'Conservative Voice' Writer Wants Dems To Cut Off The War Funding

[Hissyspit]

Posting this out of general interest. There is definitely some stupid stuff in the op/ed - he would love, apparently, to bomb the hell out of Iran, for one thing.

http://impeachforpeace.org/impeach_bush_blog/?p=1926

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/25421.html

by Joel Turtel
Democrat Jellyfish, Republican Lemmings
May 27, 2007 01:00 PM EST

I never in my life thought I would be rooting for Democrats to get some spine. I despise the liberals’ and Democrats’ fascist-socialist steal-your-money and regulate us to death philosophy. But they are now the only power we have who can stop this sick, meaningless war in Iraq. Yet the Democrats are jellyfish.

What dopes we were to start this war. We played right into the hands of the terrorists. We are fighting on their ground, in their territory, in their kind of guerrilla war, in a tribal, religiously fanatic region of the world. We have now spent over $500 billion on this war, draining the life-blood and hard-earned taxes of average Americans, with no end in sight.

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Democrats in Congress, here’s what would happen if you cut off the spigot. Without money for the war, the President would have to withdraw the troops. He would never endanger our soldiers in the field. He would withdraw the troops, then rant at Congress for making him do this. But Democrats, if you don’t call his bluff, he will never end this war. He is on a messianic mission to “spread democracy” to a democracy-hating Middle-East, and is in complete denial about the futility of such a mission.

Democrats, our Founding Fathers gave you the ultimate weapon to stop a President who endangers our country with useless wars. That weapon was the power of the purse. If you don’t use it, you and the Congress you control are just utterly useless to the American people and to our security.

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No, Democrats, you did not have to capitulate. You did not up the ante in this power poker game. Your strategy should be to refuse to pass ANY spending bill until the President stops this war. If necessary, bring the government to a halt. Cut off all funding to every department, every bureaucrat, every recipient of a government check. Hell, even stop the President’s salary and the salary of his cabinet members.

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[kenny blankenship]

1. Your Preznit the warcriminal has been endangering our troops from Day One, 19 March 2003

However if there were significant funding shortfalls the Army would pull in its horns, cease offensive operations, and even start to come home from Iraq, regardless of what the Invisible Lieutenant thinks or says should happen.

I'd be here waiting to welcome them home in that case with a parade, which I hope would end at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

[magellan]

2. Fascist-socialist?

Turtel despises that myth but not the fascist-conservatism we've got now? Then he's still a delusional loser.

He's right about what the Dems should have done. But my, how easy it must be for him to render his (borrowing from Amy Goodman) "kinda-culpa", only to turn around and blast the Dems for not putting the brakes on the disaster HIS party put into motion with their lies and are STILL doing nothing to stop.

Fuck off, Turtel.

[Rydz777]

3. "this sick, meaningless war." At least he got those four words right. n/t