Tweety's Message to Pelosi: Don't Fund Surge

[jefferson_dem]

On today's Today Show, Tweety sets things straight --

"She (Pelosi) better have, it seems to me, a strong voice about the war. And that's not just putting Jack Murtha out there to lose. And she's gotta get out there and win on this argument. This is going to come down to funding, whether anybody like it or not. The purse strings are now controlled by the Democrats; they cannot abdicate that. They have to choose, whether they're for the president's position with this new escalation that seems to be coming or they're not with him. They can't fall back and tut-tut and hiss the president. They've got to do something about it."

VIDEO HERE -> http://204.10.109.225/iraq/2007-01-03NBCTSMatthews2.wmv

[Greeby]

1. The worm turns

THe worm being Chris "We are all neocons now" Matthews :eyes:

[babylonsister]

2. Tweety's correct. I hope Pelosi is listening. nt

[RiverStone]

8. Give no quarter....

...or nut or bolt or one additional American soldier for BushCo's criminal war of agression Nancy.

We expect no less.

We The People spoke loud and clear in November.

We know you will listen.

[leveymg]

3. The myth behind The Surge: Dems embrace it, cut themselves off

from the party grass-roots and get (not unjustly) labelled as "wafflers". Result: Party is badly split going into the 2008 elections, and Dems earn a reputation as being ineffective and unreliable leaders, if not downright cowardly.

If, on the other hand, Pelosi leads the Dems to successfully thwart Bush's bloody, unworkable scheme, Bush and the GOP (and a large part of the corporate media) get to sling the mud that the Democrats "lost" Iraq, and try to ride that myth back into power.

That's the calculus behind "the surge". It's a myth, because it can't work to bring "victory" in Iraq, and it works as a sharp political wedge. Just another nasty political trick.

The White House is playing games with the lives of American troops. This is so grotesquely transparent that the Generals may finally arrange for Mr. Bush's early departure.

[Jacobin]

4. Tweety's all like 'save us from ourselves!!"

What a dork

[Jacobin]

5. Tweety's all like 'save us from ourselves!!"

What a dork

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. Isn't that what the Dem plan is? Didn't they announce last week they were united

on NOT sending more troops? The only way to do that is to not fund it. Thanks for the advice Tweety.:eyes:

[babylonsister]

7. I dunno. I just heard a Dem on MSNBC (Rep. Cooper) who claimed

he'd be in favor of a surge if it's only temporary. :eyes: I don't know how united they really are.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Cooper is a "Blue Dog" Democrat. I hope these Blue Dogs don't screw things up

for us.:grr: I'm willing to take a 'wait and see' approach for a few weeks, maybe months, but if they go against the Democrats on important issues like this, I am not going to be a happy camper. What good does a majority do when you have a group who's going to vote repuke all the time? We'll see what happens.:(


List of Blue Dog Coalition members
Joe Baca (California)
John Barrow (Georgia)
Melissa Bean (Illinois)
Marion Berry (Arkansas)
Sanford Bishop (Georgia)
Dan Boren (Oklahoma)
Leonard Boswell (Iowa)
Allen Boyd (Florida)
Dennis Cardoza (California), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
Ed Case (Hawaii)
Ben Chandler (Kentucky)
Jim Cooper (Tennessee), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
Jim Costa (California)
Bud Cramer (Alabama)
Lincoln Davis (Tennessee)
Jane Harman (California)
Stephanie Herseth (South Dakota)
Tim Holden (Pennsylvania)
Steve Israel (New York)
Jim Marshall (Georgia)
Jim Matheson (Utah), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
Mike McIntyre (North Carolina)
Charlie Melancon (Louisiana)
Mike Michaud (Maine)
Dennis Moore (Kansas)
Collin Peterson (Minnesota)
Earl Pomeroy (North Dakota)
Mike Ross (Arkansas), Blue Dog Whip
John Salazar (Colorado)
Loretta Sanchez (California)
Adam Schiff (California)
David Scott (Georgia)
John Tanner (Tennessee)
Ellen Tauscher (California)
Gene Taylor (Mississippi)
Mike Thompson (California)<3>
Elected In 2006:

Baron Hill (Indiana)
Heath Shuler (North Carolina)
Tim Mahoney (Florida)
Brad Ellsworth (Indiana)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Joe Donnelly (Indiana)
Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania)
Mike Arcuri (New York)
Charles Wilson (Ohio)

[Bandit]

10. Dems have said a lot of things then done something different

I will believe it when I see it....I will keep my fingers crossed though..