Tuesday, April 10, 2007

DEMOCRATS MUST HOLD THE LINE AGAINST BUSH'S GAMBIT

By Schuyler Thorpe
Author and Political Activist


Now that they’ve grown a spine, the Democrats must now play a chess game with Bush.

Here’s how I would play it:


  • Let Bush veto the damn bill. Why? Because he’s already proven that he doesn’t care about the troops or their welfare. (By the lack of proper equipment, training, and support since this war started. To Bush, the troops are nothing but sacrificial pawns.)

  • The bill goes back to the Democrats, and they sit on it for a time, and then send it back to Bush to sign–in about three months. (July)

  • Bush vetoes it again.

  • Democrats sit on again for another three months. (September.) By this time Bush is in full blown desperation. He goes on the media circuit and blames Democrats for not giving him a ‘clean’ bill with no strings attached.

  • Democrats are quietly waiting for Bush to accept their bill. They know they have time on their side. The President doesn’t. They send him the bill.

  • Bush vetoes it for a third time. But by the time it comes back, Republican support is so drained and fragmented–that they sign on for the bill; and the Democrats have almost enough (but not quite) support for a Congressional override.

  • So they wait just a little longer.


  • October-November rolls around and it’s become clear that the war in Iraq is no closer to being won; the surge has failed utterly, and the last of the GOP holdouts are breaking ranks with the President to sign on to the bill.


  • The same bill goes forward and gets vetoed for a fourth and last time. And this time, the Democrats have enough votes to overturn his veto and signs the bill into law–putting Bush in a permanent checkmate.

Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1@yahoo.com

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posted by Schuyler Thorpe @ 11:25 PM

1 Comments:

At 7:02 PM, Blogger Tom said...

I think that the political pressure on both sides to strike a deal will insure a bill with benchmarks, but no timtable for withdrawl, passes by mid-June at the latest.

The Democrats can not afford to overplay their hand and give the Republicans the opportunity to make a case that the Democrats are not supporting the troops.

 

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