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Originally Posted by scout
...Just don't be surprised when Obama changes his tune about bringing the troops home and the effectiveness of the surge if and when he goes to Iraq or soon after he returns and definitely sometime before taking office, I know I won't be.
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Actually, I would be shocked if Obama "changes his tune" particularly when more pro-war members of Congress lose this November and considering the fact that an overwhelming majority (more than 2 out of 3) of Americans want this president (or the next) to start bringing the troops home and ending our occupation of Iraq.
But I am still trying to understand how any objective person would consider a 16 month orderly withdrawal from Iraq as "pretty much there one day and gone the next."
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It will be a rerun of Nancy Pelosi between Nov '06 and the swearing in of the Democratic majority. A total reversal of everything promised while on the campaign trail.
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Wow...rewriting history...before the ink is even dry on the accomplishments of the 110th Congress?
Pelosi achieved more of her first term legislative goals than Gingrich with his Contract with America, in spite of the Republicans in the Senate blocking more legislation than any minority in recent history.
It seems to me that McCain is the one doing the about face. He was opposed to Bush's tax cuts in 01 and 03 and now wants to make them permanent.... He was opposed to a constitutional amendment to ban abortions and now "finds it acceptable"...He promotes his campaign and lobbying reform efforts as evidence of his commitment to open government and fiscal responsibility and then votes against the bi-partisan lobbying/earmark reform bill last year (one of Pelosi's accomplishments) and surrounds himself with lobbyists in his campaign.
Scout...you can believe what you want...no one would argue that.
But when you misrepresent the facts.... how many times must it be said here...."we need a fact check in the politics aisle"