Joe Biden Says He Won't Cut off War Funding
Posted on Sun Sep 09, 2007 at 12:15:31 PM EST
Tags: Joe Biden (all tags)
See Joe Biden on Meet the Press this morning. Crooks and Liars has the video in which Biden says he won't vote to cut off war funding.
When asked by host Tim Russert if he would vote to cut off funding for Iraq if President Bush refuses to accept a withdrawal date, Biden moves directly to the “cutting off funding means you don’t support the troops” mentality pulled straight from the pages of the RNC playbook. Instead of speaking the truth, that it means appropriating funds to begin a safe and smart withdrawal from the country, not abandoning out troops, Biden instead says he won’t vote to cut off funding and chooses to chastise Democrats who support it.
It’s infuriating to say the least to see Biden falling for the White House framing– not one single Democrat in Congress wants to leave our soldiers stranded in the middle of the desert with no food, water, ammo or protection–and cutting off Bush’s funding would not do that–and Senator Biden should know better.
Update: See below for some of the reasons I've never favored Joe Biden.
From a post I wrote in 2005:
Joe Biden also brought us the Rave Act (more here)and has been a supporter of increased rights for law enforcement and wiretapping. He won't get our support. Here's his voting record on issues of import:
- Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
- Rated 60% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
- Rated 36% by NARAL, indicating a mixed voting record on abortion. (Dec 2003)
Biden also brought us this bill:
Biden's new bill would make it a federal felony to try and trick certain types of devices into playing your music or running your computer program. Breaking this law--even if it's to share music by your own garage band--could land you in prison for up to five years.
Here's Joe Biden on the military draft.
And, in his home state of Delaware, in 2005, one of every four inmates that died in prison died of AIDS. What did he do to help? Nothing, as far as I could tell at the time.
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