Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Veto = Cojones

President Bush did the right thing in vetoing Congresses Surrender Bill, and his admonishment of Congress was well said and needed saying.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq Tuesday night in a historic showdown with Congress over whether the unpopular and costly war should end or escalate.

"This is a prescription for chaos and confusion and we must not impose it on our troops," Bush said in a nationally broadcast statement from the White House. He said the bill would "mandate a rigid and artificial deadline" for troop pullouts, and "it makes no sense to tell the enemy when you plan to start withdrawing."

Bush said Democrats had made a political statement by passing anti-war legislation. "They've sent their message, and now it's time to put politics behind us and support our troops with the funds," the president said.

He said the need to act is urgent because without a war-funding bill, the armed forces will have to consider cutting back on buying or repairing equipment.

"Our troops and their families deserve better, and their elected leaders can do better," Bush said.

"Whatever our differences, surely we can agree that our troops are worthy of this funding and that we have a responsibility to get it to them without further delay," the president said.

The Donks don't care about the troops, they just care about power, they don't care about America, they just care about what they think makes them look good to their Leftard base. And the President said it plain and simple "They've sent their message, and now it's time to put politics behind us and support our troops with the funds"

And the Dirty Donks' response:
Democrats accused Bush of ignoring American's desire to stop the war, which has claimed the lives of more than 3,350 members of the military.

"The president wants a blank check," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., moments after Bush's appearance. "The Congress is not going to give it to him." She said Congress would work with him to find common ground but added that there was "great distance" between them on Iraq.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Bush has an obligation to explain his plan for responsibly ending the war.

"If the president thinks by vetoing this bill, he'll stop us from working to change the direction of the war in Iraq, he is mistaken," Reid said.

And where the Donks get the idea that Americans want the war in Iraq stopped? Yes, Americans are tired of this war, but all opinion polls show that they don't want to just surrender to terrorists, they want Iraq to be stable and to be able to defend themselves.

To the Donks it's just surrender and ignore the consequences. Thank God we have a President that has the cojones to not put up the white flag the Donks keep waving in his face.


Mr Minority

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