Posted on 12/19/2007 9:36:02 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Senate passed its version of the omnibus spending bill, which will fund government operations for 214 Cabinet departments. Most significantly, the Senate tacked on $70 billion to fund the US war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill's passage is portrayed today as a big victory for President Bush -- and a defeat for Democrats. USA Today /AP, for example, reports by a 70-25 vote, "Bush and his GOP allies won a major victory in passing a measure providing $70 billion for the wars without restrictions that Democrats had insisted on for weeks." Another AP dispatch says "Bush was ready to sign the bill, assuming the war funding clears the House on Wednesday."
The Washington Post calls the vote "a retreat by Democrats who had vowed a month ago to withhold all money for the Iraq war unless strict timelines for the withdrawal of troops were established." On its website, The Hill says the Senate "handed...Bush a critical victory in the Iraq debate," capping "a year of unsuccessful Democratic attempts to sufficiently chip away at solid GOP support for the war." The Washington Times notes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "said the $554 billion spending bill represented a compromise that did not fully satisfy the Democrat-led Congress or the White House."
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
Victory ping!
Another Texas style ass kickin’. Now do something about the Border!
Strategery strikes again.
I always like how that Texas ass kicking turns into no action on the border. The President must be pleased as punch today that consevatives are slapping him on the back, as our border remains wide open.
The man has been in office for nearly seven years, and still gets kudos for leaving the border open and our citizens at extreme risk.
Congratulations Mr. President, you sure now how to snooker the masses.
214 - WTF???
Amen to VICTORY.
Democrat quagmire ping.
Good news.
Excellent herding and branding of congress by GW!
Maybe if you include the Ministry of Silly Walks? :)
The phrase ..victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan...has been turned on its head.
In this case, W is victorious alone and Harry, nasty Nancy and the moon bat left have been defeated.
Heh heh...
They "feel" betrayed and after they voted the leftys into the majority.
“Lame Duck President” is the “Lamest and Dumbest” expression in American politics and President Bush proved it as such.
“Over at the du and kos websites the loonies are into self flagellation”
tsk tsk..I feel so bad for them...=)
a victory in the sense of that it funds the war and assures victory. It’s a defeat in the fact that the Demo’s loaded it up with so much pork and defunded the fence how can this be a good thing?
the gov’t waste continues............
More Good News from Iraq
Posted by Mike on December 19, 2007 at 7:36 AM
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More bad news for defeatist Dems and Al Queda!
The latest quarterly report, mandated by Congress as a condition of war funding for Iraq, is out. It's bad news for those who still insist the surge isn't working, or that U.S. troops are mired in a civil war or that there is no political progress.
What a shame! We're actually winning.
What is winning? As defined by President Bush and stated at the beginning of the report:
Measuring Stability and Security in IraqWhat Americans care most about and are anxious to see is further proof of the decline in violence. Three charts illustrate that perfectly:
December 2007
Report to Congress
In accordance with the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2007
(Section 9010, Public Law 109-289)
Department of Defense (PDF)
The strategic goal of the United States in Iraq remains a unified, democratic and federal Iraq that can govern, defend and sustain itself and is an ally in the war on terror.
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The number of security incidents has fallen significantly and is now at levels last seen in the summer of 2005. Although ethno-sectarian violence continues to be a concern, overall civilian casualties, enemy attacks and total improvised explosive device attacks have decreased markedly over the reporting period.
See the Link for some powerful Visuals....
Two stories here.
1) Bush has more power and popularity then MSM conventional wisdom.
2) Government will try to spend money to prop up economy to stay in power. Govenments try to manipulate the economy to stay in power, part of the reason for ‘the 4 year cycle’ in America for the last 50 years.
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