Anyone know how to thank Voinovich for saying Bush "F****d up the war?"

[babsbunny]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/18/wiraq118.xml

President George W Bush was facing increasingly blunt criticism of his Iraq policy last night as a US intelligence report suggested that the war has made al-Qa'eda attacks on American soil more likely.


President Bush is losing support from Republicans in Congress


Senator George Voinovich, a close ally of Mr Bush, delivered a withering assessment of the situation in Iraq, declaring that the Bush administration had "f****d up the war".

The Ohio senator revealed that he warned Karl Rove - the President's chief political adviser - last week that Mr Bush must devise a new plan for Iraq or he would vote with Democrats on Capitol Hill to withdraw troops from Iraq.

[geiger]

1. send him a hand-written note and thank him

[Kolesar]

2. Mars Voinovich was happy when the war gave the GOPs an issue to bash the Dems with

And now he is unhappy with the degree to which we sodomized prisoners that we picked up on the street. "Was a wee bit too much, Gonzo!"

[AngryOldDem]

3. Write a letter to the editor? Call his office? Send an e-mail?

[MeDeMax]

6. contact info

http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm

[GOTV]

4. Didn't he just vote against Cloture on the Iraq withdrawl amendment?

if so I'm not all that eager to thank him for his words when they're not backed up by deeds

[Ninga]

5. AMEN!

[ckimmy57]

8. Absolutely................

He's jumping on the band wagon or should I say "jumping ship"? He needs to put it into action and vote to get our troops out of that hell they're in instead of making a half hearted rumble about it. :mad:

[geiger]

9. welcome to our forum

From "Ohio Politics," edited by Alexander Lamis and Brian Usher, p.29: "Voinovich answered press questions in excruciating detail, essentially lulling his listeners to sleep. When he had finished one answer, reporters often had forgotten what they planned to ask next. They had lost their 'edge.' So they quit, lest they provoke another filibuster, even if there was time for one more question....."

[MeDeMax]

7. (related article) all night senate debate vote

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/07/20/ed.edit.smith.0720.p1.php?section=opinion

Mr. Smith takes a stand
A Register-Guard Editorial
Published: Friday, July 20, 2007

Question: What does Republican Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon have that his better-known GOP Senate colleagues Richard Lugar, Pete Domenici, John Warner, George Voinovich and Lamar Alexander don't yet possess?

Answer: The courage to back up criticism of President Bush's bungled Iraq war strategy with a vote to change course.
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He also was one of just four Republicans during an all-night session Wednesday who joined Senate Democrats in a cloture vote to end a Republican filibuster and allow consideration of the troop withdrawal amendment. Even with help from Smith, Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, the 52-47 tally fell eight shy of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate.
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The Oregon Republican's defection clearly has spooked the administration. Smith got an earful of persuasion from the president in a 30-minute phone call before his vote. On Wednesday, he received a personal visit from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/07/20/ed.edit.smith.0720.p1.php?section=opinion