Friday, April 27, 2007 Walberg Votes Against Troop Funding, Withdrawal... Again
When the House passed a supplemental spending bill for military operations in Iraq, it included a proposed timetable for withdrawal of American troops. After reconciling the bill with the version the United States Senate passed, it was voted on again. This new version passed, 218-208.
As was expected, Congressman Walberg voted No, opposing any effort to end the war in Iraq. ... Ah geez. This is my last post for tonight. I think I've caught up with where things are at for the most part, but now I'm kind of tired. Feel free to comment on Iraq and Congressman Walberg. I'm going to go and relax. Too much blogging for one day. Labels: 110th Congress, Iraq, Issues, Tim Walberg, Walberg Voting Record
Comments:
If he was smart(which he isn't) he would have voted for it and let Bush Veto it and take the heat and "maybe" win over some of his constitutents. Bush will Veto it and the faster he gets it, the faster Congress can work on another proposal. He's only complicating the issue by opposing it. That's what I would expect from a clueless neophyte like him.
That last comment hit the nail on the head with one point. (Hint: Look inside those parentheses.)
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Walberg has no opinions about the war, unless Bush has the opinion. Walberg sees his primary role regarding this war as a Congressman-Cheerleader for Bush. The limit of Walberg's comments on the war during his campaigns have been only to repeat the offical line. During the last race he pointed out that he fully supported Donald Rumsfeld (not the most popular or respected SECDEF in the history of our great nation) and actually attacked Joe Schwarz for criticizing Rumsfeld. That was your key that Walberg was a rubber stamp on the war. Since taking office, he took the Walter Reed problems (at an Army hospital) and used it as a pulpit to investigate the local Veterans' Administration hospital. (Not even the same part of the government.) It was either pure grandstanding or obscene ignorance-- I wouldn't wager a guess which. Then, we have the tiny little story about his Colbert-worthy comments. Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom] << Home ArchivesAugust 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 |