AN APOLOGY TOO FAR

California Representative Pete Stark took to the House floor today and offered his pathetic apology for his traitorous remarks last week. Stark claimed last week that the United States is killing innocents in Iraq, and that troops are dying in Iraq "for the President's amusement." A motion proposing censure offered by Ohio Rep. John Boehner late today failed after receiving only five Democrat votes. That once again affirms that the Democrat Party indeed does not support any part of our war effort or the brave men and women fighting it. Only five Democraps in the House agreed with the Republicans that Rep. Stark's comments were highly inappropriate and beneath a serving member in time of war. And that's only the beginning of the problems with this Congress.
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The Nancy Pelosi-Harry Reid Congress has failed miserably by any measure. Claiming at the time they were elected in 2006 to end the war, they have caved in to Bush at every opportunity. The single arrow in their tiny little quiver is a nuke, the power of the purse. No matter how much stink they emit, Congress is constitutionally limited to either providing the funds necessary or not. The Dems are unwilling to fire that nuke for fear they too will be harmed by the fallout. Iraq might descend into chaos and genocide while the neighbors fight over a piece for themselves, launching a much wider war. Now that we are seeing some signs of success, they might look like they abandoned Iraq too soon. All that would then be on their head, and the Dems aren't politically brave enough to take that risk. As the situation currently stands, the Iraq front belongs to Bush and the Republicans, and the Dems would just as soon it stay that way until after November 2008.
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This Congress wastes time like no other. Every bit of crying about the war is a waste of the legislative calendar. They have, like previous Congress', failed to submit any major part of the FY2008 federal budget in a timely manner to the President for signature, and here it is almost November. Speaker Pelosi failed in her effort to override the President's veto of SCHIP. Apart from continuing to fund the war, this Congress has done precious little. Naming federal courthouses and raising the minimum wage are not considered major accomplishments. Both houses spend endless days debating a war over which they know full well they have very limited power. Meanwhile important business remains undone.
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Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid are worse than incomptent. They lead their party without clear direction or authority. The Democrat Party has been assimilated by the anti-military left and thus blows plenty of smoke about actions they never intend to take. They have allowed repeated treasonous statements by their members to pass without repercussion. Pete Stark is a disgrace, and no one with a memory thinks otherwise. He is just another in a long line of liberals who have insulted the men and women of our armed forces, feigned a half-hearted apology, and been allowed to continue serving. Not this time. Stark has made these sorts of remarks before outside of Congress, and his screed in a moment of intense debate reveals his true character. Having failed to censure Rep. Stark, the Republicans in the House should now shut down further business until an investigation of Stark is launched. There's no telling what sort of aid and comfort he has given to Al Qaeda. If Stark is willing to provide America's enemies valuable propaganda from the floor of Congress, his other activities should be intensely scrutinized. He has denigrated the CINC in time of war, insulted our troops, and aided the enemy.
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Apology NOT accepted, Pete. Report to GITMO 'til the war's over.
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JINGOCON