I am sick of the Republican spin masters such Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, who declared "The reason we are here on Saturday playing stupid political games ... is because our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are afraid to take a vote on cutting off funding."

What has this to do with the blackmailing attempts by Republicans who said they wouldn’t agree to allow a vote on the non-binding resolution that was passed by the House by a 246 – 182 vote on Friday. They are attempting to mix apples and oranges. In an attempt to confuse the public.

While the House-passed resolution would not force Bush to act, supporters wish it would prompt him to reverse unpopular war policies and start bringing home troops. But as me dearly departed Daddy used to say, “if wishes were horses beggars would ride”.

One thing I have to agree with Sen. Graham on, is that the statement made by the Senator, "This is a very, very sad Saturday for the U.S. Senate” the 34 Republicans who failed to vote for this resolution are as guilty of war crimes as are President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

There is little doubt in my mind that while the House is considering ways to restrict Bush’s use of $93.4 billion in new war funds added by the way on to the already record defense budget. That these same 34 Republicans will attempt to use arcane senate rules to stop the vote there to limit these funds. It is a sad state our country is in when a minority of about one-third of our Senators can dictate actions against the wishes of the majority of We The People.

Ron McBride
WeDemocrats.org
Founder & Chairman
Publisher of WE! The People online magazine
ron@wedemocrats.org

Ron McBride is founder, chairman and regular contributor of, by and for www.wedemocrats.org. He is the author of numerous articles on Democracy. His writings can be found at www.WeDemocrats.org, at mytown.ca/mcbride plus blogs such as www.dailykos.com, at OpEdNews and www.mydd.com