FWIW, I do distinguish between opposing the war and voting for appropriations, esp. when your consituents are calling you asking why their sons in Iraq don't have any body armour.
It's probably not a winnable argument with the electorate, but I think there's also a reasonable argument that says voting for the appropriations is simply keeping the soldiers in harm's way while shoveling money to Bush's corporate buddies. Cut the funding, and he might have to end it.
The problem, of course, is that Bush may then simply tear Iraq money out of the rest of the Pentagon budget and say, "Nope, you lose again. Hehehehehehehe." Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Really, my read of it is that he just doesn't care. Why should he? It's his war, and he can't run for reelection, so fuck everybody else. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
