Cirque de Congress
Senate Democrats continued the circus of making it appear that they want to end the war in Iraq. Last night amidst orchestrated photo ops of rolling out cots, and cold pizza Senate majority leader Harry Reid hosted an all night debate to block the Republican filibuster on an amendment to the defense bill.
The amendment would set a timetable for troop withdrawal in Iraq, it fell 8 votes short or the necessary 60.
Numerous Senators took the podium and spoke for or against the amendment, or about nothing at all. Other Senators accused Reid of “playing politics.”
I would have to agree. According to a Capitol Police Officer, the rolling out of cots and pizza was simply a “photo op.”
Even if the vote succeeded what happens next? VETO…they need to figure out another way to solve this!
Senator McCain seemed to speak off sript when saying, “Nothing we have done for the last 24 hours will have changed any facts on the ground in Iraq,” McCain said. “No battle will have been won or lost. No enemy will have been captured or killed. No ground will have been taken or surrendered. No soldier will have survived or been wounded or died or come home because we spent a whole night delivering our poll-tested message points, spinning out sound bites or arguing with each other and substituting our amateur theatrics for statesmanship.”
Well put Senator.
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