As I sit in my cozy wigwam and watch the nightly entertainment that used to be the evening news, I can only shake my head at the capacity of our representatives for unrepentant hypocrisy. The margin of defeat in the Senate for simply beginning debate--just debate--of the Charlatan's escalation was four. Yet ten Senators chose to absent themselves from the chamber when the second vote on cloture was taken on Saturday. These are men who undoubtedly "support our troops" but apparently do not think enough of their welfare to be present in the Senate and make their position on supporting the war--and according to their curious logic the troops-- clear to Americans. Democratic Senators running for president did the right thing and took time out from their campaigning to vote. If only enough Republicans decide that the lives and limbs of the soldiers being sent to Iraq matter enough for them to vote, perhaps we can spare them the horrors that await. For those men to sacrifice their lives in a deceitful adventure concocted by a delusional Executive is an unspeakable tragedy. George the Decider is not George Washington. The occupation of Iraq is not the War of Independence. To make any such allusions is an insult to the heritage of all Americans.
By the way, you are invited to visit my wigwam any time, Senator Obama. We shall smoke the peace pipe.