Posted by
Saint Michael on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 1:10:10 PM
If the Democrats are confident that the American people and thus Congress want out of the war then why don't they introduce individual bills that cut off funding and call for a withdrawal by a certain date. Not tied to anything else, no pork attached, clean bills stating their case. A case for surrender but a case nonetheless.
The answer is they know that the bills will not pass. They know that they have to tie the withdrawal date to the funding. Then they can claim the President is not supporting the troops when he has to veto the bill due to the withdrawal date. They put themselves into a win-win scenario by pushing the Presidnet into a corner.
A bill to cut off funding clearly shows the Democrats do not support the troops so they will not attempt that issue by itself.
A bill for withdrawal shows that they have given up i.e. surrending/losing/etc.
Therefore, the Democrats need to tie the bills together so they can make claims about the President when he is forced to veto them (i.e. playing political games).
Bottom line: If the two issues (Stop Funding and Withdrawal) were that important to the American People then Congress could pass Bills without the pork. We all know they can't pass the bills individually so they play political games to make the President look bad.