Leadership without the leadership
If you’re anything like us, you may have been momentarily thrilled when you read that enough Republican senators are backing the resolution against Bush’s troop increase to ensure that it passes in that chamber. That’s right! There are actually as many as 5 Republican senators willing to show some principle (John Warner, Chuck Hagel, Susan Collins, Gordon Smith and Norm Coleman, who is a total dick, but up for re-election) So what does this mean for the president’s plan?
You guessed it: Absolutely fucking nothing – it’s a non-binding resolution, and thus, Republicans and conservative Democrats are willing to vote for it. Cause of it was an actual piece of legislation with some actual power to actually stop the deployment of more troops to Iraq, it would flop like fat old Aunt Agnes off a diving board into an empty swimming pool.
Yeah, ok, so we guess this is better than nothing from a completely rhetorical standpoint. But from a practical standpoint, this resolution is totally fucking meaningless, no matter how many Republcans vote for it. The Demcrats don’t want to imperil their shiny, new majority by demonstrating any sort of leadership, which, of course, begs the question why bother letting letting them keep it?
