Conservatives With Conscience

The Senate needed to have 60 Senators in agreement today in order to proceed with the vote that would send a message of disapproval to the White House for the current escalation of war.

While the number 60 was not reached (and therefore no vote on the resolution) the message of disapproval was plenty loud. All the Democrats and several Republicans wanted the Senate vote to go forward.

It is telling that some of the most highly regarded Republican Senators, especially in the areas of Armed Forces and Foreign Affairs, dared to join the Democrats in standing up to the war escalation.

The message is clear: Bush has had enough time to conduct his war and he’s done so badly. Those with any conscience can no longer stand by quietly and patiently while Bush continues his bungling at great costs in American lives while the war profiteers (most with strong ties to this administration) make obscene amounts of money from U.S. taxpayers.

Among the Republicans finally willing to stand up to Bush: Sen.Hagel from Nebraska, Sen. Warner from Virginia, and both Senators from Maine (Snowe and Collins).