Sunday, January 07, 2007
Kay: Iraq Is 'A Hard Call Right Now'
According to the L.A. Times, New Congress leery of Bush's Iraq plans. Amazingly, that includes our own staunch warmonger, Kay Bailey Hutchison:
Those are wise words, which few would argue with. Too bad they're four years too late. Shouldn't we have known "what the mission is and what it will take to do the mission," before we started the mission?!
Well, even if it's because of the political pressure of a Democrat-controlled Congress, I guess it's better that she pull her head out later, rather than never.
Many Republicans, who until recently have overwhelmingly backed his foreign policy, fretted that the administration's plans to significantly reduce sectarian violence in Iraq remained unclear.
"We need to know what the mission is and what it will take to do the mission," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican close to the president.
A few months ago, Hutchison called for more troops in Iraq; on Thursday, she said she was unsure that would be the wisest course.
"This is a hard call right now," said Hutchison, who added that she had not had any conversations with the White House about Bush's announcement.
Those are wise words, which few would argue with. Too bad they're four years too late. Shouldn't we have known "what the mission is and what it will take to do the mission," before we started the mission?!
Well, even if it's because of the political pressure of a Democrat-controlled Congress, I guess it's better that she pull her head out later, rather than never.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Kay Kept Her Cash
An op-ed in The Washington Times, Senators should have shown them the money, has plenty of blame to go around to for the Republicans' loss of the majority in the congress that convenes next week. Concerning our two Texas Senators, these stats:
Funny, isn't it, how Kay kept all that money? Because she's sworn up and down she won't run for Senate again. And she's also claimed that she's not interested in a spot as a Vice Presidential candidate. So... what's she saving up for?
Update: Looking back over previous posts, I see that I have been over this ground before (and with The Washington Times, no less), in an Oct. 25 post. Well, anyway, $115,000 is the amount they reported then, so we learn that she didn't make any last-minute contributions, either. Also, based on their numbers, she must have spent about $2.2 million on her own campaign.
Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison won her 2006 election (62-36) and finished her campaign with $7.3 million in the bank. All she gave the NRSC was a $115,000 donation. Fellow Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who had $2.8 million in the bank on Sept. 30 in preparation for his likely cakewalk in 2008, gave the NRSC $50,000 in 2006.
Funny, isn't it, how Kay kept all that money? Because she's sworn up and down she won't run for Senate again. And she's also claimed that she's not interested in a spot as a Vice Presidential candidate. So... what's she saving up for?
Update: Looking back over previous posts, I see that I have been over this ground before (and with The Washington Times, no less), in an Oct. 25 post. Well, anyway, $115,000 is the amount they reported then, so we learn that she didn't make any last-minute contributions, either. Also, based on their numbers, she must have spent about $2.2 million on her own campaign.
