Comments on: Republicans May Block War Supplemental over Guantanamo

By: BooRadley

BooRadley — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:48:53 +0000

Thanks Jane.

By: alank

alank — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:35:16 +0000

Is there no one who’s going to stop the war funding in this country? It seems self-perpetuating. It’s as if the bureaucracy were running things, rather than the politicians. Oh! They are!

By: Kassandra

Kassandra — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:21:17 +0000

. Obama and Gates wanted to cut the Boeing C-17 from the budget, but Barbara Boxer and Dana Rohrabacher leaped to action, and now the supplemental contains eight planes that the Defense Department didn’t order.

So, if they didn’t order them, can they use the $$$$$$ to close Gitmo instead, or is it earmarked? I’m shocked at Boxer’s recent behavior

By: tjbs

tjbs — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:18:10 +0000

Psssst… we’re broke and never had that kind of money to begin with.
bush and cheney wanted to bankrupt the country to line their pockets and they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:47:27 +0000

RE donations — no, I didn’t find any from her in 1Q.

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:46:57 +0000

That’s what she she was paid for the first quarter (jan-march). So if she gets $90,000, that’s $30,000/month.

By: john in sacramento

john in sacramento — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:16:14 +0000

It’s all kabuki. Everybody gets what they want.

Obama pretends he wants to close Gitmo but in the end does what he actually wants to do and keeps it open. Then gets his supplemental to keep up ~~the bombing of innocent people~~ the peace in the NW territories and the resource rich area of Balochistan. The Republicans get to look like they forced him into it, Obama gets to look like he compromised in the spirit of post-partisanship. And the defense contractors go on their merry way making billions off of war

By: ekunin

ekunin — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:15:46 +0000

Jane

What do you mean when you say someone like Linda Daschle gets $90,000.? Is that what she spread around Congress or is that her fee for being persuasive?

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:09:49 +0000

I like that idea so much better than pork!

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:09:19 +0000

The biggest portion — $84.5 billion — is for Defense Department and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfe.....9cdam2.htm

I want this fight I want the GOP to play politics this will discredit them with their own base if Obama uses not passing this bill as an excuse to come home.
The anti war Democrats will have won a victory and they will get Major MSM Cred for being smart and sneaky if they throw in with the GOP after the GOP votes against the bill first if thats possibile.
Assuming that Obama uses the lack of funds as a reason to end the war.