Cruentus
Grandmaster
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O.K.; here is what I am talking about!!!!
I just watched Real Time with Bill Mahr. Keep in mind, I am not bi-partisan, and I listen, read, and watch a variety of different media to get different views.
They had rep. Rahm Emanuel from Ill., and the Mahr asked the question of why doesn't Congress simply vote to stop funding to the war in Iraq. And Emanuel made the exact point that I have been making.
To paraphrase, he said, "I have constituents who have kids who are in Iraq. I can't vote to not send them the best equipment that money can buy. I can't vote to send them with HMMWV's without enough armor, or without the right body armor or protection. That's going to endanger them even more, and that is the wrong way to try to end it."
Sure enough, Mahr and the other guests jumped up his *** with ye ol' mantra, "Support the Troops, Bring em home, dur, dur, dur.." The crowd was hollering and everything. As if they didn't propose bills to do just that!
These deuch-hats obviously don't give a crap, in my opinion. I view this attitude as wanting to "win" at all cost, even if it results in soldiers being in harms way without proper protection and equipment. See, and I am of the opinion that individuals like that have no business saying that they "support our troops," when they don't really.
This obviously pisses me off, but Democrates need to look at this as a major reason why they can't seem to get people elected. How can a Democrate get elected when their own supporting base and media sources are so quick to throw their asses under the bus just cause things aren't going their way? Here is a Congressman who is making the right decision to protect our soldiers, even if it means funding a war that he doesn't agree with, yet he catches hell for it. And that is Bullcrap, in my opinion. His own voting base should be friggin' praising him and others who are willing to set aside personal agenda to do the right thing, but they don't. Hell, I don't even like Emanuel's views on a lot of things, but I am willing to give credit where it's due.
And that is the kind of crap I'm talking about in this thread...
C.
I just watched Real Time with Bill Mahr. Keep in mind, I am not bi-partisan, and I listen, read, and watch a variety of different media to get different views.
They had rep. Rahm Emanuel from Ill., and the Mahr asked the question of why doesn't Congress simply vote to stop funding to the war in Iraq. And Emanuel made the exact point that I have been making.
To paraphrase, he said, "I have constituents who have kids who are in Iraq. I can't vote to not send them the best equipment that money can buy. I can't vote to send them with HMMWV's without enough armor, or without the right body armor or protection. That's going to endanger them even more, and that is the wrong way to try to end it."
Sure enough, Mahr and the other guests jumped up his *** with ye ol' mantra, "Support the Troops, Bring em home, dur, dur, dur.." The crowd was hollering and everything. As if they didn't propose bills to do just that!
These deuch-hats obviously don't give a crap, in my opinion. I view this attitude as wanting to "win" at all cost, even if it results in soldiers being in harms way without proper protection and equipment. See, and I am of the opinion that individuals like that have no business saying that they "support our troops," when they don't really.
This obviously pisses me off, but Democrates need to look at this as a major reason why they can't seem to get people elected. How can a Democrate get elected when their own supporting base and media sources are so quick to throw their asses under the bus just cause things aren't going their way? Here is a Congressman who is making the right decision to protect our soldiers, even if it means funding a war that he doesn't agree with, yet he catches hell for it. And that is Bullcrap, in my opinion. His own voting base should be friggin' praising him and others who are willing to set aside personal agenda to do the right thing, but they don't. Hell, I don't even like Emanuel's views on a lot of things, but I am willing to give credit where it's due.
And that is the kind of crap I'm talking about in this thread...
C.