Democrats proceed with Iraq legislation By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press Writer

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/5153466.html

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats defiantly charged ahead Thursday with legislation ordering troops home from Iraq, still lacking the votes to win but armed with the mantra that Republicans, along with President Bush, now own the war.

"They want this war more than they want to protect our soldiers," Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters. "When I say they want the war, they want to protect their president more than they want to protect our troops."

Reid spoke minutes after Republicans successfully pushed through, by a 72-25 vote, a resolution condemning an advertisement by the liberal activist group MoveOn.org. Displayed in The New York Times, the ad taunted Gen. David Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, as "General Betray Us."

Reid's tough rhetoric reflected frustration by Democrats that more Republicans haven't broken with Bush on the war. Several Republican senators had grown increasingly anxious throughout the summer about the violence in Iraq and lack of political progress in Baghdad....article continues

LOTS OF QUOTES FROM ALL SIDES--GOOD EYE ON THE SCENE

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How could anyone expect the Republicans in Congress to break with Bush? If they did, they too would be headed for Retribution. They are just as guilty as Bush; moreso, since their job was to stop this kind of power abuse! The nice thing is, now we can identify the Democrats who are also guilty of crimes against the nation. Our task is to clean House, Senate, the Judicial and Executive Branches of government of all these traitors. It is a mammoth task. It will take at least 15 years. It cannot be avoided. In the process, a lot of corporate oxes are going to be gored, too. Then perhaps, we will have our country back, better than ever, and one more giant step in the evolution of the United States will have been taken. May we all live to see it come to pass.