Bush hits a new low

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Originally Posted by Griff

You're missing the point, they can, but choose not to. Congress holds the purse strings. If Bush vetos a funding bill because it excludes Iraq money, it does not magically fund his war. The default is no funding. Congress just lacks will/desire.

What is also clear even in 2002 - Senators like Hagel of Nebraska and Biden of Delaware knew there was no justification Saddam's WMDs. Daschle, the Democratic Majority leader had even been an Air Force reconnaissance analyst, saw that pictures did not represent what was being claimed, and still support George Jr's lies. I cannot say enough about how bad Sen Tom Daschle was as Senator then and would only hope he read this.

Griff has accurately implied another reason for this problem. Democrats were wimps just as much as the extremist wing of the Republican Party was advocating destruction of America for their own glory.

BTW, the Republicans even lost the Power Point presentation that simply said they would advocate an Iraq war to attack Democrats. A Democratic staffer found that diskette in Lafayette Park. Daschle even knew the Republicans intent concerning Iraq - and went along with it anyway.

If Congress had balls, then the President would be restricted. But (thanks in part to gerrymandering which gives left and right wing extremists power at the expense of intelligent people) Congress is too full of extremists to risk their political life for the advancement of America. Even John McCain has moved massively to the dark side - is obviously and completely more worried about his political future than in the advancement of America. Congress has a serious shortage of wimps who still worry what the 25% brainwashed extremists want.

Griff is right on the money when he cited the problem in Congress

... they can, but choose not to. ... Congress just lacks will/desire.

Gerrymandering empowers wacko extremist politics rather than moderates - the home of intelligent people. Too many of us vote based upon a poltical agenda rather than do what politicians fear - "ask why".