[Peace-discuss] Sen. Byrd (D-W.Va.) calls out W on ploy

[R. Brad Scott]

(linked to from VillageVoice.com)

http://www.wvgazette.com/display_story.php3?sid=200209213

Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., said President Bush's plans to invade Iraq 
are a conscious effort to distract public attention from growing problems 
at home.

"This administration, all of a sudden, wants to go to war with Iraq," Byrd 
said. "The [political] polls are dropping, the domestic situation has 
problems.... So all of a sudden we have this war talk, war fervor, the 
bugles of war, drums of war, clouds of war.

"Don't tell me that things suddenly went wrong. Back in August, the 
president had no plans.... Then all of a sudden this country is going to 
war," Byrd told the Senate on Friday.

"Are politicians talking about the domestic situation, the stock market, 
weaknesses in the economy, jobs that are being lost, housing problems? No."
...
"Congress will be putting itself on the sidelines," Byrd told the Senate. 
"Nothing would please this president more than having such a blank check 
handed to him."

Byrd said his belief in the Constitution will prevent him from voting for 
Bush's war resolution. "But I am finding that the Constitution is 
irrelevant to people of this administration."
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