Victory? What a concept!
Posted on 05/03/2007 1:21:45 PM PDT by Froufrou
A day after House lawmakers failed to override President Bush's veto of a war spending bill that demanded U.S. troops begin withdrawing from Iraq by this fall, the top Senate Democrat said "nothing is off the table" in a compromise bill
Following discussions with the White House, Senate Harry Reid told reporters that he has not abandoned any plans that insist on a troop pullout.
"There is nothing off the table -- including timetables, benchmarks, waivers from the president, waivers from the secretary of defense. ... Nothing," Reid said.
Reid spoke after Bush's top deputy, White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, met on Capitol Hill with the Democratic leader and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as part of in efforts to get a new bill to the president's desk by Memorial Day.
Lawmakers said they are ready to work with the White House, but signaled no deal is near. The House failed Wednesday to gain a two-thirds majority to override Bush's veto to a $124.2 billion bill ordering troops to begin coming home by Oct. 1.
After a 45-minute meeting with Bolten, Reid said, "No one wants out of Iraq more than I do," but acknowledged that Democrats don't have enough support to force a withdrawal from Iraq.
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How 'bout "we win, they lose"?
And all this time, I thought U.S. government policy was to not negotiate with terrorists.
There’s never been anything off the table with these rat swine including helping out their terrorists buddies against our guys.
Is Reid threatening to use Nukes on the White House?
I do believe this loud mouth from Nevada has upset the people there enough that they just might not re-elect him this next time....
Keep talking mouth....bury yourself, we hope!
Reid’s losing it. He took a shot at Edwards, too: “He’s not in the Senate; I am!”
Have the folks in Nevada started a recall campaign yet? If so, where is their web site so I can contribute?
Face it, Harry, Bush stared you down and won. And he showed that the Democrats can be stood up to and beaten, so expect more like this in the coming months.
And, I heard Pelosi may ‘go down in history as the worst House Speaker ever’ per Sean Hannity yesterday!
Traitorous scum...
By the time the dems get done dicking around with their go-nowhere legislation, we’ll have won this war. ;-)
But Harry, I thought you had an overwhelming mandate from the people.
I know I must have been living in a dream world but when the dims got back in power, it did occur to me that they might be smart enough to buckle down and do a half-way decent job of “governing” for the entire country. But no, pandering to their looniest fringe, all they want to do is “get Bush”.
And they still may get away with it since the average American doesn’t really pay that much attention to them and so will allow them to stay in power next time.
The Dems are stuck. The public doesn’t want us to cut and run (and they know it), but the kook liberal base absolutely demands it. Fun to watch.
IF not for the internet, Reid, Pelosi and their ilk would undoubtedly turn the Iraq situation into another Vietnam, which is their goal——surrender.
Not so fast you traitors!
I think they've overplayed that mantra for a number of reasons. First, the nearly 50% that did not vote for them say "what the heck are you talking about?". Second, a good number of people that did vote for them say "this is not what I voted for". Third, those moon bats that did vote for them based on their antiwar stance are more than a little peeved that the troops are still in Iraq and that the Democrats, despite having the majority, are so powerless. The combination of these three (albeit oversimplified) categories explains why the rats and Congress in general have approval ratings in the 20s....
Victory? What a concept!
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