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Presidential Sweepstakes: Let's Not Shoot Ourselves in the Face; Stop the Iraq Debacle

I have preached against getting obsessed with the 2008 Presidential election to no avail. So I am going to try quoting Atrios:

As impressive as Obama's polling and fundraising has been, the dominant narrative of this as a battle between Clinton and Obama has been a bit silly. . . . And, yes, it's early and national polls are silly and when I find myself talking about this stuff too much I want to shoot myself in the face.

Let's talk about this instead:

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After four years of the one nation foreign policy of this administration, it is time for Congress to use its constitutional 'power of the purse' authority to safely redeploy our troops from Iraq. To that end, Senator Feingold and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will introduce legislation that would end funding for the war and force the President to safely redeploy troops from Iraq by March 31, 2008. Please sign on as a citizen co-sponsor of this legislation if you agree that we need Congress to act, and safely redeploy our troops out of Iraq.

Full Petition Text: I believe that a target date for redeploying our troops from Iraq is vital in our efforts to combat terrorism abroad. As the President has shown no indication that he would consider a timetable, Congress must use its 'power of the purse' to fix this dire situation immediately. I support the Feingold-Reid legislation to redeploy U.S. troops out of Iraq by ending further funding for the war after March 31, 2008.

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    thanks for the link to the petition (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by conchita on Thu Apr 05, 2007 at 05:11:17 PM EST
    my email from progressive patriots must have been caught in the spam filter.  i also posted it at a few other places.