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Senate Democrats plan probes into Iraq war
 | This is a preview of what we'll get if the Dhimmicrats take power in November. Consider yourself warned. |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accusing Republicans of failing to adequately monitor the conduct of the war in Iraq, Senate Democrats on Wednesday announced their own series of hearings into what they called a failed policy.
| Because in the past three years the MSM has ignored the war -- you hardly hear a peep on the news. |
"Three years into war, the American people still don't have a clear picture of what's gone wrong in Iraq -- or how to set it right," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "We've been going backward for too long," he said.
Democrats said they had invited Republicans to attend the hearings, which will start in Washington on Monday and move across the country in October and November -- before and after the November 7 congressional elections in which control of both houses are at stake.
| I think all the Dhimmi senators up for election this fall should do this -- traipse around the country holding hearing instead of campaigning back home. |
Reid and other top Democrats told a news conference the current Congress had conducted fewer oversight hearings than previous wartime Congresses. They said lawmakers held 152 days of hearings on the Korean War and 328 days on Vietnam.
| That's what we need, by gum, more hearings! We all know just how honest those hearings would be. |
Republicans countered that they had held dozens of hearings and briefings on Iraq and the full Senate had debated many aspects of the war. "We all understand how important the war on terror is, especially the ongoing fighting in Iraq," said a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. "It's no surprise, however, that on the day after a national poll showed improving American attitudes toward the liberation of Iraq that the Democrat leadership would want to change the subject."
| Why not schedule a vote on the war for oh, mid-October? I'm sure the public would like to see all their senators on record just before the election. |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-09-21 |
