Reid: “Every Place You Go You Hear About No Progress Being Made In Iraq”
When you have to stray that far from reality (which is to say lie that badly) to find a basis for your argument, it’s more than just pathetic, it’s the final proof that you actually have no valid argument. It’s rhetorical self-nullification. And once again we see the ugly truth: he’s demanding defeat for the sake of politics, and trying to will it so. Treason.
Agencie France Presse:
Democratic leaders on Thursday warned the Iraqi government was locked in a stalemate, as they jockeyed for position ahead of another Senate showdown over Iraq war funding.
They also threatened Republicans with a rare weekend vote, after the start of the scheduled break for the Thanksgiving holiday, on a bill including troop withdrawal dates which cleared the House of Representatives Wednesday.
“Every place you go you hear about no progress being made in Iraq,” said Senate Democratic majority leader Harry Reid.
“The government is stalemated today, as it was six months ago, as it was two years ago,” Reid told reporters, warning US soldiers were caught in the middle of a civil war.
“It is not getting better, it is getting worse,” he said.
“He ( President Bush ) damn sure is not entitled to having this money given to him just with a blank check,” Sen. Harry Reid, the Democrats’ Senate leader, told reporters. “Americans need someone fighting for them taking on this bully we have in the White House.”
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said in response to Reid: “The president does not engage in personal attacks. He’s interested in getting things done on behalf of the American people, and he’s looking for a willing partner in Congress.”
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned that without congressional approval of the additional money, he would order plans be made to lay off civilian employees, terminate contracts and reduce operations at bases.
“There is a misperception that this department can continue funding our troops in the field for an indefinite period of time through accounting maneuvers, that we can shuffle money around the department,” Gates told reporters at the Pentagon. “This is a serious misconception.”
Democrats are using perceived lack of reconciliation and political development by the Iraqi government to refute claims by Republicans that President George W. Bush’s troop surge strategy has yielded concrete results.
The Senate was expected to start work on the 50 billion dollar emergency war funding bill by Friday, though the measure is considered dead on arrival due to Republican opposition.
President George W. Bush, who has repeatedly outmuscled Democrats attempting to tie his hands on the war, has threatened to veto the measure in the unlikely event it reaches his desk.
The emergency budget provides only four months of funding for the war, and only a 50 billion dollar chunk of the 196 billion dollars requested by Bush.
It calls for troop withdrawals to begin within 30 days and sets a goal of December 15, 2008, for the pullback of most combat troops to be completed, and outlaws the use of torture by US government agencies.
Should the bill, as expected, fail to pass, Democrats say they will not give Bush any more money this year for the war. That would force the Pentagon to dip into its regular budget to pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“The days are over when the money is sent no questions asked,, when the money is sent without a price,” Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said.
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There needs to be a day of reckoning and soon!!!!!! This is the most mild thing I can print. I fear that the Secret Service would pay me a visit if I printed what I’m truly thinking.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:07 pmGlad I’m not living in Nevad… oh crap, a few assholes elected Jimbo into office last year.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:10 pmHarry, Babe. Don’t lift your hands to the heavens. Reach down and pull your head out of your ass so you can hear!
November 15th, 2007 at 7:10 pmThat we should kick their asses? I’m all for it. This is the VERY LEAST we could do for those dying for the jerkoffs in DC. I am angered by their unbelievable willingness to abandon our troops right when we have our enemy where we want them. Al-Q will kiss the soles of Reid’s feet if he pulls this off. I have laid to rest 3 soldiers as a Patriot Guard and to read this crap boils my blood. These men died for our freedoms and for the people of Iraq. Obviously this never enters the mind of the Liberal leaders of DC.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:16 pmHarry Reid…would love to see him and Pelosi frog-marched out of the Congress and into a waiting paddy wagon. Then they should be tried for treason, convicted and hung in the public square. All, of course, with the due process they deserve as American citizens. But that will never happen because the political parties will only go so far before protecting each other. It’s all a scam and we’re the victims.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:29 pmHarry is up for re-election next cycle, Nevada remember that!
