[lbo-talk] A Pathetic Congress (and Opposition)

mike larkin mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 19 11:16:18 PST 2005


--- Nathan Newman <nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:


> What a pathetically stupid article, but typical of
> the Counterpunch style.
>
> The House GOP refuses to allow actual bills calling
> for withdrawal that
> could garner signficant vote support and instead
> proposes one designed to
> embarass withdrawal supporters-- and Counterpunch
> bashes the Democratic
> leadership rather than the GOP leadership.
>
> These are the same kinds of leftists who would
> blowup a political meeting if
> one word was misstated in a resolution, but expect
> Dems to vote for a
> "withdrawal" bill written by rightwingers.
>
> And you wonder why the antiwar left has been so
> pathetically ineffective.
> Yes, let's shit on allies calling for withdrawal
> just because they didn't
> vote for the GOP mock bill

Amen, brother.

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