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McCain is saying the same thing I said in a thread a week or so ago.
What good is a resolution that claims you do not support something when you aren't willing to take action to actually do something about it?
The Democrats aren?t even the opposition party on this; they are just the bitching party. To be a true opposition party they would have to offer an alternative.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called GOP efforts to block a vote on the resolution "obstructionism." Neither a Senate majority nor voters, she said, will tolerate such a delaying tactic.
Let's just forget all the tactics used by the Democrats to prevent judges from getting up/down votes.
What good is a resolution that claims you do not support something when you aren't willing to take action to actually do something about it?
The Democrats aren?t even the opposition party on this; they are just the bitching party. To be a true opposition party they would have to offer an alternative.
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and you have to love this part...Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) sought to weaken support for a resolution opposing President Bush's Iraq war strategy Sunday, saying proponents are intellectually dishonest.
On the eve of a possible congressional showdown on Iraq strategy, McCain contended the bipartisan proposal amounted to a demoralizing "vote of no confidence" in the U.S. military.
The measure criticizes Bush's plan to add 21,500 troops in Iraq yet offers no concrete alternatives, he said.
"I don't think it's appropriate to say that you disapprove of a mission and you don't want to fund it and you don't want it to go, but yet you don't take the action necessary to prevent it," said McCain, top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a 2008 presidential candidate from Arizona.
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McCain is sponsoring a resolution expressing support for a troop increase and setting benchmark goals for the Iraqi government. He sought to capitalize on some of the Democratic division.
"I do believe that if you really believe that this is doomed to failure and is going to cost American lives, then you should do what's necessary to prevent it from happening rather than a vote of 'disapproval,'" McCain said.
"This is a vote of no confidence in both the mission and the troops who are going over there," he said, noting the proposal does not seek to cut off money for troops.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called GOP efforts to block a vote on the resolution "obstructionism." Neither a Senate majority nor voters, she said, will tolerate such a delaying tactic.
Let's just forget all the tactics used by the Democrats to prevent judges from getting up/down votes.