The People Have Spoken

"I've listened to a lot of voices; people in my administration heard a lot of voices." George W. Bush, Feb. 14, 2007

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi today passed the Iraq Spending Bill to Mr. Bush. The "President" vowed to veto the bill since the moment the elected Democratic majority promised that they would push this bill through. Infighting is already promising to turn the tides against the Democrats, as key Democrats have been announcing their intention to construct another Blank Check Bill for Mr. Bush. Obviously they feel it would be unpatriotic to uphold the system of checks and balances...

What Mr. Reid and Mrs. Pelosi seem to have failed to grasp (perhaps because they were incumbents during this past election) is that the Democrats were granted their positions by the American people to end this war. Now they balk at doing precisely that, and worse, intend to do exactly what the Republican lead Senate and Congress did since this war began. When so many Democratic leaders campaigned on the promise of ending this war and bringing honesty back to Washington, how can we trust any of them?

What should happen is that the Democrats should sit back on their laurels, debate why the Yankees suck (and yes, I am a Yankees fan who just happens to be fed up), and wait for Bush to ask nicely for the funding under whatever terms the elected officials dictate.