Congressman Raul Grijalva will not be bullied by George W. Bush, or by Nancy Pelosi.

The Democratic leadership in both houses of Congress is pushing Democratic members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to approve legislation that pays for the war in Iraq to go on and on and on, with no strings attached. No end date for the war. No enforceable benchmarks. Not even any requirement for better training for American soldiers.

George W. Bush has succeeded in getting the Democratic leadership in Congress to give him everything that he wants. The Democrats in Congress are giving in to all the pro-war demands of George W. Bush, who has an approval rating of 27 percent, for crying out loud!

Raul Grijalva, who represents the 7th congressional district of Arizona, has had enough. If the Democratic leadership of Congress will not take a stand against war, then by gum Raul Grijalva will.

Raul Grijalva is voting no to the Democrat’s new authorization of the war in Iraq.

“I will oppose the Iraq supplemental to be voted on in the House this week… I cannot in good conscience support this new version of an Iraq war funding bill. This bill removes important elements that hold the Administration accountable for its decisions in this quagmire; no more unwaivable benchmarks, no more required certification of the Iraq government’s efforts to resolve long-standing political conflicts linked to a timeframe for transition allowing our troops to begin a long overdue schedule of redeployment home. These revisions have effectively reduced this supplemental to a paper tiger that will give the Administration an unfettered extension to this ill conceived occupation, and an implied sanction by this Congress of the war, at least through the end of this fiscal year.

I cannot tell those individuals and the families of those individuals who have died or been injured in Iraq that I supported their continued participation in an unaccountable war without end.”

Right on, Representative Grijalva!

Democrats, call your representative and senators in Congress. Demand that they stand with Raul Grijalva, not with Nancy Pelosi and her surrender to George W. Bush. Demand that they vote no to the no-strings money for war, and tell them that if they won’t vote no, then it’s time for you to leave the name of Democrat behind.