The Waste Of Time Congress

As expected, both houses of congress passed the contentious $124 billion war funding bill essentially the way that President Bush wanted it and showed that at the end of the day, the Democrat majority balked and caved in to the president. In reality, that is good news. Now for the bad news.
Of course there is still roughly about $10 billion in "emergency" spending, re: pork. Since the president does not have the line item veto, he will have to sign the bill.
Then there is the theatre of the Democrat candidates, real war opponents and charlatans getting their last dig by voting against the bill. Of course Sens. Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Christopher Dodd voted against the bill. Sen. John "F--- You" McCain voted in favor. In the house, Reps. Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo on the GOP side voted for it. Republican gasbag Ron Paul voted against it. And the one time ineffective mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Democrat Dennis Kucinich voted against it. No surprises.
But, what is most disturbing is the fact that the Democrats dragged it out this long. If they had no intentions of cutting off funding, which would end the war, then all of this was taking their shots at President Bush and at no real cost to take a tough stand, as in cutting off the war funding. In reality, the Democrats showed that they are indeed political paper tigers. It is not enough that they are military and foreign policy paper tigers, but they could not beat a battered president at one of the lowest points in his presidency. And the war in the Iraq theatre of the War Against Terror is what has dragged President Bush to the low-water mark without a doubt.
Those that in the end voted against funding the troops that are not just serving in Iraq but Afghanistan and all over the world knew they could take the vote and go home, knowing that the majority of their fellow Democrats would vote to continue the funding. Some profile in courage. I'm sure that former President John F. Kennedy is looking down so proud of his fellow Democrats turning their back on an ally in the War Against Terror.
Hence, this can be called without a doubt the Waste Of Time Congress. They dragged out a funding bill that should have been passed in February. And they could make their pointless opposition votes to the war in the Iraq theatre and pay no political price.
I hope that this congress stops wasting its time and the time of those who pay their salaries-we the American taxpayer.