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(Note: I asked the same question in another way earlier.)

From mediamatters.org:

What Clyburn said... is that if Gen. David Petraeus were to report in September that the military effort in Iraq "is working very, very well at this point; we would be foolish to back away from it," it would cause "those 47 Blue Dogs ... to want to stay the course, and if the Republicans were to remain united, as they have been, then it would be a problem for us."

I can agree that he probably didn't mean he wanted defeat so that the Democrats would score a political victory. But what did Jim Clyburn's statement really say about his own feelings about Iraq? On the one hand, he thinks that if the surge is working, we should stay. On the other hand, he is concerned that if it really is working, the Demos will not be able to get us out. This is not necessarily "rooting for defeat," but he is blatantly fence-straddling.

Can anybody tell me exactly what he wants, both in Iraq and in Congress?

2007-08-08 11:12:50 · 7 answers · asked by Martin L 5 in Politics & Government Politics

Well, none of the first three respondents has even attempted to answer the question asked, but thanks for your opinions on unrelated matters.

2007-08-09 11:29:26 · update #1

7 answers

The problem he, and most other Dems, have, is that in order for them to criticize their political opponent (Bush and the Republicans), they must implicitly witness less than full success of our troops in harm's way.

It is a dreadful talk out of both sides of your mouth way to be...

2007-08-16 01:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1 2

To save the country 10 billion a month. Iraq is costing this country badly in money and lives. Republicans disregard this in favor of a currently fictitious idea that terrorists will attack the US simply because we leave Iraq.

In the mean time China is threatening to call in the debts that the USA owes to them.Currently it is an empty threat, but if China was to do that, this country would go into economic depression tomorrow. We have a debt that could be a significant threat to the economy and the only way to pay it off, is to get out of Iraq and other unnecessary wars.

2007-08-08 18:36:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

he is simply stating an obvious fact, that if the republican senators vote as a block(as they have), the democrats will have little chance to override a presidential veto.

what he actually wants is a baby's arm holding an apple? get it?

2007-08-16 16:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

He wants anyone but the maniacal murderer Cheney to be running the most powerful nation on Earth.

2007-08-09 17:03:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

There is a distinct pattern that Republicans only know how to get in they can't seem with drawl properly.

2007-08-14 15:42:59 · answer #5 · answered by SuzieQ 3 · 1 1

President Pelosi has a nice ring to it.

And, if it could be done real soon, it would forestall Hillary's march to the White House.


:-)

2007-08-08 18:16:56 · answer #6 · answered by Spock (rhp) 7 · 1 2

I don't know. I haven't seen him around in a dog's age!

2007-08-15 23:49:16 · answer #7 · answered by little timmie 3 · 0 0

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