Not All Democrats to Blame for “Blank Check” on Iraq« Thread Started on May 31, 2007, 1:29pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Not All Democrats to Blame for “Blank Check” on Iraq by Paul Hogarth‚ May. 30‚ 2007 read at source> http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Not ... 562.htmlIt wasn’t supposed to be this way. Last November, the American people voted for a Democratic Congress to end the illegal, insane and unjustifiable War in Iraq. But after finally passing legislation that gave us an actual deadline to get out of this quagmire, Congress blinked and capitulated on even that basic point. It’s easy to get cynical about what happened, and the fact that George Bush signed the War Funding Bill right before Memorial Day only adds insult to injury.But Democrats in Congress had a simple problem – they didn’t have the votes to override the President’s veto. The Republicans refused to budge on this critical move, so Congress only had two realistic options: (1) vote to withdraw from Iraq immediately and, if that didn’t work, (2) refuse to fund the War without a firm deadline. But in the House, 59 Democrats could not even do the first option, and an embarrassing 86 failed to stand firm on the second. The Republicans – and these Democrats – effectively voted to give Bush a “blank check,” and they deserve all the anger coming their way. Those who did not back down, however, need our help now more than ever.