House Democrats look to fund war through 2009

devo64 is right.

Why hasn't the Democratic congress we elected in 2006 done nothing to stop the Iraq War.

Let's challenge the three senators running for president to start action now in the senate to stop this war.

What if supporters of Senators Clinton, Obama and McCain who want peace called, wrote, faxed and emailed them and their campaigns and asked them to start leading right now and start legislation to bring our troops home from Iraq?

I see a silver lining in all this:)

Maybe, just maybe this will Out my own Congressman
Patrick Murphy who ran specifically on ending the war because he was the only elected Congressman to have served...

Nevermind he wasn't on the front lines...

Nevermind he's just another lawyer...

Nevermind he hardly lived in the district..

and worst of all...

Nevermind that HE VOTED FOR GEORGE W BUSH!

"To bad democrats can't stick together on anything ......."

Can you say, "President John McCain.........."

There is no easy way out of Iraq. Either we stay and the bloodshed continues or we leave and the bloodshed continues. Our leaders need to sober up and realize 'well shit, we fucked up' and just cut the funding now. Yes, things will get worse but then we need to focus on actually sending them humanitarian aid to make the transition go some what easier. Throwing more money at the war in Iraq is like throwing gasoline on a fire at this point.

'Instead, the party is pinning its hopes of ending the war on winning the White House in November.'

Well hell, and here I thought they were pinning on ending the war back in 2006 when they gained control of the senate and the HoR. But it appears they were afraid of losing their cozy new seats by actually doing something, anything, that might make someone mad. To bad democrats can't stick together on anything long enough to get their goals accomplished. I hate this.

Touch Art, I would vote for Barbara Lee for president in a heartbeat. At least not all who walk the halls of Congress are enablers to the status quo. We need more women like her in politics. Of course, we need to change this despicable political system first to give those women a bigger voice. So yes, I will revise my statement to say that while I find politics despicable, not all who enter it are. However, with 38 million plus Americans living in poverty and a planet on the edge socially and environmentally, SHAME on this Congress for giving these warmongers more money. How much do they need? How much of what was given even went for what it was supposed to go for? Stop feeding the war machine, you starve the war.

I stand with JanforGore with these great Americans Lynn Woolsey, Maxine Waters, an impressive legislator, and Barbara Lee, (who is by the way gorgeous in person.) Barbara Lee would be a great president. Energized and positive, she is a dynamic, passionate speaker as well. When you hear her talk about the civil rights movement, and the shame of 38 million in poverty, it's as if Dr. King is present in her. I'd vote for her on any ticket. Brilliance, compassion, toughness, proven commitment to end poverty and congressional and leadership experience.

Congresswomen like Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters and Lynn Woolsey give me hope despite politics being despicable as JanforGore says.

End the funding. It's the only way to stop this $trillion dollar disaster.
And bring our troops home to their families and our communities, so that we can together begin again to repair and rebuild the beloved community that Dr. King envisioned.

Call and write your congress people. Some of them really do listen.

So how many more will die while leaders in congress now use this 'war' as a political football in an election year? Politics truly is despicable. I stand with Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee, and Maxine Waters. End the funding of this war and you will end the war. Funding it only prolongs that day from coming and harms our own economic standing.