Oh Please Brer McConnell, Please Don’t Throw Democrats Into That Briar Patch

Brian Zick

Jim Kuhnhenn for AP reports: WASHINGTON - President Bush's decision to deploy 21,500 additional troops to Iraq drew fierce opposition Thursday from congressional Democrats, but the Senate's top Republican threatened a filibuster to block any legislation expressing disapproval of the plan. Yeah, that's just exactly what the Republicans wanna do, they wanna stand up loud and proud in determined opposition to "fully 70 percent of Americans."

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