Speaker Pelosi speaking on Iraq now... (1.15 PM)

[brooklynite]

[brooklynite]

1. Congress and the people will continue to support the troops...

...We owe our troops a debt of gratitude...

...moment of silence requested...

[brooklynite]

2. We owe them a course of action that is worthy of their sacrifice

[brooklynite]

3. Dems have asked Pres Bush to change mission since last year

[brooklynite]

4. Phased redeployment within next 4-6 months

[brooklynite]

5. Success requires more than military force

[brooklynite]

7. No effort to engage Iraq's neighbors

[brooklynite]

8. Convene international conf on Iraq reconstruction

[brooklynite]

9. Reconsruction must be HONEST, TRANSPARENT and ACCOUNTABLE

[dog_lovin_dem]

10. Thank you

for sharing. My dial-up connection won't let me hear what is being said, (keeps buffering), so I truly appreciate your updates.

[Monkeyman]

6. The Lady is pure Class

[brooklynite]

11. Press Iraqi leaders to make compromises needed for reconciliation

[brooklynite]

12. Reps are equating War On Terror with War on Iraq

[brooklynite]

13. Two conflicts...two wars...and the two should not be confused

[brooklynite]

15. War in Iraq INTERFERES with War on Terrorism

[brooklynite]

17. Our ability to respond to other problems severely constrained

[Rose Siding]

14. Thanks -Sounds like she's hitting all the notes that will keep the public

with us AND will lead to further pressure on bush.

[Graybeard]

16. The Repukes can never again say "Dems don't have a plan"!

...our Madame Speaker has just presented the Dem plan for all to see.

[Monkeyman]

21. You got that right Nancy Rocks

[brooklynite]

18. President's escalation plan repeats past mistakes

[brooklynite]

20. Resolution, while non-binding, will send a strong message to our troops

[Greeby]

19. Massive applause just broke out

Did I just stumble into the State of the Union?

[Roxy66]

26. Who is speaker right now?

[Roxy66]

22. I love the applause...

[brooklynite]

23. We in this house must work together to sustain our nation

[brooklynite]

24. Urges support for resolution (close)

[Greeby]

25. Now Illeana "Kill Castro" Ros-lehtinen

:puke:

[Monkeyman]

29. Sick Women

[Monkeyman]

33. She just made her kids targets never show the faces of the kids in harms way

When you sit in Congress

[kid a]

34. i don't believe her

i'd like to hear it from them first hand
my brother and his wife, both army helicopter pilots, are about to go back to iraq.

he is irate...voted straight dem last nov and said his entire unit is appalled, tired, and want out of iraq!

[EstimatedProphet]

27. Up now is a Republipig from FL

And the very first thing she trots out is how our side of the debate is about 'running away'

:grr:

[DURHAM D]

28. Anyone know the congresswoman presiding? n/t

[Skidmore]

30. Nope but she reminds me of a school teacher we had in middle school

who used to send people out in the hall when they got out of order.

[Roxy66]

31. And CNN & MSNBC are showing "Breaking News" on Anna Nicole...

discusting!!!

[Poiuyt]

38. MSNBC showed quite a bit of Pelosi's speech live

[brooklynite]

32. By my calculation, the vote should be at about 2 PM...

...unless they add more time (they've done so twice).

[movie_girl99]

35. some asshat just called her Mr. Speaker n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

36. They really should have followed up the Republican with someone else

I think Matsui is an OK speaker, but what they should have done IMO is follow up that Republipig with someone who would have slapped her down for calling people who don't support Bush cowards. On and on they go with the 'We're the only ones who really care about the country' crap and we never fight back.

[EstimatedProphet]

37. The last guy ended by calling the resolution 'petty'

[KharmaTrain]

39. Is This The Live Thread??

You'd think with a big vote coming up, there'd be one in GD.

[EstimatedProphet]

40. It is now...

[KharmaTrain]

42. Good...There's Too Much Good Stuff Happening Here

I had to send out a search party to find this thread :crazy:

The Repugnican fear mongering and demogagory right now should be getting a lot more attention around here.

[EstimatedProphet]

41. And now this jackass Hunter claims that the terrorsit attacks are relevant!

Even talked about 9/11!

Hey hunter you jerk! IRAQ didn't do 9/11! Didn't you get the fucking memo!?!?

[KharmaTrain]

44. Isn't This How You Make Goulash?

You take a little of this, a little of that...leftovers, table scraps, dog food...whatever can fit in the pot and stir it up. That's Dunkie's job. Remember, he's the Mr. Lemon Chicken man who told us how great life was for those "islamofascists" at Gitmo.

The "justifications" I've heard the past two days are the stuff great fiction writers dream of. Somehow passing a non-binding resolution will open the doors to those ugly A-rabs to fly airplanes into our heads, force us all of us to worshiping the same one god they do and even track mud across clean carpets. These "islamofascists" are pure evil, and the few thousand of them are going to slit the throat of each and ever 300 million American people (well not quite, since some Americans aren't as American as others). These goons are scared...chickenshits and demagogues who are only intent here to do what they can to tarnish this debate and by goading fights and spreading bullshit.

[EstimatedProphet]

43. Every goddamn Repug has called us traitors!

I am SICK OF THIS SHIT!

[buzzard]

46. Not Walter Jones he was great and supports the resolution.n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

45. OPIE'S ON!

Talking about how all the troops think this is winnable! HA!