Bush demands Iraq money with no strings, is told to ’calm down, take a breath’

How's that for a headline? Man, I love Nancy Pelosi. Talk about some brilliant framing.

The rest of the story is here, but who really cares what the rest of the story is when the AP headline's that great?

(yeah, the link's to the right wing rag the Boston Herald, but it's an AP story that'll run in thousands of newspapers)

http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=191460

"It's MY money, not theirs!! I can do whatever I want to with it!"

Keep it up Senator Pelosi!

all over the blogosphere. I can't imagine a better response to bushboy's petulance.

:kick:

Confidently predicting his veto would be sustained in Congress, he said, ”Funding for our forces in Iraq will begin to run out in mid-April. Members of Congress need to stop making political statements, and start providing vital funds for our troops. They need to get that bill to my desk so I can sign it into law.”

One key Democrat with longtime ties to the Pentagon, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said Bush was exaggerating, and he estimated the real deadline for a fresh infusion of funds was June 1.

Gordon Adams, a former Clinton administration official specializing in defense issues, said the Pentagon has authority to transfer existing funds between accounts. ”So into June, while it’s painful, it’s possible” for the military to maintain operations, he said.

Democratic leaders, determined to force Bush to change course in Iraq, also disputed his contention that Congress would be to blame for any funding difficulties in a war they have vowed to end.

”Why doesn’t he get real with what’s going on with the world?” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. ”We’re not holding up funding in Iraq and he knows that. Why doesn’t he deal with the real issues facing the American people?”