Summing up the media's conventional wisdom about the congressional vote to approve funding for the Iraq War with no timeline for withdrawal, the Los Angeles Times wrote on May 25: "Unable to overcome the president's veto of their plan to set a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops, Democrats have been left to focus on what to do next."
That, in a nutshell, is what was wrong with the coverage of the war funding debate. In fact, if the Democrat-controlled Congress wanted to force the Bush administration to accept a bill with a withdrawal timeline, it didn't have to pass the bill over Bush's veto—it just had to make clear that no Iraq War spending bill without a timeline would be forthcoming. Given that the Constitution requires Congress to approve all spending, Bush needs Congress's approval to continue the war—Congress does not need Bush's approval to end the war. MORE http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3110
Please also see:
Paging Sergeant Joe Friday, Paging Sergeant Friday. Please Report to the Democrats on Capitol Hill. They Need You Badly. -- A BuzzFlash Editorial http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorials/138
Rove Linked Directly to Using DOJ to Prosecute Former Democratic Governor of Alabama and Influence Election Outcome to Favor the Republican Candidate
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1627427,00.html?xid=rss-nation
GOP's Cyber Election Hit Squad Exposed
by Steven Rosenfeld and Bob Fitrakis
TomPaine.com - April 24, 2007
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/04/24/gops_cyber_election_hit_squad_exposed.php
That, in a nutshell, is what was wrong with the coverage of the war funding debate. In fact, if the Democrat-controlled Congress wanted to force the Bush administration to accept a bill with a withdrawal timeline, it didn't have to pass the bill over Bush's veto—it just had to make clear that no Iraq War spending bill without a timeline would be forthcoming. Given that the Constitution requires Congress to approve all spending, Bush needs Congress's approval to continue the war—Congress does not need Bush's approval to end the war. MORE http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3110
Please also see:
Paging Sergeant Joe Friday, Paging Sergeant Friday. Please Report to the Democrats on Capitol Hill. They Need You Badly. -- A BuzzFlash Editorial http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorials/138
Rove Linked Directly to Using DOJ to Prosecute Former Democratic Governor of Alabama and Influence Election Outcome to Favor the Republican Candidate
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1627427,00.html?xid=rss-nation
GOP's Cyber Election Hit Squad Exposed
by Steven Rosenfeld and Bob Fitrakis
TomPaine.com - April 24, 2007
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/04/24/gops_cyber_election_hit_squad_exposed.php