Republicans Who Voted Against The Iraqi Escalation Debate

Republicans up for re-election in 2008 that voted against debating the Iraq surge:

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Larry Craig (R-ID)
Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Ted Stevens (R-AK)
John Sununu (R-NH)
John Warner (R-VA)

  Two weeks ago, Chuck Hagel said , “If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes.We owe it to those men and women that we continue to send in that grinder,” speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

  This can be stated in no simpler terms. Everyone who voted for this debate to be shut down, "voted to support President Bush's escalation in Iraq."

   There were also a few Democrats who went along with this crap.

   From the DesMoinesregister.com

Presidential candidate Gov. Tom Vilsack:

"Those who voted for the war, those who voted to continue to support the war, those who voted to continue funding the war, can surely vote to stop the war.As an insider, it's difficult to effect change. ... As an outsider, we can change things. ... We win as outsiders."

"Congress has the constitutional responsibility and a moral obligation to do it now," Vilsack said, to cheers, in a clear shot at opponents such as Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, who said Friday that there aren't the votes in Congress for a speedy pullout.

   It is surely time for the Democrat's to seriously consider a stop in the Iraq war funding. Do it now while you still can and while you still have the countries support.

 

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