November 15th, 2007 at 7:33 pmHairy weed is gonna smoke a turd in hell for his treason!
November 15th, 2007 at 7:33 pmIS THIS PALLYWOOD!
William Kristol lays out the case for a big, nationwide Republican comeback in 2008 in a recent Time magazine column.
http://www.vailtrail.com/article/20071114/OPINION/71114005
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have been such poor leaders that Congress is even less popular than President Bush.”
November 15th, 2007 at 7:46 pmWhat alternate universe does this whak job live in?
November 15th, 2007 at 8:09 pmWere the fuck has this fool been going… his sphincter? Hellooooooo can you hear me now??
I don’t see any progress in here,, boy it’s dark in here I’ll light this Co2 emitting match and
KaBoom!
If only.
November 15th, 2007 at 8:12 pm“Every place you go you hear about no progress being made in Iraq,” said Senate Democratic majority leader Harry Reid.
This dude really needs to get out more.
November 15th, 2007 at 8:20 pmTo quote Abraham Lincoln, “Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged.”
November 15th, 2007 at 8:44 pmAs for Harry Reid, some of us won’t rest until this guy hangs for Treason.
And Chuck Schumer said, ” The days are over when the money is sent no questions asked,, when the money is sent without a price”
November 15th, 2007 at 8:47 pm- Well, Senator Schumer, let’s put it this way. Some of us have not forgotten how your office’s aides illegally stole the credit history of candidate Steele of Maryland. And since we haven’t forgotten, don’t be surprised to see those long-awaited charges land on your desk Chuckie. You serving 10-12 years in a federal prison will suit us just fine.
He’s starting to sounds like Iraq’s old minister of mis-information.
— There are NO americans in Bagdad!
November 15th, 2007 at 9:08 pmHang his fuckin’ ass. I have had enough of these people.
November 15th, 2007 at 9:09 pm“without a price” — well, I doubt the Ds are prepared for the bill that’s accumulating on their accounts. They’re spending credit they don’t have. Bankruptcy looms ….
November 15th, 2007 at 9:19 pmHarry Reid, Kucinich, Pelosi, Schumer, Kennedy. Oh hell you know the list. They all need to be lined up against the wall. End of story!
November 15th, 2007 at 9:19 pmI now understand how countries have a military coup
if these insane fucks maintain power beyond the next election cycle a military cleansing would be welcome
they are undermining the security of the United States and have to be dealt with
It is time to choose a side
November 15th, 2007 at 9:38 pmSteve in NC -
Amen!
November 15th, 2007 at 10:35 pm“Every Place You Go You Hear About No Progress Being Made In Iraq”
…in Harry Reid’s personal sensory deprivation chamber.
(The US Senate)
November 15th, 2007 at 11:51 pmWow this really pissed me off.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:59 amTo Harry Reid -
Please go to patdollard.com … The NYTimes and the WaPo are hoodwinking you … But then, you ARE an easy target.
You are, perhaps, one of the littlest men I have ever been aware of … the fucking Elmer Fudd of politics.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:05 ammshatto,
I am with you … if I actually posted the things that I think it would be a one way ticket to prison. On the other hand, something has to be done and quick.
November 16th, 2007 at 8:39 am“He ( President Bush ) damn sure is not entitled to having this money given to him just with a blank check,” Sen. Harry Reid”
How stupid does he think we, the American people are. The money aint for Bush, It’s for the troops stupid.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:19 amMight be time to cancel that weekend or vacation trip to Vegas, and a bunch of groups that hold conventions in Vegas to consider other places until Harry and his mystery friend “tommy” are removed.
November 16th, 2007 at 2:59 pmNo need to talk so much gentlemen. Just keep em clean and oiled.
November 16th, 2007 at 4:30 pm