Sen. Warner finds Senate afraid to exercise its power to challenge Bush...

[bridgit]

In Fighting Troop Increase, Senator Finds Few Old Allies

'WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 — Senator John W. Warner, a lawmaker often admired for his demeanor and experience, has long wielded influence on military policy given his own years at the Pentagon and his tenure as the Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

So when the Virginian, a senator from central casting who turns 80 next month, offered a bipartisan resolution opposing President Bush’s troop buildup in Iraq in more muted terms than one broadly backed by Democrats, people took notice. He appeared to have provided a center of gravity for lawmakers anxious about the war yet unwilling to challenge the White House too harshly.

But while Mr. Warner has won some support from within his party, he has also attracted unusually tough criticism from fellow Republicans who have suggested that he — a World War II veteran and former Navy secretary — is undercutting Mr. Bush, the new military command being installed in Iraq and the troops themselves.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/washington/01cong.html?ex=1327986000&en=56e12435a83916d4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[Double T]

1. Acute rethug lemmingitis..........

a very contagious and incurable disease.

[Erika]

2. Yeah, acute stupidity

They will pay for it at the polls. Iraq is the biggest disaster of an administration. We need to tell them to knock it off.

[pennylane100]

3. Where was Mr. Warner during the last few years.

I do not understand why he and the few republicans that have suddenly found their voices are getting press time. Maybe I am missing the big picture, but when I see he and Spector and the few other republicans who are speaking against the war basking in the limelight, I wonder why their voices are now raised higher than the rest of their party.

Were they always the straight talking politicians they are now playing or did they go along with the rest of the Bush lemmings. I just do not trust them. I think they are just fair weather friends and should not be taken seriously.

[nada republic-cons]

4. I don't trust any of them either but

I wonder if they are realizing how old they are and how little
time they have left and they are fearful of meeting their God?

If so, then it's time to pretend to be against the surge and/or
the war and hope God buys it.

[bridgit]

5. heard one pundit mention that when Warner; he being a slow, deliberate thinker...

but when he comes around like it looks like he's doing...the end has arrived for g.w. bush, they have enabled bush enough and the world is more dead because of it,

a little dem controlled congress, a little g.h.w. bush sobbing in public for want of a true name bearer, a bunch of dick cheney fucking with the world for fun, treason & family profit, a little reality seeping/rushing in, and a few choice, rank calls from the House of Saud and it is done

g.w. bush and his wild west cowboy dog & pony show are finished