Republican Senator Smith: Iraq is not our fight

Where are your GOP Senators at five in the morning? I don't know if Dubya was still snoozing at that time but Gordon Smith (R-OR) certainly wasn't. He went on CNN to tell the world, or the few that were up on this side of the globe, that he is opposed to Bush's troop escalation and will back Senator Kennedy's plan to vote on any troop increase. This vote will pin Bush and his remaining cronies into a corner to show that they are responsible for the mess in Iraq. The failure that is this war was caused by Bush and his followers alone.

Check the video out, Smith's comment comes around the 1:05 and 2:00 min marks:



Smith wants the Congress to have the tools of accountability, good for you Senator. Of course Smith has wavered in his statements in the past so we can only judge by his actions and not his cable news appearances. Maybe the Senator is conflicted, perhaps certain influences (i.e. Republican leaders) have made his positions flimsy, who knows. The thing is Senator, stay off the course and you may save your job in 2008, maybe. I know Oregon will certainly be watching.