How It "Works" In DC
03-09-07
mpg

Protesters Aim To Take Over Lawmakers’ Offices, Fight War Funding
A quote...."WASHINGTON — Some opponents of the Iraq war are taking their protests straight to Congress — staging “occupations” in lawmakers’ offices on Capitol Hill and in their home communities. -  A day earlier protesters were headed off before getting into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in San Francisco."

And...."Earlier this week, Obey was confronted outside his Capitol office by war opponents, prompting a heated exchange in which Obey shouted at one women who wanted him to vote against money for the war.  -  In a video posted on the Internet site YouTube, the Democratic lawmaker is seen pounding his fist repeatedly into the air, complaining loudly that Democrats don’t have enough votes to cut off war funding and the protesters don’t understand the debate in Congress." - bolded by website author

Congressman Obey, like most of the bought and paid for sycophantic representitutes in Congress, is being deliberately and maliciously disingenuous.  He thinks he's a clever man, he thinks he's being smart......he's not.

Like many of the other cynical opportunists in Congress he knows this country's Middle Eastern policy is going to end up as a complete disaster for this Nation. On the other hand there's at least two to three more years of profits for the MIOC elites that can still be extracted from the flesh and blood of the Iraqi people and our service men and woman.

He also knows, as do all the other hypocritical money motivated members of Congress, that they cannot hold a vote on this issue; they cannot go on the record as supporting the coming disaster, they cannot allow themselves to be held to account and most importantly they cannot be seen as voting for this calamity all over again while the 2008 elections loom on the horizon.

So like the craven cowards they are, they'll use procedural motions and other delaying tactics to avoid their electoral responsibility, to prevent having an open and honest debate, to quash any chance of a fair up or down vote.

And like most craven cowards, they're going to get a lot of people killed. - mpg