Unbound jellyfish

Hey, does anyone else find it comical to hear congressional gasbags – like Non-Binding Charlie Hagel - throwing around words like “courage” and phrases like, “make tough choices” when talking about non-binding resolutions on any subject let alone the one Democrats have dubbed “the most important topic of our day” – Iraq?

First, Non-Binding Charlie voting with the majority on a non-binding resolution on any topic let alone “the most important topic of our day” is a sign of feckless pandering, worthless posturing and incompetent governance - not courage. All this non-binding talk of non-binding resolutions reminds me of the fat man swearing off fried food…for the 10,000th time. Lent is upon us. Children and a few adults will be making non-binding Lenten resolutions. Children will make it known to everyone that they have given up sweets and then sneak them for the next 40 days. Valentine’s Day has come and gone and thousands lined up in Vegas for non-binding wedding vows. The fat man, a child during Lent and the uncommitted couple, all have more courage than non-binding Charlie. The other actors will at least all make an effort for some period - no matter how short – to live up to their promise. For Non-binding Charlie and other weaklings in congress, prattling on about Iraq and non-binding resolutions is the sum of their conviction. Until the political calculus changes directions – then the political jellyfish will change direction as well.

Next, If Iraq truly is – “the most important topic of our day” – as Democrats claim, shouldn’t they be proposing something a bit more substantive than a non-binding resolution – like a plan for victory? The fact of the matter is that – IRAQ IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPIC OF THE DAY – but for Democrats it’s only the most important POLITICAL topic of the day. If Non-binding Charlie had any courage or conviction, this jellyfish – a creature with no spine that generally floats with the current – would call the Democrat’s bluff and force them to put propose a binding law to end the conflict in Iraq. But Non-Binding Charlie and his like-minded Democrat jellyfish are only floating along on the current of public opinion as it stands today. Tomorrow, they may float in a different direction. And Chuck, that is not courageous.