Reply #52: politics. [View All]

[BootinUp]

This whole thing is nothing but a position statement. And those Dems who want to show any kind of resistance they can to Bush for political reasons, will not pay much of a price in voting nay. In Hillary's case and Obama's who was conveniently absent a nay vote would have been used against them should they become the nominee. Then they would have to explain why they do not agree with putting this economic sanction on the Iran military unit that is fueling the insurgency in Iraq and sending missiles to Lebanon etc etc.

Those that did vote nay are not wrong to do so, I just think the explanation they are using for it is less than accurate or misreading the political situation. If the admin was really want to stoke the fires in a run-up to bombing them, I would expect a lot more fireworks than this castrated bill.