A new chance for the Senate Dems to stand up to Bush...

[Nazgul35]

Since this thread was swamped in the GD section, I thought it was important enough to repost here....

Watch what the candidates do in the coming month about this issue...no more can a candidate hide behind the excuse of I didn't know or that's not what I voted for (if anyone knows anything about Congress, they frequently give themselves room to say they've voted for one thing and not another...can anyone say term limits?)

Alot has been said on this forum about what the vote for or against the use of force authorization means to whether or not they deserve our support for the nomination.

Well, here it is....put up or shut up time....Bush is going to the Congress to ask for $87 Billion for Iraq. Let's see if Edwards/Graham/Kerry/Lieberman will lead the fight to enforce some conditions on this adminstration's handling of the war....

For example: for Iraq and Afganistan...

1) Force open the books on the contacts awarded to date for anything dealing with Iraq and Afganistan...
2) Demand that any contracts yet initiated and any in the future be open bid contracts to any company around the world...
3) Give control of the reconstruction, civil government and the oil revenues over to the UN...thereby limiting the US's role to maintaining the integrity of the Iraqi boarder and eleminating those elements of the Baathist insurgents...
4) Submit a ten year plan, worked out with the Iraqi's, the Un and the US for a plan for the development of Iraq (and Afganistan)...

please feel free to add or edit my suggestions, but if these four Senators do not use their offices to at least fight this battle, do they realy deserve to be our party's nominee for President of the United States....

email these Senators and ask them to put up or shut up....

[Wwagsthedog]

1. For starters

We need all the Dems, Jeffords plus some New England Republicans to toss the ball back to dopey and ask him to define how he proposes to pay for his war/reconstruction. No slight to your suggestions but some adults in congress have got to step forward on this one. We need some constructive ideas from the legislative branch of government and I don't think tom delay is going to provide them. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!