Go Ahead, Veto My Day

In a put up or shut up world, excessive talk and complaining is as boring as it is ineffective. Finally, however, it seems the tide is turning. The Senate has, after over four years of blind following and cowardice, called out the bully president.

The Senate passed the bill that calls for a timeline for troops to pull out of the mess that is the former nation of Iraq. Bush has threatened for quite some time now that he will veto any such bill.

Well, Mr. President, it's time now for you to put up or shut up.

And this is what makes it so grand a moment. Sure, the veto will provide Bush with a momentary victory -- his thoughtless and tragic war in the anarchic wasteland he's created gets to continue. However, it will be the catalyst that leads to the death of this round of conservative thinking in our country.

This veto will eliminate any chance of a Republican winning the White House in 2008. And the Democratic-controlled Senate and House will only increase in power -- perhaps to the point where the GOP won't even possess filibuster power.

While I distrust both parties, my political views (as anyone who's read me will attest) certainly is more closely aligned with the Democrats. And though I believe the power provided to the Dems after '08 will ultimately corrupt them as it has the Republicans these last few years, we desperately need this change. The country needs a big eraser to try to wipe the slate of this administration and George W. Bush's veto will provide just that.

This war is horrible and should stop as quickly as possible. We all know that this administration will simply not let this happen. In truth, we are stuck in Iraq until the last vestiges of the neo-cons have left the executive branch. The Senate cannot change that.

But they may have just secured our future.

So please, George. Veto that bill.