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Originally posted by DeltAlum
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"OK, but let's tell the whole story just for the sake of keeping it straight.
The Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi (sp?) told everyone to vote against that particular resolution for parliamentary reasons. The vote probably doesn't reflect the spirit of either party at this point."
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First, let me say that I have the utmost respect for anyone who has served in any of the branches of the Armed Forces. However, I don't know if Murtha made his proposal for "parliamentary reasons" in the first place. In fact, I thought his proposal was based upon his strong personal conviction that our troops should be removed from Iraq.
So, if he made his proposal for a philosophical reason but then turned around and voted against it for "parliamentary reasons", it gives the appearance of.....intellectual inconsistency at best.
The fact that he changed his vote simply because Pelosi told him to is even less impressive.