The Dems media stunt, an all-nighter led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, failed to generate the votes needed to establish a timetable to withdraw troops from Iraq. The event was a bust with “bleary eyed presidential candidates such as Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton addressing a mostly empty Senate chamber in the early hours of the morning.”
The debate was moot given the President’s adamant refusal to consider any course change ahead of a report from Gen Petreaus in September. Still, the 52-47 vote to set a withdrawal timetable fell short of the 60 required to advance the legislation and stop a Republican filibuster.
Reid said, “Time and the American people are … on our side” and “We will do everything in our power to change course in Iraq.”
Really? Senator Reid, you and your Senate peers hold the power to stop this war right now. You hold the purse strings and can simply stop funding the mechanizations of war. I believe the truth is that you’re not interested in stopping the war and bringing our troops home. I believe your goal is purely political and these melodramatic performances are designed only to advance your liberal democratic agendas. You’re more interested in making the President look bad, than in protecting our troops and our country. The fact that you would endorse our nation’s failure for your party’s selfish gain is abhorrent. Furthermore, the absence of moral courage in your actions makes you a coward.
Michelle Malkin liveblogged the event and and includes the voting result for the result of the Cornyn Amendment, which seems to contradict what the dems were trying to accomplish with their sleepover.
Right Wing Nuthouse pokes holes in Senator Reid’s reasoning.
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