to bring our combat troops home from the Middle East - defeat the enemy with overwhelming military force, so the Iraqi government can work on the politics of running their own country.
Discuss.
Claire and everyone else following Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid on the Good Ship Stop-n-Drop are trying to make this out to be the Republicans against the Democrats. The Iraq debate isn't some college contest to see who comes away with the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship belt. There's no scorecard to which our esteemed elected representatives ought to be checking to see if they are winning. When it comes to Iraq, we have a major problem needing a solution not a fight in the middle of the night when most people are sleeping.
Clearly there are heated arguments as to what the answer to the problem is, but last I checked with the Nevada Boxing Commission, throwing in the towel went down as a loss so withdrawing from a war, which is what Claire and Company want, doesn't seem to be an option. Yet their continued demand for a date certain to "redeploy"(if they are even using that word anymore) suggests their parents taught them the best way to get over a hurdle is to quit the race and join the physics club, where they could talk about physics and the properties of physics.
I'd like to suggest a novel approach to finding a way to bring our combat troops home from the Middle East - defeat the enemy with overwhelming military force, so the Iraqi government can work on the politics of running their own country.
Discuss.
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I can't think of a more despicable politician than Harry Reid. On the bright side, he's completely incompetent and incapable of getting anything done.
I noticed that Yahoo news led the "sleepover" as a top story for two days... but found little to say about it after the fact (when McConnell out-smarted him).