Sunday Bird Blogging: Bring the Troops Home Edition

Bosco the peach-faced lovebird wants everyone to know he sides with Rep. John Murtha, DNC Chair Howard Dean and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on bringing the troops home from Iraq as soon as it's "practicably possible." Here he is contemplating peace and his collection of hippie beads.

Bosco grew quite agitated when I mentioned all the grief DLC-type Dems are giving Murtha, Dean, Pelosi and others for their realistic assessments of where we stand in the Iraq War and what we need to do to end the growing quagmire. Like most rank and file Dems, Bosco can't stand the endless cowardly posturing and fear of speaking truth to power that characterizes way too many self-appointed "leaders" in our Party.

Bosco got really het up (see above) when I mentioned Joe Lieberman's Bush-kissing remarks this week, which stopped just short of labeling anyone brave enough to speak out about the war as treasonous and against the troops. As Bosco knows, nothing could be further from the truth. "Lieberman should fly away to a new home in the Republican Party," said Bosco, flapping his wings to demonstrate. Bosco may be a bird brain, but even he knows Joementum is full of bird poop. (Click on images for larger versions.)

Bosco also highly recommends this video of Murtha's appearance on Hardball this week, and the Atlantic Monthly article, " If America Left Iraq," by Nir Rosen.