Bush Wins War Funding And Democrats Discover An Old Friend.

Pork, Bush apparently knew that Democrats would brush off the voter mandate to end the Iraq war if a little pork was waived their way:

Dems, GOP win, lose on Iraq funding bill

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer Wed May 23, 5:36 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Democrats may have lost their fight with
President Bush over a timetable for ending the war in Iraq, but they won billions of dollars for farm aid, hurricane victims, veterans and health care for poor children.

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Those billions are about as likely to help hurricane victims, veterans and "the poor" as the billions sent to properly arm soldiers in Iraq or building affordable housing in Ratner's Atlantic Yards.

How did they 'lose' this fight other than simply not having the will to stop it? Meanwhile they and some crazy neocon republicans are hell bent on ramming through an immigration 'reform bill' that 85% of Americans are against....this is 'democracy'?