I just sent this to Sen. Warner‘s office:
Senator, have you read about this pledge?
If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.
I’ve signed it.
Should you support such a resolution, please be aware that I *will* remember, and I *will* do what I can to see that you are not re-elected. If you vote in favor of such a cowardly and despicable resolution, you are effectively spitting in the face of our brave troops, and giving aid and comfort to our enemy.
As a conservative Republican, I am disgusted with my party in general for falling away from the founding principles of our party. I abhor the pandering and the kowtowing to the enemies of America and the slavish adherence to political correctness. Please find a moral compass AND a spine, and stand for these principals with honor and courage.
Sincerely,
Kat
www.CatHouseChat.com
Admittedly, I am simply a small fry – a concerned citizen. Nevertheless, I am voicing my opinion. If enough of America voices their outrage at such cowardly and dastardly “resolutions,” perhaps our so-called “leaders” will actually remember who they work for…
(Crossposted from CatHouse Chat)
Well said, Kat. And thanks for putting some teeth (and alil bit of claw) into the resolution with the followup to your senator.
Alas! We have a “split state” ourselves. The one Democrappic senator for our state is so far off the deep end on this issue as to be left of jean Fraud Kerry, but the Republican’t senator has some testosterone and has come out clearly against such a resolution… so far. He is, after all, still a member of the Republican’t party that has forgotten whence it came. He’s not quite deserted his base, but he is a politician *spit*.