Shoe Salesmen

Last week in a session of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Chuck Hagel implored his fellow senators to vote for his resolution asking Bush to reconsider sending 22 thousand more U.S. troops “into that grinder.”

He asked these powerful members of the Senate to step up and show some courage. “If you want a safe job go sell shoes.” The final vote was 12 in favor and 9 against his resolution.

The nine Republicans, I guess, wouldn’t mind selling shoes.