Truth to Power

How would you spend 50 billion?

Would ya pour it down a sinkhole in Iraq?

Bush Wants $50 Billion More for Iraq War

Planned Request Signals Confidence That Congress Won’t Prevail on Pullout

President Bush plans to ask Congress next month for up to $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, a White House official said yesterday, a move that appears to reflect increasing administration confidence that it can fend off congressional calls for a rapid drawdown of U.S. forces.

Short version? Bush to Dems: You’re a bunch of wimps, and now I’m gonna test your gag reflex.


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