As long as it's non-binding... (Rusted Sky)

As long as it's non-binding...

GOP establishment rallies around Bush - John Bresnahan - Politico.com
At the same time, Senate Republicans pushed through a nonbinding resolution stating that "precipitous withdrawal" from Iraq would "create a safe haven for Islamic radicals, including Al Qaeda and Hezbollah, who are determined to attack the United States and (U.S.) allies." The vote was 94-3.

So we've got, what, 100 senators?

94 voted for this non-binding resolution.

The tally is here.

Byrd, Feingold, and Harkin voted against it.

Kerry and Kennedy, oddly enough, voted for it, as did Boxer and Obama.

Strange, isn't it? They're so wanting to see Iraq fail, but put things to a NONBINDING vote... and they won't vote to see it fall.

Of course, nonbinding resolutions don't mean anything.

Posted on July 18, 2007 12:23 AM | Permalink

Comments (4)

Ben:

Let me get this straight here then. If we combine the messages from our two houses of Congress, the general consensus message is "Let's get the hell outof Iraq now, KNOWING that we'll be turning it over to terrorists." Is that it? No wonder they say Congress is the opposite of Progress...

Ben

Posted by Ben | July 18, 2007 10:33 AM

Posted on July 18, 2007 10:33

Jason:

I think that they voted for it with a different idea of what "precipitous" means in this context.

Posted by Jason | July 18, 2007 12:06 PM

Posted on July 18, 2007 12:06

JLawson:

Ben -

Yeah, that pretty well sums it up, I think. They know Iraq's gonna burn, but they'll do it anyway because it'll hurt Bush.

That's sure looking to the long term, isn't it?

Posted by JLawson | July 18, 2007 7:30 PM