US Republicans agree to anti-war vote

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=331539

After months of blocking similar debates, Senate Republicans in the US agreed with Democrats to advance an antiwar bill which could cut off funds.

Now security conditions in Iraq have improved, Republicans believe they may have the upper hand in the debate and will be able to work with the imporoved statistics provided by US military sources.

The measure, by Democratic Senators, would cut off money for combat after 120 days.
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FINALLY

[SpiralHawk]

1. "How to lie with statistics." - republicon homelander propaganda bible

[lovuian]

2. The Senate has now voted 70-24 to begin debating the bill.

they have started DEBATE

[Breeze54]

3. Repukes agree to anti-war vote .... DEBATE?

BFD....

[Hydra]

4. Watch them take credit for "ending the war"

Wouldn't that be the worst PR blunder the Dems have made since IWR?

[lovuian]

5. you can see it coming can't you

me too

[Hydra]

8. Bad drama

They'll take a "rogue position" like McCain and Specter did...and then later they'll give us exactly what we don't want...perhaps another surge?

In the end, they'll say that they are for troop drawdown- "look at our vote!", but then they'll say to withdraw is impossible for one reason or another.

[TwilightGardener]

6. No, the GOP Senate just wants to use debate time to cheerlead for the war.

They really believe that they can somehow make the American people support it again, or at least keep it from being a damaging issue for them, if they spin it enough.

[lovuian]

7. Well they clearly are delusional

I think they are going to spin and spin

[Hydra]

9. They were already doing that

And getting points for blocking the Dems. Why offer to debate, unless they plan to steal the show again?

[TwilightGardener]

10. I'm a little aggravated at Russ and Reid for pushing this when they

know it will certainly fail. Why give the GOP time and opportunity to frame their rah-rah war argument, and then set us up to LOSE to this argument?

[Horse with no Name]

11. Saw it coming months ago

And I have to wonder...if I can see it...why can't they?

[Hydra]

12. Kabuki n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. K&R but it's not "FINALLY" yet...

Nearly 4,000 US casualties to date are pretty "final," though. In political circles, when it comes to the most unpopular war in our history, there's plenty of big talk - right before a national election but is talk truly ending the Occupation of Iraq?