June 22, 2006


Big Fat Ass(hat) Alert

So, the focus-group tested "cut and run" phrase has now taken the place of any meaningful discussion in the Congress, and we can continue to watch our young men and women who voluneteered to defend our country have their lives wasted as political pawns for incredibly corrupt (morally and in every other way) politicians who don't give a fart in a windstorm about them except at election time.

The Senate today rejected proposals on withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, decisively voting down two competing Democratic amendments -- one that set a deadline for a pullout and the other that stopped short of establishing a timetable.

Senators first voted 86-13 to defeat a proposal , offered by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. Russell D. Feingold (D-Wis.), to "require a redeployment" from Iraq starting immediately and to be substantially completed by July 1, 2007.

A second measure , advanced by Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), drew support from more Democrats but still went down, 60-39. The nonbinding "sense of Congress" proposal urged President Bush to start pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq this year but did not set a withdrawal deadline.

Both proposals, offered as amendments to the 2007 defense authorization bill, were denounced by Republicans as advocating "defeatism" and a strategy of "cut and run."

So, advocating a plan, any plan, is now advocating "defeatism" according the lard-ass Karl Rove playbook. Senator Billy Frist, the crook who would be Preznit, had this to say:
In a floor speech, the majority leader said, "The proponents of these amendments want us to tell the new government of Iraq that we are leaving . . . no matter what the implications for the future of their country, no matter how much they plead with us to stay." He asserted that the proposals may differ in some details, "but the bottom line is exactly the same: the amendments tell us to set a deadline and leave by that deadline. This would be a dangerous policy, a reckless policy, a shameless policy."

Frist added, "The time to leave Iraq is when we have achieved or objectives. If we knew our objectives were unachievable, then these amendments might make sense. But our objectives are achievable, and we are achieving them." He charged that the amendments carry "the spirit of defeatism and surrender."

Notice how Fristy says "our objectives are achievable, and we are achieving them", again the republican Royal We. Far as I know, Fristy's only visits to Mess O'Potamia occured as a pampered VIP, guarded round the clock and feted on arrival and departure with the sumptuous feasts of visiting nobleman. He has no dog in this fight (literally) except ensuring that his chosen party of crooks, misfits and criminals continue to rob the treasury and profit from his and every other CongressCriminals deliberate turning of a blind eye to malfeasance of every degree committed by anyone who bears the label "republican".

Fristy also has a son, who I believe is old enough to go off and serve in Mess O'Potamia, something that will never happen since republican Noblesse Oblige is limited to internships at the Heritage or American Enterprise Institutes where shedding blood for your country is restricted to paper cuts and coming to work hung-over from too much partying with your future K-Street corporate masters.

The temperature in Baghdad is 91 degrees at 11PM local time, the winds are from the west-southwest at 12 mph, the altimeter is 29.65 and the visibility is 6.2 miles. Sounds like a good place for a young republican to hump some field gear, while looking for IEDs, now that the minimum age for enlistment is now 42. Surely the Scion of Frist could stand a summer vacation...that lasted about 14 months and a return trip to boot.

91 degrees and a 56 degrees dewpoint around midnight and summer has only just begun. Well, at least it's a dry heat.

posted by Jo Fish on 06.22.06 at 03:46 PM





Comments:

In the only war that Gen. Karl ever signed up for -- the War of the Bumper Stickers -- the good General and his Chickenhawk Brigade have come up with "Cut and Run".

What could our response be? Well, the Feckless Fratboy himself has given us the slogan with his "I'll let the next guy worry about what to do in Iraq." Therein lies the slogan: "Passing The Buck".

It's so typical of Dear Leader -- his entire life he's Passed The Buck to his hapless successors: he's left his messes for the next guy to clean up. And how equally typical of the Neocons -- they created a charnel house in Iraq and they don't have a clue how to fix it. So together they've decided to Pass The Buck to the next President.

Of course, being the soulless creatures they are, they can't be bothered caring about the thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqis they've condemned to being killed and maimed between now and 1/20/09 while they . . . do nothing but come up with new and better slogans to distract the distractable from their manifest failure.

So when they say "Cut and Run", we say "Pass The Buck".

posted by: fbg46 on 06.23.06 at 02:22 AM [permalink]



There was a picture recently of young Mr. Frist hanging around his frathouse, sipping on some suds, with a pair of Confederate Army pants on. It may be the only uniform we'll ever see him in.

posted by: bolo on 06.23.06 at 05:59 AM [permalink]



Karl Rove last week in New Hampshire called the Democrats the party of "cut and run" obviously forgot about how Richard Nixon(R) got us out of Viet Nam and George H W Bush's (R) decisions to halt the drive to Baghdad in the 1st Iraq War.

posted by: Willie J on 06.23.06 at 08:54 AM [permalink]



Frist - "no matter how much they plead with us to stay."
What a crock. I thought they were anxious for some set time table for redeployment. They really don't want us to occupy their country forever.

posted by: Lowell on 06.23.06 at 10:00 AM [permalink]



Funny that they never mention and Lebanon, either. Or that george cut and run from the TANG and on 9/11.

posted by: merlallen on 06.26.06 at 11:30 AM [permalink]



Not to mention Reagan's cut and run from Beirut in the 1980s.

posted by: Tony on 06.26.06 at 04:14 PM [permalink]



I noticed on Scarborough Country yesterday that he attacked some Air America/Democratic spokesperson with this approach: If the polls show the public is not in favor of the war now by 70%, that even Gen Casey is advocating pulling troops out, and Democrats agree the war in Iraq is a mess, then why did John Kerry only get 17 votes in the Senate last week on his resolution? Like, the assumption being, why aren't Democrats getting us out of Iraq if the people and the generals don't want us there? This attitude gives the Republicans a complete pass to do anything they want, because, well, the Democrats obviously are incompetent and can't stop them. Absolutely no criticism, however, of the Republicans themselves. What a farce!

posted by: TJ on 06.27.06 at 02:42 PM [permalink]






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