Posted by
JBDavis on Monday, March 26, 2007 12:57:23 PM
"If the president proposed it, we oppose it." This truly does seem to be the case.
Following the gloom-and-doom lead of those who decide what’s news, Congressional Democrats renewed efforts to assure failure by setting a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. Language requiring just that has been inserted in the supplemental spending bill — legislation intended to equip, train and pay those fighting the war. To ensure passage, Democrat leaders larded up the emergency spending measure with $21 billion in pork, prompting one wag to describe the bill as “a sausage wrapped in Old Glory.”
If the sacrifices thus far weren’t so severe, and the consequences of failure weren’t so serious, all this would be farce. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) correctly observed, “this legislation is dangerous. It is constitutionally dubious ... it would authorize a scattered band of U.S. senators to tie the hands of the commander-in-chief at a moment of decisive importance in the fight against terrorism in Iraq.”
He’s right. And he was also correct to hold them accountable. “It is increasingly clear,” he explained, “that the only principle guiding our colleagues on the other side is this: if the president proposed it, we oppose it. This is a bad principle in good times. It's outrageous at a time of war.”
Read all of Oliver North's story
here.