Reply #183: I'm not trying to paint you as pro-war

[redqueen]

But in your excuse-making you have gone IMO beyond the pale.

You said that they could not stop them, so why not side with bush? To me, that is outrageous.

You implied that they might be killed. This infers that their lives are more valuable than the soldiers'. I find that so wrong.

Then you implied that they would have lost more seats on the hill if they hadn't capitulated to bush. I disagree. (And you said in another post that you thought otherwise so... ?)

Then you accuse anyone who won't just say 'it's OK' of being unable to stand up for their own convictions in a similar circumstance. ?!

Sorry, youngred, but these legislators are not put there for their own benefit. They are there to represent US. And when they openly admit that they know their constituents don't want them to vote with bush, and they do so anyway, that's a betrayal. There's really no other way to put it.