If you want to see the sad spectacle that has become the House GOP, I give you two examples, linked together.
First, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has obtained a leaked letter from two sorry-assed House Republicans Pete Hoekstra and John Shadegg, who provide their fellow GOP caucus members with the following advice for this week’s first-of-its-kind House debate on Iraq:
First, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has obtained a leaked letter from two sorry-assed House Republicans Pete Hoekstra and John Shadegg, who provide their fellow GOP caucus members with the following advice for this week’s first-of-its-kind House debate on Iraq:
We are writing to urge you not to debate the Democratic Iraq resolution on their terms, but rather on ours.
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We urge you to instead broaden the debate to the threat posed to Americans, the world, and all "unbelievers" by radical Islamists. We would further urge you to join us in educating the American people about the views of radical Islamists and the consequences of not defeating radical Islam in Iraq.
“The debate should not be about the surge or its details. This debate should not even be about the Iraq war to date, mistakes that have been made, or whether we can, or cannot, win militarily.” Shadegg and Hoekstra warn, if conservatives are forced to debate “the surge or the current situation in Iraq, we lose.”
“The debate should not be about the surge or its details. This debate should not even be about the Iraq war to date, mistakes that have been made, or whether we can, or cannot, win militarily.” Shadegg and Hoekstra warn, if conservatives are forced to debate “the surge or the current situation in Iraq, we lose.”
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