Well folks, it's been a while since I found any time to blog lately. The holidays added to my regular hectic schedule plus yet another car issue have really put me behind the 8-ball in all areas -- and I sure miss having quality time with the blog!
There are many thoughts that I really want to communicate but this one must come first. As I wrote previously, the Democrat amendment that required the President to submit a timeline for withdrawl from Iraq (surrender, basically) was voted down and yet, for some crack-induced reason, the Republican leadership on the Hill felt a need to answer the defeat of the "surrender amendment" with their own Warner amendment which requires our President, who is pretty busy of late conducting a war that is critical to our national security (in case anyone missed that), to write reports to the Congress on a regular basis. The Republican Warner amendment passed. Yep, we shot down the surrender and then decided instead to handcuff the President in a time of war. Sheer lunacy!
Senator Bunning was the only Senator from Kentucky (and one of a handful of Conservatives on the Hill) to vote against both of these pieces of nonsense. I wrote him a nice letter thanking him for doing what we elected him to do: act as our Conservative voice in a sea of Liberal and turncoat-Conservative nonsense in this time of war.
I received his reply today by mail and this part of his response must be made known to everyone who cares about victory, to those who question what victory means, and to those who don't understand what it means for a Senator to stand with our troops in his mission on Capitol Hill:
"...While I believe it is important to bring our troops home as soon as the job is done, I voted against the amendments because I think they sent the wrong message to our troops and our enemies. Our troops need to know that they have the full backing of Congress and our country. Our enemies know that they cannot win against our military in a fight and we need to make sure they understand that they cannot defeat Washington either.
I continue to believe Iraq is right now the central battlefront in the War on Terror and we must complete the mission there in order to keep our country safe. I will not do anything to demoralize our troops or give comfort to our enemies. I will see the mission through, no matter what the Washington press corps says..."
I wrote to Senator McConnell on the same evening my letter went out to Senator Bunning. However, McConnell's letter was no warm and fuzzy "thank you." Instead, I expressed my utter dismay and disappointment at what he and Bill Frist (R-TN) did by crafting and helping to pass the Warner amendment in this time of war, when this country needs all of its patriots to echo Senator Bunning's refrain: "I will see the mission through, no matter what the Washington press corps says." I have yet to receive a reply to my letter to McConnell... gee, I wonder why.
Thank you, Senator Bunning!
There are many thoughts that I really want to communicate but this one must come first. As I wrote previously, the Democrat amendment that required the President to submit a timeline for withdrawl from Iraq (surrender, basically) was voted down and yet, for some crack-induced reason, the Republican leadership on the Hill felt a need to answer the defeat of the "surrender amendment" with their own Warner amendment which requires our President, who is pretty busy of late conducting a war that is critical to our national security (in case anyone missed that), to write reports to the Congress on a regular basis. The Republican Warner amendment passed. Yep, we shot down the surrender and then decided instead to handcuff the President in a time of war. Sheer lunacy!
Senator Bunning was the only Senator from Kentucky (and one of a handful of Conservatives on the Hill) to vote against both of these pieces of nonsense. I wrote him a nice letter thanking him for doing what we elected him to do: act as our Conservative voice in a sea of Liberal and turncoat-Conservative nonsense in this time of war.
I received his reply today by mail and this part of his response must be made known to everyone who cares about victory, to those who question what victory means, and to those who don't understand what it means for a Senator to stand with our troops in his mission on Capitol Hill:
"...While I believe it is important to bring our troops home as soon as the job is done, I voted against the amendments because I think they sent the wrong message to our troops and our enemies. Our troops need to know that they have the full backing of Congress and our country. Our enemies know that they cannot win against our military in a fight and we need to make sure they understand that they cannot defeat Washington either.
I continue to believe Iraq is right now the central battlefront in the War on Terror and we must complete the mission there in order to keep our country safe. I will not do anything to demoralize our troops or give comfort to our enemies. I will see the mission through, no matter what the Washington press corps says..."
I wrote to Senator McConnell on the same evening my letter went out to Senator Bunning. However, McConnell's letter was no warm and fuzzy "thank you." Instead, I expressed my utter dismay and disappointment at what he and Bill Frist (R-TN) did by crafting and helping to pass the Warner amendment in this time of war, when this country needs all of its patriots to echo Senator Bunning's refrain: "I will see the mission through, no matter what the Washington press corps says." I have yet to receive a reply to my letter to McConnell... gee, I wonder why.
Thank you, Senator Bunning!
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