Chicago Sun-Times Op Ed: Dems Letting The Country Down On Iraq

By Big Tent Democrat, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Sun May 20, 2007 at 06:02:19 PM EST
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I do not know who Monroe Anderson is, but I liked this column:

. . . Rather than deftly acting to bring the troops home, the Democrats continue their eye-shifting and throat-clearing while the killing and dying go on and on. Last week, the new majority party yielded to the oxymoron argument that we have to support the troops by keeping them in the line of fire. The Feingold-Reid Iraq Bill that would have cut the funding and thereby forced the president to bring the troops home was defeated Wednesday in the Senate. . . . The Americans who voted the Democrats into power have been let down. Instead of counting on the Democrats to deliver on their implicit promise to end the occupation, we continue to count the costs of not correcting Bush's calamitous course.

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Hearts of Money (5.00 / 2) (#1)
by squeaky on Sun May 20, 2007 at 06:35:27 PM EST

Great piece. Hits the nail on the head. We need more responsible journalists to point out that the emporor has no clothes.

Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, is one of those Democrats. He said he opposes any measure that cuts off money for the war because ''we don't want to send the message to the troops'' that Congress does not support them.
That argument -- made smugly by legislators sitting safely and serenely in Washington, D.C. -- is about as logic-defying as others buzz-worded by the incompetent and corrupt Bush administration.

How do they do it? Is everyone in a stupor? Where is the outrage.

: Where is the outrage? (none / 0) (#11)
by Edger on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:29:47 PM EST

Only here, it seems.
Remember the rethugs repeatedly saying things like 'how we got here doesn't matter - we have to deal with what is' while they continually ignore history?
Not learning from the past is contagious, apparently....

For reasons unknown (5.00 / 3) (#2)
by andgarden on Sun May 20, 2007 at 06:48:07 PM EST

the loudest voices over orange way realy believe that the Republicans are going to flip any second now. The wishful thinking is really nauseating.

In the Palm of their Hand (5.00 / 1) (#3)
by squeaky on Sun May 20, 2007 at 07:00:15 PM EST

Must be comfy.


Can't you hear that thundering sound? (5.00 / 1) (#8)
by Edger on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:00:34 PM EST

It's the elephant stampede........


: ...circling to protect the leader. (5.00 / 1) (#10)
by Edger on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:24:11 PM EST

Good for Monroe Anderson, who may be (5.00 / 2) (#5)
by oculus on Sun May 20, 2007 at 07:27:02 PM EST

reading Talk Left.

oculus (none / 0) (#6)
by Miss Devore on Sun May 20, 2007 at 07:36:24 PM EST

"Or how will you tell your brother,'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?"

What on earth would lead you to that conclusion? You think opinions cannot be arrived without the blaghs?


Not for a minute, but I don't see many op eds (5.00 / 2) (#7)
by oculus on Sun May 20, 2007 at 07:38:57 PM EST

so concisely setting forth this meme.


He is a blogger (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by Alien Abductee on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:01:01 PM EST

He writes Obama Watch (among other things).


Heh (5.00 / 1) (#12)
by Big Tent Democrat on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:33:25 PM EST

Are you sure he's a blogger? (none / 0) (#19)
by oculus on Sun May 20, 2007 at 09:55:39 PM EST

I see weekly op ed pieces in Chicago Sun Times and articles posted on Jet/Ebony plus a myspace blog. Does that count? Just asking.


Blog (none / 0) (#20)
by Alien Abductee on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:05:43 PM EST

It's one of those iffy things the old media stick on their product and call a blog. The column at Ebony/Jet is what I meant, and not quite seriously. I ran across it here. I suppose bloggery really is in the eye of the beholder.


Nevertheless (none / 0) (#21)
by squeaky on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:10:32 PM EST

He's in the mix.

The piece today was really great, regardless if he is for Obama.


Heh (none / 0) (#22)
by Alien Abductee on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:20:14 PM EST

Being for Obama disqualifies you for having an opinion of any value?

I'm almost there, but not quite yet...


: Quite the Contrary (5.00 / 1) (#26)
by squeaky on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:36:30 PM EST

I thougth the artilce BTD posted today was really great. More like that.
As far as I am concerned if he writes like that I do not mind that he is a fan of Obama. I most likely would support Obama if he is the nominee, but I am not a fan at this point by a longshot.
Blogger or not he has a strong voice and he has an impact. I am not disqualifying him at all.

I'd better google "blogger." (none / 0) (#24)
by oculus on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:24:05 PM EST

Until Josh Marshall added TPM Cafe, I didn't consider him a "blogger." Have to be able to bear those arrows.


Here's a new one: (5.00 / 1) (#25)
by oculus on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:28:44 PM EST

bloggerette - female blogger pcourtesy of Wiki] Bah humbug.


Actually (none / 0) (#27)
by Alien Abductee on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:36:40 PM EST

maybe that's what our friend Monroe Anderson is - a faux blogger, like leatherette...


Faux (none / 0) (#28)
by squeaky on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:47:26 PM EST

Blog

Leatherette is more of a faux website than a faux blog.

Naugahyde seems to be a faux blog.


: lol (none / 0) (#29)
by Alien Abductee on Mon May 21, 2007 at 12:09:45 AM EST

Not to mention faux.blogspot, which could hardly be anything but faux.

"do you know what it memes.." (none / 0) (#14)
by Miss Devore on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:43:37 PM EST

I hate "memes" almost as much as "frames"


: How do you feel about "transitioning"? (none / 0) (#31)
by oculus on Mon May 21, 2007 at 01:53:10 PM EST

Let us down on Iraq for starters. (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by dkmich on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:46:09 PM EST

Add in more trade deals, increases in H-1B visas, and a bad immigration deal, and its like the Dems ran on nothing but damned lies. Stop the war, stop and reform trade, secure the borders, and they are doing exactly the opposite. Let us down is way too mild a term.

Oookaaay (3.00 / 2) (#13)
by Big Tent Democrat on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:34:32 PM EST

Love you too.

I should credit (none / 0) (#15)
by Miss Devore on Sun May 20, 2007 at 08:44:42 PM EST

Sabrina Ballerina for the text.

there's a place for you: (none / 0) (#18)
by Miss Devore on Sun May 20, 2007 at 09:39:01 PM EST

Stop Me Before I Vote Again:

http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org/

No majority in the Senate. (none / 0) (#23)
by lilybart on Sun May 20, 2007 at 11:24:03 PM EST

DEMS are NOT in charge. That is the first fallacy.

The house can pass any bill they want, but the Senate will not and we cannot overturn a veto.

You need to learn to work with WHAT IS and no what you wish it were.

Political games (none / 0) (#30)
by Al on Mon May 21, 2007 at 02:00:43 AM EST

Frankly, I think the war isn't ending because people aren't desperate enough yet. They would like the war to end, but they're not going to march in the streets. They'll just shake their heads and grumble at the barbecue. It's the boiling frog syndrome.