By now most are aware of the John Murtha call for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Murtha actually said (from his own website): http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/pa12_murtha/statement_051117iraq.html
I believe we must begin discussions for an immediate re-deployment of U.S. forces from Iraq.
So in an accommodating fashion, the House decided to do just that, with resolution number 571: http://www.rules.house.gov/109/text/hres571/109hres571.pdf which merely re-iterates what Murtha said:
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.
Clear so far? Murtha asked for, and the Republicans obliged. The resolution went down to defeat 403-3. Even Murtha would not vote for it!
But here comes the kicker! Newsweek ran a story. In it they basically outline how Murtha was put up to this by Nancy Pelosi (before being hung out to dry), but then go on to state:
By a vote of 403-3, the House ultimately rejected a bowdlerized version of Murtha's resolution, which the GOP had crafted (without Murtha's permission) to sound as cravenly antiwar as possible. Seeing the obvious trap, virtually every Democrat, including Murtha, voted against it.
Bowdlerized? It stated exactly what Murtha did! Cravenly Antiwar? Maybe Murtha should have thought before he let Pelosi snooker him! But that is what he said!
Obvious Trap? So to the loons in the Mainstream Media, bowing into the demands of the democrats, is setting a trap?
It is clear that there is no longer any rational thought in the MSM! It is clear from this story that the democrats were out maneuvered, and they are the ones crying fowl?
Perhaps the next time a member of the democrat party wants to make an irresponsible and inflammatory statement, they will think twice about it! For while their mouthpieces in the MSM will attempt to spin it to show them in a good light, the Blogosphere will be ever vigilant and call both the democrats and the MSM to task.
And now it seems, so will the republicans in the House. Were the Senate so fortified in the spine.