Dodd To Cosponsor Feingold-Reid Bill

[Bob Geiger]

Those still shopping around for a Democratic presidential candidate -- and we should all probably still be doing that at this stage -- need to take a good, long look at Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT). Dodd was the first U.S. Senator to publicly oppose the Sam Fox nomination to be Ambassador to Belgium after it was revealed that Fox was a major Sugar Daddy for the Swift Boat Liars in their 2004 smear campaign against John Kerry and he has now stepped up to the plate to support the Feingold-Reid bill, that will call for a halt to funding Bush's war in Iraq.

“It’s disheartening that the President does not see that his policy in Iraq is a failure. If the President refuses to change direction in Iraq, Congress must exercise its Constitutional responsibility and act to end President George W. Bush’s failed policy," said Dodd, in a statement released today. “The Feingold-Reid Bill helps Congress finally put the brakes on the Administration's failed Iraq strategy, and serves notice to the President in terms he can’t ignore."

“It sets forth a new direction that will require the Iraqis to take responsibility for their future by mandating the safe, phased redeployment of US combat forces from Iraq, with a hard date for completing that redeployment. It also very responsibly provides for a continued, very limited role for US troops who remain in Iraq -- equip and train Iraqi security forces, carry out limited counter terrorism operations and protect US personnel and infrastructure. I am pleased to join with Senators Feingold and Reid as a co-sponsor on this important legislative initiative."

Kudos to Senator Dodd for again showing this kind of leadership and joining Senators Feingold, Reid and Kerry -- who endorsed the bill yesterday -- in fighting Bush's goal of stranding American troops in Iraq forever.

[jwirr]

1. We all know that *ss will veto it but that is the pugs problem. Keep

the bills coming until we finally wear them down.

[aquart]

2. Dodd has the same IWR problem as Hillary and Edwards.

[TayTay]

3. Thank you Sen. Dodd

This is the right thing to do. I hope all the other Dem candidates for Prez will do the same. (Well, the ones in the Senate anyway.)

[whistle]

4. One more arrow into Shrub's* chest, thank you Senator Dodd!

....What other republicans will start returning to sanity and get this monster and his thug VP Cheney out of power?