Outside the Spectrum

So the new congress is underway, and while I’m happy Nancy Pelosi is the new speaker, I must say I’m not inspired by her leadership. She comes from pretty much the most democratic district in the nation, encompassing most of San Francisco, though her political positions are significantly rightward of her constituency. This is a disturbing dynamic that is echoed in most of the democratically-controlled districts in the nation. A majority of the country wants a pullout. A vast majority of the troops want to be out within a year. The vast majority of Iraqis want US troops out of their country in the same time period. These polls have not changed for a year. Of course, what does it matter what people want? Drinky wants a troop increase, and congressional democrats have displayed no stomach for doing what they can to stop the war: defund it.

If the war was defunded the president would have to withdraw the troops. Pelosi and other double-crossers in the Democratic Party have resorted to the sophistry of “We need to give our soldiers everything they need in the field.”

No, we need to give our soldiers everything they need to get out of Iraq, not everything they need to fight for the failed policy of a stubborn, misguided, and deceitful president against the will of America and the Iraqi people. But why champion that position when you can defy the will of your constituents, the majority of America, and the majority of Iraqis, eh, Pelosi?

False News strikes again. How do you “leak” information that was published a decade ago, Hannity? How do you characterize tacit admissions as “no evidence,” Novak?