Republican fillibuster

Mitch McConnell says the Rethuglicans will fillibuster any attempt to decrease funding for Bush's escalation.

A top GOP senator said that he "will filibuster" any Democratic attempt to decrease funding for President Bush's new Iraq plan, the Associated Press reports.

"At a news conference, McConnell accused Democrats of secretly favoring a plan to cut off funding for the troops - an allegation that Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. denied," AP reports.

"The fundamental decision to stay on offence and to finish the job, I think is correct, and we believe the president is heading in the right direction and tend to support him," Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell said before Bush's speech last night.

McConnell also talked to some right-leaning bloggers earlier this morning to earn their support for his potential filibuster, telling them on a conference call with other journalists that he expects Independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman to also join in with the Republicans.

Once again, I say, "bring it on." First, let them all go on record in favor of the escalation. That's got to be one of the most unpopular positions going right now. If they turn out to be right in the end (something I very much doubt), then they probably deserve the kudoos they'll get at that point. But if, as is far more likely, they turn out to be wrong (something they'll never admit), they deserve to have their stupidity hung around their necks for all to see.

Second, there is no such thing as a bill to "decrease" funding. Either the Democrats will fail to introduce a bill to "increase" funding sufficiently -- which, of course, can't be fillibustered or they will introduce a bill to increase funding with strings attached. If the Thugs fillibuster that, they're shutting off the very funds they claim to want.

Tough noogies, guys. You don't run the show anymore.