Our Nation Has Six Senators, The Military Industrial Media Complex Has 93
My edit of David Swanson’s post at AfterDowningStreet.org (linked here and above):
On our side: Feingold, Harkin, Boxer, Kennedy, Kerry, and Byrd.
On their side: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow and the other 89.
“Congress plunged into divisive election-year debate on the Iraq war Thursday as the U.S. military death toll reached 2,500. The Senate soundly rejected a call to withdraw combat troops by year’s end, and House Republicans laid the groundwork for their own vote. In a move Democrats criticized as gamesmanship, Senate Republicans brought up the withdrawal measure and quickly dispatched it – for now – on a 93-6 vote.” Continue reading