Thursday, September 20, 2007
Obstructionist Senate Republicans score the hat trick...
Three days, three important pieces of legislation blocked against the will of the American people.
Today, the GOP'ers filibustered an amendment by Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) that would've mandated that soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan spend as much time at home as they do in the field of battle: An honorable way to provide some relief to troops that have been stretched to the limit.
Honorable to everyone except the 44 Republican shitheads who filibustered it, including Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, who made what could be the most callous and misguided comment I've ever heard this side of "Bring 'em on!"...
"I think we would demean their service if we were to say to them that there had to be a parity between the time in service out of the country and the time at home."See that!?! Providing troops with adequate time to rest, heal, and spend time with their families is "demeaning".
The Republican psyche is truly a disturbing and vile thing to comprehend...
P.S. For you elephants who reflexively said "The Democrats are just as bad!" upon reading this, I direct your attention here...
P.P.S. Maybe I shouldn't expect more from a party whose ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee thinks "We have too many mosques in this country"...
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