Another Reason To Oppose Mike

I had voted for McIntyre before but in early 2007 I caught one of his Pelosi supporting votes against the surge, before the surge ever got going. I then started tracking his votes that either were straight up against the surge or tying funding requests to a bullshit timetable for withdrawal.

What I found was disturbing; the so-called Blue Dog was voting lock step with San Fran Nan. This is not I would have expected from a so-called conservative Democrat. As a Desert Storm Veteran and friend to many Marines Grunts who are currently deployed, nothing piss’s me off more than non serving politicians screwing the men who are deployed doing the heavy lifting. Its no darn wonder he will not Debate Will Breazeale who is an Iraq veteran and current serving Army Reserve Major. Here is a partial list of the votes he participated in and the ones I never got a straight answer from his office of why he voted this way.

.CON.RES.63: Iraq War Policy resolution February 16, 2007 Passed Expressing disagreements with President Bush's decision to send over 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops to Iraq.

H.R.1591: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 March 23, 2007 Passed Supplemental appropriations bill. Providing $124 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (and other purposes). Requiring that U.S. withdraw all combat troops by Sept. 1, 2008. (

H.R.1591: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 (Conference report) April 25, 2007 Passed Supplemental appropriations bill. Providing $124 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (and other purposes). Requiring that U.S. begin withdrawing troops in 2007. Recommending that the withdrawal be complete by March 2008. (

H.R.1591: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 (to override President Bush's veto) May 2, 2007 Passed Supplemental appropriations bill. Providing $124 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (and other purposes). Requiring that U.S. begin withdrawing troops in 2007. Recommending that the withdrawal be complete by March 2008.

H.R.2237: To provide for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq. May 10, 2007 Failed Mandating that U.S. combat troop withdrawal from Iraq begin within three months, and that it be completed six months after that. Then, the bill mandated, no congressional money could be used for military operations (though there would be an allowance for certain types of special-ops activities).

H.R.2206: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 May 10, 2007 Passed Supplemental appropriations bill. Providing funding for the Iraq War through July, at which point Congress would vote again on funding through September.

H.R.2206: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 May 24, 2007 Passed Supplemental appropriations bill. Providing funding for the Iraq War with non-binding benchmarks for Iraqi progress.

H.R. 2956: Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act July 10, 2007 Passed Bill to require U.S. to begin removing troops from Iraq within 120 days and have only a "limited presence" in the country by Apr. 2008.