Senate Resolution 636: McCain's Cynical Trickery

There are new ads out urging voters to call and urge Sen. Barack Obama to stand up and support Senate resolution 636. What a crock of shit. This cynical piece of fluff is the brainchild of Sen. Joe "I'm In The Closet, Don't Bother Me" Lieberman and Sen. John "You Can't Question Me, I'm a Former P.O.W.!" McCain. And what does this landmark waste of time accomplish? It "acknowledges" the "success" of the almighty SURGE (that's an energy drink, isn't it?). Oh, yeah, and, um, while we're at it, let's add in a very special "thanks to the troops." The whole thing is a cynical, disgusting ploy to try and force Sen. Obama to "admit" that the surge has worked--which is only true in John McCain's head. Sure, the surge accomplished some military points, as even Obama admits; however, the purpose, or "goal" of the surge was to effect political stability and resolution between the various Iraqi factions. Mission not accomplished. McCain, who hasn't bothered to show up for work the last several months and has missed at least one truly important vote on alternative energy (it literally lost by one vote), had someone who can still actually function mentally--albeit in an evil fashion--come up with this idiocy as yet another unfair attack on Barack Obama. The Republican/Repugnant 527 group "Vets for Freedom" group are responsible for this horse shit. (How any intelligent vet could vote for a man who has done nothing but work against veterans is a never ending mystery to me. But these aren't intelligent vets, these are "Vets for Freedom." Yeah. Right.) How does it work? Well, if Obama doesn't vote for it or doesn't show up for the vote McCain and Dumbfuck, er, I mean Lieberman, will start howling that Obama hates the troops, doesn't appreciate the troops, is unpatriotic, and doesn't believe we should thank the troops for their service. How do these evil douche bags get away with this shit? It pisses me off to no end.