Why Rudy’s My Man
Until further notice, that is:
“The nonbinding resolution thing gets me more than are you for it or against it. I have tremendous respect for the people who feel that we either made a mistake going to war, who voted against the war, who now have come to the conclusion, changed their minds, they have every right to that, that it’s wrong, you should, in a dynamic situation, keep questioning. What I don’t like is the idea of a nonbinding resolution.”
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“We pay them to make decisions, not just to make comments. We pay them to decide.”
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“I like decisions. And I think one of the things wrong with Washington is they don’t want to make tough decisions anymore. Nonbinding resolution about Iraq, no decision on immigration, no decision on Social Security reform, no decision on what to do about energy independence, no decision. You know why that happens? Because it’s unpopular.”
He puts his finger right on the problem. If they oppose the war, what use is a non-binding resolution? They do nothing but declare their lack of seriousness. They declare only their impotence and enervation. And we knew that already.