The Clinton Whine Machine
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Senator Hillary Clinton is complaining about the President again:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said yesterday that there are risks in sending bills to President Bush that cut off troop funding in Iraq and that passing such bills may not be possible.
Clinton, taking questions following a speech to the National Jewish Democratic Council, was asked by former Rep. Martin Frost (D-Texas) what “the chances are” Congress will be able to send such bills to Bush, get them signed or override an expected veto.
“I think it will be extremely challenging if at all possible,” Clinton said.
Clinton put the blame on Bush, criticizing the president for not being willing to work with Democrats on tactics for getting out of Iraq.
“You know as well as I do how difficult it will be,” Clinton said. “[Bush] is a very hard person to deal with on these issues.”
Clinton also cautioned that Democrats “don’t want to be blamed” for cutting off funding for troops in harm’s way, acknowledging the political risks of such a maneuver.
So, because the President says what he means and means what he says, and does not roll over for the Democrats when they attempt to usurp his Constitutional authority, the President is a “hard person to deal with.” All I can say to that is, “Good for him.” As Commander-in-Chief, the President has the absolute authority to run the military as he sees fit. Currently, the President sees fit to follow the advice of the military personnel on the ground in Iraq rather than the defeatist attitudes of the Democrats in Congress. Sounds to me like the President has made the only sane choice.
Of course, the Democrats could always cut off funding of the war if they want to achieve their goal of total defeat in Iraq, but they’re more worried about political power and image than anything else. They know that the American people will not tolerate a party who leaves the brave fighting men and women without the means to protect themselves and continue the fight.
So, on the one hand we have a President who stands on principle and who has had the same view of the War on Terror since it began. On the other hand, we have the Congressional Democrats whose opinion on the War depends entirely on what they perceive the polls to say on any particular day and how it will effect their struggle to gain more political power.
This has got to be the easiest choice regarding politics that these folks have presented to the public in a long time.
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