Evil!@

at this vote because they believe it gives Bush a club with which to pummel Democrats, i.e., the funding will run out so that the troops will not even have airplanes available to bring them home (yes, I've heard even this absurdity offered as proof the Democrats do not support the troops), the Democrats are defeatists, "the enemy" will use the announced deadline simply to wait out our departure and then come back in full force, the Democrats are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and so on.

How many Democrats jumped ship and voted against the Resolution? I am amazed Pelosi imposed enough discipline to get her 218 votes. I sincerely hope she is ready to counter the distortions and lies about the Resolution which will flood the airways. 

The list of Democrats from Republican leaning districts who voted for the bill, including our own Rick Boucher. :)

Chet Edwards (R+18)
Nick Lampson (R+15)
Earl Pomeroy (R+13)
Ike Skelton (R+11)
Stephanie Herseth (R+10)
Brad Ellsworth (R+9)
Chris Carney (R+8)
Baron Hill (R+7)
Rick Boucher (R+7)
Nancy Boyda (R+7)
Ben Chandler (R+7)
Tim Holden (R+7)
Bud Cramer (R+6)
Allan Mollohan (R+6)
Collin Petterson (R+6)
John Salazar (R+6)
Zack Space (R+6)
John Spratt (R+6)
Melissa Bean (R+5)
Charlie Melancon (R+5)
Joe Donnelly (R+4)
Bart Gordon (R+4)
Steven Kagan (R+4)
Harry Mitchell (R+4)
Dennis Moore (R+4)
Ciro Rodriguez (R+4)

http://www.dailykos....

Rick Boucher is a fine Congressman, and the 9th District is very luck to have him.

FIGHTIN' 9TH!!!

Taylor Marsh nails it:

Bush Set to Veto Troop Funds

..."The money for the troops is in the bill just passed in the House. If Bush doesn't sign it he's the one pulling the rug out from under the troops."

Now just think if all the Dems were using THAT FRAME as a talking point about this bill.  Instead, the GOP still dominates the narrative which results in stories like this on Yahoo news:

Bush calls Democrats' Iraq timetable 'political theater'

Now maybe I'm nitpicking a bit too much considering Dubya is so low in the polls still.  But I think we do ourselves a disservice by not reframing issues and bills.

Doing so would help change the public perception of Democrats being anti-troop.  And most importantly, it would help in tarnishing the "Republican brand".

 

I heard on MSNBC when it broke this story about the vote today that the troops desperately need this money within the next 6 weeks.  Six weeks!!!  What happens if Bush vetos this?  NOTHING! 

...if $23-30 BILLION in pork and bribes hadn't been needed to buy votes.  What happened to the "different" government we were suppose to have?  I would have preferred a clean bill and a strong message instead of a poorly crafted bill loaded with the stench of Congressional corruption that takes the focus away from what it was all about.  So much for political spine.

....for our troops is absurd. Just because we're trying to get the hell out of Iraq, and save our troops from needless dying in a place that really doesn't mean shit on the war on terror. Bush got us into this fucking mess, and we're not going to continue his fucking mistake. We are patriots for trying to get them out. We left Vietnam, and were okay now. Why waste more lives--just to make Bush feel big. And all this crap about Commander in Chief, well maybe we should go the way of the British, and get rid of the position of president--because we can't afford anymore dumb fucks like Bush. I'm out.

Come on, our troops shouldn't be there another second, we should have defunded the war and then sent them to somewhere where they are really needed like Darfur!

...this is the best that Democrats could do.  If they had gone for totally defunding the war, that wouldn't have had any chance of passing...probably wouldn't have gotten 50 votes.  Would that have been better?

...and a Muslim vs Christian setup that will bring every Jihadi on the continent in there if the US even hints at involvement.  The EU and African Union need to police their own backyards and quit relying on American money and blood to bail their corrupt butts out of every problem.