Hub Politics: U.S. Senate Rejects Pullout From Iraq, But Not Kerry and Kennedy

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June 15, 2006

U.S. Senate Rejects Pullout From Iraq, But Not Kerry and Kennedy

The Bush Administration was delivered a new victory today after the Senate voted 93-6 to reject a pullout of troops from Iraq.

Among the six who voted for the pullout were our Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry.

Democrats accused Republicans of political gamesmanship and sought to curtail floor debate on the proposal. The vote occurred quickly.

Kerry called the vote "fictitious" and promised further debate next week on the issue. He and five other Democrats were in the minority on the vote - Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Barbara Boxer of California, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tom Harkin of Iowa and Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

Senate Republicans claimed victory with the lopsided tally. "This sent a good message that the United States Senate overwhelmingly opposes a cut-and-run strategy," said John Cornyn of Texas.

Thanks to Kennedy/Kerry, Massachusetts was the only state to have both its senators vote to cut-and-run.

Posted by Matt Margolis at 07:44 PM | Comments (7) | Track

Comments

Very interesting...

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Posted by: joe at June 15, 2006 09:27 PM

Kudos to Kennedy and Kerry for being two of the very few to understand that our presence in Iraq is strengthening the insurgency, not weakening it. It's time for the rest of the Senate to follow Russ Feingold's lead and on board with the American public, the Iraqi public, or the troops themselves on the issue of withdrawal.

Posted by: Greg at June 15, 2006 10:11 PM

I'm so glad I live in Massachusetts.... we have 2 of the only 6 sane Senators in the land.

Posted by: Ryan at June 16, 2006 12:46 AM

Kerry and Kennedy are awesome!! Once again they showed everyone why mASSachusetts is different from the rest of America. And of course they keep getting RE-elected by the wonderful citizens mASS, who think like them. The bluest state in the country is sooo out to LEFT field it isn't funny.

Posted by: Knightbrigade at June 16, 2006 02:28 PM

The klansman, the drunk, and the waffler wanna pull out? America had better listen.

Posted by: Mike at June 16, 2006 03:55 PM

Wow, Mike, thanks for those really substantive comments on the situation. We were really lacking in insight here, but thankfully, with your attacks ad hominem, we really understand the situation now. It is, after all, why we turn to blogs for alternative information, because we certainly don't get enough attacks ad hominem and other fallacies of reason in the mainstream media.

Posted by: Vincent at June 16, 2006 08:51 PM

Vincent: who are you kidding? When was the last time the mainstream media made ad hominem attacks against Byrd, Kennedy, or Kerry? Please tell me--I'm looking forward to watching the channels and reading the papers that you're referring to.

These Senators are disgustingly anti-American, and they're among the tiny minority of extremist Members of Congress who want to surrender in Iraq and cede the nation to Islamic terrorists.

Posted by: Colby at June 17, 2006 07:35 AM