Thursday, May 15, 2008

Do We Have A Hint Of Backbone?

Wow, color me surprised if this actually holds.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday defeated legislation
that would have funded the war in Iraq for another year, in a surprise
move that the Senate could overturn.



By a vote of 149-141, the Democrat-controlled House rejected a
measure that would have given the Pentagon $162.5 billion to keep the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan running through next summer, slightly
below President George W. Bush's request.




A large group of anti-war House Democrats voted against the funds.
That, coupled with 132 Republicans voting "present," meaning neither
"yes" nor "no," killed the measure for now
.

What I'd like to know is why 132 Republicans voted "present" rather than "yes" or "no". That reeks of cowardice. If you're wanting to vote "no" then vote "no" and deal with the consequences of your vote like a grown up. We hired you to do a job, not vote "present" like a bunch of cowards.

I'm disgusted with the following people:


---- ANSWERED “PRESENT” 132 ---

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Cannon
Cantor
Carter
Chabot
Conaway
Cubin
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Ehlers
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett (NJ)
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Hastings (WA)
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Johnson, Sam
King (IA)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
Lamborn
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Linder
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McCrery
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Neugebauer
Nunes
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Pitts
Poe
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Regula
Rehberg
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Saxton
Scalise
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Sullivan
Tancredo
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Walden (OR)
Walsh (NY)
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)


You wonder why we got our asses handed to us in Mississippi a few days ago? It's because of bullshit like that. Don't let it happen again or I will be sure to publicly humiliate you for a good long while about your lack of spine in doing the job YOU WANTED.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com

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