Republican War Resolution Rejected (Yawn)

The House voted 403-3 to reject the sham resolution offered by Republican syncophants of the Bush administration who support the war to pull out of Iraq immediately. What could be more false than the Republicans introducing a resolution to withdraw from Iraq immediately. Democrats, wisely, voted against the measure. Now comes the spin. The Republicans will claim (and 34% of the nation will believe them) that Democrats voted against pulling troops out of Iraq. In actuality, they voted against pulling troops out of Iraq immediately, a position no one in their right mind espouses. Rep. Murtha spoke out in favor of a phased withdrawal. Many Democrats have spoken out in favor of a phased withdrawal under proper conditions. It was the Republicans who tried to twist the words of the Democrats into a resolution to pull out immediately.

In a strange twist of fate, Democrats could now honestly claim that the Republicans introduced measures to pull out of Iraq immediately and that the Democrats worked to defeat the measure. Now a smart Democrat should introduce a resolution to support a phased withdrawal of American troops based on the political situation and, like the Senate, demand regular updates. Let the Republicans vote against that one and see which way the spin turns.

In fact, I think I'll write Sen. Salazar and suggest that very thing, although I'm sure someone much smarter than me has already thought of it....