Only one Democrat is really anti-war and that is Congressman Dennis Kucinich from Ohio. He has voted against authorization, funding of the war, and adamantly pushed for defunding of the war for close to a year now.
You want to know what defunding of the war is, Mr. Skelton? Well, first off, I would reckon that a few of those “a**holes” who made you uncomfortable support Dennis Kucinich’s plan even if they don’t know what it is.
Kucinich’s plan works like this, Mr. Skelton:
“We do not have to fund the war. We must tell the President NO to any additional funding. No legislation is required. No vote is required. We have the money to bring the troops home. It does not require a vote. The only thing required is honesty, integrity and a willingness to end the war.”- Dennis Kucinich
You see, Mr. Skelton, those “a**holes” have a legitimate reason to be upset. Democrats should have never given Gen. Petraeus his precious “surge”. Democrats should have never allowed the Iraq War to enter a new stage that would increase the violence and chaos. In lieu of all the policy blunders and past bureaucratic failures with all organizations and authorities involved with getting the job done, Democrats should never have been fooled into continuing the war under another General who would and did just give Americans more of the same. Democrats should have used the money they had to bring the troops home (and still should use money already appropriated to bring the troops home).
Those “a**holes” are voters who your Democratic Party is depending on to help them win elections in November of 2008. My advice is that you and all other Democrats consider restructuring the policy supported for in Iraq and shift to a policy that involves bringing the troops home under already appropriated funds and instituting a UN peacekeeping and security task force to stabilize the region. Doing so will remove our troops who are sitting ducks for freedom fighters in Iraq who fear that we have planned a permanent occupation and an allowed corporate takeover of their oil reserves, which is well-founded.
Mr. Skelton, I realize that in Washington, as many politicians claim, one can become short-sighted. One can become out of touch with reality. And to help you, I’m encouraging you to take a vacation from those “a**holes”. I’m asking you to step down and resign. I’m asking you to go on a vacation on some island where “a**holes” won’t bother you. Go somewhere where the “a**holes” won’t be able to be seen in much the same way that flag-draped coffins are unable to be seen in America.
The last thing I want is for you to feel uncomfortable with having to make policy decisions while “a**holes” practice their First Amendment and speak out against the decisions you are allowing to be made or the flawed speeches lined with rhetoric you are allowing to go unchallenged at the expense of the lives of our American soldiers who will come home as veterans and live pitiful lives on the streets or in VA hospitals until they die.
No, I don't ask much of you, Mr. Skelton. All I ask is that you pass the baton on to someone like your colleague in the House of Representatives, Mr. Dennis Kucinich from Ohio, who can lead us out of the fire instead of off a cliff as if we are all a bunch of lemmings. Pass the baton on to someone who will help this Democratic Party find its backbone needed to stand up to the evils we Americans face. Have the common courtesy to your fellow Americans to say “uncle” and step away from the mess before it’s too late for us all.
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