Hey Shuler - thanks for voting to send more people off to die.

Heath Shuler, North Carolina congressperson from District 11, voted to fund the Iraqi Occupation without a time-table. The full bill he voted for was titled: "H.R. 2206: Agricultural Disaster Assistance and Western States Emergency Unfinished Business Appropriations Act, 2007"

The details of the bill are so shameful, the authors didn't have enough courage to name it appropriately. It's an Iraqi Occupation funding bill that gives the president another blank check.

I respect and understand Shuler isn't a progressive. But for God's sake - he just helped condemn thousands of Americans to meaningless death and pain.

To put into perspective what Shuler has voted to continue funding, here is a photo of Marine Ty Ziegel after being burned to a crisp by a suicide bomber in Iraq.

Full story behind this image here and here.

I don't know how Marine Ziegel feels about the occupation of Iraq. For all I know, he might think the occupation is the greatest thing to happen to the Iraqi people since the invention of air conditioning.

I also don't know what kind of President would use human beings as hostages to continue an oil war - and I certainly don't understand how Democratic political strategists would be willing to play along with his sick game.

But here is what I do know: Congress has a constitutional duty to hold the executive branch accountable. And our leaders have, once again, shirked their responsibility.

Most importantly I know from this point onward, Democrats are just as culpable for the Occupation of Iraq as Republicans.

Congressional Democrats, like Heath Shuler, sold us all out for a handful of fools gold.

Read counterpoint here.

Tags: Ziegel - Shuler - Democrats - Congress - Surrender Monkeys - Oversight

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