(Soon to be Orange)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in an interview with Arianna Huffington has promised she will not send a bill to the floor of the House to fund the Iraq War that does not contain a timeline to bring the troops home.
I was at first skeptical of Arianna calling this a promise on Pelosi’s part, but a full day has passed with no retraction from Arianna and no statement from Pelosi indicating that she was misunderstood or taken out of context. I think we have to take this somewhat seriously!
If the Speaker of the House of Representatives keeps her promise, the Iraq War is effectively over.
And Nancy certainly wouldn’t lie to Arianna!
Rep. David Obey, Chairman of the House Appropriation Committee, has stated that he will not send a new supplemental spending bill out of committee that does not contain a fixed date to bring the troops home.
As The Hill reported
He wants a war spending bill to end U.S. involvement in combat operations by January 2009, allow more rest time for troops between deployments and start a “diplomatic surge.”
Speaker Pelosi endorses and agrees with his position. Quoting from her interview with Arianna…
“Our chairman of our committee, and its my view as well, that we shouldn’t even take up a bill without a fixed date for us to come home.”
If the Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the House Appropriation Committee refuse to bring a funding bill to the floor…..there can be no funding.
Without funding, there is no war.
So let’s all take a few minutes out of our day and send Nancy a quick Thank You Note for her promise to end the war!
Suggested Text:
Dear Speaker Pelosi,
I recently read your interview with Arianna on the Huffington Post. I wanted to drop you a line and say thank you for your promise to no longer fund The Occupation of Iraq. It is good to see that you are putting our government back on the track to morality and sanity.
Thank you, Nancy!
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post this somewhere else, and watch how many people misunderstand the point…
now if she would only start Impeachment proceedings against Cheney I could really get behind her.
Some sanity in Washington! It’s over! The end is in sight now.
I always knew that Nancy had her head in the right place and had the moral and ethical cohones to stand up to Bush and the Republicans, back them down, and do the right thing.
As soon as she delivers on this promise, all the troops are withdrawn, the bases are closed down, and the Iraq occupation is over, we should all contribute to and vote for every Democrat who stands with her. We need a Democratic Congressional and Presidential landslide next year…
What’s madame Speaker going to do when bushie uses other monies to continue the war?
but I wanted to post this where there was some active commentary. You all must read this diary Only part of her neck and jaw remained a juxtaposition between a Kossack’s and and Iraqi’s family. It is incredibly powerful. Grab kleenex.
’cause the devil is always in the details, no??
She’s a woman. There’s no telling when the lizard brain might take over…
I don’t think she’ll stop with just ending the occupation. She’s tasted blood…
If I was George I’d throw in the towel and head for Paraguay… like yesterday.
WH Press Secretary Dana Perino said a few minutes ago that President Bush, though so far dumbfounded and utterly speechless at Speaker Pelosi’s announcement, has circled the wagons and has been in closed session all morning, meeting with his closest advisors desperately trying to formulate a response to this completely unexpected development.
Perino did however release a photograph of this mornings meeting:
You rawwwwk, Nancy!
do I have to?
dunwanndunwannadunwanna
obscenity, obscenity,
Okay……plus, it does give me another reason to e-mail my congress-crush as well.
Rep. Gabriel Giffords
It’s why she’s Speaker of the House now.
THING!
Hands off keyboard; drink coffee, NOT wine.
Teeth clenched; steam rising from ears.
And I got it EASY!
I’ll bite. But you know it don’t come easy!
She must commit to refusing to bring up any form of Kyl/Lieberman to the floor for a vote. Bush is already beating the drums of war against Iran, demanding that Russia do whatever it takes to prevent World War III today.
I think that the reason that she is doing this is because the Tsongas near-defeat in a supposedly safe district was a warning shot across her bow. I think that she got the message that she needed to do more to stand up for the president, or she would not be speaker for much longer.