Reid Hits "Bully" Bush: "He Damn Sure Is Not Entitled" To A Blank Check For Iraq

Reuters reports this afternoon:

Democrats who lead Congress likened President George W. Bush on Thursday to a bully on Iraq war policy and vowed to spend no more on combat without a deadline for bringing U.S. troops home.

"He damn sure is not entitled to having this money given to him just with a blank check," Sen. Harry Reid, the Democrats' Senate leader, told reporters.

"Americans need someone fighting for them taking on this bully we have in the White House," he said.

Reid and other Democrats, who hold slim majorities in both houses of Congress, accused Bush of wanting a free-flow of hundreds of billions of dollars for the Iraq war, all the while being tight-fisted on the home front.

"Every dollar we spend in Iraq comes at the expense of people in America," Reid said.

Also, Reid is threatening to "keep the Senate in session until Sunday in order to vote on a $50 billion stopgap-spending bill for the Iraq War that also would call for a significant drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq by the end of next year."

"We'll either do it the easy way or the hard way. It's up to the Republicans," Reid said. "We will have a Sunday vote scheduled. ... If they want to give us consent to have a vote earlier, we'll do that. But if they don't, we're not only going to be here, we're going to be here working."

Reid said he would file a motion to limit debate, or invoke cloture, on the House-passed bill on Friday. If Republicans insist on using all the time available to them to debate the cloture motion, the vote would occur Sunday.

Reid also hinted that he would schedule a series of quorum call votes to make sure Senators stay in town through Sunday for the vote.

"There will be some votes," Reid said. "If people think they can leave town and avoid missing votes, they can't. There will be votes during the day [this weekend]. I have the right to call those votes and I will do that."

Comments

[mbaty]

Let's pretend the Democrats are in one of those movies with the action stunts, and this is like that inevitable point in the last big fight when the hero is beaten and beaten and the audience doesn't know if they will win, and then bam! Some sort of inspiration hits them and, immortally heroic, they save the day. Perhaps, just maybe, us the bloggers were their inspiration.

[BUSHsurvivor]

"and reveal classified informatio­n...."

...

Bush's excuse for everything!

[Average]

Reid is an IDIOT with NO LEADERSHIP or THINKING ability. I'm sure NANCY told him what to do/say.

[TrickleUp]

good for you harry! NOW GIVE BUSH HIS MONEY OR ELSE ..... WE KNOW HES GOT THE DROP ON YOU

[mouselion]

If Reid sticks to his guns on this, it might just work, by jove.

The proofs in the puddin', so we'll just see, won't we?

[JustBiteMe]

Hey Squeaky-Q

Ever get that elusive third visitor to your blog?

[doinaheckofajob]

It is way past time someone hang GBW for crimes against humanity. Bush will go down with Hitler and Satlin as the worst dictators in history.

[GrouchoMarxist]

Why aren't any of the trolls here whining about obstructionist Republicans and their constant filibustering? Used to cry like little girls whenver the Dems would even mention the word.

[MidSection]

has anybody seen the pols that in an election of rudy vs hillary it's a dead heat. I think that rudy would crush her. Plus...he'­ll take strong position on illegal immigration and Clinton won't have to respond. Rudy for Prez....a very likely scenario. Maybe some of you should FINALLY move to Canada like you always threaten to do but never do.

[doinaheckofajob]

Looks like Harry kicked that weenie GWB butt across the Potomac. Kick him in the nuts too I say.

[GrouchoMarxist]

Good for Reid. Should have been doing this all along. Keep brining it up. Keep forcing votes. Keep making the case. That's what we're paying you for.

[MidSection]

Republicans have by now gotten used to defeating Democratic attempts to enforce a withdrawal from Iraq. They should brush this one away too. As the political tide in Congress has ebbed away from the hard antiwar Democrats over the last year, their Iraq proposals have gone from dangerous, to contemptible, to — now — simply pathetic.

[kellygrrrl]

I love the staged photo-op making Bush look like the master, "Heel, Dick, heel."

[BrickSykes]

GIVE HIM HELL, HARRY! THAT IS ALL HE DESERVES!

BRICK

[DatelessNerd]

Tom Tomorrow said it better than I ever could.

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2007/06/04/tomo/