Apparently, it's okay to lie if you are the RNC Chairman:
They call it their 'slow-bleed' plan. Instead of supporting the troops in Iraq, or simply bringing them home, the Democrats intend to gradually make it harder and harder for them to do their jobs. They will introduce riders onto bills to prevent certain units from deploying. They will try to limit the President's constitutional power to determine the length and number of deployments. They will attempt to keep the Pentagon from replacing troops who rotate out of Iraq. They may even try to limit how our troops operate by, for example, prohibiting our armed forces from creating and operating bases in Iraq.
Apparently, even the current House resolution is too complicated for Mike Duncan to understand. I would think that every lawyer in the country would be able to understand the resolution, but it appears I am wrong:
'Slow-bleed' is exactly the right name for this incredibly irresponsible and dangerous strategy. Cutting and running is bad enough. But the Murtha-Pelosi 'slow-bleed' plan is far worse. It is a cynical and dangerous erosion of our ability to fight the terrorists while we still have men and women on the ground in Iraq. It will put their lives in far greater danger, as resources slowly dry up. How can our troops operate without bases? How can they fight without backup?
'Slow-bleed' cannot become law. Luckily, we have an opportunity to stop it. The Murtha plan depended on stealth. Now, however, the press has broken the story. And now we can act.
Stealth? What world does Duncan live in. Not only does he manage to let this article from the new publication, The Politico lead him astray, but he doesn't even seem to get their attribution right. It was the author of the piece that called it slow bleed, not the Democrats. Even so, what the author showed after calling it slow bleed is not what the GOP created as a talking point.
Reading the Wikipedia entry I don't get the idea that we are looking at any radical reactionaries trying to take down Murtha. It appears more like less than perfect descriptions that was be easily spun by GOP operatives.