Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama did not help their candidacies by their votes on refusing to fund our troops.
The Senate passed the Iraq and Afghanistan funding bill last night by a vote of 80 to 14; 37 Democrats supported the bill, while 10 opposed it.
Among the 14 senators who voted no were Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
In the House even Rep. John Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense, voted in favor of funding our troops.
While antiwar groups had warned lawmakers who supported the spending bill that they could become election targets, I think time will show that Senators Clinton and Obama have hurt their candidacies by their votes. Being opposed to the war is one thing; voting against funding our men and women in uniform is something entirely different.
Perhaps these two let former Sen. John Edwards intimidate them into a vote that will be portrayed as a vote against our troops. They should not have.
Among the 14 senators who voted no were Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
In the House even Rep. John Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense, voted in favor of funding our troops.
While antiwar groups had warned lawmakers who supported the spending bill that they could become election targets, I think time will show that Senators Clinton and Obama have hurt their candidacies by their votes. Being opposed to the war is one thing; voting against funding our men and women in uniform is something entirely different.
Perhaps these two let former Sen. John Edwards intimidate them into a vote that will be portrayed as a vote against our troops. They should not have.
posted by Sid Cottingham | 6:32 PM
2 Comments:
As someone who "knew" this war was going to be a disaster, heck, as someone who never got over being mad when Cheney and Baker made an end run around Congress to continue funding Saddamn back in the '80's, I'm totally furious at the Dems for being this dumb.
As I've mentioned on Kos several times, to no avail, the Dems can not effect the action on the ground. They can only interject themselves to take the blame for anything that goes bad.
Bill Richardson or Bust.
I do not understand why the Democrats don't get W where it hurts. Why not lay off all the fringes on a bill, but insist on paying for the appropriation. Time to hit Bush and his war profiteers in their pockets - pockets. Not only do they make money by continuing the war; they want it without paying taxes on it.
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