Seeking to justify the unjustifiable, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said
nonmilitary items in the spending bill were necessary because those stingy
Republicans who held the majority for 12 years neglected important needs. If
that's true, rather than attach these items to an appropriations bill, why
not introduce a measure that would fund such projects and then debate
whether the federal government should spend our money on them?
This is the kind of politics many people, regardless of party, have grown to
hate. Democrats promised to "clean up" the way Congress operated when they
became the majority in January. They are rapidly becoming much like those
they replaced, as Republicans mimicked the Democrats they replaced with
their misspending and grabs for power for its own sake. The influence of
lobbyists and the temptations that come with power are truly bipartisan.
President Bush correctly noted the "political theater" indulged in by the
Democrats who know he will veto the bill if it arrives with timetables for a
troop pullout from Iraq. The president should publicly name every member who
slipped in pork to the supplemental spending bill, charge the Democratic
leadership with vote buying and shame them before their constituents. Why
should a congress that can't resist pork be expected to resist an enemy that
never talks about timetables for withdrawal?
The islamofascists wish to use Iraq (along with Iran) as a base to destroy
Israel and from there subjugate Europe before going after their ultimate
objective: the United States. That isn't propaganda or politics; it's fact.
They say it, and prove they mean it, every day. Meanwhile, disgraceful
members of Congress buy and sell votes for self-serving purposes and in
doing so fail to serve the nation and the freedom they have promised to
preserve, protect and defend.