Fitzpatrick (R-Ship Jumper) now rejects Bush's strategy in Iraq

[ProSense]

Fitzpatrick now rejects Bush's strategy in Iraq

By Christine Schiavo
Inquirer Staff Writer
A Bucks County congressman who once firmly backed President Bush's handling of the Iraq war is now calling the president's stay-the-course approach "extreme."

U.S. Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R., Pa.) told constituents in a mailing last weekend that he wanted an alternative to the "unacceptable extremes of 'Stay the course' on one side and the 'cut and run' approach on the other."

Fitzpatrick, who twice visited the troops in Iraq, hadn't said much about the war until last week, when he told reporters that President Bush has made mistakes. His campaign Web site makes no mention of the issue.

The freshman Republican's remarks come as polls show that more than 60 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush's handling of the war. Bush's approval rating is slightly below 40 percent.

Democrat Patrick Murphy, Fitzpatrick's opponent, is an Iraq war veteran who has been vocal in his opposition of the war and has called for the withdrawal of most troops by the end of next year.

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[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Polling on the Iraq war must be a lot worse than they are letting

on publicly. 60% negative is probably optimistic.

[leesa]

2. So I guess Big Daddy didn't tell him what's between the two, huh?

Guess what? It's a timetable for withdrawal! Fool. How do these idiots put one foot in front of the other without someone telling them to do it.

[Botany]

3. Stay the course no longer an option?

1,000 + Dead in Baghdad alone last month, Basra wants to split from the
country, the Fallujah police force quits, and no end in sight ... time to cut and
run.

[zbdent]

4. not a Diebold area?

hmm, ...