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| Hoyer, Biden disagree with Pelosi on troop funding |
| 2007-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) _ Some of the other leading Democrats in Congress aren't ready to echo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's suggestion that lawmakers might hold up funding for additional troops in Iraq. On CBS's ''Face the Nation'' today, Pelosi said Democrats won't cut off money for those troops already in Iraq -- but that President Bush would have to ''justify any additional resources.'' The comment comes as Bush puts the finishing touches on a plan that could put thousands of additional U.S. troops in Iraq in an effort to stem the sectarian violence. But Pelosi's second-in-command in the House Democratic leadership, Steny Hoyer, told Fox News he doesn't ''want to anticipate'' that possibility. And the Democrat who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joe Biden, says Congress doesn't have the power to second-guess Bush's military strategy -- because lawmakers had voted to authorize him to wage war. Biden appeared on NBC's ''Meet the Press.'' |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #21 Maybe Bush should send an AC-130 up to Napa some night and shoot up a couple of her vineyards. Just to let her know who's really in charge of the big toys... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-01-08 22:33 |
| #20 of course he will....jeebus. Even Carter did.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-08 22:13 |
| #19 Bush has to draw the line here in order to protect the powers of the office of the President of the United States. If he lets Pelosi walk over him on this we may as well close the office of the president. And I'm not so sure Bush will defend the powers of the President. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-01-08 22:05 |
| #18 If this was not so serious, I would say "pass the popcorn" as the dems dividing faster than mitosis. Maybe we better get Barbara Skolaut's gormet popcorn batallion on standby for us. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-01-08 21:41 |
| #17 I heard a sound bite on the radio today of osamalamadingdong saying something to the effect of his "staff was looking into what can be done in regards to restricting funding for the war". I hope the Republicans can tie him to Pelosi in this game of "we want to be the Politburo". |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-08 20:29 |
| #16 The White House needs to hammer again and again that Pelosi is by trying to set foreigh and miltary policy of the US usurping the office of the President. Taunt her to run for president. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-08 19:40 |
| #15 Stink on shit works for me! I can't wait for Bush to have that conversation with Pelosi like she wants. Its been far too long since a conversation in the Whitehouse started with, Well, Nancy.... Hopefully it goes something like this. Well Nancy, I'm sending more troops. Thanks for coming in. I trust you can see yourself out? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-08 19:30 |
| #14 Okay, kudos for the baseball metaphors, but stink on shit so describes Sheehan and the donks, that the old favorite is my pick for snark o de day. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-01-08 19:07 |
| #13 With Biden having to try to bring Pelosi back to reality, I really think it puts them in a bad position for next few days until they can get reorganized and get a coherent, unified position to present to the public. This is a fantastic opportunity for Bush to make them fan on the filthiest god damned slider they have ever seen. On Wednesday we shall see if he still has enough arm to finish the game. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-08 18:12 |
| #12 And now we see the rift grow between "normal" democrats and the far-left loons that have hijacked the party. |
| Posted by: Anon4021 2007-01-08 17:04 |
| #11 1. the Dems have been divided on the war a long time. This hasnt ended. Pelosi is NOT in the same place ideologically as Hoyer and Biden. Wake me when theres something new. 2. WRT Biden. No speaker of the House, whatever party, whatever ideology tells the goddamned Senate of the United States what to do. Esp on foreign policy. Institutional prerogative and all that. See Gingrich vs Dole. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-01-08 16:08 |
| #10 Donks were just using Iraq as a club to beat Bush and will most likely back off on it now that they control Congress and Bush is a lame duck. Can you say "Cynical"? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-01-08 12:35 |
| #9 1) Pres 2) Vice Pres 3) Speaker of the House They don't have to cut funding. They just hold hearings ad infinitum, delaying passage, so as to cripple operations. Anyway, the real power in stopping additional troops will come from the general public. I cited a Bloomburg poll two weeks ago showing only 12% showing support for more troops. Newsweek poll from last week shows this same level. Even if these numbers are inaccurate, the majority of the public is not in favor. They haven't been in the streets becuase they view our current military as hired guns..mercenaries. But, things could pick up with mass demonstrations if this is pushed. This is what really influenced Nixon to depart the bombing campaigns. He had half a million rowdy civilians right outside the White House. Really focused his attention. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2007-01-08 11:04 |
| #8 Pelosi isn't commander in chief and has no say in military strategy. Scary damn thought if she did. She and her idiot co-conspirators can try to cut off funding at some point. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-01-08 09:54 |
| #7 Pelosi isn't commander in chief and has no say in military strategy. But aside from that why should Bush trust her and the left? After all most of those people voted for the Iraqi war then reversed their field within just a few months of the liberation after claiming, falsley, that Bush lied. Why should Bush think after three years of this backstabbing in wartime, he should even negotiate. They won't live up to their end of the bargain. |
| Posted by: badanov 2007-01-08 09:49 |
| #6 Hoyer sounds a whole lot different from Pelosi. Maybe if she continues to raise hell in Congress, the Dem legislators will fire her & elect someone with a sense of decency. Remember Pelosi is 2nd in line for the Presidency. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-08 09:24 |
| #5 I heard a sound bite of Nancy on the radio this morning. It's clear to me that she's in charge! The President is "going to have to have a conversation" if he wants to increase troops. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-01-08 06:27 |
| #4 And if Pelosi and her company of fruit loops can't deliver the herd of raging Moon Bats [Cindy's crew] will be on them like stink is on shit. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-01-08 03:56 |
| #3 JERUSALEM POST/DRUDGEREPORT > NUCLEAR IRAN UNACCEPTABLE. Hoyer comments - Military option still on table iff diplomacy/negotiations fail. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-08 01:59 |
| #2 Pelosi was well on her way to making it sound like she thought Congress was some kind of Politburo. She was way out of line constitutionally and she's just getting started as Speaker. They know they have to kill this themselves before the Republicans use it to drive a stake through that bitches heart. The dems are having to check their swing already. Now that they've hesitated, I half ass expect Bush to bring the heat and blow it right by them on his next pitch. This might have given him a chance to make this weeks speech something to remember. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-01-08 01:01 |
| #1 The left just flinched... |
| Posted by: badanov 2007-01-08 00:35 |