Comments on: Did the GOP just surrender on Iraq?

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:32:19 +0000

DLS, thanks.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:31:43 +0000

DLS,
It never had any substance to begin with. Now it's just dripping with Republican hypocrisy.

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:09:06 +0000

PWT–

If it's principled to vote “present”, you shouldn't put out commercials attacking anyone for voting “present”.

By: DLS

DLS — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:04:35 +0000

While too many lefties are tripping, slobbering, etc, over themselves, the key issue in this campaign materialized immediately and only Stockster got it right, right away.

Yes, the criticism of Obama's voting practices (for what it was worth as a weapon against Obama) now has the substance taken out of it.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:12:36 +0000

PWT,
Enjoy: http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/20...

By: PWT

PWT — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:59:07 +0000

So, is it only a principled stand to vote 'present' when Bigger does it? You can't have it both ways. It's either a principled stand for both Bigger and the Republicans or it's pants-wetting cowardice for both Bigger and the House Republicans. And the answer is,…….pants-wetting cowardice!

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:35:56 +0000

So the GOPers are voting “present” on votes…. doesn't McCain have an ad out attacking Obama for voting “present” on a ton of bills in the IL legislature?

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:02:42 +0000

But the goal shouldn't be electoral success. It should be ending a costly, unproductive and ultimately immoral war in Iraq.

No, it should be the complete and total destruction of the Republican Party.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:34:54 +0000

This might help Democrats nullify the deceitful Rove'esque campaign tactics of Republicans with regards to the war.

But the goal shouldn't be electoral success. It should be ending a costly, unproductive and ultimately immoral war in Iraq.

By: John McCain » Did the GOP just surrender on Iraq?

John McCain » Did the GOP just surrender on Iraq? — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:32:05 +0000

[...] Elections USA 2008 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDid the GOP just surrender on Iraq? May 16th, 2008 by JAZZ SHAW Via: Memeorandum In what can only be described as a stunning turn of events, the House yesterday took up a proposal to provide another round of funding for the war in Iraq to the tune of more than one hundred billion dollars. This wasn’t unusual. The shocking part was that more than 100 House Republicans voted “present” and the bill failed. Of course, as Matt Stoller points out, it will not truly affect war funding in the end. [...]