Senate Dems’ Iraq proposal looks a lot like Kerry’s plan from last summer
posted at 7:23 pm on March 14, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Lurch’s plan, you may recall, was offered as an alternative to the Reed-Levin proposal. R-L called for U.S. forces to begin withdrawing by a certain date; Kerry called for them to finish withdrawing by a certain date (namely, July 1, 2007). Result: Yeas 13, Nays 86.
Nine months later we’ve got a new defense secretary and commanding general, a so-far-so-good surge in Baghdad, and even a nascent dialogue with Iran. Yet suddenly Kerry finds his plan in vogue. What gives?
Why, politics, darling. Remember who we’re talking about here.
For Kerry’s June 2006 effort, which would have withdrawn U.S. combat troops by June 2007, the lanky junior senator from Massachusetts was rewarded by a scathing report in The New York Times entitled, “On Iraq, Kerry Again Leaves Democrats Fuming.” The Times reported the 2004 presidential nominee’s “fellow Democrats” were fearful that “the latest evolution of Mr. Kerry’s views on Iraq may now complicate their hopes of taking back a majority in Congress in 2006.”…
Said Biden of Kerry’s proposal back then: “Setting a date is not a plan.” Added Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., ”If the argument comes down to, ‘Is it one year or 18 months,’ I think we’re going to confuse people. I’m not sure what the value is; I think it hurts us rather than helps.”
Not only did Biden appear beside Kerry at the Democrats’ presser to announce the new bill, he’s started his very own nutroots-brand online petition that calls upon Congress to … set a date.
Exit question: How ominous is that a man known unaffectionately as Flipper is the voice of principle and consistency on this issue?
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They simply cannot stand the thought of things going well over there in any way shape or form. They want to surrender more than Iraq, they want to surrender America.
bbz123 on March 14, 2007 at 7:26 PM
It is unfortunate that even the champion MSM publication of the Left sees how out of touch their leadership is. It would have been better for them to find out the hard way.
omegaram on March 14, 2007 at 7:30 PM
I got a good laugh from Flippers pic and the caption. AllahP you do a great job.
infidel on March 14, 2007 at 7:30 PM
copyright infringement to surrender!
Defector01 on March 14, 2007 at 7:33 PM
The Democrats should be locked up. These evil pieces of sh** refuse to acknoweldge any good going on. Don’t make any mistake, they are pure evil and this is an attempt to embolden the terrorists to help the Dems win future elections. Kerry and the Democrats see some success and realize they really need to put the defeat pedal to the metal if they’re going to cause more death and chaos which in the end will score them more votes. Evil. Sickening. I’m not joking, these people deserve to be locked up. Call me anti-free speech all you want. This isn’t free speech, this is an effort to win elections on the backs of dead US troops since a few months in to a war these Democrats were on board with in the beginning and spent 13 years making the case for, most of which had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Bush, so don’t even consider the “they didn’t get the same intelligence” unless you’re alleging Clinton was pushing for this war (which you actually should be cause he made regime change the policy a month before attacking Iraq himself in 1998 after making a speech that sounds virtually identical to ones made by Bush in the lead up to war, only even more forceful). I don’t really know the solution, because the MSM is part of this effort and they are more powerful than any politician or branch of government in the country. This is all very sick and sad.
RightWinged on March 14, 2007 at 8:46 PM
So now you’re advertising Free Ann Coulter Email? Nuance.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on March 14, 2007 at 8:47 PM
to answer your exit question, i don’t think it was principled consistency. at that point thurston howell the orange had already lo0st the biggest contest he was going to compete for and was back afely in his safew massechussets office. considerations of what may or may not harm other dems’ runs in 2006 weren’t his concern. yes, i percieve him as being that selfish a baby.
jummy on March 14, 2007 at 8:59 PM
Try this…….
“These things take time,” Kerry said. “Things have to percolate. That’s the nature of
legislationwar.”There, that’s better…… IDIOT!
PinkyBigglesworth on March 14, 2007 at 9:18 PM
It takes a while for democrats to get used to surrender, I guess.
lorien1973 on March 14, 2007 at 9:44 PM
global pest.
bloggless on March 14, 2007 at 10:19 PM
Well, he is their leading intellectual. Wow, I wrote that with a straight face.
smellthecoffee on March 14, 2007 at 10:39 PM
Ominous, very ominous. Went nowhere then, will go nowhere now.
Entelechy on March 14, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Money is as money does.
csdeven on March 14, 2007 at 11:22 PM
I;ve been saying for weeks that the Democrats had no Plan ( in that they had a dozen contradictory and rougly equaly stupid plans ) for Iraq and would soon be revealed as crass, venal, stupid, dishonest and worthless gas-bags with Murtha at the pathetic forefront, dithering and exaggerating and lying–and being eventually Found Out, despite the best efforts of the MSM
told you so, told you so……..
Some of you, Allah himself included, thought the Dems were so clever and would pull off not only a PR coup but also one or more votes to force Bush into a corner
O ye of littel faith. The Dems are too bent to craft a wothwhile policy, and that fact is becomming obvious
To win a war, you do not need to win every battle; you don’t even need to be all that smart yourself if your enemy is fatuously stupid.
Janos Hunyadi on March 14, 2007 at 11:42 PM
The Wannabe-A-Senator from Minnesota, Al Franken, declared that HE had a plan for success in Iraq: Move all coalition troops up into Kurdish Iraq where there’s no fighting, and no bombs going off. That’s it. Move out of harms way and if
that doesn’t being the ‘insurgency’ to it’s knees, at least it will be saving the lives of soldiers.
I guess Franken DOES have ‘what it takes’ to be a Democratic Senator: an opinion.
Actually, I’d love to see Franken run, if for no other reason than for him to have to disclose his part in the nefarious financial mess known as the Air America Radio/Boys & Girls Club scandal.
Doug on March 15, 2007 at 9:52 AM
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