Give Them Hell

Time to get to the telephones and make some phone calls!
NY Times:
Senate Democrats fell short late this afternoon in what was seen as their best chance to shift the course of the war in Iraq, in a vote on a measure to require that troops get as much time at home as they spend overseas before being redeployed.

The vote on the measure, offered by Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, was 56 to 44 in favor — four less than the supporters needed to prevent a filibuster. The outcome was almost the same as that in a vote on the measure in July, when 56 senators voted in favor and 41 against....

......All the Democrats plus the independent Bernard Sanders of Vermont voted for the Webb proposal and were joined by six Republican senators: Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, John E. Sununu of New Hampshire, Norm Coleman of Minnesota, Gordon Smith of Oregon and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both of Maine. And Senator Tim Johnson, the South Dakota Democrat who was ill and absent in July, voted for the Webb measure today.....

Who were the Senators who don't have the backbone to help our troops? Who were Senators who are so controlled by the White House that they refuse to support the mental and physical lives of our military? I am so glad you asked:

(Washington Post:)

Lamar Alexander, Wayne Allard, John Barrasso, Robert Bennett, Kit Bond, Sam Brownback, Jim Bunning, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Tom Coburn, Thad Cochran, Bob Corker, John Cornyn, Larry Craig, Michael Crapo, Jim DeMint, Elizabeth Dole, Pete Domenici, John Ensign, Michael Enzi, Lindsey Graham, Charles Grassley, Judd Gregg, Orrin Hatch, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, Jon Kyl, Trent Lott, Richard Lugar, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Roberts, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens, John Thune, David Vitter, George Voinovich, John Warner

Joseph Lieberman

Now, my friends, it is time to get to work and tell these senators that you are very unhappy with their vote.
Just recently, Specter and Voinovich indicated that they were not pleased with the continuing war. However, when it comes time to vote Specter, Voinovich, Warner, and others, become spineless.

Make those phone calls!