UPDATE: I know the rules of the House make such a resolution impossible to vote on, but that's not the point. Just stand up, try to offer it and get ruled out of order. Get several more Democratic members to do the same thing. Then the big story becomes how the Rs refused to praise Bush for the job he's doing in Iraq. At the very least, this stunt becomes a part of the larger story the press will write about the R's stunt, and it will tick the Rs off to no end that this becomes a part of the story about their ploy.
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I'm serious. The Republicans are now pushing a resolution in the House, forcing a vote on whether we should immediately withdraw our troops from Iraq. The Republicans of course don't want to remove the troops, they think the war is going fine, so they're trying to embarrass the Dems into voting against withdrawing the troops, and thus voting against Congressman Murtha, who so bravely yesterday called for the US to withdraw.
But that's fine. Let's join the Republicans at their same game.
The Dems should try to offer a resolution, and have the Repubs block it, proclaiming the sense of the Congress that President Bush is doing a great job - a heck of a job, one might say - executing the war in Iraq. If the Republicans kill the resolution, they look like they're afraid to endorse Bush, and if they vote for the resolution, they'll look like idiots calling this a great job when the majority of the public doesn't agree.
Other possible resolutions to offer:
- We are winning the Iraq war.
- Invading Iraq was a great idea.
- Knowing what they know now they'd vote to invade Iraq again.
You get the picture.
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The Democratic House members should propose a resolution saying "President Bush is doing a great job executing the war in Iraq"
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