We're a friendly little community here, except when we go for the literary jugular every so often. But what else do you expect when discussing politics?

After this vote, I'm throughly dissapointed with a number of ranking "beltway" politicians. Listen to your constituants, there's a reason Dem's took back Congress last election. And it certainly wasn't to keep this war going.

Several of the grassroots Dem's elected in 2006 did earn my approval, strongly rebuking this capitulation bill and those of the party who made this possible. As for Presidential front runners after this telling moment, if Gore does indeed enter the race he has my unconditional support.
RamblerGambler Reviewed by RamblerGambler on . Bush gets his Iraq funding WASHINGTONâ??Congress approved a compromise war-funding bill stripped of troop-withdrawal deadlines today as President Bush warned Americans to brace for a "bloody" August in Iraq leading up to a crucial assessment of the war in September. After months of Democratic pledges to force a timetable for bringing U.S. troops home, the measure passed the Senate on an 80-14 vote shortly after the House voted 280-142 to back it. The Columbus Dispatch : Bush gets his Iraq funding This vote isn't Rating: 5