Saturday, January 20, 2007
Another reason to trust Republicans more
Back around election time, I tried to help explain why folks vote Republican. The summary is that they respond to getting caught doing stupid things like normal folks, rather than like crazed lunatics.
In a similar vein:
Pelosi indicated she thought Bush was rushing some of the extra troops to Iraq quickly to pre-empt possible congressional resolutions opposing such new deployments.
"The president knows that because the troops are in harm's way that we won't cut off the resources. That's why he's moving so quickly to put them in harm's way," Pelosi said.
Those comments set off Dana Perino, deputy White House press secretary. She called Pelosi's comments "poisonous," especially for implying that Bush was using troops for political purposes.
"Speaker Pelosi was arguing in essence that the president is putting young men and women in harm's way for tactical political reasons. And she's questioning his motivations rather than questioning his policies," Perino told reporters. Regardless of the truth of the matter, at least the Bush administration is denying it like normal people. This comes in stark contrast to, say, Charles Rangel's proposal for reintroducing the draft:
Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 under a bill the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says he will introduce next year.
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Sunday he sees his idea as a way to deter politicians from launching wars.
"There's no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm's way," Rangel said. Now, I guess he gets points for honesty. But the argument that people about our age should be forced to go and die until the political winds turn in his favor seems to be one that should be kept behind the scenes.
